Police Phone System Helps In Emergencies In Boston Strike
The Boston strike by cable splicers and telephone operators crippled local telephony across Newton and nearby areas. Police signal boxes and an independent fire system kept emergency communication alive while hospitals and clinics faced severe delays and widespread disruption to business and daily life.
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New England
Miss June
O’connor
Newtons
Newton South
Newton North
Newton West
Newton
Boston
Connecticut
Crowley
Police Department
The
Telephone Company
Lemon Juice for Freckles Becomes Beauty Lotion
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Grocer provides lemons and drug stores offer orchard white for a few cents. Massage on face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve clear rosy skin. Harmless and non irritant.
Phones May Have to Be Paid For During Strike
The article outlines contract terms from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company noting pro rata abatements for complete service failures lasting over 24 hours and written notice within 10 days, while most other risks fall on the subscriber. It discusses impact on banks, government, and military lines, and cites government and army responses to preserve essential communications.
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L. D
Milk Street
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Orderlies at Charlestown Navy Yard Carry Messages
At Charlestown navy yard orderlies were employed to carry important messages to local business firms. The workers moved between the facility and various firms, facilitating communications and ensuring prompt delivery of time sensitive information.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Telegraph Strike Grew Little Rail Traffic Disrupted
Railroads including Boston & Maine New York New Haven Hartford report little impact from the telephone strike. Passenger and freight trains ran normally with dispatching by telegraph or private lines. Public information suffered, with the information desk quiet and callers reduced to near zero.
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Boston & Maine
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Freight Trafic
No Delay in Mails in Boston Telegraph Strike
United States Attorney Thomas J. Boynton is not expected to take action on the strike. He did not confer with General Manager Driver and no conference is planned soon. The mails show no delay and the settlement is unlikely to require legal action.
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Clarence R. Edwards
Boston
Burleson
New England
U. S
Boynton
United States
Thomas J. Boynton
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Department of Justice
Washington
Post Office
Central
Cambridge
Hospitals Brace For Emergency Calls In Greater Boston
Hospitals throughout Greater Boston were stretched for emergency calls yesterday but by 9 PM all facilities were covered by police officers. The incident involved an 11 year old boy, James Murphy of 11 Athens Street South Boston, who died at the Relief Station shortly after.
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Greater Boston
James Murphy
Athens Street
South
Boston
Congress Street
Haymarket Square
Back Bay
Agnes Milo
Grove Street
Cambridge
Scollay Square
Milo
City Hospital
Dedham Street
Massive 630000 Subscrib ers Lacked Phone Service In Boston Area
The article details a widespread telephone outage affecting 630 000 subscribers across Massachusetts New Hampshire and neighboring states with Boston’s Greater 250 000 including outages at city hospitals and relief stations. It notes delays in emergency calls the strain on hospital communications and reliance on messenger boys to relay warnings and updates.
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Greater Boston
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Prof Sprague to Address Credit Men on Retail Credit Analysis
Professor C. M. W. Sprague, an authority on statistical analysis of retail credits, will speak at the Retail Credit Men's Association meeting tonight at Hotel Thorndike. Dinner is served at 6 o'clock.
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Co. M. W. Sprague
Retail Credit Men's Association
Hotel Thorndike
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Cable Splicers’ Union
International
Brotherhood and the Department
Wire Service Department
Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Telephone Department
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Misgo Tlia S. O'Connor
Fay Hall
Dover
Washington Streets
Boston Street
Carmen’s
Carmen
James T. Moriarty
Belvidere Street
Gertrude Meagher
Marion Duffey
Gertrude Jones
Eleanor Brady
Cecilia Doyle
Telegraph Company
A. T. & T. Company
Henry McDonald
McDonald
Public Service Corporation
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Atll Raith
Milan
Capes
Dolmans
Capes and Dolmans
Army
Navy
Ayer
Navy Yard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joy Street
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Prof. Sprague
John H. Pray &Sons Co
Washington Street
Boylston
R.h.white Co
Alexandersmith Asons
Alex. Smith
Axminster
Frothingham, Heffernan
Portland St
Cor. Chardon St
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