Chelsea bill seeks board of control modelled on English municipalities
Speaker John N. Cole outlined a bill creating a board of control for Chelsea with limited veto power while preserving city government. Ex Mayor Willard argued Chelsea is financially independent and urged limited street and park improvements. Public hearing set for Monday morning.
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John N. Cole
Board of Control
Chelsea
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
England
Commonwealth
Cole
Willard
Park Street
Everett Avenue
Central Avenue
Robinson
Hall
Mayor Hibbard to Return Tuesday. City Hall Standstill
Mayor Hibbard is not expected to return to City Hall until Tuesday. The mayoral office is moved to the private Board of Aldermen room while repairs are made. Superintendent Morrison estimates $500 for mayoral office repairs.
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Hibbard
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Morrison
Big S T U Convention Set to Boost Boston in August
International Typographical Union plans its 1908 assembly in Boston with delegates from Great Britain Ireland Hawaii Paris Leipsic and across the United States and Canada. A special train from San Francisco will bring attendees as Boston Typographical Union 13 and officials finalize arrangements for the event.
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International Typographical Union
Boston
Norman E. McPhail
John W. Bramwood
Indianapolis
Bramwood
Post
Quincy House
Boston Typographical Union 13
Women's Auxiliary
Morse's Overcoats and Raincoats Offer Wide Range
A Morse's catalog note urges proper attire for remaining chilly weather and highlights overcoat options from $10 to $32. It promotes plain blacks and oxford styles at $15, $20, and $25, plus raincoat lines from $10 to $30 with features like neck buttons, turndown collar, strapped cuffs, 52 inch length and quarter lining priced at $20.
Special line of men’s negligee shirts promotion
See our special line of Men s Negligee Shirts at 1.15. Some are coat style with cuffs attached, the rest are cut regularly and have two pairs of detached cuffs.
Four Die In Stove Explosion At St Johnsbury Tenement
In St Johnsbury Vermont four members of the Wilson family died when a kitchen gas stove exploded and fire trapped them. Mrs. Wilson 40 Miss Mary Lee 16 Sarah Wilson 3 and John Wilson 2 perished, likely after a child turned on gas and Miss Lee lit it. In West Upton Lucy Kacheck Worcester was found dead with gas on. death deemed accidental.
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ST. Johnsbury
John Wilson
Mary Lee
Sarah Wilson
West Upton
Lucy Kacheck
Worcester
William Knowlton & Sons
Burglary at Brockton Drug Store Yields Little Cash
In heavy rain burglars rifled the Collette & Collette drug store on Centre street, Brockton, securing less than five dollars from the cash register.
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Brockton
Collette & Collette
Centre Street
Wellesley
Wellesley College
Elizabeth B. Hardee
Sarah C. Weed
Laurens
Back Bay
Boston
Unknown Greek youth found dead in Boston lodging house
An unknown well dressed Greek youth was found dead at Mrs. Belle Gould's lodging house on 30 South Russell Street. A gas cock was turned on and police treat it as an accidental death.
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Belle Gould
South Russell Street
Daly Industrial School
Train Street
Dorchester
James McDonald
White Street
Liverpool Street
State rests in Higgins murder trial in Calais
The State rested shortly before noon as Deputy Woodman Constable Black and Selectman Taylor testified the final witnesses. Otis H. Taylor helped take Nicholas Wallace into custody in the Higgins murder case in Calais Maine.
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Calais
Higgins
Woodman
John E. Black
Baileyville
Otis H. Taylor
Topsfield
Nicholas Wallace
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