Fire drives guests from Hotel Brewster in early morning scare
Seventy five diners and thirty guests were evacuated from the Hotel Brewster after a basement grease chute fire sent smoke through rooms and corridors last night. District Chief Daniel Sennett ordered manager Arthur Dearborn to empty the building as bellboys ensured guests left calmly. The blaze extended into a haberdashery on Boylston Street but damage to the hotel was slight while the store suffered heavy damage.
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Daniel Sennett
Arthur ‘©. Dearborn
Tere
New York
S. l. Silverstein
Haberdashery
George K. White
Boylston Street
Chief Sennett
Ptel
Dearborn
Fire charges dismissed against Boston Fire Patrol manager and canvasser
Larceny charges against Henry M. Jarrett and Ralph Harding, both connected with the Boston Fire Patrol Company, were dismissed in the Superior Criminal Court after subscribers claimed inadequate service.
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Henry M. Jarrett
Boston Fire Patrol Company
Ralph Harding
Superior Criminal Court
Death of Mrs Barry Found in South Boston Home
Mrs Joanna Barry aged 42 of 30 B Street South Boston was found dead on her bedroom floor early this morning. Medical Examiner Magrath notified and investigating cause of death.
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Joanna Barry
B Street
Boston
Magrath
New Commonwealth Pier Opens With Hamburg Line Arrival
The new $2,500,000 Commonwealth Pier at South Boston will be dedicated Friday at 4 PM with state and city officials present led by Governor Foss. The Hamburg America liner Cincinnati arrives Saturday morning to inaugurate regular passenger service to Germany and raw material shipments to Europe.
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Commonwealth
South Boston
Cincinnati
Germany
England
France
Foss
Walsh
Greenwood
Senate
Cushing
House
Fitzgerald
Hugh Bancroft
Port of
Boston
North America
Monitor
Greater
Boston Light
Custom House
Greater Boston
General Bancroft
Hamburg-American Line
New York
Company
Karl Buenz
J. P. Meyer
W. G. Sickel
Boston Common
Summer Street
South Station
Commonwealth Pier
Harvard Chief Returns Home After Western Tour
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard arrived back in Cambridge yesterday following an extensive tour of the central and western United States.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Cambridge
Dinner Tendered for G. W. Moore at University Club
A dinner in Boston honored George W. Moore longtime Fruit and Produce Exchange leader and current vice president of the State Board of Trade. Guests included Louis Frothingham, Charles Burrill, Walter Glidden, John Kelcher, Daniel Lane and others. Moore departs for a six month trip to New Zealand and Australia with his wife and daughter.
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George W. Moore
Fruit and Produce Exchange
University Club of Boston
Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
State Board of Trade
Old Boston Market Men’s Republican Club
Curtis Guild
Produce Exchange
National River and Harbor Congress
Washington
Louis A. Frothingham
Charles J. Burrill
Progressive Republicans
Walter Glidden
John A. Kelcher
Daniel W. Lane
Charles S. Baxter
Mr. Moore
New Zealand
Australia
Charles W Smith
Francis H. Campbell
H. A. Fuller
George Farington
George R. Conroy
M. E. Hennessy
Robert I. Norton
James Ingraham
P. McGovern
Joseph P. O'Connell
P. J. Hughes
Richard C. Storey
Walter J. Grosvenor
J. Edward Fuller
A. P. Lee
Senate Banking Committee Probes Currency Reform Time
The Senate banking and currency committee approved a list of 32 questions to be sent to bankers and financial experts. The questions aim to uncover defects in the nation’s currency system and ways to remedy them.
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Central Reserve Association
Treasury
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Raid on secret society ends convention at Minot Hall
East Dedham police raided Minot Hall where the Order of United Brewers of America held a convention. Officers seized more than a dozen cases of beer and quantities of whiskey as hundreds of members were in attendance, with arrests following and the event breaking up.
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Dedham Street
Minot Hall
Order of United Hebrews of America
Order
Raid Tied to Secret Order Convention in Minot Hall
Officers entered the hall and bought two quarts of whiskey from Morris and Adelaide Krekowski, alleged members of the order. A raid followed the convention opening at 2 PM in Minot Hall. Eleven full beer cases and large quantities of whiskey were seized, with two patrol wagon trips to move the liquor.
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Morris
Adelaide Krekowski
Order
Krekowskis
Minot Hall
Washington and
Springfield Streets
Junk trust claimed in Reading over liquor license dispute
I Horovitz alleges Reading selectmen discriminated against him denying a license for junk dealing. He says another dealer obtained an exclusive permit, expanding a town monopoly. He claims 1892 business history and offers $200 for exclusive privilege, challenging officials.
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I. Horovitz
Reading
Horovitz
Reading confronts new junk trust battle in town
Citizens watch a wordy fight between a veteran rag-picker and local leaders over a newly formed junk trust. Many in Reading believe the outcome may end with a local group dissolving the trust.
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Reading
Wickersham
Junk Trust
Pomona Degree Given to 147 Grangers
147 persons received the Pomona degree at Middlesex-Central Pomona Grange in Wakefield. The class marks the largest Pomona degree group ever in the state as preparations begin for the State Grange meeting in Boston in October.
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Pomona
Boston
Pomona Grange
Wakefield
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