Police Board Whitewash in 1883 Editorial Sparks City Hall Debate
An 1883 Cambridge Chronicle editorial condemns city aldermen for whitewashing police misconduct. It details proposals to remove Patrolmen Evans and Eaton and to demote Sergeant Pullen, with a reprimand for Pullen seen as inadequate. The piece questions Mayor Fox and the board’s handling of the department’s discipline and cites past abuses by Sergeant Vithen.
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Cambridge Chronicle
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Police
Evans
Eaton
Pullen
Fox
Russell
City Hall
Vithen
Fresh Pond
East Cambridge
Harvard Square
Brattle Square
McNamee
Hallar
Chronicle
Nonpartisan ranks show brewing incompetency sample
A Boston Globe excerpt labeled as a sample of nonpartisan incompetency depicts internal trouble in nonpartisan ranks. The text highlights internal friction and the potential for broader fallout beyond party lines.
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Boston Globe
Cambridge Streets Clash as Monk Pushes for Clerk’s Ouster
Cambridge city hall dispute centers on Councilman Sydney Monk and Supt George Clukas. Monk demands removal, Mayor Daly resists, while street crews boost efforts after the storm. Clukas defends department and vows to resist Monk’s interference. A dinner program followed with performances by local entertainers.
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Clukas
Monk
Sydney Monk
Cambridge
George Clukas
Daly
Boston
Common Council
Globe
Thief Epidemic Strikes City Homes Allegedly Harvard Students Target Lodgings
Residents report a rising wave of break-ins by beguiling suspects posing as Harvard students. Victims like Mrs Fite on Cambridge Street describe rooms rented with enticing offers then raids for clothes and bric a brac. Other burglaries include G C W Fuller store on Massachusetts Avenue and W C Powers Cambridge Street lodging losses.
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Fite
Cambridge Street
Summer
Irving Streets
Broadway
Kirkland Street
G. ¢. W. Fuller
Massachusetts Av
jMire
W. C. Powers
City Physician Honored On Birthday Surprise
A surprise gathering marked the thirty first birthday of City Physician William G. Brousen. About one hundred friends met at his residence 2222 Massachusetts Avenue to present him an office and Morris chair. Guests included Supt Goodrow Mrs Goodrow ex Alderman Joseph Authier and others.
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William G. Brousseni
Massachusetts Avenue
Morris
Goodrow
LeBonte
Joseph C. Authier
Authier
Dorcas Authi
Zeta Marrier
Anna la Fiamme
Amanda Varney
Charlies Gallaghan
Hendricks Club Holds First Annual Entertainment Night
The Hendricks Club in Prospect Hall hosted its first annual event last Monday with a full program of songs dances and monologues by local favorites. Geldert's orchestra provided the music for dancing until 2 am. The event drew Ex Mayor John H McNamee Alderman Stephen Harrington and numerous officials and residents. The article lists many club officers directors and attendees and notes the appointment of Clemence J. Hogan as assistant milk inspector and collector in the Boston department.
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Hendricks Club
Prospect Hall
Geldert
Owen T. Z. McKenna
Charles W. Gardner
William Seeley
George Fothergill
John J. Morris
James T. Jordan
Thos Jordan
Richard J
Owen T. J. McKenna
Richard J. Ryan
William J. Bricxett
Thomas McDermott
Thomas J. Doris
Joshua Eagan
John J
Henry J. Cunningham
J. F. Facey
William D. Donahue
Samuel McArthur
Frank White
Thomas Duras
John Morris
Thomas McDermont
Thomas Jordan
Alfred Bayleaf
Patrick Millmore
James Lavey
James Jordan
Anthony Duras
Daniel Duras
Robert Law
David Tanlon
Walter Mullett
Daniel Cronin
Thomas Griffiths
Joseph Flynn
David Dooley
Blanche Owens
Mamie Goodwin
Janie Goodwin
Mary McKenna
Lillie McKenna
May Millmore
Bella Hart
Catherine Gallagher
Mary Lynch
Helen Galvin
Fanny Toohill
Lulu Graham
Josephine Burke
Annie Burke
Mesars
Joshua Kagan
David Hanlon
George McNamara
Walter Graham
Howard Morris
Charles Morris
Robert Dunbar
Thomas Marney
Thomas Fowler
Patrick Riley
Howard Kneeland
Jeremiah Sullivan
Owen McKenna
Charles Gardner
Richard Conway
Harry Halliday
Harry Johnson
William Mitchell
William Webster
Howard Smith
Fred Partridge
P. P. Sharples
Clemence J. Hogan
Br. Wellington Abbott
Mr. Hogan
Matthew Hogan
Russell Street
Boston
Sentinel Gossip on the Rounds Dallinger Bill and Local Fights
The column questions the authorship of the Rounds Dallinger bill and notes Republican and non partisan unease. It reports on Mike Shea pressing for a city post, Sharples resistance, and the drive to appoint an assistant assessor while debating pay and delays.
Non-partisan quarrels and council fuss in city hall
The Sentinel reports on a council clash over pole changes and costs between councilman Harlow and committee chairman Lake. It notes later apologies by Alderman Coveney for attacking Clerk McDnttie and recounts Ward Seven events, rumors about Alderman Blodgett and an amended street use clause, plus snow removal costs and a fire department badge dispute.
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Committee On
Harlow
Lake
Alderman Coveney
Dnttie
Ten Churches Fail City Building Codes for Exits
Superintendent Tracy reports only ten of fifty three churches meet legal ingress and egress standards. Of forty eight assembly halls only Cypress Hall Prospect Hall and Fogg Lecture Hall comply. City Hall itself fails to meet requirements and extensive alterations are anticipated after a Chicago horror influenced review. Time will show if an energetic mayor acts.
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St. James
Massachusetts Avenue
Beach Street
Epworth M. E
Massachuetts Avenue
St. John's Memorial
Mason
Prospect Street
College Grounds
City Hall
Chicago
Annual Hospital Aid Society Sale Set For April at Hospital
The Hospital Aid Society of Holy Ghost Hospital announces its annual free bed fund sale will run April 14 to 16 in the hospital lecture hall. The event shifts from Union and Brattle halls to the hospital building, with management by the Ways and Means Committee. The Cantabrigia Club recently visited, prompting a new branch of the society.
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Holy Ghost Hospital
Seread
Union
Brattle Hall
Union Hall
Ways and Means Committee
Hostal Aid Society
Jas. A. Melves
la Pierre
P. F. Deady
Fred J. White
H. J. Cunningham
Cantabrigia Club
Norton
Merchants Form Association to Oppose Trading Stamps
Merchants in Cambridge and Boston organize a permanent group led by John Higgins and J Kennedy to oppose trading stamps. A committee will meet Rhodes Hall to invite legislators and business leaders to rally support as ten bills on the subject advance in the legislature with a hearing on March 8.
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Cambridge Merchants’ Association
Boston
Cambridge
John Higgins
J. Kennedy
FP. Blood
Judiciary Committee
State House
Somerville
Death of Senator Apsey's Father
Rev Dr Wim. 8 Apsey longtime North Avenue Baptist Church Cambridge pastor died at 67 in West Somerville. He leaves a widow and two sons including ex Senator Albert W Apsey. Funeral at North Avenue Baptist Church with city officials and clergymen attending. interment in Cambridge cemetery.
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Apsey
North Avenue Baptist Church
Cambridge
Orchard Street
West Somerville
Alexander M. Averill
Dr Apsey
Wales
New York State
Madison
Colgate University
New York
Bennington
North Avenue
Nim
Careseenare
da Ht
Albert
George W
Newtowne Club
F. B. Marble
Henry Hinckley
C. H. Spalding
H. N. Mable
Somerville
Gilbert A. A. Pevey
John E. Barry
Henry D. Zerxa
Howard A. Jones
W. D. Farnham
Seth Sears
M. Thatcher Rogers
Warren Sanger
Cambridge Cemetery
Twenty-First Anniversary of the Woman's Relief Corps Held
The twenty first anniversary celebration of the William E. Smart Woman's Relief Corps took place at Grand Army hall on Tuesday evening with a banquet and entertainment. Miss Eloise Morgan gave a reading by Miss Morris and a vocal solo by Maud McArthur. After dinner speakers included Commander Cox, Past Commander Chamberlain Senior, Vice Commander McGrath, Mrs Hunter, past president of Relief Corps 27, and Mrs Etta Lockhart, past national aide.
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William E. Smart
Etta Lockhart
National
Polly McDowell
Caroline Bushmack
Caroline Gardner
Fannie Rel
Elien Murry
Sarah Munroe
Annie Spencer
Caroline McGrath
Helen Mullett
Hattie G. Stevens
Ellen Butler
Nannie Martin
Fannie J. Simpson
Ida Hayford
Annie Colline
May Campbell
Hattie 8
Scott
Maude Cooke
Adan Cox
May Cole
Abbie Hastings
Mary Parks
Maggie Herron
Carrie Ray
Esther Spaulding
Jennie Foss
Caroline Centre
Elisa Butters
Mary Marshall
Lizzie Acorn
Lissie Stayner
Florence Whippen
Fannie Isaacs
Oline Milla
Alice Downing
Rather Berlyn
Rebecca Berlyn
Angela Scranton
Adelin Adama
Jennie Kneeland
Lissie Sheath
Ann Harris
Melissa Payson
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