Immigration Bill Faces Swift Passage In House
Secretary Hughes calls for strict limits on immigration set to take effect May 10. House leaders push the 3 percent cap based on the 1910 census with exceptions for those fleeing persecution. Debate centers on projected European arrivals and fears of disease, unemployment, and farm labor supply.
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Washington
State Hughes
House
Hughes
Congressman Siegel
New York
Minority Committee
Rourke Cochran
America
Ireland
Wilson
United States
Judge Harris to Be Sworn In As U S Attorney
Judge Robert O Harris, recently confirmed by the Senate as United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts, will be sworn in tomorrow. The oath will be administered by Judge Morton in the United States District Court.
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Judge Harris
Robert O. Harris
Senate
United States
District of Massachusetts
Morton
United StatesPistrict Court
Overseas nurse Leola Moore and Maurice Sullivan marry in 1920
Miss Leola R. Moore an overseas war nurse wed Maurice G. Sullivan of North Cambridge a Rainbow Division veteran and sergeant whom she nursed in a French evacuation hospital. They married in Philadelphia on Dec 21 1920 and later worked at a government hospital in Perryville Maryland. Mrs Moore a Rockland Maine native is daughter of Frances P Moore Dorchester and served 14 months with the Red Cross being cited for meritorious service.
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Leola R. Moore
Maurice G. Sullivan
North Cambridge
Rainbow
Alabama
France
Philadelphia
Perryville
Sullivan
Rockland
Frances P. Moore
Columbia Road
Dorchester
Massachusetts Hospital
Red Cross
Boston Delegates Named for National Women’s Trade Union League
Miss Mabel Gillespie secretary of the Boston Women’s Trade Union League heads the Boston delegation to the biennial convention of the National Women’s Trade Union League. The Chicago gathering will occur in early June with other officers Julia O’Connor Anna Weinstock Rose Finklestein Grace Hannon and Anne Withington among those chosen. Remaining delegates to reach a 20-member quota will be elected at the next meeting.
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Mabel Gillespie
Women's Trade Union League of
Boston
National Women's Trade Union League
New England
Chicago
Julia O’connor
Anna Weinstock
Rose Finklestein
Grace Hannon
Anne Withington
Prohibition Agents Raid Five Times Seizing Moonshine Gear
Federal prohibition enforcement agents conducted five raids in East Boston Chelsea Dedham and Stoneham last night seizing a large quantity of mash for moonshine whiskey two stills and a substantial amount of alcohol.
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Chelsea
Dedham
Stoneham
Hundreds donate to Irish relief funds across Massachusetts
Communities statewide mobilize in support of relief for Ireland. Donations pour in from East Boston, West Roxbury, Georgetown, Cambridge, South Groveland, and beyond with sums including 1000 from East Boston and 516.45 from St. Theresa's parish. Local groups, unions, and schools contribute to the drive as rallies and events continue this week.
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Ireland
Archdiocese of Boston
Greater Boston
William C. S. Healey
East Boston
Irish Fund
St. Theresa’s Church
West Roxbury
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Everett
Georgetown
Mass
St. Mary’s Parish
St. Patrick’s Parish
South Groveland
Ladies’ Auxiliary
McGrath
G. W. Noyes
Palmer Family
Meaning of P D on old Boston milestones
The article explains that P D on local Colonial mile markers stands for Paul Dudley. It details Dudley’s birth in Roxbury in 1675, Harvard graduate status, roles as Attorney General and chief justice of Massachusetts, and his donations to Harvard including the Dudleian lecture. It also notes the Dudleys in colonial leadership and their ties to Roxbury and Cambridge.
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Harvard Street
Brookline
Harvard Congregational Church
Anderson Bridge
Charles
Boston
Roxbury
Paul Dudley
Joseph Dudley
Harvard
London
Temple
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Joseph
Thomas Dudley
England
James II
New England
Providence
America
Arbella
Cambridge
Winthrop
Dudley dominates Boston as times elected Governor imagery
The text notes Dudley’s prominence in Boston with repeated references to his name and his election as Massachusetts governor.
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Massachusetts
Dudley
Boston
Gibbs Divorce Dismissed in Brockton Court
Judge George A. Flynn dismissed the divorce libel of Ivy A. Gibbs, a 19 year old English war bride, who sued Harold W. Gibbs for cruelty. Gibbs, contesting, named Herbert E. Bowles as corespondent. The judge exonerated Mrs. Gibbs and dismissed the case. A separate $25,000 alienation suit by Gibbs against Bowles remains pending.
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George A. Flynn
Ivy A. Gibbs
Harold W. Gibbs
Gibbs
Herbert E. Bowles
Flynn
Young Bowles
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