Finance Commission Urges Rejection of Gas Lighting Contract
Boston Finance Commission criticizes Mayor Curley’s proposed 2 million dollar gas lighting deal with Boston Consolidated Gas Company. It urges a city owned lighting plant and a maximum five year term, recommending inverted mantle lamps and automatic devices to save costs. The report details testing flaws, Staffing, and depreciation rules, and asks for safer contract terms or municipal purchase.
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Curley
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Finance Commission
City of Boston
Hoison Electriclluminating Company
Rising Sun
Commission
Guy C. Emerson
Poslam Promises Clear Skin For Eczema Pimples
Remedy Poslam touted to erase eczema acne itch and skin scales with rapid relief. Claims soothe inflamed skin and stop itching after first use and promises overnight improvement. Available from druggists with free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories New York.
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West 25Th Street
New York
Posse School Girls Form Two Baseball Nines for Championship
Girls at Posse Gymnasium Beacon Street organize two fast baseball teams for school championship. Over 25 girls practice twice weekly at Riverside Recreation Grounds with senior team favored to win. Marion Ferguson of Winthrop stands out as a leading player under Countess Posse and a coach.
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Posse Gymnasium
Beacon Street
Riverside Recreation Grounds
Recreation Grounds
Marion Ferguson
Winthrop
Countess Posse
Riverside
Gretchen van Tassel
Margaret Gavin
Lucille Washburn
Martha Wheelock
Fanny Dempsey
Theo Pratt
Olive Davis
Lillian Young
Ruth William
Bunny"’ Bowers
Finance Commission report on lighting devices and electric service
The document discusses inverted mantle lamps and automatic lighting devices not covered by electric light service. It is respectfully submitted by the Finance Commission with John R. Murphy as Chairman.
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Finance Commission
John R. Murphy
Woman Charged in Rupert Husband Death
In Bennington on May 10, Mrs Alta Blowers was charged with the death of her husband Albert after she says he attacked her with scissors May 2. She reported striking him over the head with a stick of stove wood, leaving him dazed until his death yesterday.
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Bennington
Alta Blowers
Rupert
Frederick Godfrey
W. J. Meagher
Beverly Hose Truck Narrowly Avoids Wreck
Beverly May 10 A brush fire call in the woods behind Beverly Hospital ended with Hose 2 motor kit skidding and pulling off its inside shoe. Hoseman A J Brown stopped the vehicle in 15 feet preventing a serious accident.
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Beverly
Beverly Hospital
Hose 2
A. J. Brown
Missionary Day Observed at Park Street Church
Missionary Day to be observed at Park Street Church by the Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston. A public meeting at 10 30 this morning will feature speakers from cooperating churches. Rev Arthur J Brown of New York and W M Dannet will discuss missions and lep ers work.
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Park Street
Evangelical Alliance of
Greater Boston
Arthur J. Brown
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
W. M. Dannet
Tramps to Work on Farm to Support County Jail Inmates
May 10. Hoboes in Nassau County housed at the county jail will be set to work raising crops. Sheriff Petit leases land near the jail under a keeper to employ about 10 hoboes who will soon begin plowing and seeding to become self-supporting.
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Feeport
Nassau County
2 Petit
Bomb Explodes in London Tabernacle During Service
A suffragette bomb exploded in the gallery of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in South London during morning service, causing little damage. The two pound powder device likely placed in the gallery, with a note urging women to gain freedom.
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London
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Charles H. Spurgeon
Trade School Seeks Public Support to Cover 20000 Annual Deficit
The 100th annual report from Thompson's Island Farm and Trade School managers states expenses exceed income by 20000 yearly. They urge public subscriptions to cover the deficit, noting salaries and cost of living have risen faster than income.
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Thompson's Island
New England Brotherhood of St. Andrew Concludes Session
Providence May 10 The New England Assembly Brotherhood of St. Andrew ends its two day convention with services. The annual sermon was delivered by Rev. E F D Vernon of Portland Maine and speakers included H H Hemingway Watertown Connecticut V T A Searr Dover New Hampshire Rath bone Gardner Providence and others.
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Providence
R. I
New England Assembly Brotherhood of St. Andrew
EF. DL, Vernon
Portland
H. H. Hemingway
Watertown
A. Searr
Dover
N. H
Rathbone Gardner
Union to Hold Visitors Week at Woman's Union
The Woman's Educational and Industrial Union on Boylston Street invites members and friends to an open week from May 18 to 23. The building will be open daily and all departments will welcome guests for a comprehensive survey of the Union's work.
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Woman's Educational and Industrial Union
Boylston Street
Sprint Two Miles To Get Married
Milwar Aye and Miss Corinne Boudreaux ran almost two miles from Donner to Gibson Louisiana to wed at the justice of the peace. The ceremony occurred as the bride’s father arrived in a wagon after a wild ride, with little time to rest.
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Gibson
Donner
Milwar Aye
Corinne Boudreauxx
Justice of the Peace
Manchester Train Kills Lamlighter in Fatal Accident
John Gibney 19 of Manchester died at Beverly Hospital after being hit by a passenger train while crossing tracks near Manhattan. He was rushed from under the train following the leg amputation below the knee. Gibney served as a lamplighter in Manchester and was injured when struck by a passing train.
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Beverly
Beverly Hospital
Manchester
Johnnn Gibney
Gibney
Deutches Altenheim Formally Dedicated West Roxbury Home
The Deutches Altenheim Home for Aged Germans on Centre Street West Roxbury was dedicated yesterday afternoon with about 200 attendees in a pine grove behind the building. Following the ceremonies the home opened for public inspection. The concrete structure sits on a hilltop amid 13 acres of woodland and houses about 25 residents.
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Centre Street
West Roxbury
United States
German Ladies' Aid Opens Deutches Altenheim Dedication
The German Ladies' Aid Society completed the home last December and held an outdoor dedication with German singing led by G F Heim. Robert Reusch designed the building and presented keys to Mrs Elsie Munz who handed them to Mrs Amelia Wagner, with speeches from Rev Paul Briechner Dr Edward Von Mack and ex Governor Curtis Guild in German and English.
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German Ladies' Aid Society
German Singing Society
G. F. Heim
Robert Reusch
Elsie Munz
German Ladies’ Aid Society
Minister Unitarian Prepares Creed for Universal Religion
Retired Unitarian minister Rev Lyman B Weeks after twenty years of study proposes a universal creed denying a day of judgment and endorsing one world. He reads the creed at Church of Universal Life and expects it to appeal amid many sects.
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Lyman B. Weeks
Church of Universal Life
Newbury and
Exeter
Weeks
Mr. Weeks
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London Tabernacle
N. E. Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Deutches Altenheim
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