Boston Budget Boosts City Labor Wages to $3 a Day
The 1917 Boston budget totaling 25,053,461 calls for raising city laborers’ wages from 2.50 to 3 per day, with a phased 2.75 rise to 3. This comes amid council debates and aims to fund street work and park projects while preserving the Parkman fund and library requirements under Josiah Benton’s will.
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Curley
Boston
Josiah H. Benton
Benton
Park and Recreation Department
Parkman
Free Phono Pneumo Treatment offer for Deafness and Catarrh
Public notice promises free consultation and treatment until cured for all Deafness or Catarrh sufferers who call by March 10. Testimonials from Mary E. Smith of Boston and Charles H. Chase of Fanueil praise dramatic hearing improvements. Office hours set at Huntington Ave Boston with specific Tuesday Friday evening slots.
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Mary E. Smith
Norway St
Boston
Charles H. Chase
Newton St
Faneuil
Mase
Watertown Arsenal
Buite 1
Huntington Ave
Masa
Mechanics’ Building
Budget figures outline city wage rise and revenue needs
The budget committee will meet to discuss plans as the commission estimates establish a $3 per day minimum wage requiring about $100,000 from the reserve fund. The summary shows taxes raised for three city purposes at $16,678,974.83, Suffolk County General $1,708,285.26, and debt needs $5,142,479.97. Revenue includes printing, city record publication, public works water costs, and water debt service totaling $25,053,461.05.
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Park Department
Commonwealth Avenue
Treasury
Finance Commission
Public Works Department
Park and Recreation Department
Appropriations Committee
Council
Suffolk
Claims liquor given to son in Charlestown saloon
Mrs. Margaret Kelly of 427 Main street Charlestown seeks $10,000 damages from Lawrence H Sullivan Co liquor dealers alleging their employees served her 18 year old son William J E Kelly with liquor on August 26 1916 just shy of his 19th birthday claiming violation of Revised Laws Chapter 100 Section 62 and liable for the amount.
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Margaret Kelly
Main Street
Charlestown
Lawrence H. Sullivan & Co
William J. E. Kelly
Dartmouth Preparedness Committee Formed at Hanover
Dartmouth College moved to preparedness by appointing a committee to draft plans. President E M Hopkins, initially doubtful, released a statement endorsing readiness for any conditions. The committee is led by Professor E J Bartlett and includes three faculty members and four undergraduates.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
E. M. Hopkins
E. J. Bartlett
Indicted Spy Plot Men Named in Grand Jury
New York March 2 three men Albert A. Sander Carl W Wannenberg and George Waugh Bacon were charged in indictments returned by the federal grand jury for participating in an elaborate spy plot. The scheme allegedly sent men to Great Britain posing as American newspaper correspondents to gather and transmit information on civil and military conditions in England for Germany.
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New York
Great Britain
Germany
England
Albert A. Sander
Carl W. Wannenberg
George Waugh Bacon
Federal Grand Jury
German Spy Ring Indictments Target UK Invisibility Ink Plot
Indictments allege arrangements to send information from this city to Germany using invisible ink. Bacon, hired as an alleged newspaper correspondent, traveled to England with inked letters to Holland and Denmark addressed to agents. Sander and Wannenberg are charged with supplying names and with a plan to relay military details about Britain. Bacon allegedly received at least $1000 for his trip and activities. Additional German agents in the city face future indictments as the grand jury extends its spy probe. Gas on Stomach Quick relief from a Neale Gas Tablet. A trial proves it. edvt
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Great Britain
Bacon
England
Sander and Wannenberg
Holland
Denmark
Germany
United States
Banks deny speculation in Kronprincess damages claim
The National City Bank and Guaranty Trust Co of NY deny seeking speculative profits from damages against the Kronprinzess for failing to deliver $8,000,000 in gold. They say only the market value of the gold in London and Paris should be collected. Judge Morton will hear counsel at 10:30 in the US District Court.
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National City Bank
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
United States District Court
Edward E. Blodgett
Boston
London
Paris
Steamship Company
Morton
Letter to the editor defends Swimmer against Callaway
George C. Marsh of Lebanon New Hampshire writes to defend Quartermaster Swimmer and deny reports of the water cure. He claims two years in the Philippines yielded no such abuses. cites many drunken soldiers and temptations from saloons and cheap whiskey. He accuses Congressman Callaway of being misinformed or false, signed February 28 1817.
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F. W. Swimmer
Oscar Callaway
Texas
Philippines
Congressman Callaway
George C. Marsh
U.S. V. Lebanon
N. H
Baker Given Life Sentence In Insanity Case
Plymouth March 2 Dr Ralph V Baker shot and killed William M Cushing at Green Harbor Oct 3 1916 and was sentenced to life imprisonment at the State Hospital for the Insane Bridgewater by Judge Robert Raymond in Superior Court Today Branded a hopeless maniac the doctor had been under observation since his arrest after a brief trial with a verdict of guilty based on four witnesses testimony.
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Plymouth
Ralph V. Baker
William M. Cushing
Green Harbor
State Hospital For the Insane
Bridgewater
Robert Raymond
Baker
Cushing
Will of Esther W. Smith Leaves $22,000 to Boston Charities
Mrs Esther W Smith of Cambridge probate in Middlesex Court East Cambridge awards $22,000 to multiple Boston area charities. Bequests include Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind $5000, Kindergarten for the Blind $5000, Avon Home of Cambridge $5000, Cambridge Home for Aged People $4000, Boston Floating Hospital $2000, and Industrial Home for Crippled Children $1000, estate total anticipated above $140,000.
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Greater Boston
Esther W. Smith
Cambridge
Middlesex Court
East Cambridge
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Kindergarten For
Avon
Boston Floating Hospital
Industrial Home
Enlistment Campaign Urges Quick War Service
The committee on public safety launched a drive to boost recruiting for the army navy and National Guard. It urges immediate action in three lines: enlist in the navy to reinforce first line defense, enlist in the regular army for trained discharges and patriotic volunteers, and enlist in the Massachusetts National Guard to reach full strength. The group pledges support to arms and equipment delivery and vows Massachusetts will be ready.
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Army
Navy
National Guard
Committee On Public Safety
United States Navy
New England
Regular Army
United States
National Guard of
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Car Service Reduced on Several Bay State Lines
The Public Service Commission approved a reduction in service for multiple Bay State Street Railway lines after a company petition. The order allows hourly car operation instead of half-hourly on routes including Rockland to Braintree, Lowell to Reading, Malden to Danvers, Pigeon Cove to Gloucester, and Ipswich area lines, with seasonal hours from May 1 to November 1.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Rockland
Braintree
Lowell-Reading
Malden-Danvers
Pigeon Cove
Gloucester
Rowley-Ipswich
Ipswich Junction
Newburyport
Ipswich
Rockport
Bay View
Lanesville
Back Bay Favors Ban on Screech Horns in City
Representatives from many motor vehicle groups and Back Bay residents urged a roads and bridges committee to pass a National Automobile Association bill banning screech horns rattlesnake horns and bells except for police fire departments and ambulances. Mrs Peabody cited a thousand physicians backing the measure and Dr Bigelow warned of sleepless nights and noisy children while former Congressman Powers cited Portland Ore as a model where no horn law reduced accidents. No opposition was voiced.
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Back Bay
Legislative Committee On
National Automobile Association
Harold Peabody
Bishop Lawrence
Boston
Peabody
Bigelow
Beacon Street
Dr. Bigelow
Samuel L. Powers
Portland
Ore
Escapes jail for contempt in divorce case
Harold P. Downs, a State soldier, avoided jail for contempt after Judge Hardy chose not to disgrace the uniform. Downs, from Everett, was brought into the equity motion session by a deputy sheriff on the complaint of his ex wife Mary B. Downs. She said he failed to pay $11 weekly alimony for their two sons, aged 11 and 6, as ordered by Judge O'Connell on March 24, 1916. He owes about $63 and now has a job to resume weekly payments.
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Harold P. Downs
Hardy
Equity
Superior Court
Mary 8. Downs
Everett
O’connell
Downs
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