Boston Votes to Probe Billboard Nuisance On City Roof
The Boston Common Council orders a special eight member committee with allied aldermen to investigate the billboard on the 2 Park street roof. Prominent Bostonians including Professor Norton and Bliss Perry oppose the sign as a public nuisance and urge civic regulations and legal action.
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Common Council
Pierce
Board of Aldermen
Park Street
Eliot Norton
Bliss Perry
The
Atlantic Monthly
F. T. Lewis
Harvard Medical School
H. Randolph Coolidge
Boston Society of Architects
Edwin D. Mead
Robert Treat Paine
Doll & Richards
Dr. Warren
Norton
Perry
the Atlantic
Mead
Temperance Sermons At Cathedral Rally Large Crowd
The Cathedral mission drew a large crowd spanning the upper and lower churches. Rev. Peter J. O Callaghan led the basement service while Rev. Alexander P. Doyle preached in the upper church advocating total abstinence and presenting pledge cards with reasons to abstain.
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Peter J. O'Callaghan
Alexander P. Doyle
Father Doyle
Site Street Crust Ze ACCOUNTS AND BRANCH NOTICE
The text explains that accounts of 300 dollars and over are credited with interest monthly and small accounts receive equal care. It notes the main office's convenient location for business men and the Back Bay branch serving Back Bay Longwood Jamaica Plain and Brookline residents.
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Back Bay
Longwood
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Woodbury Method Promises Hair Renewal Treatment
The ad claims dandruff and scalp troubles threaten baldness and offers the Woodbury Method as a scientific cure. It promises dandruff removal, hair growth stimulation, and a healthy scalp, urging early action before follicles die. Free expert advice is offered, noting 36 years of experience.
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Woodbury
Five Captains Named Acting Chiefs in Major Fire Department Shuffle
The fire commissioner appointed five captains as acting district chiefs to cover absent chiefs at 10 am. A large batch of transfers follows, moving captains between ladders, engines, and towers, with new appointments including John H. Phelan and Frederick J. Dobbratz. The moves are framed as a voluntary reshuffle, not a shakeup, with future batch transfers anticipated.
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Irriday
District
Angus J. McDonald
Ladder JR
J. W. Byron
K. W. Murphy
Duncan McLaughlin
John H. Phelan
Frederick J. Dobbratz
T. J. Gilroy
Martin J. Welch
Joseph H. McLaughlin
James I. Tobin
David McKiney
Mr. McLaughlin
Robert S. Resterick
George H. Acres
Fire Department
Wells
Roosevelt orders war on tuberculosis in government service
President Roosevelt directed a government wide drive to curb tuberculosis among Washington employees. Department heads must enforce strict rules with noncompliance potentially resulting in dismissal. Speaker J J Myers to lecture law students at the YMCA tonight with John Quinn introducing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J. J. Myers
John Quinn
Prominent Boston Bachelor Frothingham Leader in Politics
The Hon Louis A Frothingham a Back Bay social figure born 1871 in Jamaica Plain Harvard class of 1898 and Harvard Law School graduate served as private secretary to Congressman Lovering and as US Marine Corps second lieutenant. He was speaker of the Massachusetts House in 1904 and 1905 and ran for mayor last fall residing at 24 Marlboro Street.
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Louis A. Frothingham
Back Bay
Jamaica Plain
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Country
Union
William C. Lovering
United States Marine Corps
Spain
Congo State Horrors Exposed At Tremont Temple Meeting
Reverend John H. Harris described brutal acts in the Congo Free State under King Leopold to a large Tremont Temple audience. The gathering, led by G Stanley Hall, passed resolutions urging U S Congress action to stop the cruelties and defend human rights.
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Congo Free State
John H. Harris
Tremont Temple
Congo Reform Association
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
T. W. Higginson
Edwin D. Mead
Robert Treat Paine
Henry W. Peabody
William FE. Huntington
Charles Fleischer
George W. Anderson
Louis A. Brandeis
Moorfield Storey
John L. Bates
Samuel B. Capen
Leopold
Belgium
Mr. Harris
Congress
United States
Armies Could Be Cut Back Says Haldane In Budget Debate
London March 8 War Secretary Haldane opened the army estimates at nearly 150 million pounds, saying the goal is efficiency with less spending. He argued Britain may reduce armament costs while keeping an effective force, noting Germany France and the United States also maintain sizable but costly armies. He suggested the India northwest frontier is less threatened and urged joint consideration of reductions.
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London
House of Commons
Haldane
India
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
Lawrence man pleads guilty to perjury before immigration board
Salvatore Brune of Lawrence pleaded guilty before Judge Lowell in the United States Circuit Court to perjury before an immigration board. He was sentenced to 80 days in the county jail at Lawrence after default on his Monday appearance was removed.
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Salvatore Brune
Lawrence
Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Brune
Mayor Becomes Honorary G A R Comrade in Dorchester
Mayor Fitzgerald has been elected an honorary member of Benjamin Stone Jr. Post 68 G A R in Dorchester. He may wear a soft hat and attend post functions but cannot vote or wear insignia or uniform. A recent State encampment banquet featured the mayor as a speaker, delivering a tribute to sacrifices.
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Fitzgerald
Benjamin Stone, Jr
Dorchester
Boston
Prince Albert
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J. Scallon
IT. Meehan
I. J. Linloff
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F. G. Meirghi
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IT. F. McFarland
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H. E. Richardson
John F. Willian
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James J. Walton
Daniel O'Leary
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U. S. War ON Tuberculosis
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