Sanitary chief Hourin suspended by city officials
Chief Inspector Christopher A. D. Hourin of the Sanitary division was suspended after charges from the Joint Council of City Employees' Unions. The report by Deputy Superintendent Foss led to the suspension, with a hearing set in a few days. Hourin resides at 1577 Columbus Ave and has served since 1900 with a salary of 1600 a year.
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Sanitary Division
Joint Council of City Employees’ Unions
Joint Council
Hourin
Eugene Canney
Witzgerald
Rourke
Foss
Sanitary and
Columbus Avenue
Ward
Canney
Sery
Hoodoos Surround Carboni Case In Immigration Arrest
Phillipo Carboni, 23, arrested for illegal entry after sailing from Italy on July 31 aboard the Sannio. His manifest position was 13, the 13th seat, a detail linked to a supposed bad omen. He was detained September 18 and held by immigration authorities at their quarters.
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Phillipo Carboni
Carboni
Italy
Sannio
Immigration Bureau
External Remedy Promises Free Magic Foot Drafts Trial
An advertisement urges rheumatism sufferers to try a guaranteed external cure for chronic or acute rheumatism, arthritis, sciatica, and gout. It offers a free $1 pair by mail, with prepaid return postage and no cost to the recipient.
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Michigan
Magic Foot Craft Co
Oliver Building
Jackson, Mich
Washing the Hair with Birt's Head Wash
An advisory note stresses avoiding alkaline soaps and promotes Birt's Head Wash as a neutral mildly medicated option. It claims to stop hair loss prevent dandruff relieve itching clear dirt dust and germs open hair root pores and renew hair vigor. Sold at druggists for 25c and 50c.
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Birt
Taft rejects quitting tale amid Roosevelts looming rumor
Beverly dispatch notes no change in Tafts stance toward a second term. He will not seek nomination, staying true to pledges of the platform and four year term. Norton travels to family. Taft heads to New Haven and Cincinnati for two weeks, then returns Oct 15. Aviator Grahame White visits Burgess Point after Harvard meet.
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Beverly
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Norton
New Haven
Cincinnati
Grahame White
Harvard
Burgess Point
Aubrun Breaks Speed Marks in 200 Kilometer Flight
French aviator M. Aubrun in a Blriot monoplane shattered speed records for 200 kilometres, completing the distance in three hours seven seconds. He reached 167 kilometres by two hours and 252 kilometres by three hours, averaging about 51 miles per hour.
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Bordeaux
Aubrun
Old Time Pastor Truman Merrill Dies at Malden
The Rev. Truman Allen Merrill aged 93, a long serving Congregational pastor and Maine abolitionist, died at his home 116 Glenwood street Malden after a paralytic shock last December. Born in Salisbury Maine, he led pastorates there before moving to Massachusetts and was noted as a writer.
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Malden Malden
Truman
Allen Merrill
Glenwood Street
Mr. Truman
Salisbury
Massachusetts
Maine
Vegetable Oddities From Several Gardens
A Wakefield grower sent a remarkable tomato with a circumference of 17 12 inches and weight of 927 ounces. A twin cucumber from Milbrook nearly 10 inches long, perfectly formed. Mrs. William Rhodes of Saco Me provided a tiny 1 2 inch tomato among others. William Thompson of Malden contributed two large and small tomatoes from the same vine.
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The
Post
George RB. Chamberlain
Wakefield
William Rhodes
Saco
William RB. Thompson
Tremont Street
Malden
Telephone rates threaten Germantown Dedham growth
Wallace A. Gleason of the Germantown Improvement Association says new phone rates will deter suburban settlement south of Boston. He cites a three cent toll rise for many calls and warns the zone system may isolate Germantown and Dedham, urging continued protest and suburban unity. The group hopes old rates will be restored.
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Boston
Wallace A. Gleason
Germantown Improvement Association
Post
Germantown
Dedham
Iceman killed by 35-foot fall in Westfield
In Westfield on September 16 Giacony 25 a Berkshire Ice Company employee was killed at Berkshire Ice Company Plymouth Lakes Southwick while operating a loader he slipped fell 35 feet striking a girder and breaking his skull. The incident occurred this afternoon at the work site.
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Westfield
Giacony
Berkshire Ice Company
Plymond Lakes
Southwick
Iphonsone
Cong
Pape's Diapepsia Promises Quick Stomach Relief
In this ad style copy a 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised as a universal remedy for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims digestion of meals in five minutes, relief from heartburn gas and sour stomach, and prevention of fermentation with a drugstore availability.
No Permit Denied for Church Baseball Game in Foss Park
Mayor Fitzgerald rejected the All Church Baseball league request for a permit to hold a game next Sunday in Foss Park Jamaica Plain. Attorney William R. Scharton warned of legal action but the mayor, after consulting Corporation Counsel Babson, refused to grant the permit and urged court action if needed.
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Fitzgerald
William R. Seharton
All Church Baseball League
Foss Park
Jamaica Plain
Scharton
Babson
McNary Attacks Cannon Rules In Quincy Meetings
Ex congressman William McNary spoke at St Marys Hall and Quincy Point about tariff links to living costs and called for ending Cannonism. He criticized OConnell for voting on Cannon rules and supporting restrictions while labor leaders pressed abolition. He urged liberal reform and favorably mentioned mail subsidies for coastwise steamships.
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William $. McNary
St. Mary's Hall
West Quincy
Stone's Hall
Quincy Point
England
House of Representatives
McNary
O'Connell
Congressional
John Dalzell
Champ Clark
O’connell
Washington
Cannon
Committee On Rules
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
Quincy
House
Councillor Murray Defends Murley Support at Roughan Hall Rally
Councillor William F. Murray spoke at Roughan Hall Charlestown and hosted a reception by East Boston Spanish War Veterans. He criticized Kelserhs Cannon era ties and asserted Murley’s name substitution followed election precedents despite technical gaps.
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William F. Murray
Roughan Let Hall
Charlestown
Boston
Grady Camp
Murray
Congress
Kelcher
Champ Clark
Ninth District
Congressional Record
Collier’s Weekly
Keliher
Joseph J. Murley
Ballot Law Commission
Mr. Murley
League Targets Lodge in Red Scare Style Canvass
The New England Suffrage League campaigns against Henry Cabot Lodge s Senate bid urging Republican delegates to oppose him. They accuse Lodge of enriching himself, ruling as a machine boss, and transforming Massachusetts into a boss ridden state tied to corrupt corporations and trusts. The appeal cites his stance on the Brownsville soldiers and calls for voters to favor Lodge opponents in contested races.
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New England Suffrage League
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
League
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Brownsville
United States
Beer & Machine
Fire Record Log Highlights Losses Across City Streets
At 10:57 p m Peter Kapacas reported a loss of 10. Box T3 2340 Sha avenue. 3:26 p m William H H Cammelli less 200 at Box 5S2 82 Wachas street. 4:08 p m Box 730 Needlean naiarny. 5:08 p m Box S11 4% Kemble Street Poland Machine Co less A10. 5:45 p m Box 255 Need Lemn alerm 6:15 p m Box C1 42 Pleasant Street Colonial Trunk Co loss 100. 9:55 Doom Box DD1 Need Low alarm 10:25 p m Box 7Ii Hotel Claren don loss 15.
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Sha Avenue
Peter Kapacas
Wachas Street
William HH
Cammelli
Needlean Naiarny
Kemble Street
Poland Machine Co
Pleasant Street
Colonial Trunk Co
Clarendon
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ALLS
W.B. Clarke
Cuide Books
Tremont St
Maurice Ketten
Kotex
Rosing
John
W. A. Gleason
Rh. Cash
New England
D O’connell
Kelsher
Murley
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