Fire sprinklers urged to save crowded Boston buildings
Franklin H. Wentworth warned legislative committee that a small group could burn four or five congested Boston buildings in a night and wipe out the city. Commissioner O Weefe urged mandatory automatic sprinklers in all workplaces with four or more people. Ralph W. Redding and the Real Estate Exchange push to limit sprinkler authority as an unfair burden.
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Boston
Legislative Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Franklin H. Wentworth
National Fire Protection Association
Wentworth
O’weefe
Thomas Kelley
Chauncy Street
Lenox
Ralph W. Redding
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Neponset Girl to Wed New Yorker In Neponset Church
Miss Margaret E. Daley daughter of Mrs Mary Daley of Neponset will wed Dr Frank C Gulliver of New York at St Ann s Church Neponset shortly after Easter Daley a Dorchester High School graduate is private secretary to Charles A Stone of Stone Webster Corp in New York Gulliver a consulting physician at Fordham and St Vincent s Hospitals son of Mrs Adelaide Derby Gulliver of Portland Missouri and brother of Lt Louis J Gulliver of the U S S Georgia He graduated from Portland High School in 1898 and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1903
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Margaret E. Daley
Mary Daley
Walnut Street
Neponset
Frank C. Gulliver
New York
St. Ann’s Church
Miss Daley
Dorchester High School
Charles A. Stone
Stone Webster Corporation
New York City
Gulliver
Fordham Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Adelaide Derby Gulliver
Portland
Louis J. Gulliver
U. S. S. Georgia
Charlestown Navy Yard
Portland High School
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Railroad Fatalities in the United States 1916 Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletins show 8298 railroad fatalities in the past year. In the first quarter of 1916 there were 2138 killed and 46048 injured across the nation’s rail network.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lincoln praised for humanity at Norwalk Lincoln Day
Norwalk Connecticut February 12 194?- Congress man James A Gallivan of Boston headlined a Lincoln Day celebration by the United Catholic organizations of Norwalk and South Norwalk. Mayor John Cavanagh introduced Gallivan who extolled Lincolns humanity and lasting impact on the nation.
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Norwalk
Conn
James A. Gallivan
Boston
United Catholic Organizations of
South Norwalk
City Hall
Jeremiah Donovan
John Cavanagh
Gallivan
Lincoln
Washington
Jackson
Y M C A Clubhouse Fund Reaches 143234 For Servicemen
The fundraising total for the Army and Navy Y M C A. clubhouse rose to 143234 by yesterday noon. Mrs. Arthur W. Blake of Brookline gave 2000 while Dudley J. Pickman Parkinson Burr W. P. Wharton and a Friend contributed 1000 each.
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Arthur W. Blake
Brookline
Dudley J. Pickman
Parkinson & Burr
W. P. Wharton
Army
Navy
Boston fund drive shows strong early pledges and polarizing support
After daily subscriptions reach high totals from campaign teams and a ladies committee, Captain Burrage reports Navy yard units contributing 1000 to the Boston clubhouse fund. The finish line approach prompts city club talks and potential matching gifts from United Shoe Machinery and donor William Murdock as teams vie for top standings and public backing.
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Ladies’ Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Guy Hamilton Burrage
U. S
Nebraska
Georgia
Virginia
Rhode Island
Kearsage
Navy Yard
Charlestown
United Shoe Machinery Company
William E. Murdock
Seth Lee
Team No. 5
Boston Braves
Navy Yard Band
Boston
Braves Field
Finch Jeweler Files Bankruptcy Petition in Attleboro
Caleb F. Finch a jeweler at 165 South Main Street Attleboro filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court His liabilities total 0624 dollars and assets are estimated at 40 dollars
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Caleb F. Finch
South Main Street
Attleboro
United States District Court
Massachusetts section of League for Progressive Democracy letter to Wilson
The Massachusetts section of the League for Progressive Democracy sent a letter to President Wilson expressing confidence in his leadership and belief that his past leadership will guide the U S through the current crisis. The message was authorized at a Twentieth Century Club meeting with speakers John F Moors Mrs Glendower Evans and Charles H Jones and chaired by Mrs Susan W FitzGerald.
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Massachusetts
League For Progressive Democracy
Wilson
United States
Ing
Twentieth Century Club
John F. Moors
Glendower Evans
Charles H. Jones
Susan W. FitzGerald
House Servants Ought to Live at Home
Mrs H N Dresser of Brookline spoke to the Brighthelmstone Club in Brighton urging that household servants live at home and work standard day hours. She urged standardizing dish washing and laundry to save time labor and money whether hired help or family mothers perform the tasks.
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H. N. Dresser
Brookline
Brighthelmstone Club
Brighton
Last Tribute to Mrs Shaw in Jamaica Plain
Funeral services for Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw of Perkins street Jamaica Plain were held at the First Parish Unitarian Church Brookline conducted by the Rev Abbot Peterson. The Boston Equal Suffrage Association and the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association closed from noon to 2 pm. The Bennet Street industrial School of the North End and other associations paid tribute. Burial followed at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Quincy A. Shaw
Perkins Street
Jamaica Plain
First Parish Unitarian Church
Brookline
Abbot Peterson
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association
Bennet Streetdustrial School
North End
Mra Shaw
Scéneral Setevice
Roxbury
Ruggles Street
Camsbridge
Georgy Agassiz
Rudolph Agassiz
Max Agassi
Frank Shaw
Matthew Luck
James Russell
John Warrefly Meyer Bloomfield
George Greener
Forest Hf Cemetery
First Absence From Court After 30 Years
Jox an officer at the Charles to Court has been off duty due to illness. He notified Judge Charles S. Sullivan he must stay indoors at least one week. This marks the first absence in 30 years.
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Jox
Charles To Court
Charles S. Sullivan
Knowledge to Be a Leader Through Britannica
The piece argues equal opportunity to leadership and urges readers to gain knowledge via the Britannica. It cites self made men and Schwab to claim the Handy Volume Britannica offers college level learning for about 2000 dollars, asserting it can rival a college education.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
The
Britannica
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American Telegraph & Telephone Co
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