New Boiler Rule Issued by District Police
Acting Chief Neal orders boiler inspectors and insurance inspectors to remove brick coverings from lap-seam boilers during inspections. The directive follows a crack found in a boiler at S. T. LeBaron’s plant on Border Street East Boston by Inspector George C. Morton. Neal cites accidents caused by unseen cracks due to coverings left in place.
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Neal
District Police
George A. Luck
S. T. LeBaron
Border Street
Boston
George C. Morton
Druggist Must Pay After Wood Alcohol Death
Don A. Bisbee, a Bristol druggist, was ordered by a jury to pay $80 to the estate of Cyrus Curry, one of 13 men who died after drinking wood alcohol sold as liquor. Bisbee is serving 12 years for manslaughter. Bristol property was attached for the award and trial costs.
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Middlebury
Don A. Bisbee
Bristol
Cyrus Curry
Bisbee
Truth in Business Advertises Scott Emulsion Forthrightly
A vintage advertisement extols the value of truth in business and in daily life, asserting Scott's Emulsion offers pure cod liver oil with glycerine and hypophosphites to boost strength and lungs. It emphasizes reliability, freedom from alcohol, and long-standing trust across three generations. The ad lists Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
From Pelt to West A Measday Lecture at Roxbury High
Walter Measday of United Shoe Machinery Company spoke to students and teachers at the High School of Practical Arts Roxbury about From Prehistoric Pelt to Good year West illustrated by moving pictures. The talk, part of the Boston school committee centres series, traced shoe making from primitive coverings to machine-made footwear and noted the Pan American gold medal exhibit status.
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High School of Practical Arts
Roxbury
Walter Measday
Publicity Department
The
United
Pelt
Goodyear West
San Francisco
Measday
Boston School Committee
Bloomers Banned at Stoneham High School
Stoneham High School bans bloomers and middy blouses for freshman girls after several students wore white middies and knee length blooms. Principal Emerson informed students they must wear regular feminine clothing. The fashion reportedly started with a younger girl wearing beach resort attire.
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Stoneham High School
Emerson
Osborne Defends Deer Island Visit Report
T M Osborne responds to Boston papers criticizing his Deer Island visit on November 26. He praises Deer Island management, affirms self government, and notes inmates appear in excellent condition with strong farm and stock operations in Ossining dated December 5, 1915.
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Post
Boston
Deer Island
Shaw
Auburn
Sing Sing
T. M. Osborne
Ossining
Stamford Mayor John M. Brown Dies at 59
Stamford Connecticut broadcast reports mayor John M. Brown who had served since January died tonight at age 59 from pneumonia. He was single.
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Stamford, Conn
John M. Brown
Stamford
Post Office Tube Urged by Cambridge Officials
Mayor Timothy W. Good backs linking Cambridge stations to the Boston post office by a pneumatic tube system as Congress considers a bill to create Cambridge as a separate postal district. Business leaders show mixed views on establishing a separate Cambridge postal establishment.
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Timothy W. Good
Cambridge
Frederick W. Dallinger
Boston
City Raises Law Question in Workmen's Comp Case
The city of Boston asks the Supreme Judicial Court to halt weekly compensation payments to Delia Devney, dependent of Thomas W. Devney, while the case is on appeal. A Superior Court decree ordered $6.52 weekly for 500 weeks, which the city contests until the high court decides the law involved.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Delia Devney
Thomas W. Devney
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Safety Shoes for Horses Offered in Emergency by Society
Dr. Francis H. Rowley of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced the society provides chain and carpet shoes for emergency use by teamsters. Borrowers may pick up chain shoes at Regal Shoe, Tremont and Court. Galvin on Park. Boston Transcript at Washington and Milk. Chipman Brothers on State. Iver Johnson on Washington and Cornhill. S. B. Pierce at Tremont and Beacon. Walker-Rintel on Park Square. Carpet shoes available at New England Telephone and Telegraph, Tremont 165, and H. H. Aronson, 228 Washington.
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Francis H. Rowley
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Teamsters
Regal Shoe Company
Tremont
Court Streets
Thomas Galvin
Park Street
Boston Transcript
Washington and
Milk Streets
Chipman Brothers
State Street
Iver Johnson Company
Washington Street
Cornhill
S. 8. Pierce Company Shipping Room
Beacon Streets
Walker-Rintel Company
Park Square
New England Tele Phone & Telegraph Company
Tremont Street
H. H. Aronson
Miss Anna Frances O Keeffe Engaged to Francis Wholley
Miss Anna Frances O Keeffe, only daughter of Major and Mrs Patrick O Keeffe of Dorchester, announced her engagement to Francis Xavier Wholley, eldest son of Mrs Mary A E Wholley of Roxbury, at an informal bluebird tea at 119 Washington Street Dorchester. The event featured cornflowers lilies of the valley and bluebird decorations.
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Major
Patrick O'Keefe
Francis Xavier Wholley
Roxbury
Anna Frances O'Keefe
Mary A. E. Wholley
Seaver Street
Washington Street
Dorchester
Miss O'Keefe
Man Pleads Guilty to Causing Horse Suffering
Jeremiah O Keefe of Burlington pleaded guilty in Central Municipal Court before Judge Sullivan to a charge of unnecessary suffering to a horse upon complaint by an SPCA agent. The agent testified the horse was badly galled and O Keefe was fined ten dollars.
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Jeremiah O'Keefe
Burlington
Central Municipal Court
Sullivan
O’keefe
National Equal Rights League to Hold 8th Annual Meeting in Philly
The National Independent Equal Rights League plans an eight annual meeting in Philadelphia December 13 14 at Allen A M E Church. Delegates from 20 Northern border states attend to press abolition of race segregation and civil rights denial. Noted speakers include John E Milholland William Brigham Reverdy C Ransom and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. The league marks the 50th anniversary of the 13th amendment with events December 15 and Boston observes December 19 at Sumner and Phillips statues and Faneuil Hall.
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Allen A. M. EK
Philadelphia
National Independent Equal Rights League
League
White House
William Monroe Trotter
Boston
Byron Gunner
Hillbrun
W. 8. Carpenter
H. ¥. Arnett
William A. Sinclair
John E. Milholland
William D. Brigham
Reverdy C. Ransom
New York
W. A. Hawkins
Baltimore
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Delaware
M. W. Thornton
William Pickens
W. S. Powell
New Jersey
Sumner
Phillips
Faneuil Hall
Olive Tablets offer quick relief from constipation
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets provide a vegetable laxative without calomel. No griping. One or two tablets at bedtime ease constipation and clear torpid liver. many use them nightly. Sold by all druggists 100 and 250 per box from The Olive Tablet Company Columbus O.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
No License in Boston Would Doom the City Economically
A Boston editorial warns voters that banning liquor sales would devastate the economy. It cites property losses, tax impacts, and mass unemployment affecting tens of thousands, urging a yes vote to protect the city’s prosperity and social fabric.
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Brewers Association of Massachusetts
Boston
Mr. Vater
Allied
Massachusetts
Vater
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