Parental School to be Closed and New Day School Considered
A committee on education proposed abolishing the Parental School at West Roxbury and creating a specialized day school. Mayor Curley supported distributing truant youths to vocational schools. he noted girls face fewer truancy issues. The debate touched on vaccination policies, police officer appointments for women, and financial and legislative reforms affecting trusts, public health, and public lighting.
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Committee On Education
Cur- Poit
West Roxbury
Splinary Day
Rior
Par S
Curley
Brock
Committee On Public Health
McCarthy
Horgan
Wellesley College Seeks 1.12 Million for Restoration Endowment
Trustees report $130 403 raised to date for restoration and endowment following the March 17 fire. Of this total 70 999 in cash and 59 403 50 in pledges, collected by alumnae friends and undergraduates.
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Wellesley College
Rockefeller offer to college to raise funds by 1915
The Rockefeller Foundation offered the college three quarters of a million dollars on condition that a total of two million dollars be raised by January 1, 1915. Trustees of the college are cautiously considering the proposal.
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Rockefeller Foundation
The
Colege
Wellesley College Appeal Led by President Pendleton
Miss Pendleton, president of Wellesley College, has returned from an extended Western tour meeting alumnae associations to outline the college needs. Trustees appeal to friends to rally support for a financial campaign and the Rockefeller gift.
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Lgmclisa
Miss Pendleton
Wellesley College
Pendleton
Friends of the College
Rockefeller
Friends of
Wellesley
BULL MOOSE PLAN CAMPAIGN IN EACH COUNTY
George W Perkins of New York, speaking for the Progressive national committee in Chicago, said they plan to place Progressive party tickets in every county for the fall elections. The committee met to review Middle West conditions as a cable from Colonel Roosevelt reported from Manaos, Brazil, about future plans.
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Chicago
George W. Perkins
New York
Progressive Party
Perkins
Roosevelt
Manaos
Brazil
Delay at Arsenal Bridge Sends Transit Into Limbo
Boston and Watertown residents, especially Watertown, protest slow work on the Old Arsenal bridge over the Charles River near the Watertown arsenal on North Beacon street. Condemned six weeks ago for traffic over 12,000 pounds, it blocks Elevated cars to Park street and forces transfers, inconveniencing passengers and restricting trucks.
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Boston
Watertown
Arsenal
Charles River
Watertown Arsenal
North Beacon Street
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Park Street
Water town Boston Bridge Delay Stalls Street Car Traffic
The delay to rebuild a water town Boston bridge is set to last two to three months. A pooled effort between Boston Watertown the Boston Elevated system and the State seeks a new bridge with cost sharing and Metropolitan Park Commission supervision. Estimates place Watertown and Boston at about 70 percent with the elevated at 20 and the State at 10. Until a temporary or new structure is ready traffic remains limited to transfers at the draw with some morning and evening delays on single track lines.
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Watertown
Boston
Louis K. Rourke
Public Works
Rourke
Elevated
Metropolitan Park Commission
Wesley E. Monk
Beacon Street
Perk Street
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Senate
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Chamberlain
Springfield
State Board of Health
States Board
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Lomasney
Curtin
Brookline
State Free Employment Office
State Board of Labor and Industries
Director of Statistics
Hieadbus
Rocke
Sheinwald
Summer Street
South Boston
Interstate Shoe CO
W. H. McElwain Co
Congress Street
W. H. McElwain Shoe Company
Dun’s
Bradstreet’s
McElwain Company
Inwaldcardena
Arsenal Bridge
DR. Cook
Poindexter
Peary
Washington
North Pole
Congress
Frederick A. Cook
Secretary of the Navy
Cook
Pole
Malden
C. L. Moore
Charles Ll. Moore
Farrell
Moore
Jill
Nova Scotia
Spencer
Linden Station
Blanch Whiting
King London
George
Nantucket
Norfolk, Va
Merchants and Miners
Newport Newher
Monroe
Pictorial Review
June Pan
the Pictorial Review Company
Moliere
Jordan Marsh
Compal
Tomorro
R. H. Long Factory
R. H. Long
Dock Sq
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Broadway
Dudley Street
Bunker Hill
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