Banking powers and rail pooling spark Roosevelt era debate
Testimony describes proposed pooling and maximum freight charges raising concerns over Roosevelt's policies. Barker recalls alleged financing for election efforts, panic era maneuvers, and calls for a central US bank to curb Wall Street power.
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Barker
Roosevelt
Police Chief’s Horse and Wagon Stolen in Town Hall Theft
Nerve was the middle name of two young men who unhitched Chief of Police P. H. Smith’s horse and stole his wagon from the Town Hall side entrance this afternoon. Onlookers believed the chief consented as he was indoors. E. F. Maher, seeing the robbery route toward East Weymouth, suspects they headed for Boston.
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E. F. Maher
Weymouth
East Weymouth
Boston
Starved and Frozen in Box Car
John Tukelinsky a 27 year old man from New York was found half conscious from cold and starvation in a box car of the New York New Haven and Hartford line in Stratford. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with toes badly frozen and refused to identify himself beyond saying he crawled into the car to sleep. The car had been sent to Stratford for scraping and was discovered by railroad workers today.
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John Tukelinsky
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Bridgeport
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Hyman Levine Weds Sarah Goldstein in Commonwealth Hall
Hyman Levine of the Traveler circulation department marries Sarah Goldstein of East Boston in Commonwealth Hall with over 400 invitations issued. The couple plans a Pennsylvania honeymoon and residence in Winthrop.
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Traveler
Commonwealth Hall
Sarah Goldstein
Boston
Pennsylvania
Winthrop
James Treanor
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Margaret Sheehan
Jamaica Plain
Drivers and Helpers’ Union
Treanor
New York
Somerville Teachers Demand Salary Increase
A teacher committee led by Harriet M. Bell and others urges Somerville citizens to support a much needed raise in elementary salaries. They note wages rose little since 1872 while cost of living and new duties grow, warning that the town risks losing its reputation as a state leader in education if pay remains unchanged.
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Abigail P. Hazelton
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