Milk Dealers Before Court In Pure Food Case
Inspector James I. Jordan of the Board of Health led a Police Court session against several milk dealers for alleged pure food law violations. The Acton Farms Milk Company of Somerville was found guilty on three counts of possessing milk with foreign substance milk powder and fined 150 dollars with an appeal. Others faced fines from 10 to 50 dollars for possessing milk powder or watered milk. Some cases were placed on file or appealed.
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James I. Jordan
The
Board of Health
Acton Farms Milk Company
Somerville
John Bogosian
Shawmut Avenue
Paulina
J. Costa
Fleet Street
Giuseppe Balleto
North Bennet Street
Serve Self Pure Food Lunch, Inc
Congress Street
Lillia F. Anderson
Tremont Street
John FE. Wood
Albany Street
Walton wills leaves shares to sons with odd Orange Grove bequest
Willard Joseph Walton of Boston leaves to his sons Stanley Knox Walton and Sidney Everett Walton shares in the defunct Van Choate Electric Company with a dividend if the Sun lasts. He gives all bank funds and personal property including books typewriter watch and other items. He also leaves land in Florida orange groves in Owanita and land in Woburn.
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Willard Joseph Walton
Boston
Suffolk
Stanley Knox Walton
Sidney Everett Walton
van Choate Electric Company
Owanita
Fla
Woburn
U S Lags in Air Service Declares Aviation Expert
Captain E and Gorrell told Technology’s electrical engineering society that the United States trails in military aviation. He warned there is no spark plug fit for aviation and urged global industrial effort to advance aircraft production. He noted three squadrons exist, calls for 23 coastal guards, estimates 18 million dollars to equip, and cites long training times with 67 percent of aviators failing tests.
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E. & Gorrell
Electrical Engineering Society of Technology
United States
Massachusetts Christmas Savings Payout Sets Record
Fifteen million dollars in Christmas savings will be paid to depositors tomorrow across Massachusetts. Nearly three million was deposited this year in Boston trust company Christmas savings departments, as the largest hoard of deposits ever accumulated in a single year.
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Massachusetts
Boston Trust Companies
Christmas Savings Clubs To Accelerate Payout Date
Massachusetts Christmas savings clubs have doubled deposits in three years and may spend 18.5 million dollars in the next 10 days, with Boston alone seeing about 2.7 million. Merchants favor paying deposits earlier, with proposals to shift payout from December 15 to December 1 or later dates.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Max Mitchell
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Mitchell
Woolley Finds Little Fraud in Boston Markets
Sealer of Weights and Measures Woolley reported to Mayor Curley that Boston is freer from sale fraud affecting essentials than any other city in the commonwealth. He credited deputy reweighings and targeted coal fraud checks for keeping hawkers on guard and coal dealers careful, with prosecutions totaling 126 counts and fines of 1663 dollars up to November.
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Boston
Commonwealth
Curley
Sealer
Sealer Woolley
Pomeroy Seeks Somerville Mayor Victory
A Somerville voter cast a ballot for Jesse Pomeroy in Ward 6 on Tuesday election day for the mayoral race.
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Pomeroy
Somerville
Jesse Pomeroy
Ward
Joffre Named Technical Counsel as Nivelle Succeeds
President Poincare signed a decree confirming General Joffre as technical counsel of the government on war direction. General Nivelle succeeds him as commander in chief of the French armies following the command change announced last night.
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Paris
Poincare
Joffre
Nivelle
Decrees shift command in French war cabinet reshuffle
A new decree puts the north and northeast army chiefs and the Orient commander under the war minister, removing direct line to the commander in chief. Nivelle and Sarrail answer to the war office, while Lyautey becomes war minister and Nivelle takes the western front command. Cambon remains foreign secretary.
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North
Army of the Orient
Nivelle
Sarrail
Macedonia
War Office
Mm. Claveille
Loucheur
Hubert Lyautey
French Press Derisive Over Offer of Peace
Paris reports a chorus of derision in the French press over Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg s peace offer. Newspapers say it signals Germany s recognition of a worsening war and view the move as a way to blame the allies if it fails, aiming to affect morale among Germans and neutrals.
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Paris
von Bethmann- Holweg
Germany
Women of France Enrolling for War Service
Paris December 18 a women’s committee led by Madame Emile Boutroux announced plans to enroll women as volunteers for national service. Women are asked to sign up with their aptitudes and available time for various war work categories as recruitment offices prepare to open.
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Paris
Emile Boutroux
France
Creagh Brands German Peace Offer as Pure Rub bish
General Sir O'Moore Creagh ridiculed Germany's peace offer in a London statement calling it pure rubbish. He noted he became commander-in-chief in India in 1909 and retired in 1914 after 47 years of service, later organizing British volunteers.
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Inwndon
O'Moore Creagh
Lord Kitchener
India
Germany
Creagh
Major General Goethals to Speak in Boston Tomorrow
Major General George W. Goethals, Panama Canal builder, will deliver his first New England speech tomorrow at the Boston City Club before members and guests of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. All day sessions are planned.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New England
Boston City Club
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Field Day and First Annual Meeting Celebration
The organization marks its second annual field day and holds its first annual meeting to review progress and set goals. Members gather for activities, discussions, and community engagement events.
Thirteenth Regiment Association Holds Annual Dinner
The annual dinner of the Thirteenth Regiment Association was held last evening in Young's Hotel with 64 members present, President George H. Hill presiding.
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Thirteenth Regiment Association
Young’s Hotel
George H. Hill
Prince Henri of Reuss Killed on Russian Front
Berlin reports Prince Henri XLI of Reuss died in battle on November 29 on the Russian front. The 24 year old prince served as a lieutenant in a Prussian cavalry regiment.
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Prince Henri of
Reuss
Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Prince Henri XLI
Prince Henri
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