Rourke Moves to Weed Out City Engineering Force
Acting City Engineer Rourke begins a major purge of the department saying overmanning and underproduction exist. He ends with Henry Manley taking a one year unpaid leave as a transition, while Manley remains nominally employed to access a new pension bill. Manley, veteran since 1869, resides at 116 Mt Vernon Street and earns 3000 dollars yearly.
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Rourke
Henry Manley
Manley
Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Mt. Vernon Street
Ward 23
Aviation meet to be held in New Orleans
A four day aviation meet will be held in New Orleans at City Park on December 1 2 8 and 9. Participants include McCurdy Ely Post and Mars with Curtt machines.
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New Orleans
McCurdy
Ely
Post and Mars
Curtt
Canadian praise for President in Ottawa on reciprocity talks
Sir Richard Cartwright lauded the U S president for his courteous stance in Ottawa as Canada and the United States pursue freer reciprocal relations. He said American commissioners came to discuss the best path to closer ties while protecting Canadian interests. He linked good Anglo American relations to empire unity and possible disarmament progress.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Richard Cartwright
Senate
Richard
Washington
Sir Richard
Nashua Priest Henry A. Lessard Dies in New York
Word reached Nashua that Rev. Henry A. Lessard pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church died in a New York hospital after being stricken with a shock. He had left Nashua Monday intending to travel South. The death occurred a few hours after the onset of illness.
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Nashua
N. H
New York
Henry A. Lessard
St. Francis Xavier Church
Father Lessard
Memorial Mass for Ninth Regiment at Holy Cross Cathedral
The Ninth Regiment M V M holds an all veterans memorial mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross this morning. Tickets are required due to high demand and women attendees are asked to wear mantillas. The event features parade from East Newton Street Armory, a 9 to 9:20 arrival, a 10 o'clock mass, and numerous military and veterans groups, clergy, and dignitaries attending and participating.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
John J. Sullivan
East Newton Street
Army
Navy
Frothingham
John W. Witzgerald
Robert BH. Patterson
Freemont
Charlestown Navy Yard
Three Men Accused in Conspiracy Linked to Boston Firm
Three men known in the Syrian colony of Boston were arrested on charges of conspiring to conceal assets in the bankruptcy of Deeb Habeeb and Sirkis Joseph, robbers at 72 Beach Street. Habeeb was seized at his Tyler Street home. others identified as Sirkis Joseph and Nain George were arrested in St. Albans Vermont. The complaint claims $10,000 hidden, with reports suggesting nearly double that amount.
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Boston
Deeb Habeeb
Sirkis Joseph
Beach Street
Habeeb
St. Albans
Joseph B. Jacobs
Lamb Ousis National Bird on Thanksgiving aboard Birkenfels
A fat lamb will be slain aboard the steamship Birkenfels to honor Muslim Lascars aboard the crew. The feast, arranged by mosque members from Calcutta, marks Allah’s name day per the Koran rather than any American holiday. The animal will be hidden from view and slaughtered in a ritual held aboard the ship.
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Birkenfels
H. Frerichs
Lascars
Calcutta
Forgery Allegations Prompt Warning to City Council Candidates
Canvassers signing nomination papers for City Council candidates allegedly forged signatures causing the Board of Election Commissioners to issue warnings. Some papers were found suspicious, prompting the notice to all candidates.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Election Commission Warns on Nomination Paper Forgery
The commission warns recipients about signing laws and penalties for forgery or false oath on nomination papers. Copies were sent to all known nominators to deter fraud and ensure those guilty are prosecuted. The 50 signature hurdle this year is harder than 1909, when Harvey Haddock’s mayoral papers faced Board objections and a DA case.
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Harvey Hadlock
Pickpockets Harvest Downtown and Near Stations
Pickpockets operated across multiple city districts last night stealing money from residents. Luigi Cerangelo at 168 Salem Street had $400 taken on Blackstone Street, Hyman Fox at 9 Grove Street Forest Hills $75 was lifted in front of North Station, and William M. Cates of 43 Randolph Avenue Dorchester lost $20 plus a stolen black leather billfold near Devonshire Street.
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Luigi Cerangelo
Salem Street
Blackstone Street
Hyman Fox
Grove Street
Forest Hills
North Station
William M. Cates
Randolph Avenue
Dorchester
Dock Square
Devonshire
Hunter cored by buck in New Ashford woods incident
Ralph Gardner of Lanesboro was charged by a buck after misfiring at a doe and fawn during a deer hunt in New Ashford. He crawled under a fallen tree and was found unconscious hours later. He is not seriously injured but will remain home for a few days.
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Pittsfield
Ralph Gardner
Lanesboro
New Ashford
Gardner
F. C. Downing
Navy Training Station Feasts at 66 Cent Rate
Newport R I November 28 Twenty one hundred enlisted men and apprentices will join in Uncle Sam s Thanksgiving hospitality at the naval training station tomorrow The feast includes roast turkey cranberry sauce vegetables fruit pastry and ice cream and costs 66 cents per plate for the government
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Newport
R. I
Uncle Sam
Naval Training Station
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Wash Dress Goods Store
Winter Street
Temple & Place All Company
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Norfolk
Shepard
John A. Andrew
Charles Russell Lowell
Washington Post
Benjamin Stone, Jr
Mast
Ninth Regiment Veterans’ Association
George J. Whitten
M. J. O’connor
Fred B. Bogan
John Drum
Leslie
Mer
Michael J. Splaine
James Lee
Revere
Ninth Regiment
P. B. Murphy
South Boston
P. J. Supple
St. John’s Church
Roxbury
Cherubini
Sig. Pio DeLuca
James T. Whelan
Alois Bartschmidt
Lamb Ousis
Woods
C.F. Hovey & Co
Chauncy and
Avon Streets
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