Liquor Law Battle Opens With New Bill Draft
The forum shifts to the legislature as Attorney General Malone and Senator Lane file a liquor bill with licensing rules for innholders in Boston and other 45000+ cities. It permits sales 11 to 12 at night with restrictions on public bars and Sunday hours, requiring written applications and repeal of conflicting laws. The act takes effect upon passage.
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Malone
Lane
Legislative Committee On
Boston
Touraine
Tammany Ball Big Success at Ward 17 Club Event
A large crowd attended the fourth annual Ward 17 Tam many Club ball in Paul Revere Hall. crowd outgrew the venue, with Talbot Hall used. Alderman James M. Curley led the grand march alongside numerous city and state politicians, notable young women, and many prominent men on the floor. The event showcased Roxbury representation and broad city participation, with a long list of attendees across both genders and multiple local figures.
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Paul Revere Hall
Tammany Club
Talbot Hall
Roxbury
Ward 17
Highand
James M. Curley
James EK. Norton
Mollie Doherty
William P. Grady
Frederick M. J. Sheenan
Martha V. Snell
Haughton Wins Racquet Championship in Boston Final
Percy D. Haughton of Boston, a former Harvard football star, defeated Payne Whitney of New York to claim the racquet title at the Boston Athletic Association. Whitney led 15 to 2 and 16 to 9 before Haughton won three straight games, with final scores of 12 9 15 45 and Whitney 16 9 16 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy D. Haughton
Boston
Harvard
Boston Athletic Association
Payne Whitney
New York
Whitney
Haughton
Channing Club Banquet At Copley Square Hotel
The Channing Club held its monthly banquet at the Copley Square Hotel last evening. Speakers included Edward T. Staiiman the Rev. Edward Cummings and Joseph Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channing Club
Copley Square Hotel
Edward T. Staiiman
Edward Cummings
Joseph Lee
Romance of a Whist Party Wedding in Brookline
A bridesmaid at a secret Wednesday wedding announced the marriage of May Lynscott, 18, Brookline, to William H. Cummings, Roxbury, at St Marys Church Brookline. The couple wed with Ruth Clayton as bridesmaid and William Wood as best man. the bride's mother learned of the event yesterday.
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May Lynscott
Brookline
William H. Cummings
Roxbury
Ruth Clayton
William Wood
St. Mary's Church
Father McManus
Cambridge Woman Claims Drowned Relative Resurrected Body Match
Mrs. Andrew O Connell of Cambridge asserts that the body buried in September 1905 as Joseph Dixon is really her brother in law Patrick O Connell. She recalls a tattoo on the arm matching O Connell’s, a detail the family overlooked at the time. Mrs Dixon still declines to see her husband regardless of his fate.
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Andrew O'Connell
Cambridge
Joseph Dixon
Patrick O'Connell
Dixon
O'Connell
Message to Berlin camp seeks news of missing son
Alma J. Styglis of South Boston says he has written to Mel Vin Tox, Brown's Farm superintendent near Berlin New Hampshire, asking for definite word about his 16 year old son Arthur Styglis a Spanish American War veteran missing from Fourth and O streets.
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Mel Vin Tox
Brown
Berlin
N. H
Alma J. Styglis
Fourth and O Streets
Boston
Mr. Styglis
Arthur Styglis
Philippines
Charles De Ridgeway dies. longtime Nashua jeweller and Odd Fellow
Charles De Ridgeway a jeweller in Nashua since 1881 and the oldest Odd Fellow in New Hampshire died today He was born in Groton Massachusetts and leaves a grandson and other relatives as the obituary notes his long service to the community and lineage traceable to Groton Mass A brief local notice records his death in NASHUA New Hampshire with regional ties and family mention
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Nashua
N. E
Charles de Ridgeway
New Hampshire
Groton
Mass
Woman May Die Of Fire In Shawmut Avenue Incident
A drunken dispute on lower Shawmut avenue led to Nelson and two others breaking in a door and starting a fire when Olsen grabbed a lit lamp. Mrs Minnie B Griffin is in City Hospital in precarious condition after being burned. Olsen suffers burns and Nelson is in custody as police investigate.
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South
Griffin
City Hospital
Peter Olsen
Edward Nelson
Dedham Street
Olsen
Nelson
Station 5
State House Solons View The Bronzes In Memorial Hall
At the Massachusetts State House a debate over bronze statues in Memorial Hall pits Professor Norton and Colonel Higginson against supporters of white marble figures. Key figures General Bartlett General Stevenson Governor Russell and John Adams and John Hancock are discussed as to placement and harmony. Several officials and historians weigh in on whether Civil War memorials belong in this hall or should be moved to the Colonial room.
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Memorial Hall
State House
General Court
Bartlett
Stevenson
Norton
Harvard
Higginson
Edward Robinson
Museum of Fine Arts
George Moore
Boston
House
Committee On
Colonel Higginson
James Sidney Allen
Brockton
Robinson
Moore
Phlouse
Russell
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Hancock
Professor Norton
Crouse
Dorie Hall
George Washington
Andrew
John Quincey Adams
John Vancocts
Allen
Senator Hoar
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
William M. Olin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Capitol
Washington
General Bartlett
Samuel A. Green
The
Massachusetts Historical Society
Charles
Eliot Norton
Eliot
John
Adams
B. Tillinghast
George A. Gordon
New England Historic Genealogical Society
George Kh. Littlefield
AutO Seizure of Boy by Mother and Three Men
Harry M. Rollins of 27 Varnum Street grieves after his five year old son Harry was seized last Saturday by the boy’s mother with three men in an auto. The bold act occurred amid family estrangements and fears the father may insanity. A police officer judged the boy’s choice, returning him to his father, but the mother vowed to reclaim him. Police notified, legal action planned.
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Lynn
Harry M. Rollins
Varnum Street
Harry
Charles JH. Wentworth
Greening
Shehola
Penn
Hub Men for Olympic Meet New England athletes named for Athens
New England contingent to represent America at the Athens Olympics includes W. D. Eaton and W. A. Schick in the 1 and 400 metre runs from Cambridgeport Gymnasium and Harvard respectively. J. Fowler of Cambridgeport competes in the marathon. R. G. Leavitt of Williams College runs the 110 metre hurdles. Governor Guild of Massachusetts has donated 2500 dollars toward team expenses, with funds partly raised at Harvard.
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New York
America
Athens
Amateur Athletic Union
New England
W. D. Eaton
Cambridgeport Gymnasium
W.A. Schick
Harvard
W. A. Schick
J. Fowler
R. G. Leavitt
Wadiliams College
Governor Guild of Massachusetts
Elarvard
Hello Girls Dance at Catholic Union Hall
The Nightingale Club, a group of hello girls and boys, held its annual dancing party at Catholic Union Hall last evening. Miss Mollie T Gallagher directed the floor with help from Helen Logan Sadie Lowenberg Mannie Dooling Mie Doherty Elizabeth Gordon Mae McDornough Pella Clark Mollie McDonald and Mollie Corbett.
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Hello
Catholic Union Hall
Mollie T. Gallagher
Helen Logan
Sadie Lowenberg
Mannie Dooling
Mie Dohe Ty
Elizabeth Gordon
Mae McDornough Pella Clark
Mollie McDonald
Mollie Corbett
Moran Expense Bill Report Increases DA Travel Funds
Responding to District Attorney John B Moran of Suffolk county the legislative committee on public service yesterday reported a bill authorizing district attorneys to incur bills for stationery and for transportation expenses of officers when traveling outside the state for criminal prosecutions Moran had refused such reimbursements on taking office citing lack of legal authority and sought proper legislation.
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John B. Moran
Suffolk County
Legislative Committee On Public Service
Commonwealth
Moran
Roslindale f Os Hold Annual Ladies Night
Prospect Lodge A Le and A M of Roslindale held its annual ladies night in Fraternity Hall with a vocal and instrumental concert dancing and a collation. The reception committee included E Ernest Murray Henry W Bowen Daniel Dewar Clarrison Dunham Allen M Innis William He Bowdlear John W Bosworth Edward Fogarty John Daniels John H Marks George L Dimock Herbert A Mayo J Wynne Jones Theodore Glover Parker Seaver George W Parring Guy ff Newhall Henney Leonard Blimer W Stevens John Boerner and William B R Hudson.
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Prospect Lodge
A. le
A. M
Roslindale
Fraternity Hall
E. Ernest Murray
Henry W. Bowen
Daniel Dewar
Clarrison Dunham
Allen M. Innis
William He. Bowdlear
John W. Bosworth
Edward &. Fogarty
John Daniels
Johnh. Marks
George Ll. Dimock
Herbert A. Mayo
Victory over merger seen in extinguisher bill test
The Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners backed passenger car extinguishers, signaling a victory for House opponents of the proposed railroad merger. Robert Luce and Charles A. Dean of Wakefield pushed the issue as a test of the railroad committee, with the extinguisher bill recommitted to the House committee on railroads.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Robert Luce
Charles A. Dean
Wakefield
Luce
Dean
Railroad
Committee On Railroads
Railroad Committee of the House
Conservatory Girl Marries Conservatory Girl Maries
Miss Sarah Solomon, a student at the New England Conservatory of Music, married Tsadore Friedman of Brooklyn last Saturday. Rabbi Charles Fleischer performed the home ceremony in Cambridge witnessed by close friends. Solomon, daughter of a Savannah grocer opposed to the match, faced parental opposition due to business disputes involving Friedman. Mrs. Friedman attended the Conservatory briefly and moved to Brooklyn to live with her husband after giving up music studies.
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Sarah Solomon
New England Conservatory of Music
Tsadore Friedman
Brooklyn
Miss Solomon
Friedman
Charles Fleischer
Cambridge
Savannah
Conservatory of Music
Dana Hall
Nominations sent to Senate for diplomatic posts
The President sent to the Senate nominations including Lewis Hinstein of New York for secretary of the legation at Constantinople Turkey and Joseph C. Grew of Massachusetts as third secretary of the embassy at Mexico Postmasters named for Connecticut William Caruthers of Norwich and New Hampshire J H Wellman of Keene
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Washington
Senate
Constantinople
Turkey
Lewis Hinstein
New York
Mexico
Joseph CC. Grew
Massachusetts
Connecticut
William Caruthers
Norwich
New Hampshire
J. H. Wellman
Keene
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Thomas Rossiter
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Maury Davman
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Slattie Lass
May Walsh
Emma Stewart
Susie Ferguso
Mary Rohan
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Channing Club’s
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C. T. Ridgeway
Ohana
Houghton & Dutton
Shawmut Ave
Solons
Mother
Norton and Higginson
Wiliam P. Greenlaw
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Lynn Lad
Fears
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Shoe Dept
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