Making Over Old Clothes by Madame Squires
Madame Squires spoke to a Women’s City Club group at 9 Hamilton Place on remaking old garments. She praised straight line patterns, pressed seams, and braids for a tailored look, noting mohair braid lasts longer than silk and mixtures of cotton and wool can beat cheap wool.
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Madame Squires
Boston
Clothing Information Bureau
Hamilton Place
Women's City Club
Bureau
Madame Squire
New Bedford to Have Beautiful New Hotel
Construction has begun on Pleasant Street near the post office for a new hotel in New Bedford. The 200 bedroom building will include a ball room and a roof garden with additional rooms.
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Pleasant Street
New Bedford
Guidance on Ready Garment Design Features
The text outlines dress construction tips including detachable light colored collars cuffs fronts and linings for cleaning. It recommends pockets in dresses suits and coats broad low heels for street and business shoes and prioritizes rapid convenient dressing.
Labor gains in South Africa shift political balance
Cape Town March 11 The Labor party signals sweeping gains prompting expectation of a second election. General Smuts foresees continuing contests until voters learn the truth, with Unionists around three seats and South African party about four to five, forming a fragile majority as results lag.
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Cape Town
Labor Party
General Smuts
Fire Devastates North Anson Mill in Maine
A major fire at the North Anson Manufacturing Company destroyed the lower mill housing the shock and reel departments. Firefighters reported $160,000 in losses and cited 150,000 as the blaze’s damage. workers were forced to jump from windows to escape the flames.
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Maine
North Anson
North Anson Manufacturing Company
New Bedford Begins Building Its New Hotel on Pleasant Street
Construction starts on New Bedford's Pleasant street hotel designed to be fire proof with 200 bedrooms 140 bathrooms a ballroom and rooftop garden. The project with $1 300 000 total cost is leased to a 21 year operator under F Bergman formerly of the Southern Hotel Baltimore.
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F. Bergman
New Bedford
Baltimore
Southern Hotel
New Bedford Hotel Company
Massachusetts
Clark W. Holcomb
John G. Nicholson
Benjamin
Sailor Connolly Honored by Secretary Daniels
Stephen Thomas Connolly coxswain aboard the U S S Mississippi died February 20 while saving a shipmate during target practice. He saved John F Neary by throwing a life line and swimming to him but drowned from exhaustion. Connolly enlisted September 18 1918 and lived with his father Stephen Connolly at 364 Second Street South Boston.
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Daniels
Stephen Thomas Connolly
Mississippi
Connolly
John F. Neary
Stephen Connolly
Second Street
South
Boston
Boston hospital committee seeks Easter flowers for disabled soldiers
The hospital committee of community service in Boston seeks flower donations for Easter for former service men in several hospitals. Donations may be left with Mrs. Katherine Grinnell in Room 81 Little Building. Chairman is Mrs. Gustave Lundberg of Brookline. Hospitals named include Parker Hill Camp Devens Base Hospital No 10 West Roxbury Pine Rest East Norfolk Chelsea Marine and Chelsea Naval.
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Hospital Committee of
Community Service of
Boston
Katherine Grinnell
Little Building
Gustave Lundberg
Brookline
Parker Hill Hospital
Camp Devens
Base Hospital No. 10
West Roxbury
Pine Rest
East Norfolk
Chelsea Marine
Chelsea Naval Hospitals
Kept wedding secret in Holyoke ends in nuptials
Ruth Helen Sinclair of Lincoln street and Lewis Perkins Jr. announced their marriage yesterday in Holyoke after two years of secrecy and a recent engagement. Perkins, a Williams College student, had planned to wed after graduation next year but a new job prompted the ceremony now.
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Holyoke
Ruth Helen Sinclair
Peter Sinclair
Lincoln Street
Lewis Perkins, Jr
J. &. Perkins
Sinclair
Mr. Perkins, Jr
Williams College
Williams
Stock Yards Strike in Chicago Settled
Chicago April 1. The four day strike at the stock yards ended today as workers agreed to return to work and arbitrate wage differences.
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Chicago
Special institutions to guard poll tax records
Mayor Peters issued instructions to the Board of Assessors to exercise unusual care in checking registration lists received from the police department this year so that no voters can add the five dollar poll tax by misrepresenting themselves.
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Board of Assessors
Peters
Police Department
Veterans Exempt from Poll Tax After Peace Treaty Delay
The mayor states World War veterans are exempt from the $5 poll tax this year since no peace treaty was signed by April 1. He warns against misrepresentation to avoid payment and urges precautions.
African stowaway ordered deported after hearing
William Touray a 20 year old African native of Bathurst on the Gambia River who stowed away on the schooner C. C. Mengel Jr before she sailed from Axim in January for Boston was given a hearing at the immigration station and ordered deported. He will be taken back by the same vessel.
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William Touray
Bathurst
Gambia River
C. C. Mengel, Jr
Axim
Boston
Easter Fashion Comeback Store Delivers Last Minute Deals
With Easter two days away, shoppers seek ready to wear outfits and the store claims it offers the widest selection. The business emphasizes service and value and reports its biggest sales season yet. A Special Purchase Brings To Us targets women and misses seeking money worth purchases.
City Approves 85000 Payment for Siegel Building Abatement
Mayor Peters sanctioned a street committee order in the Cotting case for the old Siegel building at 590 Washington. The payment of 85000 is full settlement of the assessment and any accrued costs and interest tied to the street improvement.
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Peters
Street Commissioners
Charles E. Cotting
Siegel
Washington
Hall Closes Three Hours For Good Friday
City Hall will be closed today for Good Friday from noon until 3 p.m. in accordance with a long established custom, following instructions given to all department heads by Mayor Peters yesterday.
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City Hall
Peters
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