New England Faces Soft Coal Shortage Crisis
Chairman James J. Storrow of the New England coal committee appeals to federal authorities for immediate aid to move soft coal into New England. He warns shipments are blocked by grain exports, with Canada buying heavily and rail capacity at risk, risking winter industrial operation and worker livelihoods.
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James J. Storrow
The
New England Coal Committee
New England
Storrow
Peabody
National Committee On Coal Production
Council of National Defence
Pennsylvania
Canada
Moxie Trademark Victory Over Proxie Appeal
The Moxie Company wins in patent office opposition to Wacker & Birk against Proxie for a non alcoholic beverage. Examiner H E Stauffer finds Moxie and Proxie nearly indistinguishable and likely to cause confusion, sustaining the opposition and denying registration. Appeal permitted before August 13, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxie Company
Patent Office
Wacker & Birk, Brg. & Mig. Company
Moxie
H. E. Stauffer
Great Brewing and Malting Firm
Chicago
Ill
Wacker & Birk Brg. & Malting Co
Messrs. Mason, Fenwick
Boston
Mass
Protest Opposes Holyoke Street Railway Fare Increase
Representatives from western Massachusetts cities protested to the Public Service Commission against Holyoke Street Railway Company seeking higher fares. After a lengthy hearing the commission took the petition under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke Street Railway Company
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Lectures on Cost of Food by Mrs Harvey At City Club
Mrs Elbert A Harvey a Columbia graduate and Red Cross dietitian spoke on food costs noting a $4000 family with three children spends about 25 percent on food and offering budgeting thrift tips. She urged non perishables bought in bulk, fresh fish and greens daily, waste reduction and accurate household accounting to lower expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert A. Harvey
Women’s City Club
America
Clubs To Bar White Bread In New England Week
Clubs across New England will withhold white bread for the week starting August 6 to aid wheat conservation. The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety and club representatives including Harvard Club St Botolph Club and others approved the plan after a recent conference.
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New England
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Harvard Club
St. Botolph Club
Women's City Club
Boston Art Club
Algonquin Club
Worcester Club
Worcester
Union Club
Exchange Club
Tavern Club
Yacht Club
Auburndale Women’s Club
University Club
Boston City Club
General Wood Sees Harvard ROTC Corps
Major General Leonard Wood visited the Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Barre to see his son Otis C. Wood captain of a company. He praised the corps for careful training and their trench warfare preparedness noting no other camp equal to them.
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Wood
Harvard
Knights of Columbus to Speak on Boston Common
Knights of Columbus officers call off yesterday’s meetings due to heat. Mayor Curley and ex-State Treasurer Frederick Mansfield will speak at today’s 1 PM session on the Common to appeal for funds for recreation camps for soldiers. Mission Church Band to perform.
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Knights of Columbus
Boston Common
Curley
Frederick W. Mansfield
K. of C
Mission Church
Socialists 10 Go From U. S. Delegates Sought for Stockholm Conference
New York July 31 delegates are being elected nationwide to represent the Socialist party at a proposed Stockholm conference in September. Attending the London entente allied Socialist conference in late August is also under consideration. Arnold Petersen says plans to send delegates are not finalized. Louis Reinstein heads to Europe to act as American representative if he attends.
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New York
Socialist Party
Stockholm
London
Arnold Petersen
Socialist Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
M. P
Labor Party
Louis Reinstein
Europe
Petersen
State Rail Milk Rates Blocked by PSC Aims to Level Prices
The Public Service Commission blocked intrastate milk rates after a year of study, saying proposed in state rates hurt Massachusetts producers. It proposed uniform per quart pricing based on ICC 40-quart jugs and other adjustments to baggage car, carload, and milk car shipments, with new rules to take effect by September 15.
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The
Public Service Commission
Commission
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Maine
New Haven Road
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Boston
Vermont
Whaling brig Viola returns with large catch at port
New Bedford reports the whaling brig Viola came in with a $72,000 catch after a 10 month voyage. The ship’s hold yielded sperm oil and 121 pounds of ambergris valued at $37,000.
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New Bedford
Viola
Ambergria
Farewell to Guard Saturday Parade Plans Announced
Mayor Curley announced plans for a 12 000 strong parade to honor the Belgian mission and bid farewell to National Guardsmen before mobilization camps in Charlotte North Carolina. The procession will include the Eighth and Ninth regiments possibly the Fifth cavalry State Guard 2500 sailors and marines and about 1000 Belgian society representatives. A mass meeting at Parkman bandstand will follow with W Rourke Cochran of New York delivering the principal oration.
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Curley
Charlotte
N. C
State Guard
New England
Parkman Bandstand
Boston Common
Belgium
W. Rourke Cochran
New York
Deadlock Over Interstate Board Bill Blocks ICC Expansion
Conferees on the bill to enlarge the Interstate Commerce Commission are deadlocked and will refer back to the Senate and House the question of retaining a Senate amendment requiring that the entire commission pass on applications for rate increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Commission
Boston approves bas relief of ex mayor Prince
Mayor Curley accepts the Art Commission's recommendation to place a bas relief of ex mayor Frederick O Prince in the Mayor's office alongside other Boston mayor memorials.
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Curley
Art Commission
Frederick O. Prince
Boston
Heat forces long constitutional convention session
More than 100 members were absent as the convention reconvened amid a heat wave. Asa P. French proposed a roll call to track absentees. the idea was tabled at Martin M. Lomasney's request. Debate covered courts striking down laws and the stance against abolishing capital punishment. Former Attorney General Albert E. Pillsbury led yesterday's session.
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Constitutional Convention
Asa P. French
Randolph
Martin M. Lomasney
Supreme Court
Ralph 8. Bauer
Lynn
Albert E. Pillsbury
Moxie Wins Trademark Challenge Over PROXIE Dispute
The Moxie Company prevailed in a trademark dispute with PROXIE before the U S Patent Office in Washington on April 3 1917. The decision affirms MOXIE as distinctive and end protects Moxie Drinkers from imitation and potential deception. The letter thanks customers for thirty years of support and invites reports of possible infringements.
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United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Moxie Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Maine
California
MOXIE
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Jewslits
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Waltham
Washington St. Cor, Water
Frank A. Andrews, Inc
Yerehsy
BY Vic
Joe
Mrs. Jinks
Oke
Gen. Wood
Harvard Corps
K. O.C
Mansfield
U. S
Does & Young Co
Avery Street
Public Service Board
Joseph
Joseph Poclants
Rejmenants
Henri de Graaf
Crowley
Interstate Board
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