Clothes and Food at Cost in Boston Proposed by Council
A City Council resolution asks Police Commissioner Curtis to report on adopting in Boston the New York style of selling clothes and food at cost through a home service division within the police department. Councilman Hagan says New York uses bulk purchases for police-provided food and uniforms, and he would push similar use in other city departments if successful.
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Curtis
Boston
New York
Hagan
Freans
Home Service
Police Department
Tailors Vote Not to Strike in Boston Shops
A Boston meeting of 32,000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America members voted to accept a $5 weekly wage rise from the Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Boston. They will submit other demands to arbitration while confirming no strike by the 3,000 workers in over 70 tailor shops serving the ready made clothing trade.
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Boston
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Grand Opera House
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of Boston
New Police Force to Take Over City Control Next Week
Boston will have a new traffic force of 130 men led by Lieutenant Bernard J. Hoppe take over city duties starting Monday. Officers will establish headquarters in Quincy Market storage, with first duties beginning tomorrow and full takeover possible by Saturday if plans hold.
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Boston
State Guard
Bernard J. Hoppe
Motor Corps
Hoppe
William Gaffney
John V. Foley
Edward Kennedy
Quincy Market
Faneuil Hall Market
Springfield Rent Inquiry Ordered By Fair Price Committee
Springfield officials say the fair price committee will immediately investigate apartment house rent increases after numerous complaints. Governor Coolidge participated in the conference with city and town leaders.
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Springfield
Fair Price Committee
Coolidge
Youth Shot Accident While Hunting in Vermont
Wallace Montgomery an 18 year old from Hyde Park was accidentally killed while hunting in Morrisville Vermont when his shotgun discharged as he tripped and fell the shot struck his neck authorities reported today
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Morrisville
Wallace Montgomery
Hyde Park
Cleaner’s Wage Above Scientist’s Washington
Window cleaners in Washington are offered the same wages as scientists with degrees, with ads showing cleaners earning 4 to 5 dollars per day while government scientists receive 100 to 135 dollars monthly depending on education level. The contrast is illustrated by ads from W C Hurdle and the Bureau of Standards inviting applicants.
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Washington
W. C. Hurdle
Avon Place
N. W
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D
Asi
Store advertises men's hosiery and ties
A storefront blurb extols a city shop as the best for a man buying women's goods and notes attentive service. It lists men’s full fashioned silk and lisle half hose at 1.65 dollars, heavy silk half hose 2 to 5 dollars, and four in hands priced from 65 cents to 5 dollars.
Women's Two Clasp Suede and Capeskin Shoes
Imported suede Pique seam and Paris point backed styles for women with two clasps. Includes French loves overseam options in tan brown gray black and white. Slip-on Capeskin with embroidered backs in white. One clasp Capeskin spear point backs in tan beaver brown gray. One clasp heavy quality in gray mocha spear point backs. Mocha suede in tan shades with scab colaneal backs. Main Floor.
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