Tax ruling denounced by Tremont Temple pastor
The Massachusetts courts upheld the tax on Tremont Temple property, and Evangelical Baptist Benevolent and Missionary Society must pay. Rev Cortland Myers D D condemned the decision and announced he would vote to tax all church property. He spoke before his morning sermon at Tremont Temple.
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Massachusetts
Evangelical Baptist Benevolent and Missionary Society
Tremont Temple
Temple
Cortland Myers
D. D
Myers
Tremont Temple Tax Fight Prompts Citywide Debate
Fremont Temple in Boston has long served as a major religious center funded by voluntary contributions with no paid sittings. The speaker argues church property should be taxed, noting Tremont Temple and another large church hold property worth millions yet pay no taxes, creating an annual burden of about 10,000 dollars.
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Fremont
Boston
Tremont Temple
15 Operations on a Soldier in Attleboro Tale
Frank Sand erland of Taunton who enlisted from Attleboro in 1898 and was the first Massachusetts soldier wounded in the Spanish American war will undergo his 15th operation at a Boston hospital next week. In El Caney his left forearm was shattered by spent shell fragment and successive surgeries have removed bone bits, leaving the arm useless.
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Attleboro
Jan
Frank Sanderland
Taunton
Massachusetts
Boston
el Caney
Scribblers' Club Presents The Follies of Boston at Jordan Hall
The Scribblers' Club will stage The Follies of Boston a new play by Boston reporters at Jordan Hall on February 4. Prominent amateurs from Boston and suburbs participate and many characters will be portrayed by local newspaper staff. John Coleman directs a show promising the largest amateur production yet, featuring The Dance of the Spirits along with songs, with many named performers listed.
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Boston
Scribblers
Jordan Hall
Boston Daily
John Coleman
Alice
Margaret Cogan
Mabel Laverty
Gertrude Moriarty
Sadie Paine
Mae Deveny
Margaret Woods
Mae Woods
Edgar Riley
Walter Shea
Frank McEachern
James Keating
Frank Lavelle
Victor Gavazza
Bert Ford
John F. Royal
Peter Daru
Shackleton Plans New Antarctic Expedition
Berlin January 9 Lieut Sir Ernest H Shackleton announces a new Antarctic expedition. He has moved closer to the South Pole than any prior explorer.
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Berlin
Ernest H. Shackleton
Antarctic
Shackleton
South Pole
Tragic Hatchet Killing Then Suicide Near Winters
Frank Kember of a farm twelve miles north of Winters Tex killed his wife and two children ages two and eight with a hatchet. He gravely injured a young woman in the home and then fatally wounded himself with a razor. The grim event occurred today as police investigated the family tragedy.
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Winters
Tex
Frank Kembler
Child Labor Evils Exposed at Boston University Conference
Economists and reformers plan four days of discussion at the Liberal Arts building Boston University opening next Thursday. This marks the sixth annual meeting of the National Child Labor committee. Attention will focus on conditions in New England cotton mills.
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Boston University
National
Child Labor Committee
New England
Boston
Cherry Mine
Illinois
James Mullenbach
Chicago Municipal Lodging House
Liberal Arts Building
Boylston Street
Faneuil Hall
Richard F. Cabot
Mary P. Follett
Rose Lamb
May Alden Ward
Ellen M. Coolidge
Robert Grant
Edith M. Howes
Helen Cheever
Emily F. Carpenter
Hotel Lenox
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Notable Attendees At New England Child Labor Convention
A roster of speakers includes Charles W. Eliot ex Governor Curtis Guild Jr. and John Wolden of Fall River among many others from Harvard, Columbia, New York and Boston. The event features discussions on drafting uniform child labor laws, regulatory comparisons, and a Sunday church program.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Curtis Guild, Jr
Grafton D. Cushing
Massachusetts Child Labor Committee
John Wolden
Fall River
United Textile Workers of America
David Snedden
Massachusetts
Everett W. Lord
Boston
New England
National Child Labor Committee
Charles F. Gettemy
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics
Robert A. Woods
South End House
H. C. Morrison
New Hampshire
Felix Adler
New York
Columbia University
Owen R. Lovejoy
Florence Kelley
National Consumers’ League
Stephen 8. Wise
Free Synagogue
Homer Folks
State Charities Aid Association
B. J. Watson
South Carolina
A. J. McKelway
Atlanta
J. Borden Harriman
National Civic Federation
Edward W. Frost
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Child Labor Committee
Fred S. Hall
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Child Labor Association
John Koren
United States Census Bureau
Grace BF. Ward
Gilbert HE. Whittimore
Providence
John Haynes Holmes
Church of the Messiah
Hollis R. Bailey
Committee On
Mary van Kleeck
Committee On Women’s Work
Pauline Goldmark
New York School of Philanthropy
Edward N. Clopper
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Samuel McCune Lindsay
RASPED ARMS AT CUT RATES
Harry Brown was arrested in New York on charges of posing as a Board of Health inspector and vaccinating Long Island City residents at cut rates. He billed 50 cents per person and allegedly vaccinated entire families, from grandfather to baby, with no known contents until a medical exam could confirm.
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New York
Harry Brown
Board of Health
Brown
Long Island
Texas May Be Training Ship For Massachusetts Navy
Captain James P. Parker and Adjutant General William H. Brigham left for Washington to discuss Massachusetts request for a training ship. Secretary Meyer promised the Texas if Massachusetts can maintain the ship with a skeleton crew and cover dockage costs. Parker will offer suitable dock facilities today, with funding likely the main hurdle.
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James P. Parker
Naval Bureau
William H. Brigham
Washington
Parker
Brigham
Meyer
Draper
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Massachusetts
Texas
Memorial to Bishop Brooks at Wellesley College
The class of 89 funded a Phillips Brooks memorial window at Wellesley College chapel. It depicts The Miracle of the Raising of the Daughter of Jairus and was dedicated yesterday with Bishop Lawrence accepting on behalf of the college. He spoke on The Life of Phillips Brooks. The service closed with Oh Little Town of Bethlehem and a dinner at Freeman Hall.
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Bishop Brooks
Wellesley College
Jairus
Lawrence
College Board of Trustees
Town of
Bethlehem
Freeman Hall
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