Cambridge Ranked Safest City in Metropolitan District
Met Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O Keefe released yearly tabulations showing Rockland as safest, Lexington as least safe, with Reading Newton and Milton among lower ranks. Cambridge placed second with 79 alarms for 1915, averaging 5.45 per 10 000 monthly, in a district totaling 13 522 alarms.
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Cambridge
Rockland
Lexington
Reading
Newton
Milton
John A. O'Keefe
Boston
Slivers the Clown Dead in New York Boarding House
Frank Oakley known as Slivers the clown died by inhaling illuminating gas in a New York boarding house. Once a Barnum and Bailey star, his decline in popularity is seen as the likely cause. He was 45, born in Sweden, married Nellie Dunbar in 1902, and leaves daughter Ruth Verona Oakley.
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Frank Oakley
New York City
Oakley
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Hippodrome
Sweden
Nellie Dunbar
Ruth Verona Oakley
Slippodrome
Winter Garden
New York
Hearing on Old Colony Boulevard Route Change
Major Curley will hold a hearing Tuesday on the Dorchester Board of Trade request to change the intended Old Colony Boulevard route at the Neponset bridge. Attendees include the Port Directors Metropolitan Park Commissioners Dorchester Board of Trade Major Bates of Quincy and reps from the Boston Elevated Railroad the New Haven Railroad and the Bay State Street Railway Company.
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Major Curley
Dorchester Board of Trade
Old Colony
Neponset Bridge
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Major Bates
Quincey
Boston Elevated Railroad
New Haven Railroad
Bay State Street Railway Company
Roslindale to Get Municipal Building
Papers signed by Mayor Curley authorize 124000 in bonds to fund a municipal building at Washington and Ashland streets Roslindale. The project follows a 150000 loan approved under Mayor Fitzgerald. Site purchase cost 12000 and related expenses used about 26000 of the loan.
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Washington and
Ashland Streets
Roslindale
Curley
Fitzgerald
Day Nurseries Support Mothers and Children in New York
A widow and her two children rely on day nurseries for care while she works, allowing her to provide and maintain a home. Nurseries, staffed with doctors and adhering to health rules, offer meals, naps, and after school care, while many funded by churches or hospitals aim to ease mothers’ burdens and promote moral living.
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Charwoman
Far West
Board of Health
New York City
Peary Aloy and Mary Pickford Talks Daily Post Schedule
Peary Aloy and Mary Pickford will appear five days weekly in the Daily Post and again each Sunday in the Sunday Post. The arrangement follows a standard feature plan for the paper’s entertainment section.
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Mary Pickford
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Catholic religious events and anniversaries noted
A men s retreat opens tomorrow at Blessed Gabriel Monastery 159 Washington Street Brigh ton. Forty hours devotion starts at the Convent of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mast Boston tomorrow. St Joseph s West End hosts lent sermons by Rev Francis W Maley with Lourdes themes March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16. Special music accompanies each service. Rev Angelo De Toro marks 40th anniversary of ordination. others present include Rev Bruno Mannella and Rev P Pietro. De Toro was ordained in Naples and came to the U S in 194.
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St. Joseph's Church
West End
Francis W. Maley
Father Maley
Angelo de Toro
Holy Rosary
Bridgeport
Conn
Bruno Mannella
Churcch
P. Pietro
St. Michael's Church
New Haven
Father de Toro
Louis Soda
Naples
St. Anthony's Church
Actresses Aid Charity Sale at Copley Plaza Today
Leading Boston actresses join a charity sale of laces embroideries and rugs at Copley Plaza from 10 a m to 10 p m. A 12 women delegation from William Hodge s Fixing Sister Company attends with many theatrical figures supporting the Actors fund benefit. Mme Beatrice Stivenallo will sing arias from grand opera between 2 30 and 4 30 p m.
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Boston
Trish Convent
Copley Plaza
William Hodge
Boston Society
Marchioness of
Aberdeen
Mme
Beatrice Stivenallo
Milan
Foundrymen Hear Leroy D Peavey At Dinner Meeting
The New England Foundrymen's Association 55 members met for a dinner at the Exchange Club. Leroy T. Peavey, vice-president of Babson Statistical Organization, spoke on Anticipating Business Condition. Stephen H. French of Athol presided as toastmaster.
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New England Foundrymen's Association
Exchange Club
Leroy T. Peavey
Babson Statistical Organization
Wellesley Hills
Stephen 4H. French
Athol
Why Marble Was Selected for the State House Wings
Architect R. Clipston Sturgis explains at Wilder Hall that a western Massachusetts senator pushed for marble in the new State House wings to honor regional quarrying. He notes a compromise to use red brick too, but argued for a monotone marble exterior. Sturgis praised Richardson, McKim & Cabot and criticized inappropriate architecture.
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State House
Massachusetts
R. Clipston Sturgis
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Society
Wilder Hall
Ashburton Place
Sturgis
America
Richardson, McKim & Cabot
Just One of Your Many Admirers Letters Story
A mother writes she has not appeared in pictures nor had her photograph been in magazines yet she is praised as the most beautiful mother. The reader quotes a seven year old son who saw you in Cinderella and shares a humorous anecdote from her letter.
Boston Executive Honored by San Francisco Press Club
James Brown, president and general manager of the Hotel and Railroad News Company of Boston, was feted at a luncheon and elected a life member of the San Francisco Press Club on March 8.
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San Francisco
James Brown
Hotel & Railroad News Company of
Boston
San Francisco Press Club
State House Additions Highlight Bulfinch Remnants
Architectural notes describe additions to the State House and express satisfaction that only small portions of the original Bulfinch structure remain after successive changes over time.
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Bulfinch
Funeral Service for J. T. Auerbach in Brookline
Funeral services for Junius T. Auerbach aged 46, a noted young Suffolk bar figure and longtime legal representative of the Boston American, will be held this afternoon at his residence 128 Clinton Street Brookline following two operations for appendicitis at Corey Hill Hospital.
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Junius T. Auerbach
Suffells Bar
Corey Hill Hospital
Rookline
Clinton Street
Brookline
Auerbach
Boston American
Premiere Dancer Sues Diaghileff in Boston Suit
Xenia Makletzoba premier danseuse of the Ballet Russe sues Serge Diaghileff in Suffolk Superior Court seeking 10000 damages alleging he would not permit her to dance during a Boston Opera House engagement. Diaghileff counters with a suit for damages claiming breach of contract as she would not perform. All druggists ad for Adamsor’s Balsam included.
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Xenia Makletzoba
Ballet Russe
Boston
Opera House
Suffolk Superior Court
Serge Diaghileff
Diaghileff
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Peary Aloy i
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Washington Street
Brighton
Leroy D. Peavey
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Standa Packard
Peerless White
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Etroit
U.S.A
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Jordan Marsh Company
New England Institution
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New England
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Kelley
A. D. Kelley
4Th Street
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Washington, D. C
Travel and Recreation Bureau
Matt Campbell
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