Adams to be laid at rest
Funeral services for Melvin O. Adams in Boston will be held at King's Chapel at 10 30 this morning with burial at 3 pm in Ashburnham Old Burying Ground. The Boston Revere Beach Lynn railroad chief ordered trains and ferries to pause for one minute tomorrow at 10 30. Honorary pallbearers include Justice John A Aiken and Henry V Cunningham with many colleagues and family attending. Active pallbearers are railroad employees. Walter E Adams to head ushers with a team serving at the service.
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Melvin O. Adams
Beacon Street
Boston
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
King’s Chapel
Old Burying Ground
Ashburnham
John A. Aiken
Superior Court
Henry V. Cunningham
John A. Fenno
Boston, Revere Beadia É& Lynn Railroad
Adams
Walton B. Whitney
H. Peter Jensen
Mr. Adams
Middle Brewster
Samuel H. Hudson
Thomas W. Proctor
Fred H. Williams
James B. Reynolds
Frederic Dodge
Charlesb. Barnes
Thomas Kelly
James W. Newton
Daniel A. Shea
Richard F. Paul
Charles H. Bradley
Joshua B. Clark
From Silo to Success How a Legless Man Built a Business
George Geiser of St. Louis after losing his legs in an accident refused charity and instead started selling from a lunch wagon. He then converted an unused silo into a store calling his wares silage and quickly earned more money than before, keeping a tidy bank balance.
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George Geiser
St. Louis
Geiser
George
Raps Methods of Naval Vice Squad Newport
John R. Ratham editor of the Providence Journal testifies before a Senate sub committee on the naval vice squad. He repeats Feb claims about squad methods and urges examination of navy witnesses from the Samuel Kent trials. He says earlier charges and a protest letter to President Wilson are supported by naval court testimony.
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Naval Vice Squad
Newport
R. L
John R. Ratham
Providence Journal
Senate
Naval Board
Providence Ournal
Ratham
Navy
Samuel Kent
Kent
Wilson
Newport Ministers Union
Naval Court of Inquiry
City approves 36 thousand clothing contract for firemen
Mayor Peters authorized a $36 282 40 expenditure for Boston firemen clothing. The supply department awarded the contract to A Shuman Co as lowest of eight bidders for 437 overcoats 272 blouses 536 pairs of trousers 424 caps and 647 rubber coats including cloth supply and garment manufacture.
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Peters
Boston
A. Shuman & Co
Mill men deny price pact in textile industry
In Fall River on August 11 the Cotton Manufacturers' Association and local mill men rejected Justice Department charges that textile firms conspired to limit output to keep prices high. They argued no curtailment plan was discussed jointly.
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Fall River
Department of Justice
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Mills Run Part Time Amid Cloth Market Collapse
The cloth market collapse drives mills to operate part time. A contract system with brokers and jobbers hinders price agreements and timetables. No federal investigator has appeared per the Department of Justice. Curtailment grows. unions begin stoppage benefits, though labor bodies have not yet formalized a shutdown stance.
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Department of Justice
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