See Close Ballots At Poll Today
George H. Lanen reports on the Massachusetts State Branch AFL convention as ballots close. The discussion focuses on creating local credit unions, making the State Branch a convention clearing house, and plans for a daily newspaper to advance labor principles and aspirations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convention of State Branch
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
State
Nolan
Aaron A. Velleman
Cigarmakers’ Union of
Boston
Welleman
Organized Labor
Labor union convention eyes unity and debates League clash
Delegates unanimously nominated Thomas H. Gerraughty for president and Martin T. Joyce for a 10th term as secretary treasurer with Charles J. Hodsdon as legislative agent. Fifteen candidates vie for seven vice presidential posts amid talks of a daily labor newspaper and expanding credit unions while deliberations on the League of Nations and national issues unfold. The Boston area topics include equal pay for Boston teachers and efforts to consolidate electrical workers under the A F L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Gerraughty
Bartenders’ Union 77
Martin T. Joyce
Charles J. Hodsdon
William A. Nealey
Lynn
A. F. of L
William Walsh
Boston Street
Carmen’s Union
M. J. Cohan
Brockton C. L. A
Edward F. McGrady
Boston
Francis A. Warnock
Lowell
John C. Lynch
Michael J. Hines
League of Nations
Montreal
League
Nealey
Dennis D. Driscoll
Thomas M. Nolan
Boston Typographical Union 13
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Federation of Labor
Telephone Workers
New England
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Tiz for Tired Puffed-Up Feet
A promotional pitch touts Tiz as a remedy for tired puffed feet. It claims rapid relief from soreness, corns, callouses, and bunions and promises lasting freshness with daily use in any drug store.
Boston fish fleet brings large catches amid steady prices
A 19-vessel fleet arrived with abundant fresh fish at the pier, swordfish down a cent, and prices largely steady. Notable hauls include 640 swordfish on five ships and 20,000 pounds each of halibut, cod, hake, and cusk aboard the Republic. Other vessels and cargoes are listed with per pound sales and trawler tons, while the Snowdon sails for Buenos Ayres with 1,000,000 feet of lumber setting a 60 day voyage target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie M. Nunan
Eleanor
Helen Marley
John D
Anita
Bernice L
Robert & Arthur
Republic
Haddock
Athena
Frances S. Grueby
Ethel
B. Peony
Ngomar
Benj. Wallace
Genesta
Eva Avidr
Halibut
Ingomar
Olivia Sears
Liberty
T Wharf
Snowdon
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Edwin L. Pillsbury
Boston Light
Redding
Beacon Oil Works
Everett
Boston
Redondo
Gothenburg
Sweden
Norfolk
Indian Harbor
Portland
Pensacola
Lighthouse Board
Stone Horse Shoal
Nantucket Sound
Shipping News Arrives with List of Steamers and Ports
Shipping listings report arrival of multiple steamers including Alpinet Hancock Calcutta Colombo Norden Peterson Nue vitas Cuba Redondo Farmer Gothenburg Norfolk Prince Arthur Simms Yarmouth N C Indiana Harbor Dow Portland Pensacola Persian Hart Baltimore Norfolk Ontario Bond Philadelphia J H Devereux Keene Norfolk Calvin Austin Holmes New York Ransom B Fuller Strout Portland Belfast Rawiey Bangor City of Gloucester Larsen Gloucester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpinet
Hancock
Calcutta
Colombo
Norden
Dan
Peterson
Nuevitas
Cuba
Redondo
Farmer
Gothenburg
Norfolk
Prince Arthur
Simms
Yarmouth
N. C
Indiana Harbor
Dow
Portland
Pensacola
Persian
Hart
Baltimore
Ontario
Bond
Philadelphia
J. H. Devereux
Keene
Calvin Austin
Holmes
New York
Ransom
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets Advertisement Claim
Advertising promotes NR Tablets as a daily laxative alternative. It claims the product cleanses the body, improves digestion, liver function, kidney action and appetite, reduces need for frequent dosing, and costs 25 cents per box with a 25 day supply.
Phelactine Process Promises Hair Root Removal
Advert says the marvellous phelactine process removes hair at the root and surface quickly leaving skin smooth. It claims odorless non irritant formula you can use at home with simple instructions and see hair roots come out.
Maritime Tow List Prepares Barges for East Coast Ports
A long freight and tug listing details vessels and tug outfits preparing to tow barges between New York Boston and New England ports. Names include Edgewater Scranton Pallas Hog Island and Iron Queen along with towing orders for Trenton Rutherford Greenwood 741 and Scully Boys and Girls among others.
Marriage Intentions List Shows Local Couples Engaged
The notice lists dozens of Boston area couples filing intentions, with names ages occupations and current addresses. Entries include Weldon J. Murray and Nettie Richardson, William H. Davis and Sarah Hickson, George E. Ingram and Eudora Schmallman, and many more across Dorchester Roxbury Jamaica Plain and Brighton with varied trades from salesman to clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon J. Murray
Norton St
Dorchester
Nettie
Andover
Eudora B. Schmallman
Beacon St
Randolph Chapman
Ham~ Mond St
Roxbury
Olive Broome
Harrison Ave
Jacob Feinstein
Genesee St
Sarah Schwartz
Leonard P. Lyons
Brookford St
Mary E. MacPhee
Hemenway St
John M. Langdon
Conant St
Mary A. Sughrue
James J. Cundy
Topliff St
Esther T. Ben
Mary E. Sheehy
Rochester St
Max Wallace
Clerk
Sherman St
Martha Romanoff
Cashier
Minot St
David B. Weden
Dalrymple St
Jamaica Plain
Eilenda M. Benson
Templeton St
John H. Kennedy
West Second St
Ellen F. Fisherty
Roy V. Somers
Utah
Mary J. McManus
East Sixth St
South
Boston
Francis H. Robinson
Philadelphia
Penn
Amy B. Day
Peter
Suliare
Winifred G. Wardock
Morbro St
Belmont
Cyril W. Shovelier
Fayette St
Watertown
Emma J. Hansen
Rosemont Rd
Timothy J. McLaughlin
Margaret T. Costello
Compton St. John
Lynn
Freida Simms
Auburn St
Angelo di Giacomo
Maple St
Malden
Anna Ciasulla
Centre St
Moses Zapotti
Baker
Burrell
St. Roxbury
Nora Sullivan
Cook
East Cottage St
Raverio Foll
Endicott St
Erena Guarente
Harold E. Wilmarth
Waverley
Mary J. Smith
Parkman Et
Brighton
Auto Theft Ring Probe Deepens With Key Appointments
Attorney General J Weston Allen joins the investigation into the auto theft ring. Convict Herman L Barney appears before the Middlesex grand jury amid charges involving policemen and citizens, signaling a broader exposure of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney
J. Weston Allen
Herman L. Barney
Middlesex Grand Jury
Attorney General taps Samuel Spring to lead auto theft probe
Attorney General Allen selects Samuel Spring a famed California criminal lawyer and UC professor to spearhead a statewide inquiry into the ring linked to auto thieves. The probe will cover all counties referenced by Convicts Barney Praff Buckley and other witnesses and may create a state clearing house to share theft information with district attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Samuel Spring
California
Law College
University of California
Massachusetts
Spring
Barney
Praeff
Buckley
State House
Auto theft probe reaches Cambridge grand jury
The Cambridge grand jury will hear the auto theft case today with Herman L. Barney set as the first witness. The Attorney General has followed the case closely, while noting it began in Suffolk Middlesex and Essex counties and involved disclosures by Barney. Sensations are expected from Barney’s testimony before the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman L. Barney
Greater
Boston
Suffolk
Middlesex
Essex
Attorney-General’s Office
Cambridge Grand Jury
Barney
Fielding
Harvey and
Wagner
Cambridge
Remarkable Eaton story to appear in Boston Sunday Post
By a Remarkable Writer The Little God of Washington Square by Walter Prichard Eaton will be published in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. It is another of the unusually well written stories by this widely known author and is well worth reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Square
Walter Prichard Eaton
Boston Sunday Post
Obituary notices from Boston area mostly Aug funerals
Multiple death notices list names, ages, and funeral details across Dorchester Somerville and surrounding towns. Entries include Catherine Alley 85 widow, James H Finn, Agnes Hurley, George Johnson, Jennie Kennedy, Catherine Laffey, and others with funeral times, church services, and auto cortege references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Stearns
Charlestown
Hurley
Westmoreland
N. H
Agnes
Catherine (Mahoney
Cornelius Hurley
Corona St
Dorchester
St. Peter’s
Johnson
George
Minnie Johnson
Maryland St
Kennedy
Jennie E
Mary Kennedy
Norwell St
St. Gregory's Church
Lansing
Ridgewood
N. J
Loughlin
Joseph
William H
Mary Murphy
Jacee
Mosley St
Lundahl
Somerville
Johanna Lundahl
Lynnfield
Swedish Baptist Church
Shawmat Ave
Rutland St
Boston
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George H. Lanen
Oriole’s
Labor “Daily
State Industrial and Accident Board
Cambridge Gas Company
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
W. R. Driver, JR
Saturn
Mars
Venus
J. W., Smith
Shipping News
Ter
Latepe
Derrickson
Herndon
Searsport
Cohansey
Mercury
Tingley
Edgewater
Scranton
Pallas
Erkins
Hog Island
Thomas Horan
James H. Scully
M. Mitchell Devis
Holt
Portsmouth
Iron Queen
Newburyport
Edward
Eveleth
Brocklebank
San Jose
Port
M. Mitchell Davis
Greenwood
E. R. Haggett
Parkers Flats
Vesta
Perth Amboy
Por Williams
Scully Boys
Scully Girls
Juno
A. Sydney Davidson
Mary OC. Hughes
Scollay Sq
Court St
WMAS
Phan
Harry Morey
Charlie Chaplin
Eddie Polo
Maurice Tourneur
Battle Music
Nautical Revere Beach
Eddie Schell
Strachan
Tremont Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
Eves
Revere
Brassard
Wiley, Carman, Chapman
Madonna
Ammateurs
Philip
Edw. W. Dixon
Exeter
Copley Square
Gertrude Atherton
Wallace
Doris Kenyon
Carter DE Haven
May Allison Bryant Washburn
Lic Beate
Mary Young
Barrie
Rosalind
Tel. Beach
Billy B. van
Jas
J. Corbett Dols
Cole Jaxon
Wee Me
Maleta
Bea
Horace Goldin
Restaurent
Condit
Revere Beach
Barrett & McCann
May Allison
T. James Fatty
May Allison “the Cheater
Fenway Wm. Faversham
Man
Billie Burke
Prudence
Coolidge
Tates
Canada
Church of the Sacred Heart
Shinnick
Margaret (Nee Shea
William Shinnick
East Fifth St
Gate of Heaven
Somers
Whitefield
Clarence W
Mary J L. Somers
Bakersfield St
Dorschester
Stehle
Squantum
Elisabeth B
Stephen A. Steele
West Medford
Washington St
Xbury
St. John
N. B
Sullivan
Winthrop
Tim
Johanna Sullivan
Gosnell
Atlantic St
Church of St. John the Eva
Waldmyer
George Waldmyer
Br, & E. F. Gleason’s
Watson
Ellen J
James W. MacKenzie
Steinert Sears
Edna & Leonard Gallagher
H. Frazee
America
Jack Norworth
Beach
Fenway Park
Sousa
bSe
Uman
Braves
Pirates
Wright & Ditson
Troy
de Son
Gladys Sloae
Figecn & Auger
Hewitt Mitchell
Ennler Bros
Cordini
Kine
Eve
Atonee
Hopart Wan Baavit
Philanger Joneson
Lexington
Ner
Certa
Piatrict
Bernivici Bros
Venice
Alletar Star
N. News
Marshall Neidan
Doris Kon
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