Myers Will Leaves Harvard $100000 Plus Control to Sister
James J. Myers former Speaker of the House filed in East Cambridge Probate Court a will leaving Harvard College a $100000 legacy. $7000 yearly or interest goes to Lydia E. Myers of Frewsburg New York for life, with the remainder to the college. If Harvard declines the legacy the total sum goes to Miss Myers.
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James J. Myers
House of Representatives
East Cambridge
Harvard College
Lydia E. Myers
Freesburg
N. Y
Minister Resigns Old South Church to Lead Lynn Methodists
The Rev. J. E. Waterhouse, five years pastor at Old South Church of Reading, resigned yesterday to become pastor of the Lynn Methodist Church. Rumor says Rev. William Hurd of Bradford will succeed him.
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J. E. Waterhouse
Old South Church of
Reading
Methodist Church of
Lynn
William Hurd
Bradford
Waterhouse
Questioned legality of jitney bus regulations in state
Attorney General Attwill was asked by the House to issue an opinion on whether the Legislature can impose strict rules on jitney buses. Resolutions in memory of Curtis Guild passed. Senate debated printing more copies of the White Slave Commission report with 16 000 copies already printed.
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Attwill
House of Representatives
Battery
Curtis Guild
Senate
House
White Slave Commission
Social Welfare and Ways and Means Committees
Hays
Jitneys Face Heavy Bonds and Legislation Push
Under bills before the Legislature jitneys would require heavy bonds per car making operation unaffordable for ordinary people Street railway officials advocate drastic measures to curb jitneys asserting they want to shield street cars from competition The House considers restrictions that would exclude taxicabs and similar vehicles from new rules The Battery B Worcester investigation order was rejected.
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Battery B
Worcester
Sanford Acquitted In Drug Selling Case
Miss Lorraine Lyons special investigator for the Watch and Ward Society failed in her first case before Judge Murray in City Police Court. George Sanford a South End builder and carpenter was found not guilty of delivering drugs to Miss Lyons.
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Lorraine Lyons
Watch and Ward Society
South End
Murray
George Sanford
Harvard Students Begin Weeklong Spring Vacation
Three thousand Harvard students celebrate exodus day as the annual spring vacation starts. Classes end this morning and most students leave for home while some stay if distant from Cambridge for a shorter visit.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Take Eimer and Amend’s N Y 2851 for Rheumatism
Advertises Eimer and Amend’s N Y 2851 as a remedy for rheumatism. Claims are based on trial by users and notes that reliable druggists carry the product.
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Eimer & Amend
N. Y
Teachers 100 Well Paid Now Debate Votes and Suffrage
Anti suffrage leader Mrs Henry Preston White challenges Grace E F Lingham on teachers pay and suffrage saying teachers are already well paid and should not hold executive posts. She notes New York without votes shows equal pay and questions women candidates. She dismisses the reform view that 100 men with the vote outweigh 10 000 women.
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Henry Preston White
Grace EF. Lingham
Boston Teachers’ News
New York State
Lingham
Lt Gay
Debate Over Women Teachers Pay And Roles
Mrs White cites Earl Barnes arguing women teachers earn less than men in the same roles because women marry and stay home, while men pursue teaching as a life work. She warns against overfeminization, urges more men in grades for boys over ten and even girls, noting fathers’ limited home time and mothers’ home teaching.
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Earl Barnes
Business Women’s Club
Mrs. White
New Charities Branch Opened in West Roxbury District
The Associated Charities of Boston opened a new branch in West Roxbury to handle rising unemployment relief applications. The office is located in the Central Building in the Roslindale section.
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Associated Charities
West Roxbury
Associated Charities of
Boston
Roslindale
Gloucester Fire Department Investigation Begins
Agents of the National Board of Fire Underwriters opened an inquiry into the Gloucester Fire Department at the Gloucester Board of Insurance Underwriters request. The probe seeks to assess discipline and efficiency levels within the department.
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Gloucester
National Board of Underwriters
Gloucester Board of Insurance Underwriters
Boston College Names Commencement Speakers and Prize Orators
The Boston College faculty announces commencement day speakers Maurice J. Flynn John B. Fitzgerald Richard J. Quinlan and Edward A. McLaughlin as the prize oratorical contest contenders are set for April 29 with a $50 award. The finalists include Stephen Moran Edmund Brandon Edward McLaughlin Robert Burns Francis Mahoney Leander DeCelles Fred Gillis John Connolly John Mulcahy Donald Simpson John P Milanagan Warren Cleary.
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Boston College
Maurice J. Flynn
Dorchester
John B. Fitzgerald
Rock
Leander DeCelles
Fred Gillis
John J. Connolly
John J. Mulcahy
Donald Simpson
John Po Milanagan
Warren J. Clear
Auto Is Smashed In Chelsea Narrow Escape
Chester G. Same of 350 Washington Avenue Chelsea had a narrow escape when his auto was smashed in a street mishap. Authorities reported minor injuries and the incident is under investigation.
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Chester G. Same
Washington Avenue
Chelsea
Car Crash Leaves Soie Unhurt After Boulevard Collision
A driver lost control on the boulevard in Middlesex Fells yesterday, smashing the car into a tree and being thrown a distance. Despite the Severity, Soie sustained no serious injuries.
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Middlesex Fells
Soie
German jailed for kindness to French prisoner
Basel dispatch reports a Weimar trial where a German was jailed for one day for giving three cigarettes to a French prisoner. The Cologne Gazette described the act as a lack of feeling for his nationality.
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Paris
Havas
Basel
Switzerland
Cologne
Weimar
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