Public Works to Recommend Early Half Pay Retirement Plan
Commissioner of Public Works Rourke will ask Mayor Fitz gerald to grant half pay retirement for 120 of 266 Civil War veterans in the department. Doctors Brearton and Davidson completed most examinations, with several veterans still away on leave delaying full review. Notable names on the in capacitated list include Captain George Bussey, Inspector Horace Sias, and Walter E. Swan.
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Public Works Department
George Bussey
Horace Sias
Walter E. Swan
Commuters Protest Boston & Maine Train Change
North Shore riders press Boston & Maine over altering train 408 from Montserrat to stop at Beverly and Salem. Third Vice-President Frank Barr says the schedule remains 8:46 a.m. to Boston and travel time is unchanged despite two extra stops.
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North Shore
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rockport
Montserrat
Boston
Beverly
Salem
Frank Barr
Move for Greater Markets: Wilson Addresses Copper Country
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson told 10,000 Copper Country residents in Hancock that American agriculture has nothing to fear from reciprocity with Canada. He said the Department of Agriculture helps U S farmers cope with world markets and that agriculture is a more permanent staple than mining in the Upper Peninsula.
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Hancock, Mich
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Detroit Board of Commercce
Upper Peninsula
Secretary Wilson Advocates Reciprocated Markets
Secretary Wilson declares reci procity a movement toward broader markets for diversified industry from field to factory. He notes Canada as a major customer, with the U S selling roughly five hundred million dollars more to Canada than purchased from it in five years, and warns prosperity hinges on robust farm and industrial growth.
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Wilson
Canada
Quinny Wins $4860 Against Monroes in East Cambridge Suit
A jury in the Superior Civil Court at East Cambridge awarded Arthur Co. Quinny of Malden $4860 against William B. Monroe and Margaret E. Monroe of Winthrop. Quinny had sued the Monroes for $10,000 each over a business transaction.
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East Cambridge
Arthur Co. Quinny
Malden
William B
Margaret E. Monroe
Winthrop
Motor Cycle Death Claims Essex Woman
Filessie Andrews aged 27 was killed when a speeding motorcycle driven by Michael Kehoe struck her and dragged her 30 feet in Essex. Kehoe suffered multiple fractures but is expected to recover. Andrews’ death follows two prior cycle incidents. She was a Essex High School graduate and well liked locally.
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Essex
Filessie Andrews
Michael Kehoe
Miss Andrews
Kehoe
Wilbur Andrews
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Brave River Crossing Saves Three In Hale Hospital Visit
Mrs. Jan ie P Perkins crossed the Merrimack River in a row boat with one oar to rescue Mrs. Charles Spinney and 14 year old Harry Thomas after the stern sank. The 600 foot wide river, tide aided, required about an hour of daring paddling to reach the far shore.
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Haverhill
Merrimack River
Hale Hospital
Jannie P. Perkins
Charles Spinney
East Bridgewater
Harry Thomas
Mrs. Perkins
Brozia and Lankow Join Boston Opera Company
Word from Paris reports dramatic soprano Zina Brozia and American basso Edward Lankow added to Boston Opera Company. Brozia, famed for Tosca and Manon, recently sang at Madrid’s Teatro Real, while Lankow has impressed at the Vienna Hofoper for three years.
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Paris
Zina Brozia
New York
Edward Lankow
Vienna
Boston Opera
Teatro Real
Madrid
Tosca
Manon
Mme. Brozia
Russell
Boston
Brick Battle at Copley Square Near New Hotel Site
Rough clash of about 100 workers, including 50 strikers and 50 strikebreakers, using bricks and stones at the Copley Plaza Hotel site. Police dispersed them. Ralph Testa faced arrest but was released after a judge deemed his knife a table knife, not a dangerous weapon. Domenic d Allegsandro summoned for disturbing the peace as non union labor arrived amid wage disputes.
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Copley Plaza
Ralph Testa
Tileston Street
Testa
Trinity Place
Ely
Domenic d’Allegsandro
The
Executors’ Union
Peac
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Traffic danger pointed at Harvard bridge approach
Professor James B. Prayo of Harvard University urged a Boston city planning audience that the Cambridge end of the Harvard bridge where Massachusetts Avenue crosses the Charles River esplanade is a great danger point due to traffic conditions and insufficient regulation. He cited the Cambridge entry as an example of why a carefully devised street plan must include traffic controls.
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Cambridge
Harvard Bridge
Charles River
Massachusetts Avenue
James 8S. Prayo
Harvard University
Blindfolded boy aids safe explosion during post office robbery
In Newport Tennessee on June 9 a 16 year old son of Justice Cate was forced by robbers to stand near a safe as nitroglycerine exploded inside the Newport post office. The bandits escaped with 900 dollars.
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Newport
Tenn
Cate
Favors Change in Law at Charity Conference
Dr Edward T Devine urged constitutional amendment to regulate child labor and ensure compensation for industrial injuries. He proposed adding a paragraph to the 16th amendment empowering Congress to protect wage contract health and safety, regulate child employment, and provide accident compensation. Michael Davis discussed medical charity duplication and the need for social worker physician cooperation. Dr Adolph Meyer spoke on medical and social cooperation.
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Edward T. Devine
New York Associated Charities
National Conferences of Charities and Corrections
Ford Hall
United States
Congress
Michael Davis
Boston Dispensary
Boston
Adolph Meyer
Johns Hopkins University
Constitutional Amendment Talk Amid New York Ruling
Dr. Devine suggested that a federal constitutional amendment may be forthcoming as a response to a New York ruling that declared unconstitutional a law providing for com- (portion). The remark signals heated debate over constitutional safeguards and potential federal action.
Why Contest Opens With Open Submissions at Boston Post
Letters to Why Editor at the Boston Post are addressed to Why Editor Boston Post. Sketches need not accompany ideas as the Post artist handles drawings. There are no conditions to the contest and correspondence cannot be entered regarding it.
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Boston Post
Mayor Names John Rennison to Children’s Institutions Board
John Rennison of 1 Adams Street Charlestown and a North End merchant was appointed by Mayor FitzGerald to the Board of Children's Institutions Trustees. He takes the post formerly held by Dr. Charles P. Putnam. Gaspare Di Cola, a North End fruit merchant, had been named but was rejected by the Civil Service Commission.
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John Rennison
Adams Street
Charlestown
North End
Board of
Children’s Institutions Trustees
Fitzgerald
Rennison
Hanover Street
Charles P. Putnam
Gaspare di Cola
Civil Service Commission
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Roxbury
Rigney Bradford
Mass
Percy F. Slack
Caials
Melansow
Ferry ST
Rourke
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River
Brozia
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North Market
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W. DD. James
Warren St
Dr. Devine
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