Taft Banquet Plans Loom Over Great Chamber of Commerce
Taft will dine tonight at Mechanics Hall with a reception at the Touraine and a prominent guest list including Meyer Nagel Crane Burnham Holmes Lowell and others. The banquet at 7:30 includes a seating arrangement on a raised platform and multiple committees handling arrival seating and decorations as the Chamber of Commerce hosts a large reception for Taft and accompanying dignitaries.
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Taft
Great Chamber of Commerce
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
Storrow
George von L. Meyer
the Navy
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Winthrop Murray Crane
United States
Massachusetts
Henry KE. Burnham
New Stampshire
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Francis C. Lowell
United States Circuit Court
William Swift
United States Way Yard
Robert H. Patterson
Artillery District
Edward Burr
United States Corps of Engineers
Edward C. Mansfield
Asa P. French
Don Epifanio Portela
Carlos Garcia Velez
Cuba
Eben S. Draper
Louis A. Frothingham
Allen T. Treadway
Massachusetts Senate
Joseph Walker
George A. Hibbard
William H. O'Connell
Boston
Willard F. Malalie
Touraine
Frank W. Rollins
Frederick P. Fish
Mechanics Building
George T. Coppins
Thomas I. Livermore
John F. Crocker
Charles H. Taylor
William Whitman
Charles H. Jones
Elmer J. Bliss
Huntington Avenue
William N. Flanders
John J. Kennedy
J. H. MacAlman
Charles C. Hoyt
Otto J. Piehler
Francis P. O'Connor
Frank R. Shepard
Charles R. Batt
Nathan L. Amster
F. Nathaniel Perkins
Arthur B. Harlow
Theodore Jones
Mechanics’ Hall
William Newsome
George W. Wheelwright
William A. Gaston
George von It. Meyer
A. Lincoln Filene
Charlies Nagel
George R. Nutter
Captain Phelan Dies in Kansas City After Treason Charge
Captain Thomas Phelan, linked to O'Donovan Rossa and the dynamite campaign against Britain, died in Kansas City where he had lived for 25 years after being attacked in Rossa's New York office on January 10, 1885.
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Kansas City
Thomas Phelan
Ireland
O’donovan Rossa
Great Britain
Rossa
New York
Taft Western trip unfolds from Beverly to Boston and Middletown
President Taft cancels golf and focuses on a Western journey starting with a Boston banquet. He will travel with Mrs Taft and Mrs More to Beverly after the Boston stop, plan to return by November 12, and then proceed to Middletown for the Wesleyan installation after a Washington visit. Captain Phelan, born in 1836 in Ireland, famed for broadsword and pistol, later involved in Fenian era events and Irish cause actions, including a 1883 England departure and dynamite plot rumors surrounding the British Queen.
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Beverly
Taft
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Washington
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Phelan
Ireland
Richard Short
New York
England
America
Carey
O'Donnell
Frederick Cavendish
Burke
Short
Kansas City Journal
J. F. Kearney
Painter Dies After Fall From Staging at Benedict Street
Thomas Connerny 30 of Waltham died after slipping from a staging painting at 6 Benedict Street. He fell roughly 30 feet to the sidewalk and died two hours later at Relief Hospital. His brother Patrick Connerny is a patrolman at Joy Street station.
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Thomas Connerny
Waltham
Benedict Street
Relief Hospital
Patrick Connerny
Joy Street
Bankers Move Toward Settling Bill of Lading Issue
Chicago, Sent. 13. After many talks ahead of the American Bankers Association meeting, bankers carriers and shippers agree the bill of lading question will soon be settled to satisfy all. Lewis E. Pierson said the issue is the greatest commercial problem and will yield a safe negotiable instrument with carrier responsibility.
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Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Lewis E. Pierson
Elks Admit New Lodge at Revere Town Hall
Revere Town Hall hosted about 1500 Elks from over 200 lodges as Revere Lodge 1171 was formally instituted. District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Arthur T. Jacobs led the ceremony at 4 30 with 125 members, 69 from Everett Chelsea Lynn and Winthrop now living in Revere. After business, the new members and guests marched to G A R Hall for a banquet led by Strahan s Band.
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Revere Town Hall
Revere Lodge
Arthur T. Jacobs
Haverhill
Everett
Chelsea
Lynn
Winthrop
Revere
Order
Strahan
G. A. R. Hall
Beach Street
May tie up Ludlow plant over wage cut
Ludlow Massachusetts Sept 13 150 weavers at Ludlow Manufacturing Associates No 8 mill went on strike to resist a 4 cent cut per 100 yards of gunny bagging. They say wages would drop from 11 to 9 dollars weekly and claim reductions had begun months earlier from 29 to 24 cents per 100 yards, with the new 20 cent rate unaffordable.
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Ludlow
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates
Boston
Sydney Stevens
Evangelistic Meetings Held From Taxicab in Boston
The first evangelistic meetings ever held in Boston from a taxicab were conducted last night at Kneeland and Washington streets and at Roxbury Crossing under a railroad bridge. Lawrence Greenwood, head of the Evangelistic Alliance, and Rev. Ralph Gillan led the efforts. The Roxbury Crossing gathering drew the larger crowd.
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Boston
Lawrence Greenwood
Evangelistic Alliance
Ralph Gillan
Kneeland
Washington Streets
Roxbury Crossing
Railroad Bridge
Kneeland Street
Van Camps Milk Versus Raw Milk for Household Use
A persuasive 1920s style pitch praises Van Camp s milk as sterilized Holstein milk, arguing it is purer cheaper and more convenient than raw or other evaporated milks. It emphasizes health inspections water removal and full fat content, urging mothers to prefer canned Van Camp s for cooking coffee and daily consumption.
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van Camp
van Camp’s
Van Camp's canned milk price comparison
A notice explains that the 16-oz Van Camp's milk can costs 10 cents while the 6-oz can is 5 cents, meaning you get one third more value with the larger can. The milk is produced at our dairies in six states and sold by grocers nationwide.
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van Camp
van Camp’s
120000 Men in War Game at Mergentheim
In Mergentheim Württemberg on September 18 the annual imperial army maneuvers opened. At 11 am the Red and Blue fictitious states declared war, with 120000 officers and men mobilized. The 1909 objective focuses on frontier fighting, Red holding the frontier while Blues mass for a swift attack.
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Mergentheim
Wurttemberg
Red
Blues
Mass Opens College Year at Boston Institutions
The scholastic year began with 9:30 mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J presided at Boston College and Boston College High School. Archbishop William H. O Connell preached on duties shaping Christian life and preparation for the world.
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Boston College
Boston College High School
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
William H. O’connell
Boston
Clever Pair Rob Grocer at Roxbury Store
T. W. Tisdale, 150 Dudley street Roxbury, was lured to a back room by a well dressed man who held a revolver while an accomplice seized a tin box with over 200 dollars from the office desk. Both men fled after a short ruse, police notified.
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T. W. Tisdale
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Mr. Tisdale
Quincy Boil er Rampage Shocks City at Night
A boiler blast shattered glass and flooded Joyvee Brothers clothing stock after bursting at the gas light office. Police believe neglect after hours caused the unattended unit to derail, endangering streets and breaking two large plate glass windows.
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Water Department
Joyvee Brothers
Gas Light Company
No More Hay Fever Remedy Promises Immunity
Thousands formerly subject to hay fever attacks may now become practically immune without climate change through ascatco, a treatment noted to cure asthma, catarrh, and bronchitis. Begun weeks before expected allergy, symptoms vanish and the season passes with no distress. The Austrian Laboratory distributes the preparation via Riker Tavase drug stores and Houghton & Dutton's Drug Dept with 50 cent and 2 dollar sizes for mild to severe cases.
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Riker- Tavase
Houghton & Dutton’s Drug Dept
Boston
Griswold Dies in Newport at 88 Former Illinois Central President
John N. A. Griswold, 88, longtime New York native and former president of the Illinois Central railroad, died at his Newport Rhode Island home. He was a pioneer Newport summer visitor and is survived by two daughters. He belonged to several Boston clubs and other organizations. News notes his death due to old age.
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Newport
R. I
John N. A. Griswold
New York
Illinois Central Railroad
Griswold
Boston
Funeral of Former Alderman Colby Held in Mt Vernon
Funeral services for former Alderman John H. Colby will be held at 1 oclock this afternoon in the Congregational Church at Mt. Vernon New Hampshire.
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Mt. Vernon
N. H
John H. Colby
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