Pleads for square deal for Boston at park road hearing
Automotive interests and city officials clashed at Ford Hall as Boston leaders and motor groups argued over closing park roads to autos. Mayor Fitzgerald and Parks head Pettigrew cited costs and damage while advocates claimed unfair burdens on Boston taxpayers and highways funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Ford Hall
Fitzgerald
John A. Pettigrew
Harold Parker
Lancaster
Highway Commission
W. D. Sohier
Beverly
Frank D. Kemp
Springfield
Francis P. Bangs
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Bangs
Louis R. Spear
Massachusetts State Automobile Association
Brighton
First public exhibition of Photographers Association of New England
Crowds of about 1000 attended Mechanics Hall for the opening of the Photographers Association of New England convention. Nicola Perscheid of Berlin and Farley Lewis of London showcased collections loaned by Wilfred A. French of Photo Era, valued at 500 dollars. The business session featured lectures on advertising for studios and pictorial composition in portraiture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Photographers’ Association of New England
Mechanics’ Hall
Nicola Perscheid
Berlin
Farley Lewis
London
Wilfred A. French
Photo Era Magazine
Boston
Talbot and Revere
New England
Milwaukee
C. H. Claudy
G. Hammer Croughton
Paul Revere Hall
Henry Havelock Pierce
Photographers’ Convention
Trampled by Cows in Broadway Stampede
Everett July 27 A herd of cows stampeded on Broadway nearly killed their driver John H. Raskey of 777 Broadway Cliftondale. The wagon wheels passed over his body as a team of horses ran away. He suffered severe wounds and possible internal injuries and was taken to Whidden Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Broadway
John H. Raskey
Cliftondale
Raskey
Whidden Hospital
Boston Park Parkway Hearing Retains Auto Fee Debate
Attorney Hurtubis cites letters from Crocker Ames & Co. and others opposing the regulation as Boston faces a dispute over how automobile fees are distributed. Mayor Fitzgerald defends parkway road damage claims and urges fair state highway funding division, noting Metropolitan and Boston park roads are heavily used by motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Peabody, Jr
Safe Roads Automobile Association
Boston
Arthur P. Teale
Boston Automobile Dealers’ Association
Peabody
Beverly
Hurtubis
Wellington O. Crocker
Oliver Ames
Smith Patterson & Co
van Nostrand Brewery
Curtis D. Noyes
Francis J. Cotting
Dr. Jane Smith
Arthur J. Mundy
Millis
C. A. Newhall
Gilman D. Rankin
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Boston Park Commission
Belif
Metropolitan Park System
Boston Park System
Park Commission
Nature bars Gotham bridge
New York July 27 There will be no interstate bridge between West 179th Street Manhattan and the New Jersey Palisades. A joint engineers commission narrowed sites to West 179th and West 110th streets but at 180 feet drills found only sand and silt at the former site making a bridge unlikely if the same condition holds at the alternative.
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New York
West One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Street
Manhattan
New Jersey Palisades
West One Hundred and Seventy-ninth
West One Hundred and Tenth Street
Two More Lose Heads From Mayor's Axe
The official axe fell at City Hall with John Quincy Adams of 7 Walley street East Boston and George F Jordan of 44 Brent street Dorchester, deputy collectors and appointees of late Mayor Hibbard, being removed. Henry Howard of Ward 1, McClellan supporter, is slated for one vacancy.
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City Hall
John Quincy Adams
Walley Street
East
Boston
George F. Jordan
Brent Street
Dorchester
Hibbard
Henry Howard
Ward 1
William McClellan
Poison Draught Kills Workman at Jamaica Plain Shop
David Thurnbull a 40 year old wheelwright of 13 Hyde Park avenue Jamaica Plain died after drinking a potash solution in his shop at 10 Green street yesterday afternoon. He passed away en route to City Hospital with the cause of death attributed to the poison draught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Thurnbull
Hyde Park Avenue
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
West Roxbury school master suspended amid charges
Mayor Fitzgerald announced an investigation into Lawrence L. Dalforth a master at the Pa rental School in West Roxbury. Dalforth's wife signed charges at Dr. Charles Putnam's home accusing another master of cucumber theft instruction unwarranted beating and other acts unfitting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Lawrence L. Dalforth
West Roxbury
Board of
Children’s Institutions Trustees
Dalforth
Charles Putnam
Children’s, Institutions
Trustees reinstate accused master after Dalforth suspension
Mrs Dalforth of Melrose accused a master of offences not included in written charges. Trustees suspended him then later reinstated him after hearings on July 18 and 26. Neither spouse attended, certificates of ill health were presented, and the matter was dropped. Dalforth and wife protested at the Mayor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalforth
Main Street
Melrose
Putnam
Board of Trustees
Mayor orders probe into school charges and alleged bribe
A council meeting heard that a July 26 hearing notice reached a woman an hour before it began, leaving little time to prepare. Mrs Dalforth claimed an official at the institution promised her a $5 raise to drop charges. Mayor Fitzgerald instructed Secretary Leahy to investigate, with broad probes into school methods likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalforth
Fitzgerald
Leahy
Summer Hotel Pioneer Albert Barnes Dies at 92
Albert Barnes, 92, pioneer proprietor of the summer boarding house in Kearsarge NH, died at his home. Born in Kearsarge, he trained as a carpenter before establishing a thriving summer boarding house and later owned the Ridge Hotel. He retired from hotels in 1892 and was the last living son of a Revolutionary War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearsarge
N. H
Albertarnes
Mr. Barnes
Albert Barnes
New Hampshire
Ridge Hotel
Barney
Lord Northcliffe Endorses Seasickness Remedy Letter
Lord Northcliffe writes from Sutton Place endorsing Mothersill’s Seasick Remedy, claiming a cure in nineteen of twenty cases for mal de mer and car sickness. He urges use and notes availability in US drug stores and wholesale sources across major cities and Canada.
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England
Newfoundland
Mothersill
Northcliffe
Sutton Place
Guildford
Surrey
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Baltimore
San Francisco
Canada
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Park Department
Pettigrew
Franklin Park
Common Wealth Avenue
Bostom
Francis Hurtubis, Jr
National Automobile Association
Highways In Politics
A. D. Converse
The
State Association
W. Prentiss Parker
Seaver Street
Roxbury
Parker
Nahant
Swampscott
Mienfiere
United States
Rochester
Buipeyess
Nature
Gotham Bridge
Chase & Sanborn’s
Celioichr Agmasix
Luselaus
Hunbrand
Maryland Tomatoes
Tano
Summer Hotel
Pioneer
Barnes
Lord Northcliffe
Beth
Wilson Bros
Scollay Square
Big Kettle
Rogers
Waltham
Sarah Burke
Michael Wall
Mystic Street
Charlestown
St. Francis de Sales Church
Henderson
Beachmont
Paul A. Henderson
William FE
Lillian Y. Henderson
Leverett Avenue
Holmes
George R. Holmes
Isabella
Marion Street
Woodlawn
Mentzer
Wyoming
Mass
John Frank Mentzer
George C
St. Agnes
Quinn
Newton Centre
Bridget Quinn
Michael Quinn
Somerville
Mary McGrath
Homer Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Ryan
John
Margaret J. Ryan
Leicester
Bennett Streets
Columbenle
Market Street
Mystic Nobles of Granada
Lodge of Ejiks
Irish Society
Snow
Laura Slade Snow
Parke Snow
Savin Hill Arena
Stanton
Caroline
Thomas Statton
Avenue
Sullivan
Timothy J
Margaret ‘Tonies Bite
Garet
Johnson
Grace” ‘ Church
Norwood Ateener
Urtal Private
Bath
Nmarena Acs
P. O. Ellis
John F. Ryan
Leicester and
Bennett
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