Smallest Inauguration Gathering In Boston City Hall
Boston's new City Council for 1911 was inducted in the City Council chamber with only about fifty attendees. Among the officials present were heads of departments, and former Mayor Samuel A. Green attended as the sole ex-mayor observer.
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Boston
New City Council
City Council
City Hall
Samuel A. Green
Earnest E. Smith
Curley
Collins
Ballantyne
Hale
John W. McMahon
St. Mary’s Church
Charlestown
Green
Thomas M. Babson
Council
New City Council Inducts Earnest E. Smith Headed by Mayor
Carnations and boutonnieres decorate the desk as Councillor Earnest E. Smith is sworn in alongside Daniel J. McDonald and Timothy J. Buckley. Mayor Fitzgerald presents the annual message praising the city charter and calling for a pension system, noting a $4.36 million rise in gross debt and a $1.58 million rise in net debt for the year.
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Collins
Attridge
Hale
McDonald
Ballantyne
Smith
Kenny
Buckley
Curley
Laurence Minot
Park Square Trust
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Columbus Avenue
The
Election Commission
Ward 20
Marsh Street
Dorchester
Granite Street
Highland Avenue
City Governance Highlights From Mayor’s Message
Recommendations on city employee pension system and rapid economical water meter installation. An ordinance to regulate bay window and marquee fees over streets. The council to monitor harbor development railway service transportation facilities and metropolitan activities. Emphasis on Charles River Basin usage and a federated Greater Boston. George Parkman house Beacon Street to serve as public recreation department HQ.
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Charles River
Greater Boston
Wuld
Greater
Boston
George Parkman
Beacon Street
Public Recreation Department
City net debt rises to 72.93 million on Jan 31
The city reported net debt of 72,928,690.51 dollars on January 31 this year, up from 71,345,972.58 dollars.
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Ross
Commonwealth
Wyland
City offices to rise 11 story annex on old court house site
Boston mayor urges $800000 appropriation for a new 11 story city hall annex on the Old Court House site to consolidate departments, save about $50755 yearly in rent, and sell the Probate building and Mason street offices. Council debate focuses on finance and future building plans.
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Old Court House
Boston
City Hall
Court House
Tremont Street
Court Square
Mason Street
John T. Priest
John F. Dever
Frank X. Chisholm
Edward J. Leary
Charles E. Suloway
Accident ruled in Donahue death at Sullivan Square
Judge Murray in an inquest ruled John F. Donahue of Lynn died in an accident, not suicide or foul play. He was on the Union Street tunnel platform when a Sullivan Square train upended him into the pit on the morning of the 30th.
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Murray
John F. Donahue
Lynn
Donahue
Union Street
Sullivan Square
Foss Proposes Worldwide Peace Plan to End Canal Fortifications
Governor Foss sent a message to the Legislature endorsing a broad world peace and trade framework. The plan envisions reciprocity and pacts that would lessen or remove the need for fortifying the Panama Canal.
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FOSS
Panama Canal
Governor's reciprocal agreement move advances in legislature
Governor Guild's effort on reciprocity gains a legislative majority without new action. A rules committee hearing on the proposed US Canada reciprocal treaty will admit the orders to the legislature allowing federal relations hearings and public testimony from citizens on the measure.
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Guild
Committee On Rules
United States
Canada
Committee On Federal Relations
Cambridge Pair Held on Larceny Charged as Outfit Thieves
Cambridge police arrested John H. Wilcox 28 and Marietta J. Sherborn 20 in Providence on larceny charges. The couple, alleged to have posed as man and wife, vanished Jan 20 from a Broadway lodging house taking jewelry, furs, and clothing valued at 250 dollars.Sherborn claimed stage fame as a blonde whistler and wore a stolen ring. Wilcox reportedly once served as a Columbus police reservist and wore the overcoat tied to the crime.
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Cambridge
John H. Wilcox
Marietta J. O. Sherborn
Providence
Miss Sherborn
Cambridge Police
Wilcox
Columbus, O
Jerome Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elien M. Parker
Broadway
Two Women Burned In Separate East Boston Fatal Fires
Two women likely died from burns after separate oil and kerosene incidents. Ellen Whalen, 90, at 295 Summer Street East Boston, and Annie Klemouter, 22, at 22 Ellery Street South Boston, were injured when flames enveloped them. Both were treated at local hospitals as authorities assess the incidents.
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Ellen Whalen
Summer Street
East Boston
Annie Klemouter
Ellery Street
South
Boston
Whalen
James Co. O'Shea
Klemouiez
Klemouier
Carney Hospital
Harvard Enrolment Rises to 4128 Students
Harvard faculty released full enrollment statistics for the current session showing a grand total of 4128 students, up 77 from last year. Foreign students number 1569, an increase of 8, with Arizona the only state not represented.
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Harvard
Arizona
Former Market Man Dies in Cambridge
Sullivan Niles a longtime Boston Chamber of Commerce member and Faneuil Hall market merchant died at his home 1 Washington Street Cambridge after an operation. Born in North Jay Maine in 1831 he came to Boston to work in meat business. Survived by widow two sons J Harris Niles Cambridge L V Niles Wellesley and daughter Mrs F H Weed Cambridge.
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Sullivan Niles
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Faneuil Hall
Washington Street
Cambridge
Mr. Niles
North Jay
Boston
Faneuill Hall Market
J. Harris Niles
L. V. Niles
Wellesley
F. H. Weed
Jailer Cyrus Lawrence Dies Preparing for Duty
Lawrence officer Cyrus R. Lawrence a 16 year night jailer for the Lawrence police fell dead at his home at 10 Reservoir Terrace while dressing for duty. He was 70, served in the Civil War and had worked last night, arising this afternoon in apparent health before collapsing.
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Lawrence
Cyrus R. Lawrence
Reservoir Terrace
Wrence
Shields Held Over for Trial in Lancaster Murder Case
Warren New Hampshire February 6 J Walter Shields of Philadelphia pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the Christie Kenney case. He appeared before Justice George M Williams in the local police court.
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J. Walter Shields
Christopher Kenney
Warren, N
Wealthy Philadelphia man Shields held for hearing
After pleading, Shields’ hearing was postponed to next Saturday. He was moved to Woodsville county jail with local attorney A M Wentworth defending. Newspapers uncovered Shields’ family, a large, wealthy clan, with a mother and five sisters in West Philadelphia. The Commonwealth vows to contest every move and seek financial aid for his family.
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Shields
Woodsville
A. M. Wentworth
West Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Bolster Declines Superior Bench Offer
Chief Justice Wilfred Bolster of the Boston Municipal Court rejects Governor Foss’s offer to join the Superior bench. He says he can serve better in his current role while pursuing pressing public measures. Political circles note Judge Joseph Corbett of Charlestown would have filled the vacancy had Bolster accepted.
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Wilfred Bolster
Boston Municipal Court
Governor Foss
Judge Bolster
Bolster
Joseph Corbett
Charlestown
Boston Teachers Pension Payouts and New Lighting Plan
The Boston public schools pension report shows 26247 dollars in annuities paid last year to retired teachers. The School Board discussed building a lighting plant for North End schools at about 2000 dollars. David A. Ellis was re elected chairman and George E. Brock treasurer.
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Boston Public Schools
Pension Fund
David A. Ellis
George E. Brock
Minstrel Show Planned for Heptasophs Anniversary
South Boston Conclave Improved Order of Heptasophs fixes February 21 at Dahlgren Hall for a 12th anniversary celebration including a minstrel show directed by Nat Prescott a whist party led by ex Representative James M Lane and a dance supervised by Representative Edward D Collins. The arrangements committee is led by Lane with Dr William M Flynn James J Galligan Joseph F Lynch Edward D Collins William Jones John T Hayes and Eugene J Gillin.
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Institution of South Boston
Washington
Dahlgren
E Street
Silver Street
South
Boston
Nat Prescott
James M. Lane
Edward D. Collins
William M. Flynn
James J. Galligan
Joseph F. Lynch
William Jones
John T. Hayes
Eugene J. Gillin
Appeals to Senators to Save Castle Island
Mayor Fitz gerald sent telegrams to Senators Lodge and Crane urging them to block the taking of part of Castle Island for lighthouse department storage. The messages, identical, asked for probable action to prevent the use of the island for that depot.
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Fitzgerald
Lodge
Crane
Castle Island
Lighthous Department
Boston
Lighthouse Department
Foreman Edwin Stark Dies at Work in Wakefield Factory
Edwin Stark 66 of 16 Church Street died of heart failure this forenoon while on duty as a foreman in the weaving room at Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.s rattan factory on Water Street. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Wakefield, Tech
Edwin Stark
Church Street
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co
Water Street
Auto Habit in Latest Gown Draws Attention at Fashion Show
At the Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers Association convention in Horticul tural Hall Boston, Mrs Alma-Watson Powell unveils an auto habit that lets a wearer jump into the garment while wind is blocked in front and fastens at the back with four buttons. Living models will demonstrate quick donning and the look, alongside new dress lining and 206 model suits and cloaks with 52 live models displaying recent American designs.
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Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers Association
Horticultural Hall
Alma-Watson Powell
Boston
Convention OF Women's Tailors
Bishop Foley Sounds Call to Priest Support for Philippines
Bishop Foley at St. William's Dorchester urged aid for the Philippines saying hundreds of villages have had no priest since the Spanish American War and many natives lack peace and Christian teaching. He outlined Tuguegarao diocese on Luzon with 409000 Catholics, 40 priests, and called for funds and volunteers from the United States and other nations.
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Foley
Philippine Islands
United States
St. William's Church
Dorchester Avenue
Belfort Street
Dorchester
Tuguegarao
South Boston
St. Vincent's Church
St. Augustine
American College
Rome
Florida
Luzon
Cagayan, Isabela
Nueva Viscaya
Philippine
Philippines
Gisela Weber Trio Delights Steinert Hall Audience
The Gisela Weber Trio including violinist Gisela Weber pianist Augusta Holmes and cellist Leo Schultz performed at Steinert Hall before a large audience. They opened with the Gade Trio op 42, followed by Bach’s violin sonata in E major, and closed with Dvorak Dumky Trio. The ensemble received strong applause as the cellist provided the solid foundation.
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Gisela Weber
Mme
Augusta Holmes
Leo Schultz
Steinert Hall
Gade
J. S. Bach
Dvorak “Dumky
Two Men Trapped by Falling Ice at Spy Pond
George Law and David Ewing of West Everett were pinned for minutes when an ice run machinery failed at Spy Pond Arlington causing large ice blocks to drop. Ice flooded the area as the surface cracked. rescuers freed them, they were hospitalized then sent home.
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George Law
David Ewing
West Everett
Spy Pond
Arlington
Law
Ewing
Gaelic envoy speaks at Boston College
The Rev. Michael O Flanagan, envoy of the Gaelic league, addressed Boston College and Boston College High School students in Boston College Halls. He reviewed Ireland's literature and art, its past customs, and the decline under English oppression, plus the Gaelic league campaign to revive those glories.
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Boston College
Michael O'Flanagan
Gaelic League
Boston College High School
Ireland
O’flanagan
Bazaar to Help Orphanage Opens in Tremont Temple
The Protestant Orphanage Home bazaar, under the Loyal Orange Association of Greater Boston, opens at Tremont Temple tonight and runs until Thursday. Its goal is to raise funds to erase the $5000 debt on the orphanage and clear the last cent before March.
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Loyal Orange Association of
Greater Boston
Tremont Temple
Stranger Bunco In Roxbury Store Seizes Goods
An unknown man entered Theodore Rothe's store at 57 Warren Street and bought a $10 camera and a $7 razor, then accompanied by a boy went to a West Lenox Street address, entered the house and escaped through a rear door with the items.
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Theodore Rothe
Warren Street
West Lenox Street
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Herosene
Jailer
Chum
Warren, N.H
Heptasophs
Livlig Mevelod
Bishop Foley
Islands
Everett Pond
Stranger Buncoes
Roxbury
Sponee Dee
North St
Baldwin
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