War in Chinatown: Moy and Yee rival houses wage power clash
Boston's Chinatown erupts as Moy king Sam Wah Kee and Yee Toy rule over rival factions. A quiet Chinaman testifies with documents and a signed testimonial from twenty five Boston figures while Yee Toy claims a clean record. Factional war escalates as Yee Toy asserts dominance over rivals previously backed by gambling networks.
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Chinatown
Moy
Yee
Sam Wah Kee
China
Yee Toy
Frank Shin
the Post
Frank Sing
Boston
Judge Parmenter
Harrison Avenue
Ward and Watch Society
Boss Shin
Edwin H. Darling
Tremont Row
Martin White
Division 15
L. B. McCausland
Galloupe
United States
Canton
California
Kwong Shu
Incendiary Fire Strikes Danvers Church Shed Again
Danvers reports the Methodist Church sheds set on fire this forenoon marking a second blaze in a month. No clues yet to the arsonist.
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Danvers
Indignant Boston University Law Students Denounce Soda Ashburton Claims
A Boston Post report claimed law students at Boston University create trouble on Ashburton Place. Investigations found the charge unfounded as students orderly and courteous while passing through the crowded street at noon and closing time.
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Boston University
Boston
Law School
Ashburton Place
Post
Paine's Furniture Company offers remarkable bargain announcement
Cardinal du Perron praised lines of Virgil and so a smart furniture bargain can rival the design itself. The paper directs readers to Paine's Furniture Company for a notable bargain announcement in a separate column.
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Cardinal du Perron
Virgil
Paine
Startling full page cartoon in next Sunday's Post
The advertisement urges readers to order immediately for the upcoming issue featuring a bold full page colored cartoon. It emphasizes urgency with phrases like don’t delay and order at once. The exact artist or price is not specified in the fragment.
Long Island institutions inquiry hearings continue with Evans testimony
Mrs Evans testifies at the inquiry into public institutions detailing her work for the board of visitors and contrasting Long Island with Westboro. She discusses meal quality, classifications, and complaints while Dr Putnam, chairman, defends the medical staff and recommends a consulting physicians board as cross examination continues.
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Evans
Board of Visitors
Curtis
Hans
Coggswell
Alderman Lomasney
Charles P. Putnam
Brandeis
Long Island
Alderman Lee
Harkins
Putnam
Harvard
Massachusetts General
Old Fusiliers Celebrate 107th Anniversary With Visiting Veterans
Newburyport veterans visited Boston for the 107th anniversary of the Old Fusiliers. A reception at the armory followed by a Faneuil Hall banquet featured toasts to the President, Massachusetts, and guest groups. Major Snow presided as officers and dignitaries delivered remarks before both groups returned to quarters.
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Veteran Fusiler Association
Boston Veterans
American Watch Company
Union Station
Newburyport Veterans’ Association
Armory
Snow
Jacoby
Newburyport Veterans
Faneuil Hall
Major Snow
W. H. Travis
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Merrill
Alderman Presho
Boston
Newburyport Veteran Artillery Association
Bartlett
W. J. Gillespie
Grand Army of the Republic
T. L. Turner
Newburyport
Boston Light Infantry Association
T. L. Higgins
Gurney
Gurney, Dr. Sawyer, “Joe’’ Proctor and Captain J. M. Davis
Washington Street
Fusiliers
Shipping News: Olivette Refitted for Summer Voyages
The steamer Olivette Captain McKay arrived from Tampa via New York after repairs and refitting, joining Plant Steamship Company and replacing Halifax for winter Florida to Cuba runs. Also report a Boston tow of the fishing schooner Maggie Sullivan after jettisoning ballast and ice.
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Olivette
McKay
Tampa
Fla
New York
Plant Steamship Company
Florida
Cuba
Halifax
Maggie Sullivan
Boston
Hanakerchief Shoals
City Hall Lawn Repair Stages Ongoing
Doogue's crew works to improve the City Hall lawn in an annual project. Poor soil necessitates yearly work, with $5000 cited as the cost to replace soil, a sum the city fathers are unwilling to spend.
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Doogue
City Hall
Dorchester Offal and Garbage Complaints Rise
Dorchester residents protest missed collections of offal and garbage. The Board of Health forwarded complaints to the street department sanitary division, where 57 reports were logged in five days. A new contractor, John McShane, began work ten days ago, with officials noting initial delays but recent improvement.
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Dorchester
Board of Health
Sanitary Division
Street Department
Sanitary Department
Jackson
Boston
Brighton
Carter
John McShane
McShane
Ashley's Reasons. Factory to Shut Down May 12 1804
Notice posted at Barnaby Gingham Mills announces a shutdown for May 12 due to federal policy and congressional action. completed work will be paid May 16. Stephen B. Ashley, treasurer, is identified with the Republican State central committee.
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Fall River
Barnaby Gingham
Washington
Congress
Ss. B. Ashley
P. S
Stephen B. Ashley
Republican State Central Committee
First Meeting of Church Congress Committee
The committee on church congress met at the Diocesan House with about forty clergy and laity attending. They heard an outline of the congress and its sessions scheduled for November 13 to 16 in Association Hall, and discussed topics including secular activity duties, minister education, religious orders, Sunday newspapers, and relief of the poor.
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Committee On Church Congress
Association Hall
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lecture by Joseph Howard Prompts High Ticket Demand
Public interest in Joseph Howard’s Tremont Theatre lecture grows as tickets sell briskly. A $100 seat order from New York Mutual Life Insurance Company accompanies other large purchases. The talk on Journalistic Reminiscences is led by Governor Greenhalge as presiding officer, with tickets available at popular prices.
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Joseph Howard
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Tremont Theatre
Gray Gables Seeks Dam Over Cedar Pond Creek
A petition to the harbor and land commissioners, signed by Moses Williams and Gray Gables residents, requests authority to build a dam or dike across a narrow Cedar Pond Creek section. The plan aims to clear rubbish and create a constant water sheet, forming a small lake. A hearing is set for Tuesday at noon.
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Harbor and Land Commissioners
Moses Williams
Gray Gables
Cedar Pond Creek
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Boston Law School
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My Returned Garment Department
Cor
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VENI
DR. Putnam
Tewksbury
Parker
Men’s Dept
Slater
Clothing GO
OLD Fusiliers
Henry A. Snow
George T. Sears
A. N. Proctor
Jesse E. Ames
W. J. Smith
Vocate
W. W. Mills
Charles B. Stevens
John S. Camrell
W. R. Rulsseau
Alonzo Coy
Richard Laundy
Walter E. Rushford
A. EB. Proctor
W. J. Powers
G. ¥. Walker
Ige F E. Galvin
George M. Cragg
Coy and
Ydolliver
Pool
Rere
John Moran
H. Teel
Henry Krey & Co
Vera
Ashley
Barnaby Gingham Mills
the Church Congress
Gibson's
Jas. B. Ramsay, JR
State Strait
Summer St
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sone Post T Square
Massachusetts
Benj. F. Stevens
D. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
the American Tool & Machine Co
Kingston St
the Yankee
Cvryi
Parks
F. B. Alien
F. B. Allen
E. A. George
Greenhalge
Man IN Red
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