Crane Sunk at Navy Yard Faces Prolonged Recovery Effort
A 100 ton flat bottom crane sunk near the White Star docks last October lies in soft mud at the navy yard hindering divers from placing hull chains to lift it. Initial contract with Boston Towboat Co ended. Captain Alfred Sorenson, who took over from Satellite, reports financial losses as work drags on.
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Navy Yard
White Star Line
Boston Towboat Company
Alfred Sorenson
Satellite
New York
Boston
Meeting Fails to Bar Pastor at Greek Church Convention
A Greek Church of the Annunciation convention on Winchester Street dissolved after chaotic scenes as police struggled to control shouting and arm waving. The dispute centered on discharging Rev. Nestor Soussides. a later date was set to reconsider the issue.
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Nestor Soussides
D. Temagenis
Boston Boiler Makers face affiliation vote request
Dissatisfied with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America Boston Lodge votes to ask members if they will stay with the international or form an independent group. Votes to be collected before February 19 ahead of the lodge meeting. The dispute centers on a one day pay assessment for 1919, which many members refused to pay.
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International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America
Boston
The
Knights of Labor
Veteran Cambridge Policeman Dies at 73
John W. Shelley aged 73 longtime Cambridge police officer for 34 years died last night at his home 98 Thorndike Street Cambridge He leaves a widow and seven sons
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John W. Shelley
Cambridge Police Department
Thorndike Street
Cambridge
Old Phone Rates Best, Says Dean
Representative Charles A. Dean told the Everett Board of Trade that New England Telephone must allow suburban subscribers to choose services and return old districts with a possible slight rise. He faulted the Massachusetts Highway Commission as incompetent to oversee rate changes, saying rates would rise rather than fall.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Charles A. Dean
Wakefield
Everett Board of Trade
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Telephone rates debated amid zone changes and Boston limits
Mr. Dean cites financial health of the Telephone Company and argues the new zone plan expands to 45 zones from eight. He recalls a failed five cent toll proposal within 15 miles of Boston and notes London rates. He warns suburban districts tied to parks water sewers and taxes should not be altered without careful study by the Highway Commission.
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Dean
Boston
London
Charing Cross
Highway Commission
No Cone
Malden Widow Seeks Control of Husband’s Property
Grace L Barentzen of Malden filed a petition in Cambridge Probate Court to dispose of her husband’s property without his consent citing desertion and unknown whereabouts. The couple’s long legal battles include charges of bigamy and an alienation suit against Robert C Guptil, all unresolved.
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Malden
Grace L. Barentzen
Cambridge
St. Thomas
West Indies
Barentzen
Robert C. Guptil
Guptil
New York
Miss Diaz
Y M C A Building Contract Awarded in Boston
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association board announced on Tuesday that William Crane won the contract to erect the Huntington avenue vocational building. The 146 by 57 foot structure, designed by Clinton J. Warren, must be completed by June 10, 1911, and will connect to the main buildings via shared heating and lighting plants from St Botolph street.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Boston City Club
Huntington Avenue
William Crane
Clinton J. Warren
St. Botolph Street
Cambridge Aldermen Approve Higher Hospital Grant
The Cambridge Aldermen approved increasing the city hospital appropriation from 100000 to 150000. Alderman Black proposed a 10 percent cut in school appropriation as balance in the same meeting.
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Cambridge
Cambridge City Hospital
Alderman Black
Diabetes Herb Offer From Tropical Railroad Builder
An individual claiming twenty years in the tropics as a railroad builder promotes a vegetable diabetes cure. He offers a 50 cent package for 10 cents plus a book of information, claiming relief from worst symptoms and reductions in urine sugar and body weight, with contact to Box 506 Whitney Point, NY.
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Tropics
Whitney Point
Treasurer Discharged by City Council
Taunton February 7. City Council adopts the mayor’s request for Temple resignation after a discrepancy of about 5500 was found in the treasury. Temple is declared vacant as city treasurer and collector of taxes.
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Taunton
William&. Woods
Edward H. Temple
Mr. Temple
City to elect permanent successor as Temple resigns dispute
Feb 14 set for the election to replace Temple who refuses to resign. City Auditor Arthur R. Leonard fills his post temporarily. James T. Swan reports 1909 receipts totaling 3091.14 not credited and 1910 discrepancy of 2400.25. Temple denies fraud while noting multiple people could access the cash, and the treasurer confirms possible book alterations.
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Temple
Arthur R. Leonard
Woods
James T. Swan
Boston
Father Gasson Praises Press at Erin Court Banquet
Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J president of Boston College lauds the press as a great educator shaping public opinion on Catholic matters He notes the archbishop aims to sustain diocesan education and asks Catholics to support the new diocesan paper at the 30th anniversary Erin Court 28 Massachusetts event.
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Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
Boston College
Erin Court
Massachusetts
Order of Foresters
Quincy House
O’connell
Foss
O'Connell
James H. O'Neil
Commonwealth
John Quinn
Governor's Council
Father Gasson
Grand sire of Odd Fellows honored by Massachusetts Encampment
The grand sire of the Odd Fellows, based in Indianapolis Indiana, was honored with a dining event hosted by the Massachusetts Encampment.
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Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Ind
Massachusetts
Oda Fellows Dine at Young's Hotel for Massachusetts Assembly
Nearly 200 Oda Fellows from Massachusetts and New England gathered at Young's Hotel with John B. Cockrum of Indianapolis for the guest of honor. Today at 10 o'clock the Massachusetts division installs new officers at Odd Fellows Hall Tremont street.
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Oda
Massachusetts
Young’s Hotel
John B. Cockrum
Indianapolis
New England
New York
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
William H. Leedy
Scribe
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont Street
Henry E. Ruggles
Franklin
Samuel Wood, Jr
East Milton
Walter F. Johnson
Boston
George H. Fuller
Nathaniel A. Very
Salem
Fred W. Bartlett
Plymouth
Alienation suit filed in East Cambridge over husband
Mrs. Howard Brackett of Everett sues Al pheus L. Brackett and Annie L. Brackett for 5000 alleging abandonment and plotting. She says he left for Texas with his sister in law, while she and child Howard Jr. stay with her parents in Everett and a case is urged by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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East Cambridge
Howard Brackett
Everett
Alpheus L. Brackett
Annie L
Hosmer Street
New Hampshire
F. Y. Hess
Lebanon
N. H
Texas
Travis Street
Houston
Webanon
Howard, Jr
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Woman pastor is installed at First Unitarian Church
The Rev. Mary L. Leggett was formally installed as permanent pastor of the First Unitarian Church in Revere. The ceremony included an invocation, scripture, a sermon by Harvard Divinity School Dean William W. Fenn, and a welcome by Stanley W. Fenno with Miss Leggett responding.
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First Unitarian Church
Revere
Mary L. Leggett
Benjamin R. Bulkeley
Beverly
William W. Fenn
Harvard Divinity School
Cambridge
Alfred Manchester
Salem
Stanley W. Fenno
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Prince Albert
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Inibia
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Hus
ODD Fellows Banquet
Mrs
Nainsook Cambrie
Henry Siegel CO
Red Cross Sale
Red Cross
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