Postmaster General Meyer refutes resignation rumors
Hamilton April 28 Postmaster General George von L Meyer denied to the Post rumors he would resign over Treasury interference or Hitchcock opposition. He called the reports false in every particular and said he was in New York for exchange and money order business and would travel to Boston for further money order duties. He dismissed Washington gossip as untrue and spent the day at the Myopia Hunt Club socializing.
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George von L. Meyer
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Boston
Hitchcock
Jamestown
Post Office Department
Meyer
Post
Wilcox
George A. Hibbard
Boston Exchange
Washington
Rights of a Dead Newsboy sermon at Warren Avenue Baptist
The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson preached on the rights of a dead Mattapan newsboy who died in an automobile accident. He urged an investigation, defended the boy as ambitious and intelligent, and criticized the notion that a newsboy is merely “nothing but” a working boy. He argued for accountability and a square deal as urged by Roosevelt.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Mattapan
Johnson
Mattapan Square
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Boston
Roosevelt
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
City Employees Form District Union Council
A Boston district council of city employees unions was formed yesterday for mutual effort and protection. An appointed committee was sent to Mayor Fitzgerald to seek the promised wage increase from $2 to $2.25 a day for city laborers. James P. Timilty of the Street Department Union was chosen president.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Council of Municipal Unions
A.F. of Li
James P. Tim‘ilty
Street’ Department Union
Donohoe says Addicks is worth $2 000 000
John F. Donohue, Addicks’s longtime friend, insists the Delaware gas man is still prosperous. He places Addicks at $2 million in net worth, with mining investments in Colorado and property in Cal Pasture near Boston, and confirms Addicks plans to run for the U S Senate.
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Addicks
Mr. Addicks
Colorado
Addicks Dodges Process Servers in Bankrupt Tales
New York reports former millionaire and US senate hopeful J Edward Addicks is said to be bankrupt and pursued by process servers. He was found in Philadelphia and previously lived in Hoboken. Reports claim assets may remain, while others insist poverty. Addicks allegedly fled Hoboken to escape legal action.
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Matilda Fischer
Schmitz
Keene Grieved as Daughter Sues for Divorce
In New York April 28 James R. Keene the Wall Street figure known as the Gray Fox expresses heartbreak over his daughter Jessica Keene Taylor suing her husband Talbot J. Taylor for divorce. The Taylors have four children. Mrs Taylor claims lack of affection and ready evidence for freedom. Taylor sails for Europe May 1 with offices closed and employees paid on vacation until his return.
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New York
James R. Keene
Gray Fox
Wall Street
Talbot J. Taylor
Keene
Taylor
Baltimore
Jessica Keene
Foxhall Keene
Mr. Keene
Taylors
Newsboys Union Seeks More Baseball Grounds in Boston
The Boston Newsboys Union asks Mayor to enlarge the common playgrounds citing insufficient space for outdoor exercise. A committee led by Nathan Sodekson, with Charles Frasca and Warren Dailey, will present resolutions and discuss the need with the Mayor.
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Newsboys’ Union
The
Boston Common
Boston Newsboys’ Union
Nathan S. Sodekson
Charles Frasca
Warren Dailey
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Benefit for the Symphony at Symphony Hall
Last night the orchestra gave its second pension fund concert repeating the Wagner program from the first, including the funeral march from Gotterdammerung. The performance, praised as a triumph, featured unison between conductor and players and strong interpretations of Rienzi Dutchman Tristan and Meistersinger themes.
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Bernard Shaw
Dr. Muck
Tannhauser
Pastor Granted Leave from Charlestown Church
Rev Peter MacQueen announced his resignation at First Parish Church in Charlestown. A unanimous Friday vote offered him a year's leave of absence and a return to the pulpit after completing a Central Africa lecture tour to film animal life native life and scenery for Streopticon and moving pictures.
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Charlestown
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Central Africa
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Stanley
Africa
Pretty Texas Maiden Advises Girls to Marry for Love
Everett April 28 Miss Joan Sawyer a Texas maiden now touring the country urges American girls to marry for love not money. Daughter of a ranch owner she left El Paso two years ago and, despite three offers from wealthy Westerners, says money cannot compare with a true honeymoon. Joe the nickname of Miss Sawyer is currently appearing in the play Spring Chicken at the Colonial Theatre and plans to stay true to her stated ideal.
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Joan Sawyer
Miss Sawyer
el Paso
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Colonial Theatre
Darley
Texas
Ichabod Writ Over Door of City Temple in London
In London April 28 a painterly act left a stark message on City Temple doors. Two youths ascended a ladder and lettered Ichabod across the nine panels while a laborer watched. The scene echoes earlier protests by Dr. Parker over doctrinal shifts attributed to Dr. Campbell.
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City Temple
Parker
Campbell
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