Stand Fast By Boston Referendum On Tax Bill
Boston citizens press the House to stand by last week’s vote to refer a tax increase to the people. The Senate’s refusal changes nothing. two thirds of Boston’s senators back the House. The referendum is urged by business groups, labor organizations, and private citizens with millions in taxable property. The mayor’s push faces broad public support and a history of independent civic voices.
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Mayor Hart Threatens City Jobs Over Referendum
The Boston mayor warns of mass layoffs if the legislature raises taxes without a people’s vote. Labor unions plead at the State House to support the referendum, arguing organized labor backs it and that the extra tax burdens workers most. The piece portrays the mayor’s threat as a political ploy, noting labor will still be needed and city work will continue with hired workers.
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State House
Salary Proposal for Railroad Commissioners Sparks Debate
Legislation may set broad salary principles for the Board of Railroad Commissioners as economy is not a constraint since salaries are paid by railroad corporations. Caution urged to avoid subservience to the chairman while considering raising the chairman to 5000 dollars and preserving 3500 dollars for the other two members.
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Commonwealth
Committee On Ways and Means
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Debate Over Commission Salary Levels
The chairman is seen as part of a strong commission team, not a sole head. Critics argue the body relies on associate members as well as the chairman. The House proposed $4000 salaries for two members beside the chairman, but supporters say this still undervalues the positions. They urge $9000 for the chairman and $4500 for each of the other two.
The Children’s Shows Should Not Be Abolished
The Fourth of July municipal program should keep children’s entertainments. Critics call them a public scandal yet proper entertainers can deliver real value for the $3500 fund. Tradition supports the feature if funds are awarded fairly and entertainingly.
Ice for the Poor in Boston Demands Reform
A Boston issue argues for ice sold in five cent lots to poor residents, not just twenty five pound minimums. It condemns delivery costs as a barrier and labels the ice service a trust with no real competition, warning of possible public backlash if priced convenience ignores health needs.
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Observant Citizen Proposes Flowered Urns for Bhaw Monument
A city reader suggests filling the Bhaw monument urns with flowers to enhance beauty. The proposal aims to embellish a famous statue amid growing attention as Boston Harbor welcomes the North Atlantic squadron before Bunker Hill Day. Mayor Hart ends this year's Fourth of July children's entertainments, cutting funding of 800.
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Nebraska State Journal Poem on Health and Work Ethic
A poetic reflection urges value of vigor and farming life. It contrasts the healthy routine of tending cows and early rising with the stagnation of idleness. The speaker lauds fresh air, physical exertion, and the vitality gained from daily chores before society wakes.
Odd Bits of News From Around the World
The item notes Kansas shipped twenty carloads of corn to famine relief in India. It mentions Vienna’s municipal railway system now functioning perfectly and shares quirky facts about a brainless frog living automatically. It also cites Venezuelan drinking habits, and reports rising illiteracy among whites in North Carolina with census figures from 1870 to 1890.
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India
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Venezuela
North Carolina
Tandem Love and the Mayor’s Misadventure
Hattie Dexter and Charley Woodward ride a tandem to declare love on a hill. A loss of braking causes a wild descent into Streatorton, colliding with Mayor and store window. They face jail, pay fines, then marry, with Charley never explaining the mishap.
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Summer schools and away from school life debate
Editor notes argue teachers need balance between study and rest and question the value of staying in the classroom. Commentary reflects on summer schools as a learning option and suggests time off could benefit educators.
Daily Table Hints and Dinner Menu from Mansfield
BRPAKFAST includes sliced bananas with lemon, rice cream, fried brook tromt, roiled potatoes, caffos, lunch features string bean salad rolls tea rhubarb pie cheese, dinner offers cream pea soup roast veal mashed potatoes rolled onions asparagus strawberry shortcake whipped cream coffee. Dressing for string bean salad uses dry mustard sugar salt water eggs cream vinegar and ice. strawberry shortcake uses soda biscuit base with butter berries and whipped cream. Mary G Bacon Mansfield Mass.
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Mary G. Bacon
Mansfield
Mass
Cartoons and Quips Across Papers Collect Humorous Snippets
A collage of vintage captions and jokes from several newspapers shows light social satire and playful exchanges. It features snippets about a man and his memories, the arrival of the automobile, a bootleg breakfast line, an Arctic rescue, and witty family banter across fictional scenes.
Men of Many Callings and Notable Figures
The piece profiles Dr Rafael Uribe Uribe a Colombian revolutionary leader beginning his military career in 1876 and notes his legal acumen. It also details Baron Alphonse de Rothschild’s wealth and honors, his marriage, and residence. It mentions Captain James Monteith Middlemist’s roles in Haussa relief efforts and prior colonial campaigns with injuries sustained.
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Gold Coast
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H. P. Northcott
Maritime Club Holds Meeting at United Fellowship Hall
The Maritime Provincial Club met last night at United Fellowship Hall 25 Union Park street with A C Chisholm presiding. A July 4 picnic at Apollo Gardens was arranged. Entertainment was provided by Frank Connell and the Nadur sisters. Dancing ran from 9 30 to midnight. Several new members were initiated.
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Union Park Street
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Apollo Gardens
Frank Connell
Nadrur Sisters
House Debates East Boston Improvements Plan No Vote Reached
The House discussed proposed improvements for East Boston but did not reach a vote. Senator Chamberlain criticized the view of gratuities by the Supreme Court and opposed certain related positions.
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Spanish Veterans' Preference Amended and Passed
The House debated and adopted an amendment by Mr Ingham to extend the Spanish Veterans exemption to all who enlisted for the State, passing the bill to be engrossed by a rising vote of 42 to 3. In the Senate, a substitute allowing Boston to pay Catherine C Dodge was discussed, with criticism of a recent Supreme Court opinion on gratuities. Debates continued on East Boston docks, terminal improvements, and various city and state measures, with votes taken but none finalized before adjournment.
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Saugus MP presses on clerical pay bill in delayed report
Mr Bennett of Saugus raises a parliamentary inquiry to stop W D Hawley from becoming clerk of the ways and means committee. The report due in four days has stretched beyond ten as the Speaker cites heavy workload and a busy session. Another member questions why the mill tax bill for public schools has not been reported. Bennett replies the committee is overworked and in session with no compulsion to report.
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Westminster veto bill lingers as Crane weighs signature
The Westminster chambers bill remains on Governor Crane's desk unsigned, reducing the likelihood of his signature. The rules committee still holds Mr Coolidge's order for an investigation into accusations against members, with no action until the governor decides. Some accused members urged earlier inquiry, but the rules committee opposed it.
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New England Conservatory Recital Delights Large Audience
The orchestral class conducted by G. W. Chadwick opened with a Mozart symphony in D major and closed with Cherubini’s Anacreon overture. Soloists include Lotta Neal Harlan, Marie Zeleszny, Blanche Crafts, and Gertrude Barry. Brenton sermon June 17 at the Church of the Messiah, June 20 Tremont Temple commencement exercises, alumni reunion and banquet follow.
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Medford
Charles H. Brent
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Tufts Phi Beta Kappa Holds Exercises at Tufts College
Detta Chapter Phi Beta Kappa literary exercises to be held in Goddard Chapel Tufts College at 3 30 p m Tuesday June 19 with Rev John Coleman Adams D D of Brooklyn NY as orator and Professor Charles Henry Patterson of West Virginia reading the poem all invited to attend
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Hull seeks funds for John Boyle O'Reilly memorial library
A Hull committee plans to purchase and convert the poet John Boyle O'Reillys stone cottage into a public library. Donations are urged to support the purchase ahead of next Saturdays public auction, with a June 15 Boston meeting for supporters.
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Hull Village
William G. MacDonald
Newbury Street
Boston
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David Porter Matthews
Stonewall Allen Explains Missed Sermon at Star Baptist
Stonewall Allen explains why the Irish and French waiter sermon was not delivered last Sunday at the Morning Star Baptist Church. He claims a deacon interfered with a contract he made with Rev. J. Allen Kirk and urges all church members to keep their word regardless of sin.
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J. Allen Kirk
Robert Stonewall Allen
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