Edison Light and City Rates Trigger Aldermen Meeting
Aldermen urged Mayor to appoint a commission to revise the Edison Light contract after Curley accused the company of robbing the city of 1,000,000 dollars in ten years. A Metropolitan Telephone petition seeks lower rates and opposes incumbents. Republicans blocked a 1,000,000 sewer loan, demanding 500,000 or nothing.
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Edison Light Company
Curley
Metropolitan Home Telephone Ny
Etin
Slugger Mystery Solved by Harris Theory
Harris proposes a theory solving a famous slugger mystery reported on the page. The piece identifies key clues, notes a long-standing debate, and suggests a plausible solution anchored in historical context. Details highlight named individuals and prior hypotheses without sensationalism.
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Harris
Pivotal Corset Exhibit Emerges in Tucker Murder Case
The Post reports new threads in the Tucker mystery. Medical Examiner Harris questions the blade type and notes a corset cut as a key exhibit. A Boston clergyman claims Mabel Page’s father doubts Tucker’s guilt. Perry’s alleged confessor is cited as the slugger in a robbery-motive theory. Tucker petitions with 115,000 names head to the Governor.
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Charles L. Tucker
Boston
Mabel Page
Tucker
Harris
Perry
Edison Company Accused of Overcharging Boston
At a City Board meeting an order was passed to appoint a commission to review Edison Electric Illuminating Company rates. Alderman Curley charged the firm with overcharging the city by about 1 million dollars over ten years and claimed Boston pays $19 per light more than Somerville.
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Boston
Edison Electric Luminating Company
Curley
Somerville
Patent Cure Claims on Father John's Medicine
A journal for druggists prints a cough syrup formula including six ounces alcohol one and a half drachms chloroform and seven and a half grains morphine enough to kill seven men, while stating Father Johns medicine cures grip colds and bronchial troubles and prevents pneumonia not a patent medicine.
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John
Electric Light Promises Wonders for Comfort and Savings
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston promotes the Electric Light as a modern convenience and economic aid. A contract agent is available to discuss light-wise living and call or write for details, with Oxford 1150 contact.
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Aladdin
Oxford 1150
Cambridge stirred by police commissioner selection
Democratic and Republican leaders debate names for a new police commissioner and three excise commissioners under Gov. Guild. Genial figures named include George B. Billings and James B. Reynolds, with others like Stephen O Meara and Louis D. Brandeis discussed for key posts amid looming council vote.
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George B. Billings
United States
James B. Reynolds
the Treasury
Edward A.m’laughlin
House
Edmund Billings
G. G. A. Henry V. Cunningham
Louis D. Brandeis
Joseph Dillworth
Dorchester
Fred
Oe Emery
Ward
James E. Fee
P.S. A
William E. Hannan
Stephen O’meara
The
Boston Journal
Guild
Board of Police
Executive Council
Rtforrow
United States Immigration
Excise Board
United States Treasury
Excise
Stephen O'Meara
Fred A. Emery
Ward 21
Edward A. McLaughlin
Henry V. Cunningham
Good Government Association
Cole
Police Board
Harry Adams
Public School Association
O’meara
Reynolds
Dixon Ryan Fight Ends In Draw At Gloucester Club
Gloucester May 21 George Dixon and Billy Ryan fought twelve rounds at the Gloucester Athletic Club and drew when both stayed on their feet at the finish Dixon displayed his footwork and old-time cleverness while Ryan protected himself well in the ring In the preliminaries Kid Bridges knocked out Danny Shea and Gloucester pair Young Quinn and Paul Hewitt fought to a six round draw
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Gloucester
Gloucester Athletic Club
George Dixon
Billy Ryan
Dixon
Ryan
Kid Bridges
Danny Shea
Boston
Young Quinn
Paul Hewitt
Boston and rivals clash as winless streak hits 17
Boston Americans see a 8-0 loss to Pittsburgh ending Tenney’s shutout hopes as Pittsburgh dominates. Gibson and Dineen face trade talks while scouts watch. Memorial Day parade entries reach 596 work horses. Brooklyn handicap favorite Tokalon wins at 25-1. Boston Latin defeats Mechanic Arts 13-8. Miss Dutton sets Auburndale golf marks. Joe Grim finally KOed. Sailor Burke cited. Murphy defeats Tucker. Eddie McFarland of Chicago to join Boston Americans in a swap for an unnamed Boston player.
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Boston Americans
Tenney
F Pittsburg
Gibson
Dineen
Tokalon
Brooklyn
Boston Latin
Mechanic Arta
Miss Dutton
Auburndale
Joe Grim
Sailor Burke
Murphy
Tucker
Eddie McFarland
Chicagos
Boston
Firebug Threat Scares Roxbury Crossing Tenements
A mysterious blaze in a Parker and Ward streets tenement near N Ward and Co caused a quick second alarm. The roof suffered minor damage, estimated at 25 dollars, with no Ward employees present, fueling firebug suspicions as residents fled to the street.
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Roxbury Crossing
N. Ward & Co
Parker
Ward
Trolley Service Details From Boston to Worcester
A fragment notes a trolley line from Park Square with departures every 15 minutes reaching South Framingham Lake Quinsigamond and Worcester aboard the Boston and Worcester.
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South
Framingham, Lake, Quinsigamond
Worcester
Boston & Worcester
Park Square
Headache Relief Amid Summer Heat and Overwork
A brief note describes relief from headaches caused by summer heat and overwork, noting quick action and links to nervous disorders or digestion issues. The text emphasizes rapid relief and general health factors.
Rheumatic Pains and Aches Quickly Relieved by Liniment
A short classified notice claims rheumatic pains and aches can be eased rapidly by a certain liniment. The ad emphasizes fast relief and invites readers to try the product. It presents no medical credentials and uses persuasive language typical of early 20th century patent medicine ads.
Child Fatally Burned in Somerville Bonfire Incident
Fourteen Glenwood Road, Somerville, 4 year old Marion Hazelton was badly burned when her clothes caught fire from a bonfire in the yard. She ran to her father, who did not recognize her due to her hair cut, and was later reported in danger. Dr. L N Bump attended the tot as she lapsed into unconsciousness.
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Glenwood Road
Somerville
Marion Hazelton
Hazelton
L. N. Bump
Serpent in It: Sanford’s Ginger touted for colds and chills
Advertisement notes Sanford’s Ginger as ten times more effective than whiskey for colds and chills. Mentions a sale on women and girls shirt waist suits at 1.08 dollars at Starerr & Co on Winter Street.
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Sanford
Sal
Starerr & Co
Winter St
Clergyman Says Mabel Page Father Believed Tucker Innocent
The Rev. William Copley Winslow said Edward Page believed Charles Tucker would be proven innocent. Page spoke before the trial in a long interview, noting he never expected Tucker to be found guilty.
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Mabel Page
Tucker
William Copley Winslow
Charles L. Tucker
Page
The
Post
Edward Page
Winslow
Mr. Page
Charles Tucker
Freeman denies giving pin linked to Tucker case
Mrs Freeman, sister of Mabel Page, insists she never gave Mabel Page a Canadian stick pin or any pin Amy Roberts claimed she gave. She notes Herbert Parker, Tucker's prosecutor, as a longtime friend with praised character. An effort to change the Tucker situation is planned, and Page's own belief in Tucker's innocence is confessed as based on unclear knowledge.
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Freeman
Mabel Page
Amy Roberts
Tucker
Page
Tucker Petition to Go to Governor Today
Attorneys for Charlies L. Tucker place 116000 signatures on his death sentence commutation petition to be sent to Governor Guild today. Operators at the Tucker petition agency in the Kimball building said exact figures would be known tomorrow morning.
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Charlies L. Tucker
Governor Guild
Kimball Building
Tucker Petition Agency
Fair And Warmer Weather Outlook Early This Week
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with gradually rising temperatures. Light variable winds are expected, keeping a mild, pleasant pattern in place.
Fragmentary verse line highlights old poem
A short archaic line invokes blowing east winds and sighs softly, hinting at a lyrical mood and early meter without clear narrative or contemporary context.
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Roxbury
Horsford’s
Cambridge
Old City
Lafayette Square
Little
Wesley Drevitson
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