Subways Bill Dominates Yesterday’s Legislature
Boston June 4 The subway bill consumed the House time with a vote delay to tomorrow and a possible night read. Senator Fletcher pressed the stock watering bill for street railway firms as a separate fight while Senate action covered death sentence custody, codification drafts, and cross‑city district plans.
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Fletcher
Boston
Senate
Committee of Conference
House
Post
Berkshire
Atwill
Essex
Chamberlain
Storti
F. W. Hurd
C. W. Clifford and Co
WV. Harris
Senator Post
Flymouth
Attwill
Judiciary
S and Electric Light Commissioners
Senator Attwill
Fitzgerald
Committee On Ways and Means
Suffolk
Rutland
Middlesex
Gardner
Howland
Sprague
Norfolk
Nietcher
Currier
State Board of Health
Plymouth
Jussex
Railroad Board
Street Railway Fenders Conference in Boston Discusses Use
Massachusetts railroad commissioners convened a informal meeting with 20 to 25 street railway representatives to review fender policies for electric cars. Managers weighed life safety versus motorman duties, noting fenders prevent injuries but cannot save all lives. Commissioners will issue questions to gather data before any action.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Jackson
MIT to Erect Modern Laboratory of Applied Electricity
Boston June 4 MIT commencement reveals a $275,000 laboratory of applied electricity to be built with modern facilities for electrical engineering. Alumni and former students pledge $100,000 toward the Walker memorial building, with the Class of 1901 contributing nearly $500 of that sum. The new building will serve as a gymnasium and the health department headquarters while enriching student social life.
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Massachusets Institute of Technology
Pritchett
Walker Memorial
Department of Health
Smallpox hospital patients bedded as mystery illness grows
Marlboro Massachusetts on June 4 two patients in the smallpox hospital Miss McCarthy and Miss Beatrice Dyer of Worcester were confined to beds today. The illness remains undiagnosed though described as minor colds that may worsen into serious disease. A note urges watching the mild symptoms.
Kansas Editor Praises Peruna as Family Doctor
A Kansas editor writes that Peruna serves as a home family doctor. He notes relief for his wife from catarrh, success for his sick daughter, and personal use by himself. He claims savings on doctor bills and urges others to investigate Peruna along with other remedies. The Peruna Medicine Co in Columbus, Ohio offers a free catarrh book.
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F. A. Dixon
Pythian Echo
Saye
Hartman
Perona
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Smallpox Reported in Worcester Three Doctors Ill
Three well defined smallpox cases were reported in Worcester as of today. Victims include Dr Charles B Stevens staff surgeon and Worcester citizen, Dr Campbell of Marlboro house officer at Worcester City hospital, and Al red Guibert Boston vaudeville performer. Guibert had been in Worcester two weeks ago. Guibert initially diagnosed chicken pox but later confirmed smallpox after Campbell and Stevens fell ill. Doctors repeatedly attended patients across hospitals exposing hundreds.
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Worcester
Chas. B. Stevens
Campbell
Marlboro
Worcester City Hospital
Alred ‘Guibert
Boston
Guibert
Stevens
Wilkins to wed Dr Freeman in Randolph church
Miss Mary E Wilkins novelist plans a church wedding in Randolph New Jersey with Dr Freeman. She intends to invite all friends to the ceremony and keeps the date secret.
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Mary Wilkins
Dr. Freeman
Kins
Randolph
Metuchen
N. J
Expelled From Church in Grinnell Trial
In Grinnell Iowa on June 4 George D Herron former professor at an Iowa college was expelled from the Congregational church after a council of eight local church bodies found him guilty of conduct unbecoming a Christian and a gentleman The proceedings cited harsh treatment of his wife and resulted in divorce and legal separation while a lengthy defense letter from Herron was read.
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Des Moines
George D. Herron
Iowa College
Grinnell
Three Killed As Switch Engine Crashes Into Train
A switch engine in the Southern Railway yards in Atlanta collided with a passenger train killing three passengers and injuring 16, with three believed fatally. Named victims include Mrs. A. A. Lemmon of McDonough and her 10 year old Irma Lemmon, and R. H. Vickers of Flovite. G B Dunton, a Southern employee, was arrested for disorderly conduct but is suspected of operating the engine into the moving train.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
A. A. Lemmon
McDonough
Irma
Lemmon
R. H. Vickers
Flovite
G. B. Dunton
The
Southern
Dunton
Miss Maud Banks Dead Elocutionist From Waltham
Miss Maud Ernestine Banks, a noted elocutionist and relative of Miss Maud Banks and the late Gen. N. P. Banks, died in Waltham Massachusetts on June 4 at about age 24.
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Waltham
Mass
Maud Ernestine Banks
Maud Banks
N. P. Banks
Stortita Item Noted In Fragmentary Note
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a product line described as the kind you have always bought and a reference to a woman or lady. Details are unclear, with likely branding or model names missing.
Trial over libel case in Christian Science dispute
Judge Hanna testifies for the defense in the Woodbury v Eddy libel suit in Boston. Witnesses include Mrs Woodbury and Mrs Eddy’s circle detailing church control, publications, and alleged malice. The case centers on statements in Christian Science forums and letters from Mrs Eddy.
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Boston
Septimus J. ‘Hanna
Superior Court
Josephine Curtis Woodbury
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Court House
Eddy
Christian Science Journal
Concord
N. H
Mrs. Eddy
Peabody
Hanna
Christian Science Movement
Death of William P Mason in Vienna at about 65
Roston June 4 A cable despatch reports the death of William Powell Mason of this city in Vienna from pneumonia. A Harvard 1856 graduate LL D 1861 he served in the Civil War and later held positions with Suffolk Savings Bank Merchants National Bank Edison Electric Illuminating Co and several cotton manufacturers. His wife daughter of George Peabody of Salem died three years ago. they left a daughter Miss Fannie Mason and a son who is dead.
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Roston
William Powell Mason
Vienna
Mason
Harvard
Suffolk Savings Bank
Merchants National Bank
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
100 Miles Dash for Great Lakes Speed Championship
Cleveland June 4 two large side wheel steamers City of Erie from Cleveland and Tashmoo of Detroit raced from Cleveland to Erie for the speed crown. The Erie led early but Tashmoo closed in with wind shifts and distance changes. Officials claimed large money on the contest as spectators watched from excursion boats.
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Cleveland
City of
Erie
Detroit
Great Lakes
Toledo
Buffalo
Willoughby
Fairport
Ire
Ashtebula Harbor
Garrity Resigns as Boston Central Labor Leader
Boston June 4 Robert W Garrity president of the Boston Central Labor union resigns effective immediately He will explain his reasons at the next union meeting There is no change in the strike situation today.
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Boston
Robert W. Garrity
Boston Central Labor Union
Schooner Mary Buckley Collides in Hell Gate
City Island N Y June 1 schooner Mary Buckley Weehawken bound for Tiverton RI with coal reports being run into last night in Hell Gate by tug Trans fer No 11 of the Harlem and New Haven railroad repairs to be made here
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City Island
N. Y
Mary Buckley
Weehawken
Tiverton
R. I
Hell Gate
Harlem and
New Haven
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Central Strees
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Tolman Ave
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Butman Road
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6Th St
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CO. H. Nelson
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Ward & Burnham
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Cental St
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