Simplified Spelling Board Sees 100000 Use Claim
At a Waldorf Astoria dinner, Professor Brander Matthews reports the Simplified Spelling Board cites at least 100,000 users of its 300 spellings. He credits scientist support and President Roosevelt, while Colonel Higginson lauds the syllable reductions as necessary for fast modern life.
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Brander Matthews
Waldorf-Astoria
Matthews
Science
Roosevelt
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Mass
England
Boston Real Estate Dinner Voices For Pro Growth Policy
Nearly 175 members of the Boston Real Estate Exchange at the Somerset dinner applauded Henry M. Whitney Elwyn G. Preston and others as they criticized restrictive building laws and high tariffs. Speakers praised Boston’s future prosperity and unity in business interests amid local debates and public developments.
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Somerset
Henry M. Whitney
Elwyn G. Preston
Boston
William A. Gaston
The
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Francis E. Ward
New York Board of Real Estate Brokers
Merchants’ Club
George Howland Cox
Cambridge Park Commission
Henry B. Williams
United States
Edwin A. Curtis
Benjamin W. Wells
Robert Treat Paine
R. S. Codman
D.S. Prendergast
Joshua B. Holden
Samuel Shuman
T. M. Babson
R. Boardman
H. P. Nawn
A. C. Ratshesky
H. G. Appleton
E. W. Grew
J. M. Rothwell
H. H. Lawrence
W. H. Aspinwall
Edward F. McSweeney
Emory Eliot
Charles Logue
J. M. Kendrecken
F. C. Newhall
J. B. Russell
E. H. Eldredge
P. M. Hamlen
Boston to Become Great Commercial City, Whitney Predicts
Hon. Henry M. Whitney argues that natural laws favor free trade and Boston Harbor will serve as a vast gateway of commerce. He envisions a Zollverein style future with Boston at the center, urging Massachusetts leaders to push reforms for national and global benefit.
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Henry M. Whitney
Boston
New England
United States
Massachusetts
Preston Warns Boston On Municipal Hindrances And Cooperation
Elwin G. Preston argues that Boston’s progress suffers from excessive criticism and restrictive laws. He cites the now repealed o clock law archaic building codes and overemphasized aesthetic concerns over smoke control and waterfront development. He urges earnest cooperation to relieve burdens on labor and spur commerce.
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Elwin G. Preston
Boston
Mr. Preston
Preston
Boston City Hall site plan for Park Square to Massachusetts Ave
Mr Williams argues the six year neglect of the Park Square to Massachusetts Avenue tract harms Boston. He urges the city to help develop the area to gain a City Hall site and greater overall value, promising a economical plan that links Back Bay and South End into a solid city.
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Williams
Boston
Park Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Back Bay
South End
Ward lampoons New York skyline and city planning
Francis E. Ward of the Real Estate Board of Brokers of New York quips that Boston is not far behind New York. He critiques the block layout behind the city’s growth and notes avenues missing as main impediments to transit street cleaning and policing. He praises real estate’s rise and calls for broad welcome to entrants.
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Francis E. Ward
New York
Boston
Mr. Ward
Battery
Ward
Manhattan Island
Wall Street
Cathedral Heights
Witness collapses as court hears elevator injury case
In Superior Court the witness Thomas Westcombe collapsed while testifying for the defense in the Frank Pope versus Martha Pratt suit over $30,000 damages for injuries from a Hotel Langham elevator malfunction on Blagden Street. He was carried out and taken to Emergency Hospital, with lawyers anticipating the case may be withdrawn from the jury.
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Superior Court
Thomas Westcombe
Frank Pope
Martha Pratt
Westcombe
Langham
Blagden Street
Moran and Doyle in disputed DA inquiry probe
A City Hall rumor claims District Attorney Moran plans to investigate the street department based on charges from an emergency worker Quigley. Doyle denies knowledge of any action and the DA declines to comment.
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City Hall
Moran
Quigley
Doyle
Quiet Conservatory Wedding Bypasses Publicities
Archie Gardner, a young organist, and Miss Bright Hilliard of Newark were quietly married on March 12 to avoid a stir at the New England Conservatory of Music where they study. Mrs. Gardner said the secret surfaced after the bride fell ill, and both families have since forgiven the union as they travel east.
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Archie M. Gardner
Bright Hilliard
Newark
New England Conservatory of Music
Gardner
Babe Born in North Station
A baby boy was born about 7:30 last night in the ladies waiting room of North Station. Mother Mrs. Bessie McNutt, 23, of 77 O Street South Boston, was assisted until Patrolman Cameron summoned the Relief ambulance.
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North Station
Bessie McNutt
O Street
South Boston
Cameron
North End
Relief Station
Man Sentenced Over Vote Buying Case in Brookline Court
Daniel I. Mahoney was sentenced to two months in the house of correction by Judge Perkins after being found guilty of influencing and inducing Thomas J. Cleary to vote with promised payment at the Republican caucus in Brookline on Sept 25 1906. G Loring Briggs of the Brookline Democratic town committee denounced collusion and said the case should deter wrongful political affiliations by Democrats and non partisans in municipal affairs.
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Daniel I. Mahoney
House of Correction
Perkins
Brookline
Thomas J. Cleary
G. Loring Briggs
Democratic Town Committee
Boot and Shoe Recorder 25th anniversary celebration
Over 500 guests attended the 25th anniversary celebration of the Boot and Shoe Recorder held in its new building at 179 183 South Street. Attendees included Governor Guild and mayors FitzGerald Lynn Barney Haverhill Kent Brockton and speakers praised the publication and leather trade growth.
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Boot and Shoe Recorder
South Street
Governor Guild
John F. Fitzgerald
Charles Neal Barney
Lynn
Roswell L. Wood
Haverhill
Johns. Kent
Brockton
William C. Lovering
Charles Q. Tirrell
Natick
Ernest W. Roberts
Harvard Seal Remains in Rhode Island Capitol Ceiling
In Providence on April 3 the Harvard College seal was kept among 16 seals in the Rhode Island State Library ceiling of the capitol. Lawmakers debated, with Speaker Roswell P. Burchard and Rep Theodore Francis Green backing the decision, noting the Dunster press in Cambridge and the origin of printing in British North America. Brown University's seal may be placed separately as a marble relief over a door.
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Providence
R. I
Harvard College
State Library
General Assembly
British North America
Young American College
Henry Dunster
Roswell P. Burchard
Little Compton
Boston
Mass
Theodore Francis Green
Brown University
Brown
Harvard
Committee of Education
McKim, Mead & White
McKim
Burchard
Cambridge
Thomas W. Higginson
Warvard Square
Dunster House
Dunster Press
Bliss duo celebrates birth of daughter in Brookline
Mr and Mrs Elmer Jared Bliss of 1962 Commonwealth Avenue Brookline welcome a daughter at their town house. Bliss, known as captain of industry, revolutionized American shoemaking with Regal Shoe Company where he serves as treasurer and managing director. This marks the Bass home’s second stork visit after a son born about three years ago.
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E. J. Bliss
Elmer Jared Bliss
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline
Mr. Bliss
America
Regal Shoe Company
Stork
Bass Home
Lieutenant Dennis Retires From Jamaica Plain Police Post
William A. Dennis of the Jamaica Plain station retires after 23 years with the Police Department. His departure marks a second lieutenant retirement in weeks and places his name on the pension roll.
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William A. Dennis
Jamaica Plain
Dennis
Colonel Benton joins Metropolitan Park Commission
Colonel Everett C. Benton was appointed by the executive council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edwin B. Haskell on the Metropolitan Park Commission yesterday.
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Everett C. Benton
Metropolitan Park Commission
Executive Council
Edwin B. Haskell
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