Fire horse sacrifices life to save crowd at Park Square
Baby the fire horse died after saving a crowd of women and children from a skidding hose wagon at Park Square. His mate was injured, and several bystanders faced minor injuries as the engine responded to a small fire on Warrenton Street. The blaze caused no damage beyond a mattress fire in Arthur E. Lent’s home.
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Mason Street
Park Square
Boylston Street
Warrenton Street
Gafety ‘Island
John J. Cunningham
Baby
Hoppe
Lagrange Street
Bridget Dillon
Beacon Street
Margaret Scanlon
Harvard Street
Brookline
Hazel Cooper
Myrtle
Michael Moore
Arthur E. Lent
Taft On Legal Ethics Discusses Brandeis Controversy
Former President Taft spoke at Boston University Law School on legal ethics. He noted many corporate lawyers retain integrity and could be good judges, though he did not name Louis D. Brandeis. He urged reducing corporate control of legal talent.
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Taft
Boston University Law School
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Tarrytown Boy Dies From Chewing Gum
Tarrytown N Y March 2 John six year old son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Mulholland died this morning from chewing gum He swallowed gum and it lodged in his intestines resulting in brain fever For six days he was unconscious.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John
Daniel Mulholland
Opposes Rise in Milk Rate and Open Car System
John K. Whiting of the C. Brigham Company testified at the milk investigation that milk rate hikes would harm the poor and that any extra railroad revenue should come from cream shipments. He supported the New England carload milk system, arguing it lowers costs, improves sanitation, and preserves competition while open car usage harms small dairies.
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John K. Whiting
The
C. Brigham Company
Boston
Whiting
New England
Massachusetts
Express
Boston & Albany
Brigham Company
Milk shipping costs and Boston demand discussed
A witness explains methods to ship milk to Boston including icing or cooling with jackets on cans. He cites USDA data showing New England farmers received higher prices than the national average in 1913 and 1914. He notes a sharp drop in volume over 20 years from 4000 daily cans to about 150 from a 40 mile radius.
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Boston
United States
Department of Agriculture
New England
Brigham Company
Boston & Albany
Will of Mrs Lucy A Norcross Approved by Court
The Suffolk Probate Court allowed the will of Lucy A Norcross of this city. The estate is valued at 669200 dollars and after the deaths of certain relatives, about one third will go to specified charitable and religious organizations.
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Lucy A. Norcross
George
Suffolk
Freeman Hallett Awarded Towns oldest man Gold Headed Cane
Freeman Hal lett aged 89 of Hatchville received the town’s gold headed cane for being the oldest resident. A Underwood, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, presented the prize in Falmouth on March 2.
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Falmouth
Army bill agreement sets 700000-strong force
The House military committee finalized a bill increasing the army. It envisions a force of about 700000 personnel made up of regulars National Guardsmen and federal volunteers. The measure will be reported unanimously to the House early next week.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
Military draft bill seeks large army and National Guard strength
The proposal sets a maximum 170000 regular troops and a minimum 425000 National Guard within five years. It envisions federal volunteers via extended summer camps, with an estimated 100000 men to enroll. The bill keeps provisions for organizing forces.
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Regular Army
National Guard
War Mobilization Board Powers for Industry and War Time Preference
The text describes a wartime measure authorizing an industrial mobilization board and granting officers control over reserves behind the lines. It mandates immediate preference by manufacturers of war materials to government orders during war or imminent danger, with penalties for noncompliance.
Cambridge Gas Light taps 36 inch main after fire
Gas works in Cambridge plan tapping the 36 inch main to meet dwindling supply as coal beds burn near the ruined coal sheds at the 1000 foot wharf following the late Wednesday night fire. Gas reserves will run out in three days amid two thirds reduction in coal and facilities.
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Cambridge Gas Light Company
Cambridge
New England Gas & Coke Company
Iverett
Brookline
Brighton
Angell Slightly Improves After Illness
Ann Arbor March 2 Dr James B Angell president emeritus of the University of Michigan was critically ill but shows slight improvement today according to his physician.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Harvard Sings Bowla Bowla Parody Against Yale Fans
Harvard sophomores premiered a new parody song to mock Yale and celebrate Harvard football. The “Bowla Bowla” tune borrows from Yale’s Boola Boola and could be played at the Yale Bowl next fall before the Harvard Yale game. The verse memory links to 1914 and the March sophomore banquet.
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Eli
Harvard
New Haven
Crimson
Cambridge
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