Mayor Fires 50 Laborers In City Retrenchment
Mayor Benjamin E. Haines dismissed fifty street and water department workers in Medford as part of a broader retrenchment. The total so far reaches eighty suspended employees amid funding shortfalls. The mayor also dismissed his chauffeur Stewart J Lenox and plans to drive himself. He cites insufficient funds to cover the fire and police departments and unpaid assessors.
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Medford
Benjamin E. Haines
Haines
Stewart J. Lenox
Police
Malden Mayor Blakeley Backs Blodgett in Mayoral race
After declining re election Mayor William M. Blakeley endorsed Charles M. Blodgett among three candidates for Malden mayor. Blakeley issued a statement yesterday backing Blodgett as the city moves toward the election.
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William M. Blakeley
Malden
Charles M. Blodgett
Will Be Bride Of Tufts Man In Medford
A Medford wedding plans for Miss Adelaide Louise Hickman daughter of Mr and Mrs James J Hickman of 424 Boston avenue to Everett N Weeks of Tufts College formerly from Jefferson Maine. The ceremony is set for next Sunday at St Raphael's Church West Medford with a reception at the Hickman home.
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Medford
Adelaide Louise Hickman
James J. Hickman
Boston Avenue
Hillside
Everett N. Weeks
Tufts College
Jefferson, Me
St. Raphael’s Church
West Medford
Three Guilty Of Abuse Of Horses In Charlestown Court
John R. Harvey a team owner and Matthew J Flood a driver were arraigned before Judge Sullivan in Charlestown yesterday on cruelty charges by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Both found guilty of working a horse unfit for labor. Harvey’s case placed on file and Flood fined ten dollars. Joseph Miecziche fined ten dollars in Chelsea for cruelly beating a horse.
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John R. Harvey
Matthew J. Flood
Charlestown
Sullivan
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Harvey
Flood
Joseph Miecziche
Chelsea
Caulfield Honored At Salem Banquet On Retirement
More than 275 business and professional men attended a banquet in Salem to honor Captain Albert J. Caulfield of Ladders Boston on his retirement as chief of the local department. Caulfield resumes his duties in Boston tomorrow.
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Salem
Albert J. Caulfield
Ladders
Boston
Caulfield
Williams Treatment ad offers free trial bottle for uric acid relief
An advertisement promises relief from rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles using The Williams Treatment. Readers are offered a free 59cc bottle for home use by sending name address and 19 cents to cover distribution expenses, with a follow up free 50 cent bottle sent by parcel post. One bottle per family.
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Williams
D. A. Williams
Dept
New Post Office
East Hampton
Conn
Plans for Better City Highlight Metropolitan Exhibition
A city planning conference in the State House heard Johnee Lathrop of New York stress housing, land, air, water, and recreation as essential for humane living. The event drew 5000 visitors, with women’s night featuring J Randolph Coolidge Jr and Mrs. Thomas Sherwin. Former Mayor Fitzgerald criticized affluent owners for neglecting urban welfare and urged public pressure or legal steps to push public-spirited development.
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United States
Johnee Lathrop
New York
State House
Penal Commissioners
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
J. Randolph, Coolidge, Jr
Thomas Sherwin
The
Women’s Municipal League
Mr. Coolidge
Fitzgerald
Boston
Boston Waterfront Reform Hurdled by Private Interests
A veteran observer cites how private holders of key lands impede city planning in Boston. He recalls W Rodman Peabody and Francis C Welch blocking a Harborfront scheme and Charles Francis Adams opposing Hamilton Place expansion. A public meeting will discuss land takings for Park Tremont and Boylston streets during the State House exhibition.
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Boston
W. Rodman Peabody
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hamilton Place
Tremont
Washington Street
Charles Francis Adams
Harvard University
Park
Boylston
Tremont Streets
Chicago
State House
Boston Common
Park, Tremont
Boylston Streets
Council of 50
Roxbury Elderly Woman Dies After Window Fall
Matilda Steele a 79 year old single resident of 31 Vernon Street Roxbury died after slipping from a rear window about 6 pm yesterday. She fell 35 feet to the ground in the back yard and died en route to City Hospital. Her body was taken to the city morgue.
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Matilda Steele
Vernon Street
Roxbury
Harvard unit sails from New York with Brooklyn dentist
Dr C Franklin MacDonald of Brooklyn New York former Boston man and Harvard Dental School instructor sails with the second Harvard unit leaving New York tomorrow aboard the Noordham bound for the war zone. He graduated from Harvard Dental School in 1910 with D M D and later practiced in Brooklyn. He is a member of the New York State Dental Association and a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Dental Association.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Harvard Dental School
Europe
Harvard
New York
C. Franklin MacDonald
N. Y
Charles F. MacDonald
Boylston Street
Noordham
MacDonald
Vine
New York State Dental Association
Massachusetts Dental Association
Ne braskan Lands Charter to Leyland Line for Nov 25 Arrival
The American Hawaiian liner Ne braskan, previously damaged by a German torpedo near the British Isles, has been chartered by the Leyland Line and will arrive with a large general cargo about November 25.
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British Isles
Leyland Line
Al Davis Divorced Pending Justice Signatures
New York today reports Eugenia Kelly and Albert Davis await final court action as Supreme Court Justice Pendleton has not yet signed the divorce decree. The signature was expected today but noon neared without action. Legal motions sought to expedite the signing, while both parties remained tight lipped about future plans and a possible remarriage in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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New York
Eugenia Kelly
al Davis
Supreme Court
Pendleton
May Fogarty Davis
Albert Davis
Finnegan
Miss Kelly
Davis
Swain
Miss Kelley
Greenwich
Conn
Testimony in Glasse alienation of affections case contested
Mrs Frances Glasse of Dows Iowa sues her father and mother in law Adam and Genevieve Glasse of Roxbury and sister in law Agnes Kern for 5000 dollars alleging alienation of her husband William J Glasse's affections. Defense testimony sharply contradicted her earlier claims in Superior Court before Judge Stevens and a jury. She says her husband left her and their baby in February 1914 in Dows and returned to Boston with funds sent by his mother and sister.
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Frances Glasse
Boston
Dows
Adam and
Genevieve Glasse
Roxbury
Agnes Kern
William J. Glasle
Stevens
Glasse
Creditors Move Against Tracy Brothers Leather Firm
Creditors filed bankruptcy proceedings yesterday against the Tracy Brothers Leather Company of Boston and against Patrick W. Tracy of Dedham, formerly a member of the firm.
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Tracy Brothers Leather Company
Boston
Patrick W. Tracy
Dedham
Woman's Body Found On Railroad Tracks
The body of Mary Lusciano of 7 Waure Street Everett was found on Boston & Maine tracks near West Street station Saugus branch yesterday around 3 PM. Believed run over by a freight car during yard switching. Witnesses none. she left a grain store to cross tracks. survived by a husband and four children.
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Mary Lusciano
Waure Street
Everett
Boston & Maine Railroad
West Street
Saugus Branch
Lowell Man Weds Dorchester Girl
Miss Kathryn F. Murphy of Dorchester married James A. Crowley of Lowell at St. Mark's Church. Nuptial mass led by Rev. John A. Daly. Bride attended by sister Annie E. Murphy. groom's brother William Crowley served as best man.
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Kathryn F. Murphy
Jeremiah Murphy
Dracut Street
Dorchester
James A. Crowley
Lowell
St. Mark’s Church
John A. Daly
Annie E. Murphy
William Crowley
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Cor
A.reed Cushion
TUFTS
Adelaide L. Hickman
Ita
Phoenix Ins. CO
Hartford
New England
Allsteel
Federal St
Boston, Mass
Dr. MacDonald
Nebraskan
California
John Hampstead
Peter Clark Macfarlane
Colliers the National Weekly
Marvels
Thore
Jordan Marsh Company
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