Fireworks Disappoint the Mayor
Mayor Fitzgerald expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Fourth of July fireworks on the Charles River Basin. He plans to hold up payments to the display firms and consult with the Safer and Saner Fourth Committee. Several complaints included a missing band at East Boston and a disputed prize in the Charlies River regatta. The Mayor said he would address these issues with officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Charles River
Giblin
Brophy
O'Neil
East Boston
Charlies River
Jeffries Point Club
Lomasney Named To Health Board In Surprise Move
Mayor Fitzgerald sent to the Civil Service Commission the appointment of Senator Joseph P Lomasney of Ward 8 to the Board of Health to replace the late Frederick O North. The move, a surprise, aligns with rumors that Lomasney may not seek another State Senate term this fall. He is brother to Martin M Lomasney and has held posts in the Old Common Council the House of Representatives deputy water commissioner and lamp supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Civil Service Commission
Joseph Pp. Lomasney
Ward 8
Board of Health
Frederick O. North
Lomasney
State Senate
Senator Lomasney
Martin M. Lomasney
Old Common Council
West End
House of Representatives
Quincy
Collins
Fire Traps Woman in Tenement as Smoke Swoons
A woman named Mrs Posner collapsed from smoke inhalation after a fire in a tenement four stories below. Firefighters confined the blaze to the initial room, preventing spread outside, and brought it under control at a cost of about $100.
Fire Rescue from Four-Story Tenement at 41 Billerica Street
A mother, nursing her three day old infant, was carried to safety through a window and along a plank by her sister in law during a noon blaze. Seven children, all from the two families, were also led to safety by Mrs. Sugarman, Mrs. Posner, and nurse Ida Sam mers, all evacuating via the same plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billerica Street
Joseph
Annie Sugarman
Posner
Ida Summers
Joseph Sugarman
Helen Sugarman
Sadie
Bessie
Isadore
Samuel Sugarman
Solomon Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Sugarman
Sarah Posner
Ida’ Sammers
PAY TRIBUTES TO LOYAL MAN
A large gathering at St. Leo's Church Dorchester paid final tribute to James G. McGowan advertising manager of the Boston Post who died suddenly Saturday night. Family, friends, associates from the Post and church societies attended the requiem high mass and pallbearers included Albert Davis Louis O Merrick George F Madden and others. Interment was at Holyhood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Leo’s Church
Dorchester
James G. McGowan
Boston Post
Mr. McGowan
McGowan
Bernard Street
James J. Murphy
Fabian V. O'Connell
East
Boston
Lucy Geller
Thomas Finn
Bessie O'Connell
Albert Davis
Louis O. Merrick
George F. Madden
B. §. Jacobs
Alfred H. Marchant
Edwin J. Maguire
Edward BE. McDonald
James H. Brehaut
John Shea
Jump in Pay Rollen City Elevates City Payrolls
The city treasurer reported June payrolls rose by 20284.80 over June last year and the first half year increase reached 362383.06. Overall six month salaries amounted to 6670109.61, higher than 6307726.55 a year ago.
Keliber Will Try It Again Reelection Bid Set
Congressman John A. Keliber returned from Washington and announced his candidacy for a fifth term. He met ward lieutenants and held talks with James Donovan. Despite backing rival mayoral contender James J. Storrow, many opponents pledged support for his fall bid against the Fitzgerald ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Keliher
Washington
James Donovan
Kelcher
James J. Storrow
Fitzgerald
2000 Children Enrolled in Playgrounds Classes
More than two thousand boys and girls in Somerville attend outdoor classes run by the Somerville Play Grounds Association. The program, in its second year, uses five playgrounds for boys and six for girls with sessions aligned to a school schedule. Swearing and smoking are banned, under penalty of dismissal, to foster healthy activity and camaraderie.
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Somerville
Somereville Play Grounds Association
Lincoln Park
City Field
Franklin Park
South Street
Fellsway East
Prospect Hill
Political battles shape up in district races
Reported to Congressman Kelcher, Mayor Fitzgerald mobilizes to defeat him with suspected support for Councillor William J Murray. Other players include Representatives Callahan Shaw and Timothy Callahan, Senator Doyle backing Kelcher, O Connell campaign, and A O H figures backing O Connell. Hamlin governor bid lingers with Storrow ties and convention fight prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelcher
Fitzgerald
William J. Murray
Charlestown
James J. Storrow
Storrow
Murray
Shaw
Timothy Callahan
Callahan
James H. Doyle
Heve
Doyle
Kelcher-Donovan
Joseph F. O'Connell
James M. Curley
Matthew Cummings
Congressman O'Connell
Charles S. Hamlin
James H. Vahey
Eugene N. Foss
Hamlin
Macleod
Foss
Girl Celebrates Fourth by Elope At Beverly Farms
July 5. Miss Abbie Foster Day surprised her parents at breakfast by saying she celebrated the Fourth by running away to Beverly and marrying Charles Alexander Sutherland. The couple had been intimate recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Farms
Abbie Foster
Beverly
Charles Alexander Sutherland
Charles 4A. Sutherland
Abbie Foster Day
Manchester
Faction Fails As City Street Chief Shifts Nominee
Congressman Joseph F. O Connell and his Red Devil faction suffer a second political setback in a week as the Finance Commission blocks the re appointment of former Street Department foreman John F. Gerrity. Superintendent Rourke abandons the Gerrity plan and names James M. Hewitt of 79 Lenox Street Ward 18 as the new street office appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. O'Connell
Red Devil
Ward 20
Democracy
Finance Commission
John F. Gerrity
Hancock Street
Rourke
James M. Hewitt
Lenox Street
Ward 18
Excursions for Poor Children Start Next Monday
The Ran idge trust fund enables excursions for poor children starting Monday and continuing daily except Sundays through July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randidge Trust Fund
Sutherland-Heit Wedding Sparks Beverly Church Bell
The wedding of Mrs. Sutherland, daughter of Charles Hi. Day, commander of Preston Post G. A. R., to a Montreal native employed at the McKee estate, surprised guests after taking place in the rectory of St. Peter's Episcopal Church Beverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Charles Hi. Day
Preston Post
McKee
Montreal
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beverly
Boston Girl Rescues Baby Sibling From Yard Fire
Ellen Martenette, five, of 9 West Broad Way South Boston is hospitalized with severe burns after saving her baby sister from a yard fire yesterday afternoon. Her dress caught fire and mother extinguished the flames. The baby escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Martenette
West Broadway
Boston
Bradley Sues to Seize 10 Acre Shorefront Land
Robert S. Bradley, owner of a Summer residence at Pride's Crosstip on the North Shore, lost his equity suit to compel conveyance of a 10 acre strip between his property and the sea. He alleged a contract with Reginald Boardman and Mary E. Haven and Edward B. Haven to buy the land for 75000 dollars last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Bradley
Pride's Crosstip
Rugg
Bradley
Reginald Boardman
Mary E. Haven
Edward B. Haven
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Urs
Sarah i Posner
Winter St
New York
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Tremont Street
Mass
Shubert Theatre
J. G. McGowan
the Post
Royal Cloak & Suit Co
Summer St
Shuman
Jordan
Keliher
Congress
Prospect Hill School
Somerville Outdoor School
O'Connell
Adamson
Percales
Madras
Sian
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland
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