Brockton Faces Unemployment Crisis as Wood Cording Proposed
In Brockton Massachusetts Mayor Gleason and Clerk William S Bamford consider emergency aid. Bamford notes an average of 40 daily work appeals and outlines a plan to purchase standing wood for cording and sale to residents at a nominal cost to ease a looming unemployment crisis in the shoe industry.
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Brockton
William S. Bamford
Board of Overseers
William L. Gleason
Bamford
Boston Spends 14685 55 on Band Concerts Last Summer
City records show Boston paid 14685.55 for band concerts last summer. Of this, 14281.30 went to musicians and the rest covered printing programmes and transport for drums and chimes. Main costs occurred on the Common at 8765.50 with other parks listed.
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Boston
Marine Park
Franklin Park
Jamaica Pond
Wood Island Park
Not a Drop From Still Not a Drop From Still
Patrick Denehy of Tufts Street Charlestown faced a federal hearing after failing to produce liquor from a still apparatus. A government agent testified the parts existed but were not set up. Denehy claimed the device would not work. Commissioner Hayes adjourned the case and advised his lawyer to seek dismissal with the district attorney. Denehy was released on own recognizance.
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Patrick Denehy
Tufts Street
Charlestown
United States
Hayes
Pat
Prohibition
Denehy
Five-Year Term For Hold Up Man
Arthur Mosher was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison after being found guilty of robbing George Caley on Hudson Street with a revolver. Caley, store owner at Appleton and Berkeley, grabbed the gun during the hold up, a scuffle ensued, and a bullet pierced Caley’s overcoat. The crime occurred on the night of November 23 when Mosher followed Caley home and waited in his doorway.
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Arthur Mosher
Mosher
George Caley
Hudson Street
Caley
Appleton
Berkeley Streets
Brookline Man Awarded Politeness Prize on Streets
Edward Woodley of 17 Kent Street Brookline won the Post Politeness Award for aiding a stalled motorist in Tremont Street Boston and aiding a woman driver to back into a space. The reporter saw him discuss politeness while grease staining his cover.
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Boston
The
Post
Edward Woodley
Kent Street
Brookline
Fost
Lynn
Woodley
Ance
Tremont Street
Boston Common
Newark
N. J
Market Street
Passport issued for MacSwiney to London consul
The State Department said Peter MacSwiney, brother of Cork's late mayor, may return to the United States after proving how he left the U S without a passport. A passport was issued and mailed to the London consul-general on November 22, and officials stressed there was no intent to block his return.
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Washington
Peter MacSwiney
Cork
United States
London
State Department
MacSwiney
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Inbrockton
Hovey’s
Summer Street
Blake Street
Willow Street
Gange
Vermont
Canada
Burlington
Karo
Orl, Zaw
National Starch CO
Salea
Corn Products Refining Co
Parneworth Street
Mass
W. A. Cahoon
England
Scott
Scott & Downs
BsetsGale
N.Y
Tsroceries
Beacon Hill
Maine
Ib National Biscuit Co
Kreamfil
Fischer’s
Ralston Wheat Food
Purina Bronzos
Purina
Campbell's
Ving
Slade
Libby
Goodwill
Amy
Orman
Caen. Co., Inc., IY
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