How Alexander Graham Bell Visited the Horace Mann School
A Boston portrait of Bell prompts a recounting of his link to the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. The article traces how Bell’s visit followed Miss Fuller and Professor Bell’s Visible Speech lectures, leading to his three month stay and future teaching roles.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
Sarah Fuller
Lowell Institute
Alexander Melville Bell
London
Bell
Miss Fuller
Bowditch School
Mary H. True
Gardner G. Hubbard
Graham Bell
Pemberton Square
Court House
Boston School
Horace Mann
Newbury Street
Canada
Boston University
Horace Mann School For the
Settlement Reaches Wage Cut Accord For Boston Rail
Workers on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad accept a wage reduction of about 52 cents per day instead of the proposed 87 cent cut. The basic day remains 100 miles, and the new scale takes effect Thursday March 24 after a settlement at the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
State House
Reverend Whitcomb Preaches Six Hours Straight
North Bergen New Jersey March 21 The story recounts how Reverend Ernest Whitcomb pastor of the Beu church delivered an endurance sermon lasting six hours. parishioners remained engaged as he spoke without interruption.
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North Bergen
N. J
Ernest Whitcomb
Beu
End of overtime sparks wage cuts for road workers
Officials announce a new wage scale reducing daily pay by 87 cents and basing pay on 108 miles daily instead of 100. Grand lodge officers say mileage increase eliminates overtime, producing a roughly 1.30 per day cut. Engineers receive 6.41 down from 6.93, firemen 4.78 down from 5.30, conductors 6.16 down from 6.68, baggagemen 4.83 down from 5.35, trainmen 4.62 down from 5.14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Boston
Steals Niece 12 Years Old by Athens Man
Frank Reeves forty of near Nelsonville pleaded guilty in Athens to kidnapping his twelve year old niece Mary Lewelleyn a year ago. Held on five thousand dollars bond. They were brought back from Suffolk Virginia after Reeves took her to Virginia and tied a rope to her waist to prevent escape. Sheriff in Suffolk said the story there was suppressed to avoid lynching.
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Athens
Ohio
Frank Reeves
Nelsonville
Mary Lewelleyn
Suffolk
Virginia
Hocking County
Ohio River
Reeves
Roberta Ray Founders En Route to Gibraltar
The schooner Roberta Ray sailing from St Johns for Gibraltar with cod cargo foundered at sea. The crew were rescued by the steamer Triumph after distress reports reached port.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Roberta Ray
Gibraltar
Triumph
Long preaching clash at Heights Mission in church leadership change
The Heights Mission of the Church of Jesus saw five parishioners, loyal to Whitcomb, arraigned on disorderly conduct charges as the new pastor Rev Harold Moss from Springfield Mass arrived to take charge. Whitcomb preached from 2 PM to 8 PM despite Moss calling for officials and asking him to resign.
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Lah Heights
Church of Jesus
Whitcomb
M. Moss
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Whitcomb
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Ine ‘Oramond
Bromfield St
George
Auerbach
Heman’s
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George M. Cohan
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John Nolan
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