Commission Scores Hill and Peters in gratuities dispute
The finance commission renewed its critique of Mayor Peters for granting gratuities to heirs of deceased city employees. Corporation Counsel Hill countered that such payments can be legal and beneficial in some cases. The commission urged disapproval of gratuities and urged a uniform policy against special privilege acts.
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Peters
Arthur D. Hill
Finance Commission
Hill
Hnor
Michael H. Sullivan
Corporation Counsel
Commission
Sullivan
Funeral for Ted Earl at Newton Cemetery
Relatives and friends paid their final respects to T. A. Earl yesterday at the Newton Cemetery chapel. The Rev. W. E. Huntington conducted the services. Earl, a Massachusetts State Guard member and traffic officer, was assaulted during the Boston police strike, sustaining injuries that led to his death. He was known in Boston's auto business and was manager of the Springfield branch of the Frank E. Wing Company. He leaves a widow and two children.
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T. A. Earl
Newton
W. E. Huntington
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Newton Centre
Ted” Earl
Massachusetts State Guard
Boston
Springfield
Frank E. Wing Company
Ocean Wave Delights Watertown Children At Sea Voyage Swing
Watertown children without seashore access enjoy the Ocean Wave circular swing on Saltonstall playground. About 30 ride the deck as it spins from a 15 foot pole, delivering an undulating motion simulating a rough sea trip. Frank McNamara oversees the playgrounds and hints at funds for lemons for the voyagers.
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Watertown
Frank McNamara
Riverside Drive
Main Street
Woman Killed by Lightning in Maine Farmhouse Outbreak
In Kezar Falls Maine during an electrical storm early today a 37 year old man named Doe was killed by a lightning strike while closing a window at a farmhouse near Stevens Corner. Two of seven other occupants were stunned. beds splintered and a fire started but was quickly put out with little further damage.
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Kezar Falls
Herbert
Doe
Maine
Stevens Corner
Forgery Indictment Involving $250,000 Check
Harry F. Stedman, son of Stedman & Redfield member, indicted for forgery and attempted grand larceny in New York. He allegedly asked broker Nor bert P. Pendergast to manage affairs after claiming large estates and mortgage purchases and presented a $250,000 check marked No good along with smaller endorsements.
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New York
Harry F. Stedman
Boston
Stedman & Redfield
Norbert P. Pendergast
Pendergast
Stedman
Hartford Firm Stedman & Redfield Expands to Boston
The Hartford law firm Stedman & Redfield maintains an office in Boston on Congress Street. It is noted that partner Mr. Stedman was rarely seen in Boston, and his son Harry Stedman is believed to be in Hartford with the main office.
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Stedman & Redfield
Hartford, Conn
Boston
Congress Street
Stedman
Harry Stedman
Hartford
Massachusetts World War I Dead to be Tracked in France
The State Memorial Commission appointed by Governor Coolidge will sail to France September 8 on the La France from New York. Chairman Walter W. Robinson and members Ea4ward L. Logan and Axel E. Zetterman seek locations for about 2000 unidentified Massachusetts graves, aim to identify the dead, photograph trenches and battle sites, and supervise exhumation and repatriation if requested by next of kin.
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State Memorial Commission
Coolidge
Massachusetts
France
la France
New York
Walter W. Robinson
Ea 4Ward L. Logan
Axel E. Zetterman
State House
Maine appoints Pollard as education head
The University of Maine announces the appointment of Professor Luther J. Pollard of Galesburg Illinois, formerly of Lombard College, as head of the department of education. President Robert J. Aley made the announcement.
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Augusta
Luther J. Pollard
Galesburg
Ill
Lombard College
University of Maine
Robert J. Aley
Too Proud to Beg Starves in Indian Orchard
Henry Dubuque of 132 Main Street Indian Orchard died at Noble Hospital from starvation. He was found crawling in a barn on Pochagssic road after police discovered him. Dr Arthur Schoonmaker said he had no nourishment for a week and had been in failing health since coming from Brattleboro Vermont.
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Westfield
Henry Dubuque
Main Street
Indian Orchard
Noble Hospital
Pochagssic Road
Arthur Schoonmaker
Brattleboro
Trolleymen Strike Averted in Pittsfield Wage Offer
Berkshire Street Railway workers in Pittsfield faced a midnight strike but operations continue after the company offered a 15 percent wage rise. A vote on the offer is planned early next week and the men will stay at work in the interim.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
Bay State Hardware and Related Firms List
A compact directory shows multiple Boston area hardware and rubber firms with addresses on Wash Street Federal Street Columbus Avenue Eliot Street Tremont Beacon Street and Mass Avenue plus outlets in Arlington Everett Woburn Winchester and Danvers indicating a regional business listings snapshot and location details.
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Bay State Hardware Co
Wash
Mass
Menotomy Garage
Mass. Ave
Arlington
Duncan Corporation
Everett Sq
Glendale Sq
Everett
B. F. Waldron Son
Salem &J
Woburn, Hersey Hardware Co
Winchester
D. E. Woodward
Maple St
Danvers
No Monument at Poe's Grave Found Misplaced in Baltimore
Baltimore July 23 Pilgrims at Westminster Church graveyard believed Poe’s tomb carried a marker of the hapless poet but proof shows the Poe monument sits above Septimus Tustin’s grave, a different resting place. Poe’s actual grave remains unmarked awaiting correction.
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Baltimore
Edgar Allen Poe
Westminster Church
Septimus Tustin
Poe
May Garretson Evans
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Mr. Tustin
Coolidge Vice President Nomination Notified in Northampton
Preparations are under way for at least 30,000 people in Northampton on Tuesday for a notification ceremony naming Governor Coolidge as the Republican candidate for Vice-President. The address will be delivered by Governor Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Northampton
Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
Settlement Reached In Boston Nurse's Suit Against Father-in-Law
Georgianna G. Mendum of Boston settled her suit against John A. Mendum for 5000 in a judgment agreement filed in the clerk’s office. She had claimed 32166.67 from March 1 1911 to May 11 1917 for cooking washing and ironing at 591 Dudley Street. She said she spent her own money caring for him and that he promised cash or a will but a conservator was later appointed to manage his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna G. Mendum
Boston
John A. Mendum
Dudley Street
Rome Must Stand Trial for Desertion
The military court-martial ruled Philip S. Rome of Worcester legally inducted into U S service and charged him with desertion. The court adjourned until next Tuesday afternoon for trial proceedings.
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Philip S. Rome
Worcester
Rome
United States
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