Mayor presses street loan plan amid council clash
Mayor Fitzgerald seeks to include the street loan with the annual appropriation after a session with the city finance committee. The Board of Aldermen may take up the $300,000 water loan next, while Republicans oppose a separate street loan, urging funding from the tax levy. The auditor lists borrowing capacity at $2.425 million outside the debt limit, with other loans totaling $2.4386 million inside and outside.
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Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Draper
Meridian Street
Soan
Boston
Liberals Aim for Irish Settlement as Ripon Defends Policy
The Marquis of Ripon in London says Liberal policy on Ireland will follow Irish ideas. He calls himself a wholly unrepentant home ruler and says rejecting Birrell’s Irish council bill won’t change Liberal aims. He hopes for a permanent settlement aligned with Irish public wishes.
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London
Marquis of Ripon
House of Lords
Hotel Cecil
Ireland
Ames Declares Gould and Foss Oppose Pneumatic Ticket
W W Ames, chairman of the stock holders committee, writes to stockholders denying any shift by Howard Gould or Eugene N Foss to the administration ticket. He states Gould remains strongly in favor of the stockholders committee and says reports of a transfer are untrue.
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Gould
Foss
Pneumatic Service Administration
Ww. H. Ames
American Pneumatic Service Committee
Dillaway
Howard Gould
Violette Watson Sues Walsh for 550000 in Breach of Contract
New York reports Miss Watson says millionaire Thomas F. Walsh owes her 550000 for a verbal contract breach. She describes signing a release while a minor and with misapprehension, aided by lawyer advice. Her husband James Mansfield approved her statements.
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New York
Thomas F. Walsh
Violette Watson
James Mansfield
Miss Watson
Mr. Walsh
Walsh
Ritz
Paris
Upper West
Mansfield
Citizens urged to fund Boston Old Home Week celebration
A finance committee circulates a call for 100000 to fund the city’s Old Home Week plans with the City Council already contributing 25000. Merchants and others have given, and subscriptions are received by Henry L. Higginson at 44 State Street. An arch in Dock Square may be added and decorations approved while wide advertising continues.
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Boston
Henry L. Higginson
State Street
C. Howard Walker
Federal
Dock Square
City Budget Sparks Claims Of City Hall Integrity
The Republic newspaper defends Mayor Fitzgerald, arguing city payrolls and department expenses rise with no graft. It cites the school, park, hospital departments and wage increases under city policy, praising an audience in Faneuil Hall as evidence the administration runs straight and above board.
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Fitzgerald
The
Republic
the Republic
James J. Storrow
Park Department
Stratton
Pettigrove
Shuman
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Memorial Service For Civil War Army Nurses In Boston
A memorial service for Civil War era army nurses will be held at Faneuil Hall under the Army Nurse Association of Massachusetts tomorrow at 3 p m. Speakers include Rev B E Horton Hon Alfred S Roe Mrs Sarah E Fuller Mrs Micah Dyer Jr Rev Tillman B Johnson and Mrs Annie C Shattuck with Miss Edith E Torrey as soloist.
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Army Nurse Association of Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
BE. A. Horton
Alfred S. Roe
Sarah E. Fuller
Micah Dyer, Jr
Tillman B. Johnson
Annie C. Shattuck
Edith E. Torrey
Beachey to Leave Wonderland Soon for Boston Engagements
Lincoln Beachey will perform at Wonderland only for a few days next week due to other bookings and high costs. If wind allows, he will ascend between 4 and 6 pm, with crowds urged to attend and buy Sunday Post tickets for access to the airship and its mechanism.
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Lincoln Beachey
Wonderland
Mr. Beachey
Golden Dome
State Capitol
Beachey
Sunday Post
Autoist Flees Scene After Wagon Upheaval
David H. Sabersky of 130 Chambers Street was driving a wagon on Berkeley Street near St. James when a speeding car 851 struck and toppled the wagon. Sabersky sustained bruises. the horse was hurt. The autoist, with a New Hampshire registration, fled the scene and is being sought by police.
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David H. Sabersky
Chambers Street
Berkeley Street
St. James
Sabersky
New Hampshire
Ching Ming Mow Loses Mandamus Plea in Ejectment Case
The petition by Ching Ming Mow against Judge Burke and Clerk Sleeper seeking a writ of mandamus to force acceptance of a bond for appeal from a writ of review was dismissed by Judge Braley of the Supreme Court. The long case stems from ejectment proceedings over a house on Harvison avenue.
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Ching Ming Mow
Burke
Lower Court
Sleeper
Mow
Braley
Supreme Court
Harvison Avenue
Provident Securities case seeks liability from former directors
The court heard the receiver’s motion to hold two former directors, Colonel Sidney M Hedges and William H Brigham, liable for losses at Provident Securities and Banking Company. Their lawyers argued negligence must be proven in the bill, suggesting an action at law instead. Judge Braley reserved ruling for later.
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Provident Securities & Banking Company
Braley
Sidney M Hedges
William H. Brigham
Provincetown Banquet and Aug 20 Monument Dedication Planned
The Cape Cod Commercial Travellers Association schedules a Sept. 6 banquet at the Quincy House with a smoke talk for all Cape town travelers. The group endorses the Provincetown celebration on Aug. 20 for the monument dedication with President Roosevelt as chief speaker. many members will attend in official and private capacities.
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Cape Cod
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