Canopic To Carry Nearly 2000 Immigrants Next Week
The White Star steamship Canopic is due next Thursday from Mediterranean ports and the Azores with about 2000 passengers, mostly Italian immigrants. Public health officials assure a brief quarantine and expect to dock at Commonwealth Pier within 24 hours of arrival barring serious illness.
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Canopic
White Star Line
Mediterranean
Azores
Fier
Public Health Service
Commonwealth Pier
James ONeill Buried in New London Conn
James ONeill the actor died Tuesday and was buried at St. Marys Cemetery after a solemn high mass at St. Josephs Church in New London Conn The service was attended by Chief Justice Edward D White and William Connor ONeills former manager Members of the Knights of Columbus bore the body and wore their regalia Mrs M Platt of Cincinnati ONeills sister arrived during the church service
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New London
Conn
James O'Neill
St. Mary's Cemetery
St. Joseph’s Church
Edward D. White
Supreme Court of the United States
William Connor
New York
O'Neill
Knights’ of Columbus
Louise Huff Promotes Instant Hand and Arm Beautifier
Advertisement featuring actress Louise Huff extols quick cosmetic results using Derwillo and Siska cold cream. It claims the product softens elbows, smooths skin, and offers shades white, flesh and brunette. Endorsed by mass use across drugstores with a money back guarantee.
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New York
Louise Huff
Derwillo
Derwille
Zee
Erwillo
Market Brims with Summer Produce and Steady Meat Prices
Midsummer market offers a wide variety of vegetables and fruits at steady prices. Potatoes stay 65 cents per peck. peaches from 20 to 30 cents a dozen. plums 15 to 18 cents a dozen. pears five cents each for large fruit. Cantaloupes 10 to 15 cents each. watermelons abundant. berries mixed and priced around 35 cents a box. Meat prices hold with corned beef 25–30 cents a pound and sirloin 70–75 cents. top round 60–80 cents. veal 75 cents. lamb 45–48 cents. bacon up to 55 cents. fowl 50 cents per pound and chicken 55 cents. Fish such as swordfish and mackerel 30 cents. butter 65–68 cents a pound.
Closing Exercises Today of Morgan Memorial Camp
Closing exercises of the Morgan Memorial fresh air camp at the Lucy Stone Home Dorchester mark the term end. More than 1000 children and parents are expected to attend as a program of events is arranged to fit the occasion.
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Morgan Memorial Camp
Lucy Stone
Boutwell Street
Dorchester
Partners for Thirty-Two Years Split Over Future Policy
Two longtime business partners end a 32 year collaboration after a falling out on their future direction. The dispute unfolds into a humorous arc showcased in a Boston Sunday Post Magazine feature noted as one of the year’s most entertaining stories titled And So They Shook Hands.
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J. J. Bell
Boston Sunday Post
Funeral Held for Melvin O Adams in Boston Mass
People from law politics business and education paid respects at King's Chapel for Melvin O Adams. Leaders including Lt Governor Channing H Cox ex Governors Bates McCall and others attended presiding minister Rev Howard N Brown. Honorary pallbearers included Chief Justice John A Aiken and Henry V Cunningham. Interment followed at Ashburnham Adams birthplace.
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Melvin O. Adams
King’s Chapel
Howard N. Brown
King's Chapel
Malcolm Lang
Channing H. Cox
John L. Bates
Samuel W. McCall
Charles L. Burrill
Thomas N. Hart
Samuel W. Powers
Arthur D. Hill
John A. Kelcher
Massachusetts
Boston
Suffolk County
John A. Aiken
Superior Court
Henry V. Cunningham
John A.fenno
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Colonel Adams
Walton B. Whitney
Ashburnham
H. Peter Jensen
Middle Brewster
Samuel H. Hudson
Thomas W
In Your Hand by Irving R. Bacon
A short excerpt discusses Lunarians led by imagination, noting the Moon as a dotted line and Jules Verne as a Lunarian. The piece highlights Lunarian traits such as loving travel and using imagination when actual travel is blocked.
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Irving R. Bacon
Luna
Jules Verne
Civil Service Exams Announced for Multiple Positions
The Civil Service Commission announced competitive examinations on August 31 for the assistant to the director of corporations and taxation a $2820 yearly job. Blind men are urged to apply for superintendent and foreman roles in the broom shop of the Division of the Blind. A chemist exam for the Boston public works department is set for August 31 requiring lab tests and analysis of paving materials.
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Civil Service Commission
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State Department of Education
Boston Public Works Department
Somerville Landlord Summoned Over Rent Hikes
Samuel Singer, a Somerville landlord, was summoned to appear before the State Commission on the Necessaries of Life over rent increases alleged to be fully 50 percent. The commission advised tenants to pay a 2 percent increase under the 1920 rent statute and refuse any higher charge. Rents rose from $24 to $35 after Singer bought the Pearl Street properties last May from Leo S. Rosenfeld.
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Somerville
Samuel Singer
State Commission On
Singer
Pearl Street
Leo S. Rosenfeld
Open Season Begins with Keble Howard Play Lazy Lubin
Henry Jewett's Players opened at the Copley Theatre with Lazy Lubin by Keble Howard. H Conway-Wingfield starred as Lubin Manifold with Blanche LeRoy as the French daughter and a company including E. E. Clive, Nicholas Joy, Noel Leslie, Viola Roach, May Ediss, Elma Royton, and Rosalind Ivan. The comedy runs through the week and into next.
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Henry Jewett
Copley Theatre
Atlantic
Lubin
Keble Howard
United States
England
Lubin Manifold
H. Conway-Wingfield
Blanche LeRoy
E. E. Clive
Nicholas Joy
Noel Leslie
Viola Roach
May Ediss
Elma Royton
Rosalind Ivan
Dorchester Paving Contract Awarded on Dudley Street
Mayor Peters approved a 28811.90 dollar contract to re lay granite blocks on Dudley Street from Alexander to Stoughton in Dorchester. The bid was the lowest of four submitted.
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Peters
Dudley Street
Alexander
Stoughton Streets
Dorchester
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