License Battle Shapes Boston Vote and City Contest
The piece outlines Boston liquor license fights tied to prohibition and the Sunday crusade, with suburbs mobilizing to vote. It details City Council contests between Good Government Association slates led by Ford Montague and O Keefe against Curley allies Cassidy Watson and McDonald, plus school committee battles. It notes endorsements by Mayor Curley and divided union support, plus warnings about no license ads and local real estate concerns.
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Sunday
Boston
Billy Sunday
Good Government Association
Francis J. Ford
David Montague
Patrick J. O’keefe
Alfred Wellington
Jerry Watson
McDonald
Curley Organization
John J. Cassidy
James A. Watson
Daniel J. McDonald
Curley
Charles H. Innes
Montague
Innes
Beacon Hill
Henry Abrahams
Michael Corcoran
Herbert J. Keenan
Michael H. Sullivan
Dorchester
Sullivan
Public School Association
Abrahams
Organized Labor
Corcoran and Sullivan
Boston Votes and Liquor Groups Back Wet Outcome
Dennis J. Driscoll of the Trades Union Liberty League says Boston will stay wet as the Massachusetts Travellers Association mobilizes 600 members to favor a yes vote. The groups canvass wards and denounce Billy Sunday while pressing for a regulated Boston saloon system.
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Massachusetts Travellers’ Association
Quincy House
Henry J. Levy
Boston
Robert A. Woods
Trades Union Liberty League
Massachusetts Liquor League
Dennis J. Driscoll
Liquor League
League
Drys and License Debated at Women’s City Club Luncheon
The Women's City Club hosted a lunch hour debate on liquor policy with Rev. William Harman Van Allen arguing against license and Albert Leavitt supporting it. Leavitt questioned national statistics while Van Allen cited Boston data and urged practical evaluation of prohibition conditions.
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van Allen
Leavitt
Women’s City Club
William Harman van Allen
Albert Leavitt
Colgate University
Harvard
Boston
Boston license vote history shows long license era
In 1915 Boston registered 114 886 voters with Yes 46 115 No 31 877 Yes majority 14 328. The current registration reaches 118 110, the largest in city history as license support remains. The no license side last came close in 1892 with a 1 140 majority for license.
Five Massachusetts cities vote today on wet or dry status
Three cities Boston Fitchburg and North Adams vote wet while Quincy and Peabody go dry. No license forces claim gains but have yet to win new cities. Boston could mark a major 14 year victory if no license prevails or tightens the margin.
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Boston
Fitchburg
North Adams
Quincy
Peabody
Billy Sunday
Massachusetts
Dr Walter J Dodd A Roentgenologist Dies At Home
Dr Walter J Dodd renowned Roentgenologist dies at his home 374 Marlboro Street. The obituary notes he caused his own death by an extended self inflicted decline tied to his X ray research begun in 1896.
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Walter J. Dodd
Marlboro Street
Dodd
Memorial planned for Dodd after X-ray sacrifice
Realizing early on that alpha rays burned him, Dr. Dodd refused to stop his research at Massachusetts General Hospital. The burns and cancerous growths cost him fingers, but his work helped eliminate the alpha ray and make the X-ray safer. A memorial movement begins today, said Dr. Francis Donoghue, a close friend.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Deda
Francis D. Donoghue
Dodd
Massachusetts Cities Hold Municipal Elections Today
Four Massachusetts cities besides Boston will hold municipal elections today. They are Fitchburg North Adams Peabody and Quincy. Peabody votes for its first city election while Fitchburg North Adams Quincy and Peabody note license or no license results from last year.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Fitchburg
North Adams
Peabody
Quincy
Pioneering Roentgenologist Dr. Dodd Dies in Peak of X Ray Work
Dr. Dodd a noted Roentgenologist at Massachusetts General Hospital died after years of advancing X ray research. Born in London 47 years ago he studied at the University of Vermont Medical School and planned a large X ray hospital at 874 Marlboro Street. He served with the Harvard Medical Unit in 1915 and contributed to foreign surgery by using the fluoroscope to locate bullets and shell fragments in wounded soldiers. He was a member of several medical and social clubs and is survived by his wife Margaret Lea of Moncton New Brunswick.
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Wfe
Dr. Dodd
London
England
University of Vermont Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Roentgen
Marlboro Street
University of Vermont
Harvard Medical
American Roentgen Ray Society
Massachusetts Medical Society
Aesculapian Club
St. Botolph Club
Margaret I.ea
Moncton
N. B
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