Boston Public Schools Face $500000 Setback in Budget Cuts
Boston officials report a $500 000 gap after Mayor Fitzgerald vetoed a 40 cent portion of the school levy. The loss delays new building housing for about 2500 pupils and raises rental costs, hampering MeChanic Arts and general supplies. Chairman Storrow is abroad.
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Fitzgerald
Nantasket
School Committee
Mechanic Arts High School
Mechanic Arts
Boston
Storrow
Brown of Ohio Elected Grand Army Chief
Minneapolis August 16 The annual Grand Army of the Republic meeting elected H B Brown of Ohio as commander in chief. Other officers include R B Brown of Zanesville senior vice commander and E B Fenton of Detroit junior vice commander and Archbishop John Ireland as chaplain in chief. The New York Saratoga encampment was proposed for next year and a Boston invitation arrived. The report shows 235823 total members with 9205 deaths and year receipts of 20472 against 18155 expenditures.
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Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
Armstrong
Fenton
Archbishop Ireland
New York
Saratoga
Boston Post
Boston
Grand Army
H. B. Brown
Ohio
Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland
Zanesville Courier
Tanner
Denver
Woman's Relief, Corps
Ladies of the
Daughters of Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Wirz
Andersonville
Tweedale
Frank A. Battles
Treasury
The Post invites G A R national encampment to Boston
Boston Mass August 16 1906 Corporal James Tanner Commander in Chief Grand Army of the Republic Minneapolis Minn conveys deep sympathy for veteran casualties on parade and urges attendance in Boston next year. The Boston Post offers to supply free automobiles and carriages for veterans in the parade, claiming the old soldiers have paraded on foot long enough.
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Boston
Mass
James Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston Post
Whitney Declares Ill Run For Governor
Henry M. Whitney issued a formal statement announcing his candidacy for Massachusetts governor. He stresses he is not a politician, prefers private life, and pushes for closer Canada trade relations as a key state and Boston prosperity issue, urging voters to express support through the polls.
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Henry M. Whitney
Moran
William J. Bryan
Mr. Whitney
Massachusetts
Canada
Boston
Cannon Nominated for Eighteenth Term in Illinois
Danville Illinois August 16 Speaker Joseph G Cannon was nominated unanimously for an eighteenth term in Congress by the Republican convention of the eighteenth district. Delegates praised his fitness for the presidency though noting he would not seek the nomination. He urged revision of tariffs only if beneficial and voiced support for organized labor while criticizing an anti injunction measure backed by President Gompers. He also praised President Roosevelt.
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Mil
Joseph G. Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Republican Congressional Convention
Illinois
Cannon
Republican Party
United States
Congress
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Criger Back in Harness for Boston Battery
Umpire Sheridan will announce Criger and Young as the Boston battery for this afternoon's game at Huntington Avenue. Hugh McBreen had already stated Criger would catch today and Young would pitch, hoping Criger can stay behind the plate throughout the game to lift the Collins team from the bottom.
Chelsea bank closed by federal examiner at 9 PM
United States bank examiner ordered the First National Bank of Chelsea to close its doors at 9 o clock amid an investigation. Depositors warned of potential partial payment while officials said the trouble stemmed from paper assets and not criminality.
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First National Bank of Chelsea
Ewer
Chelsea
Hudson
Everett Avenue
Broadway
Thomas Martin
Wakefield
Hinckley
Martin
Whittesley
Sylvester R. Hinckley
Chestnut Hill
Walter Whittesley
Boston
Thomas B. Frost
First National
Willard
Brookline
Beacon Street
Henry Harrison
Chelsea Police
State Cordage Company
The
India Mutual Insurance Company
Washington Street
T. Martin & Brother Manufacturing Company
George D. Emery
George D. Emery Company
C. Willis Gould
Bay State Real Estate Association of Boston
Citizens’ Mutual Insurance Company
Provident Co-operative Bank of
Kilby Street
Rufus Holman
Walter Whittelsey
Winnisimmet National Bank
Chelsea Savings Bank
County Savings Bank
Tese
First National Bank
Up Boston Plan Threatens Strike by Longshoremen and Teamsters
Plan 10, the Up Boston plan, faces a possible nationwide sympathy strike as longshoremen and freight handlers threaten to walk out. 8,800 workers across all railroads could be involved. 6,000 daily wage losses are forecast if a medieval strike occurs, with Boston commerce potentially losing 37 500 dollars daily. Final conference today aims to settle the dispute one way or another.
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Boston
Boston Faces Possible Longshoremen Strike Over Discharged Unionists
About 200 longshoremen at Metropolitan Steamship Company walkout after five union members were fired for not reporting to work. The protesters allege discrimination against unionists and threaten a general strike if reinstatement fails. Officials plan talks with Eastern Steamship Company to avert a wider tieup. Twenty five strike breakers hired as the walkout continues.
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Boston
Atrike
Longshotemes
John R. Dalton
Michael O'Meara
John Regan
John M. Harrigan
Boston & Maine Freight Handlers
O'Connell Assembly
Boston Longshoremen Trade Council
John Stevens
Apsey
Metropolitan Company
District Assembly
Eastern Steamship Company
Parnell Hall
Main Street
Charlestown
Weather forecast for Boston and New England
Fair conditions for Friday and Saturday with variable winds. Washington forecast notes warm Saturday night with southeast winds. Steamers to Europe depart Friday under fair weather to the Grand Banks.
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Washington
New England
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Lincoln, Neb
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Ireland
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