Chelsea residents seek charter changes for school board
Dissatisfaction over the election of William J. Fitzpatrick to the Chelsea School Board spurs Chelsea citizens to plan charter reform. Three plans are proposed to the Legislature: a five member elected at large, a ten member board with mayor ex officio, and a 15 member board with both ward and at large seats. A committee of Senator Beck and Representatives Maloney and Quigley will carry forward the proposal.
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William J. Fitzpatrick
Quincy House
Chelsea
Angié Fracher
Chelsea Women’s Club
Fitzpatrick
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Fracher
William E. McClintock
Chelsea Board of Control
John B. Beck
David J. Maloney
Lawrence F. Quigley
Gas Inspector Impersonator Loots Quincy Homes
A man posing as a gas inspector entered nearly twenty houses in Quincy’s Squantum district and looted valuables. He gained entry by removing windows at summer residences and bluffing at occupied homes. The suspect, about 30 years old, remains at large as police search for the thief.
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Quincy
Starry McIntire
Ocean Street
Emma Watson
Wedgewood Street
Fred ©. Lovejoy
Hampden Street
How H. C. L. Hits the Taxpayer
A legislative hearing on the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea reveals costs rising from 104000 to more than 117000 for 1917 as supplies surged up to fivefold. Commandant Foster testifies that high prices strain state institutions and tax funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee On Military Affairs
Chelsea
Foster
Bomb Blamed in Building Collapse on Portland Street
Witnesses testified at the grand jury investigation that an explosion from a bomb attached to a time fuse caused the collapse of two buildings on 21 to 39 Portland Street on the night of October 26. Assistant District Attorney Webber questioned several witnesses about the fuse theory.
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Portland Street
Webber
Civic Work Developments Discussed at Boston Luncheon
A special luncheon at the Women's City Club featured Edward Hartman of the Massachusetts Civic League and others sharing recent civic efforts in Boston. Attendees included Miss Ethel Ward Daugherty, Ralph Thompson, Mrs Eva Whiting White, Roy Cushman, and Miss Marian Nichols representing local organizations.
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Boston
Women’s City Club
Edward Hartman
The
Massachusetts Civic League
Miss
Ethel Ward Daugherty
Roxbury
Ralph Thompson
Boston Travellers’ Aid
Eva Whiting White
Roy Cushman
Norfolk House
Miss Marian Nichols
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Salvation Army Workers to Wed in City Hall Notice
Adjutant William A. Antrim of this city and Miss Johanna C. Nelson of Philadelphia, both active Salvation Army workers, filed intentions of marriage in City Hall yesterday. Antrim heads the No 1 Corps in the West End and met Nelson during slum work for the army in the city’s poorer districts.
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William A. Antrim
Johanna C. Nelson
Philadelphia
Salvation Army
Antrim
No. 1 Corps
West End
Miss Nelson
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