Oppose Paring Common for Widening Streets
Boston street commissioners urge widening Tremont Park and Boylston streets to ease traffic, proposing 15 foot takings from the Common on Park and a 15 foot extension on Boylston. Tremont would widen from 35 to 42 feet with no firm figures. Critics call the plan unnecessary and worry about precedent and Common rights. supporters argue traffic relief and better access to retail districts.
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Tremont
Boylston
Park Streets
Park
Beacon
Boylston Streets
Commissioners
Tremont Street
James A. Lowell
Boston Common Society
Park Street
Boylston Street
F. P. Sprague
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Boston
Samuel A. Green
Massachusetts Historical Society
Washington Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Newbury Street
Columbus Avenue
Park Square
Beacon Street
Park and Tremont Streets
Board of Street Commissioners
Charles Street
Miss Keller Speaks at Tremont Temple About Light Over Darkness
Helen Keller addressed Tremont Temple last night praising daylight in the soul and condemning needless suffering. She contrasted brutal wars with a belief that good and light prevail over evil.
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Helen Keller
Tremont Temple
Egleston Square Station to Gain Bigger Platform Loop
Plans for enlarging the Egleston Square elevated station and adding a running-time boost to the Cambridge subway during rush hours were agreed by railroad representatives and the Public Service Commission. The redesign includes a street level service loop for 12 cars, a prepayment area, separate unloading and loading on opposite loop sides, and escalator access to the upper level to reduce cross currents and congestion.
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Egleston Square
Cambridge
Public Service Commission
State House
Dean's Son Elected Freshman Class Leader at BU
Shields Warren son of Dean Warren and Earle D Sylvia of Weston along with Miss Ethel B Smith of Brockton named to freshman executive committee at Boston University Katherine Sullivan of Danvers elected president and Warren H Wardle of Roxbury as vice president in yesterday's vote.
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Shields Warren
Dean Warren
College of Liberal Arts
Boston University
Earle D. Sylvia
Weston
Ethel B. Smith
Brockton
Katherine Sullivan
Danvers
Warren H. Wardle
Roxbury
Carmen Win on One Point
A special arbitration board meeting at the courthouse, chaired by District Attorney Joseph Pelleta, interpreted points in the wage award for Bay State Street Railway workers. The panel ruled that certain workers under the minimum wage as of Oct 1 1914 are to receive a half cent increase from Oct 1 this year, extending the prior increases.
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Arbitration Board
Fire horse shows wits. returns to station to pull engine
An engine 2 horse attached to a Somerville fire wagon demonstrated apparent intelligence yesterday. When an alarm sounded on Broadway, the horse broke loose but dashed back to the fire station, pounded the door, and was hitched to the engine to haul it to the blaze.
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Somerville Fire Department
Broadway
F Shirley Boyd Dies in Brigham Hospital
Cambridge resident F Shirley Boyd died yesterday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital after an appendicitis operation two weeks earlier with complications. A Bay State Automobile Association member and auto accessories dealer on Massachusetts Avenue, he was survived by his widow. Funeral details will be announced.
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F. Shirley Boyd
Cambridge
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Bay State Automobile Association
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss Keller Addresses Suffrage Lecture in Gowned Stature
Miss Keller spoke on suffrage wearing a becoming gown with Mrs. Macy her teacher of 28 years and Dean Burton plus Robert Woods on the platform. She demonstrated lip reading and answered questions before declaring herself an ardent suffragist while noting voters’ actions left her disappointed but determined to continue the fight.
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Miss Keller
Anne Sullvan Macy
Alfred E. Burton
Technology
Robert A. Woods
South End House
Mrs. Macy
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Butler
Wilson Bros
Wilson Brothers
Scollay Square
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Union
Fancul Hall
Washington St. Jefferson Bldg
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Dot
Henfield Eyes
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