Alderman Brand Fails to Force Report on Track Franchise Veto
At yesterday's Board of Aldermen meeting, Brand again sought a report from the public improvements committee on the Mayor's veto of the track franchise to the Union Freight Railroad Company for the Northern Avenue bridge. The attempt was defeated 8 to 5.
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Brand
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Public Improvements
Union Freight Railroad Company
Northern Avenue Bridge
Identity of Dead Woman at Fenway Remains Mystery
Police focus on a female body found near the John Boyle O'Reilly statue in Fenway. The 45 year old woman, in destitute condition, died apparently of natural causes per Medical Examiner MacDonald. one shoe missing and blue lips raise questions amid a park mystery.
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Fenway
Division 16
John Boyle O'Reilly
MacDonald
City Hospital
James F. Donnellan
Cambria Street
Thomas Blaine
Dundee Street
Daniel Donnelly
Aldermen clash over veto and city projects in Boston meeting
Aldermanic debate centers on a veto and keeping matters in the public improvements committee. Curley seeks inquiries into solitary confinement at the Paupers Institution and the Long Island milk supply. Appointments of Mrs. Bulger and Mr. Leavitt are confirmed. The board backs an order to add Esperanto to the Boston High School of Commerce curriculum.
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Anderson
Committee On Public Improvements
Clark
Finigan
Brand
Boston Elevated
Pridge
Baldwin
South
Boston
South Boston
Alderman Curley
Donlan
Long Island
Agnes C. Bulger
East Boston
Board of
Bath Trustees
Thomas Leavitt
Dorchester
Cemetery Trustees
Boston High School of Commerce
Annual Reception of County Sligo Social Club
The twelfth annual reception and banquet of the County Sligo Social Club was held in Paine Hall last evening with guests from the Wild Rose of Lough Gill Club and the Sligo Athletic Association. President Bernard Donaher presided. a business session prior to the banquet planned discussion on the amount to donate to the Irish National League fund.
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County Sligo Social Club
Paine Hall
Wild Rose of Lough Gill Club
Sligo Athletic Association
Bernard Donaher
Irish National League Fund
General Fred D. Grant Arrives Here From New York
General Fred D. Grant arrived here last night from New York to visit local interests and inspect ongoing public works. He is expected to remain several days and officiate at a series of ceremonies.
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Fred D. Grant
New York
Woman Arrested in Jewelry and Stock Larceny Case
Mrs. Martha P. Dumphy of 194 Huntington Avenue was arrested on larceny charges involving jewelry and stocks valued at $9500. Bail of $4500 secured her release after an indictment from Chicago. Complainant is Charles E. Giles of Dorchester.
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Martha P. Dumphy
Huntington Avenue
Chicago
Charles E. Giles
Bowdoin Street
Dorchester
Giles
John Dumphy
Boston
Hayes urges Frederick for Supreme Court clerk post
Alfred A Hayes argues in the Post that Frederick is an expert after 20 years in the work while Cronin lacks the required special training, concluding the clerk should have formal preparation for the high office. He praises Cronin as a companion but insists on expert qualification.
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Frederick
Cronin
Supreme Court
Alfred
Hayes
Cure a Cold in One Day Propaganda Teaser
Advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming one day cure for a cold. Offers money back guarantee and notes Ed W Grove’s signature on each box.
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Ed W. Grove
Hatpin Spat Ends With South Boston Man Fined
James Y. Barnes of 482 West Broadway South Boston was fined 25 by Judge Logan in the South Boston District Court for striking Miss Catherine McLeod of 122 Dorchester Street. She jabbed him with a hatpin in self defense after a heated hall confrontation. Miss McLeod bore bruises on her right cheek and forehead from the incident.
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Catherine McLeod
Dorchester Street
South Boston
James Y. Barnes
West Broadway
Logan
Barnes
Miss McLeod
Pyramid Pile Cure trial package offered by mail
An ad promises a mail order trial of Pyramid Pile Cure for piles with a free plain wrapper package sent to anyone who provides name and address. The package allegedly proves its efficacy and is sold by druggists for fifty cents, with claims of gentle action and high popularity. The address given is Pyramid Mick Co. 161 Pyramid Bldg Marshall.
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Mick, Co
Pyramid Bldg
Marshall
White Cross
West 56Th St
New York
Eliot Rejects Hazing In Harvard Speech
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard denounces college hazing in a Hyde Park speech. Martin K. Andrews had advocated hazing for privileged students, but Eliot argues against it and critiques the boastful college snob.
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Chicago
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Hyde Park Woman’s Club
Martin K. Andrews
Brooklyn Educational Review
Eliot
Eliot on Hazing Reform at Harvard
In a letter to a former Chicago student President Eliot condemns hazing as barbarous and cowardly. He criticizes Andrews for endorsing hazing and bed slats, praises Harvard students for abandoning hazing after years of effort, and notes the moral gains from reform.
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Chicago
Eliot
Whitmore's Second Trial Opens in Jersey City
The second trial of Theodore Whitmore of Brooklyn for his wife Helena Whitmore s murder began at 10 am in the Hudson County Court House Jersey City with Supreme Court Justice Swayze and Judge Blair on the bench. Key witness Lottie Carroll recently arrested in Brooklyn is expected to testify Whitmore left with his wife December 2 and returned alone the next day.
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New York
Theodore Whitmore
Brooklyn
Helena
Hudson County Court House
Jersey City
Supreme Court
Swayze
Blair
Court of Common Pleas
Lottie Carroll
Whitmore
Servia Danger Point in Balkans Tensions
London reports no change in Balkan situation yet Diplomats push toward peace Servia remains the danger point Crow Prince of Servia visits St Petersburg arousing apprehension in diplomatic circles
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London
Balkans
Servia
St. Petersburg
Canadians Welcome Returns From Canadian Election in Roxbury
An audience of over 600 at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury heard returns showing Liberals with a reduced majority over Conservatives. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was reelected while Robert L. Borden’s opposition gained seats. Asa R. Minard announced results and John F. Masters lectured on the West Indies Bermuda and Mexico.
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Intercolonial
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Lynn
Salem
West Indies
Bermuda
Mexico
John F. Masters
Wilfrid Laurier
Robert L. Borden
Asa R. Minard
Canadian Club
Frederick J. McLeod
Intercolonial Club
Postal Clerk Missing From Back Bay Post Office
William J. Powers a money order clerk at the Back Bay Post Office in East Boston has disappeared. Post Office inspectors nationwide search for him to explain a large shortage in his accounts totaling 1215 dollars. Powers left Boston on September 30, and officials had sought to keep the matter quiet.
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William J. Powers
East Boston
Back Bay
Postoffice
Powers
Boston
Post
Missing Back Bay money order clerk Powers linked to large day
The article notes Powers, a long time post office money order clerk at Back Bay station, disappeared after a record day. He reportedly handed the relieving clerk $100 and claimed the rest was in the safe, with accounts previously correct and strong trust in his supervisor.
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Back Bay
Powers
Post Office Department
Hanson
Wrecked Auto Driver Arrested After Brighton Crash
Brighton police arrested Harry C. Orndorff of Providence after his touring car struck a trolley post on Commonwealth avenue near Chestnut Hill avenue. Four wheels were knocked off and debris flew as the vehicle wobbled across the road. He escaped injury and faced charges of intoxication and reckless driving.
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Brighton
Harry C. Orndorff
Providence
Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill Avenue
Orndorff
Berry
Turner
Two Men Stricken in Parks In Separate Incidents
Two men, John S. Stevens of 121 Beacon street and Bernard Sheridan of 37 South Russell street, were stricken within minutes in Boston parks. Stevens died instantly after collapsing on the Common from apoplexy while walking toward Tremont Street. Sheridan remained in critical condition for hours after his collapse on a Public Garden seat.
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John S. Stevens
Beacon Street
Bernard Sheridan
Russell Street
Stevens
Tremont
Boylston
Kelcher Denies Attack on Labor Support in Speech
In a Quincy Club address Congressman John A. Kelcher rejected a rival’s charge of being unfriendly to labor. He said he never opposed injunctive power legislation and labeled the accusation as false and malicious. He also cited a Trades Unionist editor supporting his reelection and voicing workers’ sentiment.
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Quincy Club
Ward 9
John A. Kelsher
Congressional Field
Congress
State House
Kelcher
Sam DeNedrey
Trades Unionist
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Whole-Body Benefit
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal booster. It claims immediate system stimulation improving appetite digestion kidneys liver and blood and asserts the medicine cures disease by assisting natural forces with testimonials and high demand.
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Hood
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