Parkman Fund Proposal Aims Music Pavilion on Boston Common
The United Improvement Association asks Mayor Hibbard and city officials to allocate part of the 115000 Parkman fund to a music pavilion on Boston Common named for donor George Francis Parkman. The association objects to giving money to officials until clear use plans are presented. Mayor Hibbard favors splitting the funds, with half to the park department and half to the public grounds department.
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the United Improvement Association
Hibbard
Parkman
Boston Common
George Francis Parkman
Park and Public Grounds Department
Cuticura Cures Grandson’s Eczema After Trials
A grandmother recalls her one year old grandson with severe eczema for nearly three years. Despite various salves and doctors, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were used and the child recovered, remaining free of symptoms since. Mrs. David Ames, Rockland, Maine, February 22 and March 9, 1909.
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David Ames
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Malden Elks Plan Record-Setting Elks Day Festivities
Malden will host Elks Day on October 28 with a monster parade fireworks banquet and theater show. Four hundred Haverhill Lodge members will attend as public buildings and business houses are decorated. An executive committee led by Waldo P. Reede coordinates the event with extensive entertainment and multiple subcommittees.
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Malden
Elks
William T. Powers
A. E. Bliss
George D. Campbell
William H. McBain
Charles G. Warren
Edward E. Ephin
Henry W. Sprague
Arthur W. Clapp
George W. Stiles
H. C. Chester
W. A. Hastings
R. H H. Thompson
C. D. McCarthy
H. M. Forsyth
Killed Journey Providence Tragic Honeymoon Ends
A newlywed Boston couple, Arthur and Mrs. Tetrault, are found dead and dying from gas in a Providence hotel room. Medical Examiner says accidental asphyxiation. bellhop smelled gas, door forced, one gas cock wide open. Couple had married days earlier and were not seen since morning.
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Providence
Arthur Tetrault
Boston
Tetrault
Jay Perkins
Acci
Funds for Mexico relief appeal in Boston
An appeal to aid flood sufferers in Mexico has been issued by the American National Red Cross Association. Reported contributions include Mrs. James T. Fields for 1000 dollars and Mrs. Wm. C. Looping for 20 dollars, totaling 25 dollars. Gardiner M. Lane, Secretary of the Massachusetts Branch, notes the funds.
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State Street
Boston
Mexico
American National Red Cross Association
James T. Fields
Pasensas
Ww. C. Looping Ice Cocks Ie
Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
Young Bridegroom Dies After Hotel Visit in Mystery
A newly married couple from Milton Quebec arrived after a Boston ceremony and breakfasted at a hotel before the groom, age 19, died. The unconscious bride, taken to Rhode Island Hospital, is seriously ill with slim chances of recovery.
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Boston
Headless Lady Photo Sighting Prompt Reward Notice
A sensational notice reports a headless photograph of a woman taken in the shopping district near Boston Department Store on Washington Street at 12:30 yesterday. A $5 reward awaits the lady if she identifies herself and visits the City Editor’s room at 3 to 5 PM in the same costume.
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Washington Street
Boston
The
Post
Fire at Malden two family home causes $2500 loss
A late night fire at 29 Baker Street Malden damaged a two family house owned by David Spinney. The blaze, traced to incendiary origins, was found in the Tracey occupied first floor parlor and cellar, resulting in about 2500 dollars in damage.
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Malden
Baker Street
David Spinney
James Tracey
Tracey
Mosquito Bites Kill Little Boy
Frederick Limburger six year old dies in Westchester from blood poisoning after mosquito bites he suffered while gathering flowers two weeks earlier in the woods. He died at 1415 Terrace Place.
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New York
Frederick Limburger
Terrace Place
Westchester
Labor union notes outline convention calls and elections
Boston Central Labor Union plans to elect a delegate for the statewide A L of L convention in Holyoke next month. AFL affiliated locals were urged to attend the Toronto convention in November. In a separate meeting Boston Electrical Workers heard J J Reid and Oliver Meyers address opposition factions. Boston Patternmakers' Association nominated officers for the September 29 election led by President F C Chapman and a slate contest between Chapman and Miller Watson. other posts assigned to Powers Lent Clark Putnam Codman.
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Boston Central Labor Union
A. I. of L
Holyoke
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Toronto
Can
J. J. Reid
Toledo
Oliver Meyers
Erie
Penn
L. C. Powers
S. M. Lent
Charles H. Clark
8. M. Putnam
Harry Codman
Burglar Pardoned After 1902 Sentence
Carl J. Peterson, once sentenced to eight to ten years for burglary in 1902, received a pardon from Governor Draper and his council yesterday.
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Carl J. Peterson
Draper
Deaths and Funerals in Chateaugay and Roxbury
Notices announce the death of Henry F McArdle Jr aged 8 years 5 months in Chateaugay with funeral from 8 Church Street Boston and a Roxbury death for Louisa L Williams with funeral from 4 Rockland Street on Saturday at 2 pm. Relatives and friends invited to attend.
Fearful Waste In Condensed Milk Prompts Choice
An advertisement argues condensed milk wastes money by overpricing sugar and under delivering milk. It praises Van Camp's evaporated milk for its real milk content, lower price per ounce, and suitability for cooking and table use. The piece claims Van Camp's offers 16 ounces of milk for 10 cents, versus 12 ounces of condensed milk for 10 cents, and notes dairies operate in six states.
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van Camp
van Camp’s
Globe Staff Honors Chief Fowle on 25th Editorial Anniversary
Boston Globe Managing Editor Arthur A. Fowle was surprised at his Mishawum road home in Woburn when about 150 Globe employees gathered to honor his 25 years as editor. Delegations from Boston arrived by two special trains as reporters, editors, and staffers crowd the lawn with congratulations and gifts.
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Arthur A. Fowle
Boston Globe
Mishawum Road
Woburn
Fowle
Globe
Boston
The
Marcus Morton Named as Superior Court Judge
Governor Draper nominated Marcus Morton of Newtonville for the Superior Court to succeed the late Judge Francis A. Gaskill of Worcester. If confirmed, he would be the third Morton to sit on the bench, following his grandfather and his father in a family lineage spanning the state’s high courts.
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Draper
Executive Council
Marcus Morton
Newtonville
Francis A. Gaskill
Worcester
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Suffolk County
Morton
Superior Court of the Commonwealth
Fowle Honored With Gifts From Globe Staff
Frank H. Stanyan presented Mr Fowle with a gold watch chain pencil cigar cutter and chamber clock while Mrs Fowle received two American Beauty roses. A 25 cent memento bearing dates from 1884 to 1909 and letters from Globe staff accompanied the tribute. Fowle is praised as a steadfast figure of the square deal principle in a metropolitan daily.
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Frank H. Stanyan
Mr. Fowle
Stanyan
Globe
Joseph C. Smith
Fowlé
Chester S. Lord
New York Sun
Noted naval worker dead in London obituary
Edward Marjori banks, second Baron Tweedmouth, first lord of the Admiralty in the Campbell Bannerman administration and later lord president of the Council, died tonight in London. Born in 1849, his death marks a notable event in naval and political circles.
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London
Edward Marjoribanks
Baron Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Campbell-Bannerman
Council
Boy 17 Struck by Wool Bales in Charlestown Wagon
David Gold, 17, of 65 Broadway Chelsea, was hit by wool bales that fell from a J. P. O'Riordan wagon on Hanover Street when a rope broke. He suffered a brain concussion and was moved to the Relief Hospital, where he remains on the dangerous list.
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David Gold
Broadway
Chelsea
Hanover Street
J. P. O'Riordan
Charlestown
Gold
Relief Hospital
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