Mayor Rejects 50 Year Subway Lease Extension
Mayor Fitzgerald declares 25 years sufficient for subway leases amid a State Legislature bill. He notes his prior opposition to the 8 percent lease rate for West End property and recalls his stance against city approval hurdles in the bill.
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Fitzgerald
Elevated
West End
State House
South Boston
Marchester
East Boston
Boylston Street
Boston
Boston Elevated
William A. “Bancroft
Boston “Elevated
Mayor weighs subway leases amid West End contract clashes
The mayor defends a cautious stance on pending subway lease bills, citing executive prerogatives and past promises to extend and finance a Boston transit network. Appendix D features General Bancroft and fellow leaders detailing cost and power implications of separate versus consolidated systems for the West End and Elevated lines.
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Joint Traction Board
Joint Board
Bancroft
West End
Thoroughbreds Start Racing in Country Club Meet Today
The Brookline Country Club hosts a three day racing meet with three flat races and three steeplechases on the Clyde Park two and a half mile course. Key events include the Lexington Army Officers plate and the Myopia Hunt cup with 16 entries. The Cham ber Memorial steeplechase promises a large field of up to 29 entrants, led by noted horses as the meet showcases east coast cross country rivals.
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Brookline Country Club
Clyde Park
Stripling
Harry W. Smith
Belmont Terminal
Chambler
Silas Veitch
Hildreth
Diana Ken
F. A. Clark
Hylda
P. Randolph
Plate Glass
Ivan Fox
Duffield
Mr. McMurtrie
Algie
Selectus
Mr. Chetland
Rossfenton
Sam Ball
J. E. Davis
Jack Frost
Leopardstown
H. K. Wingut
Waterspeed
Bishop
Protest Over State Electrification Plan Delays Railroads
New Haven and Boston & Maine railways protest a state electrification resolve saying it is unconstitutional and will deter investors. They urge lawmakers to adopt the majority joint traction boards report despite committee support for electrification.
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State House
New Haven
Boston & Maine
City Council Reestablishes Consumptives Hospital Department
At a special meeting yesterday the council repealed the abolition ordinance and restored the consumptives' hospital department, which had been dissolved for two months due to an earlier legal error. The Mayor approved both actions, but the department lacks trustees and faces legal complications as heads of other departments may be drafted in, with past acts still illegal.
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Messrs
Stone and Webster
Health Department
City Hall
Tighe Sworn In as U S Deputy Marshal in Court
Deputy U S Bailiff James A Tighe was sworn in yesterday by Judge Dodge in the United States District Court to fill the vacancy from the resignation of Deputy Marshal Frank Young, appointment made by U S Marshal Major Guy Murchie.
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U. S
James A. Tighe
U.S
Dodge
United States
Dstrict Court
Guy Murchie
Frank Young
Audubon Society Refuses Large Gift From Gun Makers
The National Association of Audubon Societies rejected a $25,000 gift from gun and powder makers intended for game protection. The statement said the society was founded to protect song and insectivorous birds, and accepting the money would force the real work to take an inferior place.
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New York
National Association of Audubon Societies
Audubon Society
Professor Brandelle Found Dead in River at Lewiston
The body of Professor David W. Brandelle of Bates College was found in the Androscoggin River near Lewiston after he had been missing since Thursday. His coat hat and glasses were found on the riverbank three miles above the city, with the body located about 70 feet downstream. City Marshal Cailler and Deputy Marshal Pitman located the body and Coroner Teague deemed an inquest unnecessary. Brandelle had a nervous breakdown.
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Lewiston
David W. Brandelle
Bates College
Androscoggin
Cailler
Pitman
H. A. Teague
Brandelle
Two men arrested after gun drawn in Red Dragon restaurant
Henry Wheeler and John J. Dias, both described as colored, were taken into custody after Wheeler drew a revolver in the Red Dragon at 912 Harrison Avenue in Chinatown. A third member fled with cups. proprietors say cups were stolen. Wheeler was questioned before police moved him outside.
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Henry Wheeler
Kendall Street
John J. Dias
Sumner Street
East Boston
Chinatown
Murphy
Red Dragon
Harrison Avenue
Wheeler
Miss Thayer to Wed Winthrop
The engagement of Miss Sarah Barroll Thayer of Fairfield Street to Frederick Winthrop of Beacon Street is announced. Thayer, youngest daughter of the late Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Street Thayer, has ties to Baltimore and the Vin cent Club. Winthrop is a widower. his first wife was Miss Dorothy Amory.
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Sarah Barroll Thayer
Fairfield Street
Frederick Winthrop
Beacon Street
Miss Thayer
Nathaniel Thayer
Cornelia Street
Barroll) Thayer
Baltimore
Mr. Thayer
Vincent Club
Countess Moltke
Cornelia V. R. Thayer
Washington
Williams. Patten
New York
Winthrop
Dorothy Amory
Charles W. Amory
City
Bishop's Son to Wed Actress Edna Von Leska Bruna
Charles Samuel Fallows, lawyer at 30 Church Street and son of Bishop Samuel Fallows, obtained a license to marry actress Edna Von Leska Bruna famous for The Fortune Hunter where she played the calculating daughter of a tightfisted banker.
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New York
Charles Samuel Fallows
Church Street
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Edna von Leska Bruna
Theatrical Manager Charged in Albany Baseball Death
Albany June 16 John McStea a New Orleans theater manager was arraigned on a first degree murder charge for fatally shooting Arthur J Brown first baseman of the Albany State League team last night in an on field incident or nearby location leading to a sensational homicide in a small city ballpark setting.
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Albany
John McStea
New Orleans
Arthur J. Brown
Albany State League
Police court today man pleads guilty held for grand jury
He pleaded guilty after a shooting inc dent leaving his eye and right cheek bruised. He was held to await grand jury action. Mrs. McStea, present at the time, was questioned by the district attorney and detained as a witness.
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McStea
Brown
Boy Burned Playing With Matches In Roxbury Home
John Bissell aged four suffered severe burns to his right leg while playing with matches at his Roxbury residence on Ziegier street yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to City Hospital for treatment.
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John B. Bissell
Ziegier Street
Roxbury
Gate tender saves money shower on express in Melrose
Gate tender James Walsh and telegrapher George Leathe, aided by Station Agent A P Little, retrieved 108 in new bills dropped from the 10 44 Haverhill express to Boston at Melrose station. A passenger later recovered 125 missing from a dropped pundle. Walsh and Leathe were each awarded 3.
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Haverhill
Boston
James Walsh
Melrose
Boston & Maine
Walsh
George Leathe
A. P. Little
Little
Greenwood
United States
Opium Raid Victims Fined By City Court
Judge Ely of the Municipal Court fined Alonzo Springer and Edna Springer 50 dollars each after finding opium in their possession during a raid Tuesday night. Three girls Eva Brown Josephine Foster and Mazie Foster were fined 15 dollars each at the same hearing.
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Ely
Alonzo Springer
Edna Springer
Eva Brown
Josephine Foster
Mazie Foster
Lecture on Ireland of Today Draws Kinwarra Kilchreest Parishioners
Former residents of Kinwarra and Kilchreest in Galway and friends attended an entertaining lecture titled Ireland of Today by Rev Father Hehir of Ireland at Paine Memorial Hall. Hehir urged education for freedom and connected the talk to current conditions. A musical program accompanied the event as Hehir promotes funding for a new college in Galway.
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Kinwarra
Kilchreest
County Galway
Ireland
Father Hehir
Paine Memorial Hall
Gulay
Referendum Opposes Union Convention This Year
Officials of the International Union reported that referendum results show the union is against holding a convention this year.
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Ers’ Union 97
Saat Wake Eee
International Union
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Myopia Hunt Cup
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Horlick’s
Consumptives’ Hospital Board
Tighe
Sarah B. Thayer
Piano Trust
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Roxbury Piano Storage Salesrooms Co
Hear
Mason & Hamlin
H. F. Miller
Huntington
Kranich & Bach
Everett
Webber
Steinway
Ivers & Pond
Knabe
McPhail
Emerson
Wm. Bourne
Chickering
Haynes
Schuman & Sons
Merrill
Jacob Doll
Hallet & Davis
Steinert
Washington Street
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Dudley Terminal
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