Opposition to Cot tage Farm bridge site hearing
Cambridge citizens led by City Solicitor Peter J. Nelligan oppose the Metropolitan District Commission plan to place the Cot age Farm bridge site. They warn it would divide Magazine bathing beach and adjacent playground endangering children. The hearing before the State House Committee on Metropolitan Affairs is at 10 tomorrow morning.
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Cottage Farm Bridge
Metropolitan District Commission
Cambridge
Peter J. Nelligan
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
State House
Cambridge City Council Votes Protest Bridge Site Change
Cambridge city council votes to send the city solicitor to protest altering the bridge site. The move signals formal opposition to the proposed location shift and sets a legal stance for ongoing negotiations and public input.
Wedge Admitted to Harvard Graduate School of Education
Frederick R. Wedge, once illiterate lumberjack and prizefighter from Arizona, was admitted to Harvard Graduate School of Education to study advanced psychology. Dean Henry W. Holmes cited Wedge’s remarkable educational struggle as the reason for admission despite prior scholastic concerns.
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Frederick R
Kid
Wedge
Arizona
Cambridge
Harvard
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Henry W. Holmes
Tim
Dean Holmes
Vessel ablaze racing to port with cargo worth millions
The Hall Line steamer Homeo bound from Calcutta and Colombo to this port with cargo valued over $1,000,000 is racing toward the Azores port of Horta as a serious fire rages in her No 1 hatch. Crews work to extinguish flames while fearing damage to adjacent compartments. The Romeo was last sighted Feb 8 past Gibraltar en route from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
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Hall Line
Homeo
Calcutta
Colombo
Horta
Azores
Romeo
Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic
Curley Praises Peters At Banquet In Strong Endorsement
Mayor James M. Curley lauded his predecessor Andrew J. Peters at a banquet praising Peters and the Peters administration. Curley pledged to complete unfinished plans as he set aside political strategy to emphasize honesty and integrity in local government.
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James M. Curley
Fuller Files Accusations Continued on Page 15
Taunton February 15 Lieutenant Governor Alvan T Fuller in a Superior Court filing details accusations that Joseph E Warner while speaker of the Massachusetts House used office for illicit gain He also seeks 106 interrogatories to be answered by Warner by February 27 The questions focus on Warner's law partnership with Harold F Hathaway his campaign for lieutenant governor and relations with Hathaway during his speakership
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Taunton
Joseph E. Warner
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Alvan T. Fuller
Superior Court
Warner
Harold F. Hathaway
Hathaway
Senator Borah Praises Wilson Despite League Runins
Senator William E. Borah, a leading opponent of the League of Nations, sends a telegram to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation dinner saying differences over method do not blind him to Wilson’s policies and aims for a more peaceful world. He regrets he cannot attend the dinner but supports the cause.
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New York
Wilson
William E. Borah
League of Nations
Senate
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Wilson Foundation
Soft drink stores sell rum openly in city
Police officials and the Licensing Board urged a licensing bill for soft drink emporiums after stating illicit liquor traffic is uncontainable. They cited youths as victims of hooch pedlars and urged city action to regulate soft drink shops, grocers, and fruit stands.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Licensing Board
Fletcher Ranney
Bath House Case Sparks Court Debate
In East Dedham Street Municipal Court Judge Michael J Murray questions if a drink accompanies a bath as Samuel Shubert is tried for keeping and exposing liquor at his Savoy Street Turkish bath. The fire at the Savoy Russian Baths led police to find moonshine and mash. Shubert pleads guilty and is fined fifty dollars.
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Michael J. Murray
Dedham Street
Samuel Shubert
Savoy Street
South End
Savoy Russian Baths
Murray
Shubert
Pius XI Sits on Peter’s Throne as Pontiff
In Rockport on February 15, Giovanni Ratti, second cousin of the new pope, works as a marble cutter at the far end of Pigeon Cove six miles from Gloucester, marking notable linkage to the Vatican.
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Giovanni Ratti
Pigeon Cove
B. Marie’ Ratti
Pope Pius XI
Rockport
Pius XI
Peter
Eternal City
America
Gloucester
Simple Italian worker kept grounded after pope rise
The man named Ratti lives in a Granite Street cottage with his wife and eight children. He remains modest about the elevation of his relative to the Catholic Church head as Pope Pius XI. A reporter’s visit showed a reticent, quiet craftsman who would rather be at his quarry than in the glare of papal discussion.
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Giovanni
Granite Street
Post
Pius XI
Ratti
Yale Captain Audiences Lowell Over College Athletics Debate
Malcolm P. Aldrich of Yale and Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell debated the overemphasis of college athletics at the Yale Club dinner in Boston. Aldrich defended athletics as a public demand while Lowell urged curtailment and cooperation between Ivy institutions to set a national trend.
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Malcolm P. Aldrich
Yale
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Harvard
Yale Club
Boston
Somerset
Aldrich
Colle
Lowell
United States
Firemen Hold Annual Ball in Mechanics Hall
More than 10 000 people attended the 43rd annual concert and ball of the Boston Fire and Protective Department at Mechanics Hall. State and city officials and hundreds of business leaders participated in the grand march and ceremony led by Captain Charles A Donahue.
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Boston Fire and Protective Department
Mechanics Hall
Mechanics Building
Charles A. Donahue
City of Boston
Joseph W. Shea
Rescue Company
Mark N. Sibley
Joan J. Regan
George I. Naumeister
Joseph P. Manning
Peter E. Walsh
H. E. Thompson
Protective Department
Taylor's Slayer: Woman Questioned Over Murder Scene
Davis Mabel Novenbetle was questioned again as detectives reviewed Taylor's statements from the night of the killing at the Desmond home. He described the route from the city centre toward Hollywood and testified what he knew about the proceedings that night.
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Davis
Mabel Novenbetle -Ehaettenis
William Desmond
Taylor
Hollywood
Thylor
No Clear Break in Taylor Murder Probe Says Woolwine
The district attorney says the Taylor murder investigation remains at its start with no solid leads or motive. Sheriff and police maintain a jealousy theory and suspect a woman, based on letters found at Taylor's home, but have not identified any suspect.
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Davis
Taylor
Woolwine
Sheriff's Office
Fire destroys Stoneham cottage in snow driven evacuation
A kitchen oil lamp exploded in Philip Harrel’s six room Stoneham home on Green street. The fire razed the dwelling with furniture and clothing. mother and two children aged six and seven fled into a blizzard without hats. The family lost $40 saved by the father, a coal wagon driver, and the total loss reaches about $2000 with no insurance.
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Philip’ Harrel
Green Street
Stoneham
Girl Prevents Big Explosion in Beverly Fire
Miss Fannie M Northern, a night telephone operator at Beverly central, alerted Fire Chief R H Grant after learning a barrel house at Gulf Refining Company's Tucks Point station near thousands of gallons of gasoline was on fire. The quick action connected fire headquarters and dispatched units that halted the blaze in the elevator pit and storeroom, limiting damage to about 10000 dollars.
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Beverly
Fannie
M. Northern
Central Exchange
R. H. Grant
Miss Northern
Gulf Refining Company
Tuck’s Point
Fire Department
Maze of Hope in Belfast Amid Ongoing Fire
London Feb 15 AP dispatch reports Bel fast conditions show little improvement with intermittent firing continuing. Casualties rise as the city endures another day of intense violence, though officials say the overall outlook is increasingly hopeful.
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London
Associated Press
Belfast
Churchill outlines joint border inquiry proposal in Commons
Churchill announces to the House of Commons a joint commission will investigate border conflicts on his suggestion. In the Lords Birkenhead echoes the plan but doubts wide cooperation between Premier Craig and Michael Collins for a Pacific settlement, stressing a strong desire to advance talks.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Birkenhead
House of Lords
Craig
Michael Collins
U S Consul at Nagasaki Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Raymond Schofield Curtice United States Consul at Nagasaki died by shooting himself in a Wilmington hotel room. He had been in the United States on vacation since February 6 after overwork in his consular duties. He was 37 and the son of Reverend Paul Curtice of Hempstead New York.
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Wilmington
Del
Raymond Schofield Curtice
United States
Nagasaki
Japan
Curtice
Paul Curtice
Hempstead
L. I
New York
Washington
Horrigan Wife Seeks Separate Support in Court Testimony
Mrs. Alice B Horrigan of 430 Centre Street Jamaica Plain testified for support from her husband in a divorce petition. John H Horrigan, former president of Horrigan Doe Inc, beef dealers in the market district, described hiding behind furniture and draperies before an incident.
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Alice. B. Horrigan
Centre’ Street
Jamaica
Pla
John H. Horrigan
Horrigan’ & Doe, Inc
Persian Cat Chianti Buried With Mourners In Connecticut
Chianti, a 26 pound Persian cat owned by Miss Bess ie Skimner of the Winsted Gas Company, was buried in a white satin lined casket at Diamond B Farm on the Torrington road. The service drew mourners including children who played nearby and floral tributes bearing the inscription Chianti 1910 1922.
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Winsted
Conn
Blame Placed for Flappers by Andover Principal
Dr Alfred E Stearns former Phillips Academy head pins responsibility on parents not daughters for the flapper trend. He says mothers push fashions while fathers keep liquor flowing defying the constitution and shaping youth to disregard law and morality.
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Chicago
United News
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
Andover
Boston Snow Hits Streets as Storm Delivers Fresh Blanket
The regions of Greater Boston were covered by a fresh snowstorm, bringing four to ten inches of white in many areas. Wind and slush troubled downtown streets but the storm rapidly cooled, with more snow expected and colder weather anticipated today.
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Boston
New England
Old Boreas
Resting Wind Brings Gales, Worry to Railroad Men
The report notes the wind resting into the northwest quarter and later indicating gales. This weather shift caused considerable worry among railroad workers and other observers.
Indictment for Murder at Kingston Inn in Plymouth County
Plymouth County grand jury indicted Richard J. Rowland and James W. Wickham for the December murder of Edward C. Cardinal near the Kingston Inn. They are ill in jail and arraignment is delayed. trial expected by June. Cardinal was killed delivering whiskey. Rowland claimed two masked men attempted a hold up during the exchange.
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Plymouth
Plymouth County
Richard J. Rowland
Kingston
James W. Wickham
Duxbury
Kingston Inn
Edward C. Cardinal
Methuen
Katzman
Cardinal
Rowland
New York Feels Warmest February Day in Half-Century
Fragmentary notice notes a 63 degree reading in New York, marking one of the warmest February days in 50 years amid references to World War I era events and blizzard conditions elsewhere. Jeresa Van Allen listed among anniversaries.
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Jeresa van Allen
D. D
British Isles
Newfoundland
Man Tobe
New York
Snow and Cold Weather Forecast for New England
The forecast warns of snow and colder conditions for Thursday in Northern New England and New York, with Friday turning fair but cold. The storm tracked from the West Gulf to South Carolina then northeast, with another disturbance near Cape Cod. Northeasterly gales and snow/rain expected along the coast from Cape Sable to Sandy Hook.
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Washington
New England
New York
West Gulf of Mexico
South Carolina
Cape Cod
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Cape Slatteray
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