Taxation law revision tops Foss campaign agenda
A plank of the Democratic platform calls for revising state taxation laws. Governor Foss will discuss the plans on the stump during the campaign.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1911
Page
16
Schools to Open Tonight in Boston for 1911 12
Boston's evening schools will open tonight serving seven high schools, 14 elementary schools, an industrial school, and branches. Three new schools join this year the girls' high for cultural purposes the new commercial high in Dorchester High and another elementary school in the Washington School. Last year 20 000 pupils enrolled under Superintendent Field though average attendance ran about half that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
West Newton Street
Dorchester
Washington School
West End
Central High
South End
Charlestown
East Boston
Roxbury
South Boston
Frederick W. Lincoln
Hancock
North End
Lyman
Phillips Brooks
Quincy
Warren
Washington-Allston
W. W. Warren
Brightton
Bigelow
Bowdoin
Comins
Kenilworth Street
Eliot
Franklin
Wells
JW Chambers Street
Covening Industrial School
Mechanics’ High
Old Easton Boston High
Old Dearborn
W. Stanwood Field
Black Wool Suits Offered at Deep Discount
Gray Co. advertises menswear with black visuna suits made from Australian wool priced at 9.90 down from 20.00. Located at Washington and Hanover, the sale emphasizes the quality and savings to entice shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Co
F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Tragedy in Brockton Mother Drowns Baby Then Seeks Death
In Brockton on October 1, 24 year old Florence Bridgwood drowned her 2 year old daughter Helen in a bathtub at 261 Prospect Street and was found by neighbors attempting to take her own life. Her husband Fred Bridgwood was away serving as organist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Stoughton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Helen
Florence Bridgwood
Prospect Street
Mrs Bridgwood Tryes Gas Tragedy After Child's Death
Mr and Mrs Edgar C Hill found Mrs Bridgwood seated in a chair with a rubber tube in her mouth attached to an open gas fixture. Helen Bridgwood lay dead in the bath beside her. Bridgwood tied to chair with clothes line and revived after medical aid. She is deemed sane and to be sent to Taunton Insane Hospital. A note cites domestic quarrels but friends deny it. Bridgwood works at a treeing machine company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Hill
Bridgwoods
Taunton Insane Hospital
Bridgwood
Hope Rosemont Slavel to Wed in Worcester Marriage Bail Holder
Miss Hope Rosemont Slavel of Worcester, formerly Hartford, Conn., will wed Frank A. Sawyer, a Boston civil engineer who posted bail after her two arrests. She pleaded guilty to the charges including a postal money order matter and a shoplifting case, with Sawyer’s protection noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Rosemont Slavel
Worcester
Hartford
Conn
Frank A. Sawyer
Boston
Slaver
United States
Sawyer
C. R. Thompson
Low Pleasant Street
M. C. Buck
Hotel Kenmore
Court of
Frank F. Dresser
The
Kenmore
Sherborn Reformatory
Samuel Apler
Pleasant Street Place
Thompson
Grand Jury
Doctor Admits Wife Murder and Bigamy Scandal
Chicago intern Dr. Harry Elgin Webster confessed to police that he murdered his second wife Bessie Kent Webster near Dixon Illinois to hide his bigamous marriage to Zoe Varney Webster. He described the sequence from the September trip to Dixon to the fatal stabbing and disposal of the body.
Cavalieri Settles with Chanler for About 75 000
Lina Cavalieri has accepted a cash settlement with Robert Winthrop Chanler, rough estimate between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars. Lawyer Sidney Harris led negotiations, with Watriss and Osborn involved. Injunctions by Mrs Chanler No. 1 blocked transfer of Chanler assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lina Cavalieri
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Sidney Harris
Bob
Harris
W. Russell Osborn
Cavalleri
Frederick N. Watriss
Julia Chamberlain Chanler
Watriss
Cavalieri
Osborn
Overcoat Sale Offers Satin Lined English Garments
A Boston window display promotes a sale on English overcoats priced at 9.90 after a 20 dollar value, highlighting satin lining and the largest stock in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Marriage Kept Secret Of Doctor Webster Murder Confession
Zoe Varney Webster, first wife of Dr Homer Webster, from Cedar Rapids, was a respected music teacher with many friends. The couple met in Chicago six years ago when he studied at Rush Medical College and she studied there, but the story ends with Webster now confessing to murder.
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Webster
Zoe Carney
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Bessie Kent
Janis
Dixon
No. 2
Zoe_ Varney Webster
Homer Webster
Dr. Webster
Edgin
Rush Medical College
Aviator Rodgers Lands After Coast to Coast Try
C P Rodgers finished a coast to coast flight for the Hearst prize landing at Huntington at 4 28 pm after a day of storms and near peril. He started from Bobo near Decatur at 8 45 am rising to 1000 feet then hit 40 mph gales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
C. P. Rodgers
W. R. Hearst
Rodgers
Bobo
Decatur
British Fleet Arrives At Malta
British battleships Duncan Cornwallis Russell Triumph and Swiftsure and the cruisers Bac Chanté Aboukir and Lancaster arrived at Malta today in a show of naval strength amid ongoing Mediterranean deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Duncan
Cornwallis
Russell
Triumph
Swiftsure
Bacchante
Aboukir
Lancaster
Baldness Hope For Baltimore Hair System
Baltimore reports mounting interest in William Chas. Heene of the Lorrimer Institute and his hair preparation. Thousands use the remedy sent from Keene’s Baltimore lab with free trial outfits by mail prepaid. Residents may request the full trial kit at Branch 819, Baltimore, Md.
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Baltimore
William Chas
Heene
Lorrimer Institute
Keene
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the Press Publishing Co
Summer St
Devonshire
Washington Street
England
America
Washington St
Swaul
UCI
Philadelphia
34Th St
Westminster St
Buffalo
Maio St
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Harry Elgin Webster
Polyclinic Hospital
Bessie Kent Webster
Dixon, Ill
Zoe Varney Webster
Chanler
John H. Sharpe
Collins & Fairbanks Co
A. N. Cook & Co
Tremont St
Herald Ranges
Herald
Gli R. R. Potnts
New England
PUK
Wolf's
Portland
Gtresta
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