Immigration Laws Urged by 100 at 20th Century Club
Representatives from about a hundred social organizations pushed for immigration measures in the Massachusetts Immigration Commission report. A 100 member committee will attend a Tuesday hearing on social welfare where a permanent State Board of Immigration is to be discussed. Executive members named include W C C Bray Dennis I Mahoney Eleanor M Colliton George Gallup Mary A Wilcox Alvin E Dodd and Phillip Davis. Supporters include the 20th Century Club international committee North American Civic League State Y M C A Civil Service House Elizabeth Peabody House Chamber of Commerce and Woman's Municipal League.
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Belves
20Th Century Club
Massachusetts Immigration Commission
Immigration Commission
Legislative Committee On Social Welfare
State Board of Immigration
W. C C. Bray
Dennis I. Mahoney
Eleanor M. Colliton
George Gallup
Mary A. Wilcox
Alvin E. Dodd
Phillip Davis
International Committee of the 2Th Century Club
The
North American Civic League
State Y. M. C. A
Civil Service House
Elizabeth Peabody House, Chamber of Commerce and
Woman's Municipal League
Woman at Psycho Pathic Hospital Shoots Self Dead
Miss Blanche Nichols aged 42 of 55 Belvidere Street Back Bay died last night at Fenwood Road Psycho Pathic Hospital. She shot herself in the temple with a 32 calibre revolver while a nurse prepared a bath and another nurse left for towels.
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Miss Blanche Nichols
Belvidere Street
Back Bay
Psychopathic Hospital
Fenwood Road
Miss Nichols
Miss Nichols Dies After Back Bay Station Visit
Dr. Thomas H. Haines, a resident surgeon, pronounced Miss Nichols dead after she arrived at Back Bay police station with a new .32 caliber revolver inside a brass bird cage. She claimed pursuit by a crowd of men and asked for protection before being taken to St. Cecelia's clergy, then to the Psychopathic Hospital where she died shortly after 7:20 PM.
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Thomas H. Haines
Miss Nichols
Back Bay
Watkins
St. Cecelia’s Church
Psychopathic Hospital
Tragic Incident Reported In Quiet Suffers At Home
A calm woman was pursued by men, carried upstairs by two nurses and prepared for a bath when the tragedy occurred, detailing a disturbing sequence in a private residence.
Twelve days to clean Boston announced by city officials
Commissioner Louis K. Rourke told the paint up clean up committee that twelve days are required to cleanse Boston using city teams. The two week effort starts May 4 with 150000 circulars in multiple languages guiding housewives on daily district targets.
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Boston
Public Works
Louis K. Rourke
Thomas Sherwin
Commonwealth Avenue
Rourke
Jamaica Plain
Back Bay
North End
East Boston
South End
South Boston
Charlestown
Dorchester
Roxbury
Hyde Park
Brighton
Allston
Yale Men Vote Down Honor Examinations
Yale undergraduates rejected the proposed honor system for examinations in New Haven on April 3 with 587 voting yes and 365 against, against a required three-fourths of 1397. The Sheffield Scientific School already uses the honor plan, while prominent figures like former President Taft had urged university adoption.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
Taft
College newspaper men meet in New York
Representatives from Harvard Crimson Dartmouth Yale News Brown Herald Tech and other New England daily papers attend the annual conference of college journalists in the new Columbia University School of Journalism building. James Bruce of the Daily Princetonian will preside at the gathering.
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Harvard Crimson
Dartmouth
Yale News
The
Brown Herald
Tech
New England
New York
New School of Journalism
Columbia University
James Bruce
Daily
Princetonian
Allen's Foot-Ease Promotes Comfort for Easter Preparations
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to prevent foot fatigue during long walks and Easter shopping. Claims to improve comfort in patent leather and new shoes with a simple test and urges purchase of 25 cent packages, with free mail sample offered.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N, Y
92d Anniversary Observed for Rev Dr Hale in Boston
Boston marked the 92d anniversary of Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale with a statue wreath ceremony at Public Garden. Eliot Circle members and six others placed the wreath, motto reads Look Up and Not Down Look Forward and Not Back Look Out and Not In Lend a Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Christopher R. Eliot
Bulfinch Place Church
Hale
Lend-a- Hand Society
Eliot
Katherine R. Stokes
Eliot Circle
Annie F. Brown
Lehd-a-Hand Society
Dr. Flale
Bulfinch Place
Frances St. Merrill Club
Dr. Hale
James DeNormandie
D. D
Channing Church
Dorchester
Second Congregational Church
Social Service Club
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Ad Claim Details
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with the name W. GROVE on the box. It emphasizes taking it at the first sign of a cold and notes a 25-cent price.
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Ki. W. Grove
Reserve Bank Districts Sparks City Discontent
Washington reports that the reserve districts and cities named by the bank organization committee triggered strong opposition in several cities. The dispute centers on overturning the committee decision and pushing for redistricting or changes to reserve cities.
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Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Plan for Federal Reserve Board Faces Delays and Criticism
The article notes the organization committee’s decision escapes review by the Federal Reserve Board and that President Wilson may delay naming the board’s five members. It highlights ex officio ties of McAdoo and Williams and reports disappointment from cities losing reserve bank bids. Senators Weeks and others criticize the plan in Congress.
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Organization Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Weeks
Massachusetts
Lawboard committee criticism over bank locations cited
A committee member opposed the law for months and finally voted for it. He noted banks in Georgia and Virginia, home states of Mr Mc Adoo and Mr Williams, and two in Missouri, home state of Secretary Houston. He questioned the selections and criticized the committee's action.
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Georgia
McAdoo
Virginia
Williams
Missouri
Houston
Cambridge Will Leaves $5000 to Veterans? No, to Maid and Institutions
The will of Amelia Mackay Goodwin of Cambridge filed in the Mast Cambridge Probate Court leaves $5000 to her maid Veronica Gillis for faithful service and bequests to Avon Home Cambridge Hospital Cambridge Home for the Aged $1000 each and $2000 to Tuskegee Institute. The bulk goes to relatives.
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Amelia Mackay Goodwin
Cambridge
Veronica Gillis
Avon
Cambridge Hospital
Tuskegee Institute
Congregational Ministerial Fund
Concord
Miss Gillis
Jobless to Meet Today in Boston Common
Unemployed men and women from Greater Boston will gather at Boston Common near the bandstand at 2:30 this afternoon. Speakers will recount hardships from the past season and discuss efforts to secure steady work and sustenance. A collection for the indigent will be taken.
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Greater Boston
Boston Common
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