Merry War in 9th District as Fitzgerald Returns
As Mayor Fitzgerald nears Boston return, multiple Ninth District candidates contemplate withdrawal from the Kelcher race. East Boston figures Giblin and Murray speak at public meetings while others from Charlestown and the South End weigh their positions. Murray, a Democratic Governor's Council member, criticizes Kelcher's eight year record in Congress and promotes postal savings branch security.
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Kelcher
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Murley
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Murray
Monahan
Shaw
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Busch
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Postal Savings Bank
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Federal heads end inquiry in Alaska
Washington Aug 31 Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Na gel have been in Alaska all summer and will land at Seattle Sept 6 It is generally assumed they have been in Alaska on a special investigation for President Taft The Attorney General will probably go to Beverly on his return
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Wickersham
Nagel
Alaska
Seattle
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Taft
Beverly
Taft promises Beverly two more summers as Y M C A capital
President Taft dedicates Beverly's new Y M C A building with a ceremonial cornerstone. He proclaims Beverly the summer capital for at least two more years and praises the club’s role in shaping young men amid moral challenges. Melville Woodbury hails Taft as Beverly’s premier summer guest.
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Beverly
Y. M.ca
Melville Woodbury
Aft
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free Month Treatment
A promotion promises one month of Hay Fever and Asthma treatment with medicines included for all patients who start or renew treatment on or before September 10th. The offer, valid only for a limited time, includes consultation, examination with X-Ray, and free treatment at Room 10, 18 Boylston St.
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J. J. Plunkett
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Disease of the Bronchial Tubes Quizzing Cough Clues
A listing of cough related symptoms prompts readers to consider bronchial issues. Questions cover night coughing appetite changes weight loss nighttime pain and mucus production, suggesting a medical self assessment for chronic bronchial trouble. The tone imitates a period health advice column.
Hold Up Boston Girl's Baggage
Customs inspectors held up three trunks and two bags of Miss Josephine Mahoney of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts arriving from Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm de Grasse. Louis Sherry, a caterer and restaurateur, also drawn into the matter over foreign clothing quantity. The case was referred to Collector Loeb. A separate smuggling case involving Mrs Reynolds Adrian of Poughkeepsie under $7600 bail will go before a Federal grand jury in September.
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Loeb
S. Reynolds Adriance
Poughkeepsie
Typhoid Fears Hit Gloucester City
Typhoid scare grips Gloucester as one family on Friend Street suffers the illness and a Perkins Street case appears. DrsInvestigate spread while Miss Eva F Cranton and her mother are treated at Addison Gilbert Hospital.
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Friend Street
Perkins Street
Eva F. Cranton
Addison Gilbert Hospital
E. J. Warren
Four Boys Crash From Tree Cabin, One Killed
In Philadelphia on August 31 William Crawford, 9, died and three other boys were seriously injured while attempting to imitate the Swiss Family Robinson by building a tree house. The platform collapsed sending them through the branches to the ground.
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William Crawford
Robinson
Yeggs Trigger Alarm At Penn Mutual Building
Burglar alarm at the Penn Mutual building rang at nine last night drawing several frightened onlookers and police officers who blocked exits. An overall-clad man emerged saying wires crossed before slipping back inside as the bell finally sounded to curious spectators.
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Penn Mutual
Boston & Eastern Tunnel Progress and Legal Battles
The Boston & Eastern Railroad outlines its timeline from 1907 to 1910 showing hearings, route views, legislative action, and a tunnel under Boston Harbor. It notes Rail Road Commission findings, legislative bills, governor signing, and ongoing delays with reconvened hearings and funding steps.
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Railroad Commission
Boston & Eastern Railroad
Electric railroad act opens field for 1906 projects
In mid July 1906 the first advertisement for a railroad association agreement appeared. July 23 marks the first day electric railroad projects could be started under the new act. The Boston & Eastern is noted as the first in the field with an Aug 23 railroad commission application.
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Boston & Eastern
Hearings on Reopening Case Questioned by Railroad Commission
The petitioners under the former decision of the commission faced arguments Aug. 30 as counsel urged the commission to show cause why hearings should be reopened.
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Railroad Commission
Urge Widening of State Road
Mayor Fitzgerald sent a note to Revere's Board of Selectmen offering to aid efforts to widen and improve the State road from East Circle to Revere to Bennington Street Orient Heights Roscoe Walsworth chairman of the Revere Selectmen wrote seeking his cooperation. The Mayor also recommended to the City Council an appropriation of 172000 to replace city apparatus and other property destroyed in the recent timber district fire.
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Board of Selectmen
Revere
Elist Circle
Bennington Street
Orient Heights
Roscoe Walsworth
O'Meara Sought Again as 11th District Congressional Candidate
Republican leaders target Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara to run for Congress in the Eleventh District. Ex-Alderman W Dudley Cotton and ex-Senator Daniel W Lane currently seek the seat. Leaders doubt Lane's strength and prefer O'Meara over Cotton.
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Congress
W. Dudley Cotton
Daniel W. Lane
Lane
O’meara
Cotton
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