01 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
1
City Council meeting reports a probe into City Auditor S. W. Emery Jr regarding expenses and contracts. Audit findings cite dinners and insurance bills as unlawfully contracted, with several vouchers challenged and referred for mayoral review.
City solicitor submits a long audit detailing numerous bills deemed unlawfully contracted under prior city officials in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Names include Lamont Hilton J B Prior E P Stoddard and W B Prior. The report cites cigars dinners and newspaper subscriptions as improper expenditures and urges council actions.
Notice from W H Vinnard warning any person harboring or aiding Navin Jer on his account after May 1. The message is informal and signs off with the initials W H Vinnard.
Reported launch of the White Star Line steamers Titanic and Olympic marks a grand ceremony in England. The vessels, each 88212 feet long and 9212 feet broad, promise unprecedented passenger comfort with pools, courts, and baths. World peace rhetoric accompanies the event as a grand advance in global commerce.
President Taft declines a site for an official summer residence, saying Congress must designate and fund it. He will likely spend hot months in Massachusetts at Beverly with lease on Peabody cottage. Meanwhile war department bars general public from Sunday baseball at Fort Banks, restricting attendance to soldiers families.
An eclectic program at a music hall features jugglers and acts including Wishguara Farber and Gaumont performers. The lineup lists several titles and performers in a bustling evening bill with vaudeville flair.
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