Removal of Conrad and Co Inspires Boston Women Shoppers
The popular Boston women’s clothiers Conrad and Co undergo enlargement after moving two doors from their Winter street location. The new two floor shop features plate glass show windows oak trim and Southern smilax and chrysanthemums. The infants department displays baby dresses underwear tiny shoes bonnets and soft coats while a large central showcase presents babies’ baskets and toilet stands.
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Boston
Conrad & Co
Conrad's Boston Store Described as Fairyland Interiors
The article depicts a lavish store display with festoons of Southern smilax and white chrysanthemums. A central floral horseshoe, plush roses, and bouquets from firms ornament the scene. Displays include ostrich feather boas, linen waists, children's clothing, and ladies' fashion across multiple floors.
Conrad & Co Stores Display Rich Silk Waists and Furs
The store shows silk evening waists and hand embroidered pieces in glass cases, with green velour ladies rooms and three sided mirrors on each floor. The basement houses the receiving and lockers for staff as Conrad & Co maintains its policy of customer satisfaction and refunds.
Summon Tammany Leaders Inform Insurance Committee
New York. Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall and Patrick McCarren Democratic leader in Brooklyn will be called to testify before the insurance investigating committee. They are to explain any knowledge of the New York Dock Company affairs which owns Brooklyn wharf and warehouse property. The Mutual Life Insurance Company holds about 3.85 million in securities and a report claims an attempt was made to sell the property to New York City.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Patrick McCarren
Brooklyn
Insurance
New York Dock Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Murphy
McCarren
Boy in North End Concussion May Die
A 15 year old messenger, Michael Delaney, lies at Relief Hospital after being struck by a car while on an errand. He is the sole support of a disabled mother and father with prior injuries, and doctors fear he may not survive the concussion unless a delicate operation succeeds.
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Michael Delaney
North End
Boston & Northern Electric
John Delaney
Boston & Maine Railroad
Doctor Chirurg Recalls Romance and Russian Ties
The article recounts Dr Michael Chirurg describing his 1904 International Peace Congress attendance in Boston and serving as a Russian representative. It covers his marriage to Miss Ames, family objections, later travel with the couple, and Chirurg’s standing with Russian circles and the medical board records.
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Boston
Chirurg
Russia
Novikoff
Miss Ames
Dr. Chirurg
Paul Revere Frothingham
Beacon Street
Michael Chirurg
Abbie 8. Ames
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Business men devote more time to industry than church
Dr. W H Faunce of Brown University warns at Tremont Temple that modern business leaders, especially bankers and insurers, spend more time on work than religion. He praises lay involvement yet notes a shift from worship to money and contrasts current industriousness with the slower pace of the past.
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W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Federation of Men’s Organizations
Tremont Temple
Lorimer Hall
Sgt and Mrs Rideout Celebrate Silver Anniversary
Sgt and Mrs Rideout were surprised at 70 Roberts Street as about 50 friends celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They received a silver service a diamond brooch and other jewelry. A collation followed with music and dancing to end the evening.
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Rideout
Rossindale
Roberts Street
Pyramid Pile Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief and Cure
An advertisement testimonial from A Sutton of Marion Indiana touts Pyramid Pile Cure for piles, claiming fast relief and cure after using about three boxes. It offers a free trial by mail from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan and a 50 cent regular size from local druggists.
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Marion
Indiana
A. Sutton
Stone and Cement
Ind
Adress
Toyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Frenzied horse thief injures woman and endangers crowd
An unknown man driving a spirited horse in a buggy wounded one woman seriously and two others slightly in a breakneck chase through Boston's South End after 9 PM. The fleeing driver, suspected of horse theft from an American Grocery Company employee, started near Harvard Bridge and sped along Massachusetts Avenue past Boylston Street causing panic. Miss Mollie Hurley, 23, of Shawmut Avenue, suffered serious injuries. Authorities linked the turnout to a suspected theft earlier in Cambridge.
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South End
Harvard Bridge
Hiss
Massachusetts Avenue
Boylston Street
Mollie Hurley
Shawmut Avenue
American Grocery Company
Fulton Street
Cambridge
No Tracks in Gerrish Ave Chelsea Voters Reject Rail Extension
Chelsea Aldermen vote unanimously to deny the petition of the Boston Elevated Railway to extend tracks in Gerrish Avenue amid Catholic parishioners protests led by Revs Thomas E Power and Henry T Grady. The board grants the Boston & Northern Railroad permission to extend tracks on Garfield Sagamore and Washington avenues.
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Chelsea
Boston Elevated Railway
Gerrish Avenue
City Hall
St. Rose Catholic Church
Thomas E. Power
Henry T. Grady
Sargent
Boston & Northern Railroad
Garfield
Sagamore
Washington Avenues
Chelsea Aldermen Uphold One Veto On Schools
Mayor Willard of Chelsea had his veto of the $785 repairs to the old high school sustained, while the veto on the $900 reconstruction of sanitary arrangements at Shawmut School was overridden.
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Willard
Chelsea
Shawmut
Marshall L. Phillips Recovers After Severe Illness
In February 1903 I fell gravely ill with erysipelas and suffered for five weeks. A friend advised Dr Bartletts Vital Force, which I believe saved my life, and after several bottles I regained health and strength. I recommend this remedy to others, no alcohol or dangerous drugs. Dr Bartletts Current of Life Tablets prepared by Vital Force Co Lowell Mass.
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Death's
St. Anthony’s
Marshall L. Phillips
Merrimack St
Bartlett
The
Vital Force Co
Lowell
Mass
West Pocket Cascarets for Constipation Relief
A compact 10 cent box promises quick digestion aid through small candy tablets. Worn in a vest pocket or purse, Cascarets claim to exercise bowels, prevent illness, and address heartburn, gas, and fatigue with a simple daily dose. The ad touts health insurance value, urges genuine Sterling Remedy Co. tablets stamped CCC.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Crisis Near in Fall River Mills
The plan by manufacturers to restore 1904 wage levels sparked heightened tensions with unions in Fall River. Leaders warn a strike is likely as mill owners resist concessions while the Textile Council contemplates firm action amid looming job losses and economic strain.
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Barnard Mills
Fall River Iron Works
Borden
Association Mills
Textile Council
James Tansey
The
Thomas Taylor
Loom Fixers’ Union
Albert Hibbert
United Textile Workers
Thomas O'Donnell
James Whitehead
Weavers’ Union
Carders’ Union
Roosevelt Hailed in Mobile with Bear Decor and Bell
President Theodore Roosevelt visited Mobile, Alabama for two hours as crowds gathered amid lights in national colors. A giant eight foot stuffed bear sat behind his chair bearing a floral independence bell and a dove streamer reading Blessed Is the Peacemaker. The bear reportedly traced to 19th century Russian royalty and was bought by Hannis Taylor. Oliver J. Semmes presented a souvenir badge from Mobile residents.
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Mobile
Ala
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander II
Russia
Alexander
Duke of
Osama
Comte Vinfantando
Duke de Buenevite
l’Arcos
d’Ebodie
House of Ebodie
Hannis Taylor
United States
Madrid
Oliver J. Semmes
Raphael Semmes
Unitarian Universalists Consider Merger In Convention
Delegates from the Universalist general convention in Minneapolis urge uniting with Unitarians in a single creed and organization. The Rev. R W Boynton and Rev F F Southworth advocate common Christian truths while Dr John Coleman Adams of Connecticut notes growing fellowship between the denominations.
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Minneapolis, Minn
General Convention of Universalists
R. W. Boynton
St. Paul
F. F. Southworth
Meadville
Penn
Unitarian National Convention
Unitarian and Universalist
John Coleman Adams
Connecticut
Postum trial turns coffee critics into healthful drinkers
A Minnesota family recounts initial failure with Postum food coffee. After adjusting brewing time and boiling longer, they embraced it, noting improved digestion for the father and robust health for children, with the product from Ostum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
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Minn
Ostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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NIKE
Harvards
Harvard
Waitt & Bond’s
America
Waitt & Bond, Inc
Endicott Street
Conrad’s
Cloak Department
Women Clothiers, New Store
Tammany
Sergt
Mrs. Rideout
Gerrish Ave
Fall River Mills
Nathaniel B. Borden
Manufacturers’ Association
TIT
Simeon B. Chase
King Philip Mills
Fred E. Waterman
Stafford
Cornell Mills
Joseph Jackson
Slashers’ Union
Unitarians
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