Unemployed Rally in Boston Advocates Comprehensive Plan
Boston Common crowd hears a call to action from the Right to Work committee urging Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley to implement measures for relief. The proposal includes open armories for shelter and food, extended public works, labor exchanges, eviction protection, municipal lodging and markets, state farms, eight hour workdays, pensions, land reuse, and intergovernmental cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Common
Walsh
Curley
Theodore W. Curtis
Boston Socialist Club
Greek Letter Men Banquet Promotes Democracy and Scholarship
At the Fifth Biennial Conclave of Alpha Tau Omega at the Copley Square Hotel delegates urged using democracy and scholarship to counter anti Greek legislation. They acknowledged some fraternal faults and pledged to eradicate them while stressing cooperation with faculties and higher standards. The banquet featured leaders from New England chapters and national officers, with Emerson H. Packard as toastmaster.
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Alpha Tau Omega
Copley Square Hotel
New England
M. I. Ty
Copley Square
Alexander Macomber
New Egland
Obert Sletten
Claud T. Rena
Falm
Charles F. Park
Nathan F. Griffin
Emerson H. Packard
Shirley Alumni Banquet Highlights School Spirit and Reform
About 125 former inmates of the Shirley Industrial School for Boys gathered at the Boston City Club for the second annual alumni banquet. ExGovernor Curtis Guild and other officials praised the school and urged honesty and service. The event featured speeches, music, and songs underscoring loyalty to Shirley and the path to a useful future.
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Industrial School For Boys
Shirley
Alumni Association
Boston City Club
Curtis Guild
Washington
United States
Shirley School
John Aramoso
Carl Dreyfus
Massachusetts Training Schools
Fred P. Greenwood
Everett
House
Committee On Public Institutions
Harvey H. Baxer
Boston Juvenile Court
Thomas M. Devlin
Training Schools
Charles H. Adams
State Board of Charity
Robert O. Harris
George P. Campbell
Matthew Carbone
John McDonald
Albert Cohen
Morris Michaels
Messrs
Great Throng Greets Governor at Washington's Birthday Reception
A large crowd welcomed Governor Walsh at a Washington's Birthday reception in Boston. The event featured the First Corps Cadets band, numerous veterans groups, Elks lodges, consular officials, and hundreds of officials and citizens. The governor personally greeted children and dignitaries, with the largest previous handshake total recorded in 1909.
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Washington
First Corps
Boston
D. T Timagenis
Greece
Sarhi
Turkey
Vahan Kurkjien
O'Meara
Otto von Clock
Holland
J. C. Flamand
France
Joseph A. Conry
Russia
Arthur P. Cushing
Panama
Bolivia
Second Infantry
Frank L. Jo
Charles F. Ropes
William A. Pew
E. Leroy Sweetser
George H. Priest
C. H. Cook
Sixth Infantry
Frank A. Graves
Eighth Infantry
Bacur
Frank Cutting
Fifth
Edward L. Logan
Ninth
Walter C. Lombard
Coast Artillery Corps
Daniel M. Goodridge
Naval Brigade
John H. Sherburne
First Field Artillery
Schmitz
Cavalry
George F. Keenan
Ambulance and
Signal Corps
B. F. Cook
Gloucester
Cook
Massachusetts Volunteers
Cardinal's Cadets
Perlie A. Dyar
Fred Bolton
J. W. T. Myrick
Loyal Legion
Massachusetts Commandery
Recorder Rhodes
Morris Schatt
Samuel Mansfield
Charitable
Irish Society
Kearsarge
Admiral Houghton
Sons of the Revolution
Society of the Colonial Wars
Ninth Regiment Veterans
First Regiment Veterans
British Army and Navy Veterans
Boston Police Relief Association
State House
Whitney
Draper
Walsh
Fire from Furnace Causes Blaze at Roxbury House
A basement furnace fire at 105 Tremont Street Roxbury spread through walls to the first floor before firefighters confined it. Discovered by Mary Conway at 8 50 pm last night the blaze caused about 700 dollars in damage and forced the residents to flee to the street.
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Tremont Street
Roxbury
Mary Conway
Jennie Dancost
Ice packed harbor stalls tugs on crowded Sound route
The northeast wind pushes large ice floes from the Sound creating a solid pack from Stepping Stone Light to Throge's Neck. Tugboats with heavy tows report great difficulty forcing their way through the dense ice.
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City Island
N. Y
Throge
Purchasing department to stay in Boston despite railroad split
Howard Elliott chairman of the New Haven directors says the New York, New Haven and Hartford purchasing department will remain in Boston even if the Boston and Maine and New Haven roads separate. Mayor Curley had suggested moving the unit to New Haven, as the department handles about 6 million dollars in annual business. Elliott confirms current plans keep it in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Congress of Medicine
London
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Howard Elliott
Boston
Curley
South Station
Elliott
East Boston Lit Association 13th Annual Show Enjoyed
Gordon's Theatre Chelsea hosted the East Boston Catholic Literary Association for its 13th annual show a minstrel performance directed by John J. Caddigan with Senator Edward GC. R. Bagley as interlocutor. The event featured plays including Weeping Weepers A Night in a Harem and Fun in a Grocery Store.
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W. J. LaBohn
R. Birmingham
William Clancey
Noddle Island
Association
Sleighing Party Horses Injured After Electric Car Crash
A Boston Salem electric car struck a four horse sleighing party near Thomas farm in Salem. One horse broke a leg and was shot by Patrolman Chadwell. two others were severely injured after slipping through trestle beams. The party of 31 people remained unharmed.
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Salem
Thomas Farm
Lynn
Boston Electric Car
Bay State Street Railway
John Perkins
Floating Bridge Pond
Street Railway Company
Melvin Chadwell
P. J. Murphy
Walnut Street
Peabody
Principal Southworth of Mather School Dead
Edward Southworth long time Mather School Boston principal died after a night shock at 75. Civil War veteran who earned lieutenant rank. A son Edward Southworth Jr. serves as sub master at Boston Latin School.
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Southworth
Mather School
Quincy
Edward Southworth
Boston
Boston Latin School
Carmody Criticised Over Thaw Extradition Dispute
Albany lawmakers move to halt extradition efforts to return Harry K Thaw to New York state. The resolution demands an itemized expense account from Attorney General Carmody and questions why asylum patients deemed insane for homicide were released or escaped.
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Albany
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
New York State
Assemblyman
Golden
Ways and Means Committee
Thaw
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Carmody
Missing Worcester girl found in Springfield home
Florence Marie Longstreet, 17, a Worcester High School art student, was located in Springfield at her uncle Charles F. Quinn's home after disappearing from 44 Byron street following a quarrel with her mother Mrs. Benjamin F. Longstreet. Police aided the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Florence Marie Longstreet
Worcester High School
Byron Street
Springfield
Charles F. Quinn
Benjamin F. Longstreet
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Shirley Alumni
City Club
Barry
Alice Barry
Department of Massachusetts
Thomas J. Ames
John E. Gilman
J. Payson Bradley
Justin Bulman Drummey
James P. Drummey
L Street
Frank J. Donahue, Jr
Edward P. Barry, Jr
Superior Court
John Adams Aiken
Greenfield
Quinn
Ufe
Mansfield
Pope
James M. Curley
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Boynton
John R. Murphy
Whitfield Tuck
Peter I. Tague
Port Joseph
Knights of St. Finbar
Charlestown
Cheverus
Councll
Knights of Columbus
the Elks
Timothy McCarthy
Thomas N. Lavelle
Esquire
George V. Gavazza
McCarthy
Elks
Fitchburg
Consular Corps
Col. B. F. Cook
Paul H. Weinert
Sitting Bull
Anthony J. Carson
Fifty-third United States Volunteers
ST. Mary’s
Callahan
John Burroughs
Arnold Bennett
St A
Gilbert Parker
M. P
Statesman
Elbert Hubbard
Bauer Chemical Coq
Irving Place
New York
Moseley
New Haven Road
Miss Longstreet
Adamson
Hamburg
Jordan Marsh Company
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