Receiver Jeremiah Smith Jr Takes Charge of King's Affairs
Jeremiah Smith Jr. assumed control as receiver and spent the day reviewing accounts with trustees Stephen A. Hopkins and Henry D. Yeaton. He had not yet enough progress to comment on assets at closing. Creditors visited the office in larger numbers, though he was surprised by the smaller turnout given King's many transactions.
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Cardenio F. King
Stephen A. Hopkins
Henry D. Yeaton
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King
Smith plans cheaper offices as mortgageed assets foreclose
Mr. Smith says rent for the offices is unaffordable and vows to move to less pretentious quarters within days. He notes the furniture is mortgaged and only books and assets remain, with stenographers and staff unsustainable. He mentions trustees’ readiness to assist while he holds the property and cannot run the business.
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Mr. Smith
Foreign Affairs Committee endorses consular service overhaul
The House committee on foreign affairs backed the Cullom bill to reorganize the U S consular service. It envisions closing 28 offices saving $65 000 annually, establishing 17 offices costing $49 500 yearly, transferring seven offices, and upgrading 135 posts at $3 500 more, with salary increases for 11 offices totaling $11 500.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
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Stylish durable shoes for girls and boys at Henry Siegel Co
Main Floor Sold in Boston exclusively by Henry Siegel Co offers new pairs if they wear. Shoes available in sizes 5 to 8 8% to 11 and 11% to 2 with dull leathers priced at $1.49 for 5 to 8 and $1.69 for 8 to 11. Shiny leathers priced $2.00 for 11 to 2.
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Doherty Says McNary Libel Claim to DA
East Boston councilman Thomas F. Doherty plans to notify the district attorney after President Leo F. McCullough charged in the Common Council that Doherty asked compensation from William S. McNary for his City Clerk vote. Doherty contends McNary wrote or dictated the letter read in council and signed it, and seeks action on criminal libel.
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East Boston
District Attorney's Office
Leo F. McCullough
Common Council Chamber
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Hibbard Takes Ten Scalp in City Department Cleanout
Mayor Hibbard ordered a purge of the public buildings department yesterday, dismissing ten janitors and custodians. The discharged include William McNamee and Stephen D. Ryan both on $1200 a year, plus several janitors at $2.50 daily and other modest monthly wages.
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Public Buildings Department
William McNamee
John J. Archdeacon
John J. Fogarty
Matthew J. Horgan
John J. McCarthy
Michael Grady
Stephen D. Ryan
Michael Reddish
Patrick J. Brennan
Cornelius J. Moynihan
William J. Hagerty
Health Board Chair Notified of Tuberculosis Inspector McDevitt Removal
Dr Samuel Durgin chairman of the Health Board was notified by Mayor Hibbard that he might remove Dr James J McDevitt who was appointed an inspector of tuberculosis under Mayor Fitzgerald at a salary of 1800 dollars a year.
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Samuel Durgin
Health Board
Hibbard
James J. McDevitt
Fitzgerald
Discover Digestive Relief with Diapepsin After Meals
The ad urges readers to try Diapepsin 22 grain tablets after meals to prove indigestion is caused by sour stomach. It claims quick relief from symptoms like belching heartburn and gas, promises digestion of 3000 grains of food, and touts 50 cent price with harmless formula.
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Pape
Taft Backers Pick Split Committee On City Race
Taft supporters select Arthur D. Hill of Ward 11 and ex Councillor Fred S. Hall of Taunton for a five member committee, with William W. McClench of Springfield and G Marston Whitin of Whitinsville as the other members. The group divides between Crane and Taft camps, signaling a balanced political stance.
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Arthur D. Hill
Ward 11
Hill
Freds. Hall
Taunton
Hall
Draper
Nall
Crane
William W. McClench
Springfield
G. Marston Whitin
Whitinsville
Roslindale Church Hosts St Patrick’s Day Entertainment
The Church of the Sacred Heart in Roslindale led by Rev. John F. Cummins will host an entertainment on Tuesday evening St Patrick’s Day. Music selections will precede a lecture on St Patrick Ireland’s Apostle by Rev. John T. O’Brien of Gate of Heaven Church South Boston.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Roslindale
John F. Cummins
St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick
Ireland
John T. O'Brien
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
Architect John L. Smithmeyer Dies in Washington
John L. Smithmeyer, architect of the Congressional Library, died of carcinoma at Providence Hospital in Washington at age 76. He never received payment for the library project despite court rulings. Congress failed to enact reimbursement. Born in Austria, he long carried the label of a public grievance in the capital.
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Washington
John IL. Smithmeyer
Providence Hospital
Smithmeyer
Congressional Library
Congress
Austria
Probation System Reform Bill Reported By State
Governor Guild proposed central control for probation officers leading to a bill. A commission would study and standardize probation practices statewide and consider creating a probation department lead and who should appoint it, the court or the governor.
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Governor Guild
Department of Probation
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