Boston Governor backs liberal license for city opened at midnight
Governor Walsh aims to open Boston by extending the 12 o'clock license rule to hotels and boosting cosmopolitan appeal. Charles R. Gow named Excise Board chairman amid surprise. other favored candidates included William Carlin Fred Bolton and Daniel Lane.
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Walsh
Boston
New York
Excise Board
Charles R. Gow
Gow
Fitzgerald
William J. Carlin
Curley
Fred Bolton
Daniel Lane
Curtis Guild
Indictment Filed Against Colonel Alexander in White Slave Case
Federal court charges Colonel Charles Alexander of Providence with transporting Miss Jessie Elizabeth Cope from Los Angeles to Chicago on January 23 1918 and alleges a Chicago to New Orleans trip as part of the scheme. Cope is accused of offering $25000 to Hinton G Clabaugh to help extort $50000 from Alexander.
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Chicago
Charles Alexander
Providence
R. L
Jessie Elizabeth Cope
Los Angeles
Alexander
Miss Cope
New Orleans
Aunt Delia Torrey Gives Millbury Park and Library Plot
Miss Delia C. Torrey known as Aunt Della, relative of former President Taft, donated a large tract to Millbury for library and park use. The library must be central, with a surrounding park. Andrew Carnegie funds library construction. town allocates 80 000 dollars for upkeep, library, and grounds.
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Taft
Delia C. Torrey
Millbury
Della
Delia
Bullein
Andrew Carnegie
Trustees Win Return of Bromfield Church Funds After Court Decree
Four Bromfield Street Methodist Church trustees Dr George Crawford Alvah G Sleeper Ray P Stewart and Alexander Heath ousted two years ago win back 400000 from the sale proceeds for the original trust. Defendants in the suit include Harvey N Shepard William Armstrong James B Lockwood Wil liam H H Bryant A Howard Powers Everett O Fiske Frank P Luce ex Governor John L Bates and Charles H J Kimball. The dispute arose after consolidation with Tremont Street church shifted control away from the original trust purpose established in 1806 by William H Jackson to Amos Binney and eight others. The 1913 decree ordered the funds held for the trust purposes until an eventual new church edifice could be funded.
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George Crawford
Alvah G. Sleeper
Ray P. Stewart
Alexander Heath
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
William H. Jackson
Amos Binney
Jackson
Binney
No More Diplomas in Malden Grammar Schools
Malden grammar school graduates will no longer receive diplomas. A school committee edict announced yesterday that certificates of promotion will be issued after completion, signed by the superintendent and the school principal.
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Malden
Deaf Mute Couple to Wed in Private Ceremony
Mrs Daisy Barton of Lawrence who has been deaf since infancy will marry Charles Thompson of Hillsboro N H who is deaf as well. The Rev C W Hidden will officiate using sign language at the Johnson home with Granville and wife as attendants. They plan a honeymoon visiting Providence New York Philadelphia and other points before settling in Hillsboro N H.
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Daisy Barton
Lawrence
Charles Thompson
Hillsboro
N. H
C. W. Hidden
Jamaica Plain
Granville Johnson
Street
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Child Renda Dies After Kitchen Kettle Accident
Jasper Renda, 7, of 8 De Marco Street Worcester, died at City Hospital after a kettle of water toppled and scalded him while he played in his home kitchen.
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Worcester
Jasper Renda
de Marco Street
Deaf Couple to Wed in Sign Language Ceremony Today
Lawrence, who is deaf and unable to speak, will marry in the Southeast today. The service will be conducted using sign language to convey the vows and prayers.
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Lawrence
South East
Farm to Table by Post by A S Burleson opening
Read the Sunday Post Magazine feature by A S Burleson Postmaster General about mail order farming items. It highlights queen bees live turtles and Plymouth Rock hens sent by mail and the postal system support.
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A.S. Burleson
Sunday Post
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