Ousting at Deer Island Sparks Civil Service Tension
A move to purge penal institutions staff at Deer Island triggers a wave of terminations and resumptions as Commissioner Shaw and Master Brett push a pre civil service housecleaning. The report lists dozens of new hires and numerous payroll changes since February.
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Shaw
James H. McManus
Joseph B. Wilson
James H. Kelley
David J. Stapleton
Mery ©. Dempsey
John H. Forger
Penal Institutions Department
David B. Shaw
Brett
Mr. Brett
James H. Burke
George H. Sheehan
Edward L. McGee
Ambrose Ingraham
Timothy J. Kelley
Insurance Rates Rise for Suez Canal Shipping
London reports a surge in Suez Canal insurance due to land and submarine threats. Rates have jumped from 20 to 60 80 shillings per cent for cargoes and steamers, though some lines have suspended canal passage while remaining business continues at higher costs.
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London
Suez Canal
Fifty Thousand Voters Elevate Agnes L RIddle in Colorado
Fifty thousand supporters propelled Agnes L Riddle into state prominence as she advances to public life in Colorado. See her pictured in a grain field and read the story in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Agnes L. Riddle
Colorado
Sunday Post
Campaign to Retain Fenway Post Office Station
Prominent Fenway district business men opened a campaign to retain the present Fenway postal station. They criticized Postmaster Murray’s view that opposition to consolidation is organized selfishness. A mass meeting is set for Monday afternoon to draft a formal protest to Washington.
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Fenway District
Fenway
Murray
Somerset
Washington
Fenway protest meeting targets station changes and petitions
A Fenway committee aims to enlist business and citizen support as New England Telephone pledges to notify subscribers by phone about a protest meeting. Funds were pledged to Frank C. Hall of the Somerset. Fenway merchants circulate petitions opposing station abolition and favor enlargement.
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Fenway
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Frank C. Hall
Somerset
Daniel C. Roper
Boston
James N. Rothwell
Brookline
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Essex Street
Back Bay
Washington
Postmaster Defends Essex South Station Consolidation
Postmaster Murray argues that merging Essex Street and South Station post offices will modernize service and speed mail, despite merchant opposition. He cites inadequate facilities at Essex Street, heavy use of South Station, and transfers of 300000 sacks during Christmas week as proof of need. He accuses affluent local interests of blocking public improvement for personal gain.
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Murray
Essex Street
South Station
Washington
Boston
South
Fenway
Back Bay
Roxbury Crossing
Hemenway Street
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Deer Island
Tween
William B. Burns
Louis Baker
John M. Walsh
Daniel A. Herlihy
Harry F. Schneider
Joseph McInnis
Estelle A. Sweeney
Timothy J. Barrett
Michael ¥. Mullen
Michael
Charles F. Haskins
Mark Tierney
Charles A. Murphy
Bartholomew FE. Savage
John FF. Cosgrove
Timothy Sullivan
Edward Boland
James Foley
Timothy Shaughnessy
Mary J. Evans
Edward Phillips
William
Della Flynn
William Cooney
Julia Flynn
Catherine Bell
John J. Fitzgerald
James F. Finnerty
Joseph Leonard
David S. Chapman
John J. Powers
John I. McNamara
Michael Murphy
Lester L. Whitehead
Michael Morgan
Timothy O'Connor
Peter J. Kenney
Philip Dennehy
Frederick Davis
Walter A. S. Hutchins
Helen M. Gleason
Elizabeth I. Corbett
Bernard J. Mulraney
Michael J. Greaney
Michael J. Madden
William Reid
Michael Corcoran
James F. Ryan
Patrick Sheedy
Michael HE. Cronin
Nellie O'Keefe
Daniel Carney
John J. Lordan
Thomas G. Hooper
George Kenney
Thomas F. Finn
John J. Coleman
Martin J. Hannon
Carolina Bragg
Patrick J. Burns
Patrick J. Higgins
William O'Toole
William Roche
Daniel Scott
Frank V. McCarthy
Michael Gallagher
Joseph Metnnis
John P. Foley
Catherine Hickey
Mary A. Sullivan
Thomas Murray
John F. Vinal
Michael J. Hickey
Abbie A. Hill
Catherine Hally
Marion M. Hix
Marville L. Lee
Lawrence J. Hackett
Arthur F. Bowes
Henry Schneider
Howard W. Wheeler
Philip J. Dennehy
Charles R. Eaton
Henry P. Smith
Patrick Byrnes
White Motor Cars
Pines Ae AY Automobile Salon
New York
Hotel Astor Ball Room
Grand Central Palace
White Company
Holbrook Company
the White Company
Cleveland
Commonwealth Avenue
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Boston Post—Main
Daily Post
Blakely
Henry Villipique
Fenway P.O
Wis
Filene
Vicinity
Paul Revere
Boylston Street
Copley Square
James Jackson
Norfolk
Copenhagen
Filene’s
Guardian
Misses’ Dress Shop
Taffeta
Brown
Berkeley
Doeuillet
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