Boston school committee race tightens as tickets merge
Republicans name nine candidates, six on the P. S. A. list with cross tickets on Democratic and I. W. W. Ust. Democrats also list nine, with cross-overs. Kip of Ward 11 appears on Republican Democratic and P. S. A. tickets. Brock Cabot Magnitzky Russell Fee also cross list. Kenney Drum Sheehan span P. S. A. and Democratic lists. Merritt appears Republican and Democratic and may join I. W. V.
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Boston
I. W.W. W. Ust
Charles H. Kip
Ward 11
George E. Brock
Ella Cabot
Gustave Magnitzky
Duncan D. Russell
James E. Fee
William
Public School Association endorses four Democratic School Board candidates
The Public School Association completes its candidate list and endorses four Democrats for the School Board. Endorsed are Joseph A. Sheehan Charles H. Kip John D. Drum and William S. Kenney alongside Gustave Magnitzky as one-year term candidate.
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Public School Association
Joseph A. Sheehan
Charles H. Kip
John D. Drum
William S. Kenney
Gustave Magnitzky
James E. Fee
Charles Scott Dies in Philadelphia at 76
Charles Scott a longtime Philadelphia business and charity figure died at his home aged 76. He was a prominent church member and served on the Wesleyan University board of trustees and as vice president of the Methodist Episcopal General Missionary Society.
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Dorchester
James Russel
C and
First Streets
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association
St. Paul's Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Scots Charitable Society
Philadelphia
Charles Scott
Scott
Wesleyan University
Methodist Episcopal General Missionary Society
Democrats Draft List for School Board Election
A 25 member Democratic committee met to endorse a nine candidate slate for the upcoming School Board election. Ward representatives proposed names including W S Kenney and John A Ryan, with several wards contributing no candidate and others backing Joseph A Sheehan, Winthrop Merrill, and Matthew Cummings among others. The ticket was adopted unanimously after a brief debate.
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Democratic City Committee
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Charles H. Sullivan
Charlestown
Malachi Jennings
Ward
Joseph A. Sheehan
Winthrop M. Merrill
Charles H. Kip
Mei Isaac
William Cross
Cross
Francis Falvey
Jennings
Jauary
John D. Drum
Matthew Cummings
Frank O'Toole
Ignatius McDonough
Chelsea recount of mayoral vote shows Ward 5 gain
Chelsea registrars began recounting votes for mayor last night. Ward 5 gave Mayor Willard a net gain of 23 votes, with an 80 vote lead over William Martin and four wards left to count. Ward 1 and 2 reportedly contain many challenged votes likely to be discarded. Harry W. James narrowly edged out a city committee seat by four votes. Recounts in remaining wards start today.
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Chelsea
Steamship rate war settled after conference
Liverpool November 25 A meeting of Cunard White Star and other lines ended the passenger rate dispute. The settlement is declared virtually complete with some details still to be arranged.
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Liverpool
Cunard
White Star
Republicans Harmonious Convent picks nine school board hopefuls
A Republican municipal convention approved nine Public School Association slate members for the school board with unanimous support from the committee of 25. The slate split with Independent Women Voters holding three seats and two Democrats, Kip and Merritt, receiving endorsement. A notable rift arose when several delegates resisted adopting the full PS A list, and a committee of one representative from each ward was formed to report nominations. Samuel B Capen chaired the committee and announced the slate.
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Public School Association
Kip
Ward 11
Merritt
Ward 20
Independent Women Voters
Republican Executive Committee
Committee of 25
Lewis S. Breed
Ward 24
Charles H. Innes
Ward
Eugene L. Bassett
P. T. Boyce
William W. Davis
John Marno
Joseph J. Dennison
William E. White
A. M. Pitman
W. O. D. Grace
H. J. Levine
Walter J. Sears
Simon Goldberg
Henry C. Richardson
F. C. Hersey
A. Laurence Lowell
John W. Johnson
E. Mortain Hatch
George F. Marley
Frank E. Willis
Charles E. Wiggin
Charles A. Heintz
Cornelius Vander Pyl
John K. Berry
Samuel B. Capen
Thomas Cotter
Frank G. Newhall
Women Defers Action On School Board Ticket
Delegates at the Independent Women Voters convention in Wesleyan Hall adjourned at 10:30 PM without nominating a School Board ticket. Mary E. Cheney was named as convention candidate while Merritt and Merritt were discussed. A three-member nominating committee will meet today to choose the ticket, with Republicans not having yet sent word on their slate. The meeting was described as harmonious and aimed at selecting the worthiest representatives.
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Independent Women Voters
Wesleyan Hall
Boyden
Mary E. Cheney
Messrs
Merritt
Sarah A. Boyden
Anna E. Stoddard
Marguerite Rogers
Bromfield Street
Potato Crop Failure Hurts Connemara Peasantry
London reports say the potato crop failure has sparked distress among Connemara and Mayo seaboard communities. Galway county council urged relief works and cheap potato supplies for the coming season and proposed developing mineral resources to ease hardship.
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London
Connemara
Galway
Ireland
Mayo Seaboard
Long-Lost Son Returns After 38 Years Wanderer Tale
Abraham Ritchie, missing for 38 years, is at Plattsburg barracks awaiting discharge next month. He plans to rejoin his elderly mother in Wakefield after enlistment ends, having endured kidnapping, flogging, and eventual adoption in Burlington, Vermont, with prior Army service in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Wakefield
Abraham Ritchie
Ritchie
Plattsburg Barracks
Rena Ritchie Murray
Nahant Street
Nicolet
Canada
Lake Champlain
Burlington
Charles Robinson
Cuba
Philippines
Local Freestone Cutters Aid New York Strikers
Boston Freestone Cutters Union votes a weekly assessment to aid 2000 locked out New York stonecutters. The move was approved at yesterday's meeting as workers face long disruption while negotiations continue.
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New York
Boston
Freestone Cutters’ Union
Pug Dog Saves His Mistress in Fiery Parlor
In Malden on November 25 Mrs. M. Munroe, a noted Spiritualist leader, escaped with her two women companions after a smoke-filled hallway. A French pug named Baby alerted by barking as fire started in the parlor, three young passersby helped, and the chemical company quickly extinguished the blaze. The origin is thought to be rats and matches. the dog is highly intelligent and obedient.
Dog saves mistresses from house fire on Thanksgiving morning
At 4 o'clock on Thanksgiving morning a blaze engulfed a parlor at 25 Cross Street where Mrs. Munroe and Mrs. Margaret Dorman were alone. Their terrier Baby awoke them with frantic barking and pulled at the bedclothes, then lapped Mrs. Munroe's face, alerting them to the fire and saving them from the burning room.
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Massachusetts Spiritual Association
Margaret Dorman
Cross Street
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Delicatessen
Eille
Conlin
William F. Merritt
Ella L. Cabot
John A. Ryan
Francis W. Falvey
John A. Brett
James E. Fer
Democrats
Didates
Ward 21
Dwight Grammar School
English High School
Young Men’s Catholic Association
Knights of Columbus
Ward 22
O. W. Holmes
Judge Holmes
San Francisco
John Drum
San Juan Hill
Boston College
Boston University
Ella Lyman Cabot
Miss Foote
Radcliffe College
Woman’s Education Association of Boston
Richard C. Cabot
Massachusetts General Hospital
D. D. Russell
Worcester
Home Savings Bank of
Buffalo
Harvard College
Harvard Co-operative Society
American Mason Safety Tread Company
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
South End House
Democratic Club of Massachusetts
W. S. Kenney
Lyman Grammar School
Holy Cross College
Brimmer Grammar School
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Waltham Watches
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
National Supply Co
WM. J. Daly
Mgr
Pug Dog
Munroe
Donovan
Malden
Mrs. M. Munroe
Pug
Baby
Chestealamatant
Prince St., N. Y
Macallar Parker Company
Washington Street
Parker’s
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