Hogan Family Seeks Name Change Amid Social Bias Trial
The Hogan family in a Boston court confronts stigma tied to Irish Catholic names. Testimony shows residents faced housing and employment discrimination when known as Hogan or Irish Catholic. Young Edward Hogan testifies the name change to Homan would feel more American. parents recount courtship, religion, and public prejudice.
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Walsh
Charles Stewart Parnell
Robert Emmet
Sullivan
James Farrell
United States Steel Trust
Homan and Homans
Hohmann
England
Cox
State of
Maine
Homan
Mr. Cox
Hogan
Westland Avenue
James Street
Greenwood
Edward Warren Hogan
Episcopal Church
Shanley
Hogans
Democratic Party
Fitzsimmons Wife Wins Suit in Chicago Divorce
Mrs Julia Fitzsimmons was granted a divorce from Robert Fitzsimmons in Chicago after charging cruelty. The former world heavyweight champion was noted as the husband in the suit.
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Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Julia Fitzsimmons
Robert Fitzsimmons
Mayor approves extra Mt Ida Playground grading funds use
The mayor authorized another 0000 expenditure for Mt Ida Playground grading. Two hundred unemployed Boston citizens work at two dollars daily, with orders to eliminate contractor wagons and use wheelbarrows to maximize time on the job. About ten thousand dollars of a twenty thousand dollar appropriation has been committed. Two women arrested in the shopping district, Mrs Lillian Merrifield and Mrs Mabel Lambert, both 28 and 25, residents of 65 Cambridge Street, West End.
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Curley
Mt. Ida
Boston
Lillian Merrifield
Mabel Lambert
Cambridge Street
West End
Pelton and Loughlin
Colonel Kelley Dies at 76 After Gettysburg Pursuit
Colonel T. Benton Kelley, who fired the first shot at Gettysburg, has died at his daughter Mrs. George A. Brigham’s home in Rutland Vermont. He lived many years at the Hotel Westminster in Boston and was 76.
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T. Benton Kelley
Gettysburg
Colonel Kelley
Hotel Westminster
Boston
George A. Brigham
Rutland, VI
Diary of Colonel Kelley records seven Confederate soldiers captured
The diary notes 82 engagements and skirmishes in the Union army with five horses shot, four wounds from lead and three from sabre. Kelley fired the first shot at Gettysburg after giving the alarm, but he was denied a medal for bravery. Since the war he largely resided at Hotel Westminster and in Vermont.
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Kelley
Gettysburg
Hotel Westminster
Vermont
Ex mayor Fitzgerald exits clothing business to back New England ventures
Former Boston mayor Fitzgerald sells his clothing store and transfers stock to The Kennedy Company. He becomes president of the New England Securities Company, formed to promote local industrial and commercial development with New England backing. He notes choosing the new path over returning to politics.
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Fitzgerald
New England
Boston
United States Senate
Kennedy Company
New England Securities Company
Collateral Loan Co Poised To Recover Major Losses
The Collateral Loan Company stands a fair chance of recovering a substantial part of the 114000 dollars lost through loans on stock and the repeated pledging of valuables, a development that caused a sensation in financial and society circles early in December.
Curtis Elected President At Boston Company Annual Meeting
Stockholders met at 75 Cornhill as Charles P. Curtis elected president to succeed William Cobb, now indicted in losses. Curtis outlined a $118,750 maximum loss, with expert audits not exceeding $30,000 on repledging valuables. New board includes Jewett, Dewey, Moore, Ware, Curtis, with Moore and Kennedy as representatives. Curtis may resign the post within a year. Curtis, ex police commissioner and Mutual National Bank president, will lead as board reorganizes.
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Cornhill
Charles P. Curtis
William Cobb
Curtis
George R. Jewett
William R. Dewey
Lewis B. Moore
Charles E. Ware
John F. Moore
Massachusetts
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston
Jewett
Mutual National Bank
Wellesley Professor Lectures on Ethics
Professor Ellen Hayes of Wellesley College spoke at Lorimer Hall last night to the Boston School of Social Science on Ethical Inertia in a lecture marking the third in a series on The History of Ethics.
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Ellen Hayes
Wellesley College
Boston School of Social Science
Lorimer Hall
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