Tech selects Cass Gilbert as architect for Cambridge campus
President Maclaurin announces at a major alumni meeting that Cass Gilbert, 80, designer of the Woolworth Building, is chosen to architect MIT’s new Cambridge site beside the Charles. John B. Freeman outlines plans stressing centralized massing, weather protection, ventilation, and a concealed athletic field.
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New York
R. C. Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cass Gilbert
Woolworth
Charles
Cambridge
Gilbert
Tech
John B. Freeman
Freeman Leads Scout Team in Plan for Large College Project
Eight months of research by Mr. Freeman and recent graduates, described as scouts, yielded plans inspired by European college measurements and investigations. Freeman, a 76 graduate from Providence, offers building planning for his alma mater. The design features a four floor structure with one million square feet facing the Charles River basin, a Greek columns facade 800 feet long, and a central administration building with broad steps.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Freeman
Providence
Charles River Basin
Changeboys on new library
Charlestown residents objected to nude statues on the new library branch. Mayor Fitzgerald said library trustees chair Benton will have the statues dressed or removed immediately after protests led by Councillor McDonald and Father McMahon subsided.
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Charlestown
Fitzgerald
Benton
McDonald
Father McMahon
Adamson's Balsam Cures Cough, Adv for Druggists
Cough relief claims are made for Adamson's Balsam with a statement that it cures coughs and is available at all druggists. The advertisement emphasizes universal accessibility and effectiveness.
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Adamson
Real Centenarians of New England Challenge Proof
The Boston Post asks readers to help verify a real centenarian in New England whose age could stand up in court. It cites prior doubt by 5. P. Ficklen and offers a year’s free subscription to verified individuals with photo evidence submitted to the Centenarian Editor in Boston.
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New England
5. P. Ficklen
New York Sun
Post
Boston Post
Centenarian honors from Walpole native Mrs Catherine Bassett Fisher
Mrs Catherine Bassett Fisher born January 2 1812 in Eden Vermont recalls Plattsburg battles as a child. She began work in Walpole mills in 1838 and has lived there with son Lewis since 1888. Three sons served in the Civil War. Her rule is sleep and hearty food.
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Catherine Bassett Fisher
Walpole
Mass
Boston Post
W. J. Atwell
Eden
Vermont
Fisher
Lake Champlain
Plattsburg
John Brown
Lincoln
Day of riots in big strike grips New York
Rioting spread across garment trades in New York as strikers clashed with strikebreakers. A forewoman repelled intruders with a spikeslaced beam while arrests and workhouse sentences were handed down. Harmony may return among skirt and shirtwaist workers with a potential Monday restart.
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New York
Centenarian Verified by Birth Record Sworn Statement
A sworn statement confirms a woman’s birth record places her in the centenarian category. The document asserts her birth date and age, supporting claims of reaching 100 years. Further details on the verifying official are not provided.
Hyde Disbarred in Bribery Conviction
Charles H. Hyde former city chamberlain and recent bribery convict was disbarred from practicing law by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court on January 17.
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New York
Charles H. Hyde
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Canadian Pacific Chief in Boston Eyes Banquet Visit
President Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy of Canadian Pacific arrived in Boston yesterday and may attend the Canadian Club banquet at the Copley Plaza Hotel Monday night. He says the trip is for pleasure and he will meet President Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad during his stay. He declines to discuss the Grand Trunk situation.
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Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Boston
Canadian Club
Copley Plaza Hotel
Mellen
N. Y
Grand Trunk
President Shaughnessy visits Boston with three daughters
The Canadian railway president travelled from Montreal to Boston to attend the opera with his daughters. He says the trip is social, not business, and notes friendly relations between his road and the Boston and Maine. He mentions an exchange deal routing Boston freight via Newport and hopes for Irish home rule.
Boston and Maine Ties Questioned in New England Rail Talks
A railroad official asserts long cordial relations with Boston & Maine and New Haven, stressing mutual traffic exchange and no interests below the border. He says Canadian Pacific need not enter New England, citing ample local facilities.
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Boston & Maine
New Haven
Canadian Pacific
New England
Missing Portsmouth businessman sought on fraud charge
John L. Root, a Portsmouth business man, is missing after selling his haberdashery business for 8800 dollars. A warrant accuses him of obtaining money under false pretences as creditors seek 7000 dollars. He left a wife and children. search spans Boston where he has been in the past two days.
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John L. Root
Frank Milan
Ducker
Boston Police
Boston
Funeral for Houghton & Dutton buyer dies on trip
John J. Curley, 30 years with Houghton & Dutton, died of pneumonia last Thursday in Pittsburgh while on firm business in Philadelphia. He served as chief buyer in china and glassware for 18 years and traveled worldwide. He leaves a widow and four children. funeral at Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale at 9 o clock with firm members and employees attending.
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Houghton & Dutton
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Sacred Heart Church
Roslindale
Curley
China
Japan
Alaska Night Baseball and Scenic Tales At White Pass Event
Herman Weig of the White Pass & Yukon Route entertained 50 guests at Young's with tales from Alaska. He claimed Alaska hosts 9 pm baseball, mild weather with abundant flora, and a river running 17 miles an hour. He showed photos and commented on Alaska Indians as descended from the Japanese. A vote of thanks was given.
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Herman Weig
White Pass
Yukon
Young's
Alaska
Weig
Mayor Barry speaks to Cambridge Men’s Club on Boston growth
Mayor Edward J. Barry of Cambridge addressed the Men’s Club of the William Filene's Sons Company store. He outlined how city expansion benefits from large industries. A Filene Choral Club program followed with Apollo quartet and other performers.
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William Filene’s Sons Company
Boston
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Filene Choral Club
Apollo Quartet
Marie Zelezny
Francis Williams
George Abbot
Keith
Bijou Theatre
Ted Snyder
Abandoned Russian Bark Dorothea Found Adrift at Sea
The abandoned Russian bark Dorothea was found by the revenue cutter Seneca drifting about 450 miles east of Cape Henry Virginia. She was en route from Mobile to Rio Janeiro and is believed wrecked in recent storms. The Seneca will tow the vessel to Bermuda, roughly 350 miles away.
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Dorothea
Cape Henry
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Rio Janeiro
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Bermuda
Murder charge over leg found in alley in Chicago
Hassen Sina charged with murder of Awle Abdowl after a suitcase containing a human leg was found in a Chicago alley. George Engele charged as accessory to the crime. Police disclosed the case yesterday and today.
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Chicago
Hassen Sina
Awle Abdowl
George Engele
Sina
Dredger Walter Johanson Drowns at South Boston Pier
Walter Johanson aged 2 employed by Bay State Dredging Company at the Commonwealth Pier South Boston drowned after attempting to jump from a dredge to a tug and falling into the water.
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Walter Johanson
Bay State Dredging Company
Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
No More Constipation Olive Tablets Claim
The Olive Tablet Co promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative for constipation and torpid liver. They claim no griping, easy take for children, and benefits like improved breath and energy with one or two tablets at bedtime. Available 10c and 25c per box from Columba Ohio.
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Olive Tablet Co
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