No Probe Of Mayors Property Sparks City Council Debate
Mayor Fitzgerald escapes investigation as a four four tie defeats a motion to probe his private dealings linked to Republic ads. City officials clash over the Finance Commission role while three damage suits from January Tremont Street water main break are settled for Majestic Theatre, Grand Rapids Furniture, and John Cimmerblatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
the Republic
Finance Commission
Sullivan
Curley
Tremont Street
Sam S. and
Lee Shubert Company, Inc
Majestic Theatre
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
John Cimmerblatt
Councillors clash over mayor investigation vote outcome
Councillors in favor and against an investigation of the Mayor faced a die vote on amending the order to authorize an inquiry by the Finance Commission. The same fate met motions to indefinitely postpone and refer to the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Commission
Executive Committee
Attridge
Collins
Hale
McDonald
Curley
Buckley
Brand
Kenny
Ballantyne
Underwater Torpedo Tests Planned at Navy Station
Secret and extensive underwater torpedo tests will be conducted at the Newport naval torpedo station this summer. The submarine Octopus will be towed from Norfolk by the cruiser Montgomery, which has been performing experimental torpedo work in Southern waters, and will continue experiments in Narragansett Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Naval Torpedo Station
Octopus
Norfolk Navy Yard
Montgomery
Narragansett Bay
New Stockholders Add to Boston Opera Co Build
Prominent names join the Boston Opera Company stockholders as interest grows Stock is offered at 100 a share through Hayden Stone & Co Milk Street and at the opera house offices Subscription books close at noon Thursday The list includes Louise W Case George Minot Baker George M Marsters J Arthur Beebe James B Dupee and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Opera Company
Hayden, Stone & Co
Bankers
Milk Street
New Opera House
Louise W. Case
George Minot Baker
George M
Cooper's New Discovery Backed by Wichita Man
O McFarland of Wichita Kansas testifies after typhoid and grip illness he suffered stomach trouble for three years with poor appetite and low energy. He says Cooper's New Discovery stopped belching, relieved heaviness, let him enjoy meals and gain weight, with rapid results. The Cooper Medicine Co Dayton Ohio sells the remedy nationwide through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Dr Hyde on Trial In Swope Poisoning Case In Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on April 11 thirteen jurors were seated for the trial of Dr B Clarke Hyde charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas Swope by alleged strychnine poisoning on Oct 3 last year. The court cleared the docket for Hyde as experts and circumstantial evidence loom large in the case with Mrs Swope and Mrs Hyde in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Criminal Court
B. Clarke Hyde
Thomas S. Swope
Ralph S. Latshaw
Conkling
Frank P. Walsh
Latshaw
Hyde
Dr. Hyde
Swope
Mary E. Flavin
Colonel Swope
Latscaw
Veniremen
B. Clark Hyve
Thomas H. Swope
Chessing
Chase Jordan
Kan
Chrisman Swope
James Moss Hunton
Lucy Lee Swope
Mildred Fox
Sarah Swope
Georgia Compton
Nora Bell Dickson
Stella Swope
Margaret Swope
Leonora Coplidge
Newsies Minstrel Opening Draws Big Boston Crowd
Two score Boston newsies performed as minstrels at the Newsboys Club show opening night on Washington Street. Leon Dadum directed with Miss Alice Dadum and the Newsboys Club orchestra guiding a large audience of appreciative customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Newsies
Newsboys’ Club
Washington Street
Newsies
Leon Dadum
Alice Dadum
Francis Gately
Julius Goldman
Joseph Baker
Jones
Morris Levine
Jacob Sax
Daniel V. Mulkern
Tambos
J. Bornstien
Daniel Clifford
Peter Levine
M. Cohen
M. Berman
A. J. Canefsky
I. A. Canefsky
I. A. Monasson
Maurice Idelson
M. Schulman
Harry Hornstein
Louis Applebaum
H. Rubin
Jacob J. Sax
Albert Shapiro
Abraham Lincoln Jones
Friends of the Boys
Boston City Club
Chamber of Commerce
P. Aronson
E. Bornstein
Louis Gold
P. Daiser
J. Manevitch
L. Berman
A Canesky
A. Harkin
Taft Practically Indorsed At Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School students held a straw vote on the Taft administration and the resolution that the record of the past year would not justify re election. The ballot ran 149 for and 149 against to create a perfect tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Harvard Law School
Bill to bar nude exhibitions sparks House debate
A bill to prohibit certain exhibitions of the human form faces action in the House today. It would force Boston Museum of Fine Arts pieces like Cupids and Apollo Belvedere statues to be locked away or clothed. The Legal Affairs Committee rejected the measure, saying there is little wrong with viewing statuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Apollo Belvideres
Committee On Legal Affairs
Opposition to Boston moral bill halts art exhibitions
In the House a mutiny of indignant lawmakers replaced an adverse committee report with a new bill. Harry Ham of Dorchester, now committee chair, opposes the measure and refuses amendments. A delegation pressed for action citing public morals. The bill, House bill 935, would prohibit certain exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Harry Ham
Dorchester
Ham
Boston
Mr. Ham
Modesty vs Obscenity Debate Cited In Legislative Record
The document notes that true modesty cannot be advanced by law that mingles nakedness with obscenity. It argues classical art nudity shown in museums does not provoke impurity, and the committee chose to report adversely rather than pursue a moral issue.
Railway Promoter Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Amos Gerald of Pairfield, a noted railway promoter and businessman, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S Court. His liabilities total 58500 with 39750 secured claims 147% unsecured and 3850 in accommodation notes. Assets are 26000 including 4000 real estate. Unsecured claims are backed by notes signed by Gerald and others and secured by property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Amos Gerald
Pairfield
United States
Gerald
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Prescribed as Pure and Safe
An advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetable herbs. It promises purity in every bottle and offers sample bottles by mail plus a booklet about kidneys, urging readers to mention the Boston Daily Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Deaths and funerals in the Boston area April notices
Obituary list from Malden to Boston cites numerous deaths from April 9 to April 11 with ages from 21 to 86. Residents include George P Bailey James Edwin Bean Catherine V Carney Ellen Crehan Loretta Currier Thomas Fallon Agnes Daly Joseph Jalovican George Legg Cornelius McCarthy Islean Melvin Mary Ann Moore Michael OBrien Mary Row Edward Stevens William Tapley William K Varnum and a note from Ellen Meclearn regarding funeral transportation difficulties.
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Catherine V
Timothy E
Catherine J. Carney
Hurley
Moreland Street
St. Patrick's Church
Dudley Street
Crehan
Charlestown
Ellen
Morris Lawrence Crehan
Chelsea Street
St. Catherine’s Church
Currier
Loretta Currier
Massachusetts Avenue
Immaculate Conception Church
Fallon
Allston
Thomas Fallon
Reno Street
St. Anthony's Church
Hoyer
Dorchester
Agnes M. Daly
Edward P. Toye
Sarah Gallagher
Joseph P. Daly
Holiday Street
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Jalovican
Chelsea
Joseph V
Joseph
Maury Jalovican
Carroll Street
St. Rose Church
Legg
Highland Avenue
Somerville
George M. D. Legg
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
McCarthy
Brookline
Cornelius McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy
Villa Lane
St. Mary of the Assumption Church
Melvin
Everett
Islean Melvin
Tremont Street
Moore
Mary Ann More
St. John's Episcopal Church
Bowdoin
Buchanan Streets
Winthrop
Winthrop Cemetery
O'Brien
Roxbury
Michael O'Brien
James Lyons
Conant Street
Mission Church
Row
Mary
George Row
Beacon Street
Spring Hill
Norwood
Mass
Stevens
Hyde Park
Edward F. Stevens
Hyde Park Avenue
Tapley
East Dedham
William T. Tapley
High Street
Varnum
Boston
William K. Varnum
Samuel M. Burroughs
Dorchester Street
Notice of Intended Marriage Between Karl Buehholz and Margarete Mebius
Public notice announces the intended marriage of Karl Buehholz a Boston resident and Margarete Mebius a Breslau resident. It lists their parents names and statuses, notes Breslau as the notice place, and records the date March 24 1910 with the Registrariat of Births Deaths and Marriages in Vostell.
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Mir
Karl “Dermann Buehholz
Boston
Johann Adolf Bucabsis
Ida
Elvire
Feyerabend
Breslau
Post
Vostell
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Republic
NEW Stockholders
Boston Opera CO
New England
Edw. J. McCormick Owen A. Cunningham
Patrick F. Higgiston
Jas. L. Doherty
Michael Flynn
Wm. J. O'Neill
Kansas
O. McFarland
Mis
Wichita
Water Street
Ame
Mrs. Swope
Quickly
Washington St
Opp
R. H. White
Washington
Harvard
Bill Fear
Joseph Grady
Tremont St
Srrree
David J. Ingraham
Winter ST. Vorenberg
Alice
Wilson Bros
Court Street
Big Kettle
Court St
Rogers
Waltham
James M. Solomon
Huntington Avenue
St. Philip's Church
James N. Devlin
Ellen Me Clearn
Flag Street
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