Taft Urges Two Battleships at Navy League Meeting
Washington Feb 23 President Taft told the Navy League that the nation must not economize on its naval defense urging Congress to authorize two new battleships. He said he would sign such a bill and noted the navy, army, and war costs justify maintaining strength until war is abolished. Speakers included Rear Admiral Wainwright and Rep Swagar Sherley. Secretary Meyer joined the president at the event.
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Washington
Navy League
Taft
Congress
Wainwright
Swagar Sherley
Kentucky
Charles Franangig Adams
Boston
League
Meyer
Man Seeks Annulment From Fraudulently Induced 1911 Marriage
Abraham Levy also known as William Levy a minor of Somerville appeared in East Cambridge Divorce Court before Judge Bana to seek annulment of his marriage to Evelyn Downing. He testified that on May 15 1911 he was fraudulently induced by Downing also a minor resident of Somerville to travel to Nashua New Hampshire and marry after filing false ages on a license. The couple then wed via a local justice of the peace before returning home. Judge D took the case under advisement.
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Abraham Levy
William Levy
Somerville
East Cambridge
Justice of the Peace
Cresson Medal Awarded to Nine Noted Scientists
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia announced the Cresson gold medal, its top honor, awarded to nine scientists including Alexander Graham Bell Samuel W. Stratton of Washington D C Albert A Michelson Alfred Noble Elihu Thomson Edwin W Morley Johann F Adolph Von Baeyer Sir William Crookes and Sir Henry Roscoe of London.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Cresson
Institute
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Wesley Stratton
Washington, D. C
Albert A. Michelson
Chicago
Alfred Noble
New York
Elihu Thomson
Swampscott
Mass
Edwin William Morley
West ‘Hartford
Winthrop Women’s Club Reunion Raises Piles of Pennies
Over 200 women attended the Winthrop Women’s Club reunion at the Winthrop Episcopal Church parish house. Each paid one cent per year of age as admission, causing great amusement at the door as pennies were counted.
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Winthrop Women's Club
Winthrop, Episcopal Church
Women thwart a calendar night fundraiser with sealed pennies
A club event met success as women enrolled in the plan by donating pennies in sealed envelopes to hide ages and foil counting tricks. The proceeds go to the Federation of Women's Clubs with sketches and a luncheon to follow, and tables were named after birth months.
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Edwin H.wyman
Federation of Women's Clubs
Oyster Debate Roils Boston Dealers Over Live Crabs
A southern breeze from Mobile, Alabama spurs talk in Boston about whether oysters are sold alive or dead. Dealers and the Humane Society of the State are drawn into the dispute as public concern grows over oyster safety and humane treatment.
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Mobile
Ala
Humane Society of
Oyster Fight Prompts Humane Debate Across States
A controversial dispatch from the state oyster commission protests eating oysters alive. Leaders in Massachusetts and Mobile weigh the issue as clerks and cafe staff are observed handling oysters, while the Animal Rescue League argues the oyster is a fish and not an animal, shifting responsibility to the state Fish and Game Commission.
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John
State Oyster Commission
Alabdamé
Massachusetts
Animal Rescue League
Fish and Game Commission
Indicted Labor Leader Enjoined From Striking Union Worksites
Michael J. Young and others, under indictment for conspiracy in dynamiting cases, were barred by Judge Hardy from leading a strike or interfering with workers at the Pray Theatre on Washington Street, the Wait & Bond factory on Columbus Avenue, and the East Boston Company project on Orleans Street. The suit arose from fears the unionists would halt work on union jobs, including a Wait & Bond building contract. The East Boston site reportedly employs a union-resented Peterson and five nonunion workers.
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Michael J. Young
Indianapolis
Ridge
Strutural “Tron
Rte. Company
Wait & Bond
East Boston
Peterson
Rescue of Two Horses in Somerville Stable Fire
Fire at 17 Poplar Street Somerville damaged a two story building used in part for barrel storage. Michael Garvin owned the two horses rescued by Patrolman Moore, Patrolman Reed, and John McKenzie driver of Engine 2%. An overheated stove caused the blaze. $200 in damage.
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Somerville
Michael Garvin
Garvin
Poplar Street
Moore and
Reed
John McKenzie
White lectures on The Progressive Movement at Harvard
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, addressed over 500 Harvard students in Emerson Hall last evening. The talk was the fifth in a series on The Progressive Movement organized by a Harvard faculty committee.
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William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Harvard
Emerson Hall
Address by Mr White on Demagogues and the changing era
The speech discusses an era of economic and political change and critiques progressives, radicals, and leaders who seek new forms of governance. It contrasts Taft's view that not all people are capable of self-government with the notion that a majority can govern, arguing for member discussion before moral decisions.
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White
Rockefeller
Taft
Harvard alumni hear education should lead athletics
President Lowell and President Taft at the 29th Harvard alumni dinner in Washington urged balancing praise for scholarship with athletic achievement. Taft argued students ranked low in class should be publicly valued as much as top athletes. Beekman Winthrop served as toastmaster.
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Washington
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Taft
Lowell
Death Takes Mgr Magennis After 44 Years At St Thomas Aquinas
Monsignor Thomas Magennis longtime pastor of St Thomas Aquinas Parish Jamaica Plain died at the parish house on South street at 7:30 am He was nearly 69 and had led the parish for more than four decades His illness began with a Christmas cold leading to bronchial complications and fatal results in the archdiocese of Boston اهل.
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Thomas Magennis
Archdiocese of
Boston
St. Thomas Aquinas
Jamaica Plain
South Street
Monsignor Magennis
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
St. Thomas Parish
The Last Addition at Wolf's My Clothier Busy Dept
The new nation and smallware department at Wolf's My Clothier on Wanover and Portianis streets is one of the store's busiest sections. It has quickly become a workhorse area drawing steady customer flow.
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New Nation
Wolf's
My Clothier
Wanover and
Portianis Streets
Harvard Freshman Elects Brickley President In Signature Nomination
Charles E. Brickley of Everett and Exeter was elected freshman class president at Harvard in a race requiring signatures. D. K. Packard Roxbury became vice president W. H. Cleftin Boston secretary treasurer and council members included H Franche Cambridge Morgan P. Phillips Newton Centre and F Wigglesworth Milton.
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Charles E. Brickley
Everett and Exeter
Harvard
Brickley
D. K. Packard
Roxbury
W. H. Cleftin
Boston
H. Franche
Cambridge
Morgan P. Phillips
Newton Centre
F. Wigglesworth
Milton
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North End
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