Foss Calls Steam Cars Dangerous in Massachusetts
Governor Foss urged sweeping reform and a Public Utilities Commission to regulate steam rail transport. He toured Everett Chelsea and Malden urging election of the statewide Democratic ticket while condemning unsafe, overcrowded, and unhealthy cars and demanding faster grade crossing elimination. He tied reform to state power over public service monopolies and pressed for party enrollment abolition in the primaries.
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Foss
Odd Fellows Hall
Malden
Public Utilities Commission
Lower Whittier “Hall
Everett
Congress Hall
Chelsea
Massachusetts
New Haven Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania
Walsh
Lodge
Luce
Governor Walsh Tours Chelsea Revere Everett and Somerville Crowds
David I. Walsh toured through Chelsea Revere Everett and Somerville where he was greeted by large crowds. He stated that real opposition to his plan for a public utilities commission comes from the railroad monopoly.
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David I. Walsh
Chelsea
Revere
Everett
Somerville
Public Utilities Commission
Money Influence in Local Campaigns Sparks Debate
Mayor Fitzgerald spoke in Ware and Spencer on money's impact on the election. He warned the upcoming vote would decide if moneyed interests control the country as in the past 25 years or if power returns to the people. He cited contributions to the Republican treasury and a Democratic House probe that is stalled by a U S information refusal to bankers.
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Fitzgerald
Ware and
Spencer
Treasuries
Republican Party
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
Keliher Campaigning for Foss and Wilson Help at Chelsea Rally
Former congressman John A. Keliher spoke for Governor Foss in Chelsea and Malden last night and plans to back Thomas C. Thacher in New Bedford with Charles Hamlin. He praised the Baltimore Democratic nomination for Woodrow Wilson and urged voters to support Foss while backing Rowland for Congress.
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John A. Keliher
Foss
Chelsea
Malden
Thomas C. Thacher
Congress
New Bedford
Charles $. Hamlin
Kelcher
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
White House
Democratic Party
Common Sense
Henry C. Rowland
Beacon Hill
Boston Fish Market to Be World’s Biggest
Excavation for foundations of two new Boston Fish Market Corporation buildings begins Thursday morning on Pier 6 South Boston beside the Commonwealth docks. The wholesale sections will be 750 feet by 50 feet, three stories high, covering ground equal to the entire present T Wharf plant. They must be ready by September 1 1913 at an estimated cost of 750000 dollars.
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Boston Fish Market Corporation
Pier 6
South
Boston
Commonwealth Docks
Hamburg-American Line
T Wharf
Henry F. Keyes
Monks & Johnson
William J.o’brien
Maurice P. Shaw
Wn Dogen
Massachusetts Corporation
I’ Wharf
Anti- Avenue Aistrict
Tyson, Weere & Marshall Company
Boston Fish Market project eyes 1914 completion
Architect Henry Keyes targets two brick steel concrete buildings with fireproof design for the New England Fish Exchange and offices on Northern avenue. The $1.5 million plant will include a light heat power plant and cold storage, with 600 workers anticipated, contractor Tyson Weere Marshall aims to finish by January 1, 1914.
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Henry 8. Keyes
New England Fish Exchange
Northern Avenue
100 Cups Tea From 10 Cent Tudor Package
The note claims a 10 cent Tudor Tea package yields 100 cups of tea and that the brew is best when prepared in that ratio. In a separate item, five State Street bankers have been summoned to court for overstaying their parking limit on the street.
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State Street
Draper Faces Yet Another Financial Setback in Equity Suit
George Otis Draper of New York son of the late General William F. Draper. In Worcester Superior Court the bill to recover 15000 from Arnie B Nelson was dismissed after Draper admitted the signatures on three notes of 5000 each to Browning were not his.
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Worcester
George Otis Draper
New York
William F. Draper
Arnie
B. Nelson
Draper
Robert S. Browning
Tudor Tea Dominates Boston Tea Market Ad
Boston residents are described as the best judges of tea with Tudor Tea selling more packages there than any other brand. The advertisement emphasizes Boston’s preference and market leadership.
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Boston
Roosevelt Returns to Public Life After 20 Minute Interview
In Oyster Bay Roosevelt, recovering from illness, speaks for twenty minutes to correspondents, promising more public appearances in Mineola Huntington and his home Nasssau. A birthday cake from Oyster Bay resident Mrs. Richard Jordan features a lit road to the White House, with an 8 inch car at the door.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Mineola
Huntington
Nassau
Colonel Roosevelt
Richard Jordan
White House
Roosevelt plans brief Madison Square Garden speech after injury
Colonel Roosevelt, recovering from a chest wound, visits his library and says he is fit to speak in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. He plans a speech not longer than half an hour and hopes to avoid crowds as the election nears.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
Mayor Opposes Municipal Street Gas Plant Plan
Mayor Fitzgerald denounced the proposed municipal street gas lighting plant. He said he would not permit the purchase despite the Finance Commission recommendation and a $300,000 appropriation.
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Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Boston Mayor Faces City Council Over Street Lighting
The Mayor told the council Boston needs more funds for other needs and denied complaints about street lighting. He claimed Rising Company and attorney Charles H. Innes gave no campaign contributions, and he has no stock in the firm. The exchange marked the first time a Boston mayor was pressed by the council, with Councillor Smith aggressively probing questions.
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Public Works
Rourke
Boston
Smith
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BN F.leipger
Utilities Board
Copley
Norfolk
Ble Mnael
Adams Square
Keliher
Neal
Neal Institute
Newbury ST
Back Bay
Pleasant Av
Portland
Boston Fish Mart
Keyes
Tudor Tea
A. Shuman & CO
New England
Shuman Corner
Filene
Wm. Filene’s Sons Company
Coats
Penn
Prise
Bromfield St
Fort Hill
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