Probable Fire Insurance Rate Rise Feared in Boston Meeting
The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters is expected to consider higher fire insurance rates at its May 29 session. Chairman Robert A. Boit says official action will come only at the meeting, with the San Francisco earthquake losses likely to influence discussion.
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Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
San Francisco
Boston
Robert A. Boit
Board of Fire Underwriters
Boit
New York
Robert A. Bolt
van Camp
Provincetown Eyes Second Meeting Over Naval Visit
A petition to hold a second town meeting seeks an invitation to Rear Admiral Evans and his fleet to rendezvous in Provincetown Harbor this summer. Clergymen who complained about Sunday sailors denying renewed protests say they have no knowledge of any new protest being sent to Washington.
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Provincetown
R. D. Evans
Navy Department
Washington
North Atlantic
Pabst Beer Promoted as Most Clean and Sterilized Product
The article extols Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee as spending millions to achieve absolute cleanliness. It claims the beer is produced without human contact, in sterilized pipes and hermetically sealed tanks, with pasteurization and air sterilization, positioning Pabst as uniquely pure and the best in taste and health benefits.
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Pabst
Monster Pabst
Milwaukee
Food fair draws crowds to Pitts-Kimball’s department store
A bustling two day showcase fills Pitts-Kimball’s fourth floor with illuminated booths and a festive display of national foods. Exhibits include Battle Creek Sanitarium breakfast foods, Armour hams, Speigels frankfurts, Tablers Milk chocolate, Grape-Nuts Postum coffee, and Tetley tea as Boston shoppers sample the new offerings along with soaps, cereals, and grocery staples from national brands.
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Pitts-Kimball’s Department Store
Battle Creek Sanitarium Food Company
Armour
Speigels
Blanco Cero Company
St. Louis
Armour Packing Company
Kansas City
American Preserve Company
Philadelphia
Swift Soap Company
Knickerbocker Chocolate Company
Washington
Kneipp
Mason
Boston
Castle
Hotel Astor
Tetley
Borden
Whitman Grocery Company
Little Louisa Delmonde Narrowly Escapes Fire
Louisa Delmonde six year old child pianist of local celebrity from 60 Prince street North End nearly died yesterday afternoon at 4 Moon street while playing with matches in a bathroom. Mrs Josie Roggiot saved her by wrapping the burning child in rug matting burning her own hands in the process and Louisa remains on the dangerous list at the Relief station.
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Louisa Delmonde
Prince Street
North End
Moon Street
Josie Roggiot
Prince -Street
Desmonde
Milford
Louisa
Seven Divorces Granted in Divorce Court Session
At a Divorce Court session before Judge Bond seven libellants obtained decrees of divorce. One plea was rejected over religious differences while another allowed service notice for divorce. The affairs mainly involved desertion with various outcomes and child custody in two cases.
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Bond
Harvard Freshman Charged in Tulip Theft
Arthur H. Metcalf a Harvard freshman was arraigned for larceny of eight tulips from the Public Garden and charged with intoxication. He was fined five dollars and the larceny case was continued to May 17, with Patrolman Johnson noting the youths’ interest in botany at Back Bay station.
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Arthur H. Metcalf
Harvard
Johnson
Back Bay
Metcalf
Ship Hattie G. Dixon wrecked with coal cargo lost
The barkentine Hattie G. Dixon ashore at Skiff's Island earlier and broke up in a heavy southwest sea. The coal cargo is a total loss.
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Edgartown
Hattie G. Dixon
Skiff’s Island
Virginia Butler gifts rectory parish house to Stockbridge parish
Miss Virginia Butler of New York announced gifts totaling about 75000 dollars for a rectory a parish house and land to St. Pauls Episcopal parish in Stockbridge.
Boston Police Parade Through the Hub in Dress Review
The Boston police force of 1000 members will parade today starting 2 p m at Arlington street and Commonwealth avenue, then marching a downtown route to the Common where a dress parade will follow a review by the Mayor and Governor. Superintendent William Pierce is marshal with Deputy Hanscom and Deputy Coulter commanding the brigades.
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Arlington Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Boylston
Tremont
Devonshire
Water
Washington
School
Beacon
Charles Streets
Charles Street
Boston Police Force
Bluecoats
William Pierce
Hanscom
Coulter
Drowned Fisherman in Rubber Boots
Sanford Maine May 15 Frank Grondin a good swimmer drowned Sunday after a canoe overturned while fishing with his brother rubber boots contributed to the tragedy.
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Sanford, Me
Frank Grondin
Forest City Hotel Owner Missing After Lake Rescue Attempt
Allan Markey proprietor of the Forest City Hotel is feared drowned after launching a sailing canoe on Grand Lake Friday. A search of the lake is underway.
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Danforth
Allan Markey
Forest City
Grand Lake
Odd Fellows Vermont Hold Annual Session in Burlington
Burlington Vermont hosts the annual session of the grand bodies of Odd Fellows of Vermont opening May 15 and running through the week with meetings in progress.
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Burlington
Grand Bodies of Odd Fellows of Vermont
Aluminum Scabbards Adopted by U S Army
Springfield May 16 The War Department has adopted a seamless aluminum scabbard invented by Dr. F A Bragg a Springfield dentist This marks a shift from steel wood and leather patterns in use across the army.
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Springfield
United States Army
War Department
F. A. Bragg
Plan for East Cambridge subway and elevated line toward Harvard Square
Legislative committee backs a merged subway and elevated route from Lechmere square to the Washington street tunnel. The plan crosses the Charles River dam downstream slope and travels along Bridge street and Boston & Maine lands to Brighton street and Causeway street past North Station, connecting with the Cambridge subway.
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Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
East Cambridge
Mr. Lomasney
Leverett Street
Boston
West End
Leechmere Square
Cambridge
Washington Street
Charles River
Lechmere Square
Cambridge Street
Harvard Square
Bridge Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Point Street
Boston & Maine
Brighton Street
Lowell Street
Causeway Street
North Station
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Jeannette
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