Mayor Curley’s History Claims Debated in Letter
In a Post letter Walter Kendall Watkins of Malden argues that Mayor Curley’s Revolutionary era history notes are inaccurate. He questions the supposed Boston Common witch hanging and asserts Captain Miles Standish was not Irish, citing Nathaniel Morton’s 1669 Memorials and Standish’s Lancashire origins.
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Sir
Curley
Boston Common
Boston
Miles Standish
Nathaniel Morton
New England
Captain Standish
Lancashire
Isle of Man
Standish
Ireland
Margaret
George Ireland
Southworth
Walter Kendall Watkins
Malden, Maas
Father Thomas Walsh Transferred to Chelsea
The Rev. Thomas A. Walsh, previously with St Mary's in Collinaville near Lowell, moves to Our Lady of Grace Church in Chelsea. Formerly a senior curate at St Patrick's Dudley Street Roxbury and spiritual director of several parish sodalities.
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Thomas A. Walsh
St. Mary's Parish
Collinaville
Lowell
Our Lady of Grace Church
Chelsea
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Henry James Suffers Two Apoplexy Strokes
Henry James the American author and recent British subject has been seriously ill for months. His chronic disease is complicated by two light strokes of apoplexy and doctors report no sustained improvement despite earlier signs of progress.
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London
Henry James
James
B and M Lifts Embargo on Most Eastbound Freight
The Boston and Maine railroad announced lifting its freight embargo for all east bound traffic via connections with the New York Central and Delaware and Hudson at Rotterdam Mechanicville and Troy New York. Exports through Boston port remain restricted and Merchants Miners Transportation Co route embargo is removed.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
New York Central
Delaware & Hudson
Rotterdam
Mechanicville
Troy
N. Y
Boston
Merchants &Miners’ Transportation Company
New Haven
B. M
Deer Fall to Dogs in Western Massachusetts
GREAT BARRINGTON Jan 21 Deer are being hunted by dogs after a deep snow and frozen ground tire and slow them. Reports note mutilated carcasses as hounds pursue deer while game laws shield devouring dogs unless a dog is caught twice in the act and reports are made to the owner, limiting warden action.
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Great Barrington
Milk price rise threat prompts New England dairy talks
Price increases for milk in Greater Boston are opposed by milk producers and dealers in New England. Leaders of major agricultural groups met at the American House to plan resistance to higher dairy freight rates proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Boston
New England
Agricultural Associations
American House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milk freight rate debate prompts action by dairy group
Meeting speakers Southern Maine freight costs show current per quart milk at 1.55 for 865 days and proposed rates would raise to 2.55. Boston & Maine and Maine Central reps cite 20 percent vs 33 1/3 percent rises. Participants include John C. Orcutt F. H. Bradford C. H. Hood Charles M. Burt and F. T. Huntoon. Resolutions urge action before the Interstate Commerce Commission to shield producers from rate revisions that cut farmers income and raise consumer costs.
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Boston
Boston & Maine and
Maine Central Railroads
John C. Orcutt
Boston Chamber of Commerce Committee On
F. H. Bradford
Turner Centre Dairymen’s Association of
Auburn
C. H. Hood
H. P. Hood Company
Charles M. Burt
Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Agricultural
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richard Pattée
Producers’ Association
Boston University proposes model high school plan
Dr A H Wilde head of education unveils a model school within BU for regular pupils and senior college students as teachers in training. Participating suburbs Revere Watertown Dedham Melrose will employ graduates who gained experience in the model high school.
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A. H. Wilde
Department of Education
Boston University
Schoos
Revere
Watertown
Dedham
Melrose
U S Advises On Baby Care In Winter Warning
The Children's Bureau warns mothers to avoid kissing infants to prevent winter illnesses. The pamphlet urges smart baby care to curb colds bronchitis pneumonia and other respiratory diseases prevalent in the season.
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Children’s Bureau of
United States Department of Labor
Baby care notes to prevent winter colds and bronchitis
A pamphlet urges mothers to avoid coughing on babies and to limit kissing visitors. It stresses germ spread, recommends masking if nursing with a cold, and promotes fresh air, screened cribs, open windows, and regular daytime outdoor airing to prevent respiratory illnesses and deaths.
Medford Women Learn Meat Substitutes From Miss Bradley
Miss Alice Bradley led the Medford Women's Club at their new clubhouse in a lesson on meat substitutes. She highlighted peas, beans, lentils, cheese, milk, and fish as protein sources and demonstrated dishes including stuffed smelts, bissotti, and timbales fermiere with notes on economy and flavor.
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Alice Bradley
Medford
Rider Crushed by Dead Horse in New Hampshire
Harley Sanborn of Concord is confined with a broken leg after a dead horse he was skinning kicked him. The horse died earlier that day and Sanborn was handling the hind legs when muscles contracted, shattering his shin bones.
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Concord
N. H
Harley Sanborn
Sanborn
Burton Holmes Lecture "Downn Dixie" Entertains at Symphony Hall
Burton Holmes presented a travelogue in Symphony Hall last evening titled Downn Dixie. The program journeyed from New York through Washington Arlington Mount Vernon, Annapolis, Richmond, and showed Southern cities Charleston Savannah Atlanta New Orleans with views of wealth and poverty and the Mare Gran.
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Burton Holmes
Symphony Hall
New York
Washington
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Annapolis
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah
Atlanta
New Orleans
General Scott backs Army plan before Senate panel
On January 21 Major General Scott and Major General Bliss testified with unconditional support for Secretary Garrison's continental army plan before the Senate military committee. They echoed earlier remarks made to the House committee, stressing the plan's aims and urgency.
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Washington
Garrison
Senate Military Committee
Scott
Bliss
House
General Scott Proposes Immediate Reserve Forces Plan
General Scott urged immediate creation of a reserve corps of commissioned officers for wartime posts and a quartermaster reserve of enlisted men including mechanics telegraphers radio operators drivers and teamsters. An American Legion representative cited 15 000 willing enlistees. Both generals favored universal military service but doubted public tolerance. General Bliss called it academic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Army of Defence
Quartermaster
American Legion
Bliss
U S Will Pay For Big Bill After Prisoner Board Dispute
The United States will pay 6 cents a day for Federal prisoners after refusing to cover the Massachusetts board cost. The change follows a dispute over daily rates and a plan to move 10 inmates to Fort Leavenworth to avoid higher charges. Kelcher’s transfer to Leavenworth is before the courts.
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Massachusetts
Board of Federal Prisoners
Uncle Sam
Kelcher
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Charlestown
Fort, Leavenworth
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Gilchrist
Taupe Fox
Anderson Gingham
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Chantilly
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Pei Vinry Ie Wea
Redeem
England
Graham
N.B.C. Graham
National Biscuit Company
B. U. 10
U. S
Winter St
Washington Street
Wilson Brothers
Wash. St
Tramont &T
Tel. Hay
Scollay
Gen. Scott
ARMY
Reserve Corps of Officers and Mechanics
Brookside
Connor
Henfield Brand
Underwood
Dov
Sunkist
Sie
Bacon
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