Plan Bust of Longfellow Heads to Cambridge Council
The Longfellow Memorial Association asks Cambridge city council for permission to place a $20,000 bust of the poet near his Brattle and Mt. Auburn streets home. Judge Robert Wolcott, secretary, says Daniel C. French has already drawn the statue. The matter goes to the parks committee for a public hearing.
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Longfellow Memorial Association
Cambridge
Brattle
Mt. Auburn
Robert Wolcott
Barry
Daniel C. French
New York
Committee On Parks
Henry Kippin Dies In Dorchester
Dorchester obituary notices Henry Kippin husband of Hannah Kippin died recently at his home 486 Quincy Street Funeral from his residence Friday December 20 at 8 30 a m Requiem high mass at St Peters Church Meeting House Hill at 9 o'clock Relatives and friends invited
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Kippin
Dorchester
Henry
Hannah Kippin
Quincy Street
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Floors spread germs, says cleaning method
London expert J T Ainslie Walker warns that school floor cleaning spreads infectious diseases like measles and diphtheria. He lauds soap and water but notes monthly scrubs leave germs to be stirred up. He urges daily spraying with an odorless disinfectant strong enough to kill germs.
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J. T. Ainslie Walker
London
Greater Boston
Merchants' Club Marks Tech Night
President Maclaurin praised the club's reputation and alumni loyalty at a Tech Night event. He stressed the community’s confidence in the club and the link between today’s progress and tomorrow's advances.
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Merchants’ Club
Maclaurin
New Plays at Toy Theatre and Institute Notes
The Toy Theatre hosts the second winter program featuring The Stronger by Strindberg and The Legend of St Nicholas by Beulah Marie Dix with a large, appreciative audience. Performances receive strong praise for Mrs Briggs and Mrs Sherman's expressive acting while Beulah Marie Dix offers a fresh Saint Nicholas tale.
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Toy Theatre
August Strindberg
Legend of St. Nicholas
Beulah Marie Dix
Strindberg
Pariah
St. Nicholas
Beer Party Claim Refuted By Massachusetts Historian
Walter K. Watkins of Malden, a noted authority on Massachusetts history, condemned Congressman Curley for calling the Boston Tea Party a beer party. He spoke before the Bostonian Society at the Old State House, presenting historical facts to show Curley was misled. Members debated whether to go on record condemning him.
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Watkins
Congress
Mead
John Winthrop
Massachusetts
Curley
Bay State
Boston
John Dugan
Cornhill Lane
Congressman Curley
Walter K. Watkins
Malden
Washington
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Life Threats Against President-Elect Wilson Rise Again
A threatening letter mailed from New York on December 12 reached Trenton officials and is now with U S Assistant District Attorney Lindabury. The receipt followed the arraignment of Jacob Dunn, Warren Dunn, and Seeley Davenport of Wharton, charged with sending Governor Wilson a $5000 death threat on November 11.
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Newark
N. J
Wilson
New York
Trenton
United States
Lindabury
Jacob
Warren Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Wharton
Hearing adjourned as Dunn case stalled and Tumulty testifies
United States Commissioner Stockton dismissed the Warren Dunn case and held Davenport’s motion under advisement. Jacob Dunn is kept in custody while five witnesses, including postmaster and a rural carrier, testified. The hearing also involved John F. Tumulty and Governor Wilson, who did not attend. A second unsigned letter is being traced by investigators.
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Stockton
Warren Dunn
Davenport
Jacob Dunn
Dunn
John F. Tumulty
Wilson
Tumulty
Subpena
Governor Wilson
Tumult
Secret Service
Lindabury
Wharton
Francis A. Butler
Louis Beekman
Butler
Beekman
Plan Real Music For New Year’s New York
New York December 17 reported crowds that greeted the new year with horns will be joined by organized bands of singers and musicians in public squares along Broadway this year.
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New York
Broadway
City committee calls for saner New Year celebrations
Dr Lyman Abbott leads a citizen committee with Charles Whitman and George McAneny condemning noisy New Year revelry. Brass bands and singers will guide crowds from Broadway to uptown districts as America is sung at public squares. Salvation Army will marshal city corps in Union Square and films will display song lyrics for early and late crowds.
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Lyman Abbott
Charles 8. Whitman
George McAneny
New York
Lower Broadway
America
Salvation Army
Union Square
Heroic 17 Year Old Warns Tenants In Early Fire
Josie French, 17, rushed through a four story brick building at 61 Billerica street awakening about a dozen residents including her brother Frank French. Her warning helped save lives as flames were spotted on the fourth floor in the Frank Alexander tenement. Total loss and building damage are not expected to exceed $700, with owner Samuel Klansky.
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Josie French
Frank French
Billerica Street
Frank Alexander
Miss French
Samuel Klansky
Demurrer Hearing Set For Wheeler Shaw Whitmore
Judge Dodge in the United States District Court set December 30 for hearing the demurrers and motions to quash filed by Warren B. Wheeler Stillman Shaw and Alden G. Whitmore. They are charged in indictments accusing them of using the mails in a stock sale fraud tied to the North American Rubber Company.
Central Official Indicted in Rail Rebates Case
John Carstensen vice president of New York Central and three subsidiary railroads were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly granting rebates totaling 60,000 dollars to O Gara Coal Co. The Lake Shore Michigan Southern Big Four and Chicago Indiana Southern railroads are named in the indictment alongside Carstensen.
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Chicago
Ill
John Carstensen
New York Central Lines
Federal Grand Jury
O’gara Coal Company
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Big Four
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Carstensen
Rebates Alleged on Coal Shipments Across Rail Lines
Indictments allege rebates granted Aug 1 1909 to Jan 1 1910 were recorded as advance payments for fuel coal to be used by Lake Shore railway but coal not delivered and payments not repaid by O Gara Coal Co. Officials linked to New York Central face separate charges. stock ownership not included in indictments.
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New York Central
Lake Shore Railway
O’gara
Immigration bill delayed by cross party opposition
Washington December 17 opposition from a Republican and Democratic minority led by Republican Leader Mann blocked action in the House on the illiteracy test immigration bill after two days of debate. Mann demanded the engrossed bill reading, the House adjourned and cannot reconvene until Thursday for adjournment before Christmas, likely delaying passage and pushing aside the Indian appropriation bill.
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Washington
Mann
House
Mike Flannery Switches From Politics to Xmas Feasts
Mike Flannery shifts from politics to Christmas feasts in his weekly Post column next Sunday. The humor remains sharp as ever.
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Mike Flannery
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