Boston School Board plans gradual pupil per teacher cut
The Boston School Board adopted a plan to reduce pupils per teacher from about 50 to 48 next year and then by two each year for three years after, following the ninth grade removal. A new eight grade course of study was approved and a five member committee, including three eye doctors and two electricians, was formed to study school lighting.
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Boston Public
Eliot
Harvard University
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Storrow
David Ellis
Brooks
Lyman
Cudworth
Frothingham
Hancock
Washington
Quincy
Shurtleff
Clinch
Thomas N. Hart
Benjamin Dean
Comins
Allston
William Wirt
Warren
William E. Russell
Emerson School
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Public Improvements
Alderman Curley
Alderman Draper
Committee On
Curley
Bell
Bangs
Clark
Finigan
Berwin
Three Seek Shaw's Place In State Police Chief Race
Governor selects from Deputy Chief George C. Neal Captain William H. Proctor and Fred Rhoades for the district police head position after Chief Shaw's death. Neal, a Lynn political figure, has led the detective division for four years and previously served as Lynn city marshal. Proctor, 45, has steered the porgy steamer patrol since 1889.
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Guild
George C. Neal
William H. Prector
Fred Rhoades
Shaw
Deputy Neal
Lynn
Inspection Department
Neal
Wade
Proctor
Swampscott
District
Budget Appropriations Pass at $18 396 861 With Few Amendments
The appropriation bill passed, despite Republican opposition to certain items. Two amendments were adopted: $25 000 for Old Home Week and $12 500 for the statistics department. Total appropriations stood at $18 396 861.
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Bell and Clark
Committee On Public Improvements
Common Council
Bell
Bangs
Clark
James H. Doyle
Committee On Appropriations
Alderman Draper
Alderman Clark
Statistics Department
Rich Dentist Kills Wife in Far Rockaway Home
Dr Samuel S Guy a prominent wealthy Far Rockaway dentist and former Queensborough coroner is under arrest for the murder of his wife Lillian. Her body was found in the dining room with two bullet wounds.
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New York
Samuel S. Guy
Far Rockaway
Queensborough
Lillian
Dr Guy Arrested After Shooting at House in Rockaways
Police arrest 66 year old Dr Guy as he leaves his Rockaway home after a servant reports his wife dead. The scene followed a confrontation in the dining room with Mrs Guy, a Mott descendant known for wealth. Reports say the doctor had been drinking.
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Rockaways
Dr. Guy
Wife Divorced From Bandmaster Creatore in New York
In New York Supreme Court on April 8 Anna Creatore won an absolute divorce from her husband Joseph Creatore a band master. The couple wed in Italy in 1886 and came to the United States six years ago with Mrs. Creatore testifying that he abandoned her shortly after their arrival.
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New York
Supreme Court
Anna Creatore
Joseph Creatore
Italy
More Men Joining the Striking Boston Teamsters
The article describes striking teamsters and strike breakers in Boston, with hundreds of workers leaving stables, confrontations on Congress and Summer streets, police detours to prevent blockages, and tensions over housing conditions at 161 to 169 Albany Street. It notes inspectors to check sanitation and fire safety, and mentions additional guards from New York being sent to assist. District Attorney Moran signals possible grand jury action and officials ordering arrests if needed.
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South Boston
Fall River Line
Fargo Street
Pete
Fifield, Richardson Company
Congress
Summer Streets
Boston Forwarding & Transfer Company
Congress Street
Arnold
E. G. Tutein Company
East Boston
Youlden, Smith & Hopkins Company
Charlestown
Boston
Albany Street
Fitzgerald
Dorchester Associates
Rooney
Board of Health
New York
Wardell Mann Agency
Grand Jury
John B. Moran
Pierce
Moran
Moran Warns Strike Breakers Will Be Prosecuted
District Attorney Moran issued a statement after a meeting with Police Superintendent Pierce declaring that strike breakers using concealed weapons will be prosecuted. He urged officers to enforce all laws without regard to violators, warning that police who fail to enforce the laws face investigation and possible indictment.
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Moran
Teamsters
Pierce
Boston
Aldermen tackle Albany strike headquarter issues
Two aldermanic measures target the Albany street strike headquarters. One panel asks the Board of Health to declare the building a nuisance due to crowded, dormitory like conditions. the other seeks city licensing of all local teamsters. The nuisance order passes, the licensing measure goes to ordinances.
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William H. Woods
Board of Aldermen
Teamsters
Board of Health
Albany Street
Committee On
Woods
Curley
Committee On Health
Robbins Iron Co Denies Responsibility for Strike Breakers
Officials of the A. D. Robbins Iron Company deny responsibility for installation of strike breakers on the third and fourth floors. They state they lease only the basement and first two floors from Dorchester Associates and that the top floor intrusion occurred without their knowledge or approval.
Embankment Subway Plans Put Forward for Charles River Route
The Boston embankment subway project again surfaces as groups push a single proposal. Two bills from Metropolitan Affairs committees move to the General Court with compromises discussed. Route would run from Park Street under Beacon Hill to the Charles River and along the embankment to Charlesgate West.
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Charles River Embankment
Boston Commons
Charles River Basin
Beacon Street
George B. Upham
Fitzgerald
Park Street
Beacon Hill
Charles River
Charlesgate West
Methodist Conference Opens in Lynn With Decorated Churches
Lynn's 1907 initial convention of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church begins this week. Delegates arrive as Lynn's Methodist churches and allied institutions receive festive decoration. A information bureau operates at the convention church chapel led by Rev. George R. Grose with assistance from Rev. Charles Littlefield.
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Lynn
New England
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lynn Methodist Episcopal
Convention Church
George R.grose
Charles Littlefield
Elevated Scores Point In Battle With Senator Shaw
The Boston Elevated won a committee vote to refer to the General Court a bill for joint use of street railway tracks. The bill, filed by Harry W. Winch of Framingham, would let one street railway company use another to carry passengers and freight, with a route to the railroad commissioners.
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Boston Elevated
James F. Shaw
Boston & Worcester Railway
Elevated
Committee On
Harry W. Winch
Framingham
Missing link bill passed by House to empower freight trolley control
The missing link bill, giving railroad commissioners authority to allow street railways to carry freight through towns despite local opposition, was reconsidered in the House yesterday and passed 105 to 57 to be engrossed. The measure aims to enable state intervention when municipalities block trolley freight.
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Railroad Commission
Elopement seals Baron Gustavus Von Palm and Miss Louise Stradling
Miss Louise F Stradling of Newark New Jersey elopes with Baron Gustavus Von Palm of Boston. They wed in a Philadelphia law office with Reverend Jacob Sallade officiating after obtaining a marriage license with the baron’s help.
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von Palm
Miss Stradling
Philadelphia
Gustavus von Palm
Boston
Louise F. Stradling
Newark
N. J
Henry Wilcox
Berkshire Avenue
Millie F. Stradling
Ocean Grove
Baron von Palm
Forgery in Many Counts Arrest of Roscoe C Brown
Roscoe C Brown, 20, was arrested at Concord Junction by Lt. Eugene A Carter on a Boston police warrant for forgery. He is said to be wanted in Philadelphia for forging checks totaling $640, signing E. J. Bliss of Regal Shoe Co Boston on three items and David H Garrett on another. Post office officials pursue Brown for forging money orders totaling $37.
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Roscoe C. Brown
Concord Junction
Eugene A. Carter
Somerville
Boston
Brown
McCausland
Boston Police
Philadelphia
E. J. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
David H. Garrett
Notorious Brown and accomplice hunted after forgery spree
Private detective John J. Nolan and Post Office Inspector C. M. Perkins tracked a Boston fugitive known as Brown to Somerville where he stays with his parents at 164 Hudson Street. The man formerly lived at Guy's Hotel Philadelphia using the alias H. C. Hallinger and is linked to forged checks to Thomas Ruhe and Roy Emerson. Brown allegedly secured $74 from Henry Geneski with a fake Ruhe check and later borrowed $34 of it back. He faces three counts of forgery in the Boston case. a confederate is being pursued.
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John J. Nolan
Girard Bank
Philadelphia
Brown
C. M. Perkins
Boston
Somerville
Hudson Street
Panama
Guy’s Hotel
North Seventh Street
H. C. Hallinger
Mayor’’ Company
Walnut Theatre
Lit’s
E. J. Bliss
Thomas W. Ruhe
Beacon Street
Roy C. Emerson
Court Street
Henry Geneski
Boylston Street
Geneski
Notables Attend Ball of German Society
Over 400 couples attended the annual ball of the German order Haz arskre at Odd Fellows Hall last evening. Guests included Governor Guild, Mayor Fitzgerald, Senator Bromberg, Alderman Berwin, Representative Mock and other prominent figures. William Duenges served as floor director.
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Hazarskre
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Governor Guild
Fitzgerald
Bromberg
Berwin
Representative Mock
William Duenges
Captain Gaskin Denies Resignation Rumor
Captain Ed ward Gaskin, head of Division 2, denies retirement rumors citing a severe cold but says he hopes to complete at least ten more years of service and remains on duty daily.
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Gaskin
Edward Gaskin
Division 2
Sun Day Post Promises New Serials and Big Readership
The Sun Day Post boasts 238 405 circulation with all copies sold out. It previews next Sunday's lineup including The Car of Destiny, new humorist sketches, Thinking Machine stories and Shorty McCabe hits, promising a literary feast all day.
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The
Sunday Post
Booklovers
Boston
Sunday Herald
Sunday American
Sunday Globe
Shorty McCabe
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