Damages Set At 13500 For Mill Victims In Tewksbury Case
The Supreme Court overruled the American powder mills and Cartridge Company defense and held the firm liable for the deaths of Thomas Calighan Margaret Rigg and Charlies W Moore from the 1903 Tewksbury explosion. Jury verdicts of 4500 each totaled 13500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewksbury
American Powder Mills
United States Cartridge Company
Supreme Court
Thomas Calighan
Margaret Rigg
Charlies W. Moore
Marvelous Cure by Cuticura Stuns Boston Man
Under date September 9 1904, 8 P Keyes of 149 Congress Street Boston reports Cuticura cured his twenty five year battle with a terrible humor covering head and neck. He tried many doctors and hospitals with no relief before trying Cuticura. He says the cure came in surprisingly short time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cutiura
P. Keyes
Congress Street
Mass
Durin
Uthura
Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment for $1
A patient describes how Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured a spreading facial rash after doctors failed with carbolic acid. One cake and one box were used, and the face healed in under two weeks. The testimonial dates from April 27, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Story
Fourth Ave
Berlin
N.H
Courtesy on Boston transit prompts plea for chivalry
A Boston Post letter writer recounts testing courtesy on trains over two weeks. Elderly women and mothers with babies report better seating access than younger working women who are exhausted after daily work. The author urges men to offer seats and polite behavior, citing crowded cars and rough treatment. POST COURTESY COMMISSIONER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
POST
Love’s Tribute to Ex-Governor Talbot
In Lowell on October 19, Mrs Elizabeth Talbot of North Billerica marked the golden marriage anniversary of her late husband ex-Governor Thomas Talbot. She decorated his grave with flowers and hosted many former friends and acquaintances yesterday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Elizabeth Talbot
North Billerica
Thomas ‘Talbot
Jamaica Plain Hurdy Gurdy for the Blind Benefit
Prominent Boston Catholics attended a hurdy gurdy fundraiser at the Franklin barn Jamaica Plain arranged by the younger Catholic groups of Boston and West Roxbury to aid Massachusetts adults who are blind. Misses Dowling led with Robert Thayer and Francis Doyle assisting. ushers included Miss Finneran Mary Lynch Doyle Crafey Jennie Dowling and others.
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Greater Boston
Franklin Barn
Jamaica Plain
Bury
West Roxbury
Massachusetts
Dowling
Robert Thayer
Francis H. Doyle
John C. L. Dowling
Finneran
Mary Lynch
Doyle
Craffey
Misa
Jennie
Jennie 8. Dowling, Miss Mee, Maguire, John B. Wall
Albert Plunket
Meichent Thayer
Jos
Cassie Clifford T
John Dowling
Cadet Rifle Shooting Awards Made At Smoker
The 164th anniversary of the First Corps Cadets was marked with a Wakefield range rifle contest and an evening smoker at the Hotel Somerset. Cor porte Bryant won the Appleton medal with a sharpshooter’s cap awarded to Corporal Rotch. Captain F L ao Company A won the revolver prize and Francis W. Davis the NRA medal. Major General Francis H. Appleton (retired) captured the veteran rifle match with 24 of 25 at 200 yards.
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Wakefield
Somerset
Appleton
Corporte Bryant
Rotch
F. L. Ao
Vate Francis W. Davis
National Rifle Association
Francis H. Appleton
Opera Star Geraldine Farrar Plans Melrose Visit
Geraldine Farrar, famed opera queen, writes that she expects to visit Melrose later this month after completing a tour of European capitals. The hometown visit would mark a homecoming for the star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Geraldine Farrar
Eight Children Tie Family Strain in Cambridge Divorce Case
In Cambridge court Mrs. John T. Howard seeks separate support amid claims of constant quarrels abuse and abandonment. She cites eight children including Helen 20 Genevieve 18 Joseph 14 Charles 11 Annie 9 Catherine 6 John 3 and Lillian 1 and notes her husband rendered twenty dollars weekly and left amid fears of institutionalization.
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John T. Howard
West Medford
Cambridge Court
Howard
Board of Health
New York
Rockefeller in Gas Deal Testimony Reveals Financed Sale
Henry H. Rogers testified in a $3,000,000 suit filed by Bay State Gas Company receiver G W Pepper. He said the Dorchester and Brookline gas companies were sold to New England Gas and Coke, with control of Boston area gas firms handed to him, financed by John D. Rockefeller. He noted profits outside Burrage’s $ payments totaled about $3,566,600 and could not recall Burrage’s exact compensation.
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Henry H. Rogers
G. W. Pepper
Bay State Gas Company of
Delaware
United States District Court
Rogers
Dorchester
Brookline
New England Gas, and Coke Company
Boston
South Boston
Roxbury
Bay State
John D. Rockefeller
A. C. Burrage
Burrage
Labor Notes International and Local Labor Moves
President Timothy Healey of New York organized a new union of stationary firemen in Rome city limits signaling a shift in jurisdiction over firemen across clubs departments theatres and breweries. Boston unions report leadership changes and eight hour movement activity as unions promote labor solidarity and city cooperation while the Boston Carpenters strike ends.
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Davia
David Goldstein
Boston
Waltham Central Labor Union
Boston Oes Cutters
Labor Union
Mgames
J. Kelley
Joseph Peell
Patrick Kilroy
Jeremiah Mahon
James A. Rye
Typographical Union
Aers
Evil Hall
Alies 'Shea Indoreement
Wa Eee Ishanised
Oe Gy
Kneeland
Ores Board
Idermen
Ares
Welle Memorial
Eakedemere
Bosaten Carpenters’ District Council
Infant found in Ward Street station basin
A severely decomposed infant, about two weeks old, was found floating in the Ward street aimping station basin by the watchman shortly after 8 p m last evening. Undertaker Gilmore took charge of the remains and noted marks of surgical instruments on the body.
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Ward Street
Aimping Station
Gilmore
Albers Case Report Filed by Former Managua Consul
The report by Chester Donaldson former American consul at Managua Nicaragua on the Albers case has been filed with the State Department. Donaldson explains Murphy once worked for an Albers employee but was later dismissed and left Nicaragua with a Honduran guide. He says Nicaraguan officials used Murphy to damage Albers reputation and he opposed that tactic.
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Washington
Chester Donaldson
Managua
Nicaragua
Albers
State Department
Donaldson
Fred W. Murphy
Honduras
Murphy
Hartz launches campaign to honor Sir Henry Irving
A. F. Hartz of Euclid Avenue Opera House initiates a national movement to erect a monument for English actor Sir Henry Irving as a tribute to his life work on the stage.
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Cleveland
A. F. Hartz
Euclid Avenue
Sir Henry Irving
Mystery Theft Of Miss Ingersoll’s Park Lane Silverware
The robbery at Miss Justine Ingersoll’s Jamaica Plain home last May remains unsolved as police review a family safe breach. Heirlooms mostly silverware, valued for lineage, were stolen with only a single known combination. Police checked pawnshops but found no leads, suspects possible transfer to New York or melting for disposal.
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Justine Ingersoll
Park Lane
Jamaica Plain
Miss Ingersoll
New York
Strengthen the Stomach with Dr Williams Pink Pills
The text touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a breakthrough cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It cites E. E. Strong of Capleville Tennessee who was cured after trying many remedies and three boxes of the pills. It claims the pills create new blood and do not use opiates while offering a free Diet book.
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E. E. Strong
Capleville
Shelby County
Tenn
Memphis
Big Dray Horse on Elm Street Saves Tot's Life
A8 year old boy Thomas Nelson of Jamaica Plain narrowly escaped serious injury after being knocked down by two draft horses pulling an ice wagon on Elm Street. The horse swerved and the driver halted the wagon, preventing a tragic accident.
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Elm ST
Tot
Thomas Nelson
Jamaica Plain
Elm Street
Broker Comstock Goes On Trial For Bond Larceny
Colonel Henry W. Comstock, aged broker, is on trial in the Superior Criminal Court for larceny of bonds and securities valued at $2000 from Cora A. Frothingham of Brookline. Mrs. Frothingham testified she gave him stock certificates to sell and invest, but he closed the accounts at a loss and did not return the securities. She said he claimed profits. Comstock, hobbling with crutches, said he had bought and sold stocks on commission but did not consider himself a broker. He described customers introducing him to business and said he handled large sums through R. L. Day Company and a New York syndicate. The case was continued to the next morning.
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Henry W. Comstock
Cora A. Frothingham
Brookline
Superior Criminal Court
Union
Chicago Junction
Eric
General Sherman
Charles Street
R. L. Day
New York
Third Massachusetts Cavalry Holds Reunion at Berkeley Hall
The Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment gathered for its annual reunion at Berkeley Hall last evening. Colonel Dudley delivered the principal address, marking the event.
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Third
Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
Berkeley Hall
Dudley
Lawyers seek forensic review in Arlington murder case
Defense aims to force court to let experts inspect the rusty knife found near Arlington crime scene and Harvard Professor Whitney's stomach analysis report now with the district attorney. They contend the contents may show the victim drank with her husband. Schidlofski has gained weight in jail while the case proceeds.
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Marcella Schidlofski
Arlington
Whitney
Harvard
John Schidlofski
Schidlofski
424th Anniversary of Benevolent Association Observed
The 424 anniversary of the Benevolent Association was celebrated at the hall on West Street last evening with Dr John J. Kelliher giving an address and a reception following.
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Benevolent Association
Cahenes
Estere
John J. Kelliher
Aula Onidan
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Supreme Court Rules
Powder Mill
Cuticura
Erie
Gee Tull
Apeitees
Puritan Dental Co
Emnewens
Love
Talbot
Medford
Rockefeller
LABOR
Nic
Araguan
Irving
James M. Solomon Ia
Beaco
Hamilton
T Minas
W. E. Woodman Company
Washington St
the. White Dental Parlors
Washington ST. Opp. A. Ti
Song Murphy
East Boston
Odt
Ae Schoomaker
Frances Ted
Pather McCauley
Ghutch
Mattie Murphy
Mar Young
Aeete
Irene Jenness
van Camp
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ingersoll
EdooNervieke
Federal Street
Mrs. Frothingham
H. W. Comstock
Third Cavalry
Reunion
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