Bay State Street Railway proposes fare increases and transfer cuts
The Public Service Commission seals a 44 page pamphlet detailing proposed fare hikes to take effect Oct 1. Uniform 1 cent rise on five cent fares, nine ticket for 80 cent bundle, and end of many transfer privileges. Local transfer limits and collection points redefined across Lowell Lawrence Haverhill and other routes with new fare zones.
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Public Service Commission
Bay State Street Railway Company
Commission
Lowell
Lawrence
Fare Zone Extensions on Route 138 and Related Lines
Detailed adjustments to fare collection points and zone lengths across multiple routes including Haverhill-Newburyport Georgetown Groveland Ipswich/Nbwport and Reading Arlington. Changes add zones, alter distances, shift collection points from Groveland to Byfield Depot and Georgetown Trestle, modify west-bound points, and extend transfer limits affecting Gloucester Beverly and Rockport Gloucester lines.
Fare Zone Changes Across Lynnfield Salem Danvers and More
The report details altered fare collection points and new zones for several routes including Lynnfield-Peabody and Beverly-Danvers, with zones extending from North Saugus to Salem Town House Square and new points at Cushing Road Hingham. It also notes ticket sales rules, transfer privileges changes, and added zones between Brockton Nantasket and East Bridgewater.
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Billerica Centre
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Billerica-Burlington
Merrimac Sq
Lowell
Winthrop Sq
Medford
Woburn Sq
Andover-North Reading
North Reading Junction
Seminary Hill
Andover
Reading Square
Lawrence Transfer Station
Malden Square
Essex Turnpike
Boston Street
North Andover
Wilson’s Corner
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Town House Square
Salem
Whittler's
Essex
Harlow Street
Ipswich Junction
Ipswich
Centre St
Gloucester
Cabot and
Bow Sts
Beverly
Harlow St
Salem-Lynn
Highland Avenue
Swampscott Road
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Grove Street
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Cobb's Corner
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Randolph
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Brockton-Holbrook
Pine Hill
Nash’s Corner
Rockland Depot
Transportation transfer privileges and routes noted
Inbound text lists transfer privileges at specific squares and lines for routes 152 155 157 158. It notes Dedham Hyde Park connections to Boston and Cleary square, and restrictions including no transfers to or from Dorchester Lower Mills. It references Readville Mattapan and Dorchester lines with various transfer limitations.
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Dedham
Hyde Park
Dedham Sq
Boston Line
Washington St
Dedham-Westwood Line
Cleary Sq
Readville
Mattapan Sq
Boston-Hyde Park Line
Dorchester Lower Mills
Dorchester Lower Millis
Boyden Square
Cleary Square
Dedham-Westwood
Derchester Lower Mills
Boston-Hyde Park
Cambridge Co-Operative Society Opens In Central Square
The Cambridge Co-Operative Society opened in Central Square Cambridge under Houghton and Dutton Company. Mayor Good Councillor McGregor and Potter of Manhattan Market attended a reception with 8000 citizens, praising the store’s arrangements and management.
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Cambridge
Central Square
Houghton & Dutton Company
Cambridge Co- Operative Society
Good
Alexander McGregor
Potter
Manhattan
Cambridge Co-Operative Society
Trolley crashes into Postal Telegraph office injuring five
Five passengers were hurt when a runaway open trolley left its rails and struck the Postal Telegraph office in New London Connecticut near Pequot Colony. Motorman Keech jumped free as the car headed for the building and the front was wrecked. Mrs. George S. Chappell suffered scalp lacerations with possible skull fracture. Mrs. Kent and Miss Katharine Ryan were lightly injured. two men had cuts and bruises.
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New London
Conn
Reils
Postal Telegraph Office
Pequot Colony
Keech
George S. Chappell
Connecticut Woman's College
Kent
New York
Katherine Ryan
Big London merchant visits Boston on business trip
H Gordon Selfridge famed for introducing the department store to London arrived in Boston yesterday after landing in New York. He will travel from Boston to Chicago and last evening was guest of E A Filene.
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H. Gordon Selfridge
London
Boston
America
New York
Chicago
E A. Filene
King George Signs Order to End Treating in London
King George has signed an order applying liquor control clauses to London areas. The order, to be issued next week, will end treating in pubs clubs and hotels in London. A similar order applied elsewhere reduced police cases of drunkenness by 40 percent.
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King George
London
Belgrade Fortified With British Guns Reported
The Overseas News Agency reports Belgrade Serbia has been newly fortified and equipped with heavy British guns manned by British artillerymen, according to wireless dispatches to Tuckerton New Jersey dated September 24.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Belgrade
Serbia
Deaths Battles Sudden in Charlestown
Mary E Battles wife of the late John F Battles died suddenly in Charlestown on Sept 24. Funeral from 20 Cordis St. Tuesday Sept 28 at 8:30 am with a solemn requiem high mass at St Marys Church Warren St at 9 am. Relatives and friends invited.
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Battles
Charlestown
Mary E
John F. Battles
Cordis St
St. Mary’s Church
Warren St
Papineau seeks custody of child in Worcester probate case
Victor D. Papineau petitions Worcester Probate Court for custody of his child from his divorce with Elizabeth Chase daughter of a Webster manufacturer. Chase married Emery of Brookline after eloping from an elite Boston Back Bay girls school. Papineau and Chase wed about ten years ago.
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Worcester
Victor D. Papineau
Elizabeth Chase
Webster
Emery
Brookline
Papineau
Chase
Back Bay
Boston
Divorce dispute over child named in petition after remarriage
The filing details a troubled marriage lasting two years, a divorce granted on cruelty grounds, and a subsequent remarriage to a man named Emery. The petition lists the child as Frederick Chase Papineau born July 30, 1913, with a prior child named George mentioned during earlier proceedings.
Lynn woman attempts suicide in police cell
Margaret Faley of Lynn, arrested for drunkenness, tried to kill herself in a police station cell by strangling with a blanket. Matron Cordelia Frazier heard the struggle and rushed to help as Patrolmen Flanagan and Gannon aided in revival with a palmator. She is to be arraigned tomorrow.
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Margaret Faley
Lynn 4
Cordelia Frazier
Flanagan
Gannon
Socialists Not Afraid to Debate in Public
Mrs. Martha Moore Avery, a leading socialist figure, is denied by a letter writer who argues socialists readily debate publicly. The letter cites W F Frazier and David Goldstein encounters in Boston and Miami as evidence that Goldstein avoided debate when in Miami.
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Martha Moore Avery
W. F. Frazier
David Goldstein
Boston
Goldstein
Miami
Fla
Swami Paramananda to Lecture at Boston Vedanta Center
Swami Paramananda head of the Vedanta centre of Boston will deliver the first lecture of the season at the chapel tomorrow morning on The Secret of Right Living He will also speak at the vesper service at eight o clock On Tuesday evening he begins a course titled Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita the great scripture of India.
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Swami Paramananda
Vedanta Centre
Boston
India
Woman Hurt When Autos Collide In Front Street Incident
Mrs. Frank M. Schiffmacher wife of the Olm stead Flint Company Boston president was seriously injured when a touring car owned and driven by James J Brooks Somerville skidded and struck his riding party head on early last evening.
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Frank M. Schiffmacher
President Schiffmacher
The
Olmstead-Flint Company
Boston
James J. Brooks
Sewall Street
Somerville
Accident on Spot Pond Road in Middlesex Fells
A light shower wet Spot Pond road in Middlesex Fells where Mrs Schiffmacher sustained a head cut and a large gash under her eye. She was taken to Medford for care and then home. Mr Brooks with four women drove away in his car, despite a lame wheel, after the front of the Schiffmacher vehicle was smashed.
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Spot Pond
Midlesex Fells
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