New President of West End Railway Named
Stockholders elected a new directorate placing Joseph B. Russell as president to succeed Samuel Little. Russell, a Cambridge family member and former Boston Wharf Company president, heads a company now under Boston Elevated Railway control. The year’s report shows bonds of 2.1 million dollars issued at a 4.69 percent premium, with 4 percent interest, largely used to repay the Elevated for improvements. Dividends for the year totaled 1,147,960 dollars. Russell declined to discuss the change in detail.
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Samuel Little
Lattice
C. M. Baker
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Highland Street Railway Company
Cambridge Railroad
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Dr George B Pierce to Study Law at Harvard
Dr George B Pierce former Republican congressional candidate in the tenth district abandons medicine for law. He attends Harvard Law School after Harvard Medical School gradation in 1898 and surgical work at Massachusetts General Hospital. He plans to open a Boston office and pursue legal practice with potential medico legal specialization.
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Atkinson Challenges Tax Shift At Board Meeting
The Massachusetts Board of Trade meeting featured Edward Atkinson criticizing proposed tax relief for patent medicines like Jamaica ginger and sar saparillas. He argued such products rely on alcohol and harm women, prompting a rebuke from Gorham D. Gilman. The session noted two deaths, reviewed finances, and urged reforms to bankruptcy laws and municipal governance while calling for honest scrutiny of trusts and need for cleaner business practices.
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Committee On Commerce
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John Wales
Jacob M. Haskell
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J. B. E. Donigan
Lawrence
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Enius
United States
Hale Urges Republicans to Go Slow on Policy
Washington Nov 2 Senator Hale of Maine warns the Republican party to curb excesses after a great victory. He urges tax cuts and restraint on spending, notes current Asia and Philippines issues, advocates Cuban self government, and says Puerto Rico will take care of itself as insular annexation faces opposition.
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Maine
R. Hale
Halesterday
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Enator Hale
Lippine
Forto Rico
Hapwall
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Republican Party
Perin Seeks Divorce From Society Wife in DC Court
Clifford Perin son of Cincinnati millionaire Oliver Perin filed for divorce from Mary Clagett Perin in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The suit cites alleged wifely neglect and continued attentions to another man, with a cross petition for alimony possible. A daughter born Oct 2 is mentioned. future marriage to George Howard is rumored.
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Francis Tuggs
Washington
Sir Henry Howard
the Hague
Tor Pauncefote
United States
Perin
Boston Post Photo Contest Opens for Amateur and Professional Entries
The Boston Post continues three weekly prizes of 10 5 and 3 dollars for photographs chosen for newspaper reproduction. Entrants must title each photo with name and address on the back and may include an explanation of any notable aspects. Submissions to Editor Photograph Contest the Post Boston.
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Sunday Post
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Boston
May Schaefer Exiled From Boston After Probation
May Schaefer a noted pickpocket and shoplifter known by aliases such as Schaefer White Oliver Oates Blossom and Morrison was arrested on November 11 by Inspectors Kelly and Douglas. In Municipal Criminal Court Judge Burke she pleaded guilty to being a common night walker and was placed on probation for one year with sentence to follow if seen again. Police say her destination is New Jersey.
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Boston
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Douglas
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Burke
May
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Oliver, Oates
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Morrison
New Jersey
Leslie "Garter
London
Harbor Place
Maine
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Mr. Belasco
Saap Barry
King Louis
Nagle Case Postponed In Hayes Manslaughter Trial
The William H. Nagle manslaughter trial over ex Senator Hayes death is postponed to next month after an important witness was absent, delaying the Superior Criminal Court proceedings that were to begin yesterday morning.
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William H. Nagle
Hayes
Superior Criminal Court
Loss of red cheeks prompts cod liver oil remedy
A Victorian style appeal notes that loss of color in a girl signals declining health and appetite. Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil is advertised as restoring color and vitality, offering a free sample from Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Stage Gossip and Boston theatre notices tease season plans
Arthur Sidman at Keiths brings a pastoral piece likely to debut later this season at Park Theatre. Music Students Chamber Concerts announce tickets on sale next Saturday. Boston Museum transformation promises a top stage for Hearts Are Trumps with many employees attending a Boston Music Hall party. Porteweil benefit for Joe Ott widow set for Dec 7 at Herald Square Theatre. Selma Herman headlines next week at Grand Opera House in A Young Wife with original cast and scenery. Sorrows of Satan returns to Boston with enhanced effects. Humpty Dumpty clown George H Adams tours Boston for Christmas week. John J McNallys In Wall Street heads to Boston with Pay Mason Nellie Beaumont and Cora Leslig in cast.
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Fourteenth Street Theatre
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Boston
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Sheoby
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Inoston
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Cora Leslig
Growth of States and Boston Theatre Notes
Nebraska population reaches 1 068 539 up from 1 008 910 while Oregon climbs to 413 636 from 313 767. Meanwhile Boston theatres feature Mrs Carter and various acts with lively reviews and detailed horse naming by Mrs Carter reflecting her Maine and Boston connections.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Pyramid Pile Cure Praised As Safe Rectal Treatment
The Pyramid Pile Cure is marketed as a safe non opiate remedy for piles. Endorsements from Cleveland Albany Indianapolis tout its instant relief and claimed cures without surgery, with dozens of testimonials. It is sold by druggists at fifty cents and marketed as free of poisonous drugs.
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D. B. Reed
Albany
Citizens donate apples to Boston charities in gratitude
Letters to the Post express thanks for twenty bushels of apples and other fruit gifts donated to Civil War veterans, childcare homes, and charitable organizations. Recipients include the Guild of St Elizabeth Jewish Charities Meenah Home Little Wanderers Children Mission and Episcopal Mission with signatures from officials and administrators.
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George W. Creasby
Chelsea
Guild of St. Elizabeth
Boston
Mary'boyle O’reilly
East Springfield Street
Max Mitchell
Jewish Charities
B. Corliss
Meenah
Chambers Street
Little Wanderers
Post
Children’s Mission
The
William . Crosby
Apple Shipments Free Distribution Aimed at Cities
Large shipments of apples are being made from New Hampshire and other New England districts to be distributed free in major cities. The Boston Post has shown commendable interest in this matter as it develops.
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New Hampshire
New England
Boston
Boston Post Gathers Apples for Poor in New Hampshire
The Boston Post undertakes a charitable effort collecting apples in New Hampshire to be shipped to Boston for distribution among the poor. The express companies will deliver them free of charge.
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Boston Post
New Hampshire
Boston
Birth or blue grass state fuels a horse lover’s claim
A speaker reflects on lifelong obsession with horses, wondering if birth in a Kentucky region or personal temperament explains the deep draw. The note suggests a candid acknowledgment that horses dominate the speaker’s focus beyond logical reasoning.
Utopian Club presents theater by young Hebrew professionals
The Utopian Club hosted a theatrical evening at its Washington street clubhouse with performances by Miss Ethel Cook Fern Foster Dora M Stahl Miss Helen I Pratt Madame P Ferguson Miss Clara Weston and Carrie Engel. Mark Abraham J and G Cates participated. A next musical comedy by members is planned for Copley Hall on January 30.
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Fern Foster
Dora M. Stahl
Helen I. Pratt
Mradamme P. Ferguson
Clara Weston
Carrie
Alleged swindler not known here or in Boston bank case
Dr William A Ferguson remains under arrest in New York on charges of swindling Bono with bogus checks. The Eliot National Bank of Boston reports Charles Hickey’s name as unknown here, and recently returned checks signed William Tee Hickey from New York.
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New York
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Boston
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Eliot Bank
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