Harvard President Endorses Athletics At Cambridge Dinner
President Lowell urged widespread student participation in athletics alongside academics at Harvard, praising athletic and scholastic balance. Alumni and athletes celebrated Harvard crews’ New London sweep over Yale, with Captain Roger Cutler stressing improved methods and spirit as keys to future success including a win over Cornell next year.
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Harvard
Lowell
Hotel Somerset
Harvard University
Cambridge
New London
Yale
Crimson
Cutler
Roger Cutler
Cornell
Evolution of the Citizens' Movement Under Plan 2
A naming chain from Committee of 100 to a nine member body shapes a mayoral selection process in Boston. An Executive committee designates a Committee of 25 which chooses a Committee of 150, presented to a Chairman who appoints seven, selecting a nine member group that forms a four member sub committee to decide who should be mayor.
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Boston
City campaign notes reveal mayor race争 candidates
Sub mayor committee to hear applicants for Mayor job. Storrow refuses to be driven from Mayor field. Wibbard invites citizens party to examine his books. Matthews committee picks five for municipal council. Four men have been formed into a
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Storrow
Wibbard
Citizens’ Party
Matthews Committee
Municipal Council
Mayor Committee Advances Hiring Process for City Leader
A nine member Mayor committee, chaired by Charles S. Hamlin, votes to advertise for a Mayor and review all applications. The employment committee will hold public hearings and report to the Mayor committee, which then reports to the Chipman Hall conference. Members listed on the employment committee follow.
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Charles $. Hamlin
Chipman Hall
Boston mayor hearings form new employment committee
Patrick M. Keating and four others form the employment committee to hear candidates for Boston mayor. A four member sub committee will hear parties and report to the nine member panel. Hibbard and Fitzgerald promise participation in hearings with arguments and briefs to be filed. Continued on Page 5-V.
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NK Keating
Boston
Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Sugar Trust cleans house as prosecutions loom
New president Washington B. Thomas tours Williamsburg sugar houses with a figurative axe as longtime trust officials exit. Indictments reportedly target higher up acts, aiming to fix responsibility for cheating the government out of 2 million dollars in duties while civil suits wind down.
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New York
The
Sugar Trust
Washington B. Thomas
Williamsburg
Sugar Refining Company Officials Fired Amid Fraud Inquiry
Henry I Stimson leads a government probe into sugar duties fraud tied to the American Sugar Refining Company. Key Williamsburg leaders like Joseph Dendernagel and Frank Wenzel resign as H. A. Morgan and Philadelphia replacements take posts, while President Thomas fills roles with independent refineries to avoid implicated ties.
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United States
Custom House
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust Fund
Trust
Williamsburg
The
Sugar Trust
Joseph F. Dendernagel
Dendernagel
H. A. Morgan
Philadelphia
Frank Wenzel
H. O. Hlavemeyer
Wenzel
Thomas
Sugar stock drift eases after drop amid past management claims
Edwin F. Atkins of Belmont, named as a prospective director of American Sugar Refining, returned from New York and said stock would likely recover despite yesterday's decline. He attributed the fall to a newspaper article and asserted current officials bore no proven guilt, noting resignations were prudent and will be settled in court if needed.
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Edwin F. Atkins
Belmont
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Q.K. Atkins
Cambridge Sealer Lynchings Sparks Ouster Controversy
Felix McBride, last spring removed as sealer of weights and measures by Mayor Brooks, was ousted yesterday by Cambridge police Captain Murray. McBride retains the keys and asserts he remains the legal incumbent despite the removal and succession by Manuel Andrew.
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Felix McBride
Brooks
Cambridge
Manuel Andrew
Captain Murray
Cambridge Police
McBride
Stole From Milkman Sent to Reformatory
Walter W. Norris aged 19 of Hartford Conn was arraigned on a vagrancy charge and found to have stolen 17 from a milkman on the estate of Mrs Harriet P Paul at 1402 Centre street Newton Centre He was re-arraigned on larceny and sentenced to the Massachusetts reformatory at Concord.
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Newton
Walter W. Norris
Hartford
Conn
Harriet P. Paul
Centre Street
Newton Centre
Norris
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Widow of Novelist Accuses Stevenson Family Ties
Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne, widow of the novelist and Stevenson heir, accuses Mrs. Stevenson of seven years of opposition and control over the Stevenson estate. She says the trial will expose the feud that forced Osbourne from her husband and details alleged plots, manuscripts, and the Henley split. Nearby, reports from New York note meagre dispatches hinting at a hurricane or earthquake in the West Indies with seismic activity affecting cable lines.
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San Francisco
Lloyd Osbourne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Osbourne
New York
West Indian Islands
Havana
Jardaia
Hayti
Kingston
Bell Boy Stole Diamonds Charged in Norfolk House Case
Wilson, a 17 year old former bell boy at the Norfolk House, was arrested in Jacksonville Florida and brought back to police headquarters. He allegedly stole diamonds valued at 400 dollars from Jane J. Edmonds while she was away on Oct 17. The gems were recovered.
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Henley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Skerrygore
England
London
Skerryvore
Valentine Roch
Mrs. Stevenson
Wilson
Norfolk House
Patterson
Wilday
Vsacksonville
Fla
Jane J. Edmonds
Submarine cables severed as Jamaica floods cut island off
Late tonight the Commercial Cable Company reported no communication between New York and the West Indies except Cuba Haiti and Santo Domingo. Floods and storms disrupt land lines from Kingston to Trolland Bay and Holland Bay while sea cables from Jamaica to Puerto Rico St Thomas are nonoperational. No earthquake mentioned.
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New York
West Indian Islands
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Kingston
Trinidad
Jamaica
Folland Bay
Trolland Bay
Holland Bay
Bull Bay
Points
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
West Indies
Jamaica Cable Failure Sparks Hurricane Theory
United Fruit Company officials report unable to contact Jamaica by cable and brace for word from telegraph firms. They suspect a hurricane or severe rainfall caused land communication breakdown, with gullies and heavy downpours impeding access to the cable office near Bull Bay.
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United Fruit Company
Jamaica
P. K. Reynolds
Bull Bay
Kingston
Mob Lynches Two Men in Cairo as Rioting Bloodshed Roars
In Cairo Illinois on November 11 a mob hanged Will James the suspect in Miss Annie Pelley’s murder. The rope broke and shots wounded him fatally. The mob then searched for Arthur Alexander as an alleged accomplice. Earlier Henry Salzner a white man accused of murder was also lynched before midnight.
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Cairo
Will James
Annie Pelley
James
Arthur Alexander
Henry Salzner
Massive Lynching in City Square Sparks Mob Violence
A mob of about 10 000 dragged a Black man named James from officers at Karnak and Belknap to the city, hanged him at Eighth and Commercial, fired on his body, dragged the corpse over a mile to Twenty six and 1m streets, and burned it after a night of lawless fury. Sheriff Davis condemned the act.
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Davis
Karnak
Belknap
Cairo
Vienna
Ill
Forecast for Boston and New England
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions on Friday and Saturday. Winds shift from westerly to southwesterly. temperatures rise Friday then cooler Saturday with possible showers. Steamers to European ports can expect light to moderate winds and generally fair weather toward the Grand Banks.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Grand Banks
Temperature Reading At Thompson's Spa Reveals Averages
A historical thermometer record from Thompson's Spa at 219 Washington Street shows yesterday's average temperature at 53 degrees. It compares with an average of 47 degrees on the same date a year ago, noting fluctuations across multiple times of day.
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Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Boston Booms with Plans for Harbor Docks and Downtown Improvements
Boston appeared a boom town as plans for harbor enhancements and a string of new streets emerged. Henry M. Whitney urged state support for docks along the East Boston harbor, with private investment promising millions. New Haven traders acquired Park Square land for office and mercantile buildings, predicting a $20 million rise in taxable property.
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Boston
Henry M. Whitney
Jeffries Point
New Haven
Park Square
Plans for Copley Square Art Museum site expansion
Architects study a $5 000 000 plan to occupy the old Art Museum site at Copley Square with new structures. A large tile mercantile building in Back Bay by Eugene N Foss exceeds one million. Another major business structure is planned to begin soon as construction starts. Boston merchants respond to reports of stagnation by preparing investments totaling about $100 000 000.
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Copley Square
Back Bay
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Bay State
New Haven Railroad Sells Park Square Land for Development
The New Haven Railroad sold the Park Square station site to the Park Square Real Estate Trust for 5200000 in stock not cash. The trust plans to issue bonds and develop the land with new streets and access, inviting input from local chambers, groups, and architects while stressing a business venture.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Park Square
New Haven Road
New Havyen Company
Park Square Real Estate Trust
Moses Williams
Amory A. Lawrence
Alfred Bowditch
Laurence Minot
Chamber of Commerce
United Improvement Associations
Fr. John’s Cold Medicine Claims Long-Standing Success
An advertisement touts Fr. John’s Medicine as pure and effective for colds with claimed decades of success and Burdett College training touted as proof of quality.
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Thias
Burdett College
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