Brookline Undertaker Parker Bryant Dies at 78
Parker Bryant prominent Brookline businessman in the undertaking trade at Coolidge Corner dies at his home 1837 Beacon Street aged 78 after a long illness. He served as a trustee of Brookline Lodge of Elks and belonged to several clubs and church groups. Survived by his second wife Juliet Hall Higgins of Rockland Me and four children from his first wife plus a sister, Mrs James Day of Wakefield.
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Parker Bryant
Brookline
Beacon Street
Bryant
Coolidge Corner
Brookline Lodge of Elks
Massachusetts Undertakers’ Club
Norfolk
Republican Club
Harvard Congregational Church
Brotherhood Club
Juliet Hall Higgins
Rockland
James Day
Wakefield
Walker Remains In Jail On Larceny Charge
Charles E. Walker of West Newton could not post 10000 bail and spent the night in Charles Street jail. Arraigned before Judge Creed on larceny of 30000 from New England Discount Co. He pleaded not guilty. Case continued to March 8 for hearing. gram jury to review evidence.
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Charles E. Walker
Belmont Street
West Newton
New England Discount Company
Charles Street
Creed
Thomas Lynch
J. W. Johnson
Walker
Gleason Lectures California Trees and Wildflowers
Last evening in Tremont Temple Herbert W. Gleason gave the fourth in his series of illustrated lectures on The Trees and Wild Flowers of California. It will be repeated Saturday afternoon.
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Tremont Temple
Herbert W. Gleason
California
Ship bill blocked again as Senate doubt grows
Washington reports the amended government ship purchase bill failed to secure Senate support after hurried passage in the House. Administration leaders see no clear path, with Democrats and Progressive Republicans unreconciled, making passage unlikely without their backing.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burleson
Congress
Huckins Sued for Divorce
Mrs Hazel Huckins of Boston and Brookline files a libel for divorce against Frank P Huckins a prominent lumberman and sportsman. The couple who wed in 1910 had separated with Hazel living with her parents while Huckins kept bachelor apartments at 41 Dwight Street Brookline.
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Hazel L. Huckins
Boston
Brookline
Frank P. Huckins
Huckins
Dwight Street
Calcutta Professor Delivers Lecture at Harvard
Professor Tagdis Chandra Bose of the University of Calcutta spoke in Emerson Hall at Harvard yesterday afternoon on The Control of Nervous Impulse in Plant and Animal before a gathering of students.
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Tagdis Chandra Bose
University of Calcutta
India
Emerson Hall
Harvard
Funeral services for Ellen M. O’Connor at St. Joseph’s Church
Funeral services for Ellen M. O’Connor wife of John B. O’Connor of 162 Charles Street were held at her home and St. Joseph’s Church on Wednesday morning. Rev Father Roche celebrated a requiem high mass with pallbearers Patrick O’Neil Lawrence O’Neil William Kelley and John J. Flynn serving.
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Ellen M. O'Connor
John B. O’connor
Charles Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Roche
Patrick O'Neil
Lawrence O'Neil
William Kelley
John J. Flynn
Sargol Fat-Producing Remedy Advertised for Thinner People
An ad claims a regenerative force called Sargol can cure extreme thinness by supplying concentrated fats to the blood and correcting digestion. It asserts physicians endorse it and that it strengthens nerves, boosts nourishment, and adds flesh with monthly use, warning it may spike ten pounds for nervous users.
Huckins Family In Libel Suit For Divorce Alimony
Hazel Huckins sues for divorce from William C Huckins president of P S S Huckins Co and seeks child custody and alimony. She cites repeated abuse in Maine Boston Brookline and Brookline among 1910 to 1914 with Nov 16 1914 noted. She has left their Brookline home and declined further comment.
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Huckins
P. S&s. Huckins Company
Central Street
Frank Huckins
Hazel Littlefield
Herbert J. Littlefield
Hawley-Folsom Company
Essex Street
Maine
Boston
Brookline
Dwight Street
Rockwood to Head Ticket in Cambridge Mayor Race
Final Cambridge primaries confirm Wendell B. Rockwood as Citizens' nominee for mayor with 926 votes. Democratic machine falters as John C. Haverty defeats William M. Hogan for principal assessor by about 800 votes. Incumbent Mayor Timothy W. Good unopposed on the Democratic ticket. Bradley defeats McCue for school committee at large. Barrett wins the third district race over Gadsby. Rockwood leads mayoral field with Shearman and Lake trailing.
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Cambridge City
Citizens’ Municipal Party
Wendell B. Rockwood
Democratic City Machine
John C. Haverty
William M. Hogan
Haverty
Timothy W. Good
Machine
John W. Bradley
Charles F. J. McCue
James T. Barrett
School Committee
John F. Gadsby
Citizens
George E. Shearman
Charles H. Lake
Billings Answers Critics On Boston Shipping Needs
Edmund Billings the collector of the port issued a statement defending his report to the Secretary of the Treasury claiming Boston needs more ships. He cites January 1915 exports doubling from January 1914 and a 40 percent drop in ships cleared last month versus January 1914.
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Edmund Billings
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Mr. Billings
Washington
Congressional
Chamber of Commerce
Custom House
Treasury Department
Europe
Boston shipping bottleneck prompts Treasury inquiry report
In a February 8 1915 telegram Boston collector FR Billings reports widespread export freight congestion due to limited vessel capacity. He notes steep declines in ship clearances versus 1914 while exports rise, urging more ships and faster bookings to relieve the port while denying political motives.
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Boston
William G. McAdoo
Europe
FR. Billings
Get-It corn cure advertised as miracle removal
An old newspaper ad touts GETS-IT as the first corn cure that removes corns in seconds using two drops. It proclaims availability at every drugstore and promises a world wonder in corn treatment.
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Eb, Lawrence & Co
Chicago
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RH White
Madras
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Wilson
Senate Committee
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Baltimore
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McAdoo
United States
Baker
W. J. Sickel
Hamburg-American Line
Sickell
Wallace Downey
New York
Rex II
Calcutta
Mrs. O'Connor
Rockwood
Cambridge
Edwards Credit Co
Winter St., Cor. Washington
Edwards
Wes
Winter ST
Winter Street
Billings
Yale
Princeton
Vapo Cresolene CO
Cortlandt St
N.Y
Stoddard
Washington Street
SSRN
Acs
John T. KU
Ene
Union Street
Washington St
Jefferson Building
Viking
Globe
Brookside
SIALS
Birds Eye
Sid
Starat
Ibe
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