Third Apportionment Report Redraws Boston Districts
Suffolk County Apportionment Commission advances a third district plan drawing District 6 around City Clerk James Donovan and reshuffling wards in West Roxbury Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park to add one seat. The plan shifts Chelsea Revere Winthrop and Charlestown Ward 3 allocations, faces strong opposition and awaits Attorney General Attwill review before filing with the Secretary of State. Ward voter totals are noted, with some districts over or under the required per-representative thresholds.
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Suffolk County Apportionment Commission
Attwill
Secretary of State
District 6
James Donovan
Supreme Court
Donovan
District 5
Magin M. Lomasney
Chelsea - Winthrop - Revere
Boston
Charlestown
Chelsea- Revere-Winthrop
Cambridge Health Board Plans for School Children Exam
The Cambridge Board of Health completes plans for examinations of school children when schools open Monday. More than 30 doctors, aided by school nurses, will conduct the examinations over several days aiming to yield the nation's highest health rating for local children.
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Cambridge Board of Health
Ford Plans with Edison for Wilson Re-Election
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford met at Democratic headquarters in New York with chairman Vance McCormick and Secretary of the Navy Daniels to discuss how to mobilize independent voters for Woodrow Wilson. Both praised Wilson’s record and urged voters to learn the facts to secure a landslide victory. Ford claimed he is a Republican but cannot back a party prioritizing office over America.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National
Woodrow Wilson
McCormick
Daniels
Wdison
Wilson
Ford
Edison
America
United States
SINGER NAMES WOMEN IN SUIT
Minne Matzenauer a Wagnerian soprano sues Edouardo Ferrari Fontana for divorce filing in New York Supreme Court. She accuses him of visiting Alba Baruch at his East Ninety Fourth Street home and of seeing Helen Maeters in Far Rockaway with Martha, Marie Apel, and a Miss Luppi named in the complaint. The couple wed in Buenos Aires in June 1912. the tenor is currently in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minne
Matzenauer
Edouardo Ferrari-Fontana
Supreme Court
Alba Baruch
East Ninety-fourth Street
Helen Maeters
Far Rockaway
Martha
Marie Apel
Luppi
Buenos Ayres
Italy
Tagore Flees San Francisco After Alleged Plot to Slay
Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the Hindu poet and Nobel laureate, fled to Santa Barbara amid reports of a plot by Hindu revolutionists to assassinate him. Two men, Singh Sateshi and Jewan Singh, were jailed for battery and assault after attacking Professor Singh Mattu outside Tagore’s hotel. detectives say the goal was to reach the poet.
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San Francisco
Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Santa Barbara
Tagore
Singh Sateshi
Jewan Singh
Man chases rent money after race with wife ends in hospital
James Meehan of Somerville outran his wife in a pursuit over rent money. She broke a leg when attempting to leap a fence and the two menaced the landlord. She spent the night in Somerville hospital. Also reports on the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston, Yom Kippur observances, and synagogue services with Zionist fundraising appeals.
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James Meehan
Merriam Street
Somerville
Agnes
Jim
Way Clears for Reorganization of International Mercantile Marine
Discharge of receiver Philip A. S. Franklin by the Federal District Court clears the path for reorganizing the International Mercantile Marine Company. Refitting ships and purchasing part of the Pacific Mail fleet boosted profits during receivership. Franklin to receive 163 500 dollars plus substantial legal fees to various trustees and attorneys.
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New York
Federal District Court
Philip A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Mr. Franklin
Birmingham, Montgomery and Beecher
New York Trust Company
James Byrne
Fidelity Trust Company
Charles K. Beekman
John G. Johnson
British Steamer Hawkhead Sunk in Fog Collision
The British steamer Hawkhead, anchored off Sewall's Point in Hampton Roads, was run down in heavy fog by the City of Norfolk, outward bound for Baltimore. The Hawkhead sank about 8 o'clock. City of Norfolk suffered bow damage. No loss of life reported.
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Norfolk
Hawkhead
Hampton Roads
Sewall’s Point
Chesapeake Steamship Company Bay Line
City of
Secret Everett Wedding Ties Miss Mildred Lombard Goldthwaite
Miss Mildred Lombard Goldthwaite 23 of Andrew Street Everett secretly married Robert Evensworth McClellan of Cleveland Ohio on April 29 in New York. The couple will reside in Cleveland while her family learns of the ceremony. She is a 1913 Everett High School graduate and former East Boston stenographer.
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Mildred Lombard Goldthwaite
Andrew Street
Everett
Robert Evensworth McClellan
Cleveland
Miss Goldthwaite
John B. Goldthwaite
New York
McClellan
Henry Wyckoff Woodruff Dies After Illness in New York
Theatrical figure Henry Wyckoff Woodruff died in New York after several weeks of illness. Born in Jersey City, he was 48. He began as a chorus boy at nine, later studied at Harvard and graduated in 1898. He wrote the Hasty Pudding Club annual play in his junior year and was once linked romantically to Anna Gould.
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New York
Henry Wyckoff Woodruff
Jersey City
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Gompers Seeks Public Debate With Sherman
Samuel Gompers of the AFL challenges United States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman to a public debate. The Illinois and Chicago Federations of Labor urge the event in Chicago or Springfield by October 12 after Sherman's Senate attack.
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Springfield
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Iinois
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sherman
Senate
Illinois Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation of Labor
Gompers
Friday Club observes 24th anniversary in Everett
The Friday Club of Everett marked its silver anniversary with a literary program at Whittier Hall attended by about 200 members. Founder Mrs. Sarah Weld Smith led the receiving line along with new president Mrs. Alice Lincoln Hutchins, as Mrs. Charles B. Ladd chaired the arrangements committee.
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Friday Club
Everett
Whittier Hall
Sarah Weld Smith
Alice Lincoln Hutchins
Charles B. Ladd
Will of Professor Josiah Royce Leaves Estate to Wife
The Harvard philosopher Josiah Royce’s will filed in East Cambridge leaves his entire estate to his wife Katherine Royce. No inventory was filed.
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Royce
Josiah Royce
Harvard
East Cambridge
Big Decrease in Measles Cases in August Report
Public Health Bulletin from the State Board of Health notes a sharp decline in measles in August with 595 cases versus 2713 in July, reflecting a strong reduction in reported infections across the state.
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State Board of Health
Boston Reports 13 New Cases of Infantile Paralysis
The Boston health department reports 13 new infantile paralysis cases, totaling 18 for the day and 2 percent of the city’s victims. The State Board of Health adds 38 new cases. Read list includes Marguerite Benedick 1 year Dorchester, Nathan Goodman 8 months South End, William Peters 2 years South End, and others with ages and streets in Dorchester South End Charlestown West End Jamaica Plain.
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Boston Health Department
Boston
State Board of Health
Marguerite D. Benedick
Canterbury Street
Dorchester
Nathan Goodman
Venesee Street
South End
William Peters
Hudson Street
South Kind
Andrew Corenti
Pitts Street
West End
Frank Freeman
Oneida Street
Alvin Killinger
Childs Street
Jamaica Plain
Lynch Resigns City Job to Return as Plumbing Inspector
Richard A. Lynch resigns as superintendent of public buildings to return to his former post as plumbing inspector at 1800 annually. Ill health given as cause. Resignation effective Nov 1 per his letter to Mayor Curley. Walter Ballantyne may fill the vacated post. he is considering the offer. Lynch served since 1879, appointed superintendent in May 1914 amid ongoing criticisms.
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Richard A. Lynch
Curley
Walter Ballantyne
Lynch
Ballantyne
Motions To Quash Riot Indictments In Haverhill
Judge Winn representing Mayor Albert L Bartlett seeks dismissal of April disturbances indictments in Essex County Superior Court Salem. Tom I Wood for Alderman Roswell Wood also asks for dismissal of his father's indictments.
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Haverhill
Winn
Municipal Court
Albert L. Bartlett
Essex County Superior Court
Salem
Tom I. Wood
Roswell Wood
Quinn
Superior Court
Fire Destroys Toy Plant in Melrose Highlands
About 1000 toys were destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon at the American Toy Manufacturing Company on Franklin Street Melrose Highlands. The blaze, likely started by rats gnawing matches, caused an estimated $1000 in damage.
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American Toy Manufacturing Company
Franklin Street
Melrose Highlands
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Phil Graves
Mme. Matzenauer
India
Hub
Frisco
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter E. Lombard
Thomas H. Ratigan
Joseph A. Gahm
Walter L. Tougas
Quartermaster’s Department
Wiley
Jacob Fottler
Hadrash Israel
Dorchester Club
Julius Meyer
Zion Association of Greater Boston
Palestine Emergency Fund
Zionist Provisional Committee
Palestine
Meyer
Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Harry Levi
Rabbi Levi
Herbert Ehrmann
Murray Wiseman
Mishkan Tefila
H. H. Rubinovitz
M. Magidson
Ternational Mercantile Marine Now Free
Filene
Adamson
Melrose Hlds
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil
Comwer
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
En Jersey
Bayonne
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