Ten Thousand Attend Letter Carriers Ball in Boston
About 10 000 men and women from across Greater Boston crowded Mechanics Building for the annual Boston Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association ball. Nearly all 1500 Boston carriers were present with Charley West among the veterans. Postmaster Edward C Mansfield Assistant Postmaster Frank H Haynes and Lt Governor Louis Frothingham attended. A new silk flag presented by the postmaster was carried in the grand march as officials took seats on the platform. The evening featured dancing after the march and praise for the ball committee led by President William Kenealy with Charles H Norton as secretary and Peter A Cunningham as treasurer.
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Gil
Greater Boston
Mechanics’ Building
Boston Letter Carriers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Charley” West
Boston
Edward C. Mansfield
Erank H. Haynes
Louis Frothingham
Bernard A. O'Hara
Clement J. Moriarty
William ¥. Kenealy
Association
Kenealy
Charles H.norton
Peter A. Cunningham
Festive Street Decor and Concert Music Delight Crowd
The area was dressed with new bunting flags and banners as letter carriers provided lively tunes for dancing and a concert program while people gathered.
Whose Child Is This Prize Photo in The Post
A Boston Post photographer photographed a schoolgirl near Orient Heights and promised a five dollar gold coin to the girl pictured. The diary names Mary Hoar of Dorchester as yesterday’s original and Herbert Stevens of West End as Sunday’s original, with instructions to claim the reward at 275 Washington Street. Twenty photos of schoolchildren will be printed each Sunday until further notice.
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Post
Orient Heights
The
Meet Boston
Washington Street
Mary, Hoar
Chicatawbut Street
Dorchester
Michael H. Hoar
Minot
Miss Richardson
Herbert Stevens
Derne Street
West End
Herbert J. Stevens
Woman to photo Halley’s comet in balloon voyage
In Pittsfield on May 6, Professor and Mrs. David Todd of Amherst with Charles J. Glidden of Boston launched the balloon Massachusetts at 2 am to photograph Halley’s comet. They aim to obtain the best shot between 3:15 and 3:46 am at about 1900 feet, hoping new data on the comet and meteors.
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Pittsfield
David Todd
Amherst
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Massachusetts
Professor Todd
Mt. Huascaran
Peruvian Andes
White slaver a Bostonian Harry Levenson linked to Dorchester family
Harry Levenson, a New York white slave dealer, once employed by Louis Sonnebend, a Providence Street pawn broker in Boston, faced embezzlement charges, was tried and placed on probation. He lived with a Dorchester family, separated from his wife Tobias, who won a decree for $5 weekly support.
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Harry Levenson
New York
Louis Sonnebend
Friend Street
Boston
Nee Tobias
Columbia Road
Dorchester
Free To Asthma Sufferers A New Home Cure Claim
A promotional piece promises a home cure for asthma sufferers that requires no discomfort or time loss. It emphasizes accessibility and seeks to attract readers seeking simple remedies. The item reads like an advertisement rather than a medical endorsement.
Prisoner Taken On Board Cars In Brookline Case
George B. Strachan a 60 year old English born man living at 189% Beacon street Brookline was arrested at Back Bay station on a warrant charging a statutory offence. He was found aboard a New York bound train to Cincinnati and taken to Brookline police station before being released on $2000 bail.
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George B. Strachan
Beacon Street
Brookline
Back Bay
Strachan
New York
Cincinnati
Temple Place
England
Brookline Police
Boston
Harvard Street
Uneasy On 8 M The Boston & Maine System Labor Talks
A secret conference at the Hotel Haymarket involved the Boston and Maine system blacksmiths boilermakers and railroad machinists seeking guidance for further action in wage negotiations. Blacksmiths and boilermakers talks with road officers ended unfavorably while machinists await a final meeting. General Superintendent Henry B Bartlett had been in talks with blacksmiths and boilermakers since Monday. The counter offer reportedly equals at least one fifth of the men’s demands, which the committees rejected.
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Boston & Maine System
Hotel Haymarket
Henry B. Bartlett
Ballinger Faces Questions Over Pie Distribution And Alaskan Probe
The hearing opened with Brandeis demanding why Ballinger directed Schwartz to wait for Hitchcock before appointing 10 special agents for the Alaska coal cases. Ballinger denied political motive, saying his hands had been up for months, and a 6 to 5 vote limited further answer.
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Brandeis
Hitchcock
Ballinger
Pieid
Schwartz
Neighbor slander suit filed in Peabody over consolidation hearings
John Boyle clerk of the Water Board sues Michael Lynch for 5000 dollars in Salem claiming slander. Both men are prominent Peabody residents and near neighbors, with Lynch living at 24 Aborn Street and Boyle at 44. The suit stems from statements Lynch allegedly made at the fifth session of hearings on consolidating the town water and sewer departments.
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John Boyle
The
Water Board
Salem
Michael E. Lynch
Lynch
Aborn Street
Boyle
Strikes and Clashes Milk Labor Tension in Providence
In Providence two attacks targeted laborers demanding higher pay as workers on trenches in Queen Street and WM Avenue clashed with police. Strikers confronted authorities, with one assailant charged in the aftermath.
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Providence
Qwen Street
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Priompaittip Ang Ft
Todds
Asthma CO
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Buffalo
Glavis
Amrst
Isays
Peabody
James A. Houston Company
P. H. Magrane, Pres
P. B. Magrane, Treas
Jack and
Jill
Roots
Oxfords
Little Wonder
Mame
Addrees
Ryan
Nea
N. K. Fairbank
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