Stock at auction bill dominates House session
The House debated the stock at auction measure targeting corporations including the Bell Telephone Company. The Bell stock increase fight dominated the evening with Sweeney defending the measure, unions opposing, and a substitute defeated 108 to 58. McCarthy and Bennett clashed. the subway bill was killed and Meigs elevated railway bill heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone
Bell Telephone Company
Spring
Boston
Richardson
Bennett
Bell Company
American Bell Telephone Company
James F. Sweeney
Maynard
Sweeney
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Bullock
Washington
Myers
Cambridge
Mellen
Worcester
Western Union Company
Farley
Lowell
Messrs. Coakley
Donahoe
Donovan
W. J
Doyle
Hoar
Holland
Kelly
J. J
Lyynch
McInerney
McLaughlin
Mclaven
Merritt
Mooney
Moriarty
Murphy
T. F
O’brien
Rosnosky
Sullivan
Toland
Tuite
Jerry McCarthy
Sellers’ Tolman
Pittsfield
North Adams
McCarthy
Roe
Bunker Hill
Mr. Roe
Mr. McCarthy
Nomination of John F. Brown for Boston Municipal Court
Governor Greenhalge nominates John F. Brown to be associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court. O G Sleeper becomes clerk as Brown’s appointment proceeds toward confirmation. Brown, born 1849 in Douglas Massachusetts, Harvard educated lawyer with long service, is praised by both Republican and Democratic bar members. Sleeper, born 1846 in Gilmanton New Hampshire, has served since 1868 as assistant clerk with solid reputation.
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John F. Brown
Municipal Court of
Boston
O. G. Sleeper
Brown
J. Stanhope Hill
Cambridge
Nautical Training School
Fitz
Augustus B. Leonard
Fall River
Bristol County
Arthur Lincoln
Hingham
State Library
Oliver H. Howe
Cohasset
Norfolk County
Joseph M. Dyson
Worcester District Police Inspection Department
J. Brown
Greenhalge
Executive Council
Court House
Post
Douglass
Mass
House of Representatives
Milton
Sleeper
Gilmanton
N. H
Millionaire King Case Hearings in U S Circuit Court
William H. King the insane millionaire faced two motions during a circuit court of appeals session. The respondents moved to dismiss while King’s counsel sought contempt against Massachusetts General Hospital and its superintendent Edward Cowles for transferring King to the Byler Insane Asylum in Providence after an appeal began but before appellate action. Judges Putnam Webb and Nelson heard the arguments and reserved judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. King
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr. King
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward Cowles
Byler
Providence
Circuit Court
Appellate Court
Putnam, Webb
Nelson
Abolishing East Boston Crossings Proposal Considered
Mayor Matthews asks street commissioners to estimate costs to eliminate grade crossings on three miles of Boston routes. Tracks of the Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany cross East Boston from Grand Junction to Byron Street. Plan proposes raising the intercepting streets Marginal Webster Sumner Maverick Decatur Porter Marion Brooks Putnam Prescott Parkway Bennington Saratoga and Byron.
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Matthews
Boston
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Island
Grand Junction
Cunard
Byron Street
Webster
Sumner
Maverick
Decatur
Porter
Marion
Brooks
Putnam
Prescott
Parkway
Bennington
Saratoga
Byron
MARA NOVA TONIC PROMOTED AS GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER
Promoters claim Mara Nova Tonic offers cures for incipient consumption and cures for nervous prostration. They advertise it as a universal remedy for acute and chronic diseases with impoverished blood and claim it benefits men women and children. Sample bottles available at 19 Tremont Row with sale through all druggists.
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la Grippe
Tremont Row
Bible's veracity debated in Presbyterian appeal
The May 24 assembly heard Professor H. Preserved Smith appeal after Ohio synod labeled his views heretical. He argued Bible inerrancy is nonessential, cited contradictions, and urged liberty while prosecutors stressed inspiration as creed. The outcome hinges on whether Smith remains in ministry or is suspended.
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Pechit Et 7 Y
H. Preserved Smith
Ohio Synod
Smith
Empire State Express
Lane Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Briggs
Cincinnati Presbytery
Supreme Court
William McKibbin
Cincinnati
God
Standard Oil fronts in global oil squeeze amid Russian accord proposed
The World reports a plan to carve the oil world into spheres with Standard Oil dominating Western Europe and the Americas while Russia takes Eastern Europe and Asia. A single condition blocks formal approval. Mannheim refineries or Producers' Oil must yield, fueling a price war as Standard consolidates power.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Russia
Europe
Standard Oil
Italy
Mediterranean
Greece
Standard Company
South America
Africa
Asia
Mannheim
Producers’ Oil Company
Standard Combination
Producers’ Company
Yale Seniors Elect Members in Rainy Campus Ceremony
The Yale campus packed for the annual senior society elections. At Durfee Hall around 5 PM the first candidate was F. Burton Harrison of New York, son of writer Mrs. Burton Harrison, knighted into Skull and Bones. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. joined Skull and Keys along with other prominent athletes.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Durfee Hall
F. Burton Harrison
New York
Burton Harrison
Skull and Bones
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Skull and Keys
Laggards Lose The Heights Opening Promotes Memorial Day Sale
The notice urges action at The Heights in Revere with claims of opportunity value and early purchase. It directs readers to Wood Harmon & Co at 13 School St Room 47 for full details and free tickets ahead of Memorial Day opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Office of Wood, Harmon & Co
School St
Retirement of Oliver F Bryant from Chauncy Hall School
Oliver F Bryant, associate principal and longtime teacher at Chauncy Hall School since 1884, retires at end of the school year. In a May 14 1834 letter from Woburn he cites vigor of body and mind and pride in alumni, while Ladd and Daniels respond with warm regard and best wishes in a May 16 1894 note.
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Oliver F. Bryant
Chauncy-Hall School
Thayer
Cushing
Chauncy Hall
Woburn
Mr. Bryant
Chauncy Hall School
Chauncy- Hall
Chauncy-Hall
Ladd and
Daniels
Check cashing scam ends in Lynn arrest
A. F. and S. W. Sargent of Lynn reported a stolen $30 First National Bank Chelsea check yesterday morning. A man presenting a description attempted to cash it at the Chelsea bank, giving the name Henry Gardner. He was detained by a teller, questioned by Officers Lacker and Anderson, and arrested. At the lockup he claimed the check was given by a stranger in Malden and that a barber named Henry G. Simonds resided there.
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Anderson
Henry G. Simonds
Malden
Lynn & Boston
Chelsea
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Emma Abbott
Max Alvary
Emma Albani
Sic Brignoli
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Italo Campanini
Louise Dotti
Alwina Valleria
Etelka Gerster
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Adelina Patti
Ernesto Nicolini
Alma Fohstrom
Antonio Calassi
Marie Roze
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Marcella Sembrich
Myron W. Whitney
Marie Litta
Mme. Fursch- “Madi
Theodore Thomas
Emma Juch
Walter Damrosch
Helene Hastreiter
Emil Fischer Guisippe del Puente
Ravelli
Marie van Zandt
Franz Remmertz
Nikita
Portfalia
Post Building
Marie Burroughs
Boston Post
Mall
Chicago
Portolio
Bell
Franklin Pierce Bennett
Everett
Charlestown
Mr. Bennett
Meyer
Galloupe
Beverly
American Telephone Company
Commonwealth
House
Transit Committee
Miller
Senate
Marcus Merritt
Boston & Albany Railroad
Matthews Street
MR. Quinn
Quinn
the Executive Council
Meigs’ Road
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Committee On Finance
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