Massachusetts to seat woman on national Progressive committee
The Moose party train brought news that Massachusetts will have one woman on the national Progressive committee with four at large seats for women. Grace Johnson Alice Carpenter and Mrs Richard Washburn Child cited for the honor.
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National Progressive Committee
Moose Party
Chicago
North Station
Grace Johnson
Lewis Johnson
Harvard
Alice Carpenter
Richard Washburn Child
Cohasset
Lime in Eyes Sparks $20,000 Suit in Boston Builders Case
Harry C. Garland of Dedham sues Jackson H. Townsend of Boston and Arthur B. Whitney of Lexington for $20,000 each in Norfolk Superior Court at Dedham. The Dec 28 1911 accident on a Washington and Avon streets construction site occurred when lime from a higher floor fell into Garland's eyes. Townsend is charged as the agent responsible. Whitney as the supervisor of the work.
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Jackson H. Townsend
Boston
Arthur B. Whitney
Lexington
Norfolk Superior Court
Dedham
Harry C. Garland
Garland
Washington and
Avon Streets
Townsend
Whitney
Rest, Work, and a Humble Cot in Walt Mason Verse
A poem by Walt Mason from 1912 rebukes the idea that men must always labor. It depicts a weary man returning home to a simple shack and a chorus of chores, urging rest and a reevaluation of gendered labor expectations.
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Wooly West
Walt Mason
Dr. Joseph H. White Nominated as City Board of Health Chairman
Mayor Fitzgerald announced a surprise move naming Dr. Joseph H. White of the U S Public Health and Marine Hospital Service as the prospective chairman of the Board of Health. If the federal government approves, White will be recruited at a salary of $6000, replacing acting chairman Dr. Francis X. Mahoney.
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Fitzgerald
Health Department
Joseph H. White
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Board of Health
White
Francis X. Mahoney
Mayor picks doctor for plague era duties in city
The report states Mayor Fitzgerald chose Dr. White a physician familiar with plague conditions for the city. Born in 1859 in Millersville Georgia he studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Baltimore and has served in the U S Marine Hospital service since 1884.
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White
Millersville
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
United States Marine Hospital Service
Georgia
United States
Hamburg
Cuba
Confessed Firebug Claims Fires in Massachusetts and Connecticut
A 24 year old man, Bernard C. Murray, admits setting fires in North Adams Springfield and other Massachusetts and Connecticut locations. He says the impulses drove him and notes he worked as a hotel porter or clerk to gain access. Murray is already serving a sentence for larceny.
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Allen
Avenue A
Second Street
Vladish Brothers
Bartlett
Fourth
North Adams
Wilson
Springfield
Murray
Lake Pleasant
Millers. Falls
Massachusetts
Connecticut
COW PUNCHERS DAY Aides Back Colonel Dixon in Fealty Pledges
Western cattlemen who rode with Theodore Roosevelt near Medora North Dakota thirty years ago and wealthy Montana Idaho and other state men pledged fealty to Colonel Dixon in Pro gressive headquarters interviews Senator Dixon said the executive committee will be completed after a New York meeting early next week He planned to stay in Chicago until Saturday then travel to New York for the gathering O K Davis quits for a two day rest before resuming work and no committee roster beyond Perkins and Thindsay has been set rumor tied to E H Hooker as treasurer could not be confirmed
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Theodore Roosevelt
Medora
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Dixon
Joe
New York
O. K. Davis
Publicity Bureau
Binghamton
N. Y
Executive Committee
Senator Dixon
Perkins
Ben B. Thindsay
Denver
E. H. Hooker
Roosevelt to rest a week after Chicago trip
Roosevelt plans a one week rest at Sagamore Hill after returning from the Progressive convention in Chicago. He will avoid visitors, spend mornings with his horse Sirdah, and afternoons tennis and boating, with occasional farm chores.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Chicago
Sagamore Hill
Sirdah
Roosevelt Says New York Welcome Signals Growing Support
Colonel Roosevelt expressed pleasure at a New York reception upon his return. He noted the crowd, the cheering as he walked to his office, and saw it as a sign of rising interest in his new party. He plans Rhode Island speaking August 16 and extensive campaigning thereafter.
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Roosevelt
New York
New Party
Gardner Challenges Roosevelt on Trust Problem in Speech
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts urged Colonel Roosevelt to state his stance on the steel trust inquiry and suggested a federal commission with price regulation powers might be required. He stirred debate by advocating advanced positions on trust regulation.
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Washington
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
Steel Trust” Investigation Committee
Roosevelt
Gardner
Question to Roosevelt on Trusts and Monopoly Power
Mr Gardner challenges Colonel Roosevelt on dissolution or recognition of big corporations. He cites International Harvester as near monopoly and asks for clear recommendation. McGillicuddy and others urge investigations into wealth concentration and cap on corporate power.
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Roosevelt
Progressive Party
International Harvester Company
McGillicudy
Maine
Stanley
Jackson
Kansas
McGillicuddy
United States Steel Corporation
New Hampshire
Vermont
Taft vetoes Schedule K rewrite for second time
President Taft vetoed a bill to revise Schedule K of the Payne Aldrich law for a second time. He sent a message to Congress urging no adjournment until a measure reduces unnecessary duties while preserving wool industry protection.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
Ite
United States
Taft Pledges Veto of Wool Bill Follows With Others
President opposes the wool measure and signals vetoes to follow for the steel and cotton bills, with likely vetoes also on the sugar bill and the excise tax bill. Taft vows to uphold protection levels while the wool bill would raise duties to 29 percent on raw wool and 49 percent on cloths, deemed insufficient to shield wool growers.
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Taft
White House
Poor Fire Truck Is Chosen By Finance Commission
The Finance Commission sent a report to Mayor Fitzgerald recommending a replacement for a structurally inferior fire department car. It states at least two wagons and ladder trucks rejected would have served the city, with one car rejected in favor of the better option. Signed by Charles E. Stewart and Guy C. Emerson.
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Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Fire Department
Charles E. Stewart
Guy C. Emerson
Fire department car contracts under review amid audits
In a mayoral letter Chairman Sullivan notes contracts awarded for two of three automobile classes, awaiting final approval for the remaining two. Fire Commissioner Cole asserts personal oversight of tests and examinations, claims 25 years of business experience, and invites publicity and investigation into the process and contract awards.
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John A. Sullivan
Professor Stewart
Emerson
Cole
Fire Department
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