Mayor Curley Slashes Boston Election Department
Mayor Curley ordered a major shakeup in Boston’s election department. He directed abolition of two of three assistant election commissioner posts, readjusted salaries for assistant registrars, and announced firing of several staff, replacing with Curley loyalists. The changes cut overtime pay and set assistant registrar salaries at 1400 dollars annually. A gifts episode ended with gifts returned after clerk's clarification.
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Curley
Boston
Fitzgerald
Curleyites
Thomas J. McMackin
Frederic Eaton
Matthew Foley
Eaton
Ashford Street
Brighton
McMackin
Dearo
Win Smith
Messrs
Haton
Election Board
Election Department
Francis Brennan
Brennan
Luther League Praises President Wilson for Peace Work
About 100 members of the Luther League of America from Baltimore conveyed praise for President Wilsons work toward peace and presented resolutions expressing sympathy over Mrs Wilsons death to the President in Washington on September 2.
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Washington
Wilson
Luther League of America
Baltimore
League
Skeffington Defends Bombshell Immigration Charge
Immigration Commissioner Harry J. Skeffington defended his accusation that a leading Massachusetts figure from the Home Market Club violated the law by importing alien labor under contract. He said reports misquoted him and insisted the incident involved a single prominent man, not Washington influence, despite a contradicting statement by Home Market Club secretary Thomas Marvin.
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Harry J. Skeffington
Massachusetts
Home Market Club
Washington
Post
Thomas O. Marvin O
Half Cock
Skeffington
Marvin
Lawyer Leaders Debate Immigration Allegations In DC
A Home Market Club official in Washington faces scrutiny over alleged law breaking. The immigration commissioner is urged to present coherent specifics and let courts decide, avoiding sensational insinuations at a labor conference.
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Home Market Club
Washington
Chinese and woman held in New York abduction case
In Tombs Police Court, Flat Wong a Chicago graduate now Boston laundryman Helen Bassett a 17 year old Roxbury girl missing for months and Mrs Clara Sing of Quincy were held for examination next Monday. Wong and Mrs Sing face charges over the abduction and heroin possession respectively. Helen admitted to Captain Falconer she ran away with the Chinese.
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New York
Teneyck
Tombs
Wong
University of Chicago
Boston
Helen Bassett
Roxbury
Clara Sing
Quincy
City Accepts Offer of Greenwood Trustees
Mayor Curley approved the Greenwood estate trustees offer of 35000 dollars and 10000 square feet of land at Harvard and Glenway streets Dorchester for a new elementary school. The project will include an adjacent purchase to provide space and name the school the Greenwood school, the Sarah Greenwood School.
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Boston
Curley
Greenwood Estate
Harvard and
Glenway Streets
Dorchester
Greenwood
Sarah Greenwood
A Home Remedy for Wrinkles and Sagging Skin
A column touts a simple home treatment using saxolite and witch hazel as a wash to reduce wrinkles. It claims immediate improvement and promotes self care for women seeking younger looks, noting many commercial products are unsatisfactory or costly.
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Corry
Mae
New Harvard Appointments Announced By President Lowell
Harvard University revealed a slate of new hires across departments for the coming term. Edward Bran Gigee Morris Gray Jr and others join as undergraduates secretary landscape architecture and fine arts instructors. resignations include McCabe Costello Mateer Buckman. Lord Bryce named Harvard House trustee at Stratford and W H Schofield granted a full year leave.
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Harvard University
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Edward D. Bran- Gegee
Morris Gray, Jr
Ebert Peets
Millard B. Gulick
Bureau of Business Research
Albert C. James
Albert A. Horner
Carl L. Schrader
Martin Mower
Neil ©. Arvin
Massachusetts
Louis A. Frothingham
Frederic Gallup Coburn
Fitz-Roy Carrington
Thomas T. McCabe
Harry T. Costello
John G. Mateer
Thomas H. Buckman
Harvard Corporation
Lord Bryce
Stratford-on-Avon
Edward Morris
W. H. Schofield
Woman Joins Dolan & Dolan Law Firm as New Partner
Catherine Dolan, sister of the firm’s senior member Charles F. Dolan, was admitted to the bar and joined Dolan & Dolan after studying at the Portia School of Law. Miss Josie P. Sippelle was also admitted to practice.
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Dolan & Dolan
Dolan
Josie P. Sippelle
Boy Hunter Loses Arm in Ducking Accident
Harold Johnson of Adama Shore, 16, was in a duck hunt with Frank Granier, 17, of Quincy when a shell from a double barrel exploded as Johnson pulled the shotgun toward him. Johnson’s left arm was severed below the shoulder and he was hospital, arm amputated. Granier rowed two miles to Quincy for help.
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Harold Johnson
Adama Shore
Frank Granier
Quincy
Hangman’s Island
Johnson
Granier
Way to Keep Boys in Back Yards Demonstrated
Dorchester's Mary Hemenway Grammar School under Headmaster W L Murphy showcased garden produce from about 300 pupils to support his plan to prevent small boys from invading suburban backyard gardens.
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W. L. Murphy
Mary Hemenway Grammar School
Dorchester
Back Yard Gardens
Big Dorchester School
Back Yard Gardens Win School Agricultural Honors
Headmaster Murphy touts home gardens as a path to respect and cleaner yards. Contestants grew produce in their own plots with no central floral supervision, highlighting 26 pounds of potatoes by Francis Spring and strong showings from Miss L Gertrude Howe’s 8th grade and many Grade 7 and Grade 6 pupils.
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Murphy
L. Gertrude Howe
Mary Mahoney
Ruth Hayden
Winthrop Whitney
Winifred Murphy
Eugene Murphy
Minnie Howe
Kathleen Galvin
Frank Perrone
Margaret Galvin
Ten Murphy
Hazel
Beware Dogs in Hot Spell Rules Issued
Dr William C Hanson acting health commissioner warns of more dog bites in September heat and issues strict cautions. Do not kill unless the dog is extremely violent, doubt about rabies remains. Avoid Pasteur treatment unless certain. Cauterize wounds with fuming nitric acid. Report suspicious acts to the Bureau of Animal Industry at the State House.
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William*. C. Hanson
Bureau of Animal Industry
State House
Man Surrenders Over Alleged Theft in Philadelphia
Charles Smith, 23, of 332 George Street Philadelphia, walked into police headquarters and claimed he is wanted by Philadelphia police for larceny of 150 dollars. He said the theft occurred last August while employed as a collector for Pratt Food Company and asked to be jailed.
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Philadelphia
Charles Smith
George Street
Pratt Food Company
Runaway Girls Returned to Parents in Boston
Dorothy A. Perkins and Edna Wood both thirteen were returned to their parents by Boston police. They had run away from New Bedford three days earlier and stayed at a friend’s house in South Boston before officers at the Broadway station located them.
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Dorothy A. Perkins
Edna Wood
New Bedford
Boston
South Boston
Broadway Station
Names Listed for Upcoming Community Meeting
Vera Williams, Rosemary Wallace, Edward McMorrow and Roy Ward are identified as participants in the forthcoming community gathering. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Vera Williams
Rosemary Wallace
Edward McMorrow
Roy Ward
Ireland's Quarrel Is Ended Ends Anglo-Irish conflict
Richard McGhee of Mid Tyroon addressed the United Irish League in New York appealing for subscriptions to arm the Irish National Volunteers. He announced Ireland has won freedom through constitutional means and will not wage further war on England, aiming to raise 1 million dollars to equip 300,000 volunteers.
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Richard McGhee
Mid Tyroon
Ireland
John Redmond
United Irish League
American House
Irish National Volunteer Movement
Michael J. Jordan
Mr. McGhee
England
Royal Irish Constabulary
America
Ireland on Threshold of Prosperity After Land Reform
Thirty five years ago 600000 families held small farms and 60000 agricultural laborers were crushed into serfdom by landlords and soldiers. In 1897 Michael Davitt cried the land for the people signaling the start of ending landlordism and ushering reform. Last Friday the story continued toward a marvellous era of prosperity.
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Michael Davitt
Ireland
No Markets For Streets Mayor Drops Plan
Mayor Curley abandons public markets on streets and pushes a free market on the vacant Castle Street Shawmut Avenue lot. He will ask the council to allocate $500 to prepare the site for the proposed South End market. He notes market men lack enthusiasm for street locations but may sell wares at the new lot.
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Curley
Castle Street
Shawmut Avenue
South End
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