Oyster Farm on Common in Market Committee Tour
A Philadelphia report from May 15 recounts the market scrutiny committee trip through Germantown and New York. The Boston officials sample hotels and markets, joke about prices, and note oysters and oysters related banter amid a roving tour with locals and politicians.
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Joyce
Foley
McCullough
Madden
New York
Teddy
Boston
McKay
Mooney
Luckey
Philadelphia
Mellen at Centre of Boston Rail Merger Gossip
President Mellen meets Boston leaders in a flurry of talks on a proposed merger between Boston & Maine and the New Haven system. Mayor Fitzgerald supports waterfront development and a tunnel plan while directors weigh consolidation at today's Boston & Maine meeting.
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Boston
New England
Tuttle
Boston & Maine
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New Haven
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Cure of eczema using Cuticura Remedies reported
Mrs Lizzie FE Sledge of Selma Alabama says eczema vanished after six months using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment and that the remedies cured other troubles as well. She had previously seen two doctors who failed to help and notes three years of symptom freedom.
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Hee
New York
Lizzie FE. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Cuticura Skin Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advertises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for skin scalp and blood humors in infants to adults. Claims instant relief and speedy cure with warm baths gentle anointings and mild doses. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem Sole Props Boston Mass. Mailed free Cuticura Booklet on Skin Diseases.
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Boston
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Steamer Camden Arrives in East Boston for Fitting Out
The turbine steamer Camden arrived at the Atlantic Works in East Boston after a Bath to Boston run. Built by Bath Iron Works for the Eastern Steamship Co, she will be delivered to Boston June 15 and later fitted out in Bath before a trial trip aiming for 17 knots. The 335 by 64 by 13 foot steel vessel carries 800 passengers and is similar to the City of Rockland. Captain Blair brought her 118 miles in seven hours and ten minutes. Camden, Missouri residents presented colors before departure. J H Hobbs, Camden board chair, spoke. The Camden is sister to the Belfast, half framed and due near fall.
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City of Bangor
Atlantic Works
Boston
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Eastern Steamship Company
City of
Rockland
Blair
Ransom B. Fuller
Century Dictionary Endorsements Spark Limited Boston Sale
Cardinal Gibbons and Harvard President Eliot praise the Century Dictionary in a Cosmopolitan Magazine tied offer. The R H White Co sells 10 volume set for one dollar with $2 monthly for 19 months or 5 percent cash discount. Limited Boston and New England distribution prompts strong early interest.
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Eliot
Harvard
Grover Cleveland
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Elihu Root
Richard Olney
R. H. White
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Boston
New England
Cosmopolitan
Lilian Lawrence Returns to Boston Park Theatre in Evening Bow
The Park Theatre hosts Lilian Lawrence for a new engagement after a past Boston bow in The Bachelor's Baby with Mckee Rankin and Junius Booth. She later starred in The Great Diamond Robbery with Mme Janauschek but avoids heavy roles. Ticket sales reportedly sold out within two hours of release.
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Park Theatre
the Park
Boston
Miss Lawrence
Mckee Rankin
Junius Booth
Minna
Lord Fauntleroy
Castle Square
Mozart Club's Ball Held in Bethesda Hall
Bethesda Hall in South Boston hosted the Mozart Club of the district for its second annual ball last evening. The affair was a grand success and attracted a lively crowd.
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Bethesda Hall
Boston
Mogart Club
Water wagons idle as dust raises health fears in city
The city’s water wagon department limps along amid a Teamsters’ strike delaying watering carts. Forty wagons were in service yesterday, far short of last year’s 250, as officials warn of possible disease if dust exposure continues and await city funding to meet wage increases.
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Teamsters’ Association
Post
Mellen Testifies On Street Railways Ownership Fight
President Charles S. Mellen of the New Haven system faced a two hour cross examination in the Supreme Court as Attorney General Malone pressed to reveal what Mellen knew about the absorption of Massachusetts street cars. Mellen admitted the group’s railways were bought for profits and not monopoly aims, and that he carried votes as a director for several lines. The hearing, before Winfield S. Slocum, adjourned with Mellen excused amid questions over stock ownership and ambiguous records.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Malone
Massachusetts
Mellen
Winfield S. Slocum
Benton
Springfield Street Railway Company
Berkshire Street Railway Company
Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company
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Worcester and Blackstone Street Railway Company
Colonel Benton
Mr. Mellen
Rockefeller
Morgan
Railroad King
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Worcester & Webster Street Railway
Worcester & Dudley Street
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