Clergy Lead Protest Over Roxbury Saloon Plan
Clergy and residents in Roxbury protest replacing the Roxbury Mission on Dudley Street with a saloon. The Dudley Street Baptist Church and other leaders file petitions and urge the excise board to deny a license, with a hearing expected soon.
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Roxbury
Dudley Street
Board of Excise Commissioners
Charles L. Page
Charles Fulton
Dudley Street Baptist Church
William A. LaSeur
A Trip to California One Way Tourist Tickets On Sale
Colonist tickets to California on sale September 24 to October 10, 1913. Low fares to North Pacific Coast Points via Rock Island Lines. Electric-lighted tourist sleepers daily from Chicago St Louis and Memphis. Three best routes including Colorado Scenic Route to Salt Lake City and Ogden with Western Pacific. Dining cars and frequently conducted excursions. S. L. Parrott Boston agent.
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California
Rock Island
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
Grand Canyon
Feather River
Ogden
Southern Pacific
el Paso
New Mexico
S. L. Parrott
General New England
Washioe St
Boston
Mass
Gas meter thief ring leader arrested leaving boat
Albert Williams of Prospect Street Cambridge, alleged head of a gas meter theft gang in northwestern Boston, was arrested by Burns National detectives and Everett police as he stepped from a Portland boat. He faces breaking and entering and larceny charges after jumping bail and skipping court in Everett.
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Albert Williams
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Boston
J. J. Donovan
Burn’s
National Detective Agency
Palmer
Everett Police
Portland
Burns
Williams
Norton
Everett
Foreign elopers sent back on Cincinnati voyage
A man and a woman posing as newlyweds were deported on the liner Cincinnati after immigration officers uncovered the ruse. They had arrived aboard the Cleveland as cabin passengers and, following cross examination and a cable inquiry, the husband’s wife was found in Sardinia.
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Cincinnati
Hamburg
Boussert
Cleveland
Victim of Gas Poisoning Found at Bay State House
Patrick Mullen lies on the dangerous list at Relief Hospital after being found unconscious in his 882 Hanover Street room by day clerk William Vasen who detected escaping gas. Doctors express cautious optimism about recovery.
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Patrick Mullen
Relief Hospital
Bay State House
Hanover Street
William Vasen
Mullen
Proposed New Office Building for Mass General Hospital
Plans advocate a brick Georgian style administration building for Massachusetts General Hospital to centralize offices, provide living quarters for staff, protect valuable hospital records, and connect via covered passages. The project aims for maximum utility with minimal expenditure to boost hospital effectiveness and fundraising.
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Mass
General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Two Injured in West Roxbury Collision
A head on collision at Lagrange Street and Brook Farm Road in West Roxbury left two men seriously hurt and nine others shaken. Hackney driver Peter A. Murphy and passenger Daniel Mahoney sustained the worst injuries. five car passengers were uninjured. Both injured were treated and sent home.
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Lagrange Street
Brook Farm Road
West Roxbury
Ss. H. Cunningham
Williston Road
Brookline
C. W. Gainer
Corey Road
Peter A. Murphy
Daniel Mahoney
Farewells by 29 Priests in Boston Archdiocese
Words of farewell were spoken yesterday by clergymen in at least 29 Catholic churches of the Boston archdiocese. Today they enter new assignments as 14 churches receive new pastors while 15 younger priests begin work as curates.
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Archdiocese of
Boston
Harvard Students Battle Over Lunch Prices in Cambridge
Harvard students gathering in Cambridge for the opening of college engage in a lively lunch room dispute. About 5000 residents in Harvard square partake as a debate rages over affordable meals and the best value in campus dining, marking a notable shift in student routines.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Syndicate Lunchrooms Overtake College Stands in Egg Prices
Old college eateries once in control face a challenge from branch syndicate lunchrooms. Big business uses syndicate methods to cut profits and win over undergraduates, dropping egg prices from 10 to 5 cents while guaranteeing freshness.
Harvard Dining Halls Battle Price War With Pie Untouched
Harvard students face a price war as six square lunchrooms, a lunch cart and tearoom in Harvard Square compete with Memorial Hall Foxcroft and the Harvard Union restaurant. Pie remains fixed at five cents despite rising costs. Students stand to gain from lower prices amid the dining hall shakeup.
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Emporia
Harvard
Harvard Square
Memorial Hall
Foxcroft
Harvard Union
Parsons Strike Spurs No Sunday Funerals Edict
Paterson New Jersey ministers outlaw Sunday funerals and urge undertakers to cooperate. A three member clergy committee will tour Paterson territory to enlist wider participation in the movement.
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Paterson
N. J
Paterson Ministerial Association
Boston churches urged to unite against saloons
Rev Cortland Meyers told Tremont Temple congregation that Boston churches lack steam like locomotives with no fire. He urged all city churches to join in a campaign for better conditions to wipe out saloons and dens of evil in Boston.
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Boston
Cortland Meyers
D. D
Tremont Temple
Solicitor Charged With Stolen Sample Kit
Robert Derrah of 142 Sharon Road Medford was arrested by Police Inspectors Dorsey and O'Neill on larceny charges. The Kincaide company says he borrowed a leveling machine as a sample, then sold it last May for well under value.
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Robert Derrah
Sharon Road
Medford
Dorsey and O'Neill
Kincaide Company
Derrah
Harvard establishes first permanent Japanese chair in Oriental studies
Harvard opens its 278th academic year with Massaharu Anezaki, newly appointed professor of Oriental philosophy and religion. Former Tokyo university professor to deliver lectures on Japanese philosophy and religion as a regular member of the philosophical department led by Dr. Hugo Munsterberg.
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Harvard
Cambridge
New World
Massaharu Anezaki
University of Tokio
Japan
Hugo Munsterberg
Rattlers Declared Affectionate Pets by Snake Expert
Los Angeles reports Lonesome Jack Allman has captured his 18,000th snake. He praises rattlesnakes as intelligent and affectionate, claiming they can be trained to come when called like a dog or cat after being fanged.
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Los Angeles
Lonesome Jack Allman
Jack
Concord Armory Site Chosen at Everett Estate Junction
Armory commissioners settle on a site for the new State armory in Cord. The Everett estate location at the junction of Everett and Stowe streets will host the building once these streets are extended.
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Armory
State Armory
Cord
Everett Estate
Everett and
Stowe Streets
King Edward's Double Sought for Movies in London
A film company in London offers 250 dollars a day to a man who resembles King Edward at age 50. The firm has received hundreds of applications from men convinced they are the monarch’s exact likeness.
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London
Moving Picture Company
Edward
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