Public Landing and Radial Streets Endorsed by Boston Group
The United Improvement Association meeting in Boston endorsed creating a public landing and improved circumferential highways. A report on widening radials and streets in West Roxbury and Dorchester was recommitted for refinement. The Navy view on the Northern Avenue bridge was noted as a factor in future plans.
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United Iprovement Association
Arbor
General Court
William C. Ewing
Boston
Neaw
Northern Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Navy
Washington
Centre Streets
Roxbury
Dorchester Avenue
Neponset
Columbia Road
River
Dorchesterenue
Codman
Minot
Adams
Morton Street
Forest Hills
Sponset Avenue
Heath
Townsend
Incy
Ashland
Mattapan Square
West Roxbury
Orfolk Street
Preble Street
Southston
Pickpocket Charles Blake Nabbed in City Sting
Police report Charles Blake alias Little Cal, a nationally known pickpocket, arrested on Boylston Street near the tunnel exit at about 11 PM after a sting operation conducted by Detective Michael Burke of police headquarters.
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Harles Blake
Little Cal
Boylston Street
Michael Burke
Police Adquarters
Mayor Fitzgerald Leads Brighton Town Meeting Requests
More than 500 Brighton residents attended the meeting led by Mayor John I. Fitzgerald. They urged the City Council to fund widening Faneuil and North Beacon streets plus Harvard and Western avenues, establish a playground in Allston, place a ladder fire truck at Engine 41, and allocate 100000 dollars to enlarge Brighton High School.
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Brighton
Fitzgerald
John I. Fitzgerald
Faneuil
North Beacon
Harvard
Western Avenues
Allston
Engine 41
Brighton High School
Boston Mayor pushes for more councillors and state road status
Mayor Fitzgerald, with Councillors Collins Smith and Ballantyne, urged increasing city council seats to 12 and representation for Brighton. He said a North Beacon Street bill would make it a State road, but Rep Hays said the Highway Commission would not take city streets as state highways. The mayor pledged to refile the bill and pressed for a square deal for Boston road funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Collins
Earnest Smith
Walter Ballantyne
Jitzgerald
Brighton
North
Beacon Street
Fitzgerald
State Highway Commission
Martin Hays
Highway Commission
Hays
Foss
Boston
Robbery at Temple Jeweller for $260 Diamond Pin
A Temple place jeweller YT Hall was robbed of a $260 diamond scarfpin after a struggle at the Dover street and Shawmut avenue corner. He pursued the thief but the assailant escaped, fleeing from a doorway shadow as Hall left the Dover street Elevated station.
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A. Hall
Temple Place
Dover Street
Shawmut Avenue
Mr. Hall
Hall
John Creagh, 82, Dies at Wakefield Home
John Creagh aged 82 of 76 West Emerson Street Wakefield died at his home yesterday. He was the father of the Rev Dr John T Creagh a canon law doctor at the Catholic University Washington. He is survived by two sons and one daughter.
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John Creagh
Emerson Street
Wakefield
John T. Creagh
Catholic University
Washington
Masters and Craftsmen Movement Highlighted for Builders
Secretary William H. Sayward of the Master Builders' Association of Boston addressed New England Shoe and Leather Association directors at their monthly meeting yesterday. He discussed the masters and craftsmen movement he has helped organize in the local building trades.
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William H. Sayward
Master Builders’ Association of Boston
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Masters and Craftsmen
Sayward Advocates Mutual Employer Worker Group
Mr Sayward argues employers overemphasize finance and neglect the industrial side prompting friction and strikes. He proposes a mutual organization where masters and craftsmen meet as equals. The Massachusetts Society of Bricklayers and Masons has grown to about 600 members, admitting only skilled craftsmen through a graded system. Wages are set by vote of the craftsmen, shifting responsibility to workers and fostering wage conservatism.
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Mr. Sayward
Massachusetts Society of Bricklayers and Masons
Massachusetts
Bijou Prizes Awarded in Bijou Theatre One Act Contest
Judges awarded first prize to George F. Abbott of Rochester for The Man in the Manhole. Second prize went to S. I. Austin of San Antonio for The Winning of General Jane. The Web by Alice Brown noted for merit and reserved for production along with five other comedies and five serious plays. One hundred seventy nine manuscripts were submitted between Nov 1 1911 and Jan 1 1912. Harvard professors Baker and Powell and Walter Hampden judged.
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B. F. Keith
Bijou
George F. Abbott
Rochester
N. Y
S. I’, Austin
San Antonio
Tex
Jane
the Web
Alice Brown
H. G. Donnelly
Cambridge
Myrtle Gets Wise
W. I
Francis Powell
Harvard
Walter Hampden
New York
Miss Kane Christens the Destroyer Henley
The torpedo boat destroyer Henley was launched at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy at noon yesterday. Sponsor Miss Constance Kane, daughter of D H Kane of New York, christened the vessel named for Captain Robert Henley. The 295 foot ship displaces 742 tons and carries five 3 inch guns and torpedo tubes with a Curtis turbine reaching about 29.5 knots.
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Henley
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Constance Henley Kane
D. H. Kane
Park Avenue
New York
Curtis
Navy Department
Robert Henley
Lake Champlain
Ikane
T. F. Kane
Stephen B. Luce
George W. Leod
Fore River
John T Ay Priest Dies at 76 in Roxbury
City Clerk John T ay Priest died at 76 after a Tuesday night collapse. He served 85 years as assistant city clerk and was elected city clerk in 1908. He was a Civil War veteran born in Acton and survived by his wife and son Warren A. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Roxbury All Souls Unitarian Church.
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John T. Priest
Homestead Street
Roxbury
City Hall
Mr. Priest
Charlestown
Boston
Acton
Cold Harbor
Priest
Warren A
Roxbury All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Elm Hill Avenue
Warren Street
John F. Dever
Bill Passes Senate Prohibiting White Phosphorus Matches
InWashington on April 3 the Senate passed a bill to tax the manufacture or importation of white phosphorus matches amid a heated attack by Senator Bailey who labeled the measure a monstrosity and argued that labor and women push would erode the constitution.
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Washington
Bailey
Senate
Congress
Comfort and Economy of Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific
The Burlington Route offers weekly through Tourist Sleeping Car excursions to California. These parties provide comfortable, affordable travel for moderate means with an escort conductor and reliable staff. Prospective travelers can visit the Boston office of Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent, or write for details.
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Burlington
California
Alex. Stocks
New England
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
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Miss Kane
Christens
the Destroyer Henley
Sor
A. Shuman & Co
Fuman'e
Shuman
Orner
John T
Pacific Coast
Winter Street
Land
LOV Parade
Tmnoaio
Conrad
Wallace
Cala Dutaa
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