Fight Over State Aid to Tech and Worcester Tech
Advocates for MIT and Worcester Tech pressed to secure annual state appropriations already set by law as a constitutional convention debated an anti sectarian amendment. Supporters urged that if contracts exist the state must fulfill them, while some feared new legal principles. Former Attorney General Pillsbury led the two schools’ push for retaining the word obligations in the measure.
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Friends of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bill of Rights Committee
Tech
Worcester
Bill of Rights Committees
Pillsbury
Boston Convention Fight Over Pillsbury Tactics Continues
Chairman Edwin A. Curtis and Martin Lomasney clash over Pillsbury in a heated debate at the convention. Curtis warns of an attempt to “put something over” as Lomasney calls Pillsbury an “old fox” and the most skilled lawyer for crafting ambiguous measures. The dispute will be carried to Tuesday.
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Edwin A. Curtis
Bill of Rights Committee
Martin Lomasney
Mr. Pillsbury
Lomasney
Pillsbury
Porte Too Ill To Face Trial In Curtiss Case
Wing Commander John C. Porte of the Royal Navy Air Service and co defendants appeared at Bow Street Court in London. Specialists say Porte is bedridden with tuberculosis and a lung hemorrhage making his appearance uncertain. Cassoon and Seeley are charged with conspiring to contravene the British Prevention of Corruption Act of 1908. Porte collapsed during proceedings on Aug 3.
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London
John C. Porte
Royal Navy Air Service
Bow Street
William A. Cassoon
Porte
Lyman H. Seeley
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Bay State Street Railway Rates Suspended by PSC
The Public Service Commission suspended until Oct. 1 the Bay State Street Railway Company tariff changes for workingmen's, commutation and execution tickets. An investigation is ordered, delaying the Aug. 16 effective date.
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Public Service Commission
Bay State Street Railway Company
Food Priority Bill Signed by Wilson
President Wilson signed a bill authorizing the executive to compel priority in shipments of food and war materials in interstate commerce. This action gives the administration power to direct supplies during the wartime state.
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Wilson
Washington
Blair Sues For One Million In Alienation Of Affections
Frank P. Blair a Chicago coal dealer sues Edmund D. Barbour retired State street broker and Edward H. Ross claiming one million dollars for the alleged alienation of his wife's affections. Blair's wife Miss Mary Barbour divorced him in Chicago about a year ago. The sum is described as the largest ever sought in Commonwealth courts.
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Frank P. Blair
Chicago
Edmund D. Barbour
State Street
Edward H. Ross
Blair
Mary Barbour
The
Commonwealth
Blair and Barbour Linked in Million Dollar Suit
In Boston Blair’s home in Back Bay is cited with his office at 53 State Street. Blair’s Chicago ties include coal business interests and a disputed partnership with Edward H. Ross. After a Chicago divorce, Blair pursued a $1,000,000 suit alleging alienation of his wife’s affections by Barbour and Ross, with Whipple Sears Ogden filing papers in Suffolk Superior Court.
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Mr. Barbour
Exchange
State Street
Beacon Street
Back Bay
Blair
Mary Barbour
Chicago
Edward H. Ross
Ross
Barbour
Whipple, Sears & Ogden
Suffolk Superior Court
Crocker & Dutch
Tremont Building
O Reilly honored with bronze tablet in Hull
The American Irish Historical Society unveiled a bronze tablet at Hull Public Library on the 27th anniversary of John Boyle O'Reilly’s death. Town Treasurer Clarence V. Nickerson delivered the acceptance and quotes Massachusetts leaders praising the poet patriot.
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Hull
Historical Society
John Boyle O'Reilly
Hull Public Library
American Irish Historical Society
Fort Washington
O'Reilly
Clarence V. Nickerson
Coolidge
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Curley
Joseph F. O'Connell
Henry C. Hathaway
New Bedford
Australia
O’reilly
Hull Town Hall
Memorial honors exiled Irish patriot John Boyle O'Reilly in Hull
Hundreds from New England New York and Pennsylvania attended ceremonies at Hull Public Library to honor John Boyle O'Reilly. Mary Boyle O'Reilly unveiled the memorial boulder as officials recalled his patriotism and ties to American liberty. The event included a $10 000 endowment plan to support the society's archives and offices in New York.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Mary Boyle O’reilly
American Irish Historical Society
Hull
Joseph F. O’connell
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Australia
America
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Public Library of
Suffolk County
T. A. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
The
Great Britain
O'Reilly
Britain
United States of America
Joseph S. C. Clarke
Thomas
Lee
Edward H. Daly
Joseph Smith
Hull Village
Public Library
Burkin Island
Fitzgerald
Society
Boston
Girl Volunteers Time for Patriotism in Malden Exemption Board
Miss Doris E. Foote, longtime private secretary to C. E. Paige of Malden and Melrose Gas and Electric, served as volunteer clerk on Division 1's exemption board under Judge Charles M. Bruce. She gave up her vacation to work evenings at the Malden Courthouse, aiding in securing the quota with dedication and pride for the national emergency.
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Malden
Doris E. Foote
Charles M. Bruce
Miss Foote
Medford High School
Bruce
C. E. Paige
Striking Carmen Refuse Mediation After Proposals
LIMA Ohio Aug 10 Efforts by Safety Director Edward W Hiner to mediate between striking Carmen and the Ohio Electric Railway Company failed after two conferences The strikers say they never received a definite proposition from the company A written proposal granting all demands except recognition of the union was rejected by the company
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Lima
Ohio
Edward W. Hiner
Carmen
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Ohio Electric Company
Ohio Electric
Hearing on One Man Car Plan Set for Monday
Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing at its office 1 Beacon Street Monday at 10 30 am on Bay State Street Railway Company petition to experiment with one man cars in the state The company seeks to operate cars as proposed to be equipped for one man operation
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Public Service Commission
Beacon Street
Bay State Street Railway Company
Taft Much Improved Says Personal Physician
Taft shows marked recovery at Clay Center Kansas. Dr. B F Morgan reports he ate a soft egg and toast and remains cheerful and responsive though still convalescing from an intestinal ailment. No date given for resuming speaking tour.
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Clay Centre
Kan
William H. Taft
B. F. Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Cars Diverted For Street Repairs On Boylston Street
Beginning at 7 this morning trains and buses will divert southbound Tremont street Columbus avenue and westbound Charles street cars outbound via Washington and Eliot streets until repaving work on Boylston street between Tremont and Washington is finished. Tonight at 11 through Sunday early Monday Washington street southbound cars will use Hanover street Scollay square Cornhill and Washington street due to track repairs between Merrimac and Hanover streets.
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Boylston Street
Tremont
Washington Streets
Tremont Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles Street
Washington and
Eliot Streets
Washington Street
Merrimac
Hanover Streets
Postoffice Square
Hanover Street
Scollay Square
Cornhill
Belgian Victim’s Wartime Tale Emerges From German Prisons
Edward Marshall recounts a Belgian man’s nightmare journey after being found on a city street after seven in the evening. The condemned man endures torture in seven German prisons before finally escaping, a narrative tied to Allied charges of German abuses.
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Edward Marshall
The Letters of Lemuel Bean Description and Themes
The excerpt outlines Lemuel Bean’s letters critiquing High Life and Low Life in the United States. It contrasts newly rich, get rich quick, and society imitators with familiar people encountered locally or from afar, highlighting silliness and folly.
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United States
Hill
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