Story Pictures Impress Boston Readers Across New England
Readers and officials including Governor Foss Mayor Fitzgerald President Gasson Boston College President Maclaurin and Chairman Ellis commend the Post for its Story Pictures feature. Interviews praise its educational value in art poetry history and literature enriching schools and households throughout the region.
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Fitzgerald
Gasson
Boston College
Maclaurin
The
Institute of Technology
Ellis
Boston School Board
Post
New England
Wellesley Girl Weds Blind U. S. Attorney in Dover Ceremony
Miss Juliette Wheeler Duxbury, a well known Wellesley resident, married Raymond Gould Brown, the blind assistant to the United States district attorney of New York, at the bride’s aunt’s home in Dover. The couple's engagement began after Brown entered Harvard Law School in 1907 and followed his 1910 graduation. Brown, son of Elisha R. Brown, is connected to Strafford banks and local industry through family roles.
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Harvard College
Juliette Wheeler Duxbury
Raymond Gould Brown
United States District Attorney of
New York
Mary Duxbury
Summer Street
W. Weir Gillis
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Mr. Brown
Harvard Law School
United States District Attorney
Elisha R. Brown
Strafford National
Strafford Savings Banks
Harold Brown
Philip Brown
I. B. Williams
Return to Gotham Bride Heads to New York Home
Less than an hour after their ceremony Mr and Mrs Brown depart for New York to establish a home. Mrs Brown, daughter of a former telephone company official, is a Dover High School and Wellesley College graduate active in St Thomas Episcopal Church. The couple, once childhood playmates, were briefly separated before his 1908 Harvard enrollment.
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Mrs. Brown
New York
Telephone Company
Dover High School
Wellesley College
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Mr. Brown
Harvard
Board of Appeals Appointments Bypass Civil Service
The civil service commission agrees with Mayor Fitzgerald and Corporation Counsel Babson that the Mayor's appointments to the Board of Appeals are not subject to confirmation by the commission. James R. Murphy was appointed to succeed the late George R. Swaysy and confirmed by the City Council on Monday after the time limit expired.
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Civil Service Commission
Fitzgerald
Babson
Board of Appeals
James R. Murphy
George R. Swasey
Chamber Elects President Today at Boston Chamber Meeting
Eleven new directors were elected and reports from many committees were accepted at the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Boston Chamber building. It was the first full year since reorganization, and members listened eagerly to the committee reports.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Reorganized Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce elects new officers and notes progress
The directors filled vacancies with Bain Bennett Butler Cox Duncan Hagan Lowney Luce Phelan Shepard Stone and Hougnon and Hutchinson. A meeting will choose a president to replace Bernard Rothwell and two vice presidents with candidates Cobb Fahey and Smith. The 20 month-old chamber reports active progress including a new fish dealers pier on Boston's waterfront and a 15 year lease, enabling industry growth and state leasing gains.
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William H. Bain
March G. Bennett
William JF. Butler
Charles M. Cox
Albert Greene Duncan
Henry EF. Hagan
Walter M. Lowney
Robert Luce
James J. Phelan
Frank R. Shepard
Frederick W. Stone
Frederick O. Hougnon
George Hutchinson
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber
John C. Cobb
John H. Fahey
George S. Smith
Rothwell
James A. McKibben
Boston
T Wharf
Fire at Boston College Causes Smoke and Minor Damage
A cigarette in the basement of Boston College Hall at 761 Harrison Avenue started a fire that spread upward, damaging about 500 dollars. Father Gasson and college priests were awakened by smoke, evacuated, then returned as fire crews arrived and found damage limited.
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Boston College Hall
Harrison Avenue
Father Gasson
Waltham Pastor Collapses While Vacationing in Florida
The Rev. Joseph Gibbs, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Waltham, collapsed yesterday in Maitland Florida where he has been seeking to regain health. Mrs. Gibbs rushed south upon news of the illness. Gibbs, about 32, has led the Waltham church for two years and has suffered a nervous disease for most of that period, collapsing on Christmas Day.
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Joseph Gibbs
Presbyterian Church of
Waltham
Maitland
Fla
Jail Rest Cure Accused at Worcester County Jail
Representative John T. Flanagan tells a Post reporter that Worcester county jail under the ousted Sheriff Wensel Washburn served as a rest cure rather than a corrective institution for forgers and perjurers, according to a Worcester report dated Jan. 24.
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Worcester
Worcester County
Wensel Washburn
John T. Flanagan
Post
Pastor Gibbs amid church strife and political wrangle
After marrying and taking the Waltham pulpit, Dr. Gibbs faced two church factions forcing resignations. He suffered nervous attacks, was bed-bound, and received constant medical care as Massachusetts church leaders upheld him. A political rift tied to Pierce and Wilder triggered further illness before a trip south for recovery.
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Waltham Presbyterian Church
Gibbs
Lynn
Presbyterian Church
Massachusetts
Boston man to make kite flights from Pennsylvania deck
Samuel F. Perkins of Boston has permission from Captain Pond to conduct experimental flights in his man-carrying kites from the deck of the armored cruiser Pennsylvania. The ship sailed today for the Santa Barbara channel where the tests will take place.
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San Francisco
Samuel F. Perkins
Boston
Pond
Pennsylvania
Santa Barbara
Jail corruption claims highlight warden favors and prisoner abuse
Representative Flanagan accuses W. A. Bailey of private business access via a jail lock box and warden as valet. He says political influence secured favors for forgers while ordinary inmates faced brutal neglect, death in straitjackets, and exposure in freezing weather shoveling snow for the warden’s associates.
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W. A. Bailey
Flanagan
Tide Times and Historical Notes Mark Seasonal Milestones
Continued on page three six column high tide today rises at 7 05 sets at 4 48 the moon 25 days old tide rises 8 26 am day length 9 hours 48 minutes 25th day of year day has increased 39 minutes since December 22 only 54 more days of winter anniversary of attack on Springfield arsenal in Shea s rebellion 1787 birth of General George E Pickett 1825
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Springfield Arsenal
Shea
George E. Pickett
Weather outlook for Boston area and New England fair days
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather today and tomorrow with moderate temperatures and westerly to southwesterly winds. In Washington on January 24, the New England forecast predicts fair Wednesday and likely Thursday with moderate southwest winds. Steamers bound for European ports will enjoy brisk southwest to west winds and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Grand Banks
Best Service to California Across Washington Route
The item notes a standard or tourist service to California conducted without charge from Washington station, berth price nine dollars, via the Washington Sunset route with references to Milk and Wagh streets.
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Washington
Washington-Sunset
Fire threatens Cushing Hospital patients on Parker Hill
Women patients at the Cushing Hospital Roxbury watched a laundry fire beneath their windows and were moved carefully as a blaze in the connected laundry building caused about 1500 in damage and nearly doomed the hospital. The patients were three who had just undergone operations and escaped harm due to careful evacuation by doctors and nurses.
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Cushing Hospital
Parker Hill
Roxbury
Charity Club Hospital
Roxbury Crossing
Baptist Hospital
Oliver Anderson
Fire on Parker Hill Destroys Laundry at Cushing Hospital
A brush fire started by boys on Parker Hill fed by a stiff breeze reached the laundry attached to Cushing Hospital. Two laundry workers fled upstairs for belongings. one saved clothing and money, others lost theirs. Fire engines struggled with low pressure and steep terrain as nurses and police aided frightened patients and kept the fire from spreading to nearby facilities.
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Parker Hill
Cushing Hospital
Barry Beats Ferguson in Rough Armory Bout
Barry earns a decision over Ferguson in a hard fought match at the Armory. Tenney is appointed full manager of the Boston Nationals. Boston coast schedule for the Red Sox released with indoor baseball expected to supplant basketball in city schools. Newton High wins its first game of the league series.
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Barry
Ferguson
Armory
Tenney
Boston Nationals
Red Sox
Boston
Newton High
Novelist David Grahame Phillips Dies After Shooting
New York January 24 David Graham Phillips died at Bellevue Hospital from wounds inflicted by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough who shot the writer yesterday in what authorities call a grudge. Phillips lingered despite valiant efforts as sepsis from a perforated lung proved fatal.
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Goldsborough
New York
David Graham Phillips
Bellevue Hospital
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
Phillips
Novelist Dies After Brief Illness at 11 05
The writer died at 11 05 after remaining unconscious for a short period. At his bedside were his sister Mrs. Carolyn Frevert and brother Harrison W. Phillips of New York, along with physicians. Visitors earlier included United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana and other writers. Medical staff and relatives had been hopeful until about 9 p.m. when his condition worsened. The coroner was asked to dispense with an autopsy, as is usual in homicide cases.
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Harrison W. Phillips
New York
United States
Beveridge
Indiana
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