Word: rutland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican State Senators of Rhode Island who fled their state following a Democratic filibuster and a literal gas attack (TIME, June 30) were discovered just over the border at Rutland, Mass. They fled, according to their own account, in fear for their lives. One heroic Republican remained behind, risking sudden death, in order to bring up the question of no quorum, if the Democratic minority tried to do anything without them?tried for example to call a Convention for a new State Constitution in place of the present Constitution which gives the country districts (Republican) disproportionately large representation...
...fleeing Senators, to protect themselves in Rutland, had on hand six members of the Massachusetts State Patrol as well as plain-clothes men from both States. For fear of kidnapping, no one of them is allowed to leave the hotel at night without a guard...
...spite of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the Republicans would doubtless be just as safe in Providence as in Rutland...
...possible routes to Silver Bay by rail have been recommended by the committee in charge of the Conference. The former, via the Boston and Maine railroad and the Rutland railroad, is a day trip. The train leaves the North Station at 7.45 in the morning and reaches Ticonderoga at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The trip is made from Ticonderoga to Silver Bay by auto. This route, which is strongly recommended, costs only $14.84 for a round trip ticket from Boston, including the auto fare to and from Ticonderoga and Silver...
...United States Civil Service Commission will hold open competitive examinations to fill the positions of assistants in bacteriology and roentgenology in the Public Health Service and in the veterans' bureaus at Boston. Chelsea, Rutland, Vineyard Haven, Portland, Me.; Providence, R. I.; and New Haven, Conn. . The salaries range from $70 to $200 a month. Applications for examination will close on July...