Curley Seeks Court Action Over Boston Garbage Contract
Mayor-elect James M Curley and nine Boston taxpayers seek a Supreme Court order to block Mayor Peters and the City Council from approving a ten year garbage removal contract to Coleman Bros Inc set to begin July 1922. The petition labels the $345,000 annual deal wasteful and favors Boston Development and Sanitary Co. The order returnable Friday.
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James M. Curley
Boston
Coleman Bros., Inc
Supreme Court
Peters
Boston Development and Sanitary Company
Mr. Curley
William H. McMasters
John J. O’ Hare
Kenneth C. McDonald
Patrick H. Graham
Francis J. Brennan
Michael J. Ward
James T. Purcell
Theodore A. Glynn
Francis A. McLaughlin
Ethel Kimball Faces False Statement Charge in Somerville
Ethel Kimball, called the wife of Marguerite Rechtler of 5 Lowell Street Somerville, will be arraigned in Somerville Police Court today on a charge of making a false statement under oath regarding a marriage license at Somerville City Hall. Since her arrest last Wednesday she has remained in Charles Street jail and was turned over to Inspector Damery. She had applied for a license on November 28, giving the name James William Hathaway aged 38, occupation manufacturer, with details about her first marriage.
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Marguerite Rechtler
Lowell Street
Somerville
Somerville City Hall
Ethel
Charles Street
Damery
James William Hathaway
Guy Clerk Carson
Ainst
Central Court
Officials urge precise car number registration with highway commission
An official said accurate registration of car numbers with the Highway Commission would greatly aid the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in identifying vehicles.
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Highway Commission
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Department
Voyage Ends for General George C. Hogg After 121 Days
The three masted schooner General George C. Hogg, Captain George C. Hunter, returns to harbor after 121 days from Sekondi. She carried 820 logs of mahogany to Palmer & Parker of Charlestown, with six crew and a history of delays from calms and light airs. The voyage included a Bermuda stop and a final gale that yielded the first fair wind in 4240 miles.
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African Gold Coast
George C. Hogg
George C. Hunter
Sekondi
Hoge
Palmer & Parker
Charlestown
Letitia Ju. Mackay
Parrsboro
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Ampleby
Hunter
General Hogg
Boston
Cape Verde
Hogg
Bermuda
St. Georges
Sankaty
Police report 1920 car thefts and recoveries rise
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation notes 1920 thefts near 480 cars with 216 recovered year to date. Boston recovered 2997 cars last year and 76 from outside the city, with total values about 333 600 last year and 404 190 this year. Officials say many recovered engines do not match owners records. Reports span nationwide from San Francisco to Texas and 100 other cities receive monthly updates.
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Boston
Bureau
San Francisco
Texas
Incense Banned at Teachers' College Dormitory
In Whit tier Hall at Teachers College New York incense is barred to prevent masking cigarette smoke. Two girls have been suspended from the dormitory for violations of the rules, per Miss A Lucetta Daniell in charge.
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New York
United News
Whittier Hall
Teachers’ College
Lucetta Daniell
Portland Captain Lincoln Achorn Dies at 83
Captain Lincoln F E Achorn aged 83 longtime operator in the Jim Fiske steamboat line based in New York died in Portland after a brief illness. He retired from active service 59 years ago and was father of Dr Clinton E Achorn president of the New York Rotary Club.
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Portland
Lincoln FE. Achorn
Jim” Fiske
New York
Clinton
E. Achorn
New York City
Rotary Club
Little Walks About Boston by William Justin Mann
The author reflects on a Christmas concert at Perkins Institute in Watertown. He praises the choir directed by Edwin N. Gardiner and the Kinder garten choir, notes ties with the New England Conservatory of Music, and highlights wireless technology aiding the blind, including a pupil from Bridgetown, Maine named Roger Walker who now earns money playing chimes.
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Perkins Institute
School For the Blind
Watertown
Edwin N. Gardiner
Kindergarten For the Blind
Gardiner
New England Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Perkins
Edward FE. Allen
Roger Walker
Bridgetown
Maine
Somerville
Alen
W. C. T. U. Worker Guilty of Manslaughter
Adrian Michigan December 19 A jury convicted Mrs Matie Kirby prominent W C T U worker and reform leader of Hudson Michigan of manslaughter in the death of her unwedded daughter's newborn baby. The charge rested on alleged neglect to avoid village scandal.
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Adrian
Mich
United News
Matie Kirby
Hudson, Mich
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