Mayor to See Garbage Plant in New York
Mayor Fitzgerald traveled to New York for a firsthand look at Brooklyn’s garbage disposal methods. Boston Development and Sanitary Company holds a decade long contract for Boston waste, with officials tied to the Brooklyn firm. City Hall hopes the inspection may justify rejecting the Boston firm's contract.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Boston Development and Sanitary Company
Brooklyn Company
City Hall
Pugilist Harry Edels arraigned on assault charge in Cambridge
Harry Edels, a known figure in boxing circles, was arraigned in Cambridge District Court yesterday on charges of assault and battery with an iron pipe against William A. Coughlin. He pled not guilty and posted $1000 bail for a January 30 hearing.
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Harry Edels
Cambridge
William A. Coughlin
Victory by Two Votes Over Boston Port Directors
A heated clash over port powers and funds ended with a Senate victory by two votes. The bill creates the port of Boston fund and transfers the Commonwealth Flats fund to it, despite objections that funds belong to the Commonwealth treasurer. The dispute resumes today.
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A. Big
Boston
Senate
Port of Boston
Commonwealth Flats Fund
Commonwealth
Senate votes split over port fund bill and recommitment
Senator Tinkham urged recommitment or defeat of the bill while Senator Barnes defended the 1911 acts on Boston Harbor contracts. Pearson warned of large future outlays including a 3 million dry dock and 50 million port works. Lomasney and Mack pressed for ordinary procedures. the Senate rejected laying the bill aside and sent it to third reading by roll call with 16 against and 15 for. Tinkham announced a motion to reconsider.
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Tinkham
Ways and Means
Barnes
Weymouth
Boston Harbor
South Boston
Boston
Pearson
Schofield
Ipswich
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Bennett
Lomasney
Mack
North Adams
Senate
Adams
Allen
Burke
Clark
Coolidge
Denny
Grainger
Halley
McCarthy
McLane
Nason Pearson
Quigsey
Blanchard
Brown
Eldridge
Hatton
Hersey
Horgan
Hunt
Mulligan
Newhall
Powers
Schoonmaker
Stearns
Stowe
Timilty
Vinson
Boston Dry Dock Proposal Seeks $3 Million
Port directors in Boston recommend a $3,000,000 appropriation for a new drydock with modern facilities large enough for any ocean-going steamship. The request stands apart from the $50,000,000 proposal presented to Governor Foss yesterday.
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Boston
Foss
Jordan Marsh Birthday Sale Draws Huge Holiday Crowds
The 61st birthday sale at Jordan Marsh runs over two days with 123 bargain lots across apparel, housewares, and furniture. Prices cut on dress goods, silks, coats, bedding, and china. Extra staff and record one-day volume signal another day of heavy shopping.
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Jordan Marsh
United States
New England
Jordan Marsh Company
Directoire
Florence and Messaline
Limoges
Sheffield
Boston
Free to Mrs Treanor Deafness Clinic Ad Opens
Free to Mrs Mary S Treanor at 80 Coddington Street Quincy offers readings on deafness and head noises. Dr Chas E Snell of Providence Rhode Island is also noted as totally deaf and needing written communication. The ad lists other deafness cases and hours at Boston near Mechanics Building with dates and office hours.
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Mary S. Treanor
Coddington Street
Quincy
Chas. E. Snell
Lester Street
Providence
R. I
Leonard D. Flanders
Bridgewater
N. H
Owen McArdle
School Place
Cambridgeport
Butte
Huntington Ave
Boston
Mass
Mechanics’ Building
Hatfield lays plan for pledged Taft delegation in Massachusetts
The Republican State committee chair Charles E. Hatfield says Massachusetts will send a pledged Taft delegation to the national convention after a Taft conference. He notes two progressive groups favor unpledged delegates for La Follette and Roosevelt, while Hatfield doubts Roosevelt's nomination and urges fair handling of Governor Wilson's candidacy.
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Taft
Charles E. Hatfield
Republican State Committee
Massachusetts
Matthew Hale
Senator la Follette
Senaor
Arthur Nason
Roosevelt
Hatfield
Washington
Harper's Weekly Editorials On Wilson Bid
Harper's Weekly announces reader inquiries about Woodrow Wilson as a presidential candidate. The editorial note says the name was removed from the column header and addresses the confusion or change in position reflected in the magazine.
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Harper's
New York
Harper’s Weekly
Woodrow Wilson
Brown's Letters Inc Seeks New Stockholders
A Boston prospectus invites about fifty new stockholders for Brown's Letters Inc the reorganized Brown's Weekly Letter of Advance Building. Subscriptions are four shares minimum with stock par value 25 dollars and a backs listing. Information available on request from Brown's Weekly Letter 85 Water St Boston.
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Brown's Letters
Brown’s Letters, Inc
Woodbury & Leighton Co
Boston
L. D. Willcutt & Sons Co
Spiers-Fish Brick Co
J. H. Gerlach Co
Cambridge
Mass
Builders’ Iron & Steel Co
John Harrington
Brown
Water St
Wet Newton janitor charged with counterfeit five dollar bill
Louis Middleton of Wet Newton a janitor at a Washington street jewelry store was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge of trying to pass a counterfeit five dollar bill at a Pleasant street druggist. Middleton found the bill in a waste basket and had pasted rice paper over the word counterfeit before passing it. He pleaded not guilty and was held in 500 dollars for a hearing Saturday.
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Louis. Middleton
Wet Newton
Washington Street
United States
Hayes
Pleasant Street
Middleton
Milkmen Barred Nights Plan Sought by Back Bay Group
Back Bay residents urge Boston to bar milk deliveries from 10 p m to 7 a m within city limits. A public hearing at City Hall today at 11 30 a m follows a petition to the Mayor. Dr P H Mullowney of the Board of Health opposes, saying it would lengthen milking-delivery times by about 24 hours.
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Boston
Back Bay
Board of Health
City Hall
P. H. Mullowney
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Tetara
Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Boston Daily Post
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Boston Dry Dock
Formosa
Oolong
Gereal
Quaker Co
Arcuo
F.u. O
Free Ginter Co
Summer
Elm & Union
Canal
Shop, Inc
Tremont
Prem Publicns
Maurice Ketten
Jacts
Tia
Bay State
Wilson
Erial
Ursday
Murshard
Washington St
Col. Beach
Pioneer
Homestead
Guardian
Bromfield
Wm. D. Eldredge
Portland
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