Advertising group bars flag use at meeting
The Association of National Advertisers condemned using the American flag for advertising at its annual gathering in Copley Plaza. Officers were elected with A C Reiley as president and B E Walton as vice president. Directors and a new executive committee were named, and the next meeting was set for Detroit in late May 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of National Advertisers
Patterson
Grand Army of the Republic
Copley Plaza
America
Central
South America
A. C. Reiley
Remington Typewriter Company
BE. A. Walton
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
BH. L. Shuey
Dayton, O
George B. Sharpe
New York
W. A. McDermid
Newark
Edward Hungerford
R. A. Holmes
R. L. Prather
Boston
O. C. Harn
Harry Tipper
Floyd Y. Keeler
G. B. Sharpe
Detroit
Services Held for General Charles W. Bartlett
Massachusetts bar officials judges and veterans attended funeral services for General Charles W. Bartlett at Mt. Auburn chapel and Newton cemetery. Suffolk Law School held memorials as the Supreme Court suspended three hours. Reverend Benjamin T. Marshall led the services with honorary pallbearers and active pallbearers named from the legal community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Bar
Judiciary
Charles W. Bartlett
Mt. Auburn
Newton
Suffolk Law School
Supreme Court
Benjamin T. Marshall
Dartmouth College
Henry K. Braley
John F. Brown
Superior Court
Attwill
Thomas J. Boynton
Fred H. Williams
Brookline
Charles T. Gallagher
Roxbury
Melvin O. Adams
Thomas W. Proctor
Frederick C. Jennings
Everett
Arthur T. Smith
Winchester
Ralph N. Smith
Middlesex County Superior Court
John W. Decrow
Wellesley Hills
No Boost Yet for Wet Wash
The New England Wet Wash Association reports no price increase this season. At a Quincy House meeting, First Vice President A. E. Landers of Jamaica Plain said costs to customers will stay low as laundries cope with higher doing business. He noted the Oct. 16 rate rise from 50 to 60 cents remains in effect. Others present included A. G. MacKenzie, D. H. Turner, and J. W. Spaulding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Quincy House
A. E. Landers
Jamaica Plain
A. G. MacKenzie
Charlestown
D. H. Turner
Somerville
J. W. Spaulding
Brookline
Two Thirds of City Workers to Receive Higher Wages
In Lewiston Maine on December 8 two thirds of the town’s employed population will gain a 10 percent wage increase on New Year’s Day. The rise applies to the Androscoggin Bates Continental and Hill cotton mills and lifts annual mill wages by about 25 percent while cutting working hours by roughly 12 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Dea
Androscoggin
Bates
Continental
Hill
Man Denies Affairs as Wife Alleges Poison Plan
In Suffolk Probate Court Michael Taurasi faced his wife Marie's bid for separate support. Interpreter Caparelli said she claimed Taurasi preferred a spring chicken to his wife. She also said he had poisoned her food. Taurasi denied the allegations and any knowledge of a Jennie or Josephine Plumbo. The court continued the case to January 17 for further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Taurasi
Marie
Suffolk County
Caparelli
Black Hand Society
Taurasi
Chelsea Street
Boston
Milford
N. H
Crook Uses Psychology to Cheat Bird-Store Cashier
Miss Evelyn Ludlam, cashier at a Bromfield Street bird store, was tricked into losing 10.20 plus a bird seed package after a man paid with a $20 bill and used repeated money exchanges to reclaim his original bill. The incident was reported to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Ludlam
Bromfield Street
Miss Ludlam
Strandway Contract In South Boston Approved
Mayor Curley signed the Strandway development contract for South Boston. The project calls for 303,180 dollars in expenditure and must start within 10 days and finish within eight months. the New York State Dredging Corporation secured the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
South
Boston
New York
Olive Tablets Public Notice Ad
Advertisement promoting Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver bowel remedy with vegetable content and olive color. Claims include improving skin, appetite, energy and eliminating pimples. Markets boxes at 10 and 25 cents, urging nightly use and noting widespread sales. All druggists carry the product.
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Americas
San Francisco
United States
Edwards
Realite
Washington
U. S
Association of National Advertisers Act
A. R
Gen
Bartlett
Parker
Mrs. Taurasi
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Continental Clothing House
Washington St
Cor. Boylston St
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