Curley Charges Building Graft in Boston
Councillor James M. Curley leveled sensational accusations that Boston's building department courted corruption aiding private enterprises and allowed dangerous materials in construction. He claimed inspectors used office power to promote private firms and cited patent devices used in unsafe fixtures. The City Council voted to launch a special investigation and asked the law department for authority.
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Smith
Joseph A. Maynard
Democratic, City Committee
Hugh McGrath
Bath Department
Boston
James M. Curley
Law Department
Tom L. Johnson Dies at 57 in Cleveland Home
Former Cleveland mayor and four term mayor Tom L. Johnson died at 8 45 p m in the White Hall apartments. The longtime Ohio congressman and advocate of Henry George style single tax died from cirrhosis of the liver at age 57.
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Cleveland
Tom L.johnson
Ohio
Henry George
White Hall
Illness Ends for Mr Johnson After Week of Decline
Mr Johnson had been ill for over a year and suffered a relapse on Wednesday March 15 after returning from Nantucket Island. He attended a Nissius Club banquet Saturday night March 11 and grew weaker, entering bed the next day. His death followed a grave condition with occasional rallies. he is survived by his wife, a son Loftin, and daughter Mrs Bessie Mariani.
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Mr. Johnson
Nantucket Island
Nissius Club
Cleveand Lawyers
Johnson
Loftin
Bessie Mariani
Boston Council probes Ward 8 remodelling and plumbing graft
The council opened two investigations affecting city departments. One concerns remodelling Ward 8 into a bath house, the other aims to adopt Cleveland's Somers taxation system. Councillor Curley charged widespread corruption in the building department, citing private business by inspectors and dangerous plumbing and gas installations. Building Commissioner Everett disputed Curley’s accusations, saying they were greatly exaggerated.
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Ward 8
Somers
Cleveland
Smith
Joseph Maynard
Democratic City Committee
Hugh McGrath
Bath
Lomasney
Curlex
Curley
Revere Beach
Everett
Post
Red Sox Squads Move, Yannigans Face Harvard Today
Regulars head to Washington and Yanni gans to Boston while Red Sox Yannigans meet Harvard today. Boston Nationals top Baltimore 4 to 3. Yale game on slate and Phillies beat Athletics in last game but lose series. Tris Speaker returns from hospital for Washington opener. Johnson Baldwin Hyland dispute settled in Washington.
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Red Sox
Chicago
Washington
Yannigans
Boston
Harvard
Boston Nationals
Baltimore
Yale
Phillies
Athletics
Marathon
Tris Speaker
Walter Johnson
Matty Baldwin
Pick Hyland
Boston museum hires Guiffrey as paintings curator
A fund of 200000 dollars from 25 Boston benefactors will finance M. Guiffrey to join the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as curator. He sails from Liverpool to Boston soon for a three year term, with 100000 dollars yearly for paintings and hopes for another 100000 for year three. John Vernon Briggs remains keeper of paintings.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Jean Guiffrey
Paris
M. Guiffrey
Louvre
America
Pierre Decourcelle
MIT Anniversary Smoke Fete At Symphony Hall
A grand anniversary event at Symphony Hall featured classes marching in with banners, alumni technology clubs from across the Northeast, and delegations from major cities. The Merrimack Valley Tech orchestra led by Rudolph Eksargian performed as the Waltham Watch Company Band provided selections, with the chorus and mandolin clubs on stage and the crowd cheering.
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Tech Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Merrimack Valley
Connecticut Valley
New Bedford
Worcester
Rhode Island
New York
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Schenectady
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Rochester
Syracuse
Buffalo
Baltimore
Rudolph Eksargian
Tech
Sousa
Creatore
Man Shoots Self After Rejection in Cambridge Yard
Joseph Jones, 53, of Charlestown, shot himself in the head near 22 Centre street Cambridge after being spurned by Miss Margaret Nagle, 26, a domestic in the Dunning household. He died at Cambridge relief station at 1 30 this morning. He leaves two daughters in Charlestown.
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Histore
Joseph
Jones
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Centre Street
Cambridge
Margaret Nagie
Warren H. Dunning
Ireland
Miss Nagie
Miss Nagle
Dunning
Dunning House
Car Burns At Revere Destroyed Old Boston & Northern Barn
The old Boston and Northern railway car barns at Eliot Circle Revere near Beachmont burned overnight destroying six to seven open cars. Fire spread quickly from rear to front hampering saving any cars. Beachmont engine responded with a second alarm and full local apparatus. damage estimated at 100 by 50 feet wooden structure around $10 000.
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Boston & Northern Railway
Eliot Circle
Revere
Beachmont
Boulevard
Missing Western Union official linked to $1338 loss
Miss Lillian R. White, once manager of the Waltham Western Union office, vanished on February 21 with a $1338 shortage cited. Detectives believe she accompanies George R. Hart of 60 State street brokers. The bond company seeks her return. Hart’s wife also wants information on their whereabouts in California.
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Lillian R. White
Western Union Telegraph Company
Waltham
George R. Hart
H. A. Brown & Co
State Street
California
Miss White
William White
Barrows Street
Dedham
Western Union Company
Mary Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Boston
Hart
Mystery of Miss White After Disappearance
The article details Miss White of Dedham who vanished after Feb 21 from Waltham. It traces her habits, travel with Hart the broker, and a $1338 shortage at the Waltham office. Detectives pursued leads to Lincoln and Wayland, noting Hart’s bungalow in Wayland and ownership of a horse and carriage.
Wealthy Louisville widow to wed 30-year-old distillery foreman
Mrs Elizabeth Smith aged 83 a prominent Louisville heiress will marry Carl Neumeyer aged 30 a Harvard graduate and government ganger. They obtained a marriage license in Pittsburg and will marry tomorrow at the home of Mrs Smith's nephew Elmer Heasley. Detective Captain J. K. Kierney accompanies Mrs Smith as friend and body guard.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Elizabeth Smith
Louisville
Carl Neumeyer
Harvard
Secretary of State Olin Critical After Pneumonia Illness
Secretary of State William M. Olin was reported last night to be dangerously ill with pneumonia. Dr. A. P. Starbird of Dorchester has attendanced since Sunday morning and says the condition is critical with only slight hope for recovery.
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William M. Olin
A. P. Starbird
Dorchester
Olin Forced to Rest at Home After Meeting Strain
Mr. Olin participated actively in promoting the Grand Army encampment and delivered many addresses at the gathering. The exertion drained him so severely that he had to return home where he has since been confined.
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Olin
Grand Army
Governor Foss's Son to Marry Dorothy Chapman
Mr and Mrs Wilfred B Chapman of San Francisco California announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Chapman to Benjamin Sturtevant Foss eldest son of Governor and Mrs Eugene Noble Foss Foss a Harvard graduate of 1908 and 1909 with a world tour and a Harvard MA degree while families praise the match and congratulate the couple
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Wilfred B. Chapman
San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Chapman
Benjamin Sturtevant Foss
Eugene Noble Foss
Chapman
Pacific Coast
Foss
Harvard
Boston Area Weather Forecast
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair with light variable winds. Wednesday will be generally cloudy with probable showers and moderate easterly winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Obscure Weather Notes From Thompson's Spa Report
Fragmentary clipping reports average temperatures and dates with scattered numbers and letters. The readable lines show stray references to temperatures, a date, and page cues but no clear event or names.
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Andrew H Russell
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Stevens
Heroes
NEW Bedford Whalers
Harold Eric Kebbon
Maclaurin
Huntington Hall
Rogers Building
C. FE. A. Winslow
Tech” Congress
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Western Union
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Daniel B. Arnold
Church Street
Waltham Telegraph Station
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Sudbury River
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Edward Everett
Harvard College
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William O. Partridge
Robert Loveman
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