Drowning Child Rescued by Sacrificing Clothes in Charles River
In Cambridge, Thomas Sullivan known as Tucker leaped into the Charles from Stickney wharf and saved six year old William F Whipple who had been pushed into the river. Sullivan at first surfaced exhausted with the boy in his grasp and both collapsed on shore afterward.
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Charles
Stickney
Charles Bank
Cambridge
Thomas Sullivan
Cambridge Parkway
Sullivan
Richard Barry
Surrey Street
Council votes to refer report on transit land prices
Without a dissenting vote the Council referred to the Finance Commission for investigation a special committee report charging Boston Transit Commission paid exorbitant prices for land and buildings along Washington street for subway entrances and exits.
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Common Council
Finance Commission
Boston Transit Commission
Washington Street
Washington Street Subway
Jewelry must be paid for in equity court plea
Helen G Gifford wife of Elias Gifford appeared in Equity before Judge DeCourcy seeking to vacate a judgment Shreve Crump Low Co had obtained against her for the purchase price of a 1500 dollar diamond bracelet a 1500 dollar three stone diamond ring and two silver picture frames she was pale and on crutches at the session
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Helen G. Gifford
Elias
Gifford
State Street
Superior Court
DeCourcy
Shreve, Crump & Low Company
Bride Leaves Husband After Brief Marriage Faces Credit Claim
Mrs. Gifford, formerly Miss Helen Chick, left her husband after a few months and moved in with her mother in Brookline. She had bought items on credit before leaving. Judge DeCourcy signaled no interference with the judgment, noting recognizing the defense would excuse both spouses from payment. Mrs. Gifford reportedly still retains the jewelry.
John D Morgan Dies at 69 After 30 Years as Railroad Agent
Newton reports the death of John D Morgan aged 69 from heart disease at his home 88 Richardson Street He had served as agent at the Newton station of the Boston and Albany railroad for nearly three decades.
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Newton
John D. Morgan
Boston & Albany Railroad
Richardson Street
Councilman Urges Finance Commission Probe of Transit Report
Ward 12 Republican Councilman McClennan says findings justify Finance Commission review. Ward 16 Democrat Costello defends report and questions motives, noting alleged connections to a contracting firm, a former mayor, and eminent residents. He argues for proof before belief.
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McClennan
Ward 12
Finance Commission
Washington Street
Costello
Ward 16
Democrat
Transit Commission
Boston
Crackers
Mable Advises Art Graduates at School Exercise
Charles H. R. Mable, the class essayist, urged Massachusetts Normal Art School graduates to pursue their ideals. Speakers included Charles A. Perry, Philip T. O’Keefe, Magna Dean Eastman, and Sarah Annette Washburn. Helen Simpson Hutchinson gave the valedictory as diplomas were distributed.
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Charles H. R. Mable
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Charles A. Perry
Tower of the Woods
Philip T. O'Keefe
Magna Dean Eastman
Sarah Annette Washburn
Helen Simpson Hutchinson
Kate Gannett Wells
George H. Bartlett
Fire on Province Street causes $2000 damage
A midnight blaze on the fourth floor of 13 Province Street prompted Box 35 alarm. Chief Grady was cut by flying glass and treated by a surgeon. Damage is estimated at $2000. Cause unknown but believed to start in rooms occupied by the Hamblen Nickel Plating Company on the third floor.
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Province Street
Grady
Hamblen Nickel Plating Company
Stover elected lieutenant colonel and Cutting major of 5th Regiment
Major Willis W. Stover was elected lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Infantry Regiment M V M to succeed the retired Clements. Senior Captain Frank F. Cutting was elected major after Stover’s promotion. The election at the South Armory Irvington Street drew nearly all officers with three absentees.
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Willis W. Stover
Fifth Infantry Regiment
Clements
Frank F. Cutting
South Armory
Irvington Street
Cutting
Stover
Four Convicts Taken South in Transport Shuffle
Shackled and footbound, Minot St. Clair Francis a noted jail breaker and post office robber led a four man transport from Thomaston Maine to Atlanta Georgia. The group included William Phelps Paul Ritcher and William Huddle all with long sentences for post office robbery as they moved under U S deputy marshal and prison officials yesterday afternoon.
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Minot St. Clair
Thomaston
Francis
William Phelps
Paul Ritcher
William Huddle
Representative Ariosto Wiley Dies in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Virginia reports the death of Ariosto Appling Wiley representative of Alabama's second district. He served as General Lawton's chief of staff in Cuba and died from inflammatory rheumatism.
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Hot Springs
Ariosto Appling Wiley
Alabama
Lawton
Cuba
Huling Resigns as Cambridge High School Leader
Ray Green Huling, longtime Cambridge High School superintendent, resigns after 15 years. Grace L. Deering is named temporary superintendent at 2000 dollars yearly, with Huling remaining as consulting teacher at 500 dollars annually due to health issues.
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Ray Green Huling
Cambridge High School
Huling
Grace L. Deering
Boston High School of Commerce Graduation Urges Merger Over Municipal Ownership
At the Boston High School of Commerce graduation on Huntington Avenue student speakers urged merger over municipal ownership. Francis S. Moulton argued that municipal ownership burdens merchants and that merger would lower costs and improve efficiency by reducing transshipment and administration expenses.
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Boston High School of Commerce
Huntington Avenue
New Bedford
Lowell
Boston
Francis S. Moulton
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