Harvard Seniors Seek First Marshal in Election Barnstorm
Harvard College voters in Cambridge elect a First Marshal among ten candidates. Leading contenders include captains Keith Kane of football, Jacko Conlon of the line, McCagg of crew, Fiske Brown of track and wrestling, with others such as Mit Gratwick Eddie Lincoln Dick Chute Jack Crocker Melville Bakers and Myles also running.
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Harvard
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Conlon
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Essex County Probe Opens With Contract Grant Probe
District Attorney S. Howard Donnell stated that the Essex County grand jury will convene in Salem for a special session to investigate alleged illegal contracts by local officials. Subsequent inquiries will cover county affairs and bribery of Methuen police officers, with no report expected before next week’s end.
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S. Howard Donnel
Essex County Grand Jury
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Methuen
Daugherty Visits Federal Building During Boston Stop
Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty paid his first visit to the federal building here since entering the cabinet. In Boston he held a hearing at the Touraine on railroad and steamship separations and conferred with Judges Morton and Anderson and U S Attorney Robert O Harris and assistants. He refused to discuss a possible pardon for Eugene V Debs saying the matter is under consideration by the President and the Department of Justice.
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Robert O. Harris
Harry M. Daugherty
Judge Harris
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Boston
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Touraine
New Haven Road
Morton and Anderson
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Alanta
Department of Justice
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Causes of Building High Costs in Manhattan Unveiled
United News reports Samuel Untermyer has investigated the high cost of building in Manhattan. He explains the process involves more than hiring labor and paying for completed work, revealing underlying system factors driving costs.
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New York
United News
Marthattan
Samuel Untermyer
Square practices end for stone and steel firms
The report notes that the square dealing between stone masons and their suppliers was ended after mutually agreed prices were paid by the stone trust. It also states that the steel structural firms and their workers faced a similar end to such practices.
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Stone Ma~ Sons
Stone Trust
Plasterers on Trial in Untermeyer Graft Probe
Testimony before the Untermeyer investigating committee reveals a bribery system among plasterers and building trades. Foremen allegedly used bets to speed work and fines to penalize crews, with ethnic-based fines cited. Grand jury to convene January 3 to pursue extortion and grand larceny charges tied to housing graft.
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Sing Sing
Penitentiary
Roofing Trust
Tile Trust
Electrical Trust
Untermeyer
Electrical Workers’ Union
Hefferon Sentenced in Cambridge Break and Enter Case
Hefferon alias James Strongerel of Lowell received a one year term in the House of Correction from Judge Stone in Cambridge District Court. He was convicted of attempting to break and enter the home of John Slott on Elm Street in Cambridge on December 7.
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Rank .Hefferon
James Strongerel
Lowell
House of Correction
Stone
Cambridge
John Slott
Elm Street
Two Hundred Years Ago Cambridge in a Little Volume
A vintage volume about Cambridge’s past describes Lieut. Governor Spencer Phipps and his family, the Craigie House as Washington’s headquarters, and Longfellow’s home. It recalls the Boardman Farm in Cambridgeport, Margaret Fuller’s parents, and harsh winters with the 1810 13 below zero day and the 1815 gale that felled trees and wrecked the Cambridgeport house.
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Cambridge
Spencer Phipps
William Phipps
Judge Lechmere
Joseph Lee
John Vassar
Andrew Boardman
Cambridgeport
6&O
Craigie House
Washington
Longfellow
Boardman Farm
Margaret Fuller
Ellsworth
India Wharf
Officials deny war tax exemp on foreign travel tickets
United Fruit Company officials declare the belief that the new Revenue Act cancels the war revenue stamp tax on international tickets is erroneous. They caution travelers that no such exemption exists and advise compliance with existing tax rules.
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United Fruit’.Company
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