Five Horses Die in Dover Street Fire at Boston Elevated
Five horses perished in a blaze at the old car barns of the Boston Elevated on Dover street West Somerville. Owned by Frank A Teele the animals were valued at 1500 dollars. Patrolmen Dodge and Allen attempted to free the animals breaking down a door with axes but smoke forced them back.
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Boston
Dover Street
West
Somerville
Frank A. Teele
Dodge
Allen
Just What the Young Folks Want Prices Moms Crave
A terse sales note touts silk lined all wool coats at 3.75 with savings of 3 to 5 dollars. The item is pitched as a fashionable bargain for mothers and youth shoppers, highlighting low price and quality.
Why the Boy Goes Wrong Says University Professor
Professor M. V. O'Shea of Wisconsin University told 500 delegates at the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teaching Association that today’s city boy is overestimated and easily drawn toward vice by social suggestion. He warned money fuels those who pander to vice and contrasted the girl’s protections with the boy’s temptations.
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M. V. O’shea
Wisconsin University
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teaching Association
Hotel Copley Plaza
Professor O'Shea
Mothers and children events frame Boston meeting
The afternoon session featured talks on infant mortality and parent instruction with Miss Julia Lathrop calling for better birth registration and blood stock studies. W. C. Pierce announced a plan to inaugurate parents classes through affiliated churches, while Mayor Fitzgerald welcomed delegates and praised Boston's welfare work.
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O’shea
Charcter
National Children's Bureau
Parent Instruction
W. C. Pierce
International Sunday School Association
Julia Lathrop
National Children’s Bureau
Miss Lathrop
8. H. Whitten
Holyoke
E. P. St. John
Hartford
Conn
Fitzgerald
South America
Boston
Whist Party Planned by Mrs Colson at Boston Hall
Enthusiasm runs high for a whist party to be hosted by Mrs J B Colson on Saturday May 24 at Boston College Hall James Street. A large committee assists including Mrs P A Campbell Mrs Dennis Maloney Mrs G S Densmore Mrs Thomas Sheehan Mrs J M Drey Miss Evelyn Coughlin Mrs William Johnson Mrs Charles Newell Mrs J Desmond Mrs J Myer Miss Gertrude Drey and Miss Catherine Gourville.
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J. B. Colson
Boston College Hall
James Street
P. A. Campbell
Dennis Maloney
G.S. Densmore
Thomas Sheehan
J. M. Drey
Evelyn Coughlin
William Johnson
Charles Newell
J. Desmond
J. Myer
Gertrude Drey
Catherine Gourville
Somerville Man Elected Grand President of Railway Union
P a Coyle of Somerville Mass was elected grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Station Employees at the final session in Waterville Maine May 16 Other officers include A F Barnes Salem Mass as first vice president Bartley J Reilly Portland Me second vice president Thomas F Mooney Manchester NH secretary treasurer Frank Hughes Medford Mass warden Patrick Doherty Everett Mass chaplain W D Frost Waterville Me sentinel Wead Volker Waterville Me director F J Spooner Lowell Mass S G Perry Somerville Mass Frank J Broderick Waterville Me John Fender Bangor Me Hiram Leet Lowell installed the officers Worcester Mass selected as next convention site
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Waterville
Everett
Mass
W. D. Frost
Sentinel
Wead Volker
F. J. Spooner
Lowell
S. G. Perry
Somerville
Frank J. Broderick
John Fender
Bangor
Hiram Leet
Worcester
Hearings on Tariff Bill Debated in Senate Debate over public hearings on Underwood tariff bill continues
Democratic leaders move to refer the Underwood tariff bill to the finance committee without public hearings. A Penrose La Follette amendment for hearings loses 41 to 36. Senator Jones of Washington switches to support openness. Poindexter backs majority. The finance committee plans to report by June 1 as hearings spark intense party debate and sugar policy discussions.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Simmons
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Poindexter
Jones
James
Kentucky
Wilson
Smoot
la Follette
Clark
Senator Clark
House
Walsh
Montana
Margaret and
Eleanor Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
Denison
Secretary of the Treasury
Curtis
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Civil Service For Life
Messrs
Underwood
House Ways and Means Committee
Board of General Appraisers
Williams
Gore
Shively
Woman Pleads Guilty in Neighbor Murder
Salem report states Mrs. Jessie M. Chapman pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing neighbor Mrs. Eva Ingalls after claiming slander. Judge sentenced Chapman to life imprisonment at the Sherborn Reformatory for Women.
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Salem
Jessie M. Chapman
Eva Ingalls
Reformatory For Women
Sherborn
Unidentified Man Found in Fort Point Channel
The body of an unidentified man was found floating in Fort Point Channel yesterday afternoon by harbor police and brought to North Grove Street Morgue. He is described as a tall gray haired man in a blue black suit with a dark stripe and a white shirt. 6 feet 7 inches, about 170 pounds, dark complexion, gray hair, and a mustache.
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Fort Point Channel
North Grove Street
Father John's Medicine Praised By Customers Across Cities
Rev. Fr. D J Leonard of Cambridge New York reports a parishioner cured of serious lung trouble. Col William C Miles of Washington DC says Father John's Medicine saved his life. Mrs M McCabe from New York claims the medicine cured her child’s lifelong bronchitis and made her strong.
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D. J. Leonard
Cambridge, N. Y
John
Wm. C. Miles
Washington, D. C
Mt Auburn Mayor Shot in Train Station Feud
F B Slate editor of Mt Auburn Ill shoots Dr B P Windsor mayor of Mt Auburn in the stomach at the railroad station. Windsor rides a train to hospital in Springfield. Slate arrested and jailed at Taylorville.
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Decatur
F. B. Slate
Mt. Auburn
Olive Tablets Oil the Bowels Promoted by Dr Edwards
An old time advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe mild substitute for Calomel. The copy claims the tablets stimulate the bowels and tone the liver with olive oil based vegetable compounds and promote a feeling of buoyancy. Boxes are sold for 10 and 25 cents by The Olive Tablet Co Columbus Ohio.
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Dr. Edwards
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