City Collector defends department with pledge of economy
City Collector Scollard argues that two years of service would yield at least 200000 more in collections for a 25000 expenditure, calling it a permanent income. He notes an already reduced force by five, cites the discharge of John L. Donovan, and promises a detailed reply to the Finance Commission while a salary cut from 7500 to 5000 faces potential approval.
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Scollard
Finance Commission
John L. Donovan
Ward 7
Donovan
Penal Institutions Department
Lamp Department
Farley
Commission
Penal Institutions
Martin
Deer Island
Navy seeks 4 million dollar enlistment boost
Washington October 25 Secretary Metcalf completed navy maintenance estimates showing a large rise. The President and Secretary of the Navy push for a 4 million dollar increase to pay enlisted men, aiming to recruit about 2000 additional bluejackets. Also discussed was widening the Panama Canal locks per the Isthmian Canal Commission recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Metcalf
Naval Establishment
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Webster defends independence from Mayor in Boston remarks
Representative Walter A. Webster, Republican candidate for district attorney, defended his independence during a October Boston tour. Speaking at Gray's Hall Ward 14 Congress Halls Ward 13 and the courthouse Ward 15 he rejected rumors of any connection to Mayor Fitzgerald and said he would not be under his influence if elected.
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Walter A. Webster
South Boston
Gray’s Hall
Ward 14
Congress Halls
Ward 13
Ward 15
Fitzgerald
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Boys
W. L. Douglas Shoe
Boston
Washington Street
Cor
Hanover Street
Summer Street
Lincoln
Court Street
Howard
Saugus Father to Bring Suit Over School Whipping
Bernice Bannon 10 of 27 Summer street Saugus was whipped in a private room for alleged note writing to teacher Lillian Parker. The school board deemed the punishment justified but the girl's father Daniel Bannon will pursue legal action with counsel after an investigation showed the note may have been written by another pupil.
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Bernice
Daniel S.,bannon
Summer Street
Saugus
Ethel Coker
Roby School
Little Bernice
E. A. L. Francois
Lillian Parker
Lynn
Frank P. Bennett, Jr
ROBY
Bernice Bannon
Somerville Boy Heroic Rescue Ends in Tragedy
In Somerville on Charlestown street a New England Gas and Coke wagon struck five year old Helen and her brother Harry who leaped to save her. Harry survived with bruises but Helen suffered severe injuries including a fractured jaw and crushed limbs and remains in hospital as the incident prompts city discussion.
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Harry Hamilton
Somerville
Charlestown
New England Gas & Coke Company
Helen
Harry
Hes
Somerville City
Ullmo Arrested in Toulon Spy Case Sparks Dreyfus Echo
Paris confirms the arrest of Ensign Charles B. Ullmo of the French navy at Toulon on spying charges after confessing to stealing a secret naval signal book and cipher. Ber ton, an army reserve officer, was later arrested at Vendome for negotiating with a foreign agent to sell military secrets.
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Paris
Charles B. Ullmo
Toulon
Vendome
Berton
Allmo
Dreyfus
Ullmo
Chamber of Deputies
Charles Humbert
Andre
General Langlois
Rivers Rise As Tarragona And Castelnau Flooded
Madrid reports Elbro and Segre rivers rising with no provisions in Tarragona and Castelnau. Inhabitants seek refuge in the hills amid ongoing flooding and displacement.
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Madrid
Elbro
Segre
Tarragona
Castelnau
Nine Years in Steel Jacket Ends for Ivy Husson
Lynn news reports Ivy Frances Husson aged 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Husson 268 Maple Street is walking freely without a steel jacket for the first time in nine years after recovery from a serious spinal ailment through religious faith and prayer.
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Lynn
Ivy Frances Husson
Samuel Husson
Maple Street
Conversion at Apostolic Mission Cited for Cures
Miss Husson, once required to wear a steel jacket, has improved after leaving the Apostolic Mission at Maple and Chestnut streets where A. J. Rawson evangelized many converts. The group claims numerous remarkable cures and cites her as an early adherent.
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Apostolic Mission
Husson
Maple and
Chestnut Streets
A. J. Rawson
Post Office Aids Merchants With Stamp Envelopes
Postmaster General Meyer announced an order allowing businesses to pay only the cost of stamped envelopes and printing when placing orders. This change stops tying up large sums of money pending delivery and aids large users of government envelopes.
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Washington
Meyer
Two Cousins Drowned Off Gull Island in Boat Accident
Harry Feener and Isaac Feener, cousins, are believed drowned after their fishing boat overturned near Gull Island. They departed on a fishing trip early Wednesday and did not return by nightfall, search efforts continuing.
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Liverpool
WN. S
Harry Feener
Isaac Feener
Gull Island
Dorchester to Honor Mayor Fitzgerald with Named Thoroughfare
Following examples of George Washington and John Hancock, Dorchester will name a thoroughfare Fitzgerald in honor of Mayor Fitzgerald. The move mirrors historic tributes by notable figures and local officials.
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George Washington
John Hancock
Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Fitzgerald Square Debate Splits City Hall Faction
City Hall supporters clash over naming a public square Fitzgerald suggesting the site at Orleans and Marion street junction on East Boston flats. Opponents say the designation is impossible and recall past honorees Alderman Day and Wire Commissioner Flood, while Dorchester’s Fitzgerald Street awaits changes as work crews move in.
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City Hall
Fitzgerald Square
O’meara
Orleans
Marion Streets
Boston Flats
Fred W. Day
Thomas Flood
Fitzgerald
Running Big New York Hotel
James Stack formerly in the liquor business becomes manager of the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York owned by Colonel John Jacob Astor. Lessee Jimmy Regan pays rent and owns hotel furniture. he was offered $500,000 for the lease but refused. Regan formerly ran the Pabst Hotel and made a fortune in the business.
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James Yi. Stack
Knickerbocker
New York
Metropolis
John Jacob Astor
Mr. Stack
Boniface
Boston
Jimmy” Regan
Mullen’s Exchange
Reynolds
Colonel Astor
Regan
Pabst
Thieves Grab $9000 at Philadelphia Sub-Treasury
Two men seized $9000 being paid to a national bank teller at the Philadelphia sub-treasury and fled. Police pursued, the pair tossed the cash under a street car, were captured near City Hall, one with a revolver, and the money was recovered.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Sub-Treasury
National Bank
City Hall
Kaiser Honors Caruso After Aida Performance
Emperor William awarded the Order of the Crown of Prussia to Caruso after he sang Aida. He personally remitted the insignia to the famed tenor, reinforcing the honor with direct royal gesture in Berlin.
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Berlin
William
Aida
Caruso
Order of the Crown of
Prussia
Porto Ricans Seek Citizenship Justice at Mohonk Talk
Jorge Bird Arias of Fajardo Puerto Rico urged the Lake Mohonk conference to grant complete justice to his countrymen. He argued Porto Ricans lack nationality to renounce and cannot become American citizens in the United States.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Jorge Bird Arias
Fajardo
P. R
America
Captain Swift Restored to Duty at Navy Yard
Captain William Swift of the U S Navy is restored to duty by presidential order after a six month suspension and will command the Boston Navy Yard succeeding Rear Admiral Snow who retires November 18.
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Washington, D. C
William Swift
Roosevelt
Boston Navy Yard
Snow
Mica Trust Is Ended After Court Dismissal
Chicago October 25 Judge Kohlsaat dismisses a patent case for lack of equity ending a roughly 15 year monopoly known as the mica trust. The ruling in the United States Circuit Court is described as final on the trust.
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Kohlsaat
United States
Circuit Court
Mica Trust
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Disabled Near Grand Banks
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing from New York, broke her rudder just east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, as reported by a wireless despatch to her agent.
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New York
Grand Banks of Newfoundland
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Webster
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CY SG
W.L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Post Office Department
Dorchester Street
Stack
Kaiser Strong
Wm. Brandreth
Adaluriem Medicine Co
Sixth Ave
Uae
Washburn
Capt. Swift
Navy Yard
Chicago
New England
NEW Clothing Department
Rahana
California
Glenbrook Distilling Co
Hanover ST
Scollay Sq
David J. Ingraham
Temple Place
Tremont St. Tel
Oxford
Owen
Tel. Rex
Frederic J. Crosby
Warren St
Goodwin
Roxbury
Mary C. Goodwin
Munford
St. Joseph's Church
Metropolitan Mutual Aid Association
East Boston
Carmine
Princeton Street
Mary M
Main St
Cambridgeport
Cambridge
New
Perce Scollay
Park Sq. John
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