Mayor Curley Fires Flynn in surprise dismissal
Mayor Curley summarily discharged Assistant Corporation Counsel George A. Flynn with notice at 4 p.m. The firing followed Flynn’s friendly ties with ex-Corporation Counsel John A. Sullivan. Hennessey notified Flynn by letter and stated the position ended at close of the business day.
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Curley
George A. Flynn
William J. Hennessey
Hennessey
Flynn
Law Department
John A. Sullivan
Boston Chauffeur Held on Technical Manslaughter Charge
Arthur Short a Boston chauffeur was held for the grand jury on a technical manslaughter charge after the death of Clarence E Woodward of Melrose crushed in an automobile collision on Tremont street last week.
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Arthur Short
Boston
Clarence E. Woodward
Melrose
Tremont Street
Moorehead Sues Curator Sterns Over Archaeology Data
Warren K. Moorehead of Andover sues Frederick H. Sterns curator of the Peabody Museum at Harvard in East Cambridge Superior Court. The bill seeks to restrain Sterns from disposing of certain scientific data from archaeological work in the Arkansas River valley last summer.
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Frederick H. Sterns
Peabody Museum of Archeology
Harvard University
East Cambridge
Warren K. Moorehead
Andover
Sterns
Arkansas River Valley
YMCA Drive Fails to Reach Half of $100,000 Goal
Team captains of the Boston Y M C A struggle to reach the $100,000 target after three days, reporting $47,039.40 collected. Only $12,380.90 was raised yesterday as volunteers were urged to push harder.
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Boston Y. M. C. A
Y M C A Campaign at Camp Devens Seeks Broad Support
Enlistees contribute from 1 to 10 dollars to aid the Boston Y M C A work for soldiers at Camp Devens. Major gifts include 1000 dollar from Welling ton Johnson and an anonymous donor, 500 dollar from Barron and Webster. Directors aim to raise 100000 dollars by next Tuesday night with mass public support.
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Camp Devens
George A. Gordon
William H. Wellington
Arthur S. Johnson
C. W. Barron
L. G. Webster
George C. Lee
Massachusetts
Boston
Boston Y. M. C. A
Express trains skip stops anger Boston riders
Say L trains run by stops adds to complaints about Boston Elevated Street Railway Company. Reports say express trains operated from Dudley street and Sullivan square without notice, with a recent car loaded with passengers passing Essex street without stopping and forcing some to alight at Northampton and Dover streets for transfers.
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Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Boston
Dudley Street
Sullivan Square
Northampton
Dover Streets
Essex Street
Allen Raps Milk Dealers Over Boston Price Rule
Philip R Allen chairman of the Federal Milk Commission of New England condemned milk dealers who raise prices outside Greater Boston claiming Boston area rates apply elsewhere. He listed Boston and 23 nearby towns where the commission findings are effective and warned against unauthorized price hikes beyond those areas.
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Greater Boston
Philip R Allen
Federal Milk Commission of
New England
Milk Commission For
Boston
Vicinity
Brookline
Quincy
Milton
Newton
Watertown
Waltham
Cambridge
Belmont
Somerville
Everett
Chelsea
Winthrop
Revere
Malden
Medford
Arlington
Winchester
Stoneham
Melrose
Saugus
Lynn
Nahant
Commission
Habit of Drinking Hot Water Before Breakfast
The notice extols a daily morning routine of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and organs. It claims this internal bath eliminates waste and toxins, preventing headaches and other ailments, and urges readers to buy limestone phosphate at the drug store.
Mrs Florence List Claims Longest Hair in East Boston
Mrs Florence List of 96 Homer Street East Boston claims the longest hair in East Boston with a three inch length and hair down her back nearly touching the floor when straight. Her friend Mrs Bushey of Charlestown persuaded her to enter the state contest. The woman’s hair has grown since she stopped clipping bangs twelve years ago.
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East Boston
Florence List
New England
Homer Street
Boston
Cambridge Student Aviator Dies in San Antonio Camp
Howard B. Harding age 18 is dead at an aviation camp in San Antonio Texas. His mother Mrs Walter Th innAnn of Cambridge was en route to his bedside when the news arrived in St Louis. Arrangements are under way to bring the body to Cambridge for burial.
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Howard B. Harding
San Antonio
Tex
Walter
Cambridge
St. Louis
Police Narrow Slayers Lair in Back Bay Area
Police close in on the slayer of Mounted Officer Joseph C. Reiser in Boston's Back Bay. Clues point to a lair within Boylston street to Ipswich street bounds as detectives tighten the dragnet and seek a chauffeur who may have tipped the killer. The victim had inside information from a local contact, identity unknown.
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Joseph C. Reiser
Jersey Street
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue
Ipswich Street
Reiser
Bay State Workers Vote Tonight Across 16 Unions
Bay State Street Railway employees across 16 local unions will hold meetings tonight in multiple cities to cast a strike vote. Receiver Denham defended his rejected cooperative plan, expressing astonishment at the unions committee stance and denying any intent to break up the union.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Denham
Boston to Host Free Public Lectures on Federal Income Tax
Collector John F. Malley of the internal revenue service will hold six free morning lectures at the Boston City Club next week from 10 to 12 for Massachusetts residents. Deputies will assist attendees, answer questions, and help prep 1917 income statements, with on site forms.
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Malley
City Club
John F. Malley
Internal Revenue Service
Devonshire Street
Boston City Club
War Revenue
Congress
Massachusetts
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