Fitzgeraldism No 6 exposes five gift coal contracts
The author reiterates claims that John F. Fitzgerald handed five coal contracts to Maurice H. Klous without competition and without advertisement during his 1906 mayoral era. It notes the Finance Commission finding of waste and fraud and cites Woods’s testimony about similar favoritism, demanding explanation for these deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice H. Klous
W. K. Niver Company
John F. Fitzgerald
Klous
Patrick A. Collins
Klaus
Niver Company
John F
Codman Street
Columbus Avenue
Finance Commission
William H. Woods
Woods
Bright Eyes Eyes Named Best Judges by Boston Post
Miss Lethia Grey leads rankings as No 1 with Grace Wall Margie Richter Cecilia Renard and Florence Averill among top eye judges. Prizes include boxes for the Boston Theatre performance with winners from Mattapan Charlestown and several Boston suburbs receiving eight two-seat awards for the January 3 show. The Boston Post contest drew many entries but few correct answers as readers competed for seats beside the chorus of the musical Bright Eyes headed by Cecil Lean and Florence Spooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethia Grey
Grace Wall
Margie Richter
Boston Theatre
Adelaide Esterbrook
Main Street
Haverhill
Mass
J. P. Hagerty
Preble Street
South
Boston
Mary Macone
Grove Street
Concord Junction
Ira P. Urquhart
Fairmont Avenue
Cambridge
Hazel Bicknell
Mountfort Street
B. J. Morse
Massachusetts Avenue
George K. Cheetham
The
Boston Post
Joseph M. Gates
United States
Gates
America
Post
Sunday Post
Greater
N. D. Keith
Wellington Hill Street
Mattapan
Helen M. Sullivan
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Adelaide Waterbrook
George K.cheetham
Hancock Street
Everett
Charles I. Matthews
Rogers Avenue
West Somerville
Cecil Lean
Florence Spooner
Bright Eyes
Compass Fix Could Save Transatlantic Voyages
Dr Louis Bauer of the Carnegie Institute says correcting compass variation will save time and money. Ships now drift 10 to 20 miles off course toward Newfoundland due to magnetic variation. Carnegie’s non magnetic ship Carnegie proved the error during a New London to Falmouth voyage. Chart accuracy could last 5 to 10 years longer with fixes. Commander Peary praised for pole reach. other speakers include Miss Florence Richardson and Prof M J Haggerty. The 20th century predicted to be “century of the chemist” by Richard C Maclaurin at AAAS banquet. A A S elected A A Nicholson as president with vice presidents Rotch and Dixon.
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Louis Bauer
Carnegie Institute
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Newfoundland
Carnegie
Institute
New London
Falmouth
Eng
Pacific Ocean
Galilee
Atlantic
Robert E. Peary
W. M. Davis
Cambridge
American Geographical Association
Florence Richardson
M. J. Haggerty
Richard C. Maclaurin
American Chemical Society
A. A. Nicholson
University of Chicago
A. Lawrence Rotch
Boston
R. B. Dixon
Harvard
D A R Theft Costs A Life
Washington reports a defalcation in the Daughters of the American Revolution treasury led to one clerk confessing and a second clerk dying of worry while another entered a sanitarium nervous wreck. The two innocent women feared suspicion after the confession became known.
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Washington
Treasury
Daughters of the American Revolution
Montreal Reports 30 New Typhoid Cases and 3 Deaths
Thirty new typhoid cases and three additional deaths were reported to health officers. An emergency meeting of the civic health committee was convened to plan epidemic control.
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Montreal
Civic Health Committee
Cold Wave Sweeps Across Nation With Record Decembers
Weather Bureau notes three colder Decembers in history as temperatures drop to five degrees at 8 am. The cold worsened with a 17 degree fall since Wednesday night. Quebec hit 16 below, Northfield Vermont 2 below, Tampa 28 above, and two deaths linked to freezing in New York. Ice covers the Ohio River. Hudson River freezes. 7000 street workers seek shelter.
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Weather Bureau
Quebec
Mercury
United States
Northfield
Vermont
Florida
Tampa
Norfolk
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
New York City
Bowery
Street
New York
Birmingham
Ala
Asheville
N. C
el Paso
Tex
Jacksonville
Pla
Texas
Florida Peninsula
Somerville Board Concludes 1909 With Love Feast
The final meeting of the Somerville Board of Aldermen for 1909 was a love feast with Mayor Woods District Attorney Higgins Representative Keene Leonard W. Cole and City Treasurer Pike Chief Engineer Hopkins and Chief Kendall as guests. President Burns presided as toastmaster and retiring members and guests gave brief addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Woods
John J. Higgins
Sidney B. Keene
Leonard W. Cole
Joseph §. Pike
Hopkins
Kendall
Police Department
Burns
Make Merry at Sailors Haven in Charlestown
More than 700 sailors from ships in port gathered at Sailors Haven Charlestown for the annual Christmas tree event. Superintendent Stanton H King gave each man a bag with items used in a Sailor's life. Attending were Bishop William Lawrence and Archdeacon Babcock. Helpers included Mrs Harold P Peabody Miss Gladys Holden Miss Marion Holden and Mrs A Stanwook.
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Haven
Charlestown
Stanton H. King
William Lawrence
Archdeacon Babcock
Harold P Peabody
Gladys Holden
Marion Holden
A. Stanwook
Hair Lock Confusion in 1901 Boston Identity Case
In the East Cambridge Probate Court, Daniel Blake Russell fights for half of the $500,000 Russell fortune. Testimony centers on a hair lock and a tintype claimed to prove lineage, with letters and tattooed marks examined for authenticity as the hearing continues.
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Daniel Blake Russell
Daniel Russell
East Cambridge
Russell
Sarah Rousseau
Messina
N. Y
Nason
Simpson
Boston
West
Rousseau
James Rousseau
James Daniel Russell
Joseph Rousseau, Sr
Mr. Nason
Court House
Lawrence J. O'Connell
Wisconsin
Martin Woley
O’connell
New York State
Fielding
Mr. Mason
Russell Will
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Bath
South Boston
Dorchester
Roxbury
Brighton
James J. Storrow
Beacon
N. D. Keith of
Post “Bright Eyes
Cecilia Renard
Florence Averill
Olga Britton
Helen M. Sulelivan
Prof. Bauer
Somerville Board
Sailors’ Haven
Enies
Melrose
Michigan
Tintype
Kirk
Jok Fielding
Alice Norton
Fpussell Ffcalis
Madras
Turkey
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