Bills would require three weeks for filing before session
A new joint rule approved by the Senate would force bills to be filed at the State House at least three weeks before the session opens cutting filing time by about five weeks. House approval expected amid a fight with opponents who fear reduced access for members-elect distant from Boston.
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State House
Senate
House
Republican House
Cavanagh
Everett
Boston
Six Cent Trolley Fare Sails Past Nickel Rate Hike
The New Bedford and Onset street railway seeks a six cent fare replacing the nickel with a three cent scholar rate and $1 for 20 ride books. A Public Service Commission hearing is set for May 5 at 10:30. The line serves New Bedford Middleboro Wareham Bourne Onset and nearby towns.
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New Bedford
Middleboro and
Onset
New Bedford & Onset
Public Service Commission
Middleboro
Wareham
Bourne
Gas Inquiry Urged In City Utilities Probe
An order in the House of Representatives calls for a commission to investigate gas production costs and consumption with aim to lower gas prices. The probe would examine if the Boston Consolidated Gas Company is controlled by a voluntary association and its financial ties, and was referred to the rules committee.
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Boston & Eastern Road
Senate
Lake Quinsigamond
Committee On Rules
Tinkham
Walsh
Cox
House of Representatives
L. R. Sullivan
Dorchester
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Committee On
Newmans Entertained by Boston Social Leaders
Oliver P. Newman president of the District of Columbia board and Mrs. Newman, guests of Ed ward A. Filene, traveled from Boston to Washington after attending luncheons. Newman at Boston City Club luncheon hosted by Addison L. Winship with Mayor Curley and other officials present. Mrs. Newman dined with Miss Josephine Bruerton’s group at the Women’s City Club on Beacon Street.
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Oliver P. Newman
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
James P. Munroe
Newman
Josephine Bruerton
Women’s City Club
Beacon Street
James J. Storrow
Edmund Billings
Charles Sumner Bird
Louis Kirstein
Myra B. Lord
New England Women’s Press Association
Flora MacDonald
Mary C. Mellyn
Silly Proposals Spark Agreement on Divorce Court Ruling
Reporters noted a Philadelphia vice chancellor’s decision that a husband need not support a wife who refuses to cook. The remark drew swift agreement from both suffragists and antis, highlighting gender expectations and marital duty in a controversial ruling.
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George W. Potter
Matthew Sullivan
Canton
John Lindsley
Beth Burlingame
John Balch
The
Onsis
Philadelphia
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