Mayor appoints garbage commission
After a joint committee report on the city garbage proposition, Mayor Fitzgerald dismissed the committee and announced a commission of expert engineers to pass on the plan. The majority backed the Maloney incinerator proposal with two sites, while the minority urged a $25,000 temporary plant at Fort Hill wharf. The Board laid the reports on the table and Gutierrez requested a bas relief of ex Mayor Whelton. Alderman Leary pushed a $100,000 loan for an East Boston bathhouse and gym, to replace a vetoed prior measure. the item was sent to the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Fitzgerald
Maloney
Albany Street
Warren Bridge
Charlestown
Sanitary Waste Disposal Company of
New York
Fort Hill Wharf
Ingieer Jackson
Jackson
Art Commission
Whelton
Boston
Leary
Doherty
Common Council
Committee On Finance
Babson Backs Mayor Bill for Charles River Embankment Subway
The legislative committee heard petitions from Mayor Fitzgerald and George Upham on a Charles River embankment subway. Babson urged the Mayor's bill for its elasticity, citing lower construction costs and fewer property takings versus other routes. Upham highlighted a 1905 transit inquiry, endorsing the embankment plan over Boylston and Commonwealth avenues.
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Fitzgerald
George B. Upham
Charles River Embankment
Legislative Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Babson
Upham
Boylston Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Pritchett
Basin Commission
Gamaliel Bradford
Brookline Town Meeting Boosts Firemen Pay Polices Stand Firm
At a crowded Brookline meeting a 30 member committee approved an 18 to 12 raise for firemen while denying any increase for police. Building Inspector Lyons’ salary was trimmed from 2500 to 2100, a net 300 rise. Tensions rose with potential police retaliation.
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Brookline
Lyons
Deaf Mute Father Battles for Custody of His Young Son
In probate court William E Shaw Jr a five year old tomboy was central to a custody dispute. The paternal grandmother Mrs Lucy Church and Shaw’s former wife challenge Shaw a deaf mute inventor claiming he kidnapped the child from his grandmother.
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William FR. Shaw
William E., JR
Daisy Church
William FE. Shaw, Jr
William E. Shaw
Grant
Shaw
Lucy Church
Leakey
L. G. Blair
A. R. Shrigley
Blair
Hannah B. Shaw
Chardon Street
Lucy T. Church
William
James E. Church
Home Made Remedy for Rheumatism Claims
An old warning style ad promotes a homemade rheumatism remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparila. It asserts kidney purification from uric acid and blood toxins with doses after meals and at night, claiming relief from initial doses and lifelong prevention if used regularly.
Painter Theodore Schmidt Death by Gas Ordeal Faced Daughter
In New York on March 25 Theodore Schmidt a partially paralyzed painter killed himself using illuminating gas. His six year old daughter Violet assisted by attaching a rubber hose to a gas jet and guiding the hose to his mouth before being told to turn on the gas and play. Mrs Schmidt was away at the time. The child later told her mother of her involvements.
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New York
Violet
Theodore Schmidt
East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street
Boston Man Forgotten Name in Amnesia Case
A well dressed man at the Cleveland police station could not recall his name or home. While reading city almanacs the officer reached Boston and the man recalled his home, tied to J. T. McGreenery of Boston. The family was telegraphed as he remains in custody.
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Cleveland
Central
Boston
J. T. McGreenery
Relative Identifies Man in Cleveland Case as McGreenery
John J. McGreenery of Roxbury says Cornelius A. McGreenery, a family member and bookkeeper, left Boston for the West on Saturday in good condition. The man’s description matches one in the Cleveland incident, though the motive and destination remain unknown. A social function invite was found on the man who entered the Cleveland police station.
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John J. McGreenery
Cornelius A. McGreenery
West
Howland Street
Roxbury
Warren Street
McGreenery & Manning
Cleveland
Cornelius McGreenery
Joseph F. McGreenery, Jr
Crawford Street
Mayor's Party Off to Launch in Philadelphia
The Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald leads a celebratory party aboard a special parlor car to attend the New England Navigation Company steamer christening in Philadelphia. Rose Fitzgerald, the mayor's eldest daughter, christens the ship Bunker Hill while a large local delegation travels with the party.
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Boston
Pp. m. Merchants’ Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New England Navigation Company
Philadelphia
Rose Fitzgerald
Bunker Hill
Alexander Macgregor
Houghton & Dutton Company
John F. Fitzgerald
Agnes Fitzgerald
Henry S. Fitzgerald
Mary Fitzgerald
James
Josephine Sullivan
Nellie Williams
Jeremiah J
Pierce Wins Harvard Handicap Hammer Throw Title
Waldo Pierce, football tackle, won the Harvard handicap hammer throw on Holmes Field yesterday with a distance of 121 feet 4 inches. C. 8. Nourse finished second and W. P. Kennard placed third.
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Waldo Pierce
Harvard
Holmes Field
Nourse
W. P. Kennard
Peasant Revolt Spreads Across Roumania Amid Disorder
Report from Bucharest notes large scale plundering in Roman Putna Jassy and Botosani districts. Troops mobilized with 12 000 at Jassy and four more regiments ordered. Merchants close shops as peasants mass 40 000 to attack. King Carol’s health worsens as parliament weighs extraordinary powers.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Roman
Putna
Jassy
Botosahni
Mano
Vaslui
Nanolossa
Galatz
Carol
Retail Credit Men Organize in Boston
An organization of Boston retail credit men was formed last evening at the United States Hotel as the Retail Credit Men's Club. Officers elected include President John J. Mundo and Vice President J F McNeil, with William A. Morgan as secretary and treasurer. Charter members encompass a long list of lenders, merchants, and department stores such as Jordan Marsh, Filene’s, Henry Siegel, and R. H. White Co.
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Retail Credit Men of
Boston
United States
Retail Credit Men’s Club
O. K
John J. Mundo
J. F. McNeil
William A. Morgan
Harry Stevens
E. T. Glover
Credit Reporting Company
Sidney E. Blandford
R. H. White Company
Charles H. Loomis
Shepard Norwell Company
Edwin N. Ray
Paine Furniture Company
Charles L. W. Chandler
A. Shuman & Co
Jordan Marsh Company
Ralphs. Lounsbury
Metropolitan Coal Company
Arthur Ll. Endicott
C. F
J. J. Rafter
Chandler &Co., Inc
Nelson H. Marvin
Continental Clothing Company
J. D. Parker
William Filene Sons Company
W. J. Hendrick
John H. Pray & Sons Company
Alfred L. West
George E. Plummer & Co
Rudolph H. Kammler
L. P. Hollander & Co
Thayer, McNeil, & Hodgkins
William J. Starr
George A. May
Macallar Parker Company
Edward T. Glover
Bigelow
Kennard & Co
Walter P. Gilbert
James A. Houston Company
Phineas Hubbard
T. D. Whitney Company
C. B. Lewisson
Browning, King & Co
Frank W. Bailey
Thorp & Martin Company
A. C. Whittemore
Samuel
Shuts Windows on Noisy Dogs in Back Bay
Judge Schofield rules the Commonwealth Hospital for Animals may allow dogs to bark if the second floor windows and doors are closed. The decision in Charles Jenkins v. Commonwealth Hospital for Animals sets a temporary solution through May 4. If noise continues, Jenkins may appeal to the court.
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Schofield
Equity Merit
Superior Court
Commonwealth Hospital
Charles Jenkins
Beacon
Jenkins
Dorchester Catholic Club Elects Officers for Year
Dorchester Catholic Club holds annual meeting at Eaton Square House electing John J. Cummings as president R F Sheehan vice president M S Hickey Jr second vice president James A McElaney Jr secretary Joseph A Cahalan treasurer B J Murphy financial secretary J T Cavanaugh Jr Daniel Leary and Joseph Costello Jr as directors Rev Florence J Halloran is spiritual director The club plans a minstrel show on April 18 and 19 with Lena Leary Nellie Cullen and others invited to perform and Dr McVey and Thomas Finnegan providing entertainment
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Dorchester Catholic Club
Dorchester
Idols From the Congo in Natural History Museum
Three trustees presented twenty Congo idols to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The display accompanies a 1100 specimen collection obtained from Richard Douglas after a recent Africa trip at a cost exceeding $5000, making it the largest of its kind in America.
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New York
Congo
Africa
American Museum of Natural History
Richard Douglas
America
Medicinal Box Seeks Clarity Amid Similar Remedies
A note warns of similar sounding names such as bromide quinine laxatives and cold tablets. The genuine original Cold Tablet features a white package with black and red lettering and bears the signature HR. W GROVE.
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HR. W, Grove, Oie
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Committee On Public Improvements
Charles River
Park Street
Charlesgate West
Beacon Street
Transit Commission
Oriental Store
Sartoria
Madame
Vantine
A. A. Vantine & CO
Boylston St
Chicago
Dr. Bell
V. C. Bell
A. B
Boards of Education
Dental Authority
American Dentifrice Co
W. ©. Shay
McGreenery
Mayor's Party
Pierce
Hammer
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit. Company
Dr. Porter
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