Regional bank site cited to push federal building plan
Promoters seek Boston’s new regional bank as leverage for immediate appropriation and construction of a million-dollar federal building housing the sub treasury department and U S Courts. Law grants the sub treasury custodian power over notes issued by the new banks, pending Treasury Secretary direction.
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Boston
Sub-Treasury Department
United States
Sub-Treasury
Secreane
Treasury
Boston group pushes new government building for banks and courts
Boston Bar Association leads effort to combine Boston regional bank and sub-treasury in one building. Assistant Treasurer Doty warns current vaults pose risk from boiler overhang. call for site selection and appropriation moves with Mayor Curley to back Boom Boston. Bankers support plan amid currency distribution optimism.
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Boston Bar Association
Courts
Sub-Treasury
Boston Regional Bank
George H. Doty
Doty
Curtis
Boston
Bar Association
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Attorneys
Curley
Newman Lectures: Vienna the City Beautiful at Symphony Hall
The final Newman lecture presented Vienna as a city of past glory and modern charm. The speaker showcased grand avenues, landmark buildings, parks, and Emperor Franz Joseph alongside daily life scenes and festive crowds. The second segment explored Vienna’s surroundings, including Hungarian countryside, outdoor amusements, and historic graves.
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Newman
Symphony Hall
Vienna
Europe
Franz Joseph
New Police Drama The Force Shown At Plymouth Theatre
A new play entitled The Force by ee Thomas was staged at the Plymouth Theatre yesterday afternoon by Within the Law and Under Cover companies under Edgar Selwyn Co. It follows a New York police officer’s battle against graft and the fallout that follows.
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Ee Thomas
Plymoouth
Edgar Selwyn & Co
New York
Burke Family Bribe Plot Draws Mixed Praise in Local Play
Mary Burke instills reform as her son John Burke faces a trial amid a bribery scandal involving Captain Donovan and a gambling house keeper. The cast, led by Margaret Wicherly and Orme Caldara, delivers strong character work though the plot remains thin with a loquacious first act.
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John Burke
Mary Burke
Timothy Donovan
Young Burke
Margaret Wicherly
William Courtenay
Captain Donovan
Wilton Taylor
Inspector Burke
Law
Orme Caldara
Annie Cushing
Virginia Milliman
Earle Mitchell
DeWitt Co. Jennings
J. J. Hyland
William B. Mack
John Willard
Adora Andrews
Women Mustn t Smoke Says Dr Cabot at Society Address
Dr Richard Cabot told the School for Social Workers audience at 18 Somerset Street that women should not smoke drink or swear. He urged teachers to model hero worship and sex hygiene while noting nurses share the same moral flaws as others. He separated morality from sanitation and criticized the New York Society for Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis for conflating the two.
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Richard Cabot
School For Social Workers
Somerset Street
New York Society For
Missing Porchester Woman Feared Dead in Neponset River
Police search for Laura Harlow, missing Porchester woman, believed to have taken her own life in the Neponset River. No trace found as investigators pursue leads and await confirmation of identity.
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Porchester
Neponset River
Dorchester
Neponset
Laura B. Harlow
Southern Avenue
Bennett Improves After Illness In Cairo
Cairo April 3 The condition of James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald who had been ill from bronchitis was reported much better today by his attending physicians.
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Cairo
Egypt
James Gordon Bennett
The
New York Herald
Honor Master’s Memory at Somerville High
Somerville High observed silence and halted recitations at noon in memory of Charles T. Murray longtime sub-master who died Thursday. Flags were lowered to half staff at the school and at the Superintendent’s office.
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Somerville High
Charles T. Murray
Somerville High School
Clark
Moral guidelines for teachers and students from Dr Cabot
Dr Cabot argues teachers should limit class sizes to foster direct contact with pupils and promote moral heroes from history and literature. She warns against an endless openness and stresses personal discipline, especially for women as the stroke oar, linking behavior to the crew’s unity and success.
Maine Mason Millard Hicks Dies at 64
Millard F. Hicks prominent Maine Mason dies of apoplexy at 64 in Portland. He held active thirty third degree Masonry membership and served as grand treasurer of the Maine Grand Lodge. Hicks was trustee and treasurer of the Portland water district and formerly a commission merchant. Born in North Yarmouth.
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Millard F. Hicks
Maine
Portland
Masonic Fraternity
Grand Lodge of Maine
Hicks
North Yarmouth
Missing Annie Harlow Seen Near Dorchester Avenues
Motorman John Tarr places a woman seen on Wednesday near Welles and Dorchester avenues on his route toward Ashmont and Milton. A Dorchester news store worker also suspects the same woman around 1 45 pm on Wednesday. Police view the case as self harm or related to a white slave theory and expect news soon.
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John Tarr
Welles and
Dorchester Avenues
Ashmont
Milton
Field’s Corner
Marshall's Bakery
Dorchester Avenue
Miss Harlow
King Street
Weeponset Avenue
Annie Harlow
John Swift
Laura
Dealer Sued by Landlady in Municipal Civil Court
Judge Brackett presided as Mrs. Florence A. Renne sued Ten ry S. Bleiler over unpaid rent. The hearing revealed a lodging house at 447 Massachusetts avenue in 1911 with Dr. Edward P. Brown occupying the parlor and promising to pay via Bleiler, a Roxbury liquor-store manager.
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Edward P. Brown
Henry §. Bleiler
Bleiler
Roxbury
Grave of Wife in Dispute in Wakefield
William E. Watkins formerly of Wakefield now of Cambridge sought an injunction in Middlesex County Court to stop Wakefield officers from hindering the burial of his wife. The Board of Health admitted its error from the previous day over denying a permit to move the body from a receiving tomb.
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Board of Health of
Wakefield
William E. Watkins
Cambridge
Middlesex
Board of Health
Watkins
Horatio Allin
Clemons
Heath
The
Post
East Cambridge
Bodies moved dispute over Mrs Watkins burial location
The quarrel over the burial of Blanche Thompson Watkins pits husband William Watkins against her parents Captain and Mrs. George M. Thompson of Wakefield. Watkins seeks to move the body to Forest Hills despite Wakefield tomb permits and a court injunction battle set for returnable date April 9 in East Cambridge.
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Blanch Thompson Watkins
George M. Thompson
Wakefield
Blanche Thompson
William Watkins
Lakeside Cemetery
Lake Quannapowiltt
Watkins
Forest Hills
Morse Buys Big Estate On Long Island
Charles W Morse, released from Atlanta in 1912, buys the Holder estate in Montgomery avenue Bay Shore L I in a concealed transfer. Once valued at 1000 dollars, the property now undergoes parquet floors porte cochere steam heat and a fireplace as Morse aims for one of the area’s finest estates.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Montgomery Avenue
Bay Shore
L. I
Morse
Long Island Place
Maine Bishop Grants Papal Benediction and Monsignor Appointment
Bishop Louis Walsh of Maine spoke at the Cathedral Parish confirming his Rome return and gave the Papal benediction He announced Rev. Father Arthur Hamel of Westbrook as a domestic prelate with the rank of monsignor.
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Portland
Louis Walsh
Diocese of
Maine
Rome
Arthur Hamel
Westbrook
Father John’s Medicine Promises Strength and Longevity
An ad praises Father John’s Medicine as a pure food tonic for fatigue and lung troubles, claiming it builds strength without alcohol or harmful drugs. The copy highlights fifty years of use and urges readers to purchase a bottle for renewed vigor and health.
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Father John
Submarine C-2 Strikes Warship Propeller in Harwich Action
London April 3. While rising after a submerged sham attack off Harwich Essex submarine C-2 struck the propeller of a 4 gunboat. The periscope and part of the conning tower were torn away but officers and crew kept the submarine from sinking.
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London
Harwich
Essex
Greek Forces Engage in Albania Attacks
Report from Avlona, Albania, says Greek irregulars fiercely attacked Koritsa and other towns along the Argyro Castro and Ioritsy line. Koritsa allegedly in flames with many killed.
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Albania
Vienna
Avlona
Koritsa
Argyro-Castro and
Ioritsy
Timilty Blocks Senate Fight Over Police Salary Bill
Senator Leonard of Ward 9 challenged Mayor Curley in the Senate yesterday afternoon over the police salary bill. Timilty, who led the bill's defeat on Thursday, was present and blocked the confrontation. The vote was reconsid ered to admit the Mayor's bill for consideration on its merits.
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Leonard
Ward 9
Senate
Curley
Timilty
Senator Timilty Opposes Hospital Bill Amid Senate Stand
Senator Timilty called the bill an insult and urged the Senate to maintain its stance. Three senators, Leonard, Gordon of Springfield, and Wells of Haverhill, voted to reconsider. Wells fought the Haverhill hospital bill, saying it allowed a split referendum and sale of a hospital to the city. The bill failed with only three votes in favor. The bills giving the State Board of authorities remain unresolved.
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Timilty
Senate
Leonard
Gordon
Springfield
Wells
Haverhill
Haverhill Hospital
State Board of
Health boards gain power to build hospitals by debt limits
Health committees reported bills expanding power of cities to supervise boards of health and to borrow against debt limits to build hospitals. A vaccination bill allowing parental objection drew dissent, and a marriage bill to void unions on insanity or feeble mindedness advanced. A street bill for Boston was killed after debate, and a Sunday gardening bill passed 100 to 71 with Rep Beck supporting.
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Boards of Health
Health Comitee
Health Committee
Committee On Social Welfare
Cushing
Boston
Representative Beck
Chelsea
Cooks Boys Beat Girls in School Biscuit Contest
In Newport at Rogers High School eight boys and sixteen girls competed in a biscuit baking contest. Two boys won prizes using baking powder prepared in the school laboratory. Professor Frank M. Greenlaw, head of the science department, offered the prize as judges, experienced cooks, presided with interest.
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Newport
R. I
Rogers High School
Frank M. Greenlaw
Let Me Show You Where You Can Get More for Your Money
An advertising piece from Gale & Kent promotes suits priced 15 to 25 dollars. It claims better value through custom fitting, cold water shrinking, in-house sewing, and on-site tailoring with personal supervision, promising savings of 5 to 15 dollars versus high rent stores.
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M. M. Kent
Gale & Kent
New England
England
France
Germany
America
Court Street
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Laura Harlow
Bennett
Dr. Cabot
Motorman’s Club
Wakefield Health Board
Bay Shore House
Odin
Frank L. Brier
Mzeman-Hohmel
Bill
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Greater Boston
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Peer
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Pillsbury
Broodiac
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