Massachusetts Franchises Tax Proposal Aims at Reform
A legislative committee report on corporate laws urges shifting from paternal restraints to tax based governance, endorsing a franchise tax on corporations. It argues for minimal state sponsorship, strict disclosure, and equal treatment of foreign firms with a simple annual excise tax. The plan targets manufacturing and trading corporations while excluding insurance and public utilities.
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Committee On
Massachusetts
Committee
Commonwealth
United States Steel Company
New Jersey
Brookline Couple Weds in Elegant Home Ceremony
The Brookline wedding of Miss Helen Minerva Night and Mr. Robert Stanley Wayland drew a prominent social crowd from New York and Boston. The ceremony occurred at 7:30 in the bride’s Brookline parlor with Rev. Reuen Thomas officiating, followed by a reception until 10. The couple, who plan residence at 19 Coolidge Street, Brookline, will be at home Friday afternoons in February.
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Helen Minerva
Robert Stanley Wayland
Brookline
Coolidge Street
New York
Boston
Brook- Wine
Reuen Thomas
Harvard Church
Bibridge Gerry Knight
George Franklin Wayland
William H. Smith
Florence Moore
Miss Moore
Mrs. Knight
Wayland
James McGregor Smith
George F. Bushnell
Bridgeport
Ruth Coburn
Florence Stratton
Coral Wolcott
Helen Frost
Lena Clancey
Ethel Jackson
Rosalie Simpson
Lina Eaton
Nellie Wright
Frank Wood
Benjamin Dobson
Walter Allen
Harry Clough
Harold K. Weed
Robert Lawrence
William Ballard
Charles J. Bliss
Channing Cox
Mrs. Wayland
Boston Terra Novian Ball Opens With Grand March
The Boston Terra Novian Association held its 38th annual ball in Berkeley Hall last night led by Martin M Breen and Mrs Breen followed by Walter Duggan and Mrs Duggan.
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Boston Terra Novian Association
Berkeley Hall
Martin M. Breen
Sartoris Costello Nuptials Tie Boston Families in Holy Trinity
Eleanor Gertrude Costello and Henry Maximilian Sartoris wed at Holy Trinity Church Shawmut Avenue with a large Boston Southie wedding party. The ceremony featured a long train gown and bouquets with lilies of the valley. a reception followed at Dorchester home before a European honeymoon departure.
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Eleanor Gertrude Costello
John H. Costello
Dorchester
Henry Maximilian Sartoris
Henry Sartoris
South Boston
Holy Trinity Church
Shawmut Avenue
P. Johann Jutz
John H. Costella
Boston
Charles Slattery
J. Edwin McNamee
Sawyer Avenue
Mrs. Sartorisent
New York
Europe
Pure Clothes Made Easy with Fels-Naptha
Why boil clothes when Fels-Naptha soap purifies them without boiling or scalding. The result is purer, sweeter laundry with less wear. A curious claim supported by the soap’s cleansing power.
Shoes promise effortless fit and insurance promise
See what you get when you buy these shoes. Lace shoes pull on and off without unlacing. An accurate fit by adjusting the laces. A perpetual Passenger Accident Insurance of $100 while worn if they contain Gore elastic. Sold by multiple Boston retailers including Leopold Morse & Co and J W Day & Son.
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U. S. Casualty Company
New York
Smothered by Baby Brother in Baltimore Murder Case
George D. Grief and Bertha L. Grief, with their nearly 3 year old son, are held in Quincy police custody while Baltimore authorities seek them for the murder of their infant in October. The couple admit the baby was smothered after the boy allegedly rolled over him. The mother says the baby died accidentally and concealed the body after the incident.
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Quincy
George D. Grier
Bertha L
Harry
Baltimore
Hayden
Fore River
Greif
Greifs
Young Greif
Genn
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Gruling
Man Dies After Third Attempt On Mouth Shot In Lynn
James Jenkins, a colored man from Lynn, shot himself in the mouth on the front step of 151 Poplar street Chelsea last evening. Police found him in a bloodied doorway with a 32 calibre revolver. Witness James White said the hammer clicked three times as Jenkins fired. two cartridges misfired. He was taken to Frost Hospital in critical condition.
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Poplar Street
Chelsea
James Jenkins
Lynn
Jenkins
James White
Frost Hospital
Weed Weds Noted Beauty in New York
Katharine Ruffin De Roulhac of Hillsboro North Carolina married Orestes Alvord Weed of Narragansett Pier Rhode Island yesterday in New York city. Weed is 29, his bride about 26. The match links to Governor Sprague and past Rhode Island family ties.
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New York
Katherine Ruffin de Roulhac
Hillsboro
N. C
Orestes Alvord Weed
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Sprague
Rhode Island
Weed
de Roulhac
Mr. Weed
Miss de Roulhac
Inez
William Sprague
Mr. Sprague
Roscoe Conkling
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Commission
Brookline Society
Sartoris—Costello
Leopold Morse & Co
Washington St
Rice Bros
Columbus Ave
Atlantic Ave
J. W. Day & Son
Tremontt St
J. W. Newcomb
West Broadway
P. Finnegan
Dorchester Ave
Ross Bros
Hanover St
Samuel Simons
Charles St
Boylston St
L. Wallace
F. E. Hathaway & Son
Merchants Row
M. Sheehy & Co
Hub Gore
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