Crowding of Pupils Denied by Schoolhouse Chairman
R Clipston Sturgis, chair of the Schoolhouse Commission, issued a statement yesterday to counter a report of overcrowded and unsanitary Boston schools. He asserts most elementary and high schools are in good sanitary condition except for 19 older buildings. He notes heating systems lack proper care in some cases.
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R. Clipston Sturgis
Schoolhouse Commission
Boston
Brooks
Common Council
Sturgis
Boston School Overcrowding and New Trade School Venture
Chairman Sturgis reports overcrowding is limited to three high schools Dorchester Roxbury and English with new Trade School for Girls on Massachusetts avenue. Boston has added 50 classrooms and 10 portable units for 2500 to 3000 elementary pupils and modernized many buildings to meet standards.
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Sturgis
Dorchester
Roxbury
Massachusetts
Boston
Hammond Raises His Tax Assessment
Gloucester November 17 John Hays Hammond millionaire banker appeared before the Board of Assessors and raised the assessed value of his property from 100000 to 500000 His tax now stands at 15000 making him the largest taxpayer on the north shore.
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Gloucester
John Hays Hammond
Board of Assessors
Infected Milk Kills 22 Babies at Myrtle Baby Home
Providence Nov 17 condensed milk infected with bacteria is blamed for 22 infant deaths at Myrtle Baby Home East Providence since June 17. Dr Swarts investigated finding 100 000 bacteria in a can. Home officials defend the institution saying deaths were due to milk and stopped use.
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Providence
R. I
Myrtle Baby Home
East Providence
Frank T. Calef
Gardner T. Swarts
Board of Health
William T. Knoop
Harvard Medical School
Myrtle
Light House Mission
A. H. Tourtellotte
Newsmen Navy Show Sparks City Event
Over 100 employees of the Hotel and Rail Road News Company plan to enlist in a stage navy. The production titled On Board the Marr Branch will run in Jordan Hall December 15 and 16, promising lively bluejackets and heavy firing as a fundraiser managed by N. G. Green of the boys mutual aid association.
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Hotel & Railroad News Company
Roosevelt
Jordan Hall
Marr
N. G. Green
Boys’ Mutual Aid and Benefit Association
Life Sentence for Newton Murderer Johnson Wesley Brown
John Wesley Brown of Newton was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Morton in East Cambridge for the February 19 1909 murder of Laura Bland at her Newton home. The case arose in the second session of the Superior Criminal Court with Brown found guilty of murder.
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John Wesley Brown
Newton
Morton
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Brown
Laura Bland
Greek Head Valued at 100000 Acquired by Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston acquires a Greek head of a young woman valued at over 100000. Scholars call it Praxiteles’ finest marble head with minor ancient repairs. Rodin praises it as the most remarkable marble head. A companion piece, judged possibly by the same hand, is shown in Boston.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Praxiteles
Rodin
National Museum
Rome
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Mass meeting of Methodist men in First Church Boston
In Boston last evening a large body of Methodist men gathered at the First Church Temple street for a mass meeting on modern work. Presiding was Hon. George H. Carter. Speakers included Rev. Fayette Lt. Thompson, D D of St Louis, Rev. Alfred A. Craig, D D of Columbus, Charles C. Stoll of Louisville, and William B. Patterson of New York City.
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First
Temple Street
George H. Carter
Fayette Lt. Thompson
D. D
St. Louis
Alfred A. Craig
Columbus
Charles C. Stoll
Louisville
William B. Patterson
New York City
Marchesi Recital Delivers Convincing Personality in Boston
Mme Blanche Marchesi sang at Jordan Hall yesterday with Brahm van der Berg as pianist and Herman Goldstein on violin. The performance impressed with her expressive interpretation though critics note occasional vocal faults, praising her ability to command audience absorption.
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Mme
Blanche Marchesi
Jordan Hall
Brahm van der Berg
Berg
Herman Goldstein
Marchesi
Reader Reply On Decent People And Voting
Richard Sears writes in reply to General Bingham on the term decent people and voting. He argues many voters are ignorant and notes crowds watching a horse accident on Tremont street. Sears laments Plan 2’s passage as lucky and signs Harvard 91 from 16 State Street.
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Post
General Bingham
New York
Tremont Street
Harvard
Richard Sears
State Street
Letter to editor corrects child labor quote
Philip Davis supervisor rectifies a Boston Post quote from November 6 1909. He states he said conditions were worst on Saturday between 3 and 11 pm rather than any day. Davis signs as supervisor of licensed minors in Boston Public Schools.
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The
Post
Boston Post
Twentieth Century Club
Philip Davis
Boston Public Schools
Reader Letter Opposes Puritanical Overseers on Charity Santa
Max Henry Newman of Boston criticizes the Board of Overseers of the Poor for limiting Salvation Army food and gifts for the holidays. He objects to removing Santa Claus, arguing the season should remain joyful and inclusive for children and shoppers.
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Post
Board of Overseers
Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Max Henry Newman
Boston
Steel Firms Divided Jobs at Pennycuick Trial
At the Finance Commission trial yesterday strong objections were raised to Miss Nash’s shorthand notes of Charles M. Pennycuick’s testimony. Pennycuick of G. W. & F. Smith Iron Co described a bureau that info on jobs provided to steel interests and meetings that followed bids sometimes, with denials of receiving or offering payoff.
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Miss Nash
Charles M. Pennycuick
Finance Commission
Pennycuick
G. W. & F. Smith Iron Company
Banks Sanford, Masonic Leader, Dies After Heart Attack
Banks Sanford, grand high priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, died yesterday at the Hotel Brunswick after a heart lining inflammation attack. He had lived there recently and was senior partner in Brockton firm H. W. Robinson & Co.
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Banks Sanford
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
Masons
Brunswick
Mr. Sanford
H. W. Robinson & Co
Brockton
Two Sea Disasters Reported by Seneca Near Block Island
Treasury reports meager details from a wireless note via Newport. The Seneca boarded the wrecked schooner Ancilarius on Sow and Pig Reef, abandoned and sunk within three miles, then found lifeboat and wreckage from the barkentine John Bennett of Liverpool, Nova Scotia off Block Island with no bodies recovered. Further search planned tomorrow.
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Ancilarius
Hmit
Block Island
Barkentine
John Bennett
Liverpool
Nova Scotia
Canada Plans Costly Navy
Ottawa reports Canada to build three cruisers of the Improved Bristol class and four destroyers of the Improved River class. Cruisers cost five and three quarters million dollars. destroyers cost one and a half million. Annual maintenance placed at two million. Two cruisers for the Pacific, one cruiser and four destroyers for the Atlantic. Workforce projected at 1408 with payroll four hundred thousand and victualing one hundred thousand yearly.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Electric fair draws record crowds at Mechanics building
Crowds flock to the electrical exposition at Mechanics building with attendance likely to set a new record by week’s end. Demonstrations show labor saving devices for homes and factories while a live Harvard Yale football score board event draws interest. Seats available at the building Wright & Ditson and Herrick's.
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Mechanics’ Building
Irwin
Wright & Ditson’s
Herrick’s
Public lecture on British Empire growth by Prof de Sumichrast
The second in a series on the creation and growth of the British Empire was delivered last night at Chickering Hall before a large audience.
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British Empire
de Sumichrast
Chickering Hall
Counterfeits Threat Castoria Trademark
Castoria manufacturers laid out hundreds of thousands to educate the public on the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher due to pirates counterfeiting the Castoria mark. The warning urges parents to verify the genuine product by Fletcher's signature on the wrapper and notes his supervision for over thirty years.
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Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Philadelphia Bulletin
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