Grand Jury Secrets Hear in Crocker Will Case
Testimony in the Crocker will case centers on grand jury proceedings and alleged political influence. Gallagher claims he learned the indicting story shortly after the grand jury voted, while Choate accuses Moran of buying affidavits and cites widespread prejudice tied to the Finance Commission and local campaigns.
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Mr. Pelletier
Grocker
Finance Commission
Mr. Gallagher
Grand Jury
Gallagher
Stevens
Judge Stevens
Mr. Crocker
Suffolk County
John D. Long
Lucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Samuel J. Elder
Edward F. McSweeney
The
Boston Traveler
George W. Anderson
Alfred Hemenway
George R. Nutter
Patrick H. Cooney
Walter J. Badger
Henry L. Higginson
Edward
James R. Dunbar
Charles W. Bartlett
Moorfield Storey
Robert M. Morse
Nathan Matthews
Boston
Suffolk
Crocker Will
George A. Crocker
Boston Finance Commission
Crocker
Choate
Pelletier
John H. Farley
John B. Moran
Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald
Mr. Choate
Sughrue
Moran
Mathew Killian
John J. Cronin
Supreme Court
James M. Curley
William Hartnett
Uncle Josh Whitcomb Dies After Final Stage Exit
West Swanzey New Hampshire reports Denman Thompson better known as Uncle Josh Whitcomb died early today at The Old Homestead theater named for his famous play.
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West Swanzey
N. H
Josh Whitcomb
Denman Thompson
Denman Thompson Dies After Long Illness at Home
Denman Thompson died at 8:30 am after a monthlong relapse from heart trouble and uremia. He was born Oct 15 1833 in Beechwood Erie Co Penn. Funeral at his home Sunday officiated by Rev H Sumner Mitchell Unitarian Keene with public attendance and special trains to Keene and Boston.
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W. S. Kilpatrick
E. A. McFarland
H. Sumner Mitchell
Unitarian Church
Keene
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Henry. Denman Thompson
Joseph Jefferson
Cleveland
Toronto
Chicago
London
Eny
Pittsburg
Thompson
John Stetson
Howard Athenaeum
Film committee urges changes to improve theatre safety and exits
The committee to improve conditions in moving picture theatres submitted a report to Mayor Fitzgerald. It recommends removing advertising signs from passageways to reduce fire risk, building better exits, reconstructing dangerous structures to be fireproof, ensuring adequate ventilation, and upgrading vaudeville entertainment.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Committee Seeks Fire Hazard Reforms in Picture Houses
A Boston committee of representatives from Settlement Houses Juvenile Protective League and the Twentieth Century Club urges action on fire hazards in moving picture theatres It calls for better ventilation stricter exit rules and a building law to regulate construction and alterations The report criticizes exaggerated posters vulgar vaudeville and obstructive signs and recommends forming rules to prevent crowding and panic in theatres
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Settlement Houses
Juvenile Protective League
Twentieth Century Club
Moving Picture
Greater
Boston
American Physical Education Association closes 18th convention
The American Physical Education Association completed its 18th convention at Copley Square Hotel. Fifteen council members including leaders from eastern colleges met at 1 pm and passed resolutions. A sympathy message to widows of three honorary members who died last year was approved. Thanks were extended to Harvard Medical School Boston Normal School Brookline Municipal Gymnasium and Boston press.
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American Physical Education Association
Copley Square
Harvard Medical School
Boston Normal School
Brookline Municipal Gymnasium
Press of
Boston
Boston Charter Backers Rally to Preserve Nine-Seat System
Directors of Boston-1915 and civic groups meeting at the City Club endorse the present Boston charter, praising the nine-member council after a year without strife. They plan to lobby state senators against amendments and seek clergy and civic support for a longer trial of the charter.
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Boston
Council of Nine
Yeterday
James P. Munroe
Bertrand Thompson
James M
Young elopers brought home from Manchester marriage attempt
Louis A. Richardson and Margaret McNamara, both 14, eloped from Bennett street in South End to Manchester New Hampshire seeking marriage. Police intervened, they confessed running away. Father Mr Richardson brought them back to Boston after they refused to abandon plans, saying they would wait until older.
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Louis A. Richardson
Bennett Street
Margaret McNamara
South Ind
Manchester
N. H
Charles A. Richardson
McNamara
Washington Street
Richardson
Mary
Keene
New Hampshire
Boston
Cupid’s Errant Hearts Stir Odd Matrimonial Quarrel
A playful piece centers on Cupid causing romantic complications as a young woman becomes entwined in a zany domestic tangle. The comic scenario highlights mistaken matches and flirtatious misadventures.
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Atalgen
Ve Ames
Warren St
Roxbury, Lass
Josh
Marceau
Anita Kilpatrick
Carpenter
Swanzey
Denman
Shakspere Club
Charlotte Cushman
Old Howard Athenaeum
San Francisco
Mr. Thompson
Washington
Columbia Theatre
Taft
Pate
Tria
Borden’s Condensed Milk Co
New York
Geo. Wm. Bentley Co
State Street
Bogton
ALL America
Mayfair
Signet
Oxfords
Russia
ALL America Shoe Shops
Tremont Street
Summer Street
Col
Otis
Kobe
Mass
Tomorrow's Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Arthur Becher
Mars
Post Magazine
Cupid
Phyllis
Japan
Yamie Kiu
Harvard
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