Ice supply safe in Boston says leading ice firm
Frank J. Bartlett, president and treasurer of the Boston Ice Company, assures Boston that an ice famine is not imminent despite a shortage versus last April. The company is buying ice from New Hampshire to cover the summer, retail prices unchanged, wholesale rise possible.
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Boston
Frank J. Bartlett
Boston Ice Company
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Bartlett
Post
The
Paris
Jefferson Club Fire Threat in North End Building
The Jefferson Club in the North End, organized by Mayor Fitzgerald, faced destruction by fire around 8 30 last night at 212 Charter Street. The six story brick building housed the club on the second floor and the blaze started in the tailor shop on the top floor causing about 3500 in damage. Firemen fought the flames for an hour and saved furnishings with rubber blankets though smoke and water damage spread to lower floors. Traffic on Hanover Street was halted for over an hour during the incident.
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Jefferson Club
North End
Fitzgerald
Charter Street
Morris Weinstein
Hanover Street
Boston Stationary Engineers Union 16 Holds Annual Ball
The Boston Stationary Engineers Union 16 hosted its annual ball last night at Paul Revere and Talbot halls in the Mechanics building. About 5000 members and guests attended the event.
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Boston Stationary Engineers’ Union 16
Paul Revere and
Talbot Halls
Mechanics Building
Legality of Pratt Will Is Sole Issue in Contest
Six cousins contest the will of Charles H. Pratt who left most of his estate to the Institute of Technology for a school of naval architecture and marine engineering. The case will focus on whether the will was legally executed, with questions of his mental soundness dropped after a court conference.
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Charles H. Pratt
Institute of Technology
Naval Architecture
Lawyers Rest Case as Will Contest Near Verdict
Attorney Whipple for contestants announced no further evidence after three witnesses testified about the will signing. Contest claim rests on signing when witnesses were absent. Estate cites a signature on the last page signed in witnesses’ presence. Court crowded with prominent lawyers during the trial.
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Whipple
Gallery hosts 250 marine paintings by Wal ter L. Dean
The Leonard & Co gallery at 46 and 48 Bromfield street displays a 250 view collection of Wal ter L. Deans marine paintings. The exhibition includes pieces painted around Gloucester and features titles such as Drifting In and The Northwest Wind with an auction closing today.
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Walter L. Dean
Gallery of Leonard & Co
Bromfield Street
Gloucester
Dean
New England
Museum of Fine Arts
Chadwick's Aphrodite Debuts With Boston Symphony
George W. Chadwick's Aphrodite fantasy received its first Boston performance at the BSO public rehearsal mixing Rimsky Korsakov’s Antar revived after 15 years. Volkmann’s Serenade No.3 featured Warnke on cello and Oberon Overture. critics praised Chadwick’s vivid orchestration yet found the new dance section incongruous.
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George W. Chadwick
Aphrodite
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Antar
Volkmann
Mr. Warnke
Oberon
Mr. Chadwick
Chadwick
Heldenleben
Art
Debussy
Rimsky- Korsakoff
Priest Burns During Mass at Malden Church
The Rev. George P. O'Conor, curate at Sacred Heart Church in Malden, suffered severe burns while attempting to smother flames from an alter boy's surplice that caught fire from a candle. The boy, John Crowley, sustained facial and hand burns. Father O'Conor continued the mass after treatment.
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George P. O’conor
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Malden
John Crowley
Father O’conor
Progressives nominate Murdock for Speaker in first caucus
Washington April 4 The Progressive caucus in the House nominated Rep Victor Murdock of Kansas for Speaker and outlined an aggressive legislative drive. Fifteen members attended along with four more not yet in Washington. The meeting featured strong charges against both major parties and praise for Roosevelt, with a pledge that attendees remain free to back progressive measures from any source.
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Washington
Progressives
House
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ripley
Temple
Walters
Lewis
Hulings and Kelley
Pennsylvania
Bell and Stephens
California
Murdock
Hinebaugh
Copley
Illinois
Bryan
Lafferty
Oregon
Chandler
New York
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Falconer
Wood?Jufft
Michigan
Nolan
Thomson
Concursus to Select Rector at St. Augustine’s South Boston
An announced concursus will fill the vacant permanent rectorship of St. Augustine's Church South Boston after the death of Rt Rev Mgr Denis O'Callaghan D D. Eligible Archdiocese priests may submit names to the archbishop within ten days per Con Balt Plen III. Tit II Cap V VI.
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St. Augustine’s Church
South Boston
Mgr
Denis O’callaghan
D. D
St. Augustine's
Baltimore
Charles J Babbitt Lawyer Author Dies
Charles Jacob Babbitt, lawyer and author, died yesterday at his home in Helvetia Chambers Huntington Avenue. He was the first president of the Babbitt Family Association and a member of the Old Colony Historical Society the National Association of Law Librarians and the Massachusetts Library Club. He is survived by his wife a son Harold Eaton Babbitt and a daughter Mrs Mary S Bailey of New York.
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Charles Jacob Babbitt
Helvetia Chambers
Huntington Avenue
Brookline Tax Fight Prompts Personal Property Declarations
Brookline officials accuse Tax Commissioner William D. Trefry of inflating town valuation to boost state taxes and urge residents to file lists of personal property holdings by May 17, 1913. Assessors Charles Stearns, Charles Bowditch, and Daniel Daley warn that failure to comply may force them to use judgment and raise the tax rate.
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Brookline
William D. T. Trefry
Commonwealth
Charles H. Stearns
Charles A. Bowditch
Daniel J. Daley
Clergy Transfers Within Boston Parishes Detailed
The Rev. Edward P. Murphy moves from St. Monica's South Boston to St. Benedict's Somerville as assistant to Rev. Garret J. Barry. Others named include Rev. William A. Dacey at St. Monica's, Rev. James Sherry with St Patrick Roxbury, Rev. John J. Flynn at St Colman's Brockton, and Rev. Walter A. Quinlan as temporary assistant at St Patrick West Lynn. Also an advertisement for Elmer & Amend's Rheumatism remedy.
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Edward P. Murphy
T. J. Mahoney
St. Monica’s Church
South Boston
Cardinal
St. Benedict's Parish
Somerville
Garret J. Barry
William A. Dacey
James Sherry
James H. Gallagher
St Patrick's Church
Roxbury
John J. Flynn
St. Colman’s Church
Brockton
J. J. Dermody
Walter A. Quinlan
Florence J. Halloran
St. Patrick’s Church
West Lynn
Wilson Shapes Tariff Bill Aligning With Wilson Proposals
The Democratic tariff revision bill nears completion with free wool meat and many foods while cutting duties on chemical and steel products. Free sugar remains unresolved as Senate leaders study the measure this weekend and aim for a final agreement with President Wilson early next week.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Underwood
House Committee On Ways and Means
Louisiana
House
Kellogg Granted Refusal of Letters on Gerhart Estate
William Kellogg, the husband of Julia McFarlane Gerhart, was granted the refusal of letters by the Probate Court. This action makes him heir to his wife’s personal property, which he estimated at under $500 and consists of jewelry and clothing.
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ST. Louis
William Kellogg
Julia McFarlane Gerhart
Charles B. Gerhart
Kellogg
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Jordan Marsh Company
BY Olin Downes
Congressmen
Kansan
St. Augustine
Charles J. Babbitt
Elmer & Amend’s
Ways and Means
Broussard
Eponge
Navy
Copenhagen
Nell Rose
Tremont St
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