Clerical High Plan Revived By School Board
The Roxbury School Board revived its plan for a central clerical high school with a report due by May 15. It aims to train graduates in stenography bookkeeping and typewriting to become skilled clerks. Irving H. Upton was named acting head of Roxbury High School.
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Irving H. Upton
Roxbury High School
Delia A. V. Howes
Lydia A. Nason
English High School
High School of Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dorchester High School
Augustine L. Rafter
Lee
Clerical High School Plan Sparks Roxbury Debate
Four years after a clerical high school was urged by Superintendent Brooks to partner with Roxbury High School, Chairman Brock voiced anger upon learning the project was not operating at Roxbury High. He had previously told inquirers otherwise.
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Brooks
Roxbury High School
Brock
Roxbury High 1
Police Plan Vacations At City Department
Police Commissioner O Meara announced summer vacations begin May 16 and run through November 2. Patrolmen with one year service receive two weeks off while reservemen on May 15 with two weeks in service get one week. Vacation timing is set by each station and drawings occur April 16.
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Police Department
O'Meara
Milk Co Strike Spreads to Charlestown Barns
Striking drivers and helpers of H. P. Hood & Sons Milk Co clash with management as union members gather at Charlestown barns after a meeting claiming 42 new members. The State Board of Arbitration weighs both sides while deliveries occur from Forest Hills and Charlestown amid tension and union demands for recognition and reinstatement of three discharged workers.
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H. P. Hood & Sons
Charlestown
Nelson Davis
State Board of Arbitration and
Jeremiah Driscoll
Union
Forest Hills
Hood
Wagons Delayed in Forest Hills and Charlestown
The firm will not dispatch wagons from Forest Hills before 5 PM and none from Charlestown before 2 PM. Wagons will depart in a single departure rather than singly, with assurances that deliveries will still arrive on time despite the altered routine.
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Forest Hills
Charlestown
Trace Found On Missing Sealer Southern Cross
St John s Newfoundland April 6 The trace of the missing sealer Southern Cross has been found by the steamer Kyte sent out in search by the government The Kyle commander reported by wireless that he steamed all night and this morning but sighted nothing to indicate the ship s fate The Kyle was 50 miles southwest of Virgin Rocks at the time of the despatch.
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ST. John's
N. F
Kyle
Virgin Rocks
Boston Fire Department Losses See Big Year
Annual report shows property losses total 3 225 000 dollars and 41 deaths for year ending February 1. Templemore steamship loss not included. Department running cost 1 924 913 84 dollars, up from prior year by 694 983 and maintenance up 198 797 31. Boston.
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Fire Department
Templemore
Soston
Boston
Glasgow
Scotland
Fire department budget and rapid expansion plan in Boston
Colonel Charles H. Cole reports fire department growth from 961 to 988 with three new companies and five motor units purchased at 106 743 dollars. He urges a 300 000 dollar motor apparatus appropriation, highlights alarm branch improvements, and compares Boston to Glasgow on fire losses. A proposed Charlestown station on Winthrop Street is recommended with shared plans and costly upkeep concerns.
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Charles H. Cole
Parker Hill
Beacon Hill
Fitzgerald
Charlestown
Winthrop Street
Boston Council Decrees $500000 for Suburban Widenings
Boston's City Council demanded action from Mayor Curley by approving a $500000 plan to widen six suburban thoroughfares. The Mayor had earlier opposed city spending this year on widenings and proposed directing funds to laying out smaller suburban streets that are built but not accepted by the city.
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Boston
Curley
City Backed Loan Aids Suburban Thoroughfares Expansion
Mayor signaled approval of an 890000 loan for widening several streets while council pressed to proceed under the original plan. The debt levy covers Chelsea street 100000, Nor folk street 100000, Centre street West Roxbury 100000, Hyde Park avenue 60000, North Beacon street 50000, Faneuil street 350000, Amory street 40000.
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Chelsea Street
Norfolk Street
Centre Street
West Roxbury
Hyde Park Avenue
North Beacon Street
Faneuil Street
Amory Street
Exemption from Taxation Question Spurs Attorney General Opinion
Attorney-General Boynton presented to the House an opinion stating the Legislature cannot exempt any industry from taxation arguing the constitutional word proportional forbids such laws. The opinion answers Rep Mulveny’s order and concerns the ongoing tax debate and measures to remove proportional from the constitution. The Senate defeated the resolves granting the right to tax signs by 13 to 31, with Senator Hobbs opposing the broad use of police power.
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Boynton
House
Mulveny
Fall River
Committee On Taxation
Senate
Hobbs
Norwood Pressmen to Answer Charges
Boston Allied Printing Trades Council will ask Norwood Pressmen's Union to send representatives to a special council meeting within a week to explain a letter claiming Norwood's pressroom paid above scale and had the best plant, which contradicts union figures.
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Boston Allied Printing Trades Council
Norwood Pressmen’s Union
Miss Sullivan to Wed W T McCarthy
Miss Nellie Frances Sullivan daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence H Sullivan of Somerville will marry William T McCarthy of Somerville and assistant district attorney of Middlesex County. The wedding will be held Wednesday April 22 at St Benedicts Church.
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Miss Sullivan
W. T. McCarthy
Nellie Frances Sullivan
Lawrence H. Sullivan
Somerville
William T. McCarthy
Middlesex County
St. Benedict's Church
Funeral Services for Longtime Hingham Newsdealer Jernegan
The funeral for William H. Jernegan age 88 notable old time news dealer was held from his home in Hingham yesterday afternoon. He died after a fall on a slippery sidewalk several weeks ago. For six decades he operated the same South street news stand in Hingham.
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William H. Jernegan
Hingham
Mr. Jernegan
South Street
All Is Over But Voting in Twelfth District Campaign
More than 50 speakers closed early this morning in the 12th District race for Congress formerly held by Mayor Curley. Candidates for James A. Gallivan, Democrat, led a final rally as uniform crowds swept the district in good weather, ending the hectic campaign with last-ditch speeches before election day.
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12Th Congressional District
Congress
Curley
Political rallies merge across district for Connolly and Brier
James B Connolly the Progressive and Frank L Brier the Republican campaigned across the district with frequent rallies. The Gallivan faction featured a platform truck with a pianola and marching band while Mayor Quiley and Democratic stalwarts endorsed Gallivan. Connolly drew strong backing from Sumner Bird and Joseph Walker among others, with over score speakers seen on street corners and in halls. Brier toured in automobiles delivering sharp attacks across the field, and Gallivan is favored to win though Progressives claim strength for Connolly.
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James B. Connolly
Frank L. Brier
Orato
Gallivan
Ers
Quiley
Galliva
Connolly
Charles Sumner Bird
Joseph Walker
Brier
Salt Rheum Itch Fiend Ad Claims Hood's Sarsaparilla
An advertising fragment promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for salt rheum or eczema, claiming the medicine cleanses the blood and treats the source of the trouble. It appeals to readers by asserting many prior cures and urging immediate purchase.
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Inge
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Cole
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Gale & Kent
Court St
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Washington St
AGM Tity
Brookside
Nary
Vee Lee
Wisconsin
Don Brookside
James A. Gallivan
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