Radical measures in the calendar in Boston legislature
The Boston Legislature is poised for a week of radical bills including the bar and bottle measure and the eight hour workday. Key votes hinge on insurgent sentiment, with supporters claiming 128 votes for the bar bill and opponents citing 115 to 125. The assembly debates direct nomination, initiative and referendum, and street railway consolidation amid rival party lines.
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Boston
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Transportation Committee
William C. Ewing
Ewing
Colonial Theatre
Thomas
Life
Ankle Watch Fashion Spreads From Royals to New York
The tale notes King Edward VII dismissing wrist watches and joking about clocks on stockings. Readers soon laugh as the idea crosses the ocean, with a New York woman adopting a hunter clock bracelet on her ankle. Dancer Gertrude Hoffman is mentioned among early wearers.
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Edward VII
Mrs. Keppel
New York
Gertrude Hoffman
George Dexter Dies at Brookline Home
George Dexter died at his Brookline residence after a prolonged illness at age 67. Born June 16, 1842 in Bolton Worcester County he joined mercantile work then helped form Goodall Mitchell Dexter Co. He served in a Watertown Civil War company and later lived in Chelsea Newton and Brookline. He leaves a widow and son Alvin of Brookline.
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Bolton
Worcester County
Boston
Ezra K. Goodall
George E. Mitchell
Goodall
Dexter
Chelsea
Newton
Knights Templars
Palestine Commandery
Crescent Council
Rovayoycanum
Te. Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture issues economical table book
Congressman Joseph F. OConnell offers to mail a copy of a 40 page Department of Agriculture booklet to housekeepers in his 10th district. The book provides economical table suggestions and tips.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Joseph F. O'Connell
Real Representative Government and City Reform Critique
Harvard professor Lewis J. Johnson urged legislators to shun party machines and adopt true representation. He argued plurality votes misstate majority will and cited Salem Newburyport and Malden cases, calling for mayoral reform and an end to legislative favoritism in franchise deals.
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Harvard University
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Johnson
Cambridge
John Adams
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Africa
Salem
Newburyport
Malden
Mellen Gets Tyer's Goats for Sheep Herding
Charles Mellen of Stockbridge plans to use Peter J. Tyer known as the sage of Frogs Landing to provide angora goats as herders for his 600 Southdown sheep on the Council Grove estate. Two goats will guard a hundred sheep and deter chasing dogs. Demand for Rangoras has surged since the purchase, with prices up 100 percent.
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Charles &. Mellen
Peter J. “Tyer
the Sage of
Frogs Landing
Services Held for Frederick Small at Home
Funeral services for Frederick Small were held yesterday at 1 oclock at his home on Columbia Road with Rev Frank Budlong officiating. A large turnout included the Sampson and Murdock office staff and company officials William B Murdock and George Murdock. Floral tributes included a Boston Directory bouquet. Interment followed at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Columbia Road
Frank Budlong
Sampson & Murdock
William B
George Murdock
Boston
Small
Forest Hills Cemetery
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