Board Proposes Roof Gardens to Boost Primary School Play
Joseph Lee led a campaign at the School Board meeting for more roof gardens and play for first grade pupils. Michael H. Corcoran, re elected on a less-play stance, opposed but was outvoted four to one on appointing a special assistant at the Washington School in the West End to direct roof garden play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lee
Michael H. Corcoran
J.8e
Washington
West End
Leen
Corcoran
Lee
Breck
School reform debate on play time and testing department
A city school meeting debated the impact of reduced recess and more play on learning. Supporters cited improved attention and work, while critics warned of neglecting fundamentals. The board tabled a plan to establish an Educational Investigation and Measurement department with a $2730 director salary and endorsed open air classes for anemic children.
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Corcoran
O’meara
Brock
Department of Educational Investigation and Measurement
Department of Education, Investigation
Richard CC. Cabot
Miller cleans house in Quincy city offices with sweep
Mayor Miller announces a broad reorganization at an adjourned City Council meeting. Most department heads will change after Monday, Feb 2, including the public works commissioner and city treasurer, while the city engineer and several civil service posts are retained.
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Miller
Quincy
Post
Commissioner of Public Works
Civil Service
John Curtis
Walter 8. Pinkham
Emery I. Crane
Moses Brown
John J. O’hara
Perry Green
Faxon E. Billings
Fred A. Bartlett
Gustave B. Bates
L. C. Merrill
Daniel Schouler, Jr
Francis Aberlee, Jr
Frank Fessenden Crane
Jeremiah J. Kensley
James F. Allen
Ira M. Whittemore
Walter Deacon
H. B. Chapman
Albert W. Fay
Thomas Bishop
Joseph Vogel
John Evans
Howard Rogers
John Q. Cudworth
Atlantic
Moses L. Brown
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Bates
Cure a Colic in One Day Laxative Bromine Quinine Ad
Advertisement card touts a one day cure for colic with laxative bromine quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if no cure. Signature of BE. W. GROVE on each box. 25 cents.
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BE. W. Grovfe
Beardsley Holds Off Arrest Near Villigen Farm Siege
Sheriff Anderson failed in two attempts to capture Edward Beardsley during a seven day siege at the Beardsley farm near Summerdale. Detectives posing as photographers tried to approach Beardsley to seize him, but he remained armed at the window and refused to be taken.
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Villigen
Sheriff Anderson
Beardsley Farm
Summerdale
Edward Beardsley
Mayville
Beardsley
Beardsley Accepts Offer to Surrender on Wednesday
Fred Beardsley and Alex Olsen visited Luther S. Lukin to persuade a surrender with Sheriff Anderson’s consent. Beardsley vowed to surrender Wednesday when his mother in law takes the children, saying he would be jailed with Attorney Pickard and warned of trouble if the sheriff presses the arrest.
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Fred Beardsley
Alex Olsen
Jamestown
Luther S. Lukin
Chatauqua
Beardsley Shack
Anderson
Pickard
Beardsley
Cyrus Mason
Westfield
Mr. Mason
Edna Pier
Relatives Sought for Walter Hod Killed in Grind Stone Camp
The Post seeks Walter Hod relatives after a tree fell on him Wednesday at Jordan Lumber Co camp in Grind Stone Mo. Hod was 26, 150 pounds, with black hair and gray eyes. Relatives may claim the body by sending details to E E Craig Oldtown Me.
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Walter Hod
The
Jordan Lumber Company
Grindstone
E. E. Craig
Oldtown
Roxbury Suffragists Open Headquarters in Roxbury
Roxbury suffragists opened headquarters in the Intercolonial building at 212 Dudley street and launch a ten day campaign for equal franchise. Miss Mabel Willard leads the effort with two daily meetings, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., with speakers including Mrs. George H. Stearns Miss Eva Channing Rev. Charles L. Page Representative Joseph McManus and others. Ward leaders include Rebecca Burns Emily Babb Emily McCloud and Ethel Howard.
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Roxbury
Intercolonial
Dudley Street
Curley
George H. Stearns
Eva Channing
Charles L. Page
Joseph McManus
Gertrude B. Newell
Butler R. Wilson
Rebecca Burns
Emily Babb
Emily McCloud
Ethel Howard
G. H. Stearns
Wright
Mabel Willard
A. C. Ellis
Mabel Howard
Miss Moen Denies Claims Against Moen Estate
Chandler Bullock counsel for the Moen estate denies Levi Wilson Moen formerly of Uxbridge has any claim or trust fund rights to the Moen estate. Wilson’s Newark, New Jersey contacts and alleged half million in checks are disputed with siblings denying any will or funds.
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Chandler Bullock
Philip W. Moen
Philip J. Moen
Worcester
Levi Wilson Moen
Doc Wilson
Moen
Uxbridge
Philip S. Moen
Newark
N. J
Frank M. Mc
Philip L. Moen
Wilson
Bullock
Sophia Moen
Bay State Road
Back Bay
Havana Sends Municipal Band to Exposition
Havana government approves sending the Municipal Band to the Pan American Pacific exposition in San Francisco with a 12000 appropriation for travel and 5000 for new instruments. The band previously attended the Chicago World's Fair.
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Havana
San Francisco
Mason Clings To Rope At City Hall Annex Rescue
Charles Anderson of Morrison Avenue West Somerville dangled from a staging rope eight stories above the street for over a minute while working on the new City Hall Annex before bystanders and workers rescued him.
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Charles Anderson
Morrison Avenue
West Somerville
New City Hall
Men in Narrow Escape as Staging Tips on Building
A worker clung to a rope and then stepped onto a staging that tipped during a climb. Anderson and John Guiltano of Revere pulled the staging, which shifted when Gui tano pulled too fast. Anderson caught the rope, and Guitano regained footing with others helping to position the staging for Anderson.
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Anderson
John Guiltano
Revere
Guitano
Holy Name Banquet in Cambridge Installs Officers
The Holy Name Society of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Cambridge held its annual banquet and installed officers at Riverbank Court Hotel last evening.
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The
Holy Name _ Society of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Cambridge
Riverbank Court Hotel
Telegram publisher indicted on multiple libel counts
Frederick W. Enwright publisher at the Lynn Telegram was indicted on 16 counts of criminal libel and, with director Charles F. Mac Cahill, six additional counts, by the Essex county grand jury at Salem yesterday afternoon.
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Frederick W. Enwright
Lynn Telegram
Charles F. MacCahill
Essex County
Salem
Law suits over Lynn Telegram defamation and interference
Complainants Charles H Hastings Wilmot R Hastings publishers of the Lynn Item Charles O Blood president of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce and J B Blood Company Ralph S Bauer former Lynn Board of Trade president and Arthur W Pinkham president of Lynn National Bank sue for 100000 each alleging interference with the Telegram. Enwright a former Boston reporter MacCahill related by marriage to P W Magrane joined the Telegram after its transition to a Massachusetts corporation.
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Charles H. Hastings
Wilmot R. Hastings
Lynn Item
Charles O. Blood
Lynn Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Blood Company
Ralph 8. Bauer
Lynn
Lynn Board of Trade
Arthur W. Pinkham
Lynn National Bank
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn Telegram
C. O. Blood
Ralphs
Bauer
Telegram
Enwright
Boston
MacCahill
P. W. Magrane
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
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