Ward 17 Dems condemn mayor over playground bonds
The Ward 17 Improvement Association meets at 172 Hampden street Roxbury and adopts resolutions condemning Mayor Hibbard for not signing $80,000 bonds for a Ward 17 playground. They urge issuing bonds approving a site by the Park Commission and seek eminent domain to acquire as much land as possible.
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Tammany Braves
Ward 17
Hampden Street
Roxbury
Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Ward 17 Improvement Association
Park Commission
Politicians At Ward 20 Fish Dinner In Squantum
The Ward 20 Young Men's Democratic Club hosts a 2 30 P M fish dinner and clam bake at Squantum with four Democratic Congressmen slated to speak including Goldfogle from New York City and Senator James H Vahey. Ex Congressman John R Thayer also featured, with possible gubernatorial ambitions discussed. Special cars will meet trains at Atlantic station between 1 and 32 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 20
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Squantum
Congress
Goldfogle
New York City
James H. Vahey
John R. Thayer
Worcester
Thayer
Ward 20 Club
Atlantic
Dover resigns from Republican National Committee
Chicago reports Elmer E. Dover secretary of the Republican national committee has resigned his post. Fred W. Upham expresses surprise and notes no hint of conflict when he last saw Dover and Hitchcock in New York.
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Chicago
Elmer E. Dover
Republican National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Dover
Hitchcock
New York
Mrs Korb Near Death After Fatal Car Crash
In Dorchester Lower Mills, Joseph Korb rushes from the bedside of his daughter Mary F Korb to hear his wife is near death after a runaway automobile struck a crowd at Franklin Field. The daughter died in the crash and her funeral was held with full Catholic rites at Old Calvary Cemetery and St Gregorys Church Dorchester.
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Joseph Korb
Dorchester Lower Mills
Yesting
City Hospital
Old Calvary Cemetery
St. Gregory's Church
Dorchester
Adoption Case Ends With Man Adopting Wealthy Widow’s Heir
Webster Sutherly of Worcester aged 38, widower with two children, was adopted by Mrs. Catherine B. Chase, widow of a manufacturer. He has changed his name to Walter S. Chase by decree of Probate Judge William T. Forbes. Mrs. Chase says the adoption preserves the Chase name for bequests in her will.
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Webster
Sutherly
Catherine Chash
Walter
Worcester
Webster S. Sutherly
Catherine B. Chase
Sus
William T. Forbes
Walter S. Chase
Post
Tion
Chase
Irish Jurists in Boston Visit Delights Local Court
The Right Honorable Christopher Palles lord chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland since 1874 and Judge Bourke lord chief justice of Ireland arrived in Boston after a New York landing on Thursday. They will be entertained during their stay at the Touraine and plan a country tour afterwards. They visited America last summer and returned for another visit. Palles is regarded as a leading British jurist with education at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College Dublin and has served as solicitor general and attorney general.
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Christopher Palles
Exchequer
Ireland
Bourke
Boston
New York
Touraine
America
Chief Baron Palles
Clongowes Wood College
Trinity College
Dublin
Burial for 650 Pound Woman Prompts Two Graves
New York on August 7 reports the burial arrangements for Mrs. Georgianna E. Martin who died after a two year battle with elephantiasis arabum. Authorities required two grave lots due to her extraordinary weight.
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New York
Georgianna E. Martin
Butler Sues Society Man Over Loan at Newport Villa
George T. Newhall of a prominent Philadelphia family faces a $500 suit filed by Frederick Knight, the Newport villa butler of Edward C. Knight Jr. Knight claims Newhall borrowed the money to cover a debt and promised repayment at lunch, but has not repaid.
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Newport
George T. Newhall
Philadelphia
Frederick Knight
Newport Villa
Edward C. Knight, Jr
Newhall
Ranchman Lyman Whitaker Marries Mrs Meyers in Montrose
Lyman Whitaker of Sars and Mrs. Mary Meyers of Louisville wed in Montrose and first met at the depot on their wedding day. They had corresponded but exchanged no photos and he sent funds to cover her travel to the ceremony.
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Montrose
Cal
Postal Card Led to Arrest of Young Attorney
Aaron Lyman a young lawyer of 6 Beacon street was arrested by US Deputy Marshal James Ruhl after a postal card to Herbert Weitz noted an $11.25 bill from Alfred Mudge. He waived examination and posted $500 bail. The complaint sworn by Post Office Inspector McLeod accuses sending the card to prompt collection.
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Dunning
Aaron Lyman
Beacon Street
United States
James Ruhl
Hayes
United States District Court
Post Office
McLeod
Lyman
Herbert Weitz
Medford
Alfred Mudge
Weitz
Hearing on Bigelow Case Stirs Massachusetts Courts
The Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company pursues an injunction to halt Bigelow of Cohasset from delaying its lawsuit. Bigelow's appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court follows a New Jersey ruling where the high court remanded the case for final determination.
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Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company
Alberta
Bigelow
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Albert 5. Bigelow
Cohasset
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Calls All Night Drunk Better Than Daily Nip
Chicago August 7 John A Nicholls of Boston told the Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua that an occasional all night drunk is preferable to a daily nip. He warned frequent small intakes harm the body more than a single binge and urged moderation, saying a man’s physique can’t endure either habit.
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Chicago
Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua
Austin
John A. Nicholls
Boston
Mr. Nicholls
Medal Prize Mile and a Half Swim At City Point
Fourteen year old Madeline Berlo leads a field of young women in a mile and a half swim for Captain O L Baker’s prize at City Point. The race starts from the Headhouse raft as the tide rises and finishes at the floating Hotel Unexcelled. Mrs Elizabeth Berlo and Annie Berlo also enter, with life saving crew and peninsula sports figures providing course aid.
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O. L. Baker
City Point
Madeline Berlo
Miss Berlo
Captain Baker
Oliver Hazard Perry
Elizabeth Berlo
Annie Berlo
Peninsular District
George Cuddihy
Patrolman George E Newcomb Dismissed for Information Leak
George E Newcomb of Station 5 was dismissed after a trial board found him guilty of communicating police work information without permission. Sergeants Monroe and Goff reported the warrant knowledge and warned of a planned raid, and Commissioner O Meara approved the dismissal. The commissioner called the act folly and treachery, thanking the reporting sergeants for their loyalty.
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George E. Newcomb
Cnsisting
Peabody
Brickley
Jones
Monroe
Goff
Newcomb
O’meara
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Henry M. Goldfogle
Red Devils
Mrs. Korb
Civen
Price Boys
Nmien’s
Butler
Hanover
Portland
Miss Berle
Jiadeline Berio
Annette O'Donnell
Katherine Walsh
Dept
Manhattan
Phelan & Steptoe
Boylston Street
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