Bird warns McCall that Progressive vote hinges on platform
The letter from Charles Sumner Bird urges McCall to embrace a liberal platform and a constitutional convention to attract Progressive voters. Bird argues the Progressive and Republican reform aims overlap on initiative and welfare planks, while warning that a vague platform risks defeat and stressing support for a strong, centralized governor and budget system.
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McCall
Bird
Call
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Nelson B. Clark
Beverly
Walsh
Massachusetts
United States
Charles Sumner Bird
Dr Hill Sued for 100 000 Dollars in Chicago Case
The Rev Dr John Wesley Hill author and lecturer, former Metropolitan Temple pastor and International Peace Forum president, was named defendant in a $100,000 suit filed by Miss Lucille Covington of Chicago, once his employee and former Chicago school teacher. He is slated to speak at a Boston Republican rally.
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New York
John Wesley Hill
Metropolitan Temple
International Peace Forum
Lucille Covington
Chicago
Hill
Boston
Covington Sues Dr Hill for Breach of Promise in Retraction of Marriage
The summons in a breach of promise suit was filed as Miss Covington accuses Dr Hill of love at first sight in 1910. She alleges he misrepresented his marital status, discovering a wife and two children in late 1911. Dr Hill is in Detroit for a lecture. Bainbridge Colby will handle representation with a 20 day notice of appearance.
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Western Vaudeville Association
Dr. Hill
Schmidt
Chicago
Hill
Detroit
Bainbridge Colby
Mammoth Boston Band to Perform at Braves Field Next Sunday
A 125 member Boston orchestra led by Barrington Sargent will perform at Braves Field this Sunday after rain postponed last week. Soloist Mme. Hamlin now sings this Sunday. Tickets go on sale this morning at Filene's.
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Mammoth
Boston
Barrington Sargent
Braves Field
Mme. Hamlin
Filene’s
Toy Theatre Opens With The Victory In Boston Tonight
The Toy Theatre opens its season in Boston with The Victory an allegorical art drama by Ruth Helen Davis known for French translations. Ella Wheeler Wilcox lyrics, Arthur Foote music and Clara Tippett direction accompany a cast led by Ada Dow with Paul Jones Chute as chief solo dancer plus Wilcox and Suss sisters among the soloists.
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The
Toy Theatre
Boston
Ruth Helen Davis
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Arthur Foote
Miss Davis
Clara Tippett
Charles Roepper
Ada Dow
Paul Jones Chute
Winifred Gilrai
Doris Suss
Gladys Suss
O Connell Curran Wedding Among Exchange Supervisors
The first wedding among five telephone supervisors of the main exchange was held last evening. Bride Mary Louise Curran, daughter of Martin and Mary Curran of 255 E Street South Boston. Groom Joseph J O Connell Jr patrolman son of Lt Joseph J O Connell of Brookline police.
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Mary -Louise Curran
Martin and
Mary Curran
E Street
Boston
Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr
Joseph J. O'Connell
Brookline
Carr Named Republican Governor's Council Nominee in Essex
Frederick H. Carr of Rockport won the Republican nomination for the Governor's Council in the fifth Essex district after recounts in all cities and towns. The change follows an initial indication that James F. Ingraham of Peabody had been chosen.
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Gloucester
Frederick H. Carr
Rockport
Fifth Essex
James F. Ingraham
Peabody
Notable People Attend Mrs Lodge Funeral
The funeral of Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge wife of the Massachusetts senator was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Cambridge yesterday afternoon with Bishop Lawrence officiating and assisted by the parish rector Prescott Evarts who had known Mrs Lodge in her youth.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Christ Episcopal Church
Cambridge
Lawrence
Prescott Evarts
Theodore Roosevelt
Massachusetts social leader buried with Roosevelts at Mt Auburn
The Boston based Massachusetts social and literary figure, long active in Washington, was laid to rest at Mt. Auburn Cemetery after private services at Christ Church. Theodore Roosevelt and family attended along with prominent state and national figures. The ceremony included ushers and Episcopal burial chants.
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Lodge
Harvard
Boston
Washington
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin
Douglas Robinson
Lincoln Savings Bank Sought for Roxbury Crossing
Prominent Roxbury businessmen urged Bank Commissioner Augustus Thorndike to grant a charter for the Lincoln Savings Bank with a proposed Roxbury Crossing location. They argued a local savings bank was needed in the Grove Hall Brookline Hyde Park triangle.
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Roxbury
Augustus Thorndike
Linccoln Savings Bank
Roxbury Crossing
Grove Hall
Brookline
Hyde Park
Protestant Church News Highlights Local Sermons
The Rev. Dr W C Minifie a former Allied war chaplain will supply at Somerville Union Square Baptist Church Sunday night at 715 with the pastor Rev F W O'Brien introducing him. Dr I S Wirt described Allied drive experiences at Maverick Church East Boston last night drawing large attendance. Dr Madison C Peters now at Clarendon Street Baptist Church will preach 1030 am and 730 pm next Sunday.
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W. C. Minifie
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
F. W. O'Brien
Minifie
I. S. Wirt
Maverick Church
Boston
Madison C. Peters
Brooklyn
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Secret Automobile Wedding Ties Macauley Ripley
Miss Mary Victoria Macauley and Harold Reed Ripley wed in a private ceremony decided during an automobile trip through Quincy. The couple, from Dorchester and Brookline, honored vows in a quick ceremony performed by Rev. Lang as they traveled last Monday.
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Mary Victoria Macauley
Francis L. Macauley
Corwin Street
Dorchester
Harold Reed Ripley
John H. Ripley
Beacon Street
Brookline
Quincy
Ripley
Mr. Lang
Clin
Brothers in Queer Suits Face Lawsuit Over False Arrest
Two musician brothers Louis Fernbloom and Isadore Krantwies, who played cornet and clarinet at a Polish wedding in South Boston on June 13 1916, testified in municipal court. Fernbloom claims Isadore had him arrested for assault after grabbing his clarinet. Isadore says Fernbloom struck him first. Judge Bolster found for Krantwies in both suits, citing no malice but greed.
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Louis Fernbloom
Isadore Krantwies
Boston
Stanislaw Sedletsky
Krantwies
Fernbloom
Sedletsky
South Boston
Krantcies
Isadore
Bolster
IK Brantches
Red Cross Fund Subscriptions Acknowledged by Massachusetts Branch
F L Higgingon Jr treasurer lists donors to the American Red Cross Massachusetts Branch and Worcester County Chapter including First Congregational Church of Falmouth and Walnut Hill School. Totals feature multiple individual gifts and group contributions for Serbia relief and general Red Cross funds.
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F. L. Higgingon, Jr
Massachusetts
American Red Cross
State Street
Worcester County
American National Red Cross
Aloans
First Congregational Church of
Falmouth
Mses
Mary C. Coolidge
Serbia
J. Randolph Coolidge
Caros Secaive Psa Oe
B. E. Hawes
Walnut Hill School
Cbronet Natick Red Cross Aid Society
Jacob
Rogers
M. L. Goddard
Roberts
Russell
Red Cross Auxiliary
Ooh
Men's Brotherhood Bible Class
Pilgrim Denereentecast Ghardh
Eas Mbs
Edward M. Brewer
Ladies of
Accaxet
Mass
Eatport Harbor
General Red Cross Fund
Taon Society For
Hecklers Question the Antis in Suffrage Drive
Clashes with suffragists marked the third day of the anti suffrage campaign through Middlesex and Essex counties. Antis claimed opponents had planted hecklers at nearly every stop on the day’s trip.
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Lawrence
Middlesex
Essex
Antis Elated By Large Open Air Rallies And Debates
Antis celebrate large crowds at open air rallies and receptions across multiple towns in a Suffrage tour. Over 2000 heard in Tewksbury Billerica Reading and three big Lawrence rallies with lively debates between speakers including Colonel John P. Irish and Rev. Dr. Sarah Dixon.
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Antis
Tewksbury
Billerica
Reading
Lawrence
John P. Irish
California
Charles L. Underhill
Somerville
John J. Douglass
East Boston
James M. Keyes
South Boston
William H. Morgan
Lynn
Tewksbury Post Office
Suiffs
Sarah Dixon
Herbert Larrabee
J. K. Aldrich
Mr. Douglass
Dixon
Colonel Irish
Carrie Corkum
Irish
Harry E. Hurd
Reading Methodist Church
Beecher
Mr. Underhill
Bedford
North Andover
Andover
Mr. Keyes
Haverhill Street
Broadway
Mr. Morgan
Essex
McMahon Chooses State Farm Over Deer Island
Patrick McMahon, previously arrested once, faced Judge Burke in the Police Court and chose to serve his term at the State Farm in Bridgewater rather than Deer Island yesterday after deliberation.
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Deer Island
Patrick McMahon
Burke
Bridgewater
MacMahon
Boy Hatches Quarrel Wounds 4-Year-Old in New Bedford
In New Bedford on September 29 a boyish quarrel led to Louis Pildas, 4, son of William Pildas of 273 South Second Street, being seriously wounded this afternoon by a hatchet.
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New Bedford
Louis Pildas
William Pildas
South Second Street
Hatchet Attack Leads to Neighbor Confrontation
A boy wielding a hatchet attacked another youth from the same neighborhood and left him unconscious in a cellar at 208 South Water Street. Police investigated the incident and the victim was found by residents.
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South Water Street
Boy Critical After Suspected Attack in Neighborhood
A 7 year old Antone Pina was questioned by police as a boy named Louis Pildas lay in critical condition at St Luke's Hospital with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Another child Henry Sousa, 6, said he saw a Pina boy chopping Louis through a cellar window.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Antone Pina
Pina
Pildas
Henry Sousa
Louis
Joseph Pina
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