Callahan pushes charter reform to curb Civil Service power
Representative Callahan denounces the Civil Service Commission for overruling Mayor Boston appointees. He proposes an amendment letting rejected appointees see reasons on request, arguing health or habits should not affect qualified candidates. He cites eight rejections and 29 approvals, claiming the commission has harmed the mayor's administration and damaged reputations.
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Callahan
Hibbard
Boston
Commission
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Civil Service Commission
Star Chamber
Matthews
Richard Olney
Prominent Judge Corrigan Dies by Own Action in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on May 13 Judge J. R. Corrigan aged 50, a noted Democratic leader and friend of W. J. Bryan, committed death by his own action in Dr. G. H. Hunter's office in the Donaldson building. He had served as a delegate to multiple party conventions.
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Minneapolis
Minn
J. R. Corrigan
G. H. Hunter
Donaldson Building
Picketing Bill Defeated in House Vote
Senator Tinkham’s peaceful picketing bill failed in the House by 29 to 52. The measure would bar courts from stopping a person from quietly urging others not to work at a strike site if the act conformed to law and did not violate any statute.
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Tinkham
Arrest Teamster on Charge of Larceny
Joseph Lewey twenty a teamster of 3 Phillips Street was arrested by Special Officer Mitchell of La Srange Street station on a larceny charge for stealing 303 50 from Walker Stetson Company 157 Essex Street It is alleged he forged a greater value of goods delivered.
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Joseph Lewey
Phillips Street
Mitchell
la Srange Street
Walker Stetson Company
Essex Street
Governor signs Walker Cushning direct nomination act
Governor Draper signed the Walker-Cusning direct nomination act late yesterday afternoon. The radical measure lets 10 percent of party voters in a district petition to place a direct nomination question on the ballot. If a majority votes yes, direct nominations replace conventions in that district for senate or house races.
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Draper
Senate
Sena
Foxes Kill Dogs Pursuing Them In Pennsylvania
In Pottsville on May 13 a pack of five foxes killed two hunting dogs owned by James Dowling after a chase in the woods. Game officials warn that many foxes are ravenous and destroying game in the surrounding woods and mountains, observed by nearby onlookers.
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Pottsville
Penn
James Dowling
Game and Fish Association
Reception for Author Rita Desmond Humphreys at Lenox Hotel
Society women attended a reception for English novelist Mrs. W. Desmond Humphreys at the Lenox Hotel, hosted by the Boston Professional Women's Club. Guests included Mrs. Roger Wolcott and Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift. An evening welcome followed at an Orpheum Club gathering. Humphreys plans to sail for England on June 1.
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Lenox
W. Desmond Humphreys
Rita
Roger Wolcott
FE. Vv. Thayer
Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift
Boston
Professional Women’s Club
England
Sophia Markee Bruce
Julia Ward Howe
Maude
Auto Kills Little Boy in Street
Costus Slyrnior eight year old of 11 Clark Street was run over and killed by an auto driven by Charles P. Cummings yesterday afternoon near the Swedish church on Ferdinand street. The child crossed the street despite warning and the rear wheel passed over him. Cummings, saying there was no blame, took the boy to City Hospital where he died moments later.
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Costus Slyrnior
Clark Street
Charles P. Cummings
Ferdinand Street
Mr. Cummings
City Hospital
Church Street
Oliver Ames Strikes Rocks Near Perkins Island
The Oliver Ames, a large two masted schooner from Bath, struck the Kennebec ledge near Perkins Island while departing Bath. The crew of six and Captain Morgan fought to keep her afloat until a Bath tows lifeboat reached them. The vessel developed a bow hole and began to leak. salvors from Popham Beach life-saving station answered distress signals with a power boat to assist.
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Bath
Oliver Ames
Perkins Island
Kennebec
Popham Beach
Moragan
Harvey J. Berry
Popholm Beach
Harvard Chemist Charles Loring Johnson Hospitalized
Harvard chemistry professor Charles Loring Johnson was admitted to Stidman Infirmary after several days of illness and an acute grip attack.
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Charles Loring Johnson
Harvard
Stidman Infirmary
The Revolving Head and a Tramp at the Oak
A weary tramp with a turning head charm spectating Culberson at a roadside milestone. Culberson invites him to a hilltop cottage, where a meal and bourbon reveal the man’s former life of wealth and a tale of a wife’s caprices. The narrative unfolds as the wanderer recounts lost status and memories.
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Legisla A
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Olney
Masons
Emerson Girls Give Shakspere
Emerson College of Orator
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Everett C. Benton
Belmont
Chariton
Forest of Arden
Duke Senior
Mary Bean
Duke Frederick
Mabel Jencks
Alice May Hamlin
Jaques
Elizabeth Foss
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Ruth Blodgett
Oliver
Agnes McNally
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Elizabeth Barnes
Jaques de Bois
Lucinda Wainwright
Adam
Lizzie Annette McIntyre
Touchstone
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Corin
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Bertha Muzzy
William
Mary E. Rogers
Rosalind
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Celia
Lila Stillman
Phoebe
Mildred Clark
Audrey
Rosella Zura
English Garden
First Corps
Bryan
Maurice Ketten
John
Tam
Mne
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Post Publishing Co
Culberson
Virginia
Kentucky
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