Adeline Jars GOP Love Feast Sparks Dorchester Clash
At the Dorchester Republican Club meeting in Paragon Park yesterday afternoon the moment of the Love Feast with the quartet singing Sweet Adeline drew attention. Mayor Fitzgerald was absent and Senator from Massachusetts did not join in. He merely looked annoyed and lit a cigarette. The scene stood out as the sole discordant note.
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Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Dorchester
Paragon Park
Senator Lodge Defends Tariff Record Amid Price Rise Debate
The scene centers on a Republican get-together where Senator Lodge argues that tariff policy is not driving rising costs. He contrasts U S price trends with Canada using labor data and notes sharp price hikes in beef butter eggs flour and cotton, asserting tariffs play no causative role in the recent cost of living increases.
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Department of Labor of Canada
Canada
United States
New York
Young explorers seek Chelsea salamander in wilds of Chelsea
Theodore Roosevelt of Charlestown aged six and his companion Thomas Martin four venture into Chelsea in search of the elusive Chelsea salamander. Patrolman Herbert J. Bradley finds them weeping and escorts them to the station where Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Martin are summoned.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Charlestown
Chelsea
Nuppy
Whang
Thomas Martin
Pearl Street
Roosevelt
Medford Street
Herbert J. Bradley
Martin
Medford
Velt
George
Kermit
Alice
Theodore
Salamander Country
Chelsea Square
Patroman Bradley
Draper Reflects on Beacon Hill Actions and Local Issues
Governor Draper discusses economic shifts from producers to consumers and notes Massachusetts Legislature actions. He cites Framingham’s defaulter case prompting anti peculation laws and a corporate taxation measure, acknowledging mixed feelings about its impact on Hopedale.
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Draper
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
Framingham
Hopedale
Massachusetts Draws Most Immigrant Aliens in 1919
The August bulletin from the bureau of Statistics reports that during the ten year period ending 1919, 606 467 immigrant aliens, or 7.39 percent of the total admitted to the United States, were destined for Massachusetts. Italians led with 14 700 declaring Massachusetts as destination in 1908, followed by Poles Irish French English Hebrew Greek Portuguese and Lithuanian in descending order.
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Washington
United States
Massachusetts
Bureau of Statistics
For Sale Wicker Pony Cart at R. H. White Estate
Practicaly new pony cart offered for sale, usable single or double. Has been used only twice. Viewings arranged by contacting Mr. H. Terry, Superintendent, R. H. White Estate, Chestnut Hill Massachusetts.
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H. Terry
R. H. White
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Boston Mayor Urges Connecticut River Development to Holyoke
Mayor John I Fitzgerald of Boston urged developing the Connecticut River north to Holyoke to boost manufacturing in Holyoke Springfield and Chicopee. He spoke at the Atlantic deeper waterways convention praising canals from Beaufort to Boston and stressing value to Massachusetts industries.
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Providence
John I’. Fitzgerald
Boston
Connecticut
Holyoke
Springfield
Chicopee
Massachusetts
Key West
Waterways Congress
Fitzgerald
United States
Beaufort
Connecticut Valley
Connecticut River
Hartford
Rhode Island Canal
Narragansett Pier
Shoston Harbor
New York
Fall River
Taunton
B. Picton
Quincy
Merrimack River
Lowell
Haverhill
Cape Cod
Barnstable
Buzzard’s Bay
New England
Lands to Open for Settlers in California and Nevada
Lands reaching 1,737,900 acres in California and Nevada will open for settlement on November 31 and entry will follow one month later. The plan announced from Washington sets the dates for new homestead opportunities and pioneer settlement.
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Washington
California
Nevada
Protests Grow Over NE Telephone Rates Across Several Cities
Protests from Revere Waltham Watertown and Newton against proposed New England Telephone and Telegraph Company rates intensified after Massachusetts Highway Commission recommendations were released. Mass meetings are planned in each city to organize opposition.
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Revere
Waltham
Watertown
Newton
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Massachusetts Highway Commission
John Harrington
Newtonville
Sid
Grafton KE. Kirwin
B. E. Potter
John B. Kelley
John J. Mooney
Revere residents oppose new telephone rates plan
Chairman Roscor Walsworth cites widespread complaints that the proposed schedule will raise costs for residents and cut service for Revere by limiting off shore districts. A Friday mass meeting in Town Hall will decide next steps, alongside protests against a Boston and Eastern tunnel certificate denial.
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Roscor Walsworth
Revere Board of Selectmen
Revere
Massachusetts Railroad Commissionerr
Boston & Eastern Railroad
Harbor
Lynn
Salem
Beverly
Suicide by Bridegroom Before Bride in Colorado Hotel
Fred W. Cheney 28, son of R. H. Cheney of Manchester New Hampshire shot himself in Grand Junction Colorado in the hotel room where he and his bride had just arrived. Mrs Cheney fainted on the bed as the tragedy unfolded. The couple had married shortly before and were reportedly traveling west on their honeymoon. Only about 500 dollars remained of their funds.
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Manchester
N. H
Fred W. Cheney
R. H. Cheney
Grand Junction
Col
Cheney
May Alice Morse
Miss Morse
Four hundred Tons of Flesh to Gather in Boston
Boston hosts the New England Fat Men's Club sixth annual convention with 2700 members weighing between 210 and 380 pounds. Officers Quimby and Flanders boast large and small figures as cod liver oil rumors swirl. The group plans theater, Tremont Temple services, Revere Beach diversions, then Nahant boat to Bass Point for athletic events.
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Boston
New England
Fat Men's Club
W. D. Quimby
Portland Street
William T. Flanders
Branford, Conn
Landers
Mr. Flanders
Mr. Quimby
G. E. Bicknell
Lowell
C. B. Amerman
Camden
Ediih
J. I. Hale
Wells River
Messrs. Bicknell
Amerman
Castle Square
Tremont Temple
Revere Beach
Revere
Bass Point
Voting List Closed Records Show Population Gain
The supplementary police listing closed at midnight with a net gain of 97 names from last year. Total supplementary names reach 897, up from 800. William H. Dwyer of Shawmut Avenue urged to be listed after calling from Brookline and arriving at police headquarters near 11:57. The April original listing stood at 206000 versus 203000 the year before, with earlier start dates April 1 this year and May 1 last year.
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Barter
William H. Dwyer
Shawmut Avenue
Brookline
Noted College Chemist Dead at Amherst
Amherst, Sept 1 Professor emeritus Charles Anthony Goessmann of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and honorary director of the State agricultural experiment station died here today. Born in Naumburg Germany he studied at Goettingen and came to the United States in 1857 arriving in Amherst in 1868. Since his retirement in 1907 he had received a Carnegie pension.
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Amherst
Charles Anthony Goessmann
Massachusetts Agricultural College
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Naumburg
Germany
University of Goettingen
Two Men Charged In $2438 Larceny Case
Officers from Jamaica Plain arrest Samuel J. Powers and Albert C. Smith for larceny of $2438.85 from Morris Goldberg. Both men, living at 615 Tremont Street and 496 Summer Street Lynn, are held on 12 counts covering six months.
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Jamaica Plain
Samuel J. Powers
Tremont Street
Albert C. Smith
Summer Street
Lynn
Morris Goldberg
Endicott Street
O Connell derides G O P in Roxbury campaign speech
Congressman Joseph F. O Connell spoke at Vine Street Church Roxbury during his reelection bid. He criticized tariff policy and the watch trust, citing Ward 17 factories as lost employment and urging new enterprises to repopulate empty factories near the South Bay.
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Joseph F. O'Connell
Vine Street
Roxbury
O'Connell
Boston
Globe Nail Works
New England Piano Company
Guyer
Salvation Army
Watch Trust
Republican Party
London
Howard Watch Factory
South Bay
Daily Fire Record Briefs
Chronology of small fires and alarms with locations including Windsor street Hillside street Bear street and Burke. Entries mention Arthur Sampson Katherine Lamar and Charles F. Gorton with varying loss. notes include needless alarm and times from 2:10 a m to 5:40 p m.
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Bear
Ring Street
Windsor Street
Arthur Sampson
Box
Katherine Lamar
Hillside Street
Charles F. Gorton
Burke
Papal Legate Arrives for Montreal Eucharistic Congress
Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli envoy of Pope Pius X arrived at Quebec on the Empress of Ireland for the 25th international Eucharistic congress to convene in Montreal September 6 for a five day session. Cardinal Logue and Father Vaughan travel with him along with bishops and priests from France England Ireland Scotland and Belgium.
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Quebec
Vincent Vannutelli
Pius X
Montreal
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
Father Vaughan
France
England
Scotland
Belgium
Quebec Welcomes Papal Envoys On Arrival At Frontenac Terrace
More than 10 000 people gather on Chateau Frontenac terrace as Sir Charles Murphy welcomes Cardinal Vannutelli at Quebec City entrance. The legate thanks France and Canada and the Te Deum is sung in Notre Dame de Quebec.
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Quebec
Chateau Frontenac
Charles Murphy
Canada
Frontenac Terrace
Champlain
Cardinal Vannutelli
Pope Rosa
Basilica of
Notre Dame de Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Lady Grey
Montreal
Dr. Guerin
St. James Cathedral
Monsignor Bruchesi
Cardinal Gibbon
Penny From 1793 Sells For 340 At Auction
New York a numismatist Henry Chapman paid 340 dollars for a 1793 Liberty Cap penny at an auction. It is the highest price ever paid for a penny and surpasses the previous record of 275 dollars. The coin, struck in 1793, was once owned by Peter Hougey of Cincinnati.
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New York
Henry Chapman
Peter Hougey
Cincinnati
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