City Council Approves 10 Year Garbage Contract
The City Council voted 7 to 2 to approve a $3 795 000 ten year garbage disposal deal with Coleman Brothers Inc triggering strong objections from Councillors Collins and Hagen. They argued the term and price are excessive and warned of risks to city finances.
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Peters
Coleman Brothers, Inc
Collins
Hagen
Spectacle Island
Chamber of Commerce
Curley
Watson
Boston City Council Rejects Spectacle Island Plant Purchase
The council defeated Hagen's opposition to the contract 7 to 2. Collins then proposed notifying the contractor of Boston's plan to buy the Spectacle Island plant, but the motion also failed 7 to 2 with Hagen opposing. Voting for the contract were Brickley Donoghue Ford Lays McLaughlin Moriarty and Watson.
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Uittle Suibstahtd
Boston Development & Sanitary Company
Boston
Hagen
Collins
Spectacle Island
Brickley
Donoghue
Ford
Lays
McLaughlin
Moriarty
Watson
Truck Drivers Plan to Strike After Sanction Granted
The Truck Drivers' Union Local 25 won a strike sanction 8 percent by the Teamsters Joint Council last night at 995 Washbrington street. If no agreement is reached this week, more than 800 drivers may strike on Tuesday January 28. Committees will meet Owners' Association reps today and report to a Joint Council meeting at 998 Washington street tonight.
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Washbrington Street
Owners’ Association
Joint Council
Washington Street
Woman assaulted twice by man near Ashland Street
Angelina Nozzellis of 18 Ashland Street Somerville reported to police that a young man about 24 wearing a gray cap and dark overcoat attacked her twice in Sartwell Avenue and Ashland Street while she walked home from work. She escaped each time and hid in a doorway seeking help.
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Angelina
Nozeellis
Ashland Street
Somerville
Sartwell Avenue
Howe
Major Frederick G. Southmayd dies at 76 in Springfield
Major Frederick G. Southmayd, 76, died at his Springfield home. A veteran of the Second Regiment in the Spanish American War, he served as city marshal for three years and was the district agent for the State Board of Charities for many years.
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Springfield
Frederick G. Southmayd
State Board of Charities
Cox Dinner Denied as Publicity Stunt
A statement signed by Ernest J. Goulston, host to Governor Cox at a Quincy House dinner, refutes claims the event was arranged for publicity to aid the Georgian Cafeteria. The Dry Agent Wilson seized liquor at the gathering as controversy swirls around the political fundraiser.
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Ernest’j. Goulston
Cox
Quincy
Wilson
Arthur J. Davis
Massachusetts Anti- Saloon League
Democratic Allegations Over Quincy House Event Spark Debate
A heated exchange follows a December 20 Quincy House affair with Superintendant Davis and advertising figure Goltilaton trading denials and defenses. The row centers on whether prominent Democrats attended as genuine guests or as part of a publicity stunt to boost the Quincy House cafeteria. The controversy touches on Governor Cox and Mr. Wilson while probing political loyalties and federal officer removals.
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Davis
New Quincy House
Goltilaton
Quincy House
Kern
Tanlac credited with restoring Mrs Hughes’s health
Mrs Anna E Hughes of Chicago reports dramatic improvement after starting Tanlac. She says her energy returned within days and she now feels better than in twenty years. Tanlac is distributed by International Proprietaries Inc and sold in Boston by Liggett Drug Stores.
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Anna E. Hughes
Anna I. Hughes
West Elm St
Chicago
Tanlac
Taniac
International Propriet&ties, Inc
Boston
All Liggett Drug Stores
Legislature Faces Skepticism Over Enforcement Law
A report notes that the Anti-Saloon League doubts the Legislature will fully enforce the new law. It also mentions a state senator seen in a disgraceful condition, but argues that this does not prove many lawmakers will be adversely affected by faith.
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Anti-Saloon League
France and US clash over submarine fleet plan at naval talks
At the conference, France pressed for a submarine and auxiliary tonnage surge while the United States Britain Japan and Italy expressed surprise or concern. Elihu Root urged limits and legal safeguards. a tentative accord emerged on capital ship and carrier armament, with France seeking an earlier rebuild of tonnage despite a ten year pause.
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Elihu Root
Root
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Mr. Balfour
Naval
Ide estate left to Cockran with canes and curios
Henry C. Ide former Governor General of the Philippines and ex minister to Spain died in 1920 leaving an estate valued at 268873 dollars. He left his son in law W Bourke Cockran a collection of canes and curios plus shares of the residuary estate. Daughters Annie Ide Cochran Mallory Ide Leslie receive legacies and portions of the residue. St Johns bury Academy and servants receive specified bequests.
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New York
N. Y
Henry C. Ide
Philippines
Spain
St. Johnsbury
Philippine
Annie Ide Cochran
Ide
Malljory Ide Leslie
London
St. Johnsbury Academy
Quits Hotel to Enter Convent in Halifax
Lynn December 28 Misa Irene Keegan daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Keegan of 27 Baker street resigns as head dietitian at Franklin Square House Boston to join Mt Vincent convent Halifax Nova Scotia as a Sister of Charity She was born in Chelsea and is Simmons College graduate The article notes previous work as a dietitian in Cleveland Attleboro and Uxbridge inns
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Holly Brothers
Cleveland
Attleboro Inn
Uxbridge Inn
State
Man Released from Prison Also Taken to Jail
Frank Seamon alias William G. Le Mar was released from Charlestown State Prison after a brief few minutes of freedom and then escorted to Charles Street jail by Inspectors Dorsey and Augusta. He had been sentenced in 1919 to a term of from three and a half to five years for larceny of jewelry from Grace Chevalier et Brighten.
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Frank Seamon
William G. le Mar
State
Charlestown
Charles Street
Dorsey
Augusta
Seamon
Grace Chevalier Et
Brighten
Lloyd George Says Irish Treaty Reached Utmost Limit
Premier Lloyd George stated the government had gone to the utmost limit in the Irish treaty and that reopening discussions was impossible. The remark came as the debate continued in London with Associated Press dispatches noting the firm stance.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
British Premier warns against reopening treaty with Ireland
Premier Idroyd George states no British statesman would back leaving Ireland out of the empire and argues the treaty grants Ireland parity with other states and League of Nations rights. He says altering or rejecting the treaty would nullify it and calls reopening discussions fruitless. A committee will oversee evacuation of British forces and transfer executive power to an Irish provisional government.
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Idroyd George
Ireland
League of Nations
Canada
Utme
Collins constituency backs Anglo-Irish treaty vote
The South Cork Sinn Fein executive committee of the Michael Collins constituency unanimously approved the Anglo-Irish treaty. It urged Irish representatives to unite in favor of the treaty to avoid divisions that could result in disorders and chaos.
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Collins
Binn Fein
South Cork
Michael Collins
Missing girl leaves note in Cambridge elopement bid
Ruth Gladys Jackson a 15 year old Cambridge girl disappeared after leaving a note saying she planned to elope to New York. Her parents Herbert and Mrs Jackson asked police to search as they doubt the tale. She was last seen leaving home with a brown skirt white middy blouse brown coat gray plush collar gray spates and a black hat with red strings.
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Ruth Gladys Jackson
Herbert Jackson
Pleasant Street
Cambridge
New York
Fred Stone to Judge at New Year Party in Back Bay Post event
Fred Stone of Tip Top fame will judge costumes at the Back Bay Post 117 American Legion New Year’s Party and dance. The event Saturday night will be held at their new quarters in the Fensmere Building 206 Massachusetts Avenue.
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Fred Stone
Colonial Theatre
Back Bay Post
Fensmere Building
Massachusetts Avenue
Fragmented Health Ad Copy With Missing Context
A damaged OCR snippet mentions a medicine and tax or rate figures but lacks clear subject or outcome. The fragment references a cure and a main feature, with stray numbers and partial product names, offering no verifiable event or quotation.
Drug Raid Uncovers Plot for Series of Robberies
Joy Street police raid at 70 Myrtle Street West End uncovers a plan for extensive robberies. Two men were arrested, one naming himself Doctor Clarence Boyle Harvard graduate, the other claiming to be J. J. Hurley of 82 Waite Street East Boston. Boyle required a physician after being taken to the station due to drug use.
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Joy Street
Myrtle Street
West End
Wee
Clarence Boyle
Harvard
J. J. Hurley
Waite Street
Boston
Boston Police uncover data tied to a jewelry theft plot
Officers find memoranda in a room linked to planned robberies across Boston. Documents describe Red Cross HQ case dimensions and a box of diamonds and pearls, plus how to break a building window and locate valuables. Authorities, including Joy Street inspectors, pursue possible links to Dr Boyle and Hurley.
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Boston
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Red Cross
Berkeley Street
Washington and
Tremont Streets
Joy Street
Boyle
Hurley
Suspicious pair Dr Boyle and Hurley before court today
Dr Boyle and Hurley, held as suspicious persons, were to appear in court. Officers found Boyle ill in a Myrtle Street room and learned from him of a Harvard Medical School graduation in 1894. He had a good practice before drug use ruined his business. Dr Du Vally treated him at the station. Police seek jewelry owner connected to the alleged theft.
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Boyle
Hurley
Snow
Leonard and
Dever
Myrtle Street
Harvard Medical School
Nicholas du Vally
Cat Opens Gas Nearly Kills Three in Fall River
Early dawn incident at 145 William Street involves John Higgins his wife and daughter overcome by gas from a rangé left by a cat that jumped onto a kitchen range. James Joyce at police HQ called for pulmotor aid. patrols and officers arrived to assist the trio as a physician attended them.
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James Joyce
William Street
John Higgins
Four Children Sled Coaster Accidents Injure Five
Four youngsters from Roxbury and Jamaica Plain suffered injuries in sled and coaster mishaps reported to police. Six year old James Lydon of Jamaica Plain broke an arm and was taken to City Hospital by his father. Eight year old Gertrude Rogers and five year old Joseph Atwater also received cuts and bruises and were taken to City Hospital by passing cars. Eight year old Herbert Kazirian and five year old Edward Kazirian of Roxbury were treated for scalp lacerations after colliding with a car. both were driven home by a physician.
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Roxbury
Ranaton Street
Herbert
Howard Kazirian
Grosvenét Place
Thoma L. Kane
St. James Street
Kane
Fake collectors warn Express Drivers Union 638 relief scam
Local officials warn scam collectors seek donations for Express Drivers Union 638 claiming an emergency fund. They state no agents are authorized to collect and no such fund exists, insisting the union can support its members if needed.
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Expres
Union
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