Davis Takes Lead of Maritime Office in Boston
Frank S. Davis, noted railroad and traffic official, assumes duties as manager of the Maritime Association under the Boston Chamber of Commerce. He and Chairman Edward E. Blodgett visited Governor Cox and Mayor Peters to discuss the new organization’s plan to advance Boston’s shipping interests.
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Frank S. Davis
Anager
Maritime Association
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Ormally
Edward E. Blodgett
The
Maritime
Cox
Ayor Peters
Pew Organization
Boston
Tracy Samuel Lewis Dies in Brooklyn
Tracy Samel Lewis, 48, president of the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company and son of the former head, died at his Brooklyn home. A Yale graduate of 1894, he led interests in the textile industry and served as president of the Connecticut Cotton Mills Company of Killingly and the Canadian Connecticut Mills Company, Ltd.
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Naugatuck
Conn
Tracy Samel Lewis
Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Lewis
Yale
Connecticut Cotton Mills Company
Killingly, Conn
Canadian- Connecticut Mills Company, Ltd
Judges Deserve Pensions Say Boston Leaders and Lawyers
Boston figures and professionals urged a pension bill for Massachusetts judges arguing it would secure retirements after long service. Notables like John R. Nicholls and John H. Backus praised the plan as just and necessary to preserve judicial independence and public confidence.
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Alfred Santosuosso
Boston
Mr. Santosuosso
Massachusetts
Little Walks About Boston by William Justin Mann
The narrator describes visiting the Concord Library in morning light and notes its beauty. He recalls the Concord Bridge fight site and reads the British soldiers grave inscription. He visits the old parsonage where Emerson drafted Nature and Hawthorne wrote Mouses from an Old Mouse.
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Concord Library
Concord Bridge
Emerson
Hawthorne
Wool Merchant Dies by Own Action
John J. Burns wool broker at 263 Summer Street ended his life in his home bathroom at 1391 Commonwealth Avenue after distress over imminent poverty from market reversals. His wife, unaware until after a loud report, found him dead when she checked the bathroom.
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John J. Burns
Summer Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Beanpot Debuts With Sold Out First Issue
Boston University releases its new comic magazine Beanpot, a 24 page issue filled with cartoons and jokes. The debut edition sold out by noon, signaling immediate popularity.
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Boston University
Stolen liquor theft leads to Dudley arrest of Landy
Joel B. Landy a Roxbury hay and grain dealer was arrested on a receiving stolen property warrant tied to the March 31 theft of about 4000 worth of whiskey and champagne from Robert Eaton of Cohasset. Bail set at 5000 as investigators from Dudley Street and private detectives pursue others and recover missing liquor.
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Joel B. Landy
Hutchins Street
Roxbury
Columbus Avenue
Albany Street
Dudley Street
Robert K. Eaton
Cohasset
Thomas L. Bates
Horton
Gillis
Morris Wolf
Eaton
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
South
Wolf
Dudley
South End
Increase in Number of Homeless Girls in Boston
Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, president of the Florence Crittenton League of Compassion, told Wellesley Hills women that homeless and unprotected girls in Boston are rising. She warned maternity homes for unmarried mothers are overflowing and urged personal help for the victims of social conditions.
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Boston
Kate Waller Barrett
National
Florence Crittenton League of Compassion
Wellesley
Wellesley Hills
Waldo E. Pratt
Abbott Road
Dr. Barrett
Shoe Manufacturer Horace Shaw Dies in Portland
Captain Horace H. Shaw a long time shoe maker at Freeport and Lewiston for 30 years died in Portland after returning from Florida. Born in Hampden in 1842 he retired from business in 1901 and was 62.
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Portland
Horace H. Shaw
Freeport
Lewiston
Florida
Hampden
Labor Leaders Seek Amnesty for War-Time Offenders
A labor delegation led by Samuel Gompers met President Harding at the White House to request amnesty for war-time offenders. The President indicated he was seriously considering the matter to do justice. Gompers said the meeting was gratifying and the President appeared deeply interested in the appeal.
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Washington
Harding
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
White House
Gompers
Injunction Hearing in Prudential Case
Federal Judge Anderson yesterday afternoon heard arguments on the petition of Edward S. Judkins of East.
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Prudential
Anderson
Edward S. Judkins
East
Providence Bank Deposits Case Involving Prudential Trust
Providence Rhode Island sought an injunction to stop Bank Commissioner Allen from transferring deposits from the Prudential Trust Company’s commercial to savings department. Judkins had deposited 24 000 two weeks earlier and faced a 13 357 remaining. John E Hannigan represented the bank commissioner and the Prudential with Joseph B Jacobs for Judkins. After counsel including Daniel T OConnell for depositors in the commercial department, the parties agreed Hannigan would stipulate no action endangering Judkins interests before the hearing.
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Providence
R. I
Allen
Commercial Department
Prudential Trust Company
Judkins
Summer Street Bank
John E. Hannigan
Joseph B. Jacobs
Daniel T. O'Connell
Prudential
Hannigan
Judkin
Bayer Aspirin Warning Message for Safe Use
Warning to look for Bayer on package or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin prescribed for twenty one years. Advises taking only as told in Bayer package for colds head ache neuralgia rheumatism ear ache toothache lumbago and pain. Notes Bayer tablets sold in 12 tablet tins 24 and 100 bottle sizes. Describes Aspirin as trademark of Bayer.
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Bayer
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Live Store
the House of
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Hawley Streets
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John R. Nicholls
Mr. Nicholls
Boston Press Club
John H. Backus
United States
District of Massachusetts
Backus
H. B. Wittum
Houghton & Dutton
Vittum
Commonwealth
Rufus Sprague
City Health Department
George H. Mellen
State Street
E. Mark Sullivan
Sullivan
Sophia A. Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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LABOR
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Tatae
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Man
Theodore N. Vail
Housands
Theodore Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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James J. Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Commodore Vanderbilt
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