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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1911
Page
9
Mrs. Marie Quinn a widow living at 12 Hootencourt East Boston died in a fire at her home shortly after 38 oclock yesterday when she tried to light a lamp with a snap match.
The Rev Bernard Vaughan of London will deliver the first of two public lectures in Boston College Hall James street on Thursday evening The title is its Character That Matters The second lecture is set for the following Thursday November 23 in the same hall with the subject The Maid Who Saved France
Edward Anthony of this city filed his answer in a $30,000 alienation suit in Suffolk County brought by George Putnam Prague of Boston. He denies every allegation made.
City Council unanimously accepted the act authorizing widening Pleasant Street from Park Square to Washington Street. The measure allows spending over debt limits, with $900,000 allocated for the project.
The council moved to a second and final reading to provide 150000 for widening Norfolk Street Dorchester. Mayor Fitzgerald said he would sign both orders today, signaling swift action on these long debated improvements. He also urged quick passage of extending Arlington Street from Boylston to Columbus Avenue and promised to sign once passed.
The Boston Board of Assessors visited Hyde Park Town Hall to substitute the city card tabulating system with the block method. Engineer Fred Hunter and a team will divide 4000 acres into two districts, creating two first and two second assessors and several clerks to be chosen from civil service eligibles.
Robert Edward Nason Suffolk county assistant district attorney died last evening at Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain. He was a son of Robert W. Nason of the firm Nason Procter attorneys of 15 Beacon street.
Mrs. Mary Harriman, widow of E H Harriman, is the chief sponsor of an experimental school in New York that began today to teach methods of conducting municipal state and federal business. The program aims to give students a scientific understanding of managing government departments and reporting on the board of estimate and board of aldermen proceedings.
A new experimental school funded by Mrs. Harriman with 40 000 dollars annually for five years aims to train alumni and civic students to investigate city affairs. It will operate within the bureau of municipal research, placing students in city departments to study records, salaries, contracts, tax collection, and health and school management.
Major-General Daniel Sickles lauds New England veterans at the Hooker Association of Massachusetts sixth annual meeting and dinner in Boston. He honors regiments made of Union-loving men who enlisted without bounty and fought gallantly. Officers for the new year elected include President Chaplain A S Chambre and Vice Presidents Miles Hopkins Darling Bates Little Gragg.
About a dozen Neponset women gathered at Mayor Fitzgerald's office and harangued officials on a proposed dance hall license. Their protest pressured the project to a swift and early demise.
Lynn November 13 Nathanijiel T David son the builder of the Alcatraz Island lighthouse at Golden Gate in San Francisco died here today of paralysis He was 79 years old.
The Royal Arcanum Association of Massachusetts met at Lafourne En campment Hall 724 Washington Street last evening to organize a statewide body. It plans a capital stock of 100000 to fund a home for the 155 councils of the order in this state.
The recount by the Election Commissioners shows those favored on election day retain the offices they were elected to in Wards 1 7 22 and 2.
The Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association home opens today with girls already settled in the Temple street building. Dedication exercises and a reception to donors and Cambridge organization heads are held this evening at 8 o clock.
During the noon hour yesterday a fire was found in the coal in Perry School Somerville. No damage occurred and after sessions were not disrupted. Principal Miss Catherine H Sweeney alerted the fire department by telephone and crews worked for hours, dousing the coal with water until the flames were out.
Mrs. Sarah A. Moore, mother of actor Victor Moore, died at her home 13 Worcester Square of heart failure. She was 69, widow of Orville E. Moore, born in Royalton, Vermont, and had lived in Boston 18 years.
The Cambridge vote recount for Wards 8 9 and 10 concluded with no change in the results. Brennan Crane and Seagrave remain the winning representatives after the Saturday start and Sunday finish.
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