Row Over Bill for New Council
A Boston hearing on a charter amendment to create a 17 member City Council by districts grew heated as Senator Smith refused former Street Commissioner Frank Goodwin's rebuttal. Proponents and opponents accused each other of graft, with speakers from Good Government groups and several representatives arguing for and against district representation and smaller councils amid charges of “rotten” city government.
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Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Smith
Frank Goodwin
Fast Boston
Boston
John A. Sullivan
Goodwin
Sullivan
Brennan
Charlestown
Peters
Dr. Jekyll
Hyde
Good Government Association
John Tu. Donovan
Bottomley
Chicago
New York
North End
Chinatown
Boston Common
Mr. Hyde
James J. Moynihan
Lomasney
Innes
Hart
Edward J. Cox
Frank W.W. Thayer
Robert Robinson
Germany
William H. McDonnell
John J. Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Niland
Jank Goodwin
East Boston
City Hall
Curley
Fitzgerald
Joe Lyons
Fitz
Nathan Matthews
Finance Commission
John R. Murphy
William J. Donahue
Brighton
Distinct Backward Step in Boston City Administration
The text argues there is no public demand or expressed dissatisfaction with the current system and calls it a backward move contrary to the judgment of experts who have studied Boston government.
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Boston
New England
Geo. Robinson
Harold St. Roxbury
A. Walsh
Bosiston T
Keston
Sunays
Sents
State Firm On Three Places At Gentlemen's Night
Governor Coolidge attended the Gentlemen's Night of the Woman's Baptist Social Union at Ford Hall. He urged focus on three places employment education and worship as key to national future. Yale Divinity School Dean Brown spoke on The Moral Outcome of the War and the need for spiritual forces to uphold moral standards. Mrs. Arthur E Gates presided.
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Dean Brown
Yale Divinity School
Arthur E. Gates
Boston Baptist Social Union
Gabriel Reid Maguire
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Emery W. Hunt
Henry FE. Hodge
First Baptist Church
Winchester
Elmer Crawford Adams
Marjorie Moody
Waterfront Calendar for April 9 1700
April 9 marks the ninth day of the war era and the 730th war day. Tidal heights noted morning and evening with moon phases and planetary positions listed through mid year. Evening stars show visibility of Venus and Mars periods into spring and summer months.
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U. S
Jong
Ft. Zin
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mean Barometer and Projections From Maritime Weather Report
The report lists mean barometer at 30.13 and mean temperature with various digits and garbled labels. It includes details from J. W. Smith, meteorologist, and notes about recent fish pier arrivals. The Admiral’s fleet brought 17,000 pounds of flounders and other catches. bananas arrived from Jamaica aboard the Cibao. Port updates cover a port warden’s leave, ship term changes, and new buoys marking Mary Ann rocks.
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Amirald
Haddock
United Fruit Company
Toller
Long Wharf
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Caleb R. Kelley
Arlington
Boston
Wyoming
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Europe
Katrina Tuckenbach
Naval Overseas Transport Service
Navy Yard
New York
Bordeaux
France
Cape Cod Canal
Mary Ann Rocks
Manomet
Mariners Harbor
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings from Gloucester and Norfolk
Shipping news lists arriving steamers from Gloucester and Norfolk including Cibao Keller Port Antonio Jamaica City of Rome Dalzell Savannah Ga Corsica Churbuck Norfolk North Wind Bowden Cto Lake Washburn Heath Co Ontario Bond Baltimore Norfolk Bay View Wallace Newport News Harvey H Brown Holbrook Grecian Herbert Philadelphia City of Gloucester Larsen Gloucester and schooner Harry A Nickerson from Gloucester tugs etc Also sailed West Felesco North Land Sagamore Grand Bank Md Wershaw Norfolk Lake Delancey Mariners Harbor Piqua Cicoa Delaware New York Maletta with tug Fume and tugs Mercury Riverside Scranton Troy Eureka Brockton Atlantic Havana Gibson Also sailed U S battleship Nebraska.
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Cibao
Keller
Port Antonio
Jamaica
City of Rome
Dalzell
Savannah
Corsica
Churbuck
Norfolk
North Wind
Bowden
Cto
Lake Washburn
Heath
Ontario
Bond
Baltimore
Bay View
Wallace
Newport News
Harvey H. Brown
Holbrook
Grecian Herbert
Philadelphia
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Gloucester
Harry A. Nickerson
West Felasco
Bordeaux
France
North Land
Yarmouth
N. S
Sagamore
Grand Bank
Wershaw
Chippewa
Charleston
Jacksonville
Lake Delancey
Mariners Harbor
New York
Piqua
Cicoa
Delaware
Maletta
Fume
Mercury
Riverside
Scranton
Troy
Eureka
Brockton
Atlantic
Havana
Gibson
U. S
Nebraska
Archdukes expelled from Austrian territory to Switzerland
All Austrian archdukes and their families including Archduke Friederich are officially expelled from Austrian soil. A special train guarded by republican guards will depart Vienna tomorrow to carry the archducal party to Switzerland.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Friederich
Vienna
Switzerland
Elephants at Franklin Park Enjoy Delicacies
Mollie Waddy and Tony, Franklin Park's famed elephants, eagerly sample pastries and candy outside the keeper's usual portions. The trio devours pink tea delicacies and substantial elephant fare with noticeable enthusiasm when offered treats.
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Milady
Mollie
Waddy
Tony
Franklin Park
Zoo
Boys Claim Women Instigated Holdups
Nineteen year old cabaret musician admits Chelsea police say to robbing a Chelsea merchant at gunpoint. Three youths from Boston Chelsea confessed to two holdups and several burglaries, held for grand jury. Alberts, Goldberg, and Scheiderman named. $5000 bail.
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Chelsea
Chelsea Merchant
Boston
Chelsea Court
Philip Goldberg
Bellingham Street
William Alberts
Water Street
Augusta
Samuel W. Scheiderman
Irving Street
Central Avenue
Curve Street
South End
Walter Barden
Timothy Cunningham
Alberts
Scheiderman
Goldberg
Shirley Street
Winthrop
Dr Williams Pink Pills advertised as blood builder tonic
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder and nerve tonic for anemia associated indigestion. It claims rapid appetite return and renewed strength after a week of use with no opiates, offering free books and mail order options from Schenectady.
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Lydia L. Lower
South
Champlain Street
Burlington
Miss Lower
Grand jury to act on Dean killing in Keene area
Keene New Hampshire April 8 The killing of William K Dean a wealthy farmer eight months ago at East Jaffrey is to be acted on by a grand jury. Investigators pursue leads and await grand jury action on the case with local officials and residents following developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Grand jury to hear probe into German spy activity link
County Solicitor Roy M. Pickard announced witnesses in the case are being summoned to Cheshire County for inquiry. No judicial procedure has begun yet in connection with Dean's death.
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Cheshire County Grand Jury
Roy M. Pickard
Dean
New Hampshire Methodist Conference Opens With Patriotic Meeting
The 6th annual session of the New Hampshire conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened in Littleton with a large patriotic gathering. Dean L. J. Birney of Boston University spoke on "The Doughboys On the Firing Vine." Birney spent months with YMCA service in France. The business session begins tomorrow with Bishop Theodore S. Henderson of Detroit presiding.
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Littleton
N. H
New Hampshire Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
L. J. Birney
Boston University School of Theology
Dr. Birney
Yeo Mi Cy. AL
France
Theodore S. Henderson
Detroit
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Emilio de Gogorza
Handel and Haydn
Emil Mollenhauer
Creation
Marie Sandelius
Arthur Hackett
Frederic Martin
ODD Fellows Hall
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Woman’s Baptist Union
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J. W. Smith
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