State and Comrades Mourn at Olin's Bier in Hall of Flags
Final tribute was paid yesterday to Colonel William M. Olin longtime state secretary. Comrades officials and friends attended services at his Roxbury home and his body lay in state for two hours in the Hall of Flags at the State House with Rev Edward A Horton delivering the eulogy.
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Olin
William M. Olin
St. James Street
Roxbury
Edward A. Horton
Senate
State House
Century-Old Officer Laid to Rest Amid State Honors
Thousands viewed the body before it was taken to Forest Hills Cemetery to be incinerated. Gov Foss and state leaders attended a somber ceremony with military honors, floral tributes, and services at the Olin home. The procession included state officials, the governor’s council, and officers from the Thomas G Stevenson post.
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Forest Hills
Governor Foss
Colonel Olin
Foss
Frothingham
Executive Department
Olin
Chaplain Horton
Thomas G Stevenson
George E. Little
Sons of Veterans
Fred E. Bolton
Richmond
Secretary’s Department
Thirty-sixth Regiment Association
Ninth Army Corps
Killarney
Fitzgerald
Treadway
Senate
Pearson
James M. Swift
Edward T. Raymond
Moses Plummer
Billy Olin
Silas A. Barton
Boston Press Club
Michael Hennessy
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Frank Cushman
E. A. Grazier
George R. Conroy
Edward W. Hazewell
John J. Flinn
Elias A. McQuaid
Frank 8. Baker
ELOPERS ARE NOW MARRIED
Four young music students who eloped from Leipsic Germany arrived aboard the Red Star liner Menominee from Antwerp Belgium. They were released by United States immigration commissioner Colonel George B. Billings despite a protest from Professor Heinrich Gottschling of Leip sic, father of one of the women, who had cabled the German consul to have his daughter sent back.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Leipsic
Germany
Conservatory
George B. Billings
United States
Heinrich Gottschling
Four Immigrants Wed in German Lutheran Ceremony
The four adults were released by the colonel after marrying whom they pleased under German and U.S. law. Rev. F. Co. Wurl, pastor, conducted the ceremony with Immigrant Inspector Ferri Weiss and Mrs. A C Clark, matron, as witnesses.
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Germany
F. Co. Wurl
Ferri Weiss
A. C. Clark
Boston
Woman Killed by Train Near Lynn Tracks
Miss Susan Woodward a shoe factory operative walking home from work along the Boston Revere Beach Lynn railroad was struck by a Boston bound train and instantly killed. Her head was severed in the impact. The accident occurred in Lynn on April 18.
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Lynn
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Susan Woodward
Children Wage Bill Up Again In Senate Committee
In the Senate ways and means committee a bill was found to affect every industry in the state and raise the living wage issue. A five member commission named by the Governor would study wages of women and children and establish supervisory boards to keep the question alive until higher pay is secured.
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Senate
Ways and Means
Labor Board Bill Eases But Sharp Powers Are Reduced
The labor bill loses teeth as committees strip boards of power to set minimum wages and instead authorize only inquiries. An investigation commission with broad, long term influence replaces direct wage setting. The $2000 appropriation replaces $5000. commissioners serve unpaid with one woman and two labor representatives to guide the panel.
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Committee On Labor
John Golden
Fall River
Investigation Commission
Commission
Newhall Back to Old Church in New England Conference
The Methodist Episcopal churches ease tensions after a Cambridge conference. Rev. William F. Newhall returns to Somerville First Church after a Sunday in Lynn on health and humanitarian grounds. St Mark's Brookline remains vacant as committee of appeal acts. Rev Dillon Bronson kept as district superintendent for Boston’s needs. Rev J F Knotts returns to First Church Lynn, praised as a strong preacher. Rev John Galbraith remains without a pastorate after declining Somerville assignment.
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Methodist Episcopal Churches
New England
Cambridge
William F. Newhall
First
Somerville
Vermont
Neely
Lynn
St. Mark’s
Brookline
Committee of Appeal
Dillon Bronson
Boston
J. F. Knotts
First Church of
St. Mark's
John Galbraith
D. D
Eigetons
Chamber of Commerce Debate on Federal Income Tax
Boston chamber members clash over proposed income tax with John C. Cobb and Robert Luce arguing sides. A resolution opposes federal tax except in war or emergency, while James J. Myers and others press broader concerns about constitutional scope and bondholder taxation. The meeting ends with Luce apologizing for misinterpretations as Storey defends the Constitution. The chamber also backs rejecting Boston charter amendments.
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Robert Luce
Moorfield Storey
John C. Cabot
Chamber of Commerce
Cabot
Luce
Taxation Committee
Storey
Yaice
Mr. Luce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
James J. Myers
Congress
John C. Cobb
Board of Selectmen
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
United States
Patriots Day schedule events in Boston and vicinity
A full day of commemorations across Boston and surrounding towns lists Minutemen parades from Paul Revere’s route to Lexington and Concord, a state house to Lowell hike, public openings and dinners, pageants, reunions, dances, and a 50th anniversary parade for Lowell marking the Baltimore march with events running from 5 a.m. to night.
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Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Lowell
State House
Charlestown Navy Yard
United Boys’ Brigade
Lexington Minutemen
Sons of Veterans
Old South Meeting House
Cambridge
Epworth League
Sons of American Revolution
American House
Dante Club
Somerville
Charlestown
Catholic Union Hall
Massachusetts State Council
K. of C
Hotel Somerset
Charles J. Glidden
First Baptist Church
South Boston
Neponset Brotherhood
Minot School Hall
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Warner’s Safe Cure Co
Rochester,n.y
Newhall
Chamber
Mr. Cobb
Iuce
The
London Plumes
London
Henry Siegel Co
Mall Oiders
Mall Order Dept
West 54Th Street
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Mals
James A. Houston Company
P. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
Drecoll
Frances
Panama
Copenhagen
Messaline
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