Fin Com urges cuts in Boston assessors department
The Finance Commission urges reducing the chief assessors from nine to four, cutting salaries, abolishing second assistant posts, and tightening poll tax enforcement to save about 48900 yearly. It proposes reorganizing records, using typewriters for bills, and shifting to streamlined single poll tax work.
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Finance Commission
Commission
Charles E. Folsom
Assessors’ Board
Mr. Folsom
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Tariff views stir debate on wages and employment
General Draper argues tariff reform could harm workers and favor wage cuts. He predicts a gradual, lasting uptick in business rather than a volatile boom, noting Americans want steady employment with good wages. He distances himself from party lines as an investor with no active business interests affected by tariffs.
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England
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
General Draper
Cambridge Youthstabbed Twice in Alley Fight
Frank Connell aged 19 of 133 Clark Street Cambridge was stabbed twice in the left side during a street altercation with two men in an alley off 84 Green Street yesterday morning. One thrust narrowly missed his heart.
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Green Street
Frank Connell
Clark Street
Cambridge
Piles Cure Claim With Pazo Ointment Guarantee
Advertises Pazo ointment promising cure for itching bleeding prolapsing piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Mentions price 50e and refund policy.
Mary Frances Upton obituary in Everett
Mary Frances Upton aged 67 dies in Everett. Funeral services will be held at her home 22 Clay Avenue Monday at 2 pm. The body will be taken to Fall River Tuesday.
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Upton
Everett
Mary Frances Upton
Clay Avenue
Fall River
Cohasset Man Ends His Life at Revere House
Thomas BE Keefe 35 of Cohasset committed suicide Saturday night by gas and sleeping potion after sealing exits in a Revere House room. His body found yesterday morning. He had registered as Thomas Edwards of Brockton and left a $500 Home Savings Bank deposit. Brother John Keefe said he had been missing in Cohasset for a week. no wife or known love affairs, and temporary insanity cited.
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Thomas BE. Keefe
Cohasset
Revere House
Thomas Edwards
Brockton
Thomas Keefe
Home Savings Bank
John Keefe
Thomas
Hyde Compares Morse and Eliot in Chapel Sermon
President Hyde likens Charles Morse to a sand house founder and Charles Eliot to a rock based on their lives. He condemns Morse as selfish and money driven while praising Eliot for disinterested devotion to improving conditions. He cites a fifteen year judgment on a life of getting wealth.
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Brunswick
William DeWitt Hyde
Charles W. Morse
Sands
Charles W. Eliot
Morse
Eliot
Hyde
Colored girl accused in Somerville watch theft
A Station 4 policeman arrested Susie Williams, 30, colored, for stealing a watch worth 25 dollars from Everett Keysworth of Sewell street Somerville. Keysworth said a buxom colored girl lured him into a doorway on Temple street.
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Station 4
Susie Williams
Everett Keysworth
Sewell Street
Somerville
Keysworth
Temple Street
Bengal lieutenant governor survives 10th assassination attempt
Ben Gali made a daring attempt to kill Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, Bengal lieutenant governor, in Calcutta last night. The attacker and three earlier plots since 1903 failed, Fraser escaping unharmed.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser
Andrew
Moran Picked 10 Run Moran for Mayor 1909
District Attorney Moran has been selected by Martin Lomasney to run for mayor not as a machine cue but because Moran could defeat any candidate backed by the Donovan Doyle Keliher faction. The note marks Moran as a strategic choice in the city’s political contest.
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John B. Moran
Moran
Martin Lomasney
Lomasney
Donovan- Doyle-Keliher
Ward 8
Fitzgerald
Donovan
Stomasney
Conry
John F. Cronin
Lecture at Town Hall Draws Prominent Citizens
The lieutenant governor with the Maharajah of Burdwan and Secretary Barber of the Y M C A attended a Town Hall lecture by Professor E D Burton of Chicago University. The hall was filled to overflowing with notable residents, and as the lieutenant governor stepped onto the dais a young man named Nhowd- was reported in the crowd.
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Maharajah
Burdwan
Bengal
Barber
Young Men's Christian Association
E. D. Burton
Chicago University
Nhowd
Bengalist attack in hall ends as rioters flee
A masked assailant fired at Sir Andrew but misfired twice. American secretary Barber grappled the gunman and was wounded. The Maharajah rescued Lieutenant-Governor Traser by pulling him to safety. Bengalis scattered as chaos spread, likely intending to aid Rhowdbury but aborting.
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Traser
Rhowdbury
Semi Official German View of Taft's Election
Berlin voices a semi official assessment of Taft winning the presidency. The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says Taft will keep fundamental lines of American policy and the friendly ties between Germany and the United States, serving interests of both nations.
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Taft
Berlin
Nord Deutsch Allegemeine Zeitung
Germany
United States
Stomach Reduction Operation Gains Ground in Philadelphia
Philadelphia November 8 The practice of stomach tucks for overeating has been performed at least ten times by Dr Henry J D Bayer a leading Philadelphia gynecologist. The procedure aims to cure a disease caused by rapid bolting of food to save time in business.
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Philadelphia
Henry JD. Bayer
Simple Rheumatism Recipe For The Kidneys
A home remedy touted to help rheumatism kidney and bladder trouble. Ingredients include Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla mixed and taken after meals and at night. Claims kidney cleansing and uric acid elimination improve backache and urinary symptoms. Prepare at home despite minor inconvenience.
Death notices from Cambridge Roxbury and Dorchester
Death notices list Alice Blake Gould Hawes in Cambridge on Nov 6 with funeral at 3 p m from 872 Massachusetts Ave. Roxbury's Alice G McElroy dies Nov 7 with funeral from 19 Auburn St and high mass at St Frances de Sales. Francis A Murphy dies in Dorchester Nov 8 aged 81, funeral from 37 Stonehurst St and requiem at church.
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St. Frances de Sales
Murphy
Dorchester
Francis A
Margaret A. Murphy
Stonehurst Street
Ae Ora
Lomasney Eyes Moran Run and FitzGerald Backing Ahead
Lomasney pushes Moran candidacy hopes while backing ex mayor Fitzgerald for the next Democratic nomination. Moran’s health and prospects loom, with Denver meetings and three conferences at the Brown Palace cited as maneuvering steps. If Moran fails to return, Lomasney plans to influence the champion Donavan-led ticket and shift support to a popular candidate.
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Lomasney
Fitzgerald
Daniel J. Kiley
Denver
Kiley
Moran
Brown Palace
Renowned inventor William Ayrton Dies in London
William Edward Ayrton, noted electrical engineer and inventor born in 1847, died in London. He held professorships at several institutions including natural philosophy and telegraphy at the Imperial College of Engineering in Japan.
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London
Navy
William Edward Ayrton
Imperial College of Engineering
Japan
Tekol claims guaranteed safety and superior power
An advertisement asserts Tekol is free from poisons and injurious drugs and more potent than three boxes of nerve remedies. It promotes Tekol at $1.00 per box, cheaper than competing remedies priced at 30 cents per box, claiming higher value and effectiveness.
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Boston
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Sir Andrew Fraser
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George H. Waterman
Franks
Waterman
Roxbury
Marconi Or
Cable
Turkey
Cummins Clothing Co
Washington ST
Chase & Sanborn's
Seal Brand Coffee
Tekol
Servoss
Greene Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
R. M. Unger
Madison St
Chicago
Ill
Mb. A. Ramsey
Argenta
Ark
WM. Walter
F St
N. W
Washington, D. C
J. H. Hawkins
Buford
J. KE. Carstarphen
Custom House
St. Louis
James Leggitt
Cavelo
Cal
H. M. Coy
Worland
WM. H. Rimer
E. Broad St
Hazelton
State Capitol
Albany
Henry M. May
Corwall Bridge
Conn
Eastern Drug Co
Carter, Carter & Meigs Co
Riker-Jaynes
Colonial Tablet CO
Oliver St
Mass
LIFE
Emerson Home Co
Maass
White Dental
R. H. Walls
Ag Tepe Ae
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Ittle Iver
Carters
Cde
Neves
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