Transfers of Sergeants Shake Up Boston Police Posts
In a general order Police Commissioner O Meara transferred three sergeants. G Horton moves from City Hall venue Station to City Care Station in Charlestown. Daniel Toomey shifts from Charlestown station to Broadway sto in South Boston. John C Barker leaves Broadway Station in South Boston for City Hall venue Station.
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O'Meara
G. Horton
City Hailvenue
Charlestown
Daniel Toomey
Broadway
South Boston
John C. Barke
South Oston
City Hall
Society of War of 1812 Elects Massachusetts Officers
The Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts held its annual meeting at the Copley Plaza Hotel. William Wallace Lunt was elected president with vice presidents Albert F. Ames, Colonel Stanhope Bluht, and Captain Kes B. Appleton. John H. Westfall is secretary, Herbert M. Leland treasurer, Edwin B. Cox registrar, and Walter S. Dunker chaplain. A dinner followed the election.
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the Society of the War of 1812 of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Copleglaza
William Wallace Lunt
Albert F. Ames
Stanope . Bluht
Kes B. Appleton
John H. Westfall
Treaser
Herbert M. Leland
Dwin B. Cox
Walter S. Dunker
Gammell Dies Noted Rhode Island Financier at 62
Providence Rhode Island January 8 Robert Ives Gammell a leading New England financier and Rhode Island Republican boss died at his home aged 62 He was Brown University graduate promosed to Brown University trustee and held posts including president Providence National Bank director Rhode Island Hospital Trust and executive roles in Brown & Ives and multiple insurers He lived at 27 Benefit Street with offices at 50 South Main Street and belonged to several clubs in Providence Boston New York and Newport.
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Providence
R. I
Robert Ives Gammell
New England
Rhode Island
Mr. Gammell
William and
Elizabeth Amory (Ives) Gammell
Brown University
Goddard Bros
Brown & Ives
Providence National Bank
Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Lonsdale Company
Blackstone Manufacturing Company
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Providence & Washington
Manufacturers’ Mutual
Rhode Island Mutual
State Mutual
Mechanics Mutual
Enterprise Mutual
American Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Boston & Providence Railroad Company
Provident Institution For Savings
Rhode Island Hospital Corporation
Hope, Agawam Hunt
Squantum
Boston Bans Bare Legged Dance At Symphony Hall
Mayor Curley prohibits bare leg performances in Boston while permitting bare footed dancing. Isadora Duncan and Paris school pupils arriving from France faced a ban on bare legs in Symphony Hall. Duncan’s manager Fred Toye sought approval but was informed of the edict. The mayor clarified that only legs must be covered for a performance.
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Boston
Mayor Curley
Symphony Hall
Isadora Duncan
New York
France
Robber Uses Whale Bone Device In Roxbury Church Theft
George Melardo aged 22 of 247 Shawmut Avenue was caught after chasing through Blue Hill Avenue while using a whale bone with gum attached to lift coins from St. John's Church poor box at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Woodcliff Street Roxbury. He was found with 20 cents on him at Dudley Street station.
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George Melardo
Shawmut Avenue
Dudley Street
Blue Hill Avenae
Melardo
St. John's Catholic Church
Blue Hill Avenue
Woodcliff Street
Roxbury
Cambridge Putnam Square Car Traffic Counts Seen
The Boston Elevated road reports counts at Putnam square Cambridge during two hours in January 1915. On Jan 6 from 12:05 to 1:05 PM there were 20 inbound and 21 outbound cars with passenger counts in each car. On Jan 7 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM the inbound and outbound car totals passed this point.
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Putnam Square
Cambridge
Boston
James O. Otis
Boston bankers discuss Argentine loan and South American trade
In a Boston City Club gathering, fifty leading bankers and businessmen heard an optimistic view of the Argentine loan of 15 million dollars and the rise of trade with South America. Speakers included Frederick P. Fish State Treasurer Burrill and Roberts & Weeks detailing loan conditions and Argentina's resources.
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Boston
Frederick P. Fish
City Club
New England
Fish
Charles L. Burrill
South America
Roberts&. Weeks
N. W. Harris & Co
Weeks
Argentina
Medford Woman Dies By Gas In Self Inflicted Death
Mrs. Thomas Guion aged 50 of 53 Pembroke Street Medford yesterday took her own life by inhaling illuminating gas. She had suffered a nervous ailment for months and despondency over her health is believed to have prompted the act.
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Thomas Guion
Pembroke Street
Medford
Ready to Quit Builders' Association Official
At a Kaffee Klatsch meeting of the Master Builders' Association W H Sayward secretary treasurer said he was ready to resign at any time the group did not want him He described himself as a buffer between the association and labor unions facing criticism from both sides No action was taken Merritt associate counsel for the American Anti Boycott Association spoke on Organized Labor Within the Law.
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Master Builders’ Association
W. H. Sayward
Walter Gordon Merritt
American Anti-Boycott Association
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Wolf
Congress
Ransfers
Otatoes
van Canp
B. J. Peat
Vaum
Robert I. Gammell
Bay Arthurs
Arthurs Shoe Shop
Washington St
Hanover
Portland
Mass. Provision Co
North ST
Putnam Sq
Frank D. Brown
Goodyear
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Switzerland
Holland
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Edward F. McSweeney
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
F. H. Curtis
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Freq Apsden
Canadian Bank of Commerce
John J. Martin
Exchange Trust Company
George S. Manfield
Scannell’s
Wacrs
Roger F. Scannell
United States
Apollinaris Company
Scannell
Huntington Ave
Astrachan
Wolf's
Self
Graham, Inc
Winter ST
Houghto HI Dutton
New Haven Watch Company
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