Wilson Sees Grandchild In Philadelphia Visit
President Wilson paid his first visit to four week old Miss Eleanor Axson Wilson Sayre in Jefferson Hospital. He spent an hour cuddling the baby and talking with her nurse Miss Beyer while Mrs Wilson toured hospital wards after the private meeting. Normal security precautions were in place for the President's visit.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Wilson
Eleanor Axson Wilson Sayre
Jefferson Hospital
Miss Beyer
President Wilson
E. P
Germany Begins Enrollment of 1919 Class of Boys
Germany has started enrolling its 1919 class consisting of boys aged 17. Notices posted at Aix la Chapelle call them to inscribe their names in the sandstorm register.
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Paris
Germany
Aix-la- Chapelle
Labor Act Nullified by Joker
Governor McCall warned the Legislature that a three year old workmen's compensation act was repealed by a bill’s hidden provision, surviving only to affect public employees. He urged action to correct the apparent legal loophole.
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McCall
Governor cites 1913 joker cloud over Workmen's Comp Act
The Governor said a 1913 legal glitch in chapter 807 nullifies parts of the Workmen's Compensation Act and urged a remedial act. He notes the joker would exclude many workers and could repeal protections for industrial occupations. The Industrial Accident Board will keep operating while the Legislature is urged to validate all actions since 1913.
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Attorney-General’s Department
State House
Industrial Accident Board
Board of Labor and Industries
Appointment of deputy commissioner urged by accident board
The accident board was urged to appoint a deputy commissioner to oversee the work and to provide a salary capable of attracting a highly qualified man to perform the crucial duties of the position.
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Accident Board
Easter Activities Gather from Cambridge to Revere
The Holy Name Society of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Cambridge will receive holy communion at 6 am. A Easter Monday dancing party in St Rose s Hall Chelsea supervised by Rev Hugh F B Smith is under the Married Ladies Sodality. The Star of the Sea East Boston holds its 47th reunion at Crescent Gardens Revere Beach Easter Monday night. Ausonia Council K C will host a communion breakfast April 30 10 am at American House and will receive communion at St Leonard s North End with Father Anselmo. Easter music planned for high mass at Church of the Immaculate Conception Revere with St Clair s mass sung by the choir.
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Holy Name Society of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Cambridge
Hugh FB. Smith
St. Rose’s Hall
Chelsea
Married Ladies’ Sodality
Star of the Sea Parish
Boston
Crescent Gardens
Revere Beach
Ausonia Council
K. of C
St. Leonard’s Church
North End
Church of the Council
Father Anselmo
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Revere
St. Clair
City builds new $25 500 residence for hospital chief
Mayor Curley provides a colonial two and a half story brick home for Dr. John J. Dowling superintendent of the City Hospital. The dwelling on hospital grounds includes a reception hall library music room dining room kitchen and pantry with a Elizabethan style living room and colonial bedrooms and baths. Dowling, mayor’s family physician, replaces inadequate head of hospital quarters.
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John J. Dowling
Curley
Jamaica Plain
Dowling
Jury finds no undue influence in Roxbury will
A Roxbury jury ruled the will of 70 year old Thomas Austin valid and free from undue influence by his housekeeper Mrs. Mabel J. Ashman who received nearly all the estate. The verdict stated Austin was of sound mind when he made the will.
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Thomas Austin
North Avenue
Roxbury
Austin
Mabel J. Ashman
Nelson Pleads Guilty Case Placed on File
Harry T. Nelson of Quincy pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of Martin A. Gibson on January 22. On the district attorney’s recommendation the case was placed on file. the fatality described as accidental.
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Nelson
Harry T. Nelson
Quincy
Norfolk
Martin A. Gibson
Barker
Adamson's Balsam Advertises Cough Cold Remedy
An advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as a universal cure for coughs colds and grippe with claims of reliable relief and overall health restoration.
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Adamson
Minimum wage secured for actors in Boston and New England
A proposed act guarantees a five dollar a day minimum for actors and actresses in Boston and surrounding areas, with extra provisions for union recognition and travel outside the city. The bill also creates a pension system for public employees, funded jointly by workers and the state, with retirement rules and survivor benefits, though its fate remains uncertain.
Boston Booking Office Reaches Harmful Labor Pact
A conference on Tremont street between C. Wesley Fraser and the Boston Central Labor Union grievance committee resolved a dispute with the White Rats Actors Union. The agreement requires recognition of the union and a minimum wage, with no discrimination in bookings. Fraser pledged to enforce the terms.
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Boston
New England
White Rats Actors’ Union
C. Wesley Fraser
Boston United Booking Office
Boston Central Labor Union
Tremont Street
White Rat’s
Actors’ Union
Nicholas J. Lally
John J. Barry
Theatrical Employes Union
F.C. Kingman
Musician’s Union
William C. Francke
Moving Picture Operators Union
M. J. Osweary
Co. L. U
White Rats
Geoffrey Whalen
Ernest Carr
New York
Johnt. G. Glynn
Fraser
William Collins
Schooner Helen Goes Ashore Off Palmer's Island
The two masted schooner Helen loaded with oil barrels for New York went ashore on a ledge east of Palmer's Island while leaving New Bedford harbor. Coast guard cutter Rcushnet could not pull her off. A second rescue attempt is planned at high tide tonight.
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New Bedford
Helen
New York
Palmer’s Island
Coast Guard
Rcushnet
Boy Sets Fire in Chelsea Kitchen
An 8 year old boy, unnamed by police, started a bonfire of rags in the kitchen of Philip Gould at 11 Beacon Street Chelsea. The blaze forced two families from their apartments and caused about 600 dollars in damage.
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Philip Gould
Beacon Street
Chelsea
New Pension Bill Favored by State Legislature
A general pension bill for public service workers was favorably reported by the legislative committee on social welfare. It excludes current elective officers current firemen police and judges, but covers appointees after passage. towns under 10 000 may opt in by vote.
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Special Commission
Committee On Social Welfare
Commission
House of Representatives
Allison Catheron
Beverly
Cameron
Boston
State House
Legislative Committee On Social Welfare
Incident at F. P. Manson Lumber Company Buildings
An event occurred yesterday in the buildings at 107 and 109 Border Street East Boston involving the F. P. Manson Lumber Company. Details remain limited but the location and parties are clear.
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F. P. Manson Lumber Company
Border Street
East
Boston
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