Roses and delegates clash in Portland 1909 convention return
Delegates from Portland Iowa? No Portland Ore claim next annual NR visit. a 112 to 44 vote sent the next convention to Portland. The session also lampooned parcels post and free deals while urging Congress to curb sugar imports and protect beet growers. Contempt case follows as James F. Durgin, 70, is jailed for refusing to return bonds to Louise Western.
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Portland
Ore
Rose City
National Association of Retail Grocers
Denver
Col
Lorimer Hall
Congress
Boston
Roosevelt
James F. Durgin
Madison
N. H
Charles Street
Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Durgin
Louise Western
Miss Western
Mr. Durgin
McCandless
Boylston Street
Egan Wins $300 Verdict Against The L In Chelsea Suit
Alexander Egan won a $300 verdict yesterday in the Superior Civil Court against the L after he was injured while repairing a road bed in Chelsea. He originally sought $10,000 in damages.
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Alexander Egan
Egan
Chelsea
Mock Town Meeting Brings Laughter at Boston City Club
Nonpartisan mock town session at Faneuil Hall drew all ranks of Boston figures. Moderator John D Long led a rapid, sharp exchange with targets from State officials to City Hall graft, Cocaine jokes, and playful barbs about Brookline and Charlestown.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston
Boston City Club
Herbert Parker
Long
Guy Ham
Ham
Secretary of the Navy
Fam
Charles H. Jones
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Registrar of Deeds
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Long Ex
Samuel J. Elder
F. J. Hesseltine
Brookline
Xing
Henry ( Long
Cohasset
Nahant
Port
J. J. McCarthy
Nathaniel C. Fowler
Calls For 9th and 10th District Democratic Conventions
The ninth district Democratic convention to select delegates to the national gathering will be held at Faneuil Hall tonight. Daniel W. Gallagher of East Boston, chairman, leads a district committee including Joseph P. Lomasney and Patrick J. McCarthy. The convention is entitled to 84 delegates. The 10th district convention meets tonight at Upham's Corner Municipal Building.
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Faneuil Hall
Daniel W. Gallagher
East Boston
Joseph P. Lomasney
Patrick J. McCarthy
Upham’s Corner
Heat Brings Peculiar Rash Causes and Cure
An itching rash emerges with heat and is claimed to be cured by wetting the flesh with X Zalia. The liquid purportedly stops the rash from spreading relieves itching and quickly heals the skin.
Missing Charlestown boy found after police appeal
George D. Sargent a 10 year old Charlestown boy who disappeared Tuesday afternoon was located last night at the home of Daniel Willard on the Old State road between Wrentham and Walpole. He had been with schoolmate Charles Higgins and had stopped at the Willard home for water after leaving Harvard school on Prescott street.
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Norman H. Whaite
Robert Luce
Bernard J. Rothwell
Harvard
Boston
Cambridge
Mr. Rothwell
Daniel J. Kiley
March G. Bennett
Ward
Ward 11
Frank W. Noxon
Twentieth Century Club
Boston City Club
George L. Barnes
Timothy E. Barnes
Melien
Long
George D. Sargent
James H. Sargent
Thompson Street
Charlestown
Post
Daniel Willard
Old State Road
Wrentham
Walpole
Charles Higgins
Pleasant Street
Harvard School
Prescott Street
Young Sargent
Willard
General Whittier Dies Aboard Mauretania
Brigadier General Charles A. Whittier U S G A died at sea aboard the steamship Mauretania. The ship had sailed from New York for Liverpool. A Massachusetts native and Boston merchant, he was 63 and a Civil War veteran with ties to poet John greenleaf Whittier. He belonged to the Union, Metropolitan, and Somerset clubs.
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New York
Charles A. Whittier
U. Sg. A
Ernest Iselin
Liverpool
General Whittier
Union
Metropolitan
Somerset Club
Boston
Whistling in the Wind and the Blind Fiddle
A rural Irish dialogue features Pat and his mother as wind and night noises mimic a fiddle. The mother suspects illusion, while Pat insists the wind plays the tune with pigs and dogs commenting on sight and sound before Pat asserts his own perceptive ears despite blindness.
St James Parishioners Gather for Annual Reunion
About 3000 parishioners of St James convened at Mechanics Hall for the annual reunion honoring Father William P. McQuaid. The decorated hall featured portraits of the pastor and church facades while past bishops connected to the parishes were noted. The event included a grand march by 500 couples, dancing until 1 am, and a concert by the Boston Letter Carriers Band with local vaudeville.
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Mechanics’ Hall
St. James’ Parish
William P. McQuaid
Father McQuaid
St. James
Archbishop Williams
Heary
Portland
Providence
Matthew Harkins
Christopher P. McCaffrey
Boston Letter Carriers
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Kimonas
Bell’s
Saken Voigs
India
Lefal
Hannan
Waste Inspection Department
Water Department
Ehn
J. McGrath
John B. Has
Rorse Stare
Denver Roses
Fight For Grocers
Charles Kramer
Little Rock
Ark
T. P. Sullivan
Chicago
Ill
John A. Green
Cleveland
Ohio
H. W. Schwab
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles R. Fuller
Jie
School Street
Addison L. Winship
United States District
John D. Long
Parker
Rothwell
Gen. Whittier
Boston Ice Cream Company
King Street
Roxbury
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
Henry Siegel
Samuel Lover
Pat
Mary
Garryowen
O’callaghan
Washington Street
Richard Schwarz Toy Shep
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