Pelletier resigns from Civil Service Commission amid DA bid
Joseph C. Pelletier Democratic candidate for district attorney notified Governor Draper yesterday of his resignation from the Civil Service Commission. The governor agreed it was proper as Pelletier runs for political office. Rumor pins a Republican successor, with Edward G. Graves or Charles Malley named as possible appointees.
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Joseph C. Pelletier
Draper
Civil Service Commission
Pelletier
Edward G. Graves
Republican City Committee
Charles Malley
Dorchester
Death sentences for inciting mutiny muted to imprisonment
ST. PETERSBURG reports that a large proportion of death sentences already pronounced on social democrats convicted of inciting mutiny among troops are being commuted to imprisonment.
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ST. Petersburg
Smythe Blames Finance Commission for Printing Plant Shortfall
City Hall uncovered that the old Finance Commission's reports have driven the municipal printing plant toward a $10,000 deficit. Captain James Smythe, superintendent, says costs of commission reports totaling $12,000 exceed his current appropriation. He notes the plant printed all commission reports and sought savings elsewhere but cannot bridge the gap. Mayor Hibbard will request Aldermen approve an extra $10,000 to cover the shortfall.
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City Hall
Finance Commission
James Smythe
Smythe
Hibbard
Commission
Coes & Young Shoes Hold Shape Unlike Other Brands
Many customers in Does & Young shoes express surprise at how the footwear retains its shape while others spread apart and arch collapse. The firm explains the difference: Coes & Young shoes are made to wear, whereas many rivals are made only to sell.
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Does & Young
Coes & Young
Ten Save Marine District Fire District Established
The new Marine Fire District goes into effect tomorrow at 10 o clock. Steamship people and waterfront property owners gain protection as Boston joins New York Buffalo and Chicago in safeguarding valuable waterfront property from fires causing multimillion dollar losses.
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Marine Fire District
Boston
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Fireboat District Created After East Boston Docks Fire
After a major blaze at Grand Junction docks in East Boston, the city funds two fireboats Engine 47 and Engine 44. Captain Robert A. Ritchie becomes chief of the new marine district, stationed at the South Ferry slip. Engine 44 remains at Central wharf with Captain Walter S. Eaton and Lt Charles S. Moran promoted. The district covers waterfront structures and vessels from L Street Bridge to Dorchester Avenue Bridge and along Charlestown, Chelsea Creek, and Grand Junction areas.
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Grand Junction
Boston
Marine District
Robert A. Ritchie
Central Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Walter S. Eaton
Charles S. Moran
Marine Fire District
Grady
L_ street bridge
South Boston
Fort Point Channel
Dorchester Avenue Bridge
Charlestown
Mystic River
Malden Bridge
Alford Street
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Chelsea Creek
Kick Me Boy Frees Class
In Waltham on October 12 seventeen high school students who had studied instead of gym were allowed to resume recitations after the boy who pinned a kick me tag on Dexter Winslow admitted it. Principal Houghton punished the entire class since other boys refused to name the offender.
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Waltham
Dexter Winslow
Houghton
Farlow Corrects Quoted Statements on Bylaws Case
Alfred Farlow writes to the Post defending his remarks about church bylaws and the handling of a case involving Mrs Stetson. He explains the reporter misquoted him and clarifies the questions and answers about bylaw authority, Mrs Eddys knowledge, and members attitudes toward the mother church actions.
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Mrs. Eddy
New York
Alfred Farlow
Court frees Indianapolis News publishers in libel case
Judge Anderson of the U S Court dismisses proceedings against Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams, removing to the District of Columbia for trial on criminal libel charges over Panama Canal profit claims. The defendants are discharged, condemning the attempt to drag citizens from their homes to the capital for trial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
United States Court of This District Today
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
District of Columbia
Panama Canal
United States
Judge Quashes Libel Per Se Claims In Roosevelts Era Paper
Judge Anderson states that calling individuals thieves and swindlers does not prove libel per se. He cites a newspaper’s duty to print truth and inform the public, and argues against the government selecting tribunals or dragging citizens across states for trials. The articles accused William Nelson Cromwell Douglas Robinson Charles P Taft and other Roosevelt friends of knowledge of a swindle by a gang of speculators that robbed the country.
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Anderson
William Nelson Cromwell
Douglas Robinson
Charles P. Taft
Roosevelt
Fines Given For Criticising A Hat
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on October 12 Miss Mae Carey was fined $25 by Alderman Brown for making unkind remarks about the hat worn by Miss Ruth Devonde.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Ruth Devonde
Mae Carey
Alderman Brown
Belasco Declared Out of Danger After Pneumonia
New York, Oct. 12 David Belasco the playwright, who had been seriously ill with pneumonia, was declared out of danger in a brief physician statement issued tonight.
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New York
David Belasco
Nervous Dyspepsia And Neurasthenia Cure Ad
An article promotes STUART'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS as a treatment for neurasthenia and nervous dyspepsia. It describes symptoms such as fatigue irritability insomnia and memory concerns. The ad claims digestion improves nerve health and offers a 50 cent box with a free sample via mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Jail woman for slavery case shocks Boston
In a rare early US district court ruling Judge Dodge sentences Laude Dupre alias Julie Auger of Montreal to one month in East Cambridge jail for attempting to ship a young Canadian woman named Cissie King to Boston to be sold as a white slave. An associate, Almer Winchester, aided the plot but avoided punishment after the victim’s escape. both women were later arrested and handed to immigration officials. The government dropped charges against Winchester and Dupre faces possible deportation upon release.
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United States ‘District Court
Dodge
Laude Dupre
Julie Auger
Montreal
East Cambridge
Cissie King
Canada
Boston
Almer Winchester
King
Dupre
Winchester
United States
Parish Reunion at Our Lady of Lourdes Beachmont
The third parish reunion of the Church of Our Lady of the Lourdes in Beachmont is set for this evening at Condit's Summer Ballroom in Revere.
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Church of Our Lady of the
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