D. A. R. Faces Legal Battle Over Chapter Dissolution
Three former Paul Jones Chapter members sue to overturn expulsion votes and void a recent business meeting that dissolved the chapter. The suit targets Miss Marion Brazier and other officers, alleging mismanagement of vouchers and the charter.
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Paul Jones Chapter
Paul Jones
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary J. Mullaly
Dorchester
Edith Fraine Richards
Newton
Bertha Weeks Jones
Board of Management
Marion Howard Brazier
Board of Government
Herson
John Paul Jones
Alice Parker Lesser
Edith M. Haynes
Richards
Autoist Cupid Rescues Runaway Horse in Boston Fen
Boston autoist Ralph Coburn known as Cupid the boy wonder of the Fens stops a runaway horse by tailing it in his Maxwell runabout on the Boylston street bridge. He corners the animal, applies brakes, and hands the horse to a bystander near Station 16 as sleighing season begins.
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Ralph Coburn
Boston
Coburn
Cupid
The
Fens
Texas
Bill Roaraway
Back Bay
J. S. Say, Jr
Boylston Street
Parkway
Charles River
Brookline
Death of well known Lawrence resident Captain Chadbourne
Captain Benjamin F. Chadbourne, longtime Lawrence resident and former captain of the Warren Light Guards, died at his home after a recent stroke and a fall that broke his collar bone. He served in the Civil War with Company F of the Sixth Regiment and traveled with the unit to Baltimore, missing the riot march.
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Lawrence
Benjamin F. Chadbourne
Eutaw Street
Chadbourne
Warren Light Guards
Baltimore
Debating Club Formed at Boston University
Professor Taylor of the faculty led the formation of a debating club at Boston University College of Liberal Arts. Aubrey Hills of Melrose Highlands was elected president. George Bulfinch Jr of Roxbury is vice president. Frank Ewart of Somerville is secretary and treasurer. The executive committee includes Osserell Blackwood and Chester E. Taylor. Membership committee members are Harold O. Mariett, Harold Sanders, and H. Lawton Chase.
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Taylor
Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Aubrey Hills
Melrose Highlands
George Bulfinch, Jr
Roxbury
Frank Ewart
Somerville
Osserell Blackwood
Boston
Chester E. Taylor
Waltham
Harold O. Mariett
Cambridge
Harold Sanders
Quincy
H. Lawton Chase
Malden
Republicans win Portsmouth mayoral race in landslide
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on December 11 Wallace Hackett Republican defeats Democrat William E B Marvin for a third term by 479 votes. Hackett, a 40 year old city lawyer, wins all city wards marking a GOP sweep in a light turnout election.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Wallace Hackett
William EB. Marvin
Hackett
Mayor Clark Re-elected in Keene New Hampshire
Keene New Hampshire votes show Mayor M W B Clark re elected as Republican leader with 783 to 314 over Democrat John B Donovan. Board of Aldermen all Republican for first time in years and only one Democrat remains in the Common Council.
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Keene, N. H
M. W. B. Clark
John B. Donovan
Board of Aldermen
Maine Sportsmen urge deer season cut. ban firearms on wild lands
The legislative committee of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish & Game Association met at Hotel North in Augusta and recommended the Legislature shorten the deer open season by 15 days to end December 1, prohibit carrying firearms on wild lands June through August, seek a larger hatchery feeding appropriation, and improve lake outlet screening to prevent fish escapes.
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Augusta
Maine Sportsmen’s Fish & Game Association
Voting by Machine At City Precincts 6 Ward 7 and 10
The first ballot machine trials in Precinct 6 Ward 7 and Precinct 6 Ward 10 cut reporting times dramatically. Ward 7 issued 274 votes by machine, with 272 in tally books, while Ward 10 followed closely as officers managed the new process amid nervousness and excitement.
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Burlen
Ward 7
Shaw
Ward 10
Recorder of Deeds
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
School Committee
Workman Recovers After 11-Story Fall at Mills Hotel
John Callahan, a Mills Hotel worker on Seventh Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street, fell 11 stories to the ground today. Fellow workers rushed down believing him dead but found him briefly dazed and able to rise, rubbing his head as onlookers watched.
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New York
John Callahan
New Mills
Seventh Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Callahan
Voters Move Quick as Machines Sealed for Election
Precinct officers raced to record results sending two 600 pound voting machines sealed in wooden boxes to election headquarters. A warden assisted as anxious voters watched the hurry up process amid light banter from onlookers.
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Wanda
Mrs. Duff
Keyes
Oac
Vindication of Re-Election for School Board Secretary Fee
The article praises the re election of James E Fee as secretary of the School Association, asserting the public has shown trust in the government department. It claims this vindicates the claim that citizens support the board and its aims, with focus on education and governance.
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James E. Fee
School Association
Public board notes stir on city association
An unclear fragment cites a public board member in Boston discussing a city association. The text references a present non and suggests ongoing attention from officials, though details are obscured by damaged OCR.
Electric motors haul New York Central trains to Grand Central
In New York on December 11, regular service began using electric motors in the tunnel to Grand Central. All Yonkers trains ran to High Bridge on the Harlem River under electric haulage, with steam power replaced.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Station
Yonkers
High Bridge
Harlem River
Boston Author's Wife Guests Roosevelt at White House
Elizabeth F. Hurley of South Boston becomes the first Boston girl outside Roosevelt circle to dine with the Roosevelts. Mrs Connolly, wife of sea story author James B. Connolly, is a standing guest at the capital and was invited to lunch with the President yesterday.
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Richards
Edith Fraine
Boston
Maine
Brunswick
Virgil N. Richards
Newton
Mary J. Mullaly
Harry G. Mullaly
Devon Street
Dorchester
Bertha Weeks Jones
Miss Jones
True W. Jones
Frank Jones
Roosevelt
Letter to editor on winter streets and sand for traction
To the Editor of the Post Sir The winter has set in with icy streets. I urge teamsters and drivers to carry sand or ashes when possible and advise all with stores or dwellings on slippery streets to help make paths safer. George T. Angell.
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George T. Angell
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Mary Imullaly
Zdith Fuichards
Exeter Chambers
Miss Brazier
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Laura M. Lane
Alice Laskey
White Street
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Edith L. Herson
Mary J. Pollard
Emma F. Bush
Nellie T. Cade
Fenway
Alice
Annie Laurie
Eee
Ben Bolt
Blue Juniata
Erin Darling
Nellie Gray
AFTON
Kathleen Mavourneen
Killarney
Massa
Molly Darling
Kentucky
Robin Adair
Oliver Ditson Company
Tremont, Sr., Boston
Boston University
Marvin
Clark
Keene
Fayvo
Andrews St
Lynn
Washington Street
Warrenton Street
Merrimac St
Lowell
No. Main St
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South Framingham
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C. I. Hood CO
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Phono-Pneumo
Huntington Ave
Boston, Mass
Near Public Library
Thos. J. Flynn & Co
Essex St
Frontier Asthma CO
Delaware Ave
Buffalo, N. Y
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Outlet CO
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