Legislature Keeps Sunday Laws Intact Amid Revisions
The Massachusetts House defeated a liberal Sunday amusements bill and passed a Katzmann substitute keeping the current Sunday law largely in force. The measure allows local option on amusements after 2 PM, with limited exceptions for museums libraries flowers clams music at parades and certain trades, while prohibiting most sport and public entertainments.
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House of Representatives
Committee On Legal Affairs
Katzmann
Hyden Park
Section 2 Final Stage Motion Defeated in General Court
The final stage of the proceedings saw an effort to refer the matter to the next General Court. The main motion failed by a rising vote of 107 to 42.
Park Police Make Wide Revere Beach Staffing Shifts
Metropolitan Park police shuffled assignments last Sunday under Park Commissioners orders. Bickford moves from Revere Beach to Riverside Reservation. Chapman returns to Revere. Brawley joins Revere. several others transfer between Revere Beach Nantasket Middlesex Fells and Lynn routes. A. B Albert is added as bicycle patrolman at Winthrop Beach. The Chelsea Pioneer, oldest Chelsea paper, suspended after years of service. printer sold and to be moved. Mason family long controlled it. Amusement figure Herbert Ridgway burned by oil explosion while repairing his car on Ocean Avenue. muffler cleaning led to kerosene ignition. fire burned face but eye danger passed after treatment.
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Revere Beach
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Riverside
Revere
Edward M. Brawley
Middlesex Fells Park
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Nantasket
Edward L. Marone
Michael J. Bresnan
Morrill
O'Hara
McGlone
Hartigan
Linehan
Middlesex Fells
Hill
Revere l
Lynn Shore
Edwin N.woods
Lynn
Morris W. Finn
Revere Parkway
Herbert L. Smith
A. B Albert
Winthrop Beach
Chelsea
Herbert M. Ridgway
Ocean Avenue
Ridgway
Quay and His Letters A Senate Fight Factor
The late Senator M S Quay kept constituents letters asking favors. He sorted, removed dead addressees, and on the back wrote requests like Dear John or Bill Do you remember when you wrote me this letter and do you remember I did what was asked Can I have it Pennsylvania politicians say mailing those letters back to original senders with Quay writing the request helped him win his senate bid Saturday Evening Post spotlight.
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Pennsylvania
Quay
Evening Post
Who Fra Diavolo Was
Fra Diavolo was Michele Pezza a celebrated renegade monk and Italian brigand. He rose from stocking weaver to Neapolitan and papal soldier before becoming a monk and brigand in Calabria. His notoriety and cruelties earned him the nickname Fra Diavolo and he was eventually executed in 1806.
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Fra Diavolo
Michele Pezza
Auber
Diavolo
Pezza
New, York
Man Gives Ladies His Cards in London Dining Room
A London anecdote from the Leeds Mercury about a man who handed his visiting card to every woman in the dining room of the house of commons before leaving. He explained he had 200 cards printed and already changed his address, so the old ones were useless.
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London
House of Commons
Leeds Mercury
Not to Be Overlooked in Suburbs Feud
A local quarrel escalates over a high fence built by the neighbor. Blobbs questions the motive while Slobs notes the obstruction. The Philadelphia Record reports on tensions between residents and property boundaries in a tight-knit community.
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Blobbs
Subbubs
Philadelphia Record
It Often Comes A Scotch Sunday School Anecdote
A Scotch Sunday school scene ends with a teacher asking what follows death and a child answering that it leads to a fight about money, capturing a candid moment with sharp humor.
Frost Library Announces Open Hours and War Relics Exhibit
Frost Library will be open every afternoon from 1.80 to 9 o'clock except Sundays and holidays. An exhibition of war relics will be available each afternoon and evening of next week. New books include works by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton L H Bailey and others.
Court urged to curb reckless scout-cart operators
The Everett Herald quotation urges strict action against reckless scout-cart drivers in town. It blames owners for lax hiring and calls for severe sentences to deter defiance by young automobilists and some owners.
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Everett Herald
Fresh butter eggs and cheese direct from farmers
Full line of butter eggs and cheese from farmers with teas and coffees of high grade. Save time and trouble of Boston trips. Phone and mail orders delivered promptly.
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Boston
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