South Boston Bridge Fight Stalls in Senate
Senator Baldwin and Senator Dallinger faced resistance as South Boston Citizens Association presses for a sixty foot bridge. The Senate again declined Bresnahan's amendment amid opposition and calls for justice for South Boston.
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Baldwin
South Boston
Dallinger
Cambridge
Senate
Bresnahan
Peope
Spellman Hall
Citizens’ Association
Godoy Murray
Telephone Commission
Middissex
Myx
Hakiwitz
Committee On
Metrspolitan Affairs
Kelcher
Suffolk
Mres Fague
Maxavell
Maxwell
Wid
Bells
Ward 15
South Poston
Boston
Treause
RENE MERCEDES OVERDUE FROM SAILING
Washington reports no word on the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes after she left Sanfigton Mon on May 18 for Norfolk. Officials hope she is safe and weather has been favorable. The Merritt Wrecking Company will be paid 75.09 dollars on delivery at Norfolk.
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Washington
Sanfigton
Norfolk
Navy Department
Merritt Wrecking Company
Mercedes
Larribee & Co. Unveils New Display System at Washington Street Store
Larribee & Co. on Washington Street replaces floor showcases with illuminated glass cases to show goods behind glass. Three hundred feet of new displays cost several thousand dollars as the firm aims to modernize and attract customers. The firm’s Cunningham says progress is their motto and the stationery, leather, and toilet departments are expanded with the toilet section moved to the first floor as a key attraction.
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Larribee & Co
Washington Sheet
Manus
Viate
Cunningham
Post
Train Service Resumes Between Braintree and Nantasket Beach
Electric train service on the New York New Haven Hartford line will resume between Braintree and Nantasket Beach on Sunday May 21 and continue through the season until further notice.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Braintree
Nantasket Beach
Newport to entertain monarch king Leopold visits Newport yacht
Newport will host a monarch this season as King Leopold of Belgium plans a trip to Newport aboard an American built yacht. Mrs. Potter Palmer tours Europe seeking new horizons as the season opens.
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Newport
Childs
King Leopold of
Belgium
Belgian King Prestige Case Emerges in Hidden Papers
A fragmentary OCR note suggests a link between social prestige in Belgium and royal circles, hinting at a discovered set of papers touching the king and courtly status. Further details remain unread in the damaged text.
Smooth swindlers jailed in Philadelphia impersonating officials
Philadelphia on May 19 Chief Wilkie and Commissioner Craig jailed two lifelike con men, Joan H. Klein and William A Bentley, in 1200 bail each after months of victimizing firms. They claimed U S government authority to raise funds for the League Island Benevolent Association and touted a navy history book with blank ads. Bentley, a former ship captain, lived in Jersey City. Klein remained unnamed in records.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Wilkie
Secret Service
Craig
United States
Joan H. Klein
William A.bentley
League Island Benevolent Association
Navy
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Neafie & Levy
Bentley and
Klein
Jersey City
Captain Tucker D: D7Ad Sailors' Snug Harbor captain dies at Staten Island
Captain Nicholas Tucker of Bluehill Maine died at Sailors' Snug Harbor Staten Island aged nearly 34. Born at Southwest Harbor Maine he began at sea young and commanded vessels before reaching his majority. He led many ships engaged in global trade and was a capable master.
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Horace
Shavid Chapman
Johnniea M. Glayvton
Hattie
Reunion
Hancock
Jessie
Rhynas
Valencia
Shawmut
Astore
Vera Cruz
Nicholas Tucker
Bluehill
Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Ears
Southwest Harbor
Catalonia Sets Sail From East Boston for Liverpool
The Cunard passenger liner Catalonia, Captain Thomas Stephens, clears East Boston at 4 p.m. today bound for Liverpool with a large cargo of goods and 50 second cabin, 199 steerage, and saloon passengers aboard including Mrs. Jennie King and numerous named travelers such as Mr. John P. Dooley, Mrs. A Te Hersee, Mr. Carl Schoenhof, and Mrs. Hubbard among others.
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C Uy Lrd
Catalonia
Thomas Stephens
Boston
Liverpool
Jennie King
John P. Dooley
A. Te -Hersee
Wales
Carl Schoenhof
Joan Campbell
J. George
Wits
Alfred Swais Nilter
Gaurtis
Marcus Henry Shee
B. Hempshell
J. Ow. Hubbard
Mary Hubbard
Fannie Batchelder
C.J .Kendall
Mary Scendall
Albee McMahan
Ce £. Meyer
Leslie Meyer
Kutnow’s Improved Effervescent Powder Endorsed by Doctors
Eminent medical men praise Kutnow’s Improved Effervescent Powder as effective for sluggish stomach and liver derangements. Dr. Aw WwW of Newton endorses it as a top remedy and offers free samples by writing to Kutnow Bros., Limited in New York, with Boston Post mentioned.
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Kutnow
Adc
Newton
Tremont Street
Kutnow Bros., Limited
Broadway
New York City
Boston Post
City Council Examines Electric Light Plant Purchase
A Boston committee reviews options to acquire or build a municipal electric plant. They consider petitioning the Legislature to gain authority to purchase the East Boston division or construct a district plant for immediate operation as an experiment, aiming to bypass statutory hurdles and set the stage for future action by 1909.
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Boston
East Boston
Boston Electric Light Company
Dewey Begins Homeward Voyage From Manila
Manila May 19 Admiral Dewey will start on his voyage to America tomorrow afternoon. Everything is in readiness for the departure. Several European naval commanders have notified the administration of their intention to welcome him at their stations.
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Manila
Admiral Dewey
America
Great Northern Paper plans big Maine mills expansion
The Great Northern Paper Company backed by New England business leaders aims for two large mills with 600 tons daily capacity by June and 1000 workers. Mills at Madison and Millinockett will start next year, with 300000 acres of timber secured and directors including Garrett Schenck and J Rumford Barnes.
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New England
Great Northern Paper Company
Garrett Schenck
Rumford Falls Paper Company
Paper Trust
Post
Schenck
Madison
Nillinockett
United States
Maine
Somerset
Itxennebec
Millinockett
Bangor & Aroostook
C. HH. Payne
Bryan Joins Admiral Schley on Train to Omaha
In Chicago on May 19 William Jennings Bryan boarded the train to Omaha just as it prepared to depart from Me station with Admiral Schley aboard. The two men met in the same car and began an informal war review discussions. A mutual acquaintance also bound for Omaha accompanied them.
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Chicago
Omaha
Admiral Schley
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska Man Questions Schley Rank on Train
On a westbound train a Nebraskan joked to Mr. Bryan about promoting Admiral Schley to vice admiral. The remark drew light humor as the exchange appeared in the overheard conversation.
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West
Bryan
Admiral Schley
Nebraska
Malden Holds 250th Anniversary Celebration Events
Malden marks its 250th anniversary with a 2 PM ceremony at the anniversary building featuring Mayor Charles Deana and Elisha A. Converse. An early school replica is shown on the high school grounds. About 1500 students join in, with living school committee and city officials attending. A 8 PM jubilee is hosted by Kernwood and Malées clubs, and a Sunday union service with Bishop William Lawrence closes the week.
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Malden
Charles Deana
Elisha A. Converse
Kernwood
Malées
William Lawrence
H. H. French
O. B. Brown
EB. Ho
Hughes
Lawrence
Illustrated Lecture At Pitts Kimball Deadens Shoppers’ Day
The Pitts Kimball Dry Goods Company in Boston offers daily entertainments for shoppers. This week features an illustrated Spanish war lecture by Fred P. Dean with hundreds of photographs from the campaign and a display of war relics in the store window. The biograph pictures remain popular and draw large crowds as the department store continues its inventive in-store program.
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Pitts-Kimball Dry Goods Company
Boston
Fred P. Dean
Second
Massachusetts
Dean
Montauk
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Supreme Court Rejects Doherty Case Over Board of Health Appointment
In a decision handed down yesterday the full bench of the Supreme Court dismissed the petition for a writ of mandamus, sustained the respondent demurrer, and held that the Mayor of Woburn had power to appoint a member of the Board of Health without confirmation by the City Council.
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Dennis Doherty
George Buchanan
Supreme Court
Woburn
Board of Health
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