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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1912

Page

6

Widening of Avery Street Aimed By Boston Bill

Senate committee on cities reported a bill to extend Avery street to 40 feet in Boston. It authorizes bonds of 1 250 000 under 1906 act to widen from Washington to Tremont, cutting into properties at 172 and 173 Avery street. Boylston Street Merchants Association backs the proposal citing business gains.

Committee On Cities Senate Avery Street City of Boson Boylston Street Ter Washington Tremont Streets Board of Street Commissioners Mason Streets

High School Girl Noris Keene Elopes in Brattleboro

Miss Noris Keene a Brockton high school girl elopes Feb. 27 with Gardner A. Mandeville to Brattleboro Vermont where they wed. The ceremony by Rev. F A Wells is revealed after she tells her grandmother Mrs. Margaret Keene and the couple's parents are initially upset but later forgive them.

Brockton Margaret Keene Walnut Street Noris Keene Gardner A. Mandeville Brattleboro F. A. Wells

Roosevelt Urges Wise Control of Big Business

Theodore Roosevelt argues in The Outlook for social justice through popular government and for controlling rather than strangling business. He says the nation needs clear laws and an administrative body to oversee large enterprises, while protecting small and middle firms, and rejects mere lawsuits or blanket antitrust bans.

New York Theodore Roosevelt Outlook Columbus Interstate Commerce Commission Wall Street

Harvard Clubhouse Drive Gains Support As Maine Crisis Cited

Harvard leaders including President Lowell and Colonel Higginson urged a $100000 clubhouse funded by alumni. Attendees praised Harvard spirit while noting urgent university needs and plans to locate the new center at Arlington and Newbury or Massachusetts and Commonwealth. Maine victims lie in state in Havana as tributes unfold.

Lowell Henry Lee Higginson University Harvard Frederick P. Fish Robert F. Herrick Minot O. Simons Cleveland Harvard Clubs John Richardson Higginson Odin Roberts Colonel Higginson Arlington and Newbury Streets Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avenues

Harvard 10 Erect New Clubhouse

Four hundred and ninety one members of the Harvard Club of Boston gathered in the Hotel Somerset banquet hall to support plans for a handsome and commodious club house.

Harvard Harvard Club Boston Somerset

Chauffeur Charged With Theft in Cambridge Taxi Case

Frank Wentworth a 31 year old taxi chauffeur was arrested by Back Bay police last night on charges of larceny of 70 and papers belonging to Albert G Keith of 10 Trowbridge Street Cambridge The victim rode in a taxi yesterday afternoon and lost his pocketbook containing cash and papers Police say money and papers were found with Wentworth who says he lives at 9 Infield Street

Frank Wentworth Back Bay Albert G. Keith Trowbridge Street Cambridge Trowbridge Wentworth Infield Street

Coat Thief Nabbed After Nighttime Heist at Georgian Hotel

Lillian Ginasky of 266 Commonwealth avenue cried for help when a man tried to steal her fur coat outside the Georgian Hotel at 11:15 pm. Patrolman Maxey, in plain clothes, chased the suspect along Columbus avenue and recovered the coat. Harry Murray, 26, with no home, was booked as the captured man.

Lillian Ginasky Commonwealth Avenue Georgian Hotel Maxey Lagrange Street Park Square Columbus Avenue Harry Murray

Arrested salesman on forgery charge in Boston

Isador Weiss alias Samuel Cohen, 28, a salesman, released from a New York sentence for a similar crime, was arrested by Boston police. He faces an indictment for forgery of a $4825 check drawn on Allen Arnold Company at 85 Devonshire Street, dated April 13, 1910.

New York City Isador Weiss Samuel Cohen Boston Pierce Cowboy Weiss Allen, Arnold Company Devonshire Street

Boy Thieves in Roxbury Nabbed as Juvenile Band

A group of seven boys aged 11 to 15 were arrested in Roxbury after a spree of burglaries in stores and schools totaling hundreds of dollars. Special Officer McGarry of Roxbury Crossing led the investigation, with the youths Thomas Spencer John J Butler John Powers William Fallon Thomas Langdon Nicholas M Gerry and Thomas Walsh all from Roxbury placed on probation as delinquents.

Roxbury Court McGarry Roxbury Crossing Thomas Spencer John J. Butler John Powers William Fallon Thomas Langdon Nicholas M. Gerry Thomas Walsh Roxbury

Gentle Cascarets Offer Gentle Relief for Sour Stomachs

A health advisory notes most childhood illnesses stem from a ailing stomach and liver with constipation. It promotes Cascarets as a gentle remedy that cleanses the system, sweetens the stomach, and restores liver balance, claiming easy use for children and adults with full directions on each package.

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