Telephone Rates to Be Increased May
Following a wage settlement with telephone operators the company plans rate hikes believed prearranged by managers. General Manager Driver says increased revenue is needed to cover higher costs and applies changes equitably across services. In Boston exchanges, business subscribers face a 5 cent monthly rise with extra calls allowance. residence subscribers gain 2.5 cents more and five extra monthly calls. excess measured calls rise by 1 cent. extension sets up 2.5 cents monthly with flat rate and 17 cents with measured service. private branch exchange measured calls priced the same as other measured services.
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Driver
Goston
Branch Exchange
Rate increases and service changes across subscriber plans
Business subscribers face a 50 cent monthly rise and ten added calls monthly. Residence plans rise 25 cents monthly with five extra calls. Excess business measured calls up one cent each. Extension set charges up 25 cents monthly with flat rate, 17 cents with measured. Summer resort contracts require seven months minimum. Mileage rate to outlying areas increased. One party business flat rate in major exchanges ended. Two party rates in central Boston and suburban business services withdrawn.
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Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Central District
Chorus Union Sings Messiah in Symphony Hall Finale
Handel's Messiah was performed at Symphony Hall with F W Wodell conducting. Soloists Miss Laura Littlefield Miss Lila Robeson Harvey Hindermyer Willard Flint and an ample orchestra and organ. The audience filled the hall and praised the choruses tone and phrasing.
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Symphony Hall
F. W. Wodell
Laura Littlefield
Lila Robeson
Harvey W. Hindermyer
Willard Flint
Miss Littlefield
Hindermyer
Flint
People’s Choral Union
Nurse Miss Eugenia French Returns Home to Calais
Miss Eugenia French of the United States Army Nurse Corps returns home to Calais Maine after serving overseas. The announcement notes her years of service and homecoming to the community.
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United States Army Nurse Corps
Calais
Bobby Go and Find Out feature in Boston Post Sunday Magazine
Mary Lerner, Cambridge author of many Best Stories of the year, pens an entertaining piece for next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The Hun Is Tied taut with each bond bought.
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Lerner
Bobby-Go
Mary Lerner
Cambridge
Boston Post
FREEDOM WORKS HEARD AT OLYMPIA THEATRE
James M Curley ex mayor of Boston pressed for Ireland recognition among nations before thousands at the Olympia Theatre. Lynn urged that the US must honor the flag by backing self determination for small nations including Ireland and urged a fair League of Nations. Contributions to a $150000 Friends of Irish Freedom fund were announced, with Lynn contributing $10000.
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James M. Curley
Boston
Ireland
Olympia Theatre
Lynn
America
William B. Larkin
League of Nations
Australia
England
New Zealand
United States
Friends of Irish Freedom
Philadelphia
James J. Donahue
Henry P. Dunn
Lynn Council
Knights of Columbus
Walter H
Casement
Ulster
Wolf Tone
Edward Fitzgerald
Henry VIII
Henry
Curley
Marshal Joffre
MISS BOOTH IN PORTLAND
Four thousand people packed Portland City Hall to hear Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army. She urged broader war work funding and greater financial support, noting past mistakes from limited resources and calling for at least fifty thousand dollars for a Portland building matching Bangor’s donation.
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Portland
City Hall
Evangeline Booth
Narvation Army
Booth
Charles B. Clarke
Salvation Army
A. Gifford
Portland Folk
Bangor
104th Forms Veterans Assn Camp Devens Meeting Formed
The 101st Regiment Veterans Association was formed at Devens with election of officers at regimental headquarters. Colonel William C. Hayes, ousted by Colonel Duncan K. Major, was elected active president. Coro nel B. Frank Cheatham, present commander, named honorary president. Officers and dues outlined.
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Camp Devens
101Th Regiment Veterans’ Association
William C. Hayes
Springfield
Duncan K. Major
Coronel B. Frank Cheatham
James J. Fivers
Paul J. Norton
George Roberts
Carl W. Nordstrom
M Company
Second Massachusetts Armory
National Guard Reorganization Plan Drives New Regiment
The association will meet soon after demobilization to vote on continuing an active campaign. Officers plan to arouse broad public interest and assist in forming a new regiment in line with the existing plan to reorganize the National Guard.
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National Guard
Woman Dies From Fractured Skull in Arlington Heights
Mary Madanick, 72, housekeeper for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Endicott Ring, lay unconscious more than 50 hours after a skull fracture found in the street Late Thursday night. She died early yesterday at Symmes Arlington Hospital. Funeral set for Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Believed fall caused the injury, not an automobile strike. Sister Lizzie Devine of East Cambridge survives.
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Mary Madanick
Arlington Heights
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Madanick
Harold Endicott Ring
Wollaston Avenue
Lizzie Devine
Cambridge Street
East Cambridge
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Arlington
An Old Hair Darkening Recipe Becomes Wyeth Sage and Sulphur
Sage Tea and Sulphur mix restored hair color naturally. The old home brew is now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound in drug stores, offered cheaply to darken hair, remove gray, and make it glossy with a few applications.
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Wyeth
Murphy Slater Wedding Today in New York
Miss Ray Slater daughter of Mrs Horatio Nelson Slater of Boston and New York will wed Major James B Murphy MD of the Rockefeller Institute New York today at Mrs Slater s Park Avenue apartment in Manhattan Bride Adrenne Iselin maid of honor Best man Dr A Raymond Dochez of Baltimore and the Rockefeller Institute The ceremony will be performed by Rev Samuel S Drury D D of St Paul s School Concord NH The couple will reside in New York City.
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New York
Ray Slater
Horatio Nelson Slater
Boston
Vincent Club
James B. Murphy
Rockefeller Institute
Samuel S. Drury
D. D
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Major
Mrs. Murphy
New York City
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Handel
Symphony
Miss Eugenia French
Dept
Thayer McNeil
New England
Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
Bringeis
Washington
Lincoln
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