Home Beautiful Exposition Draws Large Crowds in Mechanics Hall
The six room house built for 11000 drew long lines at Mechanics Hall as Boston and New England women toured a first of its kind Home Beautiful Exposition. Rinso and Shardone pie tester drew attention while A W Hastings Co showcased modern asphalt shingles and builders materials. Cape Cod Shipbuilding displayed sailboats and Carpenter Morton offered colorite dyes for hats and fabric.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Mechanics’ Building
New England
Boston
J. B. Hunter Company
A. W. Hastings & Co
Chase & Sanborn
Grand Hall
Thomas F. Galvin, Inc
Cape Cod Shipbuilding Corporation
Carpenter-Morton Company
Furniture Arrangement Advice at Exposition by Mrs Chamberlain
Mrs Elsie K Chamberlain of the Home Bureau urges balance in room design at the Frome Beautiful Exposition. She stresses usefulness comfort and avoiding crowding tying decor to room purpose and furniture types like willow and mission while recommending mirrors for space and harmonious wall decoration. Miss Caroline Moorehead and Miss Avis B Jackson also spoke on serving grapefruit and Junior Red Cross topics.
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Elsie K. Chamberlain
Home Bureau
Eastern States League
Frome
Mechanics’ Building
Mrs Chamberlain
Caroline Moorehead
Avis B. Jackson
Red Cross
Middlesex Union Backs Sunday Amusement Ban at Somerville
Over 1400 delegates to the Middlesex County Christian Endeavor Union convention in Somerville vote to prohibit Sunday amusements after a debate between the Progressive Union and the Norumbega Union. They adopt a world peace resolution and elect officers for the coming year.
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Middlesex County Christian Endeavor Union
Somerville
Progressive Union
Norumbega Union
Hughes Urges Rigid Immigration Restrictions
Secretary Hughes urged strict limits on immigration in official papers to Congress. The proposal would cap aliens admitted for 14 months starting May 10 at 3 percent of each nationality in 1910, targeting groups from the Balkans, Armenia, Russia, and Georgia. Debate to begin in the House under a special rule.
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Washington
Secretary Hughes
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Hughes
Watertown pair announced in Massachusetts golf circles
Great interest surrounds the engagement of Miss Marantha B. Patten of Watertown to Frederick J. Wright Jr. Massachusetts amateur golf champion, also of Watertown. Miss Patten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell W. Patten, is a Watertown High School graduate of 1920. No wedding date has been set.
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Massachusetts
Marantha B. Patten
Watertown
Frederick J. Wright, Jr
Miss Patten
Wendell W. Patten
Family Safe As Atlantic Firemen Rescue Cat
Fire officials rescued a cat from a house on Appleton street Atlantic after smoke filled the Hayes home from cellar to roof. The Hayes family escaped to the street with first aid by Atlantic and Wollaston firemen. The blaze started in the cellar from hot ashes near a coal bin.
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Francis A. Hayes
Appleton Street
Atlantic
Atlantic and
Wollaston
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
VOTE AGAINST BONUS RESOLVE AT MASS VFW ENCAMPMENT
The 22d annual encampment of the Department of Massachusetts United Spanish War Veterans voted down a motion to urge government payment of a $100 bonus to veterans. Officers named include George B. Williams Boston department commander and Joseph F. Scott Cambridge senior vice commander. Timothy W. Kelley Boston endorsed for national commander.
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Gloucester
Department of Massachusetts
United Spanish War Veterans
George B. Williams
Boston
Joseph F. Scott
Cambridge
William M. Hagan
Timothy W. Kelley
Diners Panic as Fat Boils Over at Oxford Street Eatery
Fat boiling over in a Chinese restaurant at 34 Oxford Street sparked a dining room panic as flames and smoke filled the area. Several cooks appeared excited while diners rushed out, leaving unpaid lunch checks and slight property damage reported.
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Oxford Street
Will Offer Miners More in England
London April 19 AP reports no formal talks yet in the miners strike. Owners show unusual activity and discuss the possibility of raising wage proposals after the prime minister called some owner figures indefensible.
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London
Associated Press
Spring Medicine Ad From Father John’s Medicine
Spring marks the change to hot weather and the body needs rebuilding. The advertisement claims Father John’s Medicine contains no drugs or alcohol and acts as a natural food medicine easily digested by body cells. It highlights over sixty five years of use and urges readers to try it.
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Father John
Catholic Total Abstinence Union to Host National Meet in Boston
Delegates attending the annual diocesan convention in Brookline vote to invite the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America to hold the national convention in Boston. A 20 member committee will plan the program, with officers elected including Dolan president and Manning vice president. Notable delegates named from Lowell Lynn Somerville and Brookline attended the opening mass at St Marys Church.
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Archdiocese of
Boston
Diocesan Union
Brookline Town Hall
Fathers Dolan
O’connor
James F. Manning
Taunton
Abigail F. Reardon
Lynn
Maurice Dineen
Somerville
Thomas F. Finan
Brookline
Henry W. Feenan
Charles Dpd. Gallagher
Lowell
John Welsh
North Chelmsford
James E. Skinnell
St. Mary's C. T. A. U
G. A. R. Hall
Michael
Walter Cusick
Lawrence Corcoran
St. Mary’s C. T. A. U
Diocesan temperance union notes growth and speaks on convention
The Rev. Francis X. Dolan presided at a meeting with Rev. Dr. Maurice I. O Connor assisting. Ellen Sweeney was named assistant to Secretary Maurice Dineen as the diocesan union reports 14 societies with 882 members and little loss since prohibition began. William H. Cuddy urged inviting the national convention to Boston, calling prohibition a joke and temperance need evident. Father O Connor said Cardinal O Connell approved the invitation. Edwin Mulready of Rockland, a Labor and Industries Board member, was a principal speaker.
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Francis X. Dolan
Diocesan Union
St. Gregory’s Church
Dorchester Lower Mills
Maurice I. O’connor
St. Bridget's Church
Framingham
Ellen Sweeney
Maurice Dineen
William H. Cuddy
St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence Society
West End
O’connor
Cardinal O'Connell
Edwin Mulready
Rockland
Labor and Industries Board
Mulready
Funeral Services for Phil H Powers
Funeral services for Philip M. Powers war correspondent and noted newspaper man will be held tomorrow afternoon at his home 763 Salem Street Malden. Burial will follow at Forestdale Cemetery conducted by Rev Carl H Raupach. He is survived by wife Clara father Professor H H Powers and brother Joseph H Powers of Newton. a Boston Press Club delegation will attend.
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Philip M. Powers
America
Massachusetts General Hospital
Salem Street
Malden
Forestdale Cemetery
Carl H. Raupach
Powers
Clara
H. H. Powers
Joseph H. Powers
Newton
Boston Press Club
Moonshine Raid Seizes Stills and Mash in Albany Street
Prohibition agents at the Lagrange Street station seized three 35 gallon stills, 60 gallons of moonshine, and 500 gallons of mash from a vacant Albany Street tenement late yesterday. Five oil stoves and coloring were also taken. Officers believe a bottling operation was in progress. No arrests reported.
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Prohibition
Lagrange Street
Albany Street
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Tel
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Wright-Patten
Frederick J. Wright
Atlantic Firemen
Bay State
England
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Neverbreak
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