Highway board attacked over vehicle registration powers
Representatives from the National Automobile Association and Safe Roads Association pressed a special legislative committee to remove motor vehicle registration and operator licensing from the Highway Commission. Harvard University President A Lawrence Lowell testified that MIT functions as a Harvard department in engineering, while Harvard indirectly controls instruction at Tech through the McKay bequest dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Automobile Association
The
Safe Roads Association
Special Legislative Committee On Commissions
Highway Commission
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Pierce
McKay
Harvard School of Applied Science
Debates Over Highway Auto Agency Powers Continue
The committee heard three bills creating a motor traffic commissioner a three member motor commission and a single commissioner with defined duties. Advocates argued to remove duties from the Highway Commission citing 19000 auto accidents last year with 315 killed and 9331 injured. Opponents including Colonel Sohier praised the auto branch noting 565000 car registrations in two months and a deputy commissioner proposal to head the auto division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Commission
Highway Commission
Francis Peabody
Milton
Safe Roads Association
William D. Sohier
James N. Synan
Nichols Woman Sues Husband for Cruel Treatment
Mrs. Lillian R. Nichols files for divorce from William R. Nichols alleging cruel and abusive conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Nichols
Divorce Action In Middlesex Court Over Hen Hobby
Mrs. Lillian R. Nichols seeks a divorce in Middlesex Superior Court East Cambridge alleging cruel treatment and neglect. The case was continued to gather evidence as Nichols admitted conflicts over visits to his father and his hens at the father’s home in Woburn. Nichols blamed his wife for disliking the hens and said his father aided their family with meals and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian R. Nichols
Middlesex
East Cambridge
Woburn
Jabez Fox
Nichols
Harvard Trustees Clash Over Gordon McKay Fund Use
President Lowell asserts the $22 million McKay fund remains under Harvard control while trustees Frank Stanley and George Gilbert oppose current use by Harvard Engineering at Tech. They argue the spirit of McKay favors a stand‑alone engineering school. the dispute centers on 1915‑16 transfers and institutional cooperation. The case resumes Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon McKay
Lowell
Frank T. Stanley
Swampscott
George E. Gilbert
Newton
Harvard
McKay
Technology
Harvard University
Institute
Tech
Lawrence Scientific School
Charles
Milburn
Waterfront Calendar Forecast Forecast for February 22
Maritime bulletin lists tides at morning high 11 feet with a 1 hour 50 minute increase. Notes the 58th year of conflict, 937th day of war, and remaining 25 days of winter. Full moons on March 8 and April 7. evening sky shows Venus as a morning star and Jupiter and Saturn in evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Eoening
Jupiter
Saturn
Apperson
Maxwell
Studebaker
Paige
Irvington Street
Lentens bring peak activity to Atlantic City fish trade
With the Lenten season starting, the fishing market faces its busiest seven weeks as prices rise due to a smaller fleet and dwindling cold storage. Four new steam trawlers join seven vessels in port, moving haddock cod pollock hake and other catches. Holiday closes pier session. Friday orders already packed for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia
Haddock
Ellen & Mary
Josie & Phebe
Cabral
Hortense
M. Goodspee
Died and funeral notices from Boston area obituaries
Long list of death notices and funeral details for residents of Boston area from Feb 19 to Feb 26. Entries name deceased, ages, residence, funeral times, immediate family, church or chapel, and burial or procession notes. Includes Barron Barton, Blake, Bragg, Burke, Carey, Cassin, Center, Connolly, Craffey, Dacey, Di Napoli, Drouin, Engelhardt, Ferioli, Flavin, French, Frink, Golding, Hartley, Hogan, Howley, Jordan, Kelliher, Kerrigan, Lawler, Lombard, MacDonald, McCarthy, McCormack, McGrail, McGrorey, Moynahan, Norton, Parker, Putt, Richardson, Richburg, Roberts, Rose, Ryan, Sheridan, Shields, Smalley, Staples, Sullivan, Trautz, Winward, with church names including Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, Star of the Sea, St. Catherine's, All Saints, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bragg
Medford
Annie Fisk
Joshua M. Bragg
Thatcher St
Burkke
Chelsea
Susana Burke
James Butt
Grove St
Burke
Beachmont
Margaret T. Burke
Winthrop Ave
Our Lady of Lourdes
Butler
Boston
Catherine (Murtagh
Thomas J. Butler
Patrick and
Mary A. Murtagh
Gates St
St. Augustine’s
Fitchburg
Ass. Carey
Roxbury
Thomas F. Carey
Leen St
Sacred Heart Church
Cederborg
Huntington Memorial Hospital
O. H. G. Cederborg
Briggs’ Chapel
Huntington Ave
Somerville
Albert Center
Upland Park
Winter Hill
Bradford Chapel
Gloucester
Connolly
Roslindale
Nora
Michael Connolly
Neponset Ave
Manchester
N. H
Cosgrove
George O
Ann
James Cosgrove
Curley
Mulvey Ave
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Cotter
Kelley
Highland St
All Saints’ Church
Dacey
Margaret
Patrick T. Tracey
Townsend St
St. Joseph’s Church
Malden
DI Napoli
Caterina di Napoli
Amerino
Enrico di Napoli
Tlarrishof St
North Sq
Drouin
Lena M. Drouin
Louis P. Drouin
Dudley St
Ferioli
Adelina
Giuseppe Ferioli
Summer St
Flavin
William J
Susie Flavin
Darragh
Lexington St
Star of the Sea
Joseph Edwards French
Baptist Church
Rockland
Frink
West Somerville
Emma L
W. A. Frink
Simpson Ave
Golding
Winthrop
Samuel J. Golding
Irwin St
Martley
Hogan
Sophia
Nee Lyons
James Hogan
Wm. E. Barry
Bartlett St
St. Ann's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Howley
Norah
Cornelius Howley
Saratoga St
Jordan
Jn South
Patrick F
Patrick
Mary Jordan
John J. Jordan
East Second St
St. Eulalia’s
Kelliher
John T. Kelliher
Norfolk Ave
St. Patrick's Church
Kerrigan
Mary
Fourth St
John W. Lavery & Son
SS. Peter and Paul's Church
M’cormack
Worcester
William J., Jr
Delia IL
William T. McCormack
Forest Hills
New Calvary Cemetery
M'Grorey
Elizabeth McGrorey
John McGrorey
I’. J. Crosby
Warren St
St. Joseph's Church
Moynahan
Mattapan
Frederick H
Mary Moynahan
Higgins
Woodlawn Ave
St. Angela's Church
Norton
John J
Margaret Norton
Toran
Elmwood Park
Church of the Sacred Heart
Main St
Parker
Winchester
Charles W. Parker
Glengarry
North Station
Putt
Dorchester
Emma E
Fred H. Putt
Church of the Epiphany
Norfolk
Cor
Stanton Sts
Richardson
West Acton
Mass
James E. Richardson
Richburg
Lowell
Herman (. Richburg
Lawrence St
Roberts
Iin Randolph
Allen Roberts
Irving Road
Rose
Fritz
Mary Ann Rose
O’brien
Tremont St
St. Francis de Sales
Vernon St
Ryan
Edward
David
Bridget Ryan
John Dunn
Woodward St
St. Monica’s Church
Ellen M
Michael G. Ryan
Murphy
Linden Park St
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Sheridan
Jamaica Plain
Hannah
James H. Sheridan
Donegan
Annie F
Nee O'Brien
William I. Sullivan
Fellows Court
St. Philip's Church
Sullivan
Allston
John J. Sullivan
South Waverley St
St. Anthony’s
Trautz
George Trautz
Cowper St
Providence
In Memoriam Anniversaries Across Boston Area
Memorial notices honor Jeremiah Hf. Wrene who died February 22 1916 with an anniversary high mass at Mission Church Roxbury and James F Gilfether former Sacred Heart pastor remembered at Gate of Heaven South Boston. Widows and family insert tributes for late spouses and fathers including William H Smith and Alvin B Wilmot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engelhardt
Boston
Margaret M. Engelhardt
John M. L. Engelhardt
Gate of Heaven
Mission Church
Roxbury
Jeremiah Hf. Wrene
S A. m
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
James F. Gilfether
Sacred Heart Church
West Lynn
William H. Smith
Needham
Margaret McLaughlin
Mass
Alvin B. Wilmot
Boston Flower Phone Beach 6900
A brief telegraphed notice reports BostonFlower Phone Beach 6900 in a local context. The fragment hints at a numbers based prompt or contact line associated with Boston area services. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Salvage of Borinquen Reaches Bermuda After 11 Day Tow
Details from Bermuda report the American steamer Borinquen, feared lost after a long voyage, was towed in by Dutch freighter Rysbergen on Tuesday. The rescue began February 9 after the Borinquen drifted for three days, suffering leaks and damaged gear while carrying 2500 tons of china clay from Fowey. The two masted coaster Maggie Todd is also mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borinquen
Bermuda
Rysbergen
Shipping News Items from New England Ports and Atlantic Routes
Shipping news lists vessels under US and British ownership across Camden Provincetown Halifax Norfolk Baltimore Gloucester Rockport New Bedford and Portland. steamers Prince Arthur Hawes and H K Dimpock Crowell and bonds Franklin Simmons etc. schooners Carrie L Hirtle Herman F Kimball Sallie KB Ludlum Mary Langdon and tugs Resolute and Leader appear with tow and towing barge activity.
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UC. S
Gresham
Camden
Provincetown
Prince Arthur
Hawes
H. Kk
Dimpock
Crowell
New York
Ontario
Bond
Franklin
Simmons
Norfolk
Arlington
Michelson
Baltimore
Gloucester
Hutch
Newport News
Calvin Austin
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Lowell States University
Highway Board
Vs. Nichols
Waterfront
Bigede Ccs Sc
Csce
Atlantic City
Bisinerel
BO Ns Ssas
Charleston
Eae Ites
Denver
Csscsce
Des Moines
Masedoie Ecs
Aiventon
Scor UG Saare
Haleia
Jacksonville
Mansas City
Mioticren
Nantucket
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Portland, Ore
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St Paul
Washington
Seattle
Co-operative Club
Chas. S. Norris
Rosen’s Vacans Shops
School Street
Rrosen
Victor
Columbia Records
Anglia American Phonograph CO
Hanover _St
Brooks
Boylston, Cor. Wash. St
Continental Clothing Co
Hallet & Davis
Boylston
Worcester St
Sybil A. Robertson
P. McCarthy
Broadway
St. Eulalia’s Church
Winward
Emma Burton
Edwin Winward
College Ave
John Walsh
James McGuire
Nora McGuire
Francis P. O'Bryan
Police Station 2
Sarah B. O’bryan
Hall
Back Bay
Chickering
Steinway, Ivers & Pond
Berry
Rox
Rel
Kranich & Bach
Chickering, Miller, Emerson and
Vose
United School OF Popular Music
Hunt
Tel
Dor
M. Tel
Dorchester Real Estate Company
Dorchester Ave
Wellesley
the Post
Woodlawn
Everett
Haskell Ave
call _Everett
COSBY
R. R
W. A. Dunham
GHO. Co
Wood, Tel
Washington St
Greater Boston
Henry W.savage,inc
Henry A. Brown
Devonshire St
F. Hovey
State
Hill
Albert A’ Amman
F. H
Winthrop Highlands
Dedham
Devonshire At
Model Typewriter Insp. CO
Corona Typewriter
American Writing Machine CO
Franklin St
Peabody
Congress St
Crenshaw Engineering & Construction C C., Inc
van Sinderen Ave
East
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dudley
Rex
Thomas G. Plant CO
Bickford Streets
Chestnut St
Newton Upper Falls
Schrafft’s
Hanover St
Sailem
G. T. Day & CO
Utica St
Perience
Lovell & Covel CO
Fulton St
Touraine Confectionery CO
Causeway St
A. R. Justice CO
Thompson Crooker Shoe CO
Station St
Roxbury Crossing
Boston Mailing CO
Atlantic Ave
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber CO
Car of Portland
Binney Sts
Cambridge
Chicago
Kennedy Biscuit Works
National Biscuit CO
Central Sq
Cambridgeport
H. Tate Mop & Cordage CO
Chardon St
Lewiston
J. Me
the Royal Chinese American Restaurant
Harrison Ave
Allen's Law Office
BEN Kaplan CO
West St
Richmond
Helene L. Sweney
Fenway Theatre
Boylston St
Kee
Mabel Hall
Graduate Wilson School
Mass. Ave
Stoken
Newbury St
Loomis School
Heinemann House Academies
School St
Dora Fawcett
R. B
Slye
TT Journal Bldg
Republic Bldg
Gem
Court ST
Cornhill
Lic
Workingmen’s Loan Association
Treat Paine
Treas
Joan
Beacon St
St. Rm
Childs & CO
Wm. A. Thompson Co
J. Roy
Williams
Cambridge St
Binne Hill Ave
A &1
Beach ST
Gridley & Cleveland
MFG. CO
Employment Bureau
Bristol
Conn
Army OF United States
United States
Olympia Bldg
Tremont Row
State St
Meriden
Security Bank Note Company
Phila
Fox
Box
South End
Concord St
Liverpool
Atlantic Shipping CO
W. A. Miller
Union Sq
C. Bowles & CO
Redford
S. K
Abbott & CO
St. St
Miller
Union Sa
T. Miley & Son
South H
W. As
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Insurance
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Annuity Company of
Massachusetts
Walter M'Lane
John W. Craig
Thurston Dining Room
Bowdoin St
M. Sargent
Miss Sargent
Hereford St
Glen Rd
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Kenmore St
Massachusetts Ave
Kenmord
Commonwealth Ave
Kent St
Longwood Ave
Brookline
En Ee
Harrad Sq
J. Fischer
Mass. Chambers
Mass. Ave. Tel
Highland Ave
Rand Comper
J. G. T. Tel
WM. FE
Copeland Yl
Lane
Oakland St
Brighton
Effy
Automobile Consignment Co
Irvington St
Mitchell
Coolidge Corner
America
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Hoosac Tunnel
Fall River Line
Col. Washington and
Court Sts
Fort Hill
Colonial Line
Wesh
Uneseuaute AW
York
Georgia
Tennessee
Marks & Chester
New England
Dudley Sq
Max Keezer
Read & White
Willner’s
C. B. Somers
LL. J. Peabody
Johnson's Laboratory
Mfrs
Shamokin
Lynn
James Woolley
Connolly Bros
Salem
Sagamore
Knight of the Garter
Southerndown
St. Nazaire
Hurymedon
James S. Whitney
Harvey N. Brown
Sewalls Point
Corsica
Cto
Neponset
Rahn
Plymouth
Scully
Nay Aug
Cohocton
S. T. Co
Honey Brook
Port Johnson
Resolute
Wilmington
New Bedford
Monecacy
Tremont Street
J. $. Waterman & Sons
Washington Street
Frank S. Waterman
Joseph S. Waterman
Marconi Telegraph and Cable
Sugar Products Company of
Porto Rico
Todd
Maggie Todd
Calais
Shipping News
House OF Correction
George FE. Brown
Central Court
Murray
Creed
McHay
Cerner
Amaica Plain Office
P. m
Jig and Toolmak
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