Codman Pushes Boston Transit Reform in West End
Edmund D. Codman a major Boston taxpayer urges better public transportation and opposes extending the Cambridge tunnel to South Station He argues the plan would worsen congestion and keep fares high while benefiting elevated lines He notes lack of legislation and warns about a Washington Winter Summer street station amid ongoing transit projects
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Edmund D. Codman
Boston
West End
Park Street
Mr. Codman
Fitchburg Railroad
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
George F. Parkman
Boston City Hospital
Mutual National Bank
Public Service Corporation
Cambridge Tunnel
Elevated
Cambridge
Washington
Revere Woman Welcomes Baby Boy Jerry Jordan
Jerry Jordan, nine months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Humbert Jordan of 722 Broadway in Revere, is hailed as the handsomest boy in the area. Born in Revere to Italian parents, his Italian name is Ciro, though the family uses Jerry. He has black hair and eyes and a plump, healthy appearance.
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Revere
Jerry” Jordan
Humbert Jordan
Broadway, Revere
Boston
Italy
Ciro
Jerry
Jerry Jordan
Broadway
Chelsea
Bright's Disease Cure by Warner's Safe Cure Endorsed
A Boston Post advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure as a lasting cure for Bright's Disease in advanced stages. Mrs. James W. Wray of Devon, Pa recalls recovery after two years taking the remedy, praising its life saving effects and urging others with kidney troubles to try it. The ad notes the product is plant based, sold in 50 cent and one dollar sizes, with free sample pills and bottles offered by mail.
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James W. Wray
Devon
Warner
Warner’s Safe Cure CO
Rochester
Boston Post
Cambridge Station and Subways Strain City Streets
The plan anticipates over half of Cambridge traffic using the station at Shu man corner. Subways aim to relieve crowded streets, yet the Washington Street tunnel is deep and the Cambridge tunnel will sit at the system’s deepest point handling a vast flow. The congestion rises with stairs travel and the effort to reach the bottleneck.
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Cambridge
Shuman Corner
Washington Street
The Ecuador Herb Hair Growth Formula Claim
A man touts a claimed Ecuador herb hair growth remedy mixed with Bay Rum Menthol Crystals and Lavona de Composee. He reports rapid scalp relief and new hair, urging readers to request the formula from Jaynes Drug Co and follow detailed preparation steps.
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Ecuador
Jaynes Drug Co
Public debate over Boston transit plans and South Station access
Citizens clash over proposed extensions from Cambridge to South Station and a West End loop. Critics warn that an extend to South Boston worsens congestion and favors the Elevated railroad, while supporters urge an independent Park Street subway for surface cars and better city-wide access.
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South Boston
Dorchester
South
Boston
Cambridge
Brockton
Park Street
Scollay
Bowdoin Squares
West End
Transit Commission
Massachusetts ‘Commissions
Boy Loses Leg After Car Hit in Dorchester
James Travers five years old son of Patrick C Travers of 36 Hancock Street Dorchester was run over at Bowdoin and Quincy streets yesterday afternoon and his right leg was cut off at the knee.
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James Travers
Patrick C. Travers
Hancock Street
Dorchester
Bowdoin and
Quincy Streets
Woman Hit by Express Train at Baker's Bridge
Miss Annie Sweeney 65 a former Boston resident was struck by an express train near Baker's Bridge Lincoln yesterday noon and died shortly after. Bystanders warned her on the track but she did not heed the danger signal as the engineer tried to stop. The train from Concord 11 51 had rapid speed past Baker's Bridge. Sweeney lived with Mrs How ard Snell in Lexington and has a sister and niece in Boston.
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Lincoln
Annie Sweeney
Boston
Baker's Bridge
Miss Sweeney
Howard Snell
Lexington
WHY COTTON IS CANNON'S FOF
Former Alderman W Dudley Cotton Jr replies to O Meara on Charles Eliot Ware about Cannon opposition. Cotton says he opposes Cannon as a stand patter who manipulates Congress for the protective wing of the Republican party. He notes O Meara cites lack of dignity fairness and temper in a presiding officer and argues the Speaker shapes policy.
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W. Dudley Cotton, Jr
O'Meara
Charles Eliot Ware
Ward 11
Republican Committee
Cotton Campaign Committee
Speaker Cannon
Cotton
Cannon
Congress
Republican Party
House of Representatives
O Connell Campaigns In Curley Ward With Rallies
Congressman Joseph F. O Connell conducted nine open air rallies in Roxbury Ward 17 the home district of rival Councillor James M Curley. He denounced the shutdown of the E Howard Watch Factory blaming tariff manipulation and trust interests for the loss of a once thriving local industry.
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Joseph F. O’connell
James M. Curley
Roxbury
E. Howard Watch Factory
Great Watch Trust
Howard Watch
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Emerson
Charles River
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Epits Vehold
Ohio
New York
Chicago
South Station
Childrerts Bay
Englands Ee
O’meara
O'Connell
Curley’s
Horlick’s
A&d
Beacon
Columbia
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