Yeomen Transfer From Yeoman Rank to Civil Service
Seventy six female Yeomen at the Hingham naval station relinquished their rank and entered civil service under a government mandate. Chief Petty Officer Peter La Court administered the oath before hundreds of witnesses at the station bandstand. Commander Kreeland praised the group and predicted further clerical achievements for the 45 civil service workers remaining.
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Hingham Maval
Uncle Sam
Peter la Court
East Boston
Naval Station
Kreeland
Mr. la Court
Hingham Naval Station
Leonard A. Page
Single Men Deserve Equal Pay And Family Wages
A letter to the Post argues against wage discrimination favoring married men. It contends wages should enable basic comforts for all workers, not just existence, and warns that tying pay to marriage would corrupt motives and undermine true partnership. The writer criticizes pursuing marriage for money and warns against communistic influence. ANOTHER READER.
Today’s Meetings and Auctions Across Boston Area
At 9 a.m. the Harvard Summer School second session begins. Ten o’clock a.m. joint session of the executives of Boston and Maine Boston and Albany and New Haven railroads at Quincy House. 10:30 a.m. auction of army supplies at the army supply base. 8 p.m. hull special town meeting. 8 p.m. mass meeting by Friends of Irish Freedom at Maynard Hall D Street South Boston.
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Boston & Maine
Boston
Broadway Looks Like Heck Town as Saloons Close
Broadway shows reopen with new casts while actors strike on sidewalks outside. Managers and actors spar on Forty Second Street as chorus girls and even bathing girls join the walkout. Unionization drives swell as talks of sympathy strikes loom.
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New York
Broadway
Billy Sunday
Town Hall
George M. Cohan
George M
Potice
Georgie
Forty-second Street
Actors’ Equity Association
Health Talk on Stomach and Bowels as Vital System
Advertisement argues the stomach and bowels form one continuous system performing most work. It urges readers to keep them in fit condition to boost natural disease resistance and to take advice on caring for digestion.
Dr. True's Elixir Promoted For Regular Movements
An advertisement promotes Dr. True's Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller. It claims to tone the stomach restore normal bowel action and expel stomach and pin worms for adults and children alike. It urges readers to start using Dr. True's Hiixr today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. True
Portland's First Municipal Organist Praises City Concerts
Will C. Macfarlane, the United States' first municipal organist, says municipal organ concerts uplift education and morals. He notes that cities with 100,000 or fewer residents should invest similarly and marks seven years in Portland's City Hall organ program.
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Portland
Will C. Macfarlane
United States
Macfarlane
Post
City Hall
Macfarlane quits Melrose post to rest then organ debut
Macfarlane resigns from Melrose municipal organ post to rest with his ailing wife and travel to California. He will debut as the first organist of Melrose's new city organ in October, drawing attendees from across the country and praising the instrument's moral uplift.
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Macfarlane
California
Melrose
Mass
Georgia
Kotzchnar
Portland
Portland Municipal Organ Elevates Music Education
The interview with organist Macfarlane argues that the municipal organ in Portland educates youth to good music, rejects ragtime, and elevates public taste. He cites free Sunday concerts, two-cent summer fees, and world renowned artists like Schumann- Heink and Alma Gluck, noting the organ’s self supporting status and its role in branding Portland nationwide. He recalls an incident at a Democratic convention where hats came off in respect to the organ. He laments the limitations on popularization while affirming the organ’s lasting cultural impact.
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Macfarlane
Municipal Organ
Portland
Municipal
Sousa
Schumann- Heink
Alma Gluck
San Francisco
Springfield
Mass
New England
Falls Off Bike in Arlington Collision
Frank Ferrara a 14 year old of 138 Erie street Cambridge was seriously injured yesterday afternoon on Massachusetts avenue Arlington. His bicycle wheel snagged a track near Mt Vernon and he was struck when an automobile driven by Benjamin Kendrick West Harwich failed to stop. Ferrara was taken to Arlington police headquarters then to Symmes Arlington Hospital with serious cuts bruises and possible internal injuries. Kendrick was not blamed after his statement to police.
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Frank Ferrara
Erie Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Boston
Benjamin Kendrick
Main Street
West Harwich
Mr. Kendrick
Guy E. Sanger
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Kendrick
Hull Folk to Honor Town Nine
American and National league stars will attend a complimentary dance for Hull Bayside baseball team at Hotel Pem berton tomorrow night. The event celebrates a long winning streak including a recent victory over the All-Star Navy team. John F. Fitzgerald Jr and Lt. Thomas Fitzgerald, plus Jack Sughrue, highlight a roster of ex‑service players.
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Hull
Bayside
Hotel Pemberton
Navy
John F. Fitzgerald, Jr
Congressman Fitzgerald
Thomas Fitzgerald
Jack Sughrue
Catholics May Eat Meat Next Friday Feast Day
The Feast of the Assumption falls on a Friday this year and Catholics may eat fresh meat that day. The eve of the feast is a fasting day and no fresh meat is allowed. The announcement was made in all churches in the diocese yesterday.
Life Saving Apparatus Placed on Spy Pond and Reservoir
The Arlington Board of Selectmen installed life-saving apparatus at Spy Pond in Arlington Centre and at Arlington Heights Reservoir after a winter drowning spree. The move follows public interest in measures that might have saved victims.
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Spy Pond
Arlington Centre
Arlington Heights
Board of Selectmen
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