Late campaign costly in constitutional convention push
The initiative and referendum campaign for delegates to the constitutional convention spent 47424.96 dollars, while the Union for a Progressive Constitution used 18457.14. The committees report shows 36910 raised, 34179.02 spent, and 13345.94 still owed. the union raised 14296 and owes about 4000. Major donors included ex-Senator W. Murray Crane and others, with Filene and Bird among the top contributors.
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Union
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Robert Winsor
Charles G. Bancroft
H. N. Sweet
E. F. Greene
Zenas Crane
Henry B. Endicott
E. B. Dane
F. G. Webster
B. W. Palmer
F. G. Peabody
Two Men Get Two Months For Beating Policeman
Joseph O Connor and Joseph T Peacham were sentenced to two months in the House of Correction by Judge Day in South Boston on assault and battery against John T Cashin of the D Street police station. The incident occurred May 4.
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Joseph O’connor
Joseph T. Peacham
House of Correction
Judge Day
South Boston
John T. Cashin
D Street
Out-of-Doors Flower Show Opens in Boston Parks
The city hosts what may be its finest outdoor flower show with three weeks of exhibits across numerous tents including rhododendron rose azalea and orchid displays. An orchestral pavilion provides music as crowds arrive by the Art Museum and the event draws record attendance. Red Cross Day drew hundreds.
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Boston
Art Museum
Food shortage warned as famine looms worldwide
Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of the Agriculture Department told the American Medico Psychological Association convention that food speculators are vicious and recalcitrant and must be countered by Congress. He warned famine lurks over Europe and urged action to prevent a world shortage with crops as the only buffer.
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New York
Carl Vrooman
Federal Department of Agriculture
American Medico- Psychological Association
Congress
Vrooman
Soldiers join Barcelona riot unrest in Spain
Dis orders, participated in by soldiers, have occurred in Barcelona. Several officers have been imprisoned in the fortress. The minister of war confirmed the disorders and said a number of officers had been locked up in the Montjuich fortress near Barcelona.
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Montjuich
Old Boston Actress Dead After Long Illness
Mrs. Marietta Philbrick known on stage as Marie Uart died at Milton Hospital after a long illness. Born in Boston in 1851 she joined the Boston Museum stock company at 16 and quickly rose in the profession. She later performed with the Boston Theatre stock company at the Old Howard Theatre and Joseph Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle company before retiring in 1900 after seven years with Charles Hoyt productions.
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Marie Uart
Milton Hospital
Boston
Boston Museum Stock Company
Boston Theatre Stock Company
Old Howard Theatre
John Stetson
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Gretchen
Booth
Barrett
Goodwin
Carle
Crane
Charles Hoyt
Mrs. Jones
Boston College to Face Trinity at Alumni Field This Afternoon
Boston College visits Trinity at Alumni Field in Newton this afternoon as Coach Sweeney aims for a fifth win in six games. Either Cormick or Boyce will start on the mound for BC and both are pitching well enough to secure a victory.
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Boston College
Trinity
Alumni Field
Newton
Sweeney
Cormick
Boyce
City not loser, mayor defends bonding choice
Mayor Curley reiterated support for issuing municipal bonds through National Surety Co with local agent Peter J. Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is Francis L. Daley’s father in law, linking him to the Democratic city committee treasurer.
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National Surety Company
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Curley
Fitzgerald
Francis L. Daley
Democratic City Committee
Mayor Fitzgerald Alleges Bonding Company Favoritism 1910 13
The mayor accuses the Massachusetts Bonding Company of monopolizing city bonds 1910 13 through Cornelius Fitzgerald and a directorate that included William A. Gaston and others. He claims rates stayed uniform and no city money was lost, while criticizing the Finance Commission for lacking evidence.
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Fitzgerald
Cornelius Fitzgerald
Cornelius G. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
W National Surety Company
Finance Commission
NE towns plan coal buying pool to keep schools heated
New England cities and towns may join a cooperative coal purchase to prevent school closures due to cold, following a State House meeting. A five member committee was appointed to study the coal supply for schools and was led by George Tyler Hewlett with H. H. Stimson of the New England coal committee as a principal speaker.
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New England
State House
George Tyler Hewlett
New Haven
H. H. Stimson
New England Coal Committee
National Coal Committee
Stimson
Washington
War Bread at 5 Cents a Loaf Recipe Shared
Mrs Harriet L B Darling unveiled a five cent war bread recipe at the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association emergency service meeting at 58 Boylston street. The loaf combines whole wheat rye and cornmeal with lard molasses and milk or water, aiming for high calories per cost and urging bakers to mass market a similar five cent bread.
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Harriet L. B. Darling
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Boylston Street
Boston Woman Wins Suit to Nullify Marriage
In Suffolk Divorce Court Judge Lawton granted Winifred M W Oxner a nullification of her 1911 marriage to Thomas J Holmes of Syracuse New York. Oxner testified they never cohabited and cited false representations as its basis.
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Suffolk
Winifred M. W. Oxner
Thomas J. Holmes
Syracuse
N. Y
Lawton
Boston
Holmes
Wolf's Dress Sale for Little Girls Today
Advertisement notes a sale at Wolf's corner Hanover and Fortiand ots offering pretty girls dresses size 2 to 6 years for 29 cents, originally 59 cents, with legal stamps included with every purchase.
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Wolf’s
Hanover
Fortiand
Ots
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