Five itinerant coal dealers found guilty in Roxbury court
In a crackdown amid coal shortages, five small Roxbury sealers s found guilty for selling short weights or using false scales. Fines ranged from 25 to 40 dollars. Over 100 violators have been found and await court action. Turkeys remained pricey with Vermont birds at 75 cents and Western at 60 cents per pound.
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Fuller seeks 50 prize cows from England for Rye Beach farm
Lieutenant-Governor A T Fuller of Massachusetts plans to send his farm foreman to England to purchase 50 of the best cows available. Special steamship arrangements are in place to ensure the prize stock travels in comfort to Rye Beach where the stock farm will receive them.
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Local Man Dies by Own Action at West Seventh Street
Thomas A. Donaghy, 50, of 110 West Seventh Street, died last night by asphyxiation. He was found in his room by James Currie of 75 West Seventh Street, who alerted authorities. A tube from an open gas jet was in Donaghy's mouth.
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James Currie
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Child Born During Blaze Rescued From Spruce Street Fire
A frame house on Spruce Street in Pittsburg burned as firefighters rescued Mrs. Peter Kraterinski and a newborn on the second floor. The attending physician stayed with the mother. both mother and baby were saved with no serious injuries. Firefighters carried them out and the doctor followed.
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Former Boston Mayor Calls 4 Percent Income Tax Hike
Nathan Matthews urged a 4 percent increase in the income tax on stocks and bonds at a hearing before the Commission on Municipal Expenditures and Taxation. He criticized the current system as iniquitous, saying small homeowners bear the burden while wealthy investors profit.
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Municipal Commission Debates Revenue and Expenditure Reform
The special commission weighs cutting municipal costs or raising revenue with the former Mayor urging higher income taxes on stocks and bonds. Other proposals include doubling vehicle registration fees with urban distribution, and creating city finance commissions for financial oversight. Witnesses oppose raising taxes on securities. supporters back a poll tax on women voters while debating extending the soldiers' bonus funds.
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John S. Malley
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Christmas Number Stories in Boston Sunday Post Magazine
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine’s Christmas Number features Ellis Parker Butter Sophie Kerr and other writers presenting entertaining holiday stories and seasonal reflections for readers.
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Sophie Kerr
Boston Sunday Post
Clarence McCarthy Bootlegging Ring Foiled in Back Bay Raid
Special Officers seized a large supply of spirits at 24 Cambrai Street Back Bay tied to Dennis J McCarthy a cider seller aged 50. The cache including cognac gin rum sherry beer and punch valued around 2000 was loaded into two trucks and moved to the Back Bay police station. Police say telephonic sales and a stock list with coded orders indicate extensive bootlegging.
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Robert Binnes
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Perley Kneeland
Copley
Prohibition Era Thieves Target Crowds as Offcers Nab Suspect
Officers Condon and Ennos on plain clothes duty in shopping crowds spot a man using the password Clarence and confront him as thieves move through the crowd. They report paying $2 for a pint of gin during the incident and note liquor prices listed for rum sherry cologne spirits rye in the 7 8 10 categories with varying proofs.
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Copeland Drawn as Traverse Juror in Cambridge
Professor Charles T. Copeland known as Copie was drawn as a traverse juror by the Cambridge City Council. He will serve at the January session of the superior court where Arthur K. Reading, a former pupil, appears for the first time as district attorney.
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Starvard
Cambridge
Copeland
Superior Court
Arthur K. Reading
Prize cattle culled for tuberculosis in Hampden County
Hampden county’s herd at the County Training School in Feeding Hills was slaughtered today by State Veterinarian N Shaw after TB was detected. It involved 15 cows and a bull once valued by the county. milk from the animals had fed boys at the school, though officials say risk to students was minimal.
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Hampden County
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N. Shaw
The Bovinine Company Opens Shop at Houston Street
The Bovinine Company located at 75 West Houston Street in New York opens a new shop. The business plans to offer bovine goods and related products to local customers in the city.
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Houston Street
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