Third Reading for the Chelsea Bill Advances in Senate
The Chelsea Board of Control bill moves to a third reading after an unsuccessful Vahey amendment to bar Chelsea city officials from the commission. The measure, drawn by Ernst with Finance Commission support, would place five governor appointed commissioners over Chelsea’s current city government as a temporary emergency reform.
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Chelsea
Senate
Vahey
Beck
Bell
Butler
Dixon
Halley
McEttrick
Mitchell
Monahan
Chelsea Board of Control
Hibbard
Cushing
Ernst
Matthews
Finance Commission
Boston
City Hall
Clash Over Street Board Consolidation In City Bill
A Ward 11 bill by Representative Cushing mirrors mayoral reform efforts to consolidate City Hall departments including police licensing school and library boards and trustees. Proponents argue for streamlined government while critics fear the street commissioners are excluded to shield the street board from consolidation.
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Hibbard
Cushing
Ward 11
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Board of Aldermen
MJ Licensing Board
Board of Election Commissioners
Public Library
City Hospital
Trustees For Children
Insane Hospital
Brandeis Replies On Rail Merger Rates From New York
Louis D Brandeis sends a letter to Representative Walker arguing the case for or against a New England rail merger. Lucius Tuttle confirms East Coast rate parity with New York and Chicago, noting terminal Boston lines have limited control over import and westbound domestic rates.
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Joseph Walker
House
Committee On Railroads
Louis D. Brandeis
Walker
New England
New York City
Lucius Tuttle
George G. Crocker
Commission On Commerce and Industry
Boston
State House
Mass
New York
Chicago
D A R Elects Officers Today At Arlington Street Church
The D A R holds an election at 2 30 p m at the Arlington Street Church to fill officers for the coming year excluding the regent state regent and vice president general with many posts described including state recording secretary state corresponding secretary and state historian and a long list of committee chairmen led by Mrs Ralph M Kirtland and Miss Susan B Willard among others with names from Brockton Hyde Park Water town and Boston.
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Arlington Street
G. O. Jenkins
Deborah Sampson
Brockton
Louise Turner Hodgdon
Brookline
I. N. Marshall
South Framingham
A. G. Bowditch
Susanna Tufts
Mary Livermore
Charles H. Bowd
Hortense Dudley Hay
Edward Clark
Egypt
Silvio M. Gozzaldi
Cambridge
James G. Dunning
Springfield
F. D. Ellison
Old South Chapter
J. H. Orr
Worcester
C. H. Masury
Nellie Rice Fiske
W. Henry Alline
Berry School
Masury
M. H. Brazier
Chelsea Aldermen Vetoes and Building Law Debates
Chelsea Aldermen finalized revised building ordinances with broad approval except for the Broadway height rule. Mayor Beck issued ten vetoes on dwelling heights and on various building permits across the city, including a contested Loftus permit later discussed. A tabled veto on the Loftus building and a pending committee report closed the night near midnight.
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Chelsea
Broadway
Beck
Williams Street
Crescent Avenue
Nelson & Dykemann
F. K. Cushing
Fred P. Hersom
Hersom
Shurtleff Street
John Soley & Son
J. D. Loftus
Cottage Street
Loftus & Co
Loftus
Alderman Black
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray
Crane
E. W. Roberts
United States
Naval Hospital
Black
H. Cohen
M. Cohen
Delano
M. McPherson
United States Building Company of
Roxbury
Grove Street
Bacheloer
Stetson Leather Merchant Declared Bankrupt
William A. Stetson, a leather merchant, was adjudged bankrupt yesterday along with the Ford Morocco, Boston Chrome Leather, and William A. Stetson companies. Receiver Joseph O. Proctor estimates liabilities at more than 2.7 million dollars and assets around 1.3 million.
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William A. Stetson
Ford Morocco Company
Boston Chrome Leather Company
Judges Veio Is Upheld
In Taunton Massachusetts the veto on the judges salary increase was sustained 30 to 6 by the Senate. Acting Governor Draper faced opposition from several Republican leaders who either side stepped or voted against him.
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Senate
Draper
Senators Split Over Veto in Salient Budget Fight
Senator Jenney refused to sustain the veto while Senator Stevens hurried out. Several colleagues did not vote as Acting Governor Draper faced opposition from Senators Vahey and Dix who defended or challenged the veto on the salary hike for Superior Court judges.
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Jenney
Judiciary Committee
Elmer Stevens
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Williams
Chapple
Faxon
Railroad Committee
Grimes
Street Railways
Potter
Dixon
Mitchell
Vahey
Draper
Death of Rev Dr Cate on Pacific liner
News arrived yesterday of the death aboard the steamship Minnesota which reached Seattle Sunday night from Japan. The Rev Dr I W Cate formerly of this city led the Universalist mission in Japan for ten years and was connected with Tokyo University. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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Cate
Minnesota
Seattle
Japan
I. W. Cate
Universalist
University
Tokio
Anniversary Week at St. Pauls School Concord New Hampshire
St Pauls School in Concord New Hampshire marks its anniversary with a three day schedule starting June 2. Events include boat races between Halcyon and Shattuck on Long Pond a luncheon and athletic events an Alumni House dance and a VI form dance and a day of receptions chapel service speeches prize presentations concerts and athletic meets culminating June 4.
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Concord
N. H
St. Paul’s School
Long Pond
Alumni House
New Upper School
Exhibition of work from Boston School of Domestic Science
The Boston School of Domestic Science on Berkeley Street will host an all day exhibition from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. featuring dresses hats and other items with candy cake marmalade for sale. The public is invited.
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Boston School of Domestic Science
Berkeley Street
Murine Eye Remedy Promotes Relief for Irritated Eyes
The product Murine Eye Remedy claims to ease redness, weakness, tiredness and watering eyes and to soothe eye pain for users seeking relief from irritation.
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Ody
Brookline Woman Rescues Tots From Runaway Horses
Miss Jennie Burke of Brookline shields two nieces in Harvard Square as two crazed Boston Ice Company horses bolt through the area. Passersby free the pair, unharness the animals, and a veterinary tends to injuries after one horse crashes through a window. The driver, McGinty, guides the horses back to the stable.
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Jennie Burke
Brookline
Boston Ice Company
Harvard Square
Miss Burke
Thomas Burke
Walnut Street
McGinty
Runaway horses crash into store and injure bystanders
Miss Burke lifts two children from danger at the corner of Davis avenue and Washington street as heavy wagon horses bolt driven by M M McGinty. The team breaks harness, demolishes a store window, and races toward Harvard square causing panic among pedestrians.
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Miss Burke
Davis Avenue
Washington Street
Mary Burke
James P. Mackey
Katherine. Burke
Linden
Harvard Streets
Harvard Street
M. M. McGinty
Harvard Square
McGinty
Railroad Bridge
Brookline Village Transfer
Gilchrist's Rare Bargains Hit Citywide Sale
Gilchrist's daylight store launches a week long sale after acquiring the entire stock of L. Mazur Company and several New York firms. Women’s high grade tailored suits coats and skirts feature deep discounts with many items from $11.48 to $21.98 as crowds surge and new shipments expected from New York.
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Gilchrist
L. Mazur Company
Chauncy Street
Panama
Voters List Shows Increase in City Suburbs
Election commissioners reveal police list totals with a slight rise in registrants this year. The police department submitted figures to the commissioners who compare counts, noting growth especially in suburban areas due to new residents.
Harvard President Delivers Godkin Lecture on Municipal Misgovernment
President Eliot of Harvard opened a four lecture series with a talk in Fogg Lecture Hall on Municipal Government focusing on misgovernment, its evils, and causes. The discussion highlighted urban governance issues and potential reforms.
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Eliot
Harvard University
Godkin
Fogg
Harvard
Famous Decorator Louis Hnatkowski Dies in Newport
Louis W. Hnatkowski, a renowned interior decorator and Beaux Arts graduate, died suddenly at his Newport, Rhode Island home. A Polish exile who arrived 15 years ago, he became prominent decorating the homes of New York and Newport's wealthy residents.
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Newport, R. I
Louis W. Hnatkowski
Hnatkowski
L’ecole Des Beaux Arts of
Paris
Newport
New York
Actor Toland Dies Suddenly In Germantown
Hugh Toland a widely known actor died suddenly at his nephew's home in Germantown. He arrived in Philadelphia last night from the West where he had been playing in Lillian Russell's company. He was 39 years old.
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Philadelphia
Hugh Toland
Germantown
Toland
Lillian Russell
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W. A. Stetson
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Veio
Taunton, Mass
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Hood’s
William Duelly
Lucas Avenue
Kingston
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Moultine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Jones
Dorchester
David L.wiones
Twenty
Massachusetts Volunteers
Vine Street
Phillipps
Walter Philliipps
St. Luke’s Church
Waters
Mary A. Wate Kelly
Bennington Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
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