Monitor to employ union printers as closed shop
Following a walkout by 24 compositors the Christian Science Monitor trustees meeting with Boston unions approved contracts making the newspaper a closed shop. The walkout involved mainly Christian Scientists and was tied to internal litigation, not a labor dispute, with several resignations across the publishing house and abroad.
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Christian Science Unitor and Publishing House
Boston
Typothical Union
Bostom
Sylvester J. McBride
Typographical
John O’hare
Webb Pressmen’s Union
London
Western News
Chicago
Southern News
Atlanta
The
Monitor
Philadelphia
Portland
Oregon
Springfeld
Mass
Your Freckles Now May Fade With Othine Double Strength
March freckles and sun exposure risk lasting spots. A renowned physician's remedy, Othine double strength, is advertised with a money back guarantee. An ounce may reduce or vanish small freckles after several applications.
Driscoll Bill Seeks Shorter Cold Storage Time
Representative Timothy J. Driscoll of Boston pushes a bill to cut cold storage of food commodities from 13 months to six. The measure, once rejected by public health, advances as it aims to liberalize distribution and lower living costs.
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Timothy J. Driscoll
Boston
House
Committee On Public Health
Driscoll
Asbestos Shipments Reported From Prieska District
An enormous quantity of asbestos is being found in the Prieska district, Cape Colony, with thousands of bags prepared for shipment to England. The material is described as of very good quality.
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Prieska
Cape Colony
England
American troops on Rhine remain under armistice terms
President Wilson testified in the House that U S troops on the Rhine remain under armistice control and obey only his orders as commander in chief. He said Field Marshal Foch has no jurisdiction and the Rhineland commission offers no authority over them. The forces in Germany numbered 726 officers and 16,756 enlisted as of March 26 and act to enforce armistice conditions pending a ratified peace treaty.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Rhine
Foch
France
Rhineland
Germany
Coblenz
War Department
Pershing
United States
Five men arrested for larceny in Boston
Boston police inspectors arrested five men on larceny charges. Peter Gardules of Haverhill and Leroy Jackson of Medfield Street face charges for stealing goods valued at 2471 and 133 dollars from Jacob and Jed Weber and Dayton Tire Company respectively. Arthur Forsyth, Albert Kilby, and Fred Durell are also detained on related charges involving items stolen from Jacob Sweat and Regal Cloak Company.
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Boston
Peter Gardules
Margin Street
Haverhill
Jacob
Jed Weber
Beacon Street
McCarthy
Leblanc
Leroy A. Jackson
Medfield Street
Dayton Tire Company
Boylston Street
Butler
Donovan
Arthur F. Forsyth
Taylor Street
South Braintree
Regal Cloak Company
Washington Street
Attorney General Rules Against Group Slates in Primaries
The State faces a ballot complication as Attorney-General J Weston Allen rules group candidates for delegates cannot be voted with a single mark in a circle. He says ballots may group candidates at large or by district, but each candidate must receive a separate cross.
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J. Weston Allen
Evicting Sheriff Mobbed by Crowd in Philadelphia
A deputy sheriff was roughly handled by several hundred people after evicting the elderly parents of a wounded soldier from their West Philadelphia home. A policeman used his revolver to hold the crowd at bay until reinforcements arrived.
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Philadelphia
Tenants' Protective Association Crowd At Unlawful Eviction
A couple faced eviction after selling their house but could not find another home. A deputy sheriff served the writ amid a street crowd of Tenants' Protective Association members. The crowd threatened violence until police arrival. One man arrested for disorderly conduct after hospital treatment for injuries. Samuel Glassmire, the couple’s son.
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Tenants’ Protective Association
Samuel Glassmire
Lessee Convalesces in Carlisle Hospital from Ar Gone Wounds
The lessee is recovering in the government hospital at Carlisle Pennsylvania after receiving wounds in the Ar gone incident. The report notes his convalescence and ongoing treatment as of the latest bulletin.
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Government
Carlisle
Penn
Mary Sephton to Wed Thomas J McCarthy in Forest Hills
Miss Mary Sephton of 64 Hyde Fork Avenue Forest Hills will marry Thomas J McCarthy an ex service man of Mattapan on April 6 at St Andrew s Church Forest Hills with Rev John J Sephton brother of the bride officiating.
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Mary Sephton
Hyde Fork Avenue
Forest Hills
Thomas J. McCarthy
Mattapan
St. Andrew's Church
John J. Sephton
C. SS. R
Island Settlers Vote on Wage Scale Compromise
Island workers approved a wage compromise offering 75 cents hourly, up from 55 cents, after plasterers' helpers sought an eight cent minimum this morning. Earlier, union fathers struck to push for a new scale with large gains across several job classes.
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Island
Boy at sale questions a mummy as father explains
A boy at a sale asks about the item on offer while his father explains it is a mummy. The boy quips that his own mother is better, prompting a lighthearted moment.
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Weerie
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Sample
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