Boston War Base Conference Led by Mayor Curley
Mayor Curley and a Boston committee with Secretary of War Baker will meet in Washington Saturday to push reopening the Boston army depot question. The War Department reportedly dropped plans for warehouses and docks on the South Boston flats. The Boston group includes Charles F. Weed, George F. Washburn, Henry Harriman, and Mark Temple Dowling.
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Curley
Baker
Washington
War Department
Charles F. Weed
The
Chamber of Commerce
George F. Washburn
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Henry Harriman
Mark Temple Dowling
Active service offer via fringe line work pond purchase
Direct call to action urges joining active service by taking fringe line work through buying a pond as a path to safety and stability. The message frames service as essential for protection of lives homes and finances, presenting pond ownership as the gateway.
Court Tackles "Mic" or "Man" On Ballots
The Supreme Judicial Court full bench weighs which name comes first on state election ballots Me precedes Man Mansfield seeks precedence Governor McCall represented by Mansfield argues for Mansfield while Crosby had ruled Mansfield should come first Judges questioned counsel suggesting sympathy with Mansfield position The decision rests with all seven bench members after initial ruling in Mansfield favor
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Supreme Judicial Court
McCall
Frederick W. Mansfield
Crosby
Mansfield
East Boston Man Arrested on Prisoner Rescue Warrant
Thomas J. Kiernan aged 26 of 98 Lexington Street East Boston was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Charles J. Hennessy on a warrant charging attempting to rescue a prisoner. He pleaded not guilty at East Boston District Court and the case was continued.
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Thomas J. Kiernan
Lexington Street
East Boston
Charles J. Hennessy
Station 7
Tone Ae
Boston Road Work Begins On Washington Street Paving
City officials announced that a new wood block paving project will start Monday in Washington street covering the section from Temple Place to Winter street. Day and night gangs will work to speed progress in the busy shopping district with completion targeted by Tuesday night. Meanwhile meatless Tuesdays and Fridays have saved about one fifth of Boston’s meat supply per Archie Hurlburt City Hotel Association president who urged wider adoption to avoid government intervention.
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Edward F. Murphy
Public Works Department
Washington Street
Temple Place
Winter Street
Boylston Street
State Streets
Boston
Archie Hurlburt
City Hotel Association
Endicott
Mr. Hurlburt
Brook Street resident wounded in Boston shooting case
Mrs. Caroline Millstein of Brook street East Boston shows slight improvement at City Hospital after a shooting on Dartmouth street Wednesday. Carmelo Verona is held in $6000 by Central Court awaiting results of her injuries.
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Caroline Millstein
Brook Street
Boston
Dartmouth Street
Carmelo Verona
Central Court
Mayor's Phone Girl Loses Purse After Awning Trip
Miss Selina O'Brien a telephone operator in Mayor Curley’s office tripped over ropes from a store awning in Newspaper Row yesterday morning and lost a pocketbook containing $40. Roddy Blake a tailor later brought the purse to the Mayor’s office after Miss O’Brien had been sent home for medical treatment. The Mayor thanked him.
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Selina O'Brien
Miss O’brien
Roddy Blake
Blake
Tragedy Near Centre Effingham Woman Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
The body of Grace Drake, 60, wife of lumber dealer Chester Drake, was found near her home with a bullet wound to the head and a revolver nearby. Investigators say she pulled the trigger with a foot tethered to a string after failing to return home. East Boston police were asked to help locate Harriet Sargent, 73, missing from 9 Antrim Street for three weeks, seen recently in Lowell.
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Grace Drake
Chester Drake
East Boston
Harriet Sargent
Antrim Street
Lowell
Contortionist Kaiser Bill Jumps A Dollar Bond Pitch
A humorous notice urges readers to visit any bank today and buy a bond. It promises a dollar a week suffices and compares the cost to paying a quarter to see Charlie Chaplin perform. The gag suggests Kaiser Bill could become a contortionist with jumps.
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Charlie Chaplin
Kaiser Bill
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