Commissioners to Act Alone on Highway Buffer Probe
The highway commissioners weigh acting without merchants and business leaders if the buffer committee remains short of support. Delays linger until the expert telephon e book report arrives, with a public hearing possible afterward. The Post highlights conflicts over telephone rates and alleged misconduct while critics accuse the commission of procrastination.
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the Highway Commissioners
Associated Boards of Trade
Highway Commissioners
Boston
Broken Vein Death Shocks Newburyport Crowd
In Newburyport on April 11 Charles Wood a chef at Cutter's cafe on Inn street ran 100 yards from Market square to his shop after his varicose vein burst his blood spurting and he collapsed dying as he crossed the threshold. He had recently visited the butcher for meat and had long served as chef for outing parties at Salisbury and Hampton beaches.
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Newburyport
Charles Wood
Cutter’s Cafe
Inn Street
Market Square
Wood
Salisbury
Hampton Beaches
Fay Templeton Announces Final Season on Stage
Fay Templeton declares this season will be her last on stage retiring after five more weeks. She notes her marriage last summer and a prior contract with Klaw and Erlanger kept her performing but now she seeks rest. She says Boston engagements have been pleasant and she will miss the city and friends.
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Boston
Fay Templeton
Colonial Heatre
Broadway
Mary
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Miss Canfield Wins $75,000 Trust Inheritance
Louise H. Canfield, adopted daughter of the late Leander Miller Haskins, wins a two year legal battle over a $75,000 fortune left in trust by the will. Judge Wait of the Superior Court ruled she is entitled to the income from the estate. Martha C. Dam, another adopted daughter not named in the will, contested the claim amid a long standing family feud with her foster father.
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Louise H. Canfield
Leander Miller Haskins
Wait
Superior Court
Martha C. Dam
Haskins
Miss Dam
Plans Progress for Boston Old Home Week
Boston plans for Old Home Week are moving quickly with strong national interest. Mayor Fitzgerald reports cordial acceptances from General Nelson Miles Hon John D Long and Bishop W F Mallalieu as honorary vice chairs while the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and other local groups offer full cooperation.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Nelson A. Miles
John D. Long
W. F. Mallalieu
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Charity Bequests Exceed One Million Following Miss Ropes Death
Salem notes the death of Miss Eliza O Ropes triggering over 1 000 000 in bequests to Harvard College Essex Institute Peabody Academy Salem Fraternity Seamen's Orphan and Childrens' Friend Society Old Ladies' Home Bertram Home for Aged Men Salem Public Library Women's Friend Society Salem Oratorio Society City of Salem Society for the Higher Education of Women Salem Hospital Swedenborgian School of Waltham Tuskegee Institute Carlisle Indian School Berea College and Dummer Academy with the Boston and Maine stock to endow a chair at Harvard.
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Salem
Eliza O. Ropes
Ropes
Essex Street
Miss Ropes
Mary Ropes
Harvard College
Boston & Maine Railroad
Nathaniel Ropes
Essex Institute
Peabody Academy of Science
Salem Fraternity
Seamen’s Orphan and Childrens’ Friend Society
Old Ladies’ Home
Bertram Home For Aged Men
Salem Public Library
Women's Friend Society
Salem Oratorio Society
City of Salem
Society For the Higher Education of Women
Salem Hospital
Swedenborgian School of Waltham
Tuskegee Institute
Carlisle Indian School
Berea College
Dummer Academy
Duke of Marlborough in precarious heart trouble
London, April 11. Alarm grows over the Duke of Marlborough with doctors fearing a recurrence of the heart trouble that seriously affected him two or three years ago. He remains under careful medical watch.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Parsons Recovers After Abdominal Operation at BU
Professor Frank Parsons of Boston University underwent an abdominal operation at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital yesterday. He recovered from anesthesia by 7 p m and was reported in splendid condition. The procedure was deemed eminently successful with hopes for a swift recovery. This is his second surgery for the same ailment related to Bright's disease.
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Frank Parsons
Boston University
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Parsons
Bright
Daughters OF Mass
Governor Guild
Daughters of Massachusetts
Brunswick
J. A. Brackett
Jennie A. Warden
Daughters of Maine
Nellie Daggett
New Hampshire
Arthur W. Blair
Vermont
Thomas R. Matthews
Camp 14
Sons of Veterans
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Canal St
Chickering
Miss Canfield
Leander M. Haskins
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Jordan Marsu
Butterick
Jack Daily Wallace
Ecia
Salter
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Heatherbloom
Ees
African Society
Prof. Parsons
Emerson
George Emerson
Superior Criminal Court
Brown
Forest Wall
Wall
Woburn
Margaret Feeney
Patrick Kearns
Somerville
Kryptok
Andrew J. Lloyd Co
Bare
Ton St
Lowell Street
West End
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Joseph Holzman
Allen Street
National Supply Co
Credit
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WM. J. Daly
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