Moving pictures urged to curb truancy in schools
Mary Boyle O'Reilly of the Boston Children's Institutions Commission told the Submasters' Club at the Vendome that moving pictures could teach geography history arithmetic and other subjects more engagingly. She argued children remember best what they see and suggested classrooms adopt film demonstrations to enhance learning.
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Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Boston Children’s Institutions Commission
Submasters’ Club
the Vendome
Boston teachers blamed for truancy and moral decay
A Boston speaker charged teachers cause one third of truancy due to irritability. She criticized grammar school history teaching for immigrants, lamented youths’ cinema exposure, and urged reforms in schooling toward social history and parliamentary works rather than private wars of nobles.
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Boston
Moving Picture
Gedy
Desdemona
Fast strides of Jewish immigrant children in Boston schools
The article notes Jewish immigrant children in Boston show promise and reach high ranks, arguing that vicious behavior arises from controllable causes. It cites a Russian boy's frenzy at a Fourth of July event and links it to ancestral trauma, and traces Irish lads' frail physiques to 1848 famine privations.
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Boston
Ireland
Ring sells at Christie’s for 17000 in Essex relic auction
London May 18 Seventeen thousand dollars was paid at today’s Christie’s sale for the Essex ring a relic once given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex. The ring supposedly protected the earl and was to be returned to the queen if danger arose. After the earl’s execution the ring passed to the Earl of Hiasi x successors and was sold by Lord John Thynne’s executors.
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London
Christie's
Earl of Essex
Elizabeth
Countess of
Nottingham
Earl of Hiasex
John Thynne
Princess Club Hosts Anti-Harem Shirt Club Reunion
The Princess Club gathers tonight at Catholic Union Arena in the Peninsular district Roxbury for its annual reunion and party. Misses Mahoney O'Brien Leary Fox and Gillis prepared the preparations as Back Bay notables attend to discuss opposition to the Paris skirt edict.
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Princess Club
Catholic Union
Paris
Miss Rosamond Allen Weds Dr. David J Evans in Beacon Street Home
Miss Rosamond Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger N Allen of Beacon street married yesterday afternoon to Dr David J Evans of Montreal at the couple's home. Rev Samuel A Eliot officiated and the newlyweds will reside in Montreal.
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Rosamond Allen
Roger N. Allen
Beacon Street
David J. Evans
Montreal
Samuel A. Eliot
Mrs. Pomeroy Seeks Pardon for Jesse Pomeroy
Ruth Pomeroy, mother of Jesse Pomeroy held in Charlestown Prison for life, met Governor Foss by appointment to plead for a pardon or relief from solitary confinement. She described years of public misrepresentation, her health issues, and her steadfast belief in her son's innocence at the time of the alleged crimes. The governor cautioned that a pardon was unlikely but offered to consider any possible relief from isolation.
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Ruth Pomeroy
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Foss
Pomeroy
Weymouth
Charles Street
Jesse
Ruth A. Pomeroy
Woman Testifies for Governor on Son’s Murder Case
A feeble yet steady mother recounts her son's early life and the events leading to his murder conviction. She asserts he was never a butcher, lived in Charlestown navy yard before birth, and later worked around markets. She defends his character, voices doubt over guilt, and contends mental illness may have influenced actions. She denies assisting him in prison and notes their separation from the husband during the boy’s youth.
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Jesse
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Charlestown
Milk Board Bill Today
In an executive session the agriculture committee voted to report a bill creating a Milk Commission. The commission would include two members from the State Board of Agriculture, two from the State Board of Health, and a fifth chosen by the four. The fifth member would be a sanitary engineer. The bill replaces House 1332 from the Massachusetts Milk Consumers' Association and may be amended to strengthen the commission’s powers.
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Committee On Agriculture
William N., Howard
Easton
State Board of Agriculture
State Board of Health
Massachusetts Milk Consumers’ Association
Et Ae
Commission
Brandeis Volunteering to Aid Post Office Probe
Louis D Brandeis the Boston attorney who helped prosecute the Ballinger Pinchot dispute will assist the House committee on the Post Office Department in its inquiry. The service is voluntary and Brandeis is expected to report to the committee tomorrow.
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Washington
Louis R. Brandeis
Boston
House Committee On the
Post Office Department
Brandeis
West End stockholders demand probe before Boston Elevated lease
Stockholders of the West End press for an investigation into the Boston Elevated Railway. They delivered the demand in a letter to Frank P. Bennett, chairman of the street railways committee, ahead of any extension of the West End lease.
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Boston
West End
Boston Elevated
Frank P. Bennett
Committee On Street Railways
West End stockholders seek hearing on 60 year lease plan
The West End stockholders press for a legislative hearing on a proposed 60 year lease at 7.5 percent, plus a Boylston street subway route, Dorchester connections, and an East Boston tunnel extension. The Elevated backs the package but demands a full subway and company investigation first.
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West End
Bennett
G. S. Mead
Association
State House
Boylston Street
Andrew Square
Dorchester
East Boston
Lynde Street
Elevated
Putnam Milk Bill Rejected by Joint Committees
The Putnam milk bill placing inspection control with the State Board of Health was rejected by the committees on agriculture and public health. Governor Foss vetoed the measure granting local boards of health power over milk inspection, and his veto was sustained by a 16 to 20 vote.
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Putnam
State Board of Health
Agriculture and Public Health
Foss
Boards of Health
Lomasney Pushes Seven Member Port Board Plan
Representative Martin M. Lomasney introduced a bill for a seven member port of Boston board. Four appointed by the Governor and Council, three from the Harbor and Land Commission. Members would be paid 20 per meeting rather than annual salaries, aiming to attract better directors. Governor Foss reportedly favors the idea.
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Martin M. Lomasney
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Port of
Boston
Senator Brown
Harbor and Land Commission
Brown
Lomasney
Foss
Foss May Veto Firemen Pensions and Boylston Street Bill
Governor Foss weighs a veto on the firemen pension bill criticized by the Finance Commission for curtailing the fire commissioner authority and forcing pensions on weak grounds. He also plans a public hearing on extending Boylston street through the Back Bay fens, with civic groups seeking input.
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Finance Commission
Boylston Street
Back Bay Fens
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