NGS Backs Up the Mayor on Civil Service Seats
Edmund Billings and the Good Government Association dispute Governor Draper over appointing a Boston citizen to the Civil Service Commission. Billings argues the city should have voting locals on the commission, urging home rule and justice for Boston. He contends the commission’s power warrants at least one Boston member, possibly two, to reflect local interests.
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Edmund Billings
The
Good Government Association
Draper
Boston
Civil Service Commission
Mr. Billings
Commission
Appropriation Cut in Half Sparks Revere Town Meeting
In Revere 500 residents packed a special meeting to rescind a $15,000 sewer appropriation. Albert Burnham beat Robert Pirie 286 to 215 for moderator as the vote count drew cheers and protests. The sewer sum was reduced to $7200 amid a protest over an eight day signing rule. Labor leader Skeffington defended the finance committee and urged a square deal for workers.
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Revere
Albert
Burnham
Robert Pirie
Samuel A. Segee
Henry J. Skeffington
Finance Committee
RooseveltWedding Brings New York Notables Together
The bride Miss Ethel Roosevelt and groom Kermit Roosevelt hosted 600 presents from prominent guests including Mrs Russell Sage, Mr and Mrs C B Alexander, and President Taft. The ceremony was led by Rev Henry M Sanders with 50 piece orchestra. After a San Francisco honeymoon the couple will settle there as the groom takes a carpet company sales manager role.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Harriet
Janetta Alexander
Jean W. Delano
Jessie Millington Drake
Monroe Douglas Robinson
George F. B. Roche
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Fulton Cutting
John W. Cutler
Grafton Chapman
Eliot Cutler
E. Morgan Gilbert
Henry M. Sanders
Russell Sage
C. B. Alexander
John Burroughs
Cowles
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr
Douglas Robinson
Joseph Alsop
J. A. Hartwell
Jennie Crocker
San Francisco
Samuel Alexander
Archibald
Alexander
S. R. Bertron
F. B. Roosevelt
Meyer
Navy Department
Brayton Ives
Martha McCook
Gaynor
Hughes
Andrew Carnegie
President Taft
George J. Gould
Roosevelt
Harvard University
Roosevelt Bride Receives Two Foot High Wedding Cake
A wedding at C. B. Alexander's home celebrates Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his bride with a two foot cake full of surprises. The slice with a diamond ring pledges a year to marriage for the finder while other tokens promise luck or status. The couple depart for a Westward trip as the groom begins duties in Thompsonville Conn at a carpet firm.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
C. B. Alexander
Mr. Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Carpet Manufactory
Thompsonville
Conn
Harvard
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
B. Alexander
Alexander
Graner
Harriet
Jeanette Alexander
Nicholas Wrongworth
Hoffman
Paris
Hartwell
Meyer
Roosevelt Begins Private Life After Presidency
Former President Theodore Roosevelt starts a new, private life in settings far from his public roles. He undertakes work and daily routines unlike his earlier life, forming a distinct personal approach to his surroundings and duties.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Returns to Work as Outlook Contributing Editor
After a day at Sagamore Hill Roosevelt travels from Oyster Bay to New York to begin work as a contributing editor for the Outlook. He moves into a three-room suite in the United Charities building and joins a busy staff in a high prestige office near Fifth Avenue.
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Sagamore Hill
Outlook
Dolphin
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Meyer
Navy Department
New York
Fifth Avenue
United Charities
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-second Street
American Missionary Society
Charity Organization Society
Association For the Improvement of the Condition
City Mission and Tract Society
Association of Day Nurseries
Society For First Aid
State Capitol
White House
Lyman Abbott
Theodore Roosevelt
Hair Care Advice From New York Herald
Mme. Theo favors dry brushing with therox for glossy hair and warns against frequent washing. She endorses a mix of orm root and therox to dust the scalp and recommends brushing two to three times weekly. Therox is touted to keep hair lustrous and promote growth and serves as a cleansing shampoo in summer.
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New York Herald
Mme
Theo
Roosevelt's New Office Rooms and Wedding Day Rout
Roosevelt moves into new offices with bronze burlap walls and a desk like Mount Vernon. He visits cousin Frank B. Roosevelt for lunch then attends his son's church wedding, greeting Inspector O'Brien warmly. The party returns to Oyster Bay by 8 12 train.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Fourth Avenue
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Lincoln
Frank B. Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt Not Going to Bed
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said he had a brief talk with President Taft after Roosevelt’s home-coming event and stated there were no private conversations on politics. When pressed about Roosevelt’s campaign plans he quipped that Roosevelt would not stay out of politics this fall.
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Washington
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Reward Offered for Arrest of Martin J Walsh
The United States Department of Justice offers 200 dollars for the arrest and delivery to a federal officer of Martin J Walsh of Massachusetts wanted for aiding and abetting misapplication of National City Bank funds in Cambridge. He is described as born 1841, five feet eight inches, 205 pounds, with a dark moustache, married. People with information are to contact the Bureau of Investigation in Washington. Francis J. Wood, a Kelcher trial witness, was arraigned on perjury before U S Commissioner Hayes and may be held for grand jurors tomorrow.
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United States Department of Justice
Martin J. Walsh
District of
Massachusetts
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Boston
Mass
Ely
Bureau of Investig@t Department of Justice
D, CO
Francis J. Wood
Kelcher
United States
Walsh sought worldwide in hunt for missing dealer
A photograph and description of Walsh, named as dealer for the fare gang that swindled bookkeeper George W. Cole of more than 200000, have been broadcast to all U S marshals and police chiefs nationwide and abroad. The notice targets consuls and foreign officers, making the search worldwide with a potential government position for the captor and a reward as part of the pursuit.
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Walsh
George W. Coleman
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Ohio Democratic Convention Begins in Dayton
Dayton Ohio June 20 delegates gather for the Ohio State Democratic convention with a calm air and hints of a national contest. The central issue is a plan to amend the party call to require endorsement of United States Senate candidates led by William J Bryan with backing from Ohio leaders including former Cleveland mayor James Johnson.
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Dayton
Party Cies
Ohio State Democratic Convention
State Central Committee
United States Senate
Liam J. Bryan
Ohio
Roosevelt in Moving Pictures Returns to Boston Screen
The first moving picture of former President Roosevelt is expected in New York and will be shown at Keith’s at noon in Boston this afternoon.
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New England
Morris & Butler
Summer St
Boston
Roosevelt
Ve York
Keiths ‘Ee
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Civil Service Board
Mrs. Roosevelt
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur
New York City
Duck
B. F. Fisher
Roanoke
Price
Moving
James A. Houston
P. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
Co An
Shantung Pongee Coats
Gray
Acie
Sue Lisle
E. C. Skuffer
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