Protests Over Fort Hill Site for New High School
At yesterday's school committee meeting two protests emerged against Fort Hill square as the site for the High School of Commerce. The five underwriters and the Business Men's Advisory Committee favored Park Square, urging a decision by the School Board and Schoolhouse Commission amid concerns about noiseless paving and wagon din near the proposed site.
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High School of Commerce
Business Men’s Advisory
Park Square
Fitzgerald
Ellis
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Associations
Curriculum shift at Mechanic Arts School to labor focus
The 1909 change aims to prepare students for vocations rather than higher technical study. Chairman David A. Ells notes the school will qualify youths for work in life and not for admission to Technology or other institutions. The hygiene director will coordinate with nurses and societies to educate parents and refer tubercular cases to the Boston Consumptives' Hospital trustees.
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Mechanic Arts
David A. Ells
Director of Hygiene
Boston Consumptives' Hospital
Supreme Court to Hear Lighting Case in Boston Dispute
The Master Builders Association sues City of Boston and Dolan Electric over a lighting contract. Judge Richardson previously halted work, ruling the contract favored unions and public funds were misused. The case, with Wilkinson & Co. as the lowest bidders earlier, proceeds to the Supreme Judicial Court for final determination.
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Master Builders’ Association
Fish
Favors Return of Stone Ransom Fund
The committee on claims instructed Representative Prince to report favorably with two amendments on the Senate bill to restore money donated for Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary held by brigands in Bulgaria. The fund had 23 000 contributors.
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Washington
Committee On Claims
Prince of Illinois
Senate
Ellen M. Stone
Bulgaria
Abolished High School Societies In Rochester Schools
Rochester, Dec. 19 The Board of Education formally abolished five fraternities and five sororities in the city high schools. The action rests on claims that the groups promote exclusive class distinctions, foster artificial social standards, distract from school work, and incur heavy costs.
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Rochester
N. Y
Board of Education
Chelsea Residents Clash Over Streetcar Waiting Room Plan
Chelsea residents voiced strong opposition to a Boston Elevated Railroad waiting room proposed at Gerrish avenue and Broadway. A hearing at Chelsea city hall opened without Elevat ed representatives, as locals argued the structure was not an ornament and pressed the board of control for a ruling.
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Bride of 15 Is Granted Divorce in Indiana
Mrs. Goldie Curtis is divorced from Allen Curtis after a second attempt. The couple wed when she was 15 and he was 19. She cites curses over church attendance as a marriage strain. The article notes his long beard history and quirks, including periods of not shaving after Fort Sumter and as a former Frankfort fire chief.
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Kokomo
Ind
Goldie Curtis
Allen Curtis
Fort Sumter
Frankfort
Governor elect Cruce to skip inaugural ball over dress suit
Oklahoma City December 19 Governor elect Cruce declines to attend his own inaugural ball citing reluctance to wear a dress suit. Society women express chagrin over the decision.
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Oklahoma City
Cruce
Child in Santa Search Die in Baltimore Fire
In Baltimore on December 19 a child named Mary E. Goldsmith tried to see Santa Claus and lit a match, setting her clothes on fire. She was severely burned and died yesterday at the hospital after the accident.
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Baltimore
Santa Claus
Mary E. Goldsmith
Santa
Wedded Beside Her Dead Brother at Niagara Falls
Miss Leah Updyke wed Pearn McCan in the same room where her brother Roger Updyke lay dead from electrocution at a factory. The groom was to be best man. the officiating Reverend C. H. Pye was overcome during the ceremony. Roger Updyke’s funeral followed in the afternoon.
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Niagara Falls
Uveec
Leah Updyke
Pearn
McCan
Roger Updyke
C. H. Pye
Roger
Updyke
Dentist Extraction Fatal To Sandusky Girl
Coroner's investigation follows refusal of death certificate after Alvina L. Neitz of Sandusky Ohio dies two hours after convulsions onset following a tooth extraction by Dr C G Boehmer. The girl was ill for two days prior to death.
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Sandusky
Southwick
Alvina L. Neitz
Samuel W Not Shaved for Half Century Wins in Connecticut
HAS NOT SHAVED FOR HALF CENTURY WINSTED Conn Dec 19 Samuel W A local resident celebrated for not shaving in fifty years drew attention in town. He described his steady routine and the reaction of neighbors to his distinctive beard.
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Conn
Samuel W
Chohohghoohohohohghg Ri Cures Whooping Cough Fast
A garbled item notes a remedy claim for stopping whooping cough quickly and mentions a family supply sold at a small cost. The readable parts imply a generic health product promotion without clear names or dates.
Crusade Against Unsanitary Kiss Moves Forward
Cincinnati director of public safety announces a campaign against unsanitary kissing after reviewing cases at hospitals. He says many infections trace to a kiss by an ill person and clarifies he is not anti kiss but seeks caution due to health risks.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Director of Public Safety of
Negro's skin turning white: man in Waukegan reports
Harry Lew, a Black resident of Waukegan, claims his skin is bleaching to white. He describes patches on his face and body and says doctors attributed it to pigment loss and drying.
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Waukegan
Harry Lewis
Lewis
Three Benefield Brothers Die in Hopewell Duel
In Hopewell Virginia on December 19 three Benefield brothers Whack Richard and William were killed in a fatal duel over Richard Benefield’s wife. Sheriff Rowell rushed to the scene as investigators awaited full details.
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Richard
William Benefield
Hopewell
Richard Benefield
Sheriff Rowell
Untied shoe lace suspected in man’s death in New York
William Krause, 45, was found dead in a chair at 104 East 112th Street. Dr Langrock of Harlem Hospital said a ruptured blood vessel in his left leg caused fatal bleeding after he bent to tie his untied shoe string.
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New York
William Krause
East One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Langrock
Harlem Hospital
Krause
Former pugilist turned minister weds in quiet ceremony
In Omaha on December 1, the Rev. Frederick R. Wedge known as Kid Wedge and Prudence Tracy post mistress of Florence quietly married. They plan to move to San Francisco where Wedge has been engaged in missionary work for a year. He left boxing five years ago to study for the ministry at Omaha Theological Seminary while supporting himself by teaching boxing in local clubs.
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Frederick R. Wedge
Kid
Wedge
Prudence Tracy
Florence
San Francisco
Omaha Theological Seminary
Judge Bond Comments on Glover Case and Hattie LeBlanc
Judge Bond discusses evidence and fairness in the Glover murder case. He questions guilt against Hattie LeBlanc and urges continued investigation without rushing to prosecute. Weather records and jury views are noted as factors in evaluating the trial.
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Glover
Massachusetts
Hattle
The
Post
United States Weather Bureau
Hattie
Hattie LeBlanc
Superior Court
Bonds
Malone
Parker
Mabel Page
Charlie Tucker
James M. Swift
Fall River
John J. Higgins
Clarence F. Glover
Elmore Replies With Kipling Verse To Judge Bond
Samuel D. Elmore responds to Judge Bond and others by sending the Kipling poem If You Can Keep Your Head as his statement. He notes an anonymous letter received this morning and questions others interpretations of his acts and conduct.
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Samuel D. Elmore
Bond
Justice Bond
Rudyard Kipling
Leveroni and McLean Withdraw From City Council Race
Judge Frank Leveroni of Ward 6 and Logan L. McLean of Ward 1 withdrew from the City Council race after a Board of Election Commissioners hearing into forged nomination papers. They asked the commission not to certify their nom papers amid fraud allegations. several candidates had already secured enough signatures to be nominated.
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Frank Leveroni
Logan L. McLean
Board of Election Commissioners
Messrs. Severoni
McLean
Eugene J. O'Connor
Severoni
Daniel J. McDonald
J. Frank O'Hare
Public School Association-Municipal League
Thomas F. Leen
M. D
Michael H. Corcoran, Jr
Messrs
Leon and
Corcoran
William J. Gallivan
Run a Day for Girl Strikers in Chicago Story
Ten girl strikers described subsisting on one sugar coated penny bun daily for two weeks amid 45 000 garment workers in distress. Union officials verified the tale as officials offered charity but the girl refused to beg and proposed sharing the money with other workers.
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Chicago
Labor
Salter family in Montgomery hunt. posse girds woods
In Cretshaw county two Salter family members and Titus Palmer are in custody as deputies pursue the rest of the Salter clan. White residents Jack Shirley was killed and Jesse Pate and Frank Williams wounded in a Saturday night assault.
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Montgomery
Ala
Salter
Titus Palmar
Cretshaw County
Jack Shirley
Jesse Pate
Frank Williams
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