Equitable Life faces peril over Boston building profits
Gage E Tarbell of the Equitable accuses the Hyde family of siphoning profits from a Boston real estate asset in St Louis valued at about 1 million dollars. He cites a 150 year lease and costly stock buyout as factors in risking the society amid a drop in May new business and ongoing legal strain. A separate event marks a patriotic observance aboard the frigate Constitution at Charlestown with Everett groups and veterans paying tribute to national history.
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Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hyde
Boston
Constitution
Charlestown Navy Yard
Women’s Relief Corps 40
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G. A. R. Post
George F. Winslow
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Navy Yard
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Tin
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Navy Yard Museum
Pinney
Everett High School
Alice Carr
Susie Bray
Winslow
United States
Naval Museum
A. K. Pettingill
Everett Women's Relief Corps
Fire strikes Roxbury block for tenth time in seven weeks
Mrs. White of 15 Hammond Street reported smoke from a hallway fire in her apartment and alerted janitor Mr. Melynn. He said fires of incendiary origin have been extinguished here ten times in seven weeks, with roofs and stairs soaked in oil and an old man in a light suit seen near the sheds around the roof access.
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Hammond Street
Hyde family cited as harming Equitable Society assets
The speaker warned the society is in grave peril and alleged the Hyde family damages the Equitable. He criticized the Boston building asset valued near 1.5 million dollars with minimal net revenue and low rents benefiting a favored tenant, while profits flow to the safe deposit company controlled by Hyde family members.
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Boston
Society
Safe Deposit Company
Hyde
Policy Holders Gather Over Equitable Controversy in Boston
Boston policy holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Society meet today at Louis Brandeis office 163 Devonshire street to discuss the Frick report and the latest phase of the dispute.
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Boston
Equitable Meet
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Louis Brandeis
Devonshire Street
Frick
Lincoln May Be Chairman of Equitable
Robert Todd Lincoln of Chicago son of Abraham Lincoln was discussed as a likely choice for chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society board amid a reorganization following a stormy directors meeting. He has been under serious consideration since Hyde advisers advocated a chairmanship to resolve the society’s administrative troubles.
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New York
Robert Todd Lincoln
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Arthur
Court of St. James
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Lincoln
James H. Hyde
Lincoln Declines Equitable Chairmanship Over Board
Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago stated he would not accept the office of chairman of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, under any circumstances if offered.
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Chicago
Robert T. Lincoln
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Woman Burned In West Roxbury Fire After Lamp Explosion
Mrs. Josephine Munn, 382, of 3 Metropolitan terrace, West Roxbury, severely burned in a kerosene lamp blast. Fire damaged the house and furniture. a neighbor wrapped her in a coat and extinguished the flames. At Faulkner Hospital she was not expected to live. Husband John Munn, a pumping station worker, collapsed from the shock.
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Josephine Munn
Metropolitan Terrace
West Roxbury
Homesick girl leaps from attic window in Worcester
Tilla Haikkala, 21, taken from 32 Arch Street to Station 1 after attempting suicide by jumping from an attic window at 2 Arch Street. Police surgeon Dr. Arthur C. Doten handed her to sister Emilia for care and return to her Finland home. She is reported homesick and melancholy with a wish to go home.
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Worcester
Tilla Haikkala
Arch Street
Station 1
Jerome G. Barker
John O. Lister
Arthur C. Doten
Emilia
Finland
Groceries and Eggs Price List Notes This Item
Shredded Wheat 12c, Egg-O-See 10c, Orange Meat 12c, rolled oats 4c lb bulk, G Y meal 8c 10 lbs for 19c. Macaroni 12c 3 for 25c. New York pea beans 68c per peck. Popcorn 10c 6 lbs for 10c. Puppy bread 10c. Prepared flour 23c 2 for 35c. Pearl barley 5c 3 for 12c. Tea coffee and spices prices listed. various eggs from Fancy Western to Hennery. cheese prices and double cream Canadian 18c lb to 14c. Swiss imported 80c. 250 ar 10c BC oc.
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New York
Everest
Market Sundries: Boneless Sirloin Steak and More
Market sundries listing includes Boneless Sirloin Steak 0.2 lbs, Frontier Bacon per pound with 10 cent discount, Fresh Oxtails sold per each, Clear Fresh Beef for Stew per pound, Bermuda Onions per pound. Prices indicate casual daily grocer promotions.
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Frontier
Bermuda
Youths Read Irish at Gaelic School of Boston
The Gaelic School of Boston at 1151 Washington St held an afternoon program where Michael O'Sullivan, a teen returning from Ireland, read from an Irish language text. Superintendent Pp J O Daly noted the school’s bilingual aims and his own childhood penalties for speaking Irish. A St John’s festival bonfire event titled Aonach Na goile is set for Apollo Garden on Saturday June 24 from 10 am to 10 pm.
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Boston
Washington Street
Ireland
Pp. J. O'Daly
Michael O'Sullivan
St. John’s
Apollo Garden
City Fire Crews Run Nonstop Across Sabbath
Fires of unknown origin kept Boston firemen busy from dawn to night. At 107 Tremont Street a one story frame building burned partly for about 100 dollars. A 1000 dollar blaze at 80 Blackstone Street gutted upper floors. Other fires at 541 Main Charlestown 2:13 pm 15 Morris East Boston and Iffley Road caused little damage.
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Tremont Street
Urban Associates
Louis Fisher
Blackstone Street
Cheswell
Samuel Cohen
Covitz & Cohen
A. A. Smith
Ous
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Charlestown
Morris Street
Boston
Iffley Road
Powers Child Shot by Father in South Boston
Johanna Powers ten year old daughter of Michael Powers of 241 C Street South Boston lies seriously wounded at City Hospital after being accidentally shot in the thigh. The child told the Postman Papa did not mean to harm her and the father, ignorant a chamber was loaded, was explaining the revolver to his wife when the accident occurred.
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Johanna Powers
Michael W. Powers
C Street
Boston
City Hospital
Harvard Class of 1880 to Welcome President Roosevelt
Harvard graduates of the class of 1880 plan a great reception for President Roosevelt to attend their reunion in Cambridge Worcester and Williamstown. He may be joined by Navy Secretary Bona parte and Attorney General Moody with governors and mayors hosting events across the state. No political speeches are expected.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
William H. Moody
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Worcester
Williamstown
Boston
Clark University
Holy Cross College
Williamstown College
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Commonwealth
Douglas
Collins
Guild
Colorado
Woman Thrown 20 Feet in Dorchester Auto Collision
In a River Way Back Bay crash last night Mrs. Martin Harrington of 933 Adams Street Dorchester was hurled about 20 feet and badly bruised. Her husband clung to the wheel and escaped serious injury. She was treated at Dr. G W Jones’s office on Massachusetts Avenue and sent home. The runabout’s rear was badly smashed.
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Riverway
Back Bay
Martin Harrington
Adams Street
Dorchester
Harrington
Autos Clash in West Medford
In West Medford on June 4 a collision occurred between a car driven by Frank Wetherbee of Waltham and another vehicle believed to be No 6416. No serious damage followed as both cars moved slowly. The crash site is a known accident hotspot with repeated incidents this spring. A week earlier a horse and carriage struck an electric car, fueling local fears of a fatal crash if improvements are not made.
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West Medford
Frank Wetherbee
Waltham
Clan-na-Gael field day plans near completion at Oak Island
The Clan-na-Gael field day committee met in Clan-na-Gael Hall South Boston chaired by P A Foley to finalize plans for the July 4 event at Oak Island. Delegates from local clubs attended as organizers list athletic events with top professional athletes and military company displays are planned for attendee comfort and attractions.
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Oak Island
South
Boston
P. A. Foley
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