What Fire Insurance Men Say About Rates
Boston insurance professionals rebut claims of exorbitant premiums. They explain broker commissions are typically 10 to 15 percent, with the rest covering agent costs. They note Massachusetts losses and expenses average 96.78 percent of premiums, and many companies have folded in five years, suggesting current rates reflect real costs and risks.
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Boston
Post
George P. Field
Scull & Field of
Water Street
City Hall
Commonwealth Building
United States
Chicago
Insurance Commissioners
Massachusetts
Send-off for Simon J Sullivan from Boston Post Office
Simon J Sullivan, a clerk in the special deliveries unit, leaves Boston tonight for Washington to join the post office department there. A farewell ceremony gave him a gold mounted pen and oil, a meerschaum pipe, and a gold engraved pencil. He was cheered by messengers and clerks as Superintendent Henderson and Chief Clerk Lambert applauded. Sullivan will be accompanied to the depot from Charlestown.
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Simon J. Sullivan
Postoffice
Boston
Washington
Michael J. Slamon
Mr. Sullivan
A. R. Henderson
H. B. Lambert
Mr. Sullli
Pistorius brothers arraigned for alleged assault at barber shop
The Pistorius brothers were yesterday arraigned for assaulting Martin Concannon in their barber shop with intent to kill. Concannon is in critical condition from heavy blood loss. Judge Fallon ordered a not guilty plea and held each at $10,000 bail for appearance on the 19th. Damaging evidence was collected.
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Pistorius Brothers
Martin Concannon
Concannon
Fallon
Brookline Gas Strike Suspect Pleads Guilty in Court
Robert White, arrested for obstructing the highway during the Brookline gas strike, appeared before Le Forsaith yesterday and was fined after pleading guilty. He asked for mercy and obtained a discount of $4 for cash.
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Robert White
Brookline
le Forsaith
Fibre Board Company to Move Works to Morrisville VT
Salem reports the National Fibre Board Company will relocate from an Atlantic factory to Morrisville Vermont to cut raw material shipment costs. The move aligns with proximity to existing material sources. The decision affects local employment and regional industry logistics.
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Salem
National Fibre Board Company
Association
Atlantic
Morrisville
L B Greenwood to Lead Noon Meeting at Brom Field Street
Gospel preacher L B Greenwood will lead the noon meeting at Brom Field Street Church today and deliver a special address to young men. He is expected to speak on faith and guidance for youth and return to the pulpit in the evening service.
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L. B. Greenwood
Gospel Soldisr
Bromfield Street Church
World’s Fair travel via Hoosac Tunnel Route to Chicago
To reach the World’s Fair, the Hoosac Tunnel Route with West Shore and Nickel Plate is advertised as the shortest line from Boston to Chicago. Train service is unexcelled with three route choices, tickets valid via Niagara Falls return options, and a uniform low fare. Sleeper cars available with no changes, inquiries at Washington Street, Boston.
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Hoosac Tunnel
West Shore
Nickel Plate
Boston
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Washington
New York
Ston
Washington Street
Mass
Newsdealers View on Sunday Post Rivalry in Boston
A South Boston reader argues that the Sun daily's Sunday Post launch disrupts Boston monopoly by major dailies. He alleges two editors plotted its death, notes newsdealers favored the new paper, and claims higher sales despite price maneuvers by Herald and Globe.
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Post
New England
Sunday Post
Boston Sunday
Boston
Newsdealers
Herald and Globe
South Boston
Mr Aubrey Byrne Appointed Treasury Special Agent
Secretary Carlisle names T Aubrey Byrne of Boston as special Treasury department employee with Boston headquarters. Byrne famed for exposing the New York sugar frauds of 1887 89 and for Tariff reform work. Born in Jamaica West Indies 42 years ago he moved to Boston in 1854 and is connected to the Tariff Reform League of New England and the Young Men’s Democratic Club of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Carlisle
T. Aubrey Byrne
Boston
Treasury Department
Byrne
New York
Fairchild
Massachusetts
Russell
Treasury Hamlin
Josiah Quincy
Mr. Byrne
Jamaica
West India Islands
Tariff Reform League of New England
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
Magone
Special Investigation Committee
Customs Service
Castine’s Trial Friday Delayed by Preparations in New London
Castine arrived at 2 20 pm from Bath with General Hyde and other officials aboard to join stake boats including Fortune Irvana Nina Vesuvian and Dolphin for the speed trial. Admiral Walker and naval inspectors arrived to organize oversight while a sub board inspects the vessel for contract specifications and instruments are set for a final test. Builders report Castine performed splendidly on the voyage and expect to exceed the contract speed.
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New London
Castine
Bath
General Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Fortune
Irvana
Nina
Vesuvious
Dolphin
Admiral Walker
Naval Board of Inspectors
Reamey
Drunken Taunton Jail Inmate Attacks Wife With Whitewash
North Attleboro Sept 12 Mark Devlin an inmate at Taunton Jail attacked his wife while whitewashing the kitchen. He doused her with whitewash and poured it into her mouth and eyes. Passers-by rescued her. Officer Freeman arrested him after a struggle. Judge Reed fined him $30 and costs.
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North Attleboro
Mark Devlin
Taunton
Mark
Devlin
Officer Freeman
Hartford Jeweller Peter Keir Missing In Hartford
Hartford Sept 12 Peter Keir a 26 year old manufacturing jeweller employed by Blair Coxeter of Hartford disappeared two weeks ago last Sunday and has not been heard from He had worked for the firm about two years and is said to carry large sums of money on his person His friends and an uncle in Boston are disturbed by the disappearance
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Hartford
Eller
Peter Keir
Blair & Coxeter
Boston
McKinley Opens Campaign in Ohio Weighed by Reform
Akron dispatch reports William McKinley addressing supporters in Ohio, outlining Republican stances on silver, tariffs, and pensions. He critiques Sherman silver purchases and treasury note policy, opposes state bank money, and defends pensioners while urging repeal if necessary. The piece contrasts his lines with Democratic candidate Neal’s tariff reform pledge and notes the political climate.
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Treasury
Cleveland
Senate
Neal
Democratic Party
Republican Party of
Ohio
Along the Water Front at Boston Harbor
A bustling Water Front scene with vessels such as the William Duren and the Edith McIntyre drawing attention. Pilot boat Washington earns 3000 dollars for guiding the disabled Edith McIntyre over two days. Fortuna sails for maiden fishing grounds as Annie C Hall heads to Rocky Neck for a new mast.
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Dave’’ Doody
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Halifax
William Duren
Commercial Wharf
New York
Washington
Edith McIntyre
Boston Pilot
Hesper
Cumberland
International Line
Edith McIintyre
Sylvester Whalen
Nauset
Grace Webster
Barter
Perth Amboy
Portland
Fortuna
John Greenlow
Annie C. Hall
Rocky Neck
Death From Eating Toadstools in Saugatuck
Albert Edward Gallagher, son of Thomas Gallagher, died after eating toadstools found in a field while playing near Saugatuck Connecticut. He was buried today as authorities note the unusual death and warn against foraging wild mushrooms.
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Saugatuck, Conn
Albert Edward
Thomas Gallagher
Steam Navigators Talk At National Board Meeting
New YorkSept 12The twenty second annual meeting of the National Board of Steam Navigation convened at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Captain B A Churchman chaired the session and urged decisive action on signals fog control and vessel protection He calls for a national night signal system a reliable fog signal approach powered lights and electrometers or polarized lights to reduce danger He favors amending libel law to protect vessels from midtrip attachments and proposes towage or destruction of wrecks to remove threats He criticizes Congress bills for a marine board saying they lack power to fully revise regulations and seek Treasury approval
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New York
National Board of Steam Navigation
Fifth Avenue
B. A. Churchman
United States
Congress
Marine Board and Board of Commerce
Frye
Captain Watts on Loafers at Station 3
Captain Watts of Station 3 urges complainants against loafing and street obstruction to visit his office for prompt action. He notes no official reports of loafing or hoodlumism in the Green and Court streets area and Bowdoin squares, despite citizen remonstrances. He vows to stop any loafing if properly informed.
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Watts
Station 3
Post
Green
Court
Scollay
Bowdoin
Cleveland Acts as Arbitrator in Brazil Argentina Boundary Case
President received Dr Don Zeballos new Argentine minister on a mission to settle the Brazil Argentina boundary dispute by arbitration. Zeballos presented credentials. Cleveland consented to act as arbitrator in the case.
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Washington
Don Wbstaneslaoss Zeballos
Brazil
Zeballos
Gresham
Cleveland
Brockton Lodge Hogans Public Appearance Benefit
The Brockton Rockton Lodge of Hogans staged a community benefit at Highland Park to aid a hospital fund. About 800 people attended including 100 Hogans from Lowell Lodge No. 1 and delegates from Whitman Fall River and Providence lodges. A Brockton victory beat Lowell 11 to 5 in a picked ball game, with the Brockton band providing music. An evening reception at Hotel Belmont followed and donations were received for the hospital fund.
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Brockton
Rockton
Hotel Belmont
Distillery Seized for Irregularities and Illicit Brandy
Hartford officials lead a seizure of D W Shurtleff distillery at West Ashford for irregular returns and illicit brandy. Earlier agents seized seven barrels. total confiscation could apply to the entire distillery and a double fine on 700 gallons found across nineteen packages.
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Hartford
Internal Revenue
John I. Hutchinson
Parmalee
New London
United States
Barrows
Norwich
West Ashford
D. W. Shurtleff
Brooks and Alexander
New York
Canoe Upset Claims Life of Haverhill Man John Driscoll
John Driscoll aged 23 of Haverhill drowned when his canoe overturned at Plain Point on the Merrimac River about a half mile above Groveland bridge. The body has not been recovered and he leaves a mother.
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Haverhill
John Driscoll
Plain Point
Merrimac River
Groveland Bridge
Maryland Malt Whiskey Sold in Full Quart Bottles
An advertisement notes Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey is sold by Licensed Druggists and Grocers everywhere in full quart bottles only, never by measure.
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Signa
Graves
Maryland
Sunday Post praised by Democratic and Republican leaders
Leaders across parties laud the new Sunday Post, calling it a fine, breezy paper with newsy features. Politicians from the Democratic State central committee and Governor Robison era speak highly, predicting instant success and strong readership statewide.
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Buckley
Democratic State Central Committee
The
Sunday Post
John J. Whipple
Republican State Committee
Robinson
Embezzler Weeks Charged by Grand Jury in New York
The grand jury indicted Francis H. Weeks a New York lawyer who managed various trust funds and found a true bill for embezzlement totaling 1 300 000 dollars. He may face forgery charges. The case also involves the robbery of women and children. powers seek Weeks's surrender from Costa Rica with government application. Detectives will return him to New York after formal extradition steps.
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New York
Francis H. Weeks
Weeks
Gresham
Costa Rica
United States
Republic of
Tragedy Strikes Deserted Erie Canal Hotel Fire After Shootings
In Rochester area near Brighton a long deserted hotel used as a boarding house for sixty Italians burned after a day of drunken violence. Tony Rosa fired four shots during a 5 o clock melee. Two boarders, John and Guiseppe Serio, are missing. Authorities probe deaths amid ruins.
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Rochester
N. Y
Erie Canal
Brighton
Tony Rosa
John
Guiseppe Serio
Derbyshire Miners Vote to Continue Derbyshire Strike
Derbyshire and South Lancashire miners voted to continue the coal strike. Ballots showed an immense majority favoring ongoing action, despite observers believing the miners have little chance of victory. The vote was taken today in Brondon as the strike enters its July 28 action month.
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Derbyshire
Brondon
South Lancashire
Education plan for blind persons approved in Hartford
The State Board of Education for the blind decides to educate all blind persons of suitable age on town clerk certificates. They will provide clothing if needed and place those sent by the Governor to the Perkins Institution for the Blind under board control. The secretary Frank E. Cleveland's salary is fixed at 1808 dollars with 600 dollars paid to assistant Emily Wells Foster.
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Hartford
State Board of Education For the Blind
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Boston
Frank E. Cleveland
Emily Wells Foster
Defeated yachts head home after America's Cup defense
Four yachts that challenged to defend the America's cup against the Valkyrie sailed from New York this morning. Before eight Pilgrim and Jubilee left for Boston, Colonia departed, followed by Vigilant whose crew celebrated the victory. Vigilant aimed for City Island as it returned home.
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New York
Boston
Colonia
City Island
Pillsbury Mystery Baffles Massachusetts Political Scoop
A Brooklyn correspondent questions Pillsbury as a Massachusetts governor candidate. The piece notes strong anti-Pillsbury sentiment in Bay State verses and letters, yet อmysteriously none can confirm his whereabouts. The author admits growing confusion as rumors and questions about Pillsbury persist.
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Brooklyn
Pillsbury
Massachusetts
Deuce
Duce
Independence Ball
Bay State
Parnassus
Ball
Independence Ball pledge echoed from Plymouth to Cape
Frances Kirkland Brattle from Cambridge declares a public demand for independence in a spirited call against Pillsbury. The verse lauds a grand honest ball as a symbol of civic virtue, urging bosses to step back and let the people choose.
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Pillsbury
Statesman
Dun Hoosac
Cape
Independence Ball
People’s Love
Tremble
Mark
Frances Kirkland Brattle
Cambridge
Pillsbury Banner Roars Across Brigg’s Bog Night
In Brigg’s bog the strange Pillsbury figure roared through the night with a torn banner and jeers from a crowd. Morning found him stiff as a log beside a shed while eggs sour and pails fell silent. A sob rose from the bog as the tale ends in bleak town lore.
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Pillsbury
Banner
Jay
Brigg
Wanderer Seeks Pillsbury Across Coastal Towns
Reuben Sturgis of Dennis Port writes from Sept 4 describing a fruitless hunt for Pillsbury across Billington Sea and nearby bays, listing many places like Buttermilk Bay Gallows Pond Wreck Cove and Folly Cove. He finalizes by stating he will vote for Ball.
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Billington Sea
Pillsburee
Buttermilk Bay
Gallows Pond
Bond
Wreck Cove
Robinson's Hole
Peter’s Pond
Scragg Neck
Cuttyhunk
Sweet’s Dormers
Goshen
Pinchunk
Folly Cove
Gay Head
Abington
Zylonite
Pillsbury
Ball
Reuben Sturgis
Dennis Port
Livingstons of Pillsbury Responds to Editor Query
Loammi Baker, M. D. from North Tisbury explains Pillsbury dwells in No Man's Land just south of Squibnocket Pond in a Sept. 5 letter to the Sun-Sir.
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the Sun
No Man’s Land
Squibnocket Pond
Loammi Baker
North Tisbury
Rhodes and Alewife Reform Letter to the Sun
Gordon P. Small of Rockport defends Ransom Rhodes of South Boston as the stronger ally for alewife protection, asserting Rhodes’s lead role in the issue and backing his possible GOP gubernatorial candidacy.
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Rhodes
the Sun
Independence Ball
Billerica
Ransom Rhodes
South Boston
Ball
Massachusetts
Gordon P. Small
Rockport
Sept
A Call for Pillsbury in Sun-Sir Letter
A reader appeals to the Sun-Sir to identify Pillsbury who has attracted nationwide attention. The letter asks the paper to shed light on his whereabouts, noting the publication previously disclaimed responsibility for his location.
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Pillsbury
the Sun
Sun
Silver for Twenty Years at London Silver Prices
Washington sept 1 a newly completed table by the mint director Preston lists the average price of silver in London since 1873 the year the mint bureau was created and the equivalent in United States gold coin of an ounce fine at average price. It shows gain or loss percent bullion value of a US silver dollar gain or loss percent of the silver in a dollar and the gold to silver ratio.
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Washington
Preston
London
United States
Villaviciosa Flood Drowns Two Children in Cordoba
A heavy rainstorm flooded Villaviciosa in Cordoba province causing extensive damage. One hundred fifty houses were flooded and forty collapsed, two children drowned, and many residents injured.
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Madrid
Villaviciosa
Cordoba
Fire Destroys Gorton Home On Waverly Street
A two and a half story dwelling owned by Clarence Gorton on Waverly Street in Providence was badly damaged by fire this afternoon. Much furniture burned, with total loss around 3000 dollars, likely insured.
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Providence
Clarence Gorton
Waverly Street
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