Mayor Whelton pushes Fenway inquiry in Boston
Mayor Whelton aims to start an immediate Fenway investigation with Lawyer French. He notes no City Hall consultation and says the inquiry should have broad scope, touching contractors Nawn Graham Simon Donovan and N N Carter and overseen by certified payments from former Mayor Colline. Stony Brook issues cited as historical cost drivers. contractors claim all work met engineers' instructions and that original estimates are irrelevant.
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Fenway contract probe eyed by Boston officials asks questions
Asa P. French of Randolph, district attorney, accepts special counsel post to investigate the Fenway contracts involving over 1 million dollars. He cites possible waste and fraud, notes political pressure on Acting Mayor Whelton, and urges disclosure from street and sewer departments while offering to aid the inquiry.
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Grape-Nuts praised in Chicago letter for health turnarounds
A Chicago reader credits Grape-Nuts with curing years of constipation related hemorrhoids and neurotic trouble after a failed surgery and quitting work. The letter, dated December 1903, says bowel regularity returned and overall health improved, attributed to the food from Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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City broke contract in Fenway sewer dispute says contractor
Simon J. Donovan charges the city halted work on the Fenway sewer by its experiments and broke the contract. He alleges a health menace from pumping material through a 12 inch pipe into a mid river cofferdam and dredging to sea, delaying the project for political reasons and asserting workers were hired on merit and paid market rates.
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Folk Praises Taft as GOP Leaders Unite in Missouri
Governor Folk of Missouri spoke in Springfield praising Secretary Taft as a staunch Republican who puts public welfare first. He cited Taft's Akron speech and contrasted it with Cox machine candidates, and offered definitions of graft including profits misused by insurance directors.
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