See America First Texas Book Praised in Review
A literary note reviews Nevin Winter’s Texas the Marvellous from the See America First series praising its educational value and Texas praise. It also mentions Billy Sunday biography and a patriotic poem Our Flag by Alice M Fay with favorable views on content and price.
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Texas
Garden of Eden
Dakotas
Nevin O. Winter
Page Company
Boston
Nevin
Mr. Nevin
America
Brentano
New York
Alice M. Fay
Harper's August issue praised for Japan article and urban essays
The August issue of Harper’s Magazine is praised for Frederic Rust Ogg’s authoritative survey of Japan and Alan Sullivan’s sharp manners essay. It also highlights Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, Harrison Rhodes’ depictions of American cities, and vivid illustrations, with notes on American versus foreign manners.
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Munsey’s
Japan
Frederic Rust Ogg
Pacific
Mr. Ogg
Hobson
Uncle Sam
Jersey
California
Hiram Johnson
Harper's
Mark Twain
Harrison Rhodes
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Miss Vail
Mr. Rhodes
Rhodes
Harper’s
Alan Sullivan
Broadway
Westminster Abbey
Italy
J. Sullivan
Tragedy: Four-Year-Old Fatally Crushed Between Truck and Trailer
Harold A. Stineman died after he slipped between a box motor truck and its trailer on Harrison Avenue near Perry Street. Driver Robert Cole of East Boston, 22, was arrested on a manslaughter charge. Jordan Marsh workers transported the boy to City Hospital, but he died from a crushed chest and multiple injuries.
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Harold A. Stineman
Roland Stineman
Laconia Street
South End
Harrison Avenue
Perry Street
City Hospital
Robert Cole
Saratoga Street
George H. Hobbs Manufacturing Company
Maverick Street
Boston
P. H. Morrissey
Jordan Marsh Company
Pere Marquette K of C Trolley Ride Through Boston Suburbs
About 800 members of Pere Marquette Council Knights of Columbus South Boston rode 14 trolley cars through Jamaica Plain Brighton and Cambridge last night before a dance at the council hall lasting until 2 am.
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Boston
K. OF C
Pere Marquette Council
Jamaica Plain
Brighton
Cambridge
Council Hall
Alleged auto thief held on $2000 bond in Roxbury court
Dexter P. Connell of Roslindale, 22, accused of robbing Henry L. Simpson night watchman at Woodbourne garage, taking cash and an automobile. He was held for the grand jury on a robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon charge and committed to Charles Street jail after bond defeat.
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Dexter P. Connell
Roslindale
Henry L. Simpson
Woodbourne
Brackett
West Roxbury
Connell
Charles Street
Somerville Church Accepts Pastor Paul Favor Resignation
The Prospect Hill Congregational Church in Somerville votes to accept the resignation of Rev. Paul Gordon Favor after over six years as pastor. Favor cites health and overbearing labors as reasons. resignation not to take effect immediately.
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Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Somerville
Paul Gordon Favor
Favor
Treaty for West Indies Now Signed
Purchase by the United States of the islands St. Thomas St. Croix and St. John east of Porto Rico is provided for in a treaty signed today by the United States and Denmark. It will be submitted to the U S Senate and the Danish Parliament for ratifications to complete the sale.
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Washington
United States
St. Thomas
St. Croix
St. John
Porto Rico
Boston Prisoner Labor Sparks Union Protest at Courthouse
Boston labor unions protest prisoner work on city buildings with Sheriff Quinn defending the use of inmates from Charles Street jail to repair doors at the Pemberton Square courthouse. He says $2500 was spent for repairs and finishing the job was necessary after union approval appeared to falter.
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Boston
Charles Street
Boston Central Labor Union
Pemberton Square
Quinn
Court House
Lynch
Sheriff Quinn
Senate seeks action on acquisition of islands
The Senate faces expected approval with opposition only from a few. The foreign relations committee backs the purchase of islands for 25 million dollars, citing strategic harbors like St Thomas and the Monroe doctrine concerns. Senator Lodge argues the islands should pass to the United States.
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Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
United States
Copenhagen
Lode
Senator Lodge
Admiral Mahan
West Indies
Boston Labor Unions Protest Prison Labor On Public Buildings
Business agents from Boston unions report prison labor on public buildings persisted after promises to stop. They and the Allied Building Trades say Sheriff Quinn refused to act, despite a mayoral conference and orders to halt material supply. Union committees plan to file a protest with the Boston Central Labor Union.
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Boudrot
Painters’ District Council
John Quinn
Smith
Electrical Workers’ Union
Kelley
Allied Building Trades
Quinn
Lynch
Public Buildings Department
Painters’ Unions
Painters’ District Council No. 41
Allied Building Trades of Boston
Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
Major city tax payments from Boston and Maine Railroad lead list
The Boston and Maine Railroad pays a tax of 55 723 46 to the City of Somerville, the largest by any corporation. Individual taxpayer Joseph O Hobbs contributes 6 616 30. Other sizable taxpayers include Fitchburg Railroad 48 999 58 North Packing and Provision Company 47 409 66 J P Squire and Company 35 831 40 Boston and Lowell Railroad 31 903 12 New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company 16 818 26 American Tube Works 17 642 16 West End Street Railway 9 383 90 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 9 007 26 Edison Electric Light Company 9 052 20 Cambridge Gas Company 6 634.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Somerville
Joseph O. Hobbs
Fitchburgh Railroad
North Packing and Provision Company
J. P. Squire and Company
Boston and Lowell Railroad
New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company
American Tube Works
West End Street Railway
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Edison Electric Light Company
Cambridge Gas Company
Cat killer fined twenty five dollars in East Boston Court
John Hanson, a fisherman on a steam trawler, was fined twenty five dollars in East Boston Court for killing a cat. Neighbors testified Hanson tied a rope around the cat’s neck to silence it, suspended it from a window, and cut the rope after the animal died.
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John Hanson
East Boston
Hanson
U S Vessels Blacklisted by British Admiralty
The latest neutral shipping blacklist lists 152,656 tons unavailable to British charterers for engagement in neutral service. New names include the sailing vessels Clara Davis Fannie Palmer and Oakley C Curtis flying the American flag.
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London
Trades Division of the Admiralty
Clara Davis
Fannie Palmer
Oakley C. Curtis
Maine Vessels Blacklisted For Unknown Reasons
Portland Aug 4 The five masted schooners Oakley C Curtis and Fannie Palmer owned by J B Winslow & Co were named in the latest neutral shipping blacklist as engaged in unneutral service. The firm said it could offer no cause for the action and that neither vessel had violated entente rules to its knowledge while they seek to learn why they were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oakley C. Curtis
Fannie Palmer
J. 8. Winslow & Co
Little Gardeners Exhibit at Concord Town Hall
The Concord Home Garden Association hosts its annual summer exhibit this afternoon and evening in Concord Town Hall. Entries come from the gardens of local boys and girls from Concord schools featuring flowers and early vegetables.
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Concord Home Garden Association
Concord Town Hall
Concord
Maynard Street Workers Seek Wage Increase
Maynard Aug 4 The street department employees petitioned the Board of Selectmen for a raise from 2 to 2.60 dollars a day citing the high cost of living and inadequate current wages.
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Maynard
Street Department
Board of Selectmen
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