Invitation to Dedication Includes Wilson in Plan
Edmund Billings, collector of the port, departs for Washington to confer with the Treasury on the new custom house and its January dedication. The Boston Chamber of Commerce aims for a grand celebration and hopes President Wilson, Secretary McAdoo, and other government leaders attend.
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Edmund Billings
Washington
Treasury Department
Custom House
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
McAdoo
Boston clubs to dedicate new clubhouse with January dinner
Boston plans an annual dinner in January and a simultaneous dedication of the Boston Custom House in the morning and the City Club in the afternoon. Secretary Winship works to secure President Wilson’s attendance as plans to move customs to the new building proceed.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston City Club
Boston Custom House
City Club
Chamber of Commerce
Winship
Washington
Wilson
Treasury Department
Customs Service
Tremont Street
Long Wharf
Custom House
Packard's Wharf
Schooner Henry J. Smith Bound for Boston Collides With Madonna
The schooner Henry J. Smith from Philadelphia for Boston loses jib-boom and headgear in a fog collision with the Fabre liner Madonna from Marseilles and Providence to New York, 15 miles off Montauk Point. The Smith will be towed to Boston. Madonna reached New York Wednesday morning.
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Vineyard Haven
Henry J. Smith
Philadelphia
Boston
Madonna
Marseilles
Providence
New York
Montauk Point
Smith
Speaker Champ Clark Returns to Washington
Speaker Clark arrived in Washington after a lecture tour through the South New England and the Middle West since Congress adjourned in October. He spoke in multiple states and resumes his congressional duties.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Clark
South
New England
Middle West
Congress
Mayor Accuses Builders Of Evading Building Laws
Mayor Currey stated that prominent Boston builders evade tenement construction rules by using repairs permits to gut interiors and rebuild unseen, citing 264 Hanover Street and builder Pasquale De Feo. Commissioner O'Hearn ordered halt until new permit compliance.
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Hfe
Boston
Currey
Hanover Street
Pasquale de Feo
Curley
O’hearn
Want Share in Profits
Chicago December remarks report William S. Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen stating the engine crew deserves a share of profits from productivity. He cites B A Worthington’s Eastern arbitration position supporting profit sharing and basing pay on locomotive weight.
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Chicago
William S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Western Railroad
Carter
Eastern Railroad
B. A. Worthington
Railroad Managers’ Subcommittee
Worthington
Progressive and Democratic Campaign Finances Reported
The Boston Progressive committee shows receipts of 3699 and expenditures of 5694 with 497 in Mabilities. The State auditing committee netted 1091 and Roosevelt field day 935 with 500 from the State committee. The Democratic State committee reports 17348 received and 17341 spent, with 5778 cash on hand. The Democratic city committee shows 3295 received and spent the same.
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Boston Progressive Committee
State Auditing Committee
State Committee
Democratic State Committee
Democratic City Committee
New England Plans Gift Ship for Belgian Relief
The New England Belgian relief fund committee, led by Secretary Charles S. Rackemann, coordinates a 8400 ton vessel offered by the American commission for Belgian relief. A Dec 24 sailing is planned with clothing, food, and New England made goods, plus a receiving depot and packing HQ in Boston.
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New England
Belgian Relief Fund Committee
Charles S. Rackemann
Ames Building
American Commission For Belgian Relief
Redington Fiske
New
Holland
Belgium
Harvard Club hosts concert by varsity musical clubs
Harvard University varsity musical clubs performed at the Harvard Club of Boston last evening. More than 100 musicians took part, including vocalists and mandolin and banjo players, following a similar program previously staged with Yale and Princeton clubs.
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Harvard
Harvard Club
Boston
Commonwealth and
Massachusetts Avenues
Yale
Princeton
Maggie Teyte and Harold Bauer Concert in Symphony Hall
On Sunday afternoon Maggie Teyte and Harold Bauer will perform together in Symphony Hall. The program features Teyte’s acclaimed song interpretation and Bauer’s repertoire from a grand sonata to Liszt’s brilliant works.
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Symphony Hall
Maggie Teyte
Harold Bauer
Miss Teyte
Mr. Sauer
Franz Liszt
Burleson Urges Early Shopping and Mail Dates
Postmaster General Burleson joined the shop early campaign in Washington by issuing a Christmas advisory to mail parcels early. He urged the public to follow the warning Do not open until Christmas on parcel labels, with official sanction for its use.
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Washington
Burleson
Post Office Parcel Rules For Christmas Mail
Officials urge writers to include sender and recipient names and addresses on every parcel. They note thousands of untagged items are discarded each year. Books may be sent by parcel post up to 8 ounces at 1 cent per 2 ounces. Christmas inscriptions are allowed on parcel mail but other insertions may incur letter postage. Messages may accompany parcels if enclosed in a separate envelope with proper postage.
Concerts for the People to feature Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Tomorrow afternoon at the Boston Theatre the last of the Concerts for the People will be given. Jeanne Gerville-Reache, a leading operatic contralto, shares the program with the Hoffmann string quartet of the city. The program includes songs operatic arias and string quartet compositions. The Hoffmann quartet grows stronger each season and this marks its first public appearance this winter.
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Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Boston Theatre
Boston
Hoffmann String Quartet
Hoffmann Quartet
Curiosity Blamed for Spread of Disease in Granby Herd
Walter Benson reports an outbreak affecting 36 cows at his Granby farm. Fred Walker, commissioner of animal industry, says the disease is largely under control but cites many new cases statewide. He warns curiosity about viewing infected cattle fuels infection and delays eradication.
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Walter Benson
Granby
Fred Walker
Walker
Plan to Build 500000 Building for Boston Woman's Board of Trade
A New York financier offered to fund a 500000 building for the Boston Woman's Board of Trade at a Marlborough Street conference with Mrs. Charlotte Smith. Mrs. Smith opposed New York capital controlling the project. Mrs. Page will seek another meeting to pursue the idea.
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New York
Boston Woman's Board of Trade
FF. W. Page
Marlborough Street
Charlotte Smith
Woman’s Board of Trade
Negro Lynched by Mob Near Coward South Carolina
William Green, a black man, was seized from officers by a mob near Coward in Florence County, S C, and lynched after frightening women alone in a home. Authorities reported the mob action occurred today as Green was being transported.
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Carolina
Florence
S. C
William Green
Coward
Green
Admiral Watt urges balance of battleships and submarines
Rear Admiral Watt, chief constructor, told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the American navy should assign important roles to both battleships and submarines and not sacrifice battleships for submarines, as members questioned the need to increase submarine strength.
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Washington
Watt
Frouse
Dys-Pep Lets Make You Forget Your Stomach
Advertisement touts Dys Pep Lets with a digest mix of peppermint bismuth rhubarb and other curatives. Claims quick relief and pleasant taste and includes a clergyman testimonial. Encourages ten cent trial aluminum box purchase.
Universalist church calls Weymouth pastor in Portsmouth
Portsmouth New Hampshire December 4 The Universalist parish of the city has extended a call to the Reverend Luther W Atwood of South Weymouth Massachusetts who succeeds the Reverend C M Boorn called to Rutland Vermont The new pastor will begin his duties here on Sunday.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Universalist
Luther W. Atwood
South Weymouth
Mass
C. M. Boorn
Rutland
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. First application gives relief. 50c adv ersome wordage trimmed for card.
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Posner’s
Posner's
UNION
Kassan
Price
Adler
Georgian Park Square
Telephone Today
Oxford
William E. Smith
Maggie Teyte and
Boston Rubber Shoe CO
Malden
Gerville-Reache
Hoff
Mann
Traveler Shoe Company
O’sullivan
Washington St
Worcester
Front St
Springfield
Westminster St
Main St
Lynn
Munroe St
Weymouth
Ee Sosa Tel Ui Oe
Union ST
Washington,st
Talis
Caer
Imerchants
Shin Tie A Eae
Santa Clara
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