Gas customers seek inquiry into Old Colony rate hike
Hundreds of Old Colony Gas customers in Braintree petitioned the Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission to investigate the proposed rise from 2.10 to 2.90 per 1000 feet. They claim the increase is unwarranted and unjust, especially in the first 100 cubic feet, and urge that the higher rate be refused if found improper.
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Old Colony Gas Company
Braintree
Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission
Boston Firemen Push Referendum on Two Platoons
After two platoons Boston firemen circulate petitions across the state to place the two platoon issue on ballots. The drive carries about 12 000 signatures and must file by October 7.
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Boston
Advertising Man Dies on Vacation at Block Island
Timothy F. Galvin a 44 year old Boston American advertising department member and well known in Quincy and Braintree as a business end club man died suddenly on Sunday while on his annual vacation at Block Island R I Death is said to have been due to heart disease Funeral will be held Thursday at the Brookline home of his sister Mrs Catherine McInerney 168 Beacon street where he lived
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Timothy FR. Galvin
Boston American
Quincy and
Braintree
Block Island
R. L
Catherine MclInerney
Beacon
Brookline
Thirty-Eight Drunkenness Cases in Roxbury Court
In Roxbury yesterday thirty eight drunkenness cases were heard, the largest single day since prohibition began. Judge Hayden presided through the morning session, fining defendants and issuing warnings to men and women charged with being drunk.
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Roxbury
Hayden
Cornerstone of New Jail Building Laid
Sheriff John A. Keliher laid the cornerstone of a new Suffolk County jail addition costing 250000 dollars. Present were Fred J. Kneeland and architects G Henry Desmond and J P Lord plus builders David B Shaw and Owen W Langdon and several society delegates.
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Fred J. Kneeland
G. Henry Desmond
J. P. Lord
David B. Shaw
Owen W. Langdon
Sheriff Keliher
John A. Keliher
Charles Street
Suffolk County
I.P. Lord
Dream of Pawn Brokers Warns and Signals Wealth
Dream interpreters claim pawn brokers appearing in dreams indicate future fortune through steady work and higher pay for clerks professionals and workers. The dream favors business gains but warns dreamers against risky speculative ventures urging conservative behavior.
Subway construction diverts Boston streetcars on key routes
Huntington avenue and Boylston street cars will be diverted today due to subway work. General Manager Edward Dana of the Boston Elevated announced the inward bound cars will use Boylston, Berkeley, Tremont, Broadway into the subway. Tomorrow and Thursday outward bound cars will follow the reverse route from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street
Edward Dana
Boston
Berkeley Street
Tremont Street
Broadway
City Council Allocates $10,000 to Fight Infantile Paralysis
After a Health Commissioner Woodward warning that infantile paralysis spread is serious, the City Council unanimously appropriated $10,000 for the health department to combat the disease.
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Woodward
Health Department
Cash Prize Contest Tied to Witner Stories
Full details of the cash prize contest to be run with the newest H. C. Witner stories will be announced in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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H. C. Witner
Boston Sunday Post
Profiteers Face Indictment In Massachusetts District
Evidence gathered by the local Department of Justice bureau during probes of profiteering by sugar coal dealers and restaurateurs will be presented today as the September term federal grand jury opens. Indictments of profiteers in the district are expected.
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Bureau
Department of Justice
Federal Grand Jury
Massachusetts
Boston Restaurant Price Inquiry Pointed to Grand Jury
A minute investigation into Boston restaurant prices concluded. Although results are not public, it is expected many restaurant cases will be reviewed by the grand jury. A prominent Boston sugar dealer alleged one firm hoarded sugar in large quantities and secreted it in a large store.
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South Africa
London
New York
Boston
Boston warehouse holds seized liquor and sugar stock
Testimony at the state sugar inquiry reveals Henry Worcester of the Revere Sugar Refinery stating the firm has 40 million pounds of sugar on hand and another 40 million in prospect. He says no sales in three weeks, old contracts keep deliveries, and the company is mainly selling in New England.
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Boston
Henry Worcester
Revere Sugar
State House
Allen
New England
New York Competes With Boston for Regional Trade
The note states New York supplies Rhode Island and Connecticut while New York and Boston compete for Spring field and western Massachusetts trade.
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New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Boston
Springfield
Massachusetts
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