Street Widening Delays Hit Pleasant Street Businesses
Businessmen on Pleasant Street from Park Square to Washington Street report slow progress on widening and repairing work started last May. The blockaded doorways and sidewalks with curbing stones and materials have cut trade by up to 75 percent. Holes at crossings lack proper planking, causing multiple falls. one man needed help to escape a muddy hole last Saturday. Rainy spells worsen conditions. Mayor's Secretary input prompted a slight speed up, but traffic along Charlestown and Harvard Square cars remains tied up at the subway entrance.
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Pleasant Street
Park Square
Washington Street
Charlestown
Harvard Square
Fight White Plague in Boston Schools
The school committee met at school headquarters with the Boston Board of Health and the trustees of the Boston Consumptives Hospital to plan eliminating tuberculosis from public schools.
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Boston Board of Health
Boston Consumptives’ Hospital
Plan by hospital group for child tuberculosis care
Edward F. McSweeney said 8044 city children have diagnosed tuberculosis and 2131 children live in homes with active cases. He proposed a coordinated plan with board representatives and Dr. Harrington to harmonize efforts and place afflicted children under hospital care, noting a Mattapan Children's Hospital with beds already.
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Edward F. McSweeney
Burroughs
McSweeney
Thomas F. Harrington
Mattapan
Temporary settlement ends New Haven railroad strike threat
New Haven Oct 17 A temporary settlement between the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and its engineers appears to have ended the immediate danger of a strike. The final issue will be the rules and will be discussed in meetings between General Manager C L Bardo and the engineers with the engineers dropping their demand to overturn the manager's order.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
C. L Bardo
Rescue of J. V. Thomas Crew From Cape Cod Storm
The Ameri can steamer Melrose arrived at Sewell's Point with Captain Malanda and three crew members of the barge J. V. Thomas, believed lost after their lifeboat voyage four miles off Cape Cod. The Thomas sank about half an hour later.
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Norfolk
Melrose
Frosproad
Boston
Sewell's Point
Malanda
J. V. Thomas
New England
Thomas
Cape Cod
Mrs. Blake Alimony Hearing Postponed
The alimony and counsel fee hearing for Mrs. Katherine K. Blake in her separation suit against Dr. Joseph A. Brake was postponed to Tuesday October 21.
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New York
Katherine K. Blake
Joseph A. Brake
Choosers of Mayor Selected
Chairman Richard Olney of the Citizens' Municipal League named committees to search for a mayoral candidate and for three City Council seats up for election in January. News that Congressman Peters traveled to Boston from Washington sparked speculation about his potential challenge to Mayor Fitzgerald.
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Richard Olney
Citizens’ Municipal League
Fitzgerald
Peters
Boston
Washington
Peters Declines Comment on Mayoral Contest Amid League Efforts
Congressman Peters avoids discussing mayoral politics after arrival. The Citizens' League appoints a special committee chaired by Olney to pick a mayoral candidate, naming Nathan Matthews as favored chair, with a second panel selecting three City Council hopefuls. Members include Elmer Bliss, Benjamin Lane, and others from Back Bay to Charlestown.
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Peters
Citizens’ League
Olney
League
Nathan Matthews
Back Bay
Elmer J. Bliss
Brighton
Benjamin C. Lane
West Roxbury
William S. Kenney
East Boston
Henry E. Hagan
Dorchester
Edward J. Powers
South Boston
Robert A. Woods
Ward 9
Put Auditor Under Arrest
Fred G. Bauer a 26 year old resident of 8 Austin Street Brookline was arrested by Hanover Street Station officers on larceny charges for about $100 from B F Flagg Company liquor dealers at 165 Blackstone Street. Bauer audited the books since May 1 and admitted taking the money.
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Fred G. Bauer
Austin Street
Brookline
Hanover Street
B. F. Flagg Company
Blackstone Street
City
Bauer
Beatrice Lewis Weds George Thompson Jr at Oldfields Home
Beatrice Helena Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis married George Thompson Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Thompson of Fort Worth Texas. The ceremony at Oldfields on Hidden Road followed a long school romance with UT Yale and Abbot friends in attendance.
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Phillips Andover Academy
Yale Sheffield School
Abbot Academy
Dana Hall
Thompson
Phillips Andover
Yale
Lewis
Kellogg Boynton
Keeseville
N. Y
Eleanor Durham
Germantown
Penn
Edith Walsh
New York City
Margaret Uwhl
Wilkesbarre
Persis Bodwell
Lynn
Helen Lewis
Beatrice H. Lewis
George Thompson, JR
Fort Worth
Texas
Marceau
Weymouth Woman Sues For Divorce In Libel Case
Mrs. Fannie G. Sherman of East Weymouth files a libel for divorce in Dedham citing cruelty and abuse by husband Joseph A. Sherman. She seeks custody of three children Florence L. Sherman Arthur L. Sherman and Royce Sherman.
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Fannie G. Sherman
East Weymouth
Dedham
Joseph A. Sherman
Florence L. Sherman
Arthur L. Sherman
Royce Sherman
Youth Gets Five Years and Day for Burglary
Victor Szewesynski a 19 year old youth from South Boston pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Dorchester house. Judge McLaughlin sentenced him to five years and one day at the Concord Reformatory after transfer from the Suffolk Superior Court.
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Victor Szewesynski
South Boston
Concord Reformatory
Suffolk Superior Court
Dorchester House
McLaughlin
Legal Fees Privacy Contention at Public Service Hearing
Railroad officials attacked a PSC order requiring monthly statements of general expenses. Edward D. Robbins of New Haven warned public legal fee disclosure would raise costs and cause interdepartmental discord. Woodward Hudson of Boston & Albany urged excluding timetable costs. small firms under $50 000 income exempt from reporting due to compilation costs.
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Public Service Commission
Edward D. Robbins
New Haven
Woodward Hudson
Boston & Albany
I W W Men Sentenced in Ipswich Strike Rioting Case
Salem news reports Nathaniel Herman of Boston and Carroll L. Pingree of Lowell, leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World, sentenced in Superior Court to six and three months in the house of correction respectively. They were convicted for fighting and rioting during a hosiery mill strike at Ipswich last June.
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Salem
House of Correction
Nathaniel Herman
Boston
Carroll L. Pingree
Lowell
Industrial Workers of the World
Ipswich
Dorothy Golden Tries Third Time to End Her Life
Dorothy Golden an 18 year old lodger at 31 Union Park attempted suicide three times in one night, first with iodine then corrosive substances and soda after a heartbreak with Harvard student Odell Johnson. She was rushed to City Hospital each time and saved by stomach pumping.
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Dorothy Golden
Union Park
Columbus
Massachusetts Avenues
Murphy
Dedham Street
Jovelorn
City Hospital
J. Johnson
West Newton
Harvard Medical
Dorothy
Johnson
Captain Lewis reports Ruth E. Merril off Chatham
Port of Portland dispatch says Captain Lewis of the steamer Northland arrived and reported passing the schooner Ruth E. Merril anchored off Chatham. The incident occurred during a night voyage with Ruth E. Merril noted in the harbor area.
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Portland
Lewis
Northland
Ruth E. Merril
Chatham
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