Suffrage Leader Miss Blackwell Joins Tenant Rent Protests
In Dorchester 200 Nelson Street tenants complain to the Mayor’s rent committee and the State Commission on the Necessaries of Life about rent hikes. They plan hearings Monday at 2 30 p m and 37 tenants vow not to pay more than 25 percent above September 1 1919 rent. Nelson properties include Hotel Denmark and Hotel Monadnock. Blackwell, now ill at Chilmark Martha’s Vineyard, writes protesting rent increases from 45 to 65 dollars monthly.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Israel Nelson
Dorchester
Mayor's
State Commission
Nelson
Herbert E. Ellis
Nygson
P Rty
Denmark
Gift to Synagogue on Golden Wedding Day
Mrs. Michael Gilbert of 88 Plymouth Street Brockton will present a sacred scroll to the Agudas Achim Synagogue next Sunday fulfilling a 50 year vow made at her marriage in Russia. The couple celebrated 50 years of marriage on the upcoming Sunday and a parade through the city Jewish section is planned with the scroll in a velvet cover embroidered with the Ten Commandments and a crown.
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Michael Gilbert
Plymouth Street
Brockton
Agudas Achim
Russia
Gilbert
Michael Gbert
Michael Gilber
Judge rules ball is baseball only when horsehide covered
Judge Abbott of the Waltham district court ruled yesterday that a ball is a baseball only if it bears a horsehide cover. The decision narrows the definition used in local play and could affect how games are officially scored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Waltham District Court
Waltham Court Case Over Baseball Dispute
Mrs Francis Ryan sued Bernard and Paul Delaney alleging larceny of a water pail after a dispute over a ball in the street. Judge Abbott rejected the baseball charge, noting the ball was not a proper baseball. The case was continued to next Tuesday for Paul Delaney in juvenile court.
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Francis Ryan
Francis Street
Waltham
Waltham Court
Bernard Delaney
Paul
Delaney
Robert Stark
Ryan
Abbott
Victory Medals Distributed to Ex Service Men in New England
Thousands of veterans across New England received victory medals from the government over the past week with hundreds more daily. A staff remains at the First Corps Cadets Armory on Columbus Avenue to process applications. At least 80,000 ex service men in the state have not yet applied.
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New England
First Corpu Cadets
Columbus Avenue
Plans for Dr Walter Faxon Funeral Arrangements
Announcement of funeral plans for Dr Walter Faxon of Lexington a retired Harvard professor who died suddenly of heart disease at the Russell House. The services are expected to be announced today with details forthcoming.
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Faxon
Walter Faxon
Lexington
Harvard University
Russell House
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