Somerville Health Board Clerk Marking 15 Years of Service
Laurence S. Howard, clerk of the Somerville Board of Health, completes 15 years in city service. Appointed assistant clerk of committees on April 4, 1905, he became clerk on March 18, 1912. Born in Boston October 29, 1867, he was educated in Somerville and holds multiple local leadership roles. He is married with three children.
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Laurence S. Howard
Somerville Board of Health
Boston
Somerville
Somerville Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Harmony
United Order of the Golden Cross
Sons of Veterans
Mr. Howard
Halt on wage demands urged by Worcester train line
Worcester April 2 General Manager Henry Page of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company says he has recommended to top officials that they refuse workers demands for higher wages. He believes the public will back the company even if a strike halts cars. Workers seek a minimum $5.20 and maximum $6.40 for an eight hour day.
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Worcester
Henry ©. Page
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
Page
Fires Shot When Wife Quits Him
Dozier C. Francis age 27 a Tennessee native and former overseas serviceman in the tank division shot himself in the body with a .32 calibre revolver early yesterday afternoon after failing to reconcile with his separated wife. He had been apart from her for three months.
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Dozier C. Francis
Tennessee
Melrose Shooting Ties to Separation at Sister's Home
Francis shot himself in the right side at his wife's sister Mrs. W. E. Smith home 158 Howard Melrose after marital rifts led to separation on Jan 5. He is on danger list at Melrose Hospital while his wife remains at liberty with her sister in Everett and Charlestown.
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W. E. Smith
Howard Street
Melrose
Francis
Melrose Hospital
Glendale Street
Everett
Washington Street
Charlestown
Cornelius Malone
Neilson Avenue
Boston & Maine Railroad
HUB WAR VET TO GET D S C FOR MARNE HEROICS
Thomas W. W. Roose of Charlestown a lieutenant in the 108d Infantry earned a distinguished service cross for heroism in the second battle of the Marne. As sergeant major he risked life directing fires, aided wounded under heavy shelling, and carried out orders along the front lines during July 1918 near Tourcy. He later served as secretary to General Charles H. Cole and has a long service record with the 6th and 63d Infantry in WWI.
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Thomas W. W. Roose
Green Street
Charlestown
108D Infantry
War Department
Marne
William E. Southard
Tourcy
Southard
Roose
Charles H. Cole
1Th Infantry
6Th Division
62D Infantry
63D Infantry
103D
The
Theose J
Ocharlestown
Hig Hama
Sea Ag
Cola
Railroad Brotherhood Strike Halts Freight Service
A meeting of loyal Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members was broken up by striking switchmen. The walkout crippled freight service on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line. Strike demands include higher foremen pay, increased switchman wages, and overtime rules. Passenger service remains unaffected.
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Phippara
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. F. Whitney
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
H. P.gallagher
Brotherhood
Ihhey
Long Buys 48 Acre Worcester Site for Factory
The Long Company acquired 48 acres on Millbrook Street near the Boston & Maine tracks from Georges A. Barnard for about 89000. The property, in Worcester, is viewed as excellent for factory development possibly for automobile bodies or shoes. No specific business has been announced yet.
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Worcester
Long Company
Millbrook Street
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Georges A. Barnard
Religious Services Mark Good Friday in Boston Churches
Throngs attended Good Friday services across Protestant churches in Greater Boston. The Three Hours service ran noon to 3 pm at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Trinity Church Church of the Advent All Saints in Ashmont and other Episcopal parishes drawing hundreds of worshipers before communion.
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Greater Boston
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Trinity Church
Church of the Advent
All Saints’ Church
Ashmont
Holy Week Services Across Churches Noted Citywide
Clergy from Ca thedral Church of St Paul Trinity Church Church of the Advent Old South Park Street and other houses of worship held multiple services during the day. Preachers included Dean Rousmaniere John W. Suter M P S Huntington William Harman van Allen George A. Gordon A Z Conrad Howard N Brown and Thomas Van Ness with morning prayers litany ante-communion and evening sermons across congregations.
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Dean Rousmaniere
St. Paul
John W. Suter
M. P. S. Huntington
Trinity Church
William Harman van Allen
Church of the Advent
Old South Church
George A. Gordon
Park Street Church
A. Z. Conrad
Harvard Church
Brookline Central Church
First Church
Cambridge
Mt. Vernon Church
Union Congregational Church
King’s Chapel
Howard N. Brown
Edwin Mitchell Slocombe
Thomas van Ness
Second Unitarian Society
Brookline
Quincy Yards Close Down After Granite Strikes
About 80 percent of Quincy granite cutters did not report to work after a national Granite Cutters Union Boston conference. Some yards paused operations due to worker shortages while talks led to an immediate 60 cent daily increase and a future $1 per hour raise, with Quincy men seeking $1 hourly pay now.
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Quincy
Granite Cutters’ Union
Boston
Fail to End Dock Strikes Limbo at Atlantic Ports
A coastwise shipping conference at the Labor Department dissolved without agreement between longshoremen and employers over wage increases. Assistant Secretary Post said hopes for a deal vanished as workers insisted on higher wages while employers warned against adding losses. The talks centered on the potential impact on food supplies and freight from Southern truck farms, cotton, and naval stores.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Atlantic
Pull
Post
Labor Department
Caquin
Shay
New York
New England
Lynn Fears Coal Famine as Teamsters Strike
Lynn fears a coal famine as the $5 a day minimum wage strike by the coal teamsters and chauffeurs continues with no immediate settlement. A dying pneumonia patient at a lodging house was promised coal for the Orleans chambers but died before delivery, despite mayoral intervention.
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Faynn
Lynn
Coul
Mary J. Crown
Orleans
Oxford Street
Creamer
John B. Clancy
Clancy
Czarina’s War Time Letter Reveals Rasputin Influence
In a 1914 letter from Tsarina Alexandra at Tsarskoye Selo she laments separations with Czar Nicholas II, notes Rasputin’s prayers, and describes hospital work and anxieties over court rival Ania Tanelev. She recalls travel to the front, wounded soldiers, and a tense royal household amid impending upheaval.
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Czarina
Czar
Rasputin
Nicky
Ania Tanelev
Hospital Work Diary Says Beloved One Comforts and Missing
A letter from November recalls intense joy and consolation after absence. The writer thanks the recipient warmly, notes meals at home, and expresses relief that Rennenkampf was moved away. They worry about health and wonder if a certain task will be done.
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Tzarskoye Selo
Rasputin
Nixolaska
Anna
Crimea
Rennenkampf
Tchenky
To be continued in tomorrow's Sunday Post
Note indicates serial continuation across the Sunday Post and subsequent Daily and Sunday Post issues until completion. The brief lacks names, places, or concrete events.
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Sunday Post
Daily
Boston Clerical School to Offer New Accounting Course
The Boston Clerical School will begin a new accounting course next September. For five years it has offered free business training to young women and built a strong employment record. The school notes rising opportunities in accounting and aims to prepare competent students for office positions or public accounting work.
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Boston
New Advanced Course Offered for High School Graduates
A new program targets high school graduates who have completed the required preparatory work. The course covers higher accounting topics including system building and cost accounting, aiming to deepen understanding of complex financial practices.
France's salvation lies in her allies
Andre Tardieu, former French commissioner to the United States, declared in Brussels that France's salvation lies in maintaining alliances with Anglo-Saxon peoples, Great Britain and the United States. He said France and Belgium share interests making a union between them vitally necessary.
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Brussels
France
Great Britain
United States
Andre Tardieu
Belgium
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