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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1921
Page
14
Notices posted in Concord announce a May 20 effective date for reduced wages for trainmen engineers and firemen yard brakemen conductors and telegraph and tower service employees.
In Providence on April 22 Superior Court Justice Hahn ordered members of the local United Textile Workers union not to establish picket lines near the Falls yarn mills in Woonsocket where a strike is underway.
A jury in Providence awarded $23 041.71 to the King of Great Britain against Taft Peirce Manufacturing Company of Woonsocket for breach of contract over gauges for machine manufacture. The 11 day trial concluded this afternoon in U S District Court.
More than 50 attendees at an auction in William K. McKay’s salesrooms at 256 Boylston Street evacuated to the street as a basement fire spread to the first floor where priceless antiques and art treasures were being sold.
Heavy smoke from Providence street building confined to the cellar by the fire department and saved stock on upper floors. Cause unknown. Damage estimated at 5000 dollars. Auction room patrons and society women evacuated calmly as the fire drill was sounded by a Women’s Educational and Industrial Union occupant.
The union employees vote on a contract proposal was tabulated today at the Kimball building by the joint conference board. Polls opened Thursday and continued through yesterday with officers refusing to comment until results are complete. Early reports indicate the vote heavily opposed the proposition.
Harry Cedar of Chelsea, a Federal Board student at Boston University College of Business Administration, received a bravery citation from Major General Dickman of the Third Division for actions under fire during the Champagne Marne offensive on July 14, 1918, delivering messages amid the battle.
Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park lose trolley access as Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway ends Hing ham to Nantasket service. A new bus link from Hingham station will run hourly now and every 15 minutes after Paragon Park opens May 28, meeting trains and connecting with Quincy and Weymouth trolleys.
The Earl of Derby was reportedly in Ireland this weekend staying covertly at a Sackville Street hotel with two close Sinn Fein contacts and a Liverpool priest. The visit, if De Valera is involved, could signal a possible path toward renewed peace negotiations.
The newspaper reports strong grounds to believe Lord Derby previously met Cardinal Logue and that, after returning to England, he may also have met Eamon De Valera. The piece notes last night’s events and hints at further developments.
Proceeds will fund relief of suffering in Ireland. A special musical concert is arranged by the committees charge and prizes are posted for an Irish step dancing contest featuring the ball.
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