Holding Bill Threatens Boston Subway Leases Control
Senate debate centers on extending leases for Tremont street subway East Boston tunnel and Washington street tunnel to 1947 1948 and altering rental rate oversight. Senator Tinkham warns of a road monopoly by Boston Elevated if bill passes while Senator Bennett defends city protections and urges open contracts for future regulation.
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Tinkham
Tremont Street
Washington Street
East Boston
Senator Tinkham
Boston
Boston‘ Elevated
Back Bay
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston Transit Commission
City of
Railroad Commissioners
Senate
West End Street Railway Company
Boston Elevated Company
West End
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Bennett
Joint Commission
Ward 11
Saugus
Committee On
Babson
Chelsea
Revere
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Ex Representative Luce Warns on Transport Bill Extension
Ex Representative Robert Luce warned to the Post that extending the 1897 contract and subway tunnel leases in Boston past 1922 would deprive the city of time to adapt to new transport needs. He said nationwide practice favors short-term franchises to allow renegotiation and adjustment.
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Cost of Living Commission
Robert Luce
Post
Boston
Postal Savings Bill Amended By 65 30 5 Percent Split
The House Republican caucus adopted the Davidson provision for the postal savings banks. Seventy five percent? actually 65 percent of funds may go to local banks, 30 percent into bonds, and 5 percent held as a permanent reserve in the treasury.
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Washington
House
Republican Caucus
Postal Savings Bank
Davidson
Postal Savings Banks
Treasury
Wool Gang Stole 300000 In Wool Robberies
Assistant District Attorney A C Weber cites tracing stolen wool as difficult due to varying wool identity across regions and warehouses. He notes junk dealers complicate detection by buying unclean wool, and vows stronger action to curb the spree. Boston firms urge police relief. Koshman & Co. suggests restricting junk buyers to reputed wool dealers.
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A. C. Webber
Post
Boston
Alexander Koshman
J. Koshman & Co
Wool Theft Ring Plagues Boston Merchants
A five year tally shows larcenies near a quarter million dollars as a ring ferries wool through junk dealers to mills. Losses hinge on unweighed bales and delayed detection, with scholars noting domestic wool losses and government weighing masking thefts.
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U Snally
Boston
Orphans Enjoy Gala Day at Wheeler Estate
About 235 children from St Vincent Orphan Asylum spent a day at Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Wheeler’s Burlington estate. They roamed the grounds freely, played on swings, hunted eggs, and fed turtles, returning home tired but joyful after a long open-air celebration in its fifth year.
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Peter Pan
St. Vincent Orphan Asylum
Harvey D. Wheeler
Burlington
Boston
Wheelers
Captain Saves Baby at Fire in Somerville
Fire at 4112 Joseph Street Somerville trapped four year old Francis Hughes inside a two and a half story wooden home. Captain Henry Turner of Hose 3 entered smoke and carried the sleeping boy to safety after others failed against the blaze, which began in rubbish in the basement and spread after midnight. The Hughes family and all other occupants escaped outside.
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Francis Hughes
John Hughes
Joseph Street
Somerville
Henry Turner
Hose 3
Hughes
Circus Parade Delights Boston Crowds with Elephants
One hundred thousand boys cheered as 23 gray elephants lumbered through Boston streets in the Greatest Show on Earth parade. Lions tigers bears llamas zebras and a host of exotic animals were on view with cages open for spectators to observe their movements up close.
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Boston
Praise for Country Town at East Bridgewater meeting
Melvin O. Adams of Boston lauds old fashioned self respecting country towns and their education as the source of civic strength. Judge Robert C. Harris adds notes on East Bridgewater history as Clarence P. Mitchell introduces the speakers. Committee members listed.
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East Bridgewater
Board of Trade
Melvin O. Adams
Boston
Ashburnham
England
New England
Clarence P. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Cleveland A. Chandler
H. C. Thorndike
M. F. Roach
Leon D. Chamberlain
Humphrey Re-elected Chairman of Pilgrim Publicity Board
At a Pilgrim Publicity Association meeting H B Humphrey was unanimously re elected chairman of the executive board. The group also set weekly summer meetings at the Chamber of Commerce to proceed.
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Pilgrim Publicity Association
H. B. Humphrey
Chamber of Commerce
Loss of Vitality Warns of Serious Illness
The text describes loss of vitality vigor or tone as a forerunner of prostrating disease and stresses its seriousness to those who must keep up activity. It recommends the great constitutional remedy as the best medicine to take.
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