Boston Clash Over School Board Size and Graft Hints
Chairman John A. Sullivan and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald battled at the State House over the Boston school committee size and control of patronage. Christina Page hinted at graft by a House member. Sullivan accused the mayor of seeking to weaken the public schools for political advantage and warned the Legislature to resist encroachment on citizens' rights.
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John A. Sullivan
Finance Commission
John F. Fitzgerald
Sullivan
Committee On
State House
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Boston
Christina Page
House
Committee
Boston Officials Clash Over School Board Size and graft Claims
In a heated State House hearing Mayor Fitzgerald and City Hall officials argued for a larger Boston school board while opponents led by Ellis pressed to keep five members. Mrs Page recounted graft concerns and denied a legislator offered her payoff. the debate persisted amid city election aftermath.
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Fitzgerald
City Hall
Finance Commission
Colletter
State House
Mrrs. Page
Ellis
Sullivan
Frank W. Page
Fenway Scandal Reopens as Mayor Attacks Commission
Mayor Fitzgerald revived the Fenway graft tale in response to the Finance Commission critique of the city collector’s office. He named Chairman Sullivan as the offensive party and defended Cashier Leahy as a long trusted public servant, linking past graft to City Hall conditions and urging accountability.
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Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Sullivan
Parker
Leahy
Commission
John J. Leahy
City Hall
John A. Sullivan
United States Congress
First Finance Commission
Public School Autonomy Urged Amid Political Pressures
Chairman John A. Sullivan warns against executive dictation over school appointments and promotions mirroring attempts in fire and police departments. He urges the Legislature to resist encroachments that would divert public school funds to political favorites and threaten citizen rights in Boston.
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John A. Sullivan
Fin. Com
Boston
Mayor Fitzgerald Attacks Chairman Sullivan Over Graft Claims
The atmosphere is charged with graft accusations as Mayor Fitzgerald condemns John A. Sullivan of the Finance Commission. He recalls pushing for the commission's creation and accuses Sullivan of smearing opponents while defending his own record and ties to public office. He warns that he will not appoint men lacking exemplary character who supported him, lest he face ignominy.
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Finance Commission
John A. Sullivan
United States Congress
First Finance Commission
Graft Accusation Winded Through Senate Parlor Tale
A speaker recounts seeing a man pass a large roll of money described as real estate funds in the Senate parlor. The witness says the money looked like graft to many, but refuses to name individuals or implicate others, citing caution and age.
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Senate
Failure Towed Cost Him 1000
Miss Catherine Sweeney of Quincy won a $1000 verdict in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham against Nicholas Garbarino for breach of promise. Garbarino failed to appear. the jury deliberated 10 minutes and awarded the damages.
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Catherine Sweeney
Quincy
Norfolk Superior Court
Dedham
Stevens
Nicholas Garbarino
Garbarino
City department budgets rise as cost of living soars
Department heads have submitted annual estimates to the Mayor showing nearly two million dollars more requested for city operations this year. Higher living costs, salary hikes, a larger Municipal Court, and the Hyde Park annexation are cited as main reasons for the proposed increase.
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Hyde Park
City Hall girds for cuts as department requests soar
Department chiefs urge sizable increases for public works bath public grounds and the criminal session of the Superior Court. Commissioner Rourke seeks about 1013 benign for the public works budget a nearly million dollar rise from last year. Building and park heads seek more inspectors and zoo aquarium funds as mayor hints heavy pruning and council follow suit.
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Public Works
Bath
Superior Court
Rourke
Public Works Department
Everett
City Hall
Pere Hyacinthe Abbe Loyson Dies in Paris at 85
Abbe Charles Loyson known worldwide as Pere Hyacinthe died in Paris after a brief illness. Once a leading Catholic pulpit orator in France he left the church in 1869. He married Emilie Jane Butterfield in London in 1872 and later led Liberal Catholic communities in Geneva and Paris. He visited America in 1869.
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Paris
Charles Loyson
Pere Hyacinthe
France
Emilie Jane Butterfield
London
Geneva
America
Juror Illness May Delay De Graff Murder Trial
The illness of a juror in the De Graff murder case may lead to discharge of the current jury and a postponement after five days of trial in United States District Court.
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de Graff
United States District Court
Jury trial halted after juror collapses in South Boston
Juror No. 6 William J. Higgins of 293 Fifth Street South Boston collapsed from pneumonia during a noon trial break. Judge William L. Putnam ordered Higgins treated and moved to the Commonwealth Hotel under guard. Higgins later was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. If unable to attend Monday, the US District Attorney will seek to discharge the jury and postpone the case.
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William J. Higgins
Fifth Street
Boston
William L. Putnam
William F. Boos
Commonwealth Hotel
Robert B. Daley
South Boston
Higgins
Putnam
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States District
Asan P. French
Wife of Aged Husband Dies in Athol at 92
In Athol Massachusetts Mrs. Davis aged 92 died today ending a nearly 70 year marriage to Mr. Daniel Davis who just celebrated his 103rd birthday. The couple are regarded as the state’s oldest married pair. Surviving are four sons Hosea B. Davis Emery C. Davis Charles S. Davis and William W. Davis a sister Mrs Jane Nichols and brother Frank H Stratton. Mr. Davis holds the Boston Post gold headed cane.
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Athol
Daniel Davis
Royalston
Blast Buries Twelve Alive Near Fort Francis
A premature dynamite blast at a Canadian Northern Railway construction camp near Fort Francis Ontario killed twelve men and injured five. John Casey formerly of Lebanon Pennsylvania is named among the dead. other victims were foreigners. Dozens more workers are missing, believed buried under rock and dirt in the cut.
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Fort Francis
Ont
Canadian Northern Railway
John Casey
Lebanon
Penn
Appalachian Club Hosts 83rd Annual Reception at Vendome
About 300 Appalachian Mountain Club members gathered at the Hotel Vendome for the 83rd annual reception. Dr. Ralph C. Larrabee and Mrs. Larrabee, former club president, along with Vice-President and Mrs. Walter Jenney, were among the honorees. President Larrabée spoke and club pictures were shown under Mrs. Parker B. Field. A collation and dancing followed until 11. The organizing committee included W. Frank Mattson and several members and friends.
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Appalachian Club
Appalachian Mountain Club
Hotel Vendome
Ralph C. Larrabee
Walter Jenney
Larrabée
Parker B. Field
W. Frank Mattson
Martha A. Knowles
Alice L. Jose
Clitheroe James
Field
William T. May
Robert Farquhar
Election News Reaches Hospital As N E Hamilton Alumni Elects
H Dorsey Spencer, elected president of the New England Association of Hamilton College Alumni, was notified of his victory while in hospital awaiting an appendicitis operation. About 40 alumni attended the dinner at the Hotel Thorndike, turning the event into a family gathering with speeches and stories of college days.
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H. Dorsey Spencer
New England Association of Hamilton College
Thorndike
Spencer
Railroad foreman crushed to death at Readville yards
William Dempsey a 6 year old? married South Boston foreman on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad was crushed to death at Readville freight yards Hyde Park at noon yesterday when a five ton steam boiler he was trying to hoist from a flat car onto the platform slipped from its chains and pinned him to the ground
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William Dempsey
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Readville
Hyde Park
Rheumatism Remedy Ad From Boston Firm
An advertisement promotes Himer amp Amend’s N Y 2861 as a rheumatism relief. It notes recommendations from users and directs readers to St. T Metcalf Co in Boston for purchase.
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Himer & Amend’s
N. Y
St. T. Metcalf Co
Boston
Sunday Services at Advent Christian Church Warren Street
The Advent Christian Church on Warren Street announces a 10:30 p m sermon by Rev Farnham titled Sign of the Near Coming of Christ and a 7:30 p m Joseph word picture. Sunday school at 12:15 p m and a young people meeting at 6 p m. All welcome.
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Advent Christian Church
Warren Street
Porter
A Farnham
Joseph
Dudley Street Baptist
Charles A. Fulton
D. D
Lawrence
Hemenway
Bible School
Kimball
Page
Christianson
First Free Baptist
Holborn Street
Roxbury
Horace H. Hayes
Ruggles Street Church
Charles C. Earle
Brotherhood
Churchill
Stella Relyea
Kinwha
China
First Baptist Church
Centre
Myrtle Streets
Jamaica Plain
Walter Calley
Eleanor Fox Allen
Lowell Male
Church OF the Advent
Mt. Vernon
Brimmer
William Harman van Allen
T. D
Rodgers
St. Stephen’s College
Mendelssohn
Concord
Mass
Sunday Church Services Across Boston Area
A long list of church services across Boston area including Clarendon Street Baptist Church and First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue with sermon themes. Tremont Temple and Warren Avenue Baptist Church schedule morning and evening services with choirs and special series on dangers signals. Other churches include Park Street Congregational, Union Congregational, Shawmut Congregational, Dorchester Second, Advent Church, St Stephen’s, Bromfield Tremont Circuit, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and Salvation Army Palace with times, sermons, and musical offerings. Notable speakers include Edgar MacNaughton and Dr. Cortland Myers.
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Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Clarendon and
Montgomery
Edgar MacNaughton
Army and Navy
Autereopticon
Y.M
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Clarendon Street
Austen Kennedy de Blois
Church of Divine Energy
Shepherd
Whiting
Chadwick
Voice of
Jesus
Gilchrist
Lemmens
Vogt
Mendelssohn
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Cortland
Myers
D. C
Dr. Myers
Lotus
Temple Chorus
A. J. Fairbanks
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
West Canton Street
Joseph E. Perry
Adelphi
Robert Lister
Isabel OC. Melville
Lister
Bible School
Bromfield-Tremont Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
George F. Durgin
Bromfield Street
Joseph W. Stephan
Tremont Street
Temple Street
State House
Ernest Lyman Mills
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
W. M. Tufts
D. D
Tufts
Ripley
Spiritual meetings advertised across Boston Cambridge Malden
Adele C Williams announces Lincoln Day observance at Bible spiritual meetings with mediums and pianists at 631 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge lower hall and additional sessions in Malden and nearby towns. Notables include Fred Dixon Mrs Deering Charles Luckin and Mrs Dix. Messages and conferences scheduled with free class on What Benefit Is Free to Mankind.
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Adele C. Williams
Boston
Blanche Desmond
Professor Milligan
Akerman Johnson
Johnson
Bible
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Lower Hall
Fred Dixon
Deering
Charles Luckin
Serita
Malden
Progressive Spiritual Society
Louise Hall
Pleasant Street
Jioulse D. Francis
Sara G. Methar
Piaviat
FF. G
Dix
Abraham Lincoln
Spiritualist meetings fill calendars across Boston area
A dense listing of spiritualist events across Boston venues includingDemonstrations at 857 Massachusetts Ave and Harmony Hall 724 Washington St with noted mediums Miss A Webster Littlefield Sarah M Thompson Sophie Kampe and others Also services at Boston Wigwam 1 First Spiritualist Church Dwight Hall and First Bible Spiritual Meetings Cambridge and Malden Society Meetings at 235 Pleasant Street Malden with May A Beis Numerous other locations and speakers scheduled through Sunday nights with messages and demonstrations of life after death
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F. M. Donovan
Massachusetts
Tel
Back Bay
J. Harmony Hall
Washington Street
Spiritualist Phenomena Society
N. P. Smith
John Ch
God
Christ
A. Webster
Aiaelaide Littlefield
Sarah M. Thompson
M. Jollimore
Sophie Kampe
Work
Boston
Brotherhood
Shirley
A. Judkins
A. F. Hook
First Spiritualist Church (Inc
Dwight Hall
Tremont Street
Annie Banks Scott
C. Cunningham
Niles
Marlboro
Ida Newcomb
Washington Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Rebecca G. Treadwell
Clara
BE. Strong
Burns
George Nutter
Betsey
Mason
Ross
Marchand
Bus Avenue
Worcester Street
Spiritual ‘Endeavor Society
Pleasant Street
Malden
Broadway
Edgeworth
Wellington
Florence Street
May
A. Beis
Edward. Lee
Lee’s
FIRST
Exeter Street
W. J. Colville
Columbus
Avenue
P. Wyman
Nzetta B. Sears-Hill
Faelten Hall
Huntington Avenue
A. EB. Carpenter
May Millan
Dudley Street
Dudley Square Building
Dudley Street Terminal
B. A. Palmer
Alexander Street
Roxbury
Local Universalist Services Announced in Roxbury and Back Bay
At Columbus Avenue Universalist Church Morning worship at 10:30 with music and a tenor solo by John Daniels. Roxbury Universalist Church on Buena Vista Street offers 4:45 organ recital and 5 p.m. vespers with Rev. James Holden. Both churches invite worshippers.
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Columbus Avenue
Universalist Church
Back Bay
Stephen Herbert Roblin
D. D
Largo
Handel
Yeoung
John Daniels
Diverse religious meetings fill Boston venues Sunday
The city hosts numerous lectures and services at Steinert Hall Cambridge Ford Hall Wells Memorial Unity Church and various halls. Speakers include H P Gleason John Whit Ford Hall Harry Phillips and Frederick A Wiggin with topics ranging from The Golden Altar psychical phenomena and temperance to The Rights and Wrongs of Woman.
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Catharine Howard -Thompson
Huntington Chambers
John Whit
T Board of Trade
Avenue
Central Square
Cambridge
Ford Hall
State House Park
Harry Phillips
London
Lester M. Bartlett
Sylvia
Hark
Arne
Phyllis
Whelpley
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Idvy
S. Richard
The
Boston Common
J. W. Farley
Boston Herald
Wells Memorial Hall
Washington Street
Unity Church
Jordan Hall
Huntington Avenue
Gainsboro Street
Frederick A. Wiggin
Phelps Fund
Mr. Winters
Berkeley Hall
Robert Cameron
Rome
Grace Lowell Bradbury
B. Y
UNION
Boylston Street
Arthur N. Holcombe
Harvard University
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Codman Square
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Christian Endeavor
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