Promoter Testimony Highlights Bay State Rail System Rise
Banker Philip L. Saltonstall testified before the Arbitration Board in the Bay State wage dispute about creating the Bay State railway system from 36 smaller lines. He defended stock values, profits, and strategic acquisitions while noting wage questions lie with the holding company and stressing the need for public support to sustain earnings and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Philip L. Saltonstall
Massachusetts Electric Companies
P. F. Sullivan
Bay State Road
Chelsea Girl Off to China
Miss Harriet L. Boutelle of Chelsea sails for Canton China to become general secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association in China.
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Chelsea
China
Canton
Young Women's Christian Association
Saltonstall describes Bay State stock fees and fair returns
In testimony banker Saltonstall and E Rollins Monse outlined promoter fees of 300000 each and underwriter fees of 750000 for the Bay State stock deal. The total cost to meet promoters and underwriters may reach about 2000000. He denied any inflation in Bay State securities and urged fair returns for public investors and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltonstall
Boston
E. Rollins Monse
New York
Massachusetts Electric Companies
Bay State Road
Bay State
Vahey
Miss Boutelle sails to lead Canton YWCA as secretary
Harriet L. Boutelle daughter of Mr and Mrs Creighton P Boutelle of Chelsea sails for Canton China to serve as general secretary of the Canton YWCA Miss Boutelle a Mt Holyoke graduate has seven years YWCA work after studying at the National Training School in New York and leading the Holyoke and Lowell associations.
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Harriet L. Boutelle
Creighton P. Boutelle
Chelsea
Canton
China
Canton Young Women’s Christian Association
Miss Boutelle
Mt. Holyoke
National Training School
New York City
Holyoke Association
Lowell Y. W. C. A
Medford Announces City Cleanup Day on April 19
Mayor Haines issued a proclamation declaring April 19 as a Medford cleanup day. Citizens are urged to tidy back yards and remove debris on the designated date.
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Medford
Haines
Bishop Lawrence to Confirm in Reading
Bishop Lawrence will visit Reading on Sunday April 25 to administer confirmation to a large class at the Church of the Good Shepherd and will also deliver an address.
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Lawrence
Reading
Church of the Good Shepherd
Lucky stone testimony in Rand fraud trial draws crowd
Miss Dolly Butler testifies that Oriental lucky stones healed her five year illness pleural pneumonia and brought friends to buy and share them. She describes purchases from Captain Rand and says she values the stones highly while defense questions their magic mirrors and worth.
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Dolly Butler
Walter I. Rand
Aldrich
United States District Court
Miss Butler
Brockton
Captain Rand
Adrienne Butler
Dolly
John F. Casey
Rand
Mr. Casey
United States District Attorney
Rogers
Catherine Murray
Columbia Read
Postal
Milk Street
Charles A. Kingsley
Court Street
Contrary Mary by Temple Bailey review in The Penn Publishing Co
A Washington set novel centers on Mary Ballard a self reliant young woman who defies convention to pursue independence. The tale contrasts wealth and tradition with service and personal vision praising Marys courage while noting minor unresolved love subplots and the wholesome moral lesson.
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Mary Ballard
Temple Bailey
Penn Publishing Company
Washington
Mary
Service
Leila Dick
Delilah Jeliffe
Two Books on War Peace Rumors Stir Russian Loyalty Debate
The piece reviews M. P. Price’s The Diplomatic History of the War and Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale’s What Women Want. It discusses Russian diplomacy, reactions in Duma speeches by Goremykin and Sasonoff, German aggression, and how both works illuminate European power struggles and gender roles in democracy.
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Russia
Petrograd
London
Paris
Germany
M. P. Price
Scribner’s
France
Austria
Price
Duma
M. Goremykin
Council of Ministers
M. Sasonoff
Coremykin
Sasonoff
Europe
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Frederick A. Stokes
Beatrice Forbes- Robertson Hale
New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Katy Gaumer in a Pennsylvania German Village
A concise literary note describes Katy Gaumer by Elsie Singmaster as tracing a girl's trials and joys in a small Pennsylvania German village. The prose includes many vivid depictions of quaint manners and customs reflecting the author’s intimate familiarity.
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Katy Gaumer
Elsie Singmaster
The Rose Garden Husband by Margaret Widdemer review
A lively yet touching appraisal of The Rose Garden Husband set in a vivid rose garden world. The piece highlights witty passages and a growing love motif while praising its social awareness and sympathetic portrayal of working life. Published by J B Lippincott Company in Philadelphia at $1.00.
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Phyllis
Margaret Widdemer
Philadelphia
J. B. Inippincott Company
Persons Unknown by Virginia Tracy reviewed
A dense mystery that entangles readers in schemes and counterplots with strong character insights especially Christina Hope. The critic praises writing but finds the plot overly long and intricate, suggesting multiple better works could arise from the material.
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Virginia Tracy
Christina Hope
New York
The
Century Company
Valley Campaigns by Thomas A Ashby reviewed
The Valley Campaigns by Thomas A Ashby offers personal reminiscences from the Shenandoah Valley era. It amuses readers with boyhood glimpses and Southern spirit while adding little on strategic detail, yet serves as a lively commentary for Southern conditions.
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Thomas A. Ashby
South
Neale
Shenandoah Valley
New York
Neale Publishing
James Beck Blames Germany for War in The Evidence in the Case
James M. Beck argues in The Evidence in the Case that Germany bore moral responsibility for the war after reviewing official documents from Britain Germany Russia and Belgium. He states the Kaiser had absolute choice between war and peace and criticizes Prussian diplomacy for brutality.
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James M. Beck
United States
Putnam
Germany
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von Mach
New York Times
Belgium
Supreme Court of Civilization
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North Pole
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Mrs. Hale
Houghton Mifflin Company
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Montague Glabs
Montague Glass
Doubleday, Page & Company
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Charles Scribner's Sons
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G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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Henry Beach Needham Gern
Connie Mack
ATL
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Robert W
A. J. Better
Serates
D. Appleton & Company
Defenders of
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Misko Memcinevitch
10Th Austrian Army Medical Corps
John L. Sullivan
Jess
Willard
Parker Ames
Commonwealth Avenue
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