Should Emmons Have More or Less
A collection of letters to the editor debating Judge Emmons salary. Citizens from Hopedale Natick Foxboro Brookline and Boston urge raising or maintaining pay citing law enforcement and civic impact. The letters praise or question Emmons influence and loyalty to public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons
Commonwealth
William Joyce Ray
Natick
Massachusetts
Judge Emmons
Boston
Max Henry Newman
Democrats Bar Both Band and Spectators
The Democratic State convention will have no band or observers. Only elected delegates, Boston reporters, messenger boys, and police will attend. Chairman John J. Flaherty aims for an orderly, expedient session free of noise and public interference, citing Rhode Island’s past disruption as a cautionary example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Flaherty
Boston Papers
Messenger Boys
Police
Flaherty
Women Suffragists Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Massachusetts women mark the 25th anniversary of school suffrage with events at Faneuil Hall on Saturday. Sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. feature addresses by Mary A. Livermore Julia Ward Howe Katherine Leute Stevenson Thomas Wentworth Higginson Sara J. Boyden Lucia Ames Mead Scott F. Hershey Henry B. Blackwell Alice Stone Blackwell George F. Lowell E. Trask Hill Mary E. Cheney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Mary A. Livermore
Julia Ward Howe
Katherine Leute Stevenson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Sarah J. Boyden
Lucia Ames Mead
Scott F. Hershey
Henry B. Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell
George IF. Lowell
Winners in the Russia or Japan Which contest
The Post announces two winning letters from readers arguing for sympathy with Russia and with Japan. Frances Stacey of Somerville writes in favor of Russia, condemning czarist oppression and predicting emancipation if Russia loses, while Alexander Watson of Beachmont advocates sympathy for Japan against Russian expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Alexander Watson
Beachmont
Frances Stacey
Somerville
Sir
North
Legion i
Manchuria
Corea
Far East
Orient
Lexsander Watson
Atlantic Avenue
Post
Tryanny
Highland Avenue
American full rigged ship Manuel Llaguna arrives after 881 mile voyage
The Manuel Llaguna, an American owned 3 skysail yard full rig ship under Captain Daniel C. Nichols, docked at Mystic Wharf after 88 days at sea from Singapore covering 13150 miles. The crew reported good weather until a Nantucket fog slowed observations, and sailmaker James Manning battled consumption but recovered. Cargo included rattans gambier sago flour cube gambier pearl tapioca and tapioca flour along with preserves. Only two other full rig ships bound for the port were Timandra and Glenholm from Rosario and Batavia respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Llaguna
New York
I. F. Chapman
Daniel C. Nichols
Singapore
Mystic Wharf
Nichols
Nantucket Sound Shoal
James Manning
Yarmouth
N. S
Timandra
Rosario
Glenholm
Batavia
Java
Sleuth on a Ladder Watches Mrs Uhrig in Divorce Case
In the equity session of the Superior Court Judge Fessenden heard F L Wood testify about following Mrs Joseph Uhrig Jr with Dr Frank E Draper. He placed them at 15 Garrison street in January 1908 and later at a hotel and a park lunchroom amid intoxication and alleged improprieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whrig
Equity
Superior Court
Fessenden
F. L. Wood
Joseph Uhrig, Jr
Frank E. Draper
Uhrig
Garrison Street
Draper
No. 15
Mr. Wood
Newcastle Court
Mrs. Uhrig
Dr. Draper
Mr. Uhrig
Northampton Street
Shawmut Avenue
Republican Committee Rejects Foss and Ballot Plan
The Republican State committee refused to sanction the Australian ballot at the upcoming convention and set a resolutions committee of all stand patters to prevent a reciprocity clause. Chairman Talbot sent a letter to Mr. Foss clarifying delegates may vote freely. A long list of district and at large resolution members was announced. Foss failed to secure rooms at the American House as reception plans collapsed. Colonel Benton offered one of his rooms instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Talbot
Foss
H. Houstis Newton
Everett
Howard
George
Haverhill
Hugo A. Dubuque
Fall River
Isaac P. Hutchinson
Boston
Everett E. Stone
Springfield
William A. Burns
Pittsfield
A. B. Chapin
Holyoke
Charles Q. Washburn
Worcester
George R. Wallace
Fitchburg
Walter Coburn
Lowell
William S. Felton
Salem
Sydney A. Hill
Stoneham
Edward Glines
Somerville
Charles T. DeBlois
John
Godfrey
William H. Squires
William F. Draper
Hopedale
James N. Swift
William H. Bent
Taunton
Engineer C Metzen Crushed In Roaring Machine Accident
Charles Metzen an engineer was caught by his right arm and left foot in a three ton machine bolted to the floor in New York on April 12. The device lifted two feet before his arm broke at the elbow and he collapsed. Roosevelt Hospital physicians treated him, noting his remarkable physical resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Sir
Judge Emmons
Boston
Roderic J. Frelinghuysen
Hopedale
New York
Charles Metzen
Metzen
Roosevelt Hospital
Provincetown Seeks Electric Lighting and Monument Funding
Solicitor George A. King and Provincetown Selectmen chairman Adams told the towns committee they seek authority to hire a public lighting firm to light streets and to appropriate 5000 for the Pilgrim monument. King noted Cape winds blow out gas light. the electric company would also power the water works pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. King
Selectmen
Adams
Provincetown
Committee On
King
Cape
Electric Lighting Company
Samuel Hoar Funeral Today
Concord April 12 Funeral services for the late Samuel Hoar will be conducted tomorrow afternoon. At 8 o clock a prayer service will be held at the house for immediate family. Public service at the First Parish meeting house opens at 8:15 with an address by Rev Dr Eliot. Arrangements are by Colonel Richard F Barrett. A Middlesex Bar Association committee attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Samuel Hoar
Samuel A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
First Parish
Loren B. Macdonald
Eliot
Richard F. Barrett
Bar Association
County of
Middlesex
George F. Richardson
Lowell
C. S. Lilley
Samuel J. Elder
Winchester
Henry F. Hurlburt
Lynn
Walter I. Badger
Cambridge
Costly State Representation at Louisana Purchase Exposition
In the House a resolve to appropriate 5000 for State representation at the Louisana Purchase Exposition in St Louis was presented. The plan lists 37 officials including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, cabinet members, Senate president and clerk, House speaker and clerk, joint federal relations committee, two Senators and five Representatives, and state officers, all at 135 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
St. Louis
Executive Council
Senate
House
Joint
Federal Relations
Hendricks Receives Custody of Her Son in Supreme Court ruling
Mrs. C. C. Hendricks clasped her son and proclaimed they would never be separated after the Supreme Court granted custody. The House of the Angel Guardian office hosted the transfer as Brother Judge relinquished the child, marking a hopeful reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. C. Hendricks
House of the Angel Guardian
Supreme Court
Judge
New Melrose Library Dedication Friday
The new Carnegie funded public library in Melrose will be dedicated next Friday afternoon. Ex-Mayor John Larrabee will report the building committee and present keys to Mayor Butt rick, who hands them to library trustees chair Charles C. Barry. Attendees include Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, poet Sam Walter Foss, Dr. J. S. Clark, and Governor John L. Bates who will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Walter Foss
J. S. Clark
John L. Bates
Notable birthdays and civic notes across towns
Mrs. Ann Randall of Langhorne marked her ninety six birthday with a lively party including a daughter five sons twenty grand children and twenty eight great grandchildren Arch bishop Messmer of Milwaukee forbids clergy from attending or expressing political preferences in party politics Mrs Charles King of Corpus Christi owns the largest female landholding in the world with 1 800 000 acres across Nueces Hidalgo Starr and Cameron counties and 65 000 cattle Henry J Ackerman has lived in a dugout near Pueblo since 1898 after a yacht romance Mrs Sarah L Hall of Jamestown has taught in public schools sixty years and hosted a semi centennial reception Margaret Parnell Stewart a Bor dentown society woman has taken to the stage Reverend Philip L Frick of Somerville has accepted a call to Walnut Street M E Church in Chelsea and debuts in Troy N Y Miss Stewart is kin to Commodore Stewart and to Charles Stewart Parnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Randall
Langhorne
Penn
Messmer
Milwaukee
Charles King
Corpus Christi
Tex
Neuces
Hidalgo
Starr
Cameron
Henry J. Ackerman
Pueblo
Col
Brooklyn
Ackerman
Sarah L. Hall
Jamestown
N. J
Margaret Parnell-Stewart
Bordentown
Miss Helen J. Sanborn Active in Club Work
Miss Helen J. Sanborn of Winter Hill Somerville is actively interested in women's clubs. A Wellesley graduate she has traveled in South America and authored several books. A longtime member of the Heptorean Club of Somerville and prominent in the Hillside Club she helps sponsor seasonal study courses with influential speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen J. Sanborn
Winter Hill
Somerville
Wellesley College
Miss Sanborn
Heptorean Club
Hillside Club
Officers elected for building group meeting
The following officers were elected: C. H. Bond president, the Rev George L. Perin vice president, Miss E E Mizner secretary, Edward A Whiston treasurer, Miss Margaret Coburn assistant secretary, Samuel F Hubbard, Miss Frances Stern, Mrs J H Barker, Mrs F K Sweetser and Robert A Woods executive board, Samuel P Prentiss general supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Bond
George L. Perin
D. D
E. E. Mizner
Edward A. Whiston
Margaret Coburn
Samuel F. Hubbard
Frances Stern
J. H. Barker
F. K. Sweetser
Robert A. Woods
Samuel P. Prentiss
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Hartshorn
Rollers
Stewart Hartshorn
Daniel
Bates
Quincy A. Murphy
Foxboro
Rhode Island
Atlantic Ave
Nue
Rhodes
Manuel Laguna
Sleuth
Blanche Deulange
Republican Committee
MR. Foss
Mrs. Hendricks
Tommy Hendricks
Conlin
Jeremiah J. Donovan
Boston Building Trades Council
NEW Melrose Library
Golden Rose
Formosa
STA S&s
Doz
Ginter
Regina
Washington St
Summer St. South Station
Tremont St
Roxbury
Santa Clara
Hecker
Alaska
Hutthe
Sarocery CO
Canal St
Haymarket Square
Union Sts
Lowell, Mass
N. E
Philip L. Frick
Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Chelsea
Troy
N. Y
Miss Stewart
Commodore Stewart
United States
Constitution
Charles Stewart Parnell
Club Women OF Massachusetts
Mutual Helpers
Unitarian
Bordens
Bonpen
Goxnenseo Mux Co
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Back Bay
Boylston St
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