Sign Plea Grows for Arlington Street Station
Arlington Street Station Association and Boylston Street Real Estate Owners' Association report strong progress in gathering signatures for a subway station at Arlington street. Leaders include Otto J. Piehler and Navy head George von L Meyer. the Boston Elevated Railway Co letter opposing a station is to be formally answered. A. Shuman endorses the project, praising access for the business center and taxpayers.
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Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Arlington Street Station
Canvass in Brookline Brighton and Newton Nets 174 Signatures
A day’s canvass by the former association in Brookline, Brighton, and Newtons yields 174 signatures with only four refusals. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham of Arlington Street Church will distribute petitions to his congregation and announce the effort from the pulpit. Recent signers include Jordan Marsh Company and William Filene’s Sons Company.
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Brookline
Brighton
Newtons
Paul Revere Frothingham
Arlington Street
Jordan Marsh Company
William Filene’s Sons Company
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Attorney General pledges prosecutions over food price rises
Washington January 15 Attorney General Gregory said prompt prosecutions will follow the discovery of evidence of illegal combinations behind the sharp rise in wheat and flour prices. He stated that instructions to district attorneys issued by President Wilson remain active and will guide actions as latest developments are monitored.
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Washington
Gregory
United States
Wilson
Mayor's plan to spend 3 million to ease Washington Street congestion
Boston officials propose widening Exchange Arch and Chauncy streets at an estimated cost above 3 million dollars to open new retail routes. A 3.25 million dollar borrowing bill would be submitted for Legislature approval. The project aims to relieve bottlenecks from Franklin to State and create a 70 foot Exchange street with widened approaches to Adams and Dock squares.
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Washington Street
Curley
Board of Street Commissioners
Exchange
Franklin Street
Washington
Federal Streets
State Street
Dock
Adams Squares
Exchange Street
Congress Street
Devonshire Streets
Bank
State
Congress and
State Streets
State and Devonshire Streets
Arch Street
Franklin
Summer Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Chauncy Street
Essex Streets
Essex Street
Phillips Square
Chauncy
Laurence Minot
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Minot
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
State and Exchange Streets
Mutual National Bank
Tree-Higginson Company
Erties
Albert R. Whittier
Benjamin Leeds
William L. Munroe
Devonshire
Adams Square
Elizabeth S. Cotton Et al
Warren B. Weeks
James T. Wetherald
Boston
Charles BE. Rogerson
Charles E. Cotting
Congress, State
Mansfield's Driver Admits Untruths In Court
The Mansfield case witness Mahoney admits talking with Ronan and denies others, shows nervy behavior under questioning, and recalls being brought to court by Ronan. Judge Fessenden warns him to stay calm as Sullivan probes whether any Boston lawyers or Miss Ryan and Morrill facts were discussed.
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Ronan
Sullivan
Peabody
Fessenden
Mahoney
McDonough
Ryan
Mr. Mansfield
Toodles
Mr. Mahoney
Boston
Mr. Sullivan
Mansfield
Miss Ryan
Morrill
No Indictment Against Hyde In Cambridge Case
William J. Hyde of Arlington and Mrs. Marie Hanson of Cambridge were freed of all responsibility by Judge Almy in the Cambridge Police Court after being charged as accessories before and after the fact in the death of Irene Richardson, an Arlington stenographer. A Suffolk grand jury returned no bill against them a week earlier while secret indictments were found against a Back Bay physician who remains at large.
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William J. Hyde
Arlington
Marie Hanson
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Irene Richardson
Almy
Hyde
Hanson
Suffolk
Back Bay
Mayor Curley to Speak at A. O. H. Installation
Daylight Division 60 of the A. O. H. will install officers at St. Rose Hall Worcester street Sunday at 3 30 PM. Mayor Curley is expected to address the members with D W McIsaac also speaking. Entertainment from Lowell and Salem precedes the ceremony. Fred McLaughlin directs the installation. George J Gray, recently elected president, is a popular Massachusetts member.
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St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
Curley
D. W. McIsaac
Lowell
Salem
Fred McLaughlin
George J. Gray
Order
Massachusetts
Brookline Webfeet Defeat B. C. High in Close Swim Meet
Brookline High defeated Boston College High 51 to 8 at Curtis Hall tank. Brookline swept most events led by Handy with two firsts, while Murphy of Ames Street school took the 220 yard with the only non Brookline win. Relay, plunges, sprints, and diving all favored Brookline with multiple top placers.
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Boston College High
Brookline High
Curtis Hall Tank
Murphy
Ames Street
Handy
Brookline
Untersee
Twenstrop
Darling
O'Reilly
Blackwell
Howe
Wales
Blue Devils of Indigestion Digestive Aid Ad
Advertisement for Dys-pep-lets by C. I. Hood Co. Lowell MA. Claims relief from sour stomach belching nausea and heartburn. Described as safe reliable non narcotic. Dosing is one or two crushed in mouth. Prices listed ten twenty five cents or a dollar.
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Germans Without Freedom Lecture at Harvard Club
Dr. Charles W. Eliot of Harvard told 400 Harvard Club members that Germany is the most autocratic nation in Europe yet Germans believe they are as free as Americans. He said the war outcome will hinge on the efficiency of naval and military forces and that England and France will develop greater war efficiency, making him confident of victory.
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Europe
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Harvard Club
Eliot
England
France
Germany
United States
Hugo Munsterberg
Prussia
Hirot
Russia
Germans Not Inventors: Eliot Critiques German Autocracy
Dr. Eliot argues Germany relies on autocratic rule and foreign inventions, contrasting German freedom with the United States and England. He cites Munsterberg and Althoff, says true progress comes from domination, and warns of a war rooted in lack of liberty. He notes Russia’s despotic regime alongside the Allied powers.
City Buys 178000 Lbs of Sugar for 4 95 Per Cwt
Boston plans a sugar purchase to shield departments from price rises. Mayor Curley signed an order for 178000 pounds at 4.95 per hundred pounds, enough for city needs until spring.
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Boston
Curley
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Arlington Street Association
Smart Men’s Shop
Pelham Bldg
Boylston St
Fifth Ave
N. Y
Beecham
Warren Institution For Savings
Main Street
Charlestown
James O. Otis
Frank D. Brown
Hemenway Street
Judge Fessenden
Attorney Sullivan
Merchants National Bank
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Adams
Daily Papers
Rill
Harry Mansfield
B. C. High
Blue Devils
Union St
Washington St
Tsa
Ington St
Jefferson Building
Greater
Connor
Brookside
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