The Story Street Extension Scandal Exposed in Boston
A Boston paper details a city street extension where only one tenth of the work was completed while the budget ballooned. Contractors and abutters challenged overpricing as one man offered to finish for 2500, yet bids went to M Donnellan at 1200. Street labor costs and carting practices drew sharp criticism of Superintendent Jones and mayoral oversight.
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James M. Shaw
Lyman Locke
W. Desmond
East Fifth
East Sixth Streets
South
Boston
Story Street
G Street
Li Street
H Street
Hart School
Wise
Ward 14
Common Council
Committee On Finance
Hart
Jones
Washburn Street
Washington Village
Messrs
Locke
Shaw
Meehan
Mayer Hiatt
Citizens’ Association
Herbert L. Harding
Harding
M. Donnellan
Donnellan
Marine Park
Dust Storm Accountability and City Streets Debate
A Boston letter to the editor argues that street dust after a storm resulted from weather and macadam roads rather than city authorities. The writer blames wind, rain, and the old street network, noting the dust could not be fully prevented even with perfect upkeep. The caller, signing as Boylston, urges shifting blame away from officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
Boston
Old City
Agit
Back Bay
Boylston
Unsinkable Ship Plan Attracts Naval Attention
Captain George Meacom of Chelsea proposes a double hull and network of air tanks to make ships float even if stove or crushed. He has patent filings, naval interest, and backing from Boston marine groups, with a 10000 ton passenger ship model and Chelsea address.
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George Meacom
Chelsea
Washington
Meacom
Post
Cunard
Oregon
United States Navy
Boston
Ita
Chestnut Street
Boston Board of Marine Underwriters
Baene
Sumatra
Arthur
Thetis
Messrs. John Ll. Gardner & Co
Our Wretched Streets Laborers Earn Two Dollars A Day
A reader recounts watching Bay Street laborers shovel mud, form piles, and cart away dirt for two days at two dollars per day totaling sixty dollars plus foreman and cart costs. The piece questions street department budgeting while praising post office workers as honest, noting the need for better municipal road cleaning and oversight.
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the Post
Bay
Inow
Seventy second meeting elects new members to library
At the General Theological Library building on Mount Vernon Street Frank Goodwin presided over the seventy second meeting. Arthur Walworth and Hon James W Bradbury were named annual corporate members along with Mrs William Wilkins Warren. Rev Edward J Mason Loring Johnson J C Hall and Miss Martha Hoag became annual members with Mrs G Howland Shaw life member. Thirty five other appointments were made conditionally and overall 910 members have been added, 648 still alive.
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General Theological Library
Mt. Vernon Street
Frank Goodwin
Arthur ©. Walworth
James W. Bradbury
Augusta
William Wilkins Warren
Edward J. Mason
Loring Johnson
Walpole
J. C. Hall
Hudson
Martha Hoag
Martha Hoag, Annual Members; Mrs. G. Howland Shaw
Iife
Sunday before Christmas Sermons in Trinity Church
The Rev Dr Phillips Brooks preached at Trinity Church on domestic missions. He outlined a threefold promise race, personal and city marks, urging Christian influence to reach the Western church sections and support for struggling western congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Trinity Church
Wiig
Church of God
Brooks
Man's Greatest Duty The Duty of Happiness Sermon
Rev Dr Lindsey spoke at St Pauls Church on happiness as a duty, not a feeling. He linked joy to strength in Nehemiah and urged joy through God, sympathy for others, nature study, and living righteously to honor Christ's birth.
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Dr. Lindsey
St. Paul’s Church
Nehemiah
God
Humility of Christ Shared in Advent Sermon
The Rev Father Hall at St John the Evangelist Bowdoin Street delivered the fourth Advent sermon from John 1 61 urging humility as the path to reclaiming others. He said Christ became Son of Man to share humanity and life’s stages, guiding with a divine example while warning that Christ will judge on the last day.
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St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Father Hall
Vather Hall
Christ
Liberalism Overdone sermon by Dr Miner at Universalist Church
The Rev Dr A A Miner preached on Liberalism Overdone from Isaiah 32 20 at Columbus Avenue Universalist Church. He warned against a spurious liberality while urging stand against illiberal practices and praised two recently deceased figures Mission B Ballou and Eliphalet Trask.
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Miner
Massion B. Ballou
Stoughton
Eliphalet Trask
Springfield
Christmas sermon on good will by Minot Savage at Unity Church
The Rev Minot J Savage preached What Christmas Good Will Might Do at the Church of the Unity. He argued most evils are preventable by human action and that God permits growth through free will while urging active good will to reduce suffering and social discontent.
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Pr. Lindsey
Dr. Miner
Minot
J. Savage
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Unity
God
Ian Easy
Mr. Savage
The Importance of Education at Patriotics Meeting
A Patriotics gathering at Music Hall saw smaller attendance than normal. The Rev. A. A. Miner opened the session as the first speaker.
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Patriotics
Music Hall
A. A. Miner
Education and race in postwar Massachusetts talk
Dr. Miner praised education as the path to freedom for Black people and introduced Mr. Smallwood who urged white and Black citizens to accept equality under law. Smallwood warned of Catholic influence and Rome’s control, contrasting American democracy with southern priestcraft and noting Ireland as a parallel to Catholic domination.
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John J. Smallwood
Miner
Smallwood
Rome
State Board of Education
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Mr. Smallwood
Church of Rome
Ireland
Cambridge and Somerville Embellished by Christmas Music
Cambridge and Somerville churches drew large crowds with special Christmas music. The article notes performances at First Universalist, Pilgrim Congregational, Sacred Heart, Ascension, Prospect Street, North Avenue Universalist, First Baptist, Shepard Memorial, Epworth Male Quartette, and other churches. Soloists included Annie M. Sherreff, M Gertrude Hillman, George W. Barnes, George H. Munroe, and many more.
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Cambridge
Universalist
Inman Street
Annie M. Sherreff
M. Gertrude Hillman
George W. Barnes
George H. Munroe
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Dr. McKenzie
Shereff
Hem
C. W. Biddle
First Baptist Church
J. B. Thomas
D.D
Newton Theological School
Hateh
Newton
Inman Square Chapel
Shepard Memorial Church
Epworth
Vy C. A
Somerville
First Unitarian Church
George L. Cheney
W. H. Pierson
Fitchburg
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Georgie N. North
Frank W. Mason
Charles N. Fitts
Edith L. Munroe
John L. Aimbrose
Flint Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Florence Brigham
Franklin Street Congregational Church
Henry K. Hadley
Alice &. Bailey
May Greenwood
H. D. Young
Arthur T. Hatch
Cross Street Universalist Church
Quartette
M. E. Hitch
Hi. S. Polsey
W. D. Alien
A. T. Cummings
Carl E E. Merrill
Winter Hill Universalist Church
Hattie Freeman
Fred N. Kerr
A. J. Cutting
Winter Hill Baptist Church
L. Rhoades
F. W. Bakeman
Chelsea
Merrill Blanchard
Weymouth
Roadway Congregational Church
Park Avenue M. E
Theastor
Henry Matthews
Day Street Congregational Church
Eddie Earle
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Mary Kelley
Louise Fitzgerald
St. M. Sharkey
J.D. Tiffany
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Maria Mitchell Eulogized by Mary Whitney at Union Event
A memorial address praising Maria Mitchell was given by Vassar’s Professor Mary Whitney at the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union. The talk highlighted Mitchell’s early life on Nantucket, her scientific achievements, coeducation advocacy, and modest, democratic temperament, followed by remarks from Mitchell’s sisters Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. Swasey.
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Maria Mitchell
Mary Whitney
Vassar College
Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union
Whitney
Nantacixet
Benjamin Franklin
Nantucket
Vassar
Paris
France
Germany
Humboldt
Herschell
Kendall
Cambridge
Wendall
Swasey
Mt. Vernon Street
Professor Mitchell
Stoddard Lecture Explores Norway Midnight Sun
Mr Stoddard will discuss Norway as the land of the midnight sun at tomorrow evening's lecture in Music Hall. He describes Norway as paradise for purists with inspiring air and scenic beauty, sharing experiences from his sea and land journey that filled last summer with delight and enabled top illustrations.
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MR. Stoddard
Norway
Stoddard
Music Hall
Sothern Stars In The Maister Of Woodbarrow At Hollis Street
Mr E H Sothern appears in the new play The Maister of Woodbarrow at Hollis Street Theatre with a strong company including Rowland Buckstone Morton Selten Augustus Cook Owen Fawcett Kate Pattison Selten Virginia Harned and others. Stuart Robson presents Is Marriage a Failure at Tremont Theatre a comedy about meddling relatives driving a couple apart before restoration of the status quo. The Soudan remains Boston’s top attraction at the Boston Theatre with Rose dale continuing Museum through Thursday, followed by Little Em'ly and a double bill Monday featuring She Solicitor and Betty's Finish. The Globe hosts Superba at holiday time. Park presents The Clemenceau Cause. Nellie McHenry at Grand Opera House in Chain Lightning. toward Atheenum hosts Will o' the Wisp. Madison Square company heads to Tremont for A Pair of Spectacles and Afterthoughts featuring Agnes Booth. Sunlight and Shadow opens at Boston Museum via Field's cable purchase with George Alexander praised. Hollis Street announces no Wednesday matinee first week due to extra Christmas matinee. Mrs. Erving Winslow delivers Kipling readings at Union Hall Brookline with a $1 ticket.
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E. H. Sothern
Hollis Street
Sothern
Rowland Buckstone
Morton Selten
Augustus Cook
Owen Fawcett
Kate Pattison Selten
Virginia Harned
Stuart Robson
Tremont Theatre
Robson
Mr. Robson
Soudan
Boston
Rosedale
Museum
Clyde Fitch
Betty
America
Superba
Globe
Nellie McHenry
Grand Opera House
Toward Atheneum
Edgar Seldon
Madison Square Company
Mr. Sothern
Maister
Woodbarrow
Fastlake
Exmoor Downs
John S Dwight Taken Ill After Handel and Haydn
Musical critic and writer John S Dwight was reported to have a stroke during an Handel and Haydn oratorio at Music Hall last evening but was found to have only a fainting spell. Doctor Stedman said overwork from recent writing may have caused it and Dwight walked home unaided and rested comfortably.
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John S. Dwight
Music Hall
Dwight
George Stedman
Park Square
Post
Mr. Dwight
Polar bears star in wintry window baseball scene
The Standard Clothing Company display at 395 Washington Street showcases a polar bear batters and pitches while others coast on sleds in an Arctic snow setting. Bears seem eager and the readied tableau draws steady crowds as a top window scene noted by the Journal.
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Standard Clothing Company
Washington Street
Arctic
Journal
Declination of Pilgrim Church Pastor Call by Samuel H Virgin
The Rev Samuel H Virgin of Pilgrim Church New York declines Park Street Church Boston call citing the unspoken discharge from the Redeemer. He urges ongoing gospel ministry in New York while praying for a suitable successor for Park Street Church and Boston New England.
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Samuel Hi. Virgin
New York
Park Street
Gregg
Brimstone Corner
Archibald McCullagh
Worcester
W. E. Murdock
Post
Virgin
Pilgrim Church OF New York
Madison Avenue
1271St Street
Samuel H. Vosrin
Park Street Congregational Church and Society
Brethren
Pilgrim Church
New York City
Park Street Church
Aischarge
the Redeemer
Boston
New England
Samuel H. Virgin
The Vacant Pulpit at Plymouth and Park Street Churches
The Rev. Dr. McCullagh, pastor of Plymouth Church Worcester, filled the Park Street Church pulpit in the evening. He preached at both congregations, addressing the vacant pulpit situation and delivering a sermon at Park Street Church.
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Dr. McCullagh
Plymouth
Worcester
Park Street Church
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A. B. Crocker & CO
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Chicago
Ilinois Central
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Mi ‘Orence
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Salvation Oil
Icoland
Taylor
Chester H. Greaves & Sons
Prietors
the Post Publishing Co
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Mass
Milton Ave
Mattapan
Poo
J. Lk. B
West Cedar St
Boston and Vicinity
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Boston Post
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Commonwealth Ave
Vernon ST
Gytt
Johnson
Spring Hill
Alexander Fos
Laurel St
Sheerton Place
AMS
Bath
Arthur J. Teel
Devonshire
Bo Gale
Ferdinand and Winchester Sts
Dennis Hurley
Winchester St. Yo Broker's
VOK Sale
Water Street
Best Makers
Washington St
Boston Postoffice
Daly & Ctp
Boneton
California
Pehcin Eeam
Lady’s Watch
I. Hf
Tilden
Beach Street
GEO. W. Stearns
M.D
Holliston
Dr. Palmer
Anson
A. H. Holway
Hamlin
Mason
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Blamlin
Premont Street
Herbert Evans
North Anderson Street
Stockholm
John Clark
Stoneham
Massachusetts General Hospital
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Moses True Brown
Dickens
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