Decoration of Library Defended by Trustees in Boston
Three Boston Public Library trustees defend awarding the building decorations to Bela S. Pratt after criticis m from the Boston Common. The Rev. Dr. Mann explains the choice came after two years of careful study and expert opinions.
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Boston Common
Boston Public Library
Bela S. Pratt
Alexander Mann
Samuel Carr
Thomas F. Boyle
Post
Pratt
Dr. Mann
Trustees Defend Pratt Plan Amid Art Controversy
Trustees defend approving Pratt proposed decoration and reject charges of bias. They cite expert input and protests heard, asserting harmony with McKim Mead and White designs and noting firm limits on prior consultations and current obligations. Samuel Carr warns that art opinions vary and public judgment will reflect good faith.
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McKim, Mead and White
Alexander Jenney
Samuel Carr
Library contract awarded to Mr Pratt for front design
Thomas F. Boyle states the Art Commission was consulted and acted within power in awarding the contract to Mr Pratt. Colonel Benton and William Kenny are abroad. The board voted in May, and Pratt has until June 1, 1912, to finish the front design.
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Pratt
Thomas F. Boyle
Josiah H. Benton
William F. Kenny
Europe
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Sets Maine Trip
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company leaves Boston by steamer Camden for a Maine tour. Under Capt John D Nichols the unit marches from Faneuil Hall then proceeds to Rockland Bangor Kinœo Moosehead Lake Sebomook Portland and back to Boston with stops for dinners, passes by governors, and a banquet at the Falmouth Hotel.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Camden
Maine
Faneuil Hall
John D. Nichols
Salem
Merchants Row
State Street
High
Foster's Wharf
Hollow Square
Reveille
Rockland
Penobscot
Bangor
Kineo
Moosehead Lake
Sebomook
Fernald
John F. Woodman
Kinco
Portland
Board of Trade
Falmouth
Casco Bay
Boston
Body of 21 year old girl found in North Canal
Lawrence police after draining the North Canal recovered the body of Josephine Lombardo 21 of 67 Essex Street. She was last seen Wednesday morning heading toward the stream and authorities believe unrequited love may have led to the act.
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Lawrence
North Canal
Josephine Lombardo
Essex Street
Times Building Explosion Suspects Sought in Los Angeles
Captain Paul Flammer said investigators Burns and Moran inspected the Times office ruins and attributed the blast to nitro glycerin. Three arrests, including alleged anarchist Martin Eagan, have been made. Mayor raised reward to 10000, with totals to 18500 from local papers and unions.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Paul Flammer
W. G. Burns
San Francisco
Secret Service
American Bankers’ Association
W. J. Moran
United States Secret Service
Times Office
Martin Eagan
Alexander
Five Bodies Recovered from Ruins After 30 Hours
A large force of workmen recovered five of nineteen burials in the ruins after digging 30 hours. Crews with a railway crane and derrick lifted heavy steel as police guarded the Times plant and the homes of General Harrison Gray Otis and General Manager Harry G Chandler. J Wesley Reaves, secretary to Chandler, is among the recovered, found near the former general manager's office. Identity relied on location rather than autopsy.
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Harrison Gray Otis
the Times
Harry G. Chandler
J. Wesley Reaves
Harry Chandler
Howard Cordaway
Reaves
Fiance Slain As Bride-to-Be Awaits Dinner
Chicago report says Christian Anderson waited for her fiancé Dario Brizzalora at a West Congress Street flat. A police officer told her he had been murdered by two hold-up men before they could join for dinner.
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Chicago
Christian Anderson
Dario Brizzalora
West Congress Street
Three feared lost after Winnipesaukee storm capsizes boat
A small boat with three or four aboard is thought to have sunk on Lake Winnipesaukee during a violent storm that damaged Wolfboro area, with Captain Guy Tutley reporting no other craft seen and Chocorua last voyage for the season. The region faced extensive damage including downed trees, overturned gravestones, and disrupted communications.
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Wolfboro
N. H
Winnipesaukee
Guy Tutley
Lakeport
Tutley
Rattlesnake Island
Harvard Freshmen Rise By Eleven In Class Size
The Harvard Crimson reports a freshmen gain of eleven over last year. Regular freshmen total 668 this term, up from 657 in 1909, while first week residents in special and unclassified groups show declines. This year totals 752 with 16 special and 68 unclassified, vs 794 last year with 41 and 96.
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Harvard Crimson
Redmond Party Welcomed by Irish American Crowd at Carnegie Hall
New York October 2 Carnegie Hall packed with Irish Americans cheering the British House of Commons group touring the United States for home rule John Redmond Joseph Devlin and Daniel Boyle attended while T P O Connor spoke in Toronto on another engagement.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
House of Commons
United States
John Redmond
Joseph Devlin
Daniel Boyle
T. P. O’connor
Toronto
Irish Leaders Rally as Redmond Speaks to Boisterous Crowd
Acting Mayor Mitchell led the Irish en voce to the platform while Morgan Os O'Brien opened with a speech pressing home the hope of home rule. John Redmond spoke amid applause. a flash from a gallery photographer caused a brief uproar before Redmond quipped about being under fire.
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Mitchell
Morgan Os O’brien
Ireland
John Redmond
Redmond
Great Welcome Planned for Irish Envoys in Boston
Bostonuje mass meeting at Symphony Hall planned for Sunday at 8 pm in honor of the Irish envoys John Redmond T P O Connor Joseph Devlin and Daniel Boyle visiting America to press home rule. Augustine Daly presided and Mayor Fitzgerald will chair with four envoys and local clergy and lay speakers set to address a large crowd.
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Boston
Augustine J. Daly
Cambridge
Central Branch
Augustine Daly
John F. Fitzgerald
Irish Envoys Begin Uprising of United Irish League Tour
A Buffalo United Irish League gathering featured J J O Callaghan as a key organizer. Envoys will speak at Carnegie Hall New York under Judge Morgan J O Brien and then travel to Philadelphia home of Michael J Ryan to report on a $20000 pledge to Irish national fans. Boston awaits the next stop with Symphony Hall mass meeting planned.
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United Irish League
Buffalo
J. J. O’callaghan
League
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Morgan J. O’brien
Philadelphia
Michael J. Ryan
United Irish League of America
Boston
Symphony Hall
Death notices from Boston area obituaries in October
Obituaries list multiple families with funeral arrangements across Roxbury Cambridge Dorchester Charlestown and Jamaica Plain. Entries include Brady Carmichael Dailey Fitzgerald Flanagan Hurley Hurst Kent King Jenney LeGallo McLaughlin McManus McShane Shellhouse Woodward and others with funeral times and church masses. Local fraternal notice from Boston Lodge No 10 B P O Elks requests attendance.
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Brady
Jamaica Plain
Alice Madeline
Mary
Edward Brady
Roxbury
Oak View Terrace
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Carmichael
Cambridge
John
Alice Carmichael
Cambridge Street
St. Mary’s of the Annunciation
Norfolk
Harvard Streets
Massachusetts
Teorouto
Canada
Arlington
Dailey
West Somerville
Margaret E
Charles Dailer
South
Boston
Isabel M. Ranney
Pauline Street
St. Johm Church
Massachusetts Avenue
North Cambridge
Marshfield
Fitzagerald
Dorchester
Dani E
Mary E. Fitzgerald
Geneva Ave
St. Peter's Church
Boston Pollece Department
Flanagan
Ellen Planigan
Michael Guerin
West Lenoxstret
St. Philip’s Church
Harrison Avenue
Hurley
Brookline
Margaret
St. Mary’s of the Assumption
Hurst
Chelsea
Ruth
Elizabeth
Charles Hurst
Broadway
St. Rose’s Church
Kent
Louise B
Wayland
Charles FB. W. Kent
Forest Hills Cemetery
Woodlawn
New Brunswick
Le’gallo
St Boston
McLaughlin
Charlestown
Collins
James McLaughlin
Chelsea Street
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
McManus
Thomas F
Marion Street
Halifax
N. S
New York
Woodward
Frank Edward
Mary E
Herbert B. Woodward
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Columbia Road
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