Had I’d Rather Work Than Be a Wife
Mrs Blanche Mae Chandler of 30 Wilson square Revere Beach declares she will not contest her husband Andrew F Chandler s libel for divorce filed in Winthrop He says they wed in Malden in June 1908 and she left in February 1909 claiming desertion She says she earned her living by nursing and housekeeping and moved to Revere two years later While he waited to file a three year action she expects a hearing in about four weeks
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Blanche Mae Chandler
Wilson Square
Revere Beach
Andrew F. Chandler
Winthrop
Boy Killed by Ice Wagon in South Boston
Four year old Thomas Kerwin of 287 Dorchester Avenue South Boston was killed when the tailboard of an ice wagon crushed him after climbing onto the rear wheel. Bystanders and a physician attempted aid before he died at City Hospital with his mother beside him.
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Thomas Kerwin
Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Tommie
$5,000,000 Market Proposed for Boston Area
Secretary Wilfred Wheeler of the State Board of Agriculture urges a $5,000,000 concrete four story municipal market extending from Faneuil Hall to Atlantic Avenue. The plan includes trolley and railroad connections via a broad subway to lower living costs and provide daily fresh produce to consumers.
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Faneuil Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Wilfred Wheeler
State Board of Agriculture
Boston
Plans for a large municipal terminal market outside Boston
Plans described by Mr. Wheeler propose a multi story central market between Faneuil Hall and Atlantic Avenue with storage on upper floors and wholesale retail on the lower floors. A North Cambridge outside city site would serve as a central dispatch hub to cut farm to market time by about half and relieve farmers from congested market centers.
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Faneuil Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Market Street
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New York
Vincent and Chilton Club Girl to Marry
Boston society notes announce the engagement of Evelyn Thayer to I Tucker Burr Jr. Thayer's parents are Mr and Mrs John Eliot Thayer of Boston and Lancaster. Burr is son of Mr and Mrs I Tucker Burr and Harvard graduate of the class of 18__. He works at Parkinson & Burr on State Street and is a Tennis and Racquet Club member.
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Evelyn Thayer
I. Tucker Burr, Jr
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Chilton Clubs
Francis Abbot Goodhue
Vincent Club
Chilton Club
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Harvard
State Street
Parkinson & Burr
John Eliot Thayer
Vincent and Chilton
Plans for market terminal drawn for Legislature
Plans for the market terminal are being drawn up and will be published later. The project will be recommended to the Legislature by Mr Wheeler, and if accepted competitive bids may be called from leading architects.
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Wheeler
Harvard Class Day Elm Smoked Into 200 Pipes
The famed Harvard class day elm once honored in the college yard has been preserved as 200 pipes crafted from its wood. Official tobacconists saved large limbs when the tree was cut and created pipes bearing the inscription Harvard class day elm.
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Harvard
Refuse Jobs of Strikers at Aetna Woolen Mills
Seventeen strike-breakers brought to Watertown to replace striking weavers refused to work after being told of conditions. They appealed to Chief of Police Lyons for car fare home, each receiving $1 before departing for Providence Worcester and Uxbridge.
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Watertown
Aetna
Lyons
Providence
Worcester
Uxbridge
Schooner’s Mast Recovered at Sea Near Cape Verde
The bark Platina arrived from the Cape Verde Islands with a mainmast of a schooner picked up at sea in latitude 28.20 N longitude 71.86 W. The rigging block bore the imprint "Shubert & Colingham, Philadelphia" as the sole clue to the schooner’s identity.
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New Bedford
Platina
Cape Verde Islands
Shubert & Colingham
Philadelphia
30 Quit G. O. P. to Join Moose
Just 34 voters signed at the election office signaling party changes. Of them 30 shifted from Republican to Progressive, three Democrats became Bull Moose, and one Republican became a Democrat. Notable converts include former District Attorney Arthur D. Hill and Henry Copley Greene. Registration office hours at 100 Summer Street will continue eight days. About 300 local voters have enrolled as Progressives.
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Bull Moosers
Bull Moose Party
Arthur D. Hill
Henry Copley Greene
Boston Art Commission
Summer Street
Bull Moose
Sues Stepson in Family Jar
Isaac Needle of 26 Parkman Street sues Abraham Kadish his stepson for alienating his wife Sarah Needle and driving Needle from the house. Mrs Needle is Needle's third wife and Kadish is the defendant's mother. The case is before a Suffolk county grand jury with Sears Gallagher foreman. Needle also alleges Kadish assaulted him with fists and a chair causing sickness and lameness.
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Isaac Needle
Parkman Street
Abraham Kadish
Sarah Needle
Control of Railroads by New Bill
Massachusetts Public Service Commission must approve railroad securities for most uses before issue. A new financial amendment improves state control, set to be debated by Washburn who opposed sections earlier. Supporters say it strengthens oversight. opponents may push five commissioners with full rate setting powers.
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Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Massachusetts Commission
Washburn
Public Service Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Massachusetts Tightens Control on Railroad Securities Amendments
Washburn to announce support for a control bill that limits railroad securities issues. The amendment adds section 16 to require commission reporting and restricts stock and bond issues for interstate railroads, with exceptions for certain cross border holdings and public interest safeguards.
Finance Commission Opposes $500000 Year Plan
The Finance Commission told the Legislature it opposes House Bill 2442 which would let the City Council appropriate up to $500,000 yearly until $2,500,000 is spent. It argues the ballot form misleads voters about debt limits and urges keeping the current outside or inside expenditure option.
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Finance Commission
Adamson's Balsam Promoted as Cold Cure by Druggists
All druggists advertise Adamson's Balsam Q as a never failing cure for colds, promising fast relief. The tonic is marketed widely with claims of rapid symptom ease and dependable results.
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Adamson
Edvi
Grand jury continues customs probe at port
The federal grand jury convenes at the federal building to continue a customs smuggling investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney William H. Garland directs the probe and has summoned a few witnesses for routine matters alongside the ongoing smuggling inquiry. The government has been reviewing import records at Boston and New York customs houses linked to the case.
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Federal Grand Jury
Federal Building
United States District Attorney
William H. Garland
Terrence L. Shevlin
Kate A. Brennan
Margaret Mulhall
Pittsfield Electrical Workers Strike Over Pay and Saturday Holiday
In Pittsfield on May 12, more than forty electrical workers walked off the job after contractors refused to sign an agreement granting higher pay and a half-holiday on Saturdays.
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Pittsfield
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