Pontoon Bridges Sought for Court Street Boston
A Boston merchant urges the General Court to authorize the city to buy pontoon bridges for Court Street between Bowdoin and Hanover streets. The plan assigns Public Works to select a safe route and set the pontoons for foot travel, with completion within three years.
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Court Street
Bowdoin Square
Hanover Street
Boston
Senate
House of Representatives
City of
Commissioner of Public Works
Psychology of Money Making at Brown University
Professor Frank W Taussig of Harvard spoke at Brown University on February 15 about why rich men seek more wealth and how these motives might be redirected for social good. He outlined motives behind wealth pursuit and suggested avenues for modification to benefit society.
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Providence
Brown University
Frank W. Taussig
Harvard
Taussig
Council 10 Be Really Dignified
City Councillors adopt punctuality and dignity as their meeting slogan led by President George W. Coleman. They vow to assemble on the minute and confine remarks to business to expedite deliberations.
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George W. Coleman
City Council Tightens Meeting Rules For Pace
Council votes to require committee meetings end one hour before regular sessions and not extend into opening time. Ordinance finance and other committees must avoid delaying sessions. Adjournment occurred in eight minutes after executive session, with emphasis on order and quiet.
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John J. Attridge
Coleman
Warn Against Contraband and Belgian Relief Funds
At a New England Belgian Relief Fund meeting the executive committee urged strict adherence to contraband food rules from the Belgian Commission for Relief and the British list. Supplies of clothing arrive for the next relief ship, with a plea for flour and meal over canned goods as bread is the Belgian need. Subscriptions totaled 100,202.04 after recent acknowledgments from several donors and organizations.
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New England
Belgian Relief Fund
Rackemann
Belgian Commission For Relief
Fiske
Belgium
Joseph H. O'Neil
Devonshire Street
Boston
Franklin letter carrier arrested for embezzlement
Bertram A Turner a letter carrier at Franklin was arrested yesterday charged with embezzling a letter containing 11.20 addressed to the Larkin Company by Post Office Inspector Rise who after a conference with Turner turned him over to US Deputy Marshal Tighe. A hearing is pending Feb 24 with US Commissioner Hayes holding him in 500 dollars bail.
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Bertram A. Turner
Franklin
Larkin Company
Post Office
Rise
Turner
United States
Marshal Tighe
Hayes
Woolson 60 Dies En Route to Haymarket Hospital
Harry H. Woolson of Wellington and the A. T. Hubbard & Co. tailors on Park street fell ill at the Parker House yesterday and died while being transported to the Haymarket Square Relief Hospital.
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H. H. Woolson
Harry H. Woolson
Wellington
A. T. Hubbard & Co
Park Street
Parker House
Haymarket Square
Boston City Club Opens Magnificent New Home
The Boston City Club unveiled its $900,000 Ashburton Place building with over 5000 members and guests touring the facilities. The world’s largest clubhouse outside London hosted 800 for breakfast and 1800 diners, with notable attendees including Cardinal O Connell Louis D Brandeis and Mayor Curley.
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Boston City Club
Ashburton Place
Court House
National Liberal Club of
London
Addison I. Winship
Cardinal O'Connell
Louis D. Brandeis
Edwin A. Shuman
Samuel Eliot
D. D
American Unitarian Association
Frederick P. Fish
State Board of Education
James W. Rollins
Winship
Curley
Henry K. Braley
Supreme Judicial Court
James P. Munroe
Isadore G. Sternberger
Equitable Building
Allan P. Jordan
Everett
Louis E. Cadieux
Summer Street
Carl P. Bowen
Electrical Engineers
Booming Cochrane for Brookline Assessor
In Brookline last night a series of meetings backed Martin J. Cochrane for assessor. The Feb 18 caucus is anticipated as one of the town’s hottest races with a large turnout expected. Cochrane, longtime Brookline resident and prominent figure in insurance with Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, is favored to lead the ticket.
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Brookline
Martin J. Cochrane
Cochrane
Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company
Somerville Progressive Leader Attacks McCall and Republicans
Fred W. Town, president of the Somerville Progressive city committee, protests Mr. McCall's Lynn speech accusing religion of seeding politics at the state election. He says Progressives will not join the Republican machine and urges a new party apparatus to gain influence, noting past Republican efforts to derail the Progressive movement. The letter is dated February 18, 1915, and from East Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Post
McCall
Lynn Feb. Ui
Fred WH
Somerville
Progressive City Committee
Lowell Street
East
Mass
Headmaster Casey Bids Class of 1906 Cheer at Dinner
John F. Casey headmaster of English High School announced his retirement will take effect in June at a complimentary dinner for the class of 1906 held at the Copley Square Hotel. He stated he is in his prime and spoke to the assembled students and attendees.
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John F. Casey
English High School
Copley Square Hotel
Head Master Casey Honored as Class Dines in Dutch Room
About 100 members of the class attended the dinner in the hotel Dutch room honoring Head Master Casey who received a gold-headed cane. Ex-Congressman John A. Kelsher lamented yellow journals and incitement while Daniel McIsaacs urged support for Wilson's policies. Class officers were elected William F. Brophy president Richard W. Sullivan vice president Lindsey B. Schell secretary treasurer and a cabaret by class members Gertrude Galvin Thomas A De Lay Joan P. Riley Thomas Lonergan Warren F Brooks and Walter Burns.
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Casey
John A. Kelsher
Daniel McIsaacs
Wilson
Allen R. Fredericks
William F. Brophy
Richard W. Sullivan
Fight Over Cabot Will Has Begun
Daughters of Cabot contest the 1914 will tied to a life income trust delaying principal until the last grandchild reaches 21. Briggs seeks set aside, Bartol seeks confirmation. Case moved from local court to Suffolk County Court House in Boston.
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Cabot
Bartol
Choate
John ©. Gray
Harvard Law School
Cabots Battle Over Estate Will In Probate Trial
In a Boston probate case the will of A M Cabot is challenged amid claims it favored his grandchildren over his own children. Testimony from witnesses John Richardson Jr and Roland Gray details will execution and the ambiguous original document.
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John Richardson Jr
Roland Gray
Professor Gray
Mr. Cabot
Boston
Mr. Richardson
Mr. Gray
Brookline
Gray
Whipple
George E. Cabot
Indians Attend Meuse Burial
Dennie Meuse a full blooded Indian who died at his wigwam in East Milton was buried in Milton Cemetery with tribal honors. Sixty Indians from New England led the procession from St. Gregorys Church to the grave as crowds of summer residents and Milton residents filled the church. He claimed Cherokee ancestry while allied with the Micmacs and was known along the south shore each summer.
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Donnie Meuse
East Milton
Milton
New England
St. Gregory's Church
Dennie
South Shore
Woburn Patent Leather Plant Destroyed in Sudden Fire
A lightning quick blaze leveled the Harry W. Clark Leather Company patent leather factory on Ashburton road North Woburn. About 100 workers watched dinner as fire destroyed the three story, 150 by 900 foot building in twenty minutes. losses estimated at 50 000 for the structure and 100 000 for leather in process and stock. Local fire brigade and workers saved six adjoining factories from total ruin. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Harry W. Clark Leather Company
Ashburton Road
North Woburn
Woburn
Patent Leather
Conspiracy Case Still On In Cambridge Drugstore Trial
After an all day session Judge Wentworth continued the case of Charles T. Scallan a Cambridge druggist. Patrick Griffin and Thomas Cullody of South Boston charged with conspiracy to persuade a witness not to testify in the liquor crusade case. Fred J. Weyand head of a detective agency and Patwick Griffin testified.
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Judge Wentworth
Charles T. Scallan
Cambridge
Patrick Griffin
Thomas Cullody
South
Boston
Fred J. Weyand
Patwick Griffin
Home Furnishers Banquet Tonight in Massachusetts
The ninth annual banquet of the Home Furnishers Association of Massachusetts will be held at the New American House tonight. Speakers include Lieutenant Governor Grafton Cushing, Representative Washburn, Councillor Guy Ham, and Ludwig Bauman of New York City. The event features vaudeville entertainment and a lively toastmaster, C. F. E. Osgood.
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The
Home Furnishers’ Association of
Massachusetts
New American House
Grafton Pp. Cushing
Washburn
Worcester
Guy Ham
Ludwig Bauman
New York City
National Home Furnishers’' Association of America
C. F E. Osgood
New Annex Plan For City Hall Fails Over Costs
City officials failed to reach agreement on building a $300 000 annex on Tremont Street site of the old Probate Court. Mayor Curley warned the 800 000 building may not be erected and suggested selling the Tremont Street parcel. Officials will reconsider over a week and may choose cheaper sites for the school and police departments.
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City Hall
Tremont Street
Curley
O'Meara
John A. Sullivan
Law Department
Finance Commission
Jewish relief drive targets 25000 dollars in 15 days
The New England branch of the American Jewish relief committee opened a campaign at the Boston City Club dinner. Louis D. Brandeis chaired as principal speaker, with a goal of 25000 dollars toward war sufferers from the conflict. The fund now stands at 295007 dollars.
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New England
American Jewish Relief Committee
New Boston City
Louis D. Brandeis
American Jewish War Relief Committee
Primary Day in Cambridge Elections Spark Intra-Party Fights
Cambridge voters head to the polls for the first direct primary under a new law. The Democratic race for principal assessor features defending official William M. Hogan against John C. Haverty. A separate East Cambridge contest lines John F. Gadsby against ex-Alderman James T. Barrett for school committeeman.
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Cambridge City
William M. Hogan
John C. Haverty
East Cambridge
John F. Gadsby
James T. Barrett
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