Straw man used in New Haven merger probes surface
Revelations sweep the proposed New Haven and Boston Revere Beach Lynn merger as stockholders in the Narrow Gauge suspect a friendly buyer in Ames Building circles. The holding company has reportedly acquired 75 percent of Narrow Gauge stock and the annual meeting of the Boston Revere Beach Lynn Railroad offered routine business with no merger mention.
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New Haven
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Ames
Street
John L. Billard
Meriden, Conn
Boston & Maine
Mellen
Byrnes
Melvin C. Adams
Melvin O. Adams
Revere
Winthrop
Funeral of Michael J. O Leary Newsboys Union member
The funeral for Michael J. O Leary, prominent member of the Newsboys Union of Boston, was held from 52 St Alphonsus street Roxbury. Mass at Mission Church Roxbury officiated by Rev Charles Hoff C SS R. Pallbearers included Edward Fitzgibbons Emil Snyder John Sullivan Matthew Downey Cornelius Leary and Richard Montgomery. Interment followed at New Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements were by William J Cassidy. Floral tributes came from customers friends and the union.
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Michael J. O'Leary
Newsboys’ Union of Boston
St. Alphonsus Street
Roxbury
Mission Church
Charles §. Hoff
C. SS. R
Newsboys’ Union
Edward Fitzgibbons
Emil Snyder
John Sullivan
Matthew Downey
Cornelius Leary
Richard Montgomery
New Calvary Cemetery
William J. Cassidy
Union
Estrada Expels Rioters Linked to Leon Unrest
Liberal leaders blamed for anti American riots at Leon Nicaragua were expelled by President Estrada. The action was reported to the State department via a telegram from Thomas B. Moffatt US consul at Bluefields.
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Estrada
Washington
Leon
Nicaragua
State Department
Thomas B. Moffatt
United States
Bluefields
Crocker asks change of venue over bias fears
George A. Crocker, indicted in Suffolk county for bribing jurors to influence his father’s will, seeks a venue change. His counsel argues religious, racial, and political prejudices could bias jurors, citing his stepmother’s Catholicism, Irish ancestry, and enmity from political opponents. The claim was presented to the Supreme Judicial Court in a mandamus petition.
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George A. Crocker
Suffolk County
Charles F. Choate
Crocker
Mrs. Crocker
First Finance Commission
Choate
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Mayor seeks promotion of two Somerville officers
The mayor urged the Board of Aldermen to promote Patrolmen Daniel G. Simonds and William J. Davidson to sergeants in Somerville police. The board had rejected them a week earlier, despite a lengthy mayoral communication supporting the promotions.
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Daniel G. Simonds
William J. Davidson
Somerville Police Department
Board of Aldermen
Ser
City Police Appointments Postponed Again
Geants McGarr and Carlton failed street duty and action on appointments and on promoting Augustine J. Fitzpatrick and Patrick McGrath to regular patrolmen were carried to the next meeting.
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Geants McGarr
Carlton
Augustine J. Fitzpatrick
Patrick McGrath
Maverick Mills Opens Doors In East Boston
Joyful East Boston reports Maverick mills start operations with 1200 employees at the spindles. Governor-elect Eugene N. Foss, promoter, predicted a January 1 opening, a six week anticipation that pleased him.
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Boston
Maverick Mills
Eugene N. Foss
Elevator fall narrowly spares life at Bedford Street
Patrick Finn, 38, an elevator man at 77 Bedford Street, escaped death when trapped between the wall and the car. He freed himself, cried for help, and a fellow worker released him. Hospitalized at Relief with a dislocated left hip and chin injury. he lives at 67 Howard Street Cambridge and had just started the elevator to reach the top floor.
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Patrick Finn
Bedford Street
Finn
Relief Hospital
Howard Street
Cambridge
Lodge May Face Senate Defeat In Massachusetts Bid
Boston reports that Senator Lodge may lose his bid for re election as Democrats and progressive Republicans unite in Massachusetts. Ambassadorship to England discussed as a last resort if January election ends his Senate run. Colonel William A Gaston cited as a leading Democratic candidate backed by key interests.
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Washington
United States
Lodge
England
Boston
Touraine
W. Murray Crane
Post
Gaston
Senator Lodge
Draper
Foss
Crane
Dalton
John L. Bates
Curtis Guild, Jr
Mr. Lodge
William A. Gaston
Shawmut National Bank
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Democracy Lodge
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