Tarbell Proposes Insurance Reforms After Inquisition
New York scene as Gage Tarbell, second vice president of the Suitable Life Assurance Society, urges annual audits of all state life insurers and makes it a misdemeanor for officers or recipients to use company funds for political purposes. He reveals personal life policy holdings and commissions, defends agent rebates, and argues for punishment of wrongdoers.
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New York
Gage RE. Tarbell
Suitable Life Assurance Society
Tarbell
Equitable
Assemblyman
Cox
Alleged election joke leads to arrest and grand jury indictment
George Wharton, 78, a New York clerk, was arrested and charged with attempting to vote illegally under the name John Rockefeller. After initial discharge, the grand jury indicted him for the offense and set bail at $5000.
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New York
George Wharton
John Rockefeller
Fitzgeralds Plan Vigorous Campaign After City Meeting
The Democratic mayoral nominee John F Fitzgerald, James Donovan, and William T A Fitzgerald met to map a campaign. A Saturday chairmen meeting at the headquarters will hear a definite plan and an address by Fitzgerald as part of a vigorous effort against the Frothingham—Dewey fundraising.
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John F. Fitzgerald
James Donovan
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Jahm i F. Fitzgerald
Post
Fitzgerald
Republican Party
Frothingham
Judge Dewey
Newton Wins in Everett Colorado
Newton wins renomination over ex Mayor Hatch in Everett caucuses amid city party record turnout. Aldermen named Arthur Rogers Charles Atkins and Paul Sears. school committee selections: Belle Curtis Charles Bruce and George Hunt.
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Everett
Newton
Hatch
Arthur S&s. Rogers
Charles W. Atkins
Paul Sears
Belle D. Curtis
Charles Bruce
George FE. Hunt
Man Injured by Flying Plank Hits in Brookline
Peter J. Devine of Roxbury was walking on Strathmore Road Brookline when he looked up at ornamental copings on new houses. He stepped on a plank its other end flew up striking his head and he was unconscious. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Boston
Kuppenheimer Clothing
New York
Simpson Crawford Co
Peter J. Devine
Malburn Place
Roxbury
Strathmore Road
Brookline
Devine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Body Found Floating in Merrimac River Identified Man
The body of a man about 50 was found floating in the Merrimac River near Glen Forest in Methuen late today. It has been identified as George Robinson of Lowell.
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Methuen
Merrimac River
Glen Forest
George Robinson
Lowell
Gallagher denies candidacy for new School Board
In a letter to the Editor, Charles T. Gallagher states he is not a candidate for the new School Board and asks that his name not be used by parties or conventions. He recalls twelve years on the old board and notes the honor and high standards required, but ongoing duties would prevent his service.
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Charles T. Gallagher
Women on School Board Advocated by Boston Letter
A reader argues for women on the School Board noting half Boston students are girls and most teachers are women. The letter cites Mayor Dunne’s praise for Jane Addams on Chicago’s board and notes Flora Stevenson’s 33 years of Edinburg service, urging similar representation for Boston.
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Dunne
Jane Addams
Chicago
Lactated Food Endorsed by St Louis Doctor for Babies
Dr T Griswold Comstock of St Louis Children’s Hospital backs Lactated Food citing its one quarter milk sugar content and gentler digestion. Cane sugar may raise heat and fat but ferments in the stomach. Lactated Food yields a soothing milk sugar formula. A 25 cent package makes ten pints of food and reflects twenty years of hospital experience.
Boston Citizens Union organizes to oversee school reform
A Boston meeting leads to a 15-member permanent Citizens' Union to shape the city’s educational regime. Speakers urge active citizen involvement, denounce politics in schools, and call for nonpartisan selection of a new school committee. Names considered for the board include Storrow, Conway, Kenny, O'Reilly, and Brock among others.
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Arthur G. Lewis
Citizens’ Union
Leahy
Frank E. Dimick
East Boston Police Court
James J. Phelan
Banking House
of Hornblower & Weeks
Katharine E. Conway
Joseph (. Pelletier
Edward F. McSweeney
Boston Traveler
Paul H. Kendricken
Ingalls & Kendricken
Michael J. Murray
Josiah S. Dean
South Boston
A. ©. Ratshesky
The
United States Trust Company
John F. Young
Benjamin C. Lane
West Roxbury
Richard C. Humphreys
Franklin Savings Bank
Roswell S. Barrows
Jamaica Plain
Herbert S. Carruth
Dorchester
Boston
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Joseph Murphy
Republic
James J. Storrow
Sarah Boyden
William S. Kenny
Harriet B. Bean
James A. McDonald
Katherine Conway
John A. Brett
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Thomas J. Kenny
Julia A. Duff
John Dunn
Ella Cabot
George Ts. Brock
Lee Freedman
Timothy Smith
Daniel SS. Harkins
William J. Keough
J. H. Kenneally
Charles L. Burrill
William A. Leahy
George A. O. Ernst
Absolute Falsehood Defends Record Against Mrs Duff Claim
A man refutes Mrs Duff's newspaper charge that he tried to topple the superintendent’s appointee for the Oliver Hazard Perry school. He says he spoke at the sixth division meeting invited by a member, the headmaster appointment was not yet considered, and he voted for Bentley when the full board addressed the choice. He accuses Duff of mischaracterizing his public spirit and truthfulness.
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Bentley
Duff
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