Marginal Street Fence Hinders Fire Access at East Boston Docks
A closed Marginal Street in East Boston blocks fire equipment from the city’s valuable wharf property, forcing a ¼ mile detour and delaying a two alarm fire at the Boston and Maine freight sheds. District Chief Godbold and Commissioner Parker note private fencing and city rail links complicate access. officials plan talks with the railroad after building work ends.
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Marginal
Boston
Orleans
Lewis Streets
Boston & Maine
Great Wharf
Marginal Street
Orleans Street
Lewis Street
Cunard Line
Leyland Line
Grand Junction Docks
Sumner
Godbold
Parker
Elite $30 Morse Suits for Men Promised Here
Advertisement parodies Gulliver in Lilliput and offers $30 Morse Suits for men seeking quality clothing. Promotes all wool, fadeless fabric tested for superior wear, with in house tailoring and modeling facilities. Claims unmatched pattern range and price locally.
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Gulliver
Lilliput
Boston
Right Mother on Trial as Hains Murder Case Goes to Jury
In Flushing New York Captain Peter C. Hains Jr faces a murder charge in the death of William E. Annis. The defense closed its case and the state prepared to sum up. The judge will charge the jury and a verdict is anticipated after a likely lengthy deliberation.
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Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Gregg
Virginia Hains
Peter C. Hains
John P. Hains
John F. MccIntyre
Captain Hains
Burglars Break Into Boston & Maine Depot at Conomo Point
Break in at the Boston and Maine depot at Conomo Point in South Essex is reported with several express packages ripped open. Police pursue leads as damage and loss are assessed.
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South Essex
Boston & Maine
Conomo Point
Mayor delays hold on annual appointments list to Legislature action
Mayor Hibbard sent a list of reappointments and one new appointment to the Board of Aldermen including J Howard Mullen as superintendent of supplies. The board confirmed Fraser as constable after a hearing on Border street ejection and default costs. An Alderman Giblin motioned a petition for a new City Hall commission for Park Square.
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Hibbard
Boston
Board of Aldermen
J. Howard Mullen
Charles E. Folsom
Frederick H. Temple
J. Alfred Mitchell
Charles R. Brown
Thomas M. Babson
William Jackson
Frederic O. North
George E. McKay
James H. Smyth
George A. Morrison
D. Henry Sullivan
Edward W. McGlewen
John E. Gilman
Guy C. Emerson
Charles H. Slattery
Charles B. Woolley
John E. Ansell
Jeremiah J. Crowley
James A. Sweeney
Charles E. Walsh
Frank L. Harney
Louis Hertgen
Benjamin P. Hutchinson
Julius Myer
Charles C. Sikora
Fred A. Thissell
James E. Cole
Alpheus Sanford
Giblin
Boston & Providence
Park Square
James Fraser
Fraser
James F. Cosgrove
Border Street
James J. Neville
Thomas Foley
James J. Haines
Roosevelt Safely Escapes Deadly Rhino Charge
In Nairobi British East Africa on May 10 Colonel Roosevelt saved his life with calm nerve and precise shooting as a massive rhinoceros charged his party. Native beaters saw danger, and Roosevelt restrained others before delivering a precise shot to halt the enraged animal at about 100 yards.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Maade
Mr. Roosevelt
Van Camp's Milk Promises Pure Pasteurized Dairies
An advertisement extols Van Camp's Milk as germless and pasteurized after sealing, claiming superior cleanliness of Holstein cows and dairies, two thirds water removal, and rich thick milk cheaper than a milkman. It urges readers to switch and enjoy ready to use milk and cream.
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van Camp’s
van Camp
Open Air Car Scene As City Enjoys Warm Day
The city rebounded to one of its warmest days this season as residents crowded Boston Common and Public Garden. Temperatures reached 76 degrees at 1 30 PM, 64 at night, with Norfolk seeing rain and Jacksonville 86 in a tale of regional weather contrasts.
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Boston
Jacksonville
Fla
Norfolk
Vermont
Hartford
Conn
Roosevelt shoots enraged rhino for prized trophy
Colonel Roosevelt calmly faces a charging rhinoceros and fires the first shot, killing the beast. Naturalists study the unusually large hide as a potential centerpiece for Roosevelt's collection.
Find Body in River Near Craigie Bridge
An unidentified man’s body was recovered from the Charles River near the old Craigie Bridge by Cambridge police late yesterday. Lack of marks of violence leads to a theory of suicide.
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Charles River
Old Craigie Bridge
Cambridge
Mayor Ashs Million for New Fire Mains
Mayor Hibbard sent to the Legislature a petition and bill seeking permission for the city to borrow 1 million dollars to install a high pressure water system for fire protection.
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Mayor Ashs
Hibbard
West Newton Street Bridge Threatened by Fire
A blaze on West Newton Street near the New Haven road tracks damaged the bridge casing as firemen fought the flames last evening tearing away a section to reach the center of the fire.
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West Newton Street
New Haven Road
WADLEIGH HINTS AT COLLUSION IN INSURANCE RATES
City Solicitor Wadleigh of Lynn urged a rules committee inquiry into firms tied to the New England Insurance Exchange and its ties to the American District Telegraph Company. He said Lynn manufacturers face a fire notification fee rise from 25 to 200 dollars and rate hikes from 20 to 35 dollars if they do not use this protection.
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Wadleigh
Lynn
Committee On Rules
New England Insurance Exchange
American District Telegraph Company
Madden for Extortion Trial Shocks Chicago Labor
Martin B Madden, president of the Associated Building Trades Union of Chicago, known as the local Czar of labor, faced trial before Judge McSurely for allegedly extorting $10000 from Joseph Klicka to settle a strike. Madden has long been a prominent labor leader with a strong, influential reputation in the city.
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Chicago
Martin B. Madden
Associated Building Trades Union of Chicago
McSurely
Joseph Klicka
Madden
Credit sales promise immediate goods at cash price
The firm explains a new credit sale method to customers: instead of paying a 10 percent surcharge and waiting for goods from cash stores, customers can receive the same goods in their own store at cash-store prices.
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Boston
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