Tax Reform Address Sparks Real Estate Critique
John J. Martin president of the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange spoke at the Southeastern Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange dinner at the Rockland House Nantasket Beach. He warned that local and state taxes are rising to prohibitive levels threatening living and business in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Martin
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Southeastern Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Rockland House
Nantasket Beach
Tax Reform Urged As Massachusetts Tax Burden Belief
Mr. Martin spoke at a gathering led by Thomas Swithin of Quincy with Henry L. Kincaide as toastmaster. He condemned rising taxes across Massachusetts and urged tax reform through equalizing tangible and intangible property assessments to relieve burden on taxpayers and business.
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Mr. Martin
Thomas Swithin
Quincy
Henry L. Kincaide
Martin
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hyde Park driver acquitted in manslaughter case
Lauchlin Cameron aged 28 of 1176 Hyde Park avenue Hyde Park was charged with manslaughter for the death of William Swinton 77 of 182 Dana avenue Hyde Park run down by a team through Hyde Park Saturday night. He was found not guilty and discharged in West Roxbury Court yesterday morning.
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Lauchlin Cameron
Hyde Park Avenue
Hyde Park
William Swinton
Dana Avenue
West Roxbury Court
Mrs A L Filene Plans Outing for Children
Mrs A Lincoln Filene will take the children from the Music School Settlement in the North End for a day trip to Middlesex Fells weather permitting. The outing honors her mother Mrs Charles Weil and is under the Boston Music School Settlement. The group departs the North End at 9 30 in the morn. Special events are on the day’s schedule.
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A. Lincoln Filene
Charles Weil
M Music School
North End
Middlesex Fells
Boston Music School
Black Hand Letter Threat Seen Targeting 86YearOld Whitman Man
State and local police and federal authorities investigate a Black Hand letter sent to John N. Fullerton an 86 year old Whitman resident on High street. The letter threatens life and property unless $1000 is paid and authorities expect an arrest soon per Whitman police chief Boulliard.
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Whitman
John N. Fullerton
High Street
Boulliard
Whitman Police Department
Elderly man reports string of threats and vandalism in 1907 case
The letter writers claim they burned Fullerton's barn in October 1907 and demand $1000 to a Abington post office box under threat of death. The barn was later burned by an incendiary fire. The victim has faced periodic harassment including tainted well water, dead rats in his room, stolen fowl, torn curtains, a dead cow head, and a rock hurled into his living room on July 3. He cannot identify his persecutors.
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Abington
Fullerton
Boston Seeks Penn Garden Farmer Stephen Usher
A citywide search is underway for Stephen J. Usher a 36 year old former Boston resident now a garden farmer in La Mott Pennsylvania He disappeared July 18 after an automobile collision injuries are believed to have affected his mind Usher came to the United States as a stowaway from Liverpool about 17 years ago and found work in Boston hotels before gaining a businessman's confidence on State Street.
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Stephen J. Usher
Boston
la Mott
Penn
Usher
Liverpool
Lion catching camera featured in next Sunday Post Magazine
The upcoming Sunday Post Magazine presents a lion catching camera in vivid photographs and descriptive writing. Readers are invited to view how the device captures a big cat in action and to learn about its design and use.
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Next Sunday Post
Rossa Widow Denies Telegraph Slur on Irish Unity
Mary J O Donovan Rossa widow writes to the Daily Telegraph denying a New York correspondent's claim that her husband urged Ireland to unite against Germany before his death. She demands a retraction and apology, asserting Rossa's lifelong aim was complete Irish freedom separate from Britain.
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Mary J. O’donovan Rossa
O’donovan Rossa
Daily Telegraph
London
England
Rossa
Germany
New York
Mary J. O'Donovan Rossa
Vacant Lots Gardens Aid Poor Children In City
The Women's Municipal League operates two garden stations for neighborhood youths on Bay State Road and Battery Street. Mrs. W. F. Eastwood oversees weekly lessons and garden work, teaching multiplication of vegetables and nature study beside ornamental beds. The Bay State Road garden features a tool house and fence with scarlet runners, benches, and scented borders while Battery Street shows plots under elevated trains with flowering borders and varied plantings.
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Bay State Road
William A. Gaston
Temple Israel
Hotel Buckminster
Women’s Municipal League
Battery Street
W. F. Eastwood
League
Bay State Road Garden
Battery
Gaston Estate
Outlook for Peace Not Good in Europe Report
Washington August 18 Miss Emily Balch of Boston told President Wilson a pessimistic view of peace prospects in Europe after visiting Norway Sweden Denmark Russia Holland and Great Britain as a representative of the Women's Peace Conference at The Hague. Miss Jane Addams recently gave the President a report on other European countries.
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Washington
Europe
Wilson
Emily Balch
Boston
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Holland
Great Britain
Women’s Peace Conference
the Hague
Jane Addams
Miss Balch Seeks Neutral Peace Meeting in Europe
Miss Balch told the President that in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland she presented officials with a conference adopted resolution for a meeting of neutral representatives to push peace. She reported interest but no firm promises. She met the King of Norway and outlined his attitude. She said Europeans want the war to end but no peace move had gained backing. If belligerents meet, women peace advocates will rally at The Hague for disarmament and other measures.
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Miss Balch
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Europe
The
Hague
Messenger Arrested in $8000 Theft in North Adams
Aug 18 Albert Mayall alias Albert Merrill, wanted in Camden for larceny of an express package containing $8000, was arrested by Officer Henry Whipple Captain Philip Perron and Officer N J Walsh. He confessed and directed where money was hidden in his brother's Greylock home. Later $7791.25 recovered.
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North Adams
Albert Mayall
Albert Merrill
Camden
N. J
Henry Whipple
Philip Perron
N. J. Walsh
Greylock
Mayall Confesses to Theft After Express Company Cash Heist
Mayall a messenger for Adams Express stole funds entrusted in Wildwood New Jersey. He fled with money to Philadelphia then spent some and gave part to his brother and a girl named Lillie. Pinkerton traced him to a State street saloon before police detained him and searched Greylock residence. He confessed after confrontation with officers and money evidence.
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Mayall
Adams Express Company
Camden
N. J
Seashore Points
Wildwood
Philadelphia
Lillie
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Here
State Street
Greylock
Money Hidden in Trunk Leads to Transit of Mayall
Detectives traced over 7000 dollars packed as sent from the bank in a trunk. Adams Express chief Joseph L. Hagg identified Mayall, who waived extradition and will be returned to Camden. The money had been left at the North Adams Trust Company for the night.
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Dizzy
Joseph L. Hagg
Adams Express Company
Mayall
Camden
North Adams Trust Company
Palestine youth dies in elevator fall at 73 Essex Street
Essa MoAddi an itinerant merchant 18 from Palestine was killed when he slipped into an elevator well on the seventh floor at 73 Essex Street in Boston. He fell about 70 feet his skull fractured and was found dead. Papers identified him as the deceased by Medical Examiner Watters.
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Essa MoAddi
Palestine
Essex Street
Watters
Boston
Epiphany Street
Pittsburg
Staniford Street
Simonds, Hatch, Whidden & Co
Death by own action believed in Mrs Ruby Richards
Mrs Ruby Richards of 18 Garrison street died at City Hospital from gas poisoning and is believed to have taken her own life after the recent death of her husband in Quincy. A gas tube was found near her mouth Tuesday night when a lodger discovered her in the flat. medical aid failed.
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Ruby Richards
Garrison Street
City Hospital
Quincy
Hill
Garrison Hall
Two Boys Hurt on Cars Going to Ball Game
Two youths were injured while riding street cars en route to a ball game. John Roth, 11, of 269 Shawmut Avenue, suffered a scalp wound after hitting a post and was treated by a physician at Copley Square and released. Jeremiah O Leary, 14, of 16 Highland Park Roxbury, injured a finger when it was caught in a car door and received care at Back Bay police station.
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John Roth
Shawmut Avenue
Copley Square
Jeremiah O'Leary
Highland Park
Roxbury
Back Bay
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Result of
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Franklin P. Winston CO
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