Franklin Square House Receives $50,000 Gift to Raise Mortgage
Dr. Perin reports a $50,000 donation to help lift the mortgage on Franklin Square House. The gift, unnamed, reduces the $172,000 debt as the board notes 2631 guests served last year and 329,776 meals, with hospital care and self-supporting operations. The president seeks a memorial gymnasium and swimming tank, hoping for further donations.
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Corporation
Franklin Square House
Perin
Frankly Square House
S. H. Ayer
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Parents plead for clemency for condemned son
Mr and Mrs Tucker, parents of Charles L Tucker, sent a letter to Governor Guild appealing for clemency and asking the death sentence for murder of Mabel Page be commuted to life imprisonment. They say the letter is a simple petition for mercy and await the Governor's public release.
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Tucker
Charles L. Tucker
Guild
Mabel Page
Thomas F. Vahey
Pretty Miss Browne Ejected From Downey Residence
Nurse Miss Alice A. Browne sues millionaire turfman Alexander Downey for 2000 alleging she was forced from his 67 Gainsboro Street Back Bay home early Christmas morning. She describes being whirled from the parlor as Downey and a companion argued, then sheltered briefly in a St Stephen street doorway before retreating. Downeys friends deny the tale as Browne prepares a Municipal Court filing with a related Arlington case pending.
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Alice A. Browne
Back Bay
Alexander Downey
Maine
Downey
Gainsboro Street
St. Stephen's Street
Mr. Downey
Mrs. Downey
St. Stephen Street
Concord Square
Harry Dawson
St. Monica's
St. Margaret's
Charity Club
Brookline
Legion
Miss Brown
New York
Train kills little boy at Prospect Street station
Harold J. McDonald eight year old son of James and Elizabeth McDonald was struck by an outbound Stoneham express near Prospect Lill station in Somerville shortly before 5 caa night and died hours later at Somerville Hospital. He crossed the tracks with companions who escaped unharmed. The engineer did not stop.
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Harold J. McDonald
Prospect
The
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Young McDonald
James
Elizabeth McDonald
Franklin Street
Federation of Labor to Enter Politics
Samuel Gompers announced the Federation of Labor will enter politics to urge organized labor to elect members of their choosing and gain a voice in government unless Congress addresses labor grievances. The AFL executive council discussed Roosevelt and Cannon replies to grievances at the Capitol and Senate leadership.
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Washington
Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Congress
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Cainon
Tragedy Mystery In Bay After Floating Boat Debris Found
Patrolman Cordiner finds an 18 foot oak oars a rudder and canvas fragments drifting near the Portland steamers dock. The items suggest a missing dory or whaleboat from Italian fishermen possibly swamped or struck by a steamer. No missing vessel report yet. artifacts stored at Putnam's lobster house 324 Atlantic avenue.
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Cordiner
Portland
Boston Light
Thetalian
Putman
Atlantic Avenue
Lodge Fears for New England in Railroad Rate Bill
In Washington on March 22 Senator Lodge warned that with the mileage system the New England manufacturers would be ruined. He urged enlarging the Interstate Commerce Commission and criticized Commissioner Prouty in a sharp exchange. Senator Spooner discussed inferior court powers, while Beveridge sought conferees on statehood. Foraker objected to the Senate picks. The matter was postponed to tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
New England
Mr. Lodge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner Prouty
Eugene Debs
Prouty
Spooner
Beveridge
Territories
House
Foraker
School Board Chief Pushes Police Enforcment of Sunset Curfew
Chairman Storrow urges city police to enforce the sunset curfew law on amusements for children under 13, arguing school truants cannot handle enforcement without neglecting duties. He offered to confer with Police Board Chairman Cole. The board discussed the Webb School gift for a city emergency hospital but took no action.
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Storrow
Cole
Police Board
Appollonio
Stratton D. Brooks
Webb
Porter Street
Boston
Noddle Island
State hood bill moved to conferees after House vote
Washington March 22 The state hood bill was taken from the Speaker's table in the House by a 175 to 156 vote. It was placed in the hands of three selected conferees and a Senate conference was requested on disagreement between the two houses. The maneuver provoked sharp debate but supporters carried the plan forward.
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Washington
Senate
Brunswick man named to Municipal Bridge post
Albert T. Perkins of Brunswick Missouri a Harvard graduate has been appointed to the Municipal Bridge and Terminal Commission at a salary of 10000.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Albert T. Perkins
Brunswick, Mo
Harvard
Municipal Bridge and Terminal Commission
Ward Boss Alleged Plot to Jail Mayors Crew
Witness George R. Deane testified that Martin Lomasney instructed Crowley to accuse six men Mayor Fitzgerald Dennison Coakley Doyle Sullivan and Lee of supplying a pistol to shoot the Lomasneys. The claim caused a court sensation as DA Moran and Dennison reacted with surprise and agitation.
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Crowley
Martin Lomasney
Ward 8
Fitzgerald
Joseph A. Dennison
Timothy W. Coakley
James H. Doyle
John A. Sullivan
John H. Lee
George R. Deane
Lomasneys
Lomasney
Moran
Dennison
Lomasneys Intercept Deane Over Boston Club Plot Claims
Deane testifies that Martin Lomasney urged him to protect Tim by claiming the Boston Club plot originated with top politicians. Deane recalls the meeting near Merrimac and Stamford Streets two days before Thanksgiving as the murder plot topic involved Fitz gerald Sullivan Jee Doyle and Coakley. The text also includes an unrelated trolley service ad for the Boston & Worcester line.
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Deane
Auburn Street
Lomasneys
Hendricks Club
Martin
Tim
John F. Fitzgerald
John A. Sullivan
John H. Jee
James Tf. Doyle
Joseph A. Dennison
Timothy W. Coakley
Break at South Boston High School Stuns Officials
Yesterday morning a burglary at South Boston High School entered the private office of Master Augustus B Small by a window. Thieves pried open a desk and stole $100 belonging to the school athletic association, with police noting the intruder had knowledge of the premises.
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South Boston High School
Augustus B. Small
School Athletic Association
Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Fair Friday and Saturday with light west wind. Mild, dosed with typical coastal conditions and no precipitation indicated for the period.
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Boston and Vicinity
Washington Forecast New England Weekend Outlook
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions on Friday in New England with a Saturday of fair skies. West winds remain brisk, bringing a fresh breeze through the region.
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New England
Weather Man Explains Pleasant Days Inspiring Cheer
A playful interview with the weather man questions why days stay fair and balmy. He attributes gentle breezes and clear skies to the pleasant spell, noting blue skies lift spirits for days like these.
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Ali Ward
Geo. R Dean
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Annie Starrott
Timothy
Coakley
Nurse Sues
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Little Boy
N. E
Sunset Curfew Police
City
Brooks
John
ST. Louis
Big Fellows
Joe
Conti
Boston & Worcester Trolley Air Line
Park Square
South Boston High
Erly Winds
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