Stork Delivers Triplets to Salem Family in Need
Mrs Mary Lennox 32 gives birth to triplets all girls at 3 Rawlins Street in Salem. The Lennox family of six living children includes Edward 13 Thomas 8 Theodore Jr 6. Father works for Morrill & Co leather dressers earning a small wage. The household faces great expense and appeals for help from the community.
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Stork
Salem
Theodore Lennox
Rawlins Street
Mary Lennox
Edward
Thomas
Theodore, Jr
Lennox
Morrill & Co
Post
Good Government Assn backs Bates in East Boston aldermanic race
The Good Government Association plans a clear stance at the city primaries. It backs Benjamin Bates for the East Boston Republican nomination while opposing Alderman George Battis, with A. E. Bates also in the Republican mix. The group endorses John V. Ballantyne in Wards 12 and 17 against William Berwin, and Harry Frothingham for Democrat Ward 11 alongside Louis Clark in Dorchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Government Association
George Battis
East Boston
Benjamin Bates
A. E. Bates
John V. Ballantyne
William Berwin
Board of Aldermen
Harry Frothingham
Louis Clark
Dorchester
W. Dudley Cotton
Thomas Curley
Michael McEttrick
James Curley
Tammany
Teddy’ Glivnn
Curley
Glynn
Vine Street
Boston
Leary
Charlestown
Daniel MacDonald
Cauley
William Cuddy
Czar Lomasney
Cuddy
E. B. Fullerton
James Anthony
Local Notes Include Larceny Charge and Gambling Sweep
Mrs. Annie Reed faces Municipal Court after alleged larceny of jewels and $24 000 from her son in law Dr John Kimball. Police raid Harrison avenue found 50 playing cards and 10 Chinese arrested for gambling. Maud J Fogg, 40, lodging house keeper at Berwick Park, was found dead by a lodger. Letitia Harrell sues for 10000 over auto crash. David Mahoney, 22, missing from Cambridge. Sal em trunk found after report of loss. Local deaths noted on Essex Street and Curtis Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Reed
John Kimball
Division 4
Harrison Avenue
Maud J. Fogg
Berwick Park
Letitia Harrell
Harris Street
Cambridge
Charles H
Isabel Smith
Boston
David J. Mahoney
Warland Street
William D. Mahoney
Grain scandal figure is ousted from office in Russia
St Petersburg reports M Gurko, vice minister of the interior tied to the 1906 famine relief scandal, has been dismissed and ordered to restitution exceeding 250000 dollars. Other dispatches note tariff talks in Paris, a tug seizure dispute in Uruguay, Chicago’s 20 year Tel ephone franchise, Vancouver riot hearings, and a Kane county almshouse fire driving inmates to flee.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Gurko
Paris
Foreign Office
United States
Washington
Jusserand
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Martin Gracia
Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Vancouver
B. C
Howard Duncan
Kane County
Batavia
Stormy Finance Commission Hearing On Atlas Bid And Suspected Misconduct
The meeting adjourned amid turmoil as Senator Linehan demanded probes into payments tied to city contracts. Allegations centered on Atlas Construction Company, underpayment of workers, and waste in contracting. Linehan pressed for investigations into payments to Sughrue, Matthews, and other city dealings.
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Atlas Construction Company
Board of Aldermen
State Senate
Sughrue
Wlaborers
Feeney
Senator Linehan
Matthews
Linehan
Commission
Finance Commission
Michael J. Sughrue
Nathan Matthews
Water Department
Bristol Street
Waldo Brothers
Addicks
Dock Trust
J. Sughrue
Atornery
Brown Seeks Radical Change in Massachusetts Democracy
Gerry Brown Independence League candidate for Lieutenant Governor calls for radical reforms in the Democratic Party after last year’s defeat. He blames a crowd of political vultures for the loss and urges focus on live issues, pushing “full justice to all citizens” as the new campaign slogan.
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Brockton
Gerry Brown
Independence League
The
Democracy
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Mr. Brown
Whitney
Miss Cora Price Trims Boston Betters In Gravesend Race
Miss Cora Price, a famed Gravesend character, helped by New York backers, reportedly won a pool of 3000 dollars in a race at Aqueduct while others vanished with the stakes. Police have not been notified due to the prominence of involved parties.
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Cora Price
Gravesend
L. I
Miss Price
New York
Boston
Aqueduct
Medford Police Shuffle Prompts City Debate
Medford residents discuss a 6 PM police department shift affecting officers Callahan Connors Manning Higgins Golding D W Connors Buffum Fitzpatrick Cowing. Chief Holmes promises action for route neglect while officers threaten appeals to the mayor over the reorganized beats and suspensions.
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Medford
Callahan
Glenwood
T. FF. Connors
Salem Street
Winter Hill
Manning
Higgins
West Medford
Upper Salem Street
Golding
West Medford Hill
D. W. Connors
Wellington
Buffum
Fitzpatrick
Hillside
Cowing
Lower Salem Street
Holmes
Labor notes from Carpenters District Council meeting
Last night the council handled routine business with several members fined for trade rule violations. No current strike. A committee was formed to organize a December monster mass meeting to set working rules for next year. District leaders McCarthy and Hi Canning head to the Knights of Labor convention in Washington November 12 for four days. Electrotypers Union 11 held a special session to refer final matters to the next regular meeting. Car and Locomotive Painters Union 433 elected a committee to run winter educational meetings and boost attendance. six applicants were admitted.
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Carpenters’ District Council
T. J. McCarthy
Thomas Hi. Canning
Washington, D. C
Electrotypers
Union 11
Washington Street
Union 433
Hisgen Gains Standing with Independence League Support
West Springfield voters show Thomas L. Hisgen rising in local regard as the Independence League grows in influence, nearly matching Henry M. Whitney’s total though Whitney runs under the regular Democratic banner. Hisgen leads Whitney in ballots cast, signaling shifting loyalties and party strength.
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West Springfield
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence League
Republican
Henry M. Whitney
Hisgen
Whitney
Democratic Party
Neighbor Tom Hisgen A Fighter Favored By Berkshire Voters
The Berkshire neighbors recall Tom Hisgen as a candid and persuasive figure who drew strong local support. He is praised for honesty, fiery resolve, and for challenging the Standard Oil trust, with many predicting he could rise to national influence. Born about 45 years ago in southern Indiana, his Presbyterian roots frame his early life.
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Tom
Berkshires
Standard Oil Trust
New England
Hisgen
Thomas JL
Indiana
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Stomach Digestion
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy for catarrh of the stomach and indigestion. It claims the tablets digest food like a healthy stomach, lists ingredients, notes physician endorsement, and offers free samples from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
United States
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Hisgen oil man defies trust in bold life story
Albany born Thomas L. Hisgen and his three brothers built the largest axle grease plant, faced trust boycotts and price cuts, and expanded to Pittsfield and West Springfield. He ran for state auditor as a Democrat then Independence League candidate, promoting anti merger and Roosevelt Republican ideals, while his firm resisted the Standard Oil push.
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Albany
West Springfield
Octopus
Standard Oil Company
Pittsfield
North Dana
Standard Oil
Hisgens
Rnion
George Street
Hisgen
Barbara Ford
Casey
Thomas Louis Hisgen, Jr
Elizabeth
Henrietta
Springfield
Elizabeth Talbot
Ludlow
Chicopee
Holyoke
Indian Orchard
Thompsonvile
Windsor Locks
Hiisgen
Oil Trust
Independence League
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Twisgen i
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Seek Tariff Abolition on Press Paper and Pulp
President Roosevelt indicated to the American Newspaper Publishers' Association committee that he will urge Congress to abolish the tariff on press paper wood pulp and wood used for paper making. He also asked the Justice Department to investigate possible antitrust violations by paper manufacturers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Committee On
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congress
Department of Justice
Vorenberg’s Branch Store Opens in Boston
The enterprising S. Vorenberg & Co. of Winter street expands with a new branch at 382 Boylston street opening Monday at 8 54 am. The store, Boston’s novelty shop, will serve a growing customer base with cash purchases and European and Japanese connections. The Boylston branch will remain open until Jan 1 1808 to meet demand.
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S*. Vorenberg & Co
Winter Street
Boylston Street
Vorenberg’s
Boston
Europe
Japan
Widow's double tragedy shocks New York
Mrs Mary Fay of 10014 Brook Avenue mourns after her husband dies at Lebanon Hospital and within an hour her eight weeks old son dies in her arms. Physicians say the shock is likely to kill her. she had been married only a year.
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New York
Hard Drinker He Now Gives Thanks for His Wonderful Cure
A man once plagued by heavy drinking reports a life changing recovery. He credits a lasting cure that transformed his health and family life after years of misery and woe.
Golden Remedy Promises Quick Cure for Drunkenness
An advertisement claims Golden Remedy is a safe odorless tasteless cure for alcoholism. It asserts the substance can be secretly added to coffee tea or food and will rapidly reform the drinker without detection.
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J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Aldermanic
Cornhil
Lewis’ Drug Store
Importers Bazaar
Cornhill
Pasex St
Satein
Uae
C. A. Brown
Chestnut Street
Hackman
Pank
Curtis
Essex Street
E. Gerry Brown
CORA
HUB
LABOR
Corn Products Mfg
Karo Korn
Thomas JL. Hisgen
Vorenberg's
Sri
Mattie Balkins
Vanceburg
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