Inquiries Into Legality of Voting Machines Rejected in House
Boston March 14 Gov Crane greeted strikers a hitch with railroads awaiting orders from superiors. House committees filled day with routine actions and a bored witness. Senator Fletcher brought his sons to the State House. The judiciary committee order for an investigation of voting machine legality in Northampton was rejected by voice vote.
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Boston
Crane
Massachusetts
Guy
House
Fletcher
Westford
State House
Mann
T. B
Board of Education
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
F. A. Fales
Leahey
Judiciary Committee
Northampton
A. C. Dowse
State Board of Education
Commonwealth
Patrick H. Bradley
Mark N. Skerrett
Worcester County
C. A. Miner
House votes on assessor pay and junk dealer licenses
Mr Davis of Salem urged replacing the adverse judiciary report with a bill to exempt second-hand dealers from junk collector licenses, but Mr Newton of Everett failed on a 32 to 45 vote. The House, counting 141 present, then adjourned after adopting eulogies for Rep Henry Gardner Green of the 13th Worcester district.
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Davis
Salem
Committee On the Judiciary
Newton
Everett
Henry Gardner Green
Worcester
Boston Senate passes varied bills on fees and pharmacy revocation
In the Senate committee on probate and chancery favorably reported a civil action bill limiting clerk fees for Suffolk county when Boston is a party. A pharmacy board reconsideration bill was advanced, and other measures covered misrepresentation in sales, power brake safety on streetcars, ward and city committee reporting, stock and bond issues for street railways, and poll tax supplementary assessments in Boston. The body adjourned to Tuesday for Dorchester Heights dedication events.
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Senate
Committee On Probate and Chancery
Boston
Suffolk County
Michael J. Sullivan
Board of Registration In Pharmacy
Berry
Suffolk
Dorwhgter Heights
Bliss
Hampden
Patrick Case Witnesses Testify in Rice Murder Trial
New York March 14 attorney Charles C Adams testified in the Albert Patrick murder trial of William M Rice detailing long friendship with Rice and a 1900 cremation view. Witnesses Maria Scott and others described Rice's finances and suspicious checks while Charles Jones burned a chloroform towel used in Rice's death. Court adjourned until Monday.
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New York
Chas. C. Adams
Albert T. Patrick
Wm. M. Rice
F. D. Turner
Chicago
Patrick
Adams
Rice
Maria Scott
Charles F. Jones
Scott
Jones
Osborne
Turner
Robert P. Carpenter
Christian Schepflin
Dunellen
N. J
La Grippe Quickly Cured by Chamberlain’s Remedy
In 1898 99 winter F L Hewitt Winfield Ill reports severe la grippe cured with two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says it stopped coughing and prevented pneumonia, praising its pleasant taste and popularity. Sold by all druggists.
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F. L. Hewitt
Winfield, Ill
Chamberlain
Grippe
Foley's Honey and Tar praised as cure
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as the quick remedy for grippe coughs, claiming nothing else is as good. The endorsement is attributed to F. C. Goodale and C. E. Carter.
Pardoned Man Cited Fatal Illness Under Gov Crane
Boston March 14 Governor Crane pardoned Thomas Ryan of New York who in 1894 was convicted of complicity with James Thompson in the Webster Mass post office burglary and sentenced to 12 to 18 years. Serious illness including pneumonia prompted the action and his wife delivered the pardon to the prison. Thompson was pardoned previously on grounds of justice served.
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Boston
Crane
Thomas Ryag
New York
Jas. Thompson
Webster, Mass
Ryan
Thompson
Evangelical Churches Conference Sessions in Central Falls
Bishop Breyfogel presided over the New England association meeting at the People's Mission Church. Reports covered ministry candidates, missionary work with a gains, education urging a conference school, and a treasurer reelection for Rev Joshua Gill. New examiners were named and church memberships rose while Sunday school totals fell slightly. Woman's Missionary Society Officers were elected with Mrs Joshua Gill as president.
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Central Falls
Breyfogel
New England Association of Evangelical Churches
People’s Mission Church Today
George Davies
Somerville
Mass
H. H. Perry
Boston
Committee On
Joshua Gill
J. C. Briggs
B. M. Smith
D. F. Burns
L. H. Merrill
F. L. Stevens
Cambridge
W. A. Stearns
Emily White
C. BE. Doty
Stoneham
EB. F. Crowell
Divorce Rumor Swirls Around Poultney Bigelow Wife
London dispatch says Mrs Mantha Evelyn Jaffray Bigelow will seek divorce in New York state and soon follow by returning to London. The couple wed 18 years ago have three daughters, with Bigelow noted writer and former Roosevelt classmate.
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New York
Evening Journal
London
Poultney
Bigelow
America
Roosevelt
Columbia Law School
England
Hay and Cheate
Elm Park Gardens
Kensington
William of Germany
Tragic Electric Car Accident Kills Four-Year-Old in Worcester
In Worcester on Lake line of the Consolidated railroad a four year old girl, Annie Munro, was struck and killed in front of her mother. The motorman J Collemore fainted at the scene and was deemed blameless by witnesses who say the child darted in front of the car to shield a neighbor’s two year old. The body was wedged under the car and required wrecking crew to remove it.
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Worcester
Annie Munro
Consolidated Railroad
J. Collemore
Boston Brewers Meet On New England Association Details
Boston March 14 A meeting of the Boston brewers was held this afternoon to perfect arrangements for the New England Brewers' association and to complete the labor schedule with local unions of their employees.
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Boston
Boston Brewers
New England Brewers’ Association
Pitchfork Attack at Oak Hill Injures Farmhand
Charles Knowlton, a Chestnut Hill farm hand, was taken to Newton Hospital after a quarrel at Dedham and Oak Hill streets. He accused a man named Morris of assault with a pitchfork, the incident occurring this noon in Boston.
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Charles Knowlton
Newton Hospital
Boston
Chestnut Hill
Morris
Dedham
Oak Hill
Nowlton
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief From Ovarian Trouble
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safer alternative to surgery for ovarian and womb troubles. It claims many women avoid the operating table and regain health, citing testimonials and urging readers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts. It warns against wrong treatment and positions the medicine as a proven remedy for serious female diseases.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound Restores Health for Annie Hartley
Annie Hartley of 209 S Sangamon St Chicago Illinois writes that Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her severe womb trouble and back pain. She details painful years, a near operation, and weight gain, praising the remedy and urging others to try it.
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Dean Mas. Pryxuam
Syd E. Pinklam
Lydia &. Pinkham
Annie Hartley
S. Sangamon St
Chicago
Another Operation Avoided By Female Remedies Heartside
Two testimonials from women in Boston and Crescent Beach praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for curing ovaritis irregular menstruation nervous weakness and insomnia after doctors advised hysterectomy. The writers Marie Webb and Mrs Margaret Bamford credit the remedies with restored appetite strength sleep and overall health urging others to try them.
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Mrs. Prycuami
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marie Webb
Columbus Ave
Boston
Mase
Mrs. Prycenam
Lydia K. Pinkham
Margaret Bamford
Centennial Ave
Crescent Beach
Revere
Mass
Spirits Dissolving Suit Denied by Court In Windm
Judge Kirkpatrick refused an injunction in Louis Windmiler's suit to prevent the dissolution of Spirits Distributing Co, a unit of Distilling Co of America. A board resolution favored dissolution, proposed for stockholder ratification, as police hunt Morris remains ongoing in unrelated report.
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Trenton
N. G
Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court Today
Louis Windmaler
The
Spirits Distributing Co
the Distilling Co. of America
Board of Directors
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Thompson Hardware Co
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Hyes
New York Optical Co
Bridge Street
Merrimack Sq
Patrick Case
la Grippe
Tom Ryan
Webster
Evangelical Churches
Annie Aston
Troy, Mo
National City Bank
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