Empress Augusta Victoria Milk Fund Appeal Raised in Boston
The German Empress Augusta Victoria Children’s Milk Fund is disbursed by the Empress through the Massachusetts branch of the citizens’ committee for food shipments. Count Bernstorff thanks donors as European mothers face malnutrition, with another large check hoped for before Christmas. Checks are sent to treasurer John C. Heyer at Federal Trust Company, Boston.
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Edmund von Mach
Massachusetts
Citizens’ Committee For
Count Bernstorff
Empress Fund
Friends of Children
Citizens’ Committee
John C. Heyer
Federal Trust Company
Boston
Western Union Educators Dance Tonight
The Educational Society of the Western Union Telegraph Company’s local main office hosts its first annual dance at Howe Hall on Huntington Avenue. President J. B. Rex and department heads Hugh T. Jones and Grace M. Bowen lead the planning with Warren G. Wetmore aiding.
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Howe Hall
Huntington Avenue
Educational Society of the Western Union Telegraph Company
J. B. Rex
Boston
Hugh T. Jones
Grace M. Bowen
Warren G. Wetmore
Margaret A. Sullivan
Agnes J. Green
Marion Smith
Jessie Sutcliffe
John J. Coughlin
Harold E. Stickney
Walter M., Isles
Allen Stevenson
Funeral Services Held for Charles H Holmes
Funeral services for Charles H Holmes a 40 year veteran of the Boston and Maine railroad were conducted at his Somerville home after he was killed in Newburyport. The Rev Harley D Maxwell of the First Universalist Church officiated and a large railroad delegation attended. Burial followed at Wyoming Cemetery.
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Charles H. Holmes
Boston & Maine Railroad
Newburyport
Medford Street
Somerville
Harley D. Maxwell
First Universalist Church
Wyoming Cemetery
Plant Juice hailed as relief for long standing stomach troubles
An advertisement extols Plant Juice as a vegetable remedy from roots and herbs that boosts tissue growth and heals stomach and liver ailments. A local testimonial from W A Bruze of Medford Mass claims seven years of indigestion cured in two weeks. The piece also discusses wage-based proposals for wives and parallels with women's wartime roles.
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America
W. A. Bruze
St. Mary Street
Medford
Mass
Boston Street Railway Co
Houghton & Dutton
Wives Should Be Paid Wages Says Mrs Francis Neilson
Mrs Francis Neilson of England addressed the Danvers Forum at the Orpheum, arguing that wives deserve wages for domestic duties such as childrearing, cooking, cleaning, laundering, sewing, and first aid, calling marriage the hardest way to earn a living.
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Francis Neilson
England
Danvers
Orpheum
Fires Ravage Danvers Farmland and Home
Police believe two fires in Danvers were incendiary. At Joseph Saco’s Andover Street home in Danvers Highlands the house burned, two cats perished, and $2,000 in losses were reported. A second blaze hit Joseph W. Trask’s Conant Street milk farm in East Danvers destroying a barn, 10 cows, three heifers, a horse, 75 tons of hay, and a $1,000 tool shed. Total damage about $12,000 with fires discovered around 1 AM.
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Danvbers
Danvers
Wloth
Joseph Saco
Andover Street
Danvers Highlands
Supreme Court to rule on Adamson eight hour law
Washington Dec 3 The Supreme Court will decide whether the Adamson eight hour law is constitutional in the Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf railroad case. A motion by Solicitor General Davis seeks an early hearing date for the government appeal of Judge Hook’s Kansas City decision voiding the law. Railroad brotherhoods may join in later arguments.
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Washington
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court
Davis
Hook
Kansas City
Seven Arrested in Lord's Day Card Game Raid
Back Bay police found a card game in progress at Suite 21 27 Astor Street. Seven men aged 24 to 35 were taken to Boylston Street Station and scheduled for arraignment in Municipal Court on gaming charges.
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Back Bay
Astor Street
Boylston Street
Council Fight Opens With City Club Meeting
A Boston City Club gathering launches the council race with a citizens committee backing Francis Ford David Montague Patrick O Keefe and Alfred Wellington. They pledge cooperation with the current council while opposing unwarranted borrowing and emphasizing pay as you go and street sewer spending.
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Boston City Club
Francis Ford
South
Boston
Patrick F. O'Keefe
Dorchester
David T. Montague
Ward 7
Alfred E. Wellington
East
Ward meeting notice signals slate backed by Good Government Assn
A ward meeting notice identifies a council slate supported by the Good Government Association. The document names Ford and other figures as part of the listed lineup for the upcoming council race.
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Councilmankc
Good Government Association
Ford, Mon
Improvement Bodies to Convene Tonight in Boston
A convention of local improvement associations under the United Improvement Association of Boston will meet at Kingsley Hall Ford Building this Thursday night. Principal speakers are Robert Luce and John R. Murphy of the Boston Finance Commission, with presiding by George W. Coleman, president of the Boston City Council. Luce will discuss Massachusetts and the Coming Constitutional Convention and Murphy will speak on Boston and Its Problems of Government.
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United Improvement Association of Boston
Kingsley Hall
Ford Building
Robert Luce
John R. Murphy
The
Boston Finance Commission
George W. Coleman
Boston
Planning freight service to New York by Western Steamship Corp
Western Steamship Corp considers a daily freight service between this port and New York for the first time. The Massachusetts and Bunker Hill will continue winter passenger service, giving Boston its first all winter passenger runs. Freight volume has risen, prompting increased sailings.
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Western Steamship Corporation
New York
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Boston
Subway Opens to South Station Under in Dorchester Tunnel
Hundreds rode a 10 minute trip from South Station to Harvard Square as the Dorchester tunnel new station South Station Under began traffic. Motorman Sheehan ran the first service at 5 54 with guard Marks opening the doors at 6 04.
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South Station
Harvard Square
Dorchester Tunnel
South Terminal
Tremont
Boylston Street
Cambridge
Arlington
Boston
Michael Sheehan
Joseph A. Marks
Revival Began Week at All Souls Universalist Church
A week's revival opened yesterday at All Souls Universalist Church with services expected to continue daily through the week. The event brings together members of the congregation and local attendees for spiritual renewal.
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All Souls’ Universalist Church
Pastors Deliver Twin Sermons on Opportunity in Braintree
In Braintree the afternoon text was Opportunity preached by the Rev. B. A. Powell. In the evening the sermon was delivered by the Rev. William L. Lawrence of Boston.
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Braintree
B. A. Powell
William L Lawrence
Boston
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Appeal For Milk Fund
Empress
Europe
W. U. Educators Dance Tonight
Charles Holmes
Ternoon
Union Street
Council
G. G. A. Slate
City Club
Tague
O'Keefe
Wellington
Geoffrey B. Lehy
Michael J. O'Leary
George Coleman
Francis R. Bangs
John Morton
Henry L. Shattuck
Ford
Harvard Law School
Montague
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
P. F. O'Keefe Advertising Agency
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Columbia Trust Company
L. P. Hollander
Copenhagen
Beacon Blanket Bath
Percale
Rush
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