Fear Birth Record Is Incorrect Controversy Over Child Custody Sparks Inquiry
Reports say William W. Smith Jr seeks to reclaim his 7 year old daughter Louise Gertrude Smith amid allegations of hospital practices at 64 Whiting Street Roxbury in 1906 1907. Officials will check licenses and the fate of several babies. Mrs Doherty refuses comment while attorney John H O Neil awaits word from Albany.
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William W. Smith, Jr
Louise Gertrude Smith
Whiting Street
Roxbury
City Hall
Lying-in Hospital Probe Ties Roxbury House to Louise Smith Case
Officials weigh if Mrs Laura Doherty held a license to run a lying in hospital at 64 Whiting street Roxbury as part of a dispute over Louise Gertrude Smith. The Roxbury lodging house allegedly birthed multiple children in 1906 and 1907 with Henrietta M. Smith named as mother in several records. William W. Smith Jr of Somerville seeks return of the child, but Albany Wights and counsel Hart have not responded.
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Laura Doherty
William W. Smith, Jr
Temple Street
Somerville
Roger W. Wight
Albany, N. Y
Louise Gertrude Smith
John H. O'Neil
Smith
Hart
Albany
Smith Child
Whiting Street
Roxbury
Dale Street
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Henrietta M. Smith
Louie Gertrude Smith
Auto Upset Driver Dead in Jamaica Plain Crash
A chauffeur believed to work for liquor dealer James T. Fitzgerald of 677 Dudley Street died when a seven passenger car he was driving overturned at Columbus Avenue and Washington Street in Egleston Square. The vehicle, numbered 14501, was Fitzgerald's. He was pronounced dead at City Hospital. Fitzgerald declined to comment.
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James T. Fitzgerald
Dudley Street
Egleston Square
Jamaica Plain
Columbus Avenue
Washington Street
Elevated
Fitzgerald
Debate on Panama Canal Tolls at Y M C A
The B Y M C U Debating Club and the Civic Service House debating club meet tonight at 8 in Union rooms for a public joint debate on toll exemptions for coast wise trade under federal law. The Union supports the affirmative and the Civic House the negative. the public is welcome.
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B. Y. M. C. Union
Civic Service House
Union Rooms
United States
Panama Canal
Union
Civic House
Read to speak on The Elements of Finance at Y M C U
Burton L. Read continues his lecture series tonight at the Young Men's Christian Union. He will discuss rise of modern business stocks and bonds and their markets with emphasis on finance elements and practical implications.
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Burton L. Read
Young Men's Christian Union
Young Travellers Return Home From Long Journey
Two of the country’s youngest travelers, William Christian Meyer and Herman Pliny Meyer, will reach South station from Redlands California this morning at 6 50 to be reunited with their mother Mrs A T Meyer. The boys aged 6 and 5 traveled alone under Southern Pacific care along the Sunset Route, and were handed to a conductor at each train change. They are grandsons of inventor W C Meyer of United Shoe Machinery Co and were born in the orange belt of California.
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Redlands
Cal
South Station
A. T. Meyer
Pateman Road
Beachmont
William Christian Meyer
Herman Pliny Meyer
Golden West
Orange
California
W. C. Meyer
United Shoe Machinery Co
Meyer
Lynn
Theresa G. Davis
Herman
Billy
Roosevelt Coming Home Earlier Than Expected
New York afloat with news that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt may land in New York during the third week of May, sooner than anticipated. The trip to Spain before his return to attend son Kermit Roosevelt’s wedding with Miss Belle Willard may be dropped, as party workers cite his concern for the party’s fortunes.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Progressive State Headquarters
Roosevelt
Spain
Kermit Roosevelt
Belle Willard
Why Goethals Was Picked for Panama
The selection of Major George W. Goethals as Panama Canal chief engineer followed a series of failed appointees. Roosevelt wanted a stay‑put army man, Taft and McKenzie backed him after Goethals’ fortifications work and lock canal draft. Surprised Goethals learned of his appointment, and Frederic J. Haskin’s The Panama Canal chronicles the portrait. Riker Jaynes ad.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Isthmus
Taft
Engineer Corps
Goethals
Panama
McKenzie
Frederic J. Haskin
Riker-Jaynes
Advt
Navy Blue dyeing by Barrett Nephews Co.
Barrett Nephews & Co. advertises dyeing services for skirts jackets and suits. They claim all shades are available on nearly all materials. The copy promotes upgrading wardrobe with modern navy blue colors and highlights convenience of service at their Old Staten Island establishment.
Fight to repeal bar bill dominates legislative session
Amid a busy legislative morning a major debate unfolds over repealing the bar and bottle act. The bill, not a true repeal, allows a referendum on liquor licensing for cities and towns post the act. Governor Walsh backs expanded benefits without higher rates, while insurers warn larger costs. Other actions include gas pricing talks, pay raises for the governor and secretary of state, and a vote on public ice sales by municipalities.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Walsh
Boston
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Edwin F. Dwelly
Lynn
Niland
Senate Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
House
Washburn
House Committee On Ways and Means
White
Newton
Liquor Licensing Changes and Workers Compensation Bill
The article notes changes from a combined first fourth class license plan to separate bar and bottle licenses, restricting liquor sales by glass or bottle in saloons. It also reports a judiciary committee decision on a workers compensation bill raising disability benefits to 66 2 3 percent of salary, extending to 500 days and increasing total compensation to $4000, with emergency provisions from the Industrial Accident Board.
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Committee On Judiciary
House
Industrial Accident Board
Bark saved by Gresham off Peaked Hill bars
The bark Watanzas from Boston bound for Philadelphia in tow of the tug John G. Chandler was in peril off Peaked Hill bars when the revenue cutter Gresham arrived. Captain Wintan sent lines to both vessels as wind and sea abated, and both barge and bark were towed to Provincetown.
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Provincetown
To Cure a Cold in One Do Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
An old advertisement touts a cold cure urging readers to take laxative bromide quinine tablets. It promises refunds if the remedy fails and bears Druggist ER W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grove
Mayor vetoes $500000 suburban widening bill
In a message to the City Council, Mayor Curley vetoed the $500,000 appropriation for widening seven suburban thoroughfares. He accused some property owners of manufacturing sentiment for street widenings, misleading authorities to secure fair prices, then suing for excessive damages after awards are set.
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Curley
Mayor vows limits on street widening property deals
The Mayor says improper costs arise with Avery and Pleasant street widenings. He will require property owners along widened streets to write down the compensation they will take before he signs widening orders. He notes city estimates rise from 500,000 to about 1.826 million. The excess is due to the initial scope of the city funding and other cited reasons.
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Avery
Pleasant
Mayor Curley vetoes street widening and budgets
The mayor vetoed a $500,000 order for street widening and a $42,000 plan to widen Washington Street from Warrenton to Pleasant. He cited lack of study for the widening and suggested focusing on improving smaller suburban roads not yet accepted or constructed by the city.
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Washington Street
Warrenton
Pleasant
Curley
Man Chased Through Cambridge by Police and Cabling Traffic
Louis Wilson, 28, of 9 West Street Cambridge, fled after ransacking an apartment sent by his employer John M. Wescott. A car and police squad pursued him through Cam bridge streets and marsh lands before two officers from Station 2 captured him at 171 Auburn Street. He faces larceny charges in Third District Court.
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Essex Street
Cambridge
Louis Wilson
West Street
John M. Wescott
Wilson
Station 2
Auburn Street
Third District Court
No Need to Rest Up After a Colorado Vacation
An advertising note touts Colorado as an affordable vacation destination offering pure air grand scenery and restfulness. It promises low-priced rooms from eight dollars per week and provides help with lodging maps and a Colorado booklet along with information on special tickets and Burlington Route train service from Boston.
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Colorado
Burlington
Alex. Stocks
New England Pass
Agt
Washington St
Boston
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