City school budget stalls as council seeks investigation plan
Crowded meeting pits Mayor Russell and several members against a proposed school department investigation. A 4 to 3 vote defeated an amendment to bar a committee member from serving as investigator while others urged an impartial review. Budget action was delayed and bids for boiler insurance discussed amid calls for openness and possible outside expert help.
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Russell
Chas. F. Hurley
McGreen
Brooks
Messrs. Hurley
McGreenery
Fitzgerald
Harvard
Wood
F and Wood
Hurley
Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co
C. Hamilton
Green Street
Helen Hamilton
Houghton School
Lynch
Bitulithi on Mass Ave Barricades Traffic Upgrade
Residents note Warrenite bitulith system being installed by Wren Bros on Mass Ave from Chest Street toward the Arlington line. Analysts say a first class resurfacing must fit proper timing and subsoil condition to ensure solid base and durable speed.
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Ca Bridge
Wiren Bros
Cambridge
Chest Street
Arlington Line
Milk as a vital builder for all ages promotes fresh supply
A green urging for families to buy fresh pure milk, noting its role in growth and health from infancy through adulthood. The ad highlights Cambridge dealer Wm McAdoo at 112 F weather street, offering home delivery and emphasizing civic ties.
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Nature
Wm. McAdoo
F. Weather Street
Cambridge
Porter
McAdo Cambridge
Bridge
Cambridge City Council Apology Resolution 1920 May 15
Cambridge City Council passes a resolution expressing regret for an insulting motion toward the Mayor. The measure names ninety five individuals, directs copies to the Mayor and Tercentenary Committee, and calls for publication in city newspapers. Vote: Wyeth with Carmay Leahy Mohr J Murphy and Wyeth in favor. Crowley Delaney Gilson Hughes J Murphy O Connor Sennett and Stokes against. Shea and Coady excused.
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Cambridge
Wyeth
Messrs
Carmay
Leahy
Mohr
J. F. Murphy
Crowley
Delaney
Gilson
Hughes
J. J. Murphy
O'Connor
Sennett
Stokes
Shea
Coady
Mayor’s Statement on Tercentenary Dispute and Press Critique
Richard M. Russell, mayor, rebukes councillors for insulting the tercentenary committee and residents of Cambridge and denounces a press rebuke as justified. He clarifies Ward 3 councillor’s stated aim to insult and explains council moves to gate the tercentenary committee to the engineering committee, asserting deliberate premeditation.
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Cambridge
Open air recreation grows as millions visit playgrounds daily
More than three million people a day used public outdoor playgrounds last year per the Year Book of the Playground and Recreation Association of America based on 665 city reports. The note excludes recreation areas like golf courses and centers. Daylight saving boosts open air activities and Cambridge shows high community benefit. City politics echo in Mayor Russell’s first year as council sessions start early with City Clerk Burke on duty at 7 30 A M after 2 A M adjournment.
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Playground and Recreation Association of America
Cambridge
Burke
Press Duty in City Hall Reporting and Public Trust
A reflective piece defends newspapers as a record of public life and blame, arguing editors must reflect opinion and print what they receive. It contrasts local Cambridge concerns with national issues and recalls the dog bite versus man bite news standard.
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Cambridge
Cambridge E
Boston
New York Tribune
Councillor Delaney Won’t Apologize At Six Hour City Council Session
A six hour Cambridge city council meeting featured spirited exchanges over a proposed apology to the mayor and Tercentenary Committee appointees. The session, led by President Stokes, tackled parliamentary tangles and debated a May third party’s hearing on Lovell Bus Lines Boston to Cambridge service.
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Pres. Stokes
Wyeth
Wayland Minot
Garden Street
Lehan
Minot
Minot Served Overseas For 18 Months. He Is Connected With the §. W. Straus & Co
Boston
Cambridge Park Commission
Celebration Plans for 300th Colony Founding
The mayor and Citizens Tercentenary Committee outlined city observance plans for the Massachusetts Bay Colony 300th founding at the first meeting in the city council chamber on Wednesday evening. The committee voted to finance travel with a Industrial Ass'n offer, and a invitation was sent to H. Franklin for the observance.
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Citizens’ Tercentenary
Massachusetts Bay Colony
H. Franklin
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