Lawrence graft trial details block shortage and payouts
Testimony in the Lawrence graft case shows the city paid for 80586 blocks but received 62713 from contractor Fred L. Snow. Snow and three city workers are accused of conspiracy to defraud. Opening statements allege Lyons ordered blocks, Snow shipped 20 percent fewer blocks, and cashed large city checks with alleged cash payments to Lyons and Flynn.
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Salem
Lawrence
Fred L. Snow
Westford
Snow
Lawrence City
Nashua man testifies on block counts in city audit case
Bertis A. Pease of Nashua says he counted 62 713 blocks after City Auditor Shea testified to a larger bill backed by Lawrence street department certificates. An earlier cross-examination by ex-Senator Vahey did not produce a clash over jurors as the expected confrontation was averted by ongoing proceedings.
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Harry Atwell
Emily Hagstrom
Florence McInnes
Vahey
Charles A. Bell
Snow
Patrick J. Lyons
Lawrence
Michael Flynn
Philip Holland
Flynn
Pease
Nashua
Bertis A. Pease
N. H
James H. Vahey
Richard J. Shea
Lawrence Street Department
Deer escapes after man nets it near New Marlboro Hill
Winsted Conn June William Kane of Mile River while returning from work caught a deer by the hind legs as it leaped a wire fence at the foot of New Marlboro Hill. He did not hold it long.
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Winsted
Conn
William Kane
Mile River
New Marlporo Hill
William
Miraculous Escape of Three Children Run Over by Car
Three children Abe Brans aged 6 Sol Brans 7 and Elsie Brans 9 of 31 West Street Everett were struck and run over by an electric car on Main Street near Hawthorne Street yesterday morning but escaped death.
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Abe
Sol Brans
Elsie
West Street
Everett
Main Street
Hawthorne Street
Elsie Brans
Solomon Brans
Abraham Brans
Children Hurt as Car Strikes Them in Street Collision
Three siblings were knocked down by a car while crossing to school. They were trapped under the vehicle until spectators and the father freed them. All are confined to bed with minor injuries. Elsie suffered a severe eye injury and may lose sight in her left eye.
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Abe
Bernard Erans
William Hill
Elsie
West End Lease Fight Complicates Boston Elevated Plan
Boston lawmakers and transit officials battle over a long term lease for the West End lines. Key figures include Senator Bennett and Representatives Hardy Crane Reidy and Breckenridge. Debate centers on extending the subway system and consolidating routes while West End stockholders push for fair value and dividends. The subcommittee weighs a 50 year lease tied to a Dorchester and Lynde street loop, with final action expected after next week.
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The
Elevated
Bennett
Saugus
Hardy
Huntington
Crane
Cambridge
Reidy
Boston
Breckenridge
North Adams
Boston Elevated
Transit and Railroad
Perley Hall
Railroad Commission
Crocker
Boston Transit Commission
Washington Street Tunnel
Washington Street
Boylston Street
Dorchester
Lynde Street
West End
Subcommittee On
Street Railways
Public Franchise League
Post
Qantas
New Law Limits Campaign Expenses
The committee on election laws drafts a new corrupt practices act to end abuses of the old rule. It specifies personal expenses as advertising printing postage and expressage and questions whether a candidate can provide carriages for supporters to the polls. No contributions to candidates or committees are allowed except for advertising printing postage and refreshments.
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Committee On Election Laws
Lobbying on House floor prompts rule request
Representatives White Conway and Daly urged the rules committee to bar offensive remark makers from the House floor. Daly complained of lobbyists during debate on the bar and bottle and fire hazard bills, blaming members for inviting them. Speaker Walker proposed monitors to handle the issue.
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House
White
Brookline
Conway
Daly
Boston
Committee On Rules
Walker
Fifty New Postal Banks Named in Nation
Washington reports the postal savings system expands by 50 banks, bringing total to 560. The new branches will start operations July 5 and include Branford and Terryville in Connecticut and East Walpole and Winchendon in Massachusetts.
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Washington
Branford
Terryville
Conn
East Walpole
Winchendon
Mass
Hamilton and Atwood Fly World Record Flight
Charles K. Hamilton and Harry M. Atwood set a cross country record in a Burgess-Wright biplane traveling 26 miles from Swampscott to Squantum in 21 minutes. The feat, tied to the Tedesco Club grounds, drew crowds but lacked Aero Club officials to certify the time.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Harry M. Atwood
Tedesco Club
Swampscott
Squantum Aviation
Revere Beach
Boston
Lynn
Atwood
Post
Hamilton
The
Aero Club
Squantum
Revere
Squantum Inn
Worcester
Fitzgerald
Welles Avenue
Dorchester
Franklin Field
Henry Wise
W. Starling Burgess
Mr. Curtis
Burgess Company
Mr. Burgess
Burgess
Curtis
Hamilton and
Oppenheim Wins Outing Honor At Papyrus Club Event
English novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim attended the Papyrus Club of Boston outing at Dedham’s Norfolk Country Club. The day featured a one act play and a baseball game where Oppenheim played for the Piccadilly Pets Ltd, who lost 14 to 4 to the Bunker Hill Beauties.
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Papyrus Club
Boston and Vicinity
Norfolk Country Club
Dedham
E. Phillips Oppenheim
George
Mr. Oppenheim
Bunker Hill Beauties
Piccadilly Pets, Ltd
Arthur A. Ballantyne
Sylvester Taylor
Minneapolis Hewtt
Samuel A. Hopkins
B. Phillips Oppenheim
E. E. Whiting
G. Gregg
J.f
Magrath
Richard Washburn Child
Bunker Hill
W. A. L. Bazeley
F. P. Sibley
W. E. Walter
Thomas T. Baldwin
Ira Kent
James C. T. Baldwin
Charles King
Sidney C. Williams
Piccadilly
Oppenheim
Alexander Sandy Jones
Frank Sibley
T'S
Little Green Cedars
Hut Slope
T'E
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Essex County
James A. Houston
P. H. Magrane Pres
B. Magrane Treas
Willson’s Shoe Shop
Summer Street
Tremont Street
Coates & Cos
Plymouth
Coates & Co
Hamilton and Atwood
Point of Pines
East Boston
Rovers
Squintum Inn
Papyrians
Pets
Ltd
Oxfords
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