Freight by trolley urged by commission in cost of living debate
The high cost of living commission discussed bulk trolley freight to move food and fuel in the metropolitan district. Boston Elevated and Bay State street railways cited lack of capital and local interference as barriers. Robert Luce urged focus on local distribution and scientific study of it.
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Metropolitan
High
Boston Elevated
Bay State Street Railways
Robert Luce
State Commission
Remarkable Pinex cough remedy promotion
An old advertisement touts a homemade cough remedy using Pinex two and a half ounces in sugar syrup to treat severe coughs chest colds and throat irritation. It claims fast relief and features the Pinex Co Fort Wayne Indiana with a money back guarantee and warnings about imitations.
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Pinex Co
Fort Warne
Ind
Waste material trade tops one billion in 1916
New York officials of the National Association of Waste Material Dealers report the United States waste material business for 1916 exceeded one billion dollars. They deny that paper prices rise from a shortage of tags and old paper stock.
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New York
United States
National Association of Waste Material Dealers
Paper mills use waste material amid rising prices
Officials note paper manufacturers deny market demand while mills secure waste inputs. The rise in waste material prices is reported with Sunday papers valued at five cents now one cent, old stockings about one cent a pair, woolen rags 16 cents a pound locally, and mixed rags at varying regional rates.
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New England
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Man Charged With Forging Roommate’s Name
Albert Sutton of Porter street held on $500 bail after forging roommate James Powell’s name on six postal savings certificates with a face value of two dollars each. Sutton allegedly stole the certificates and attempted to cash them at the Federal building yesterday.
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Albert Sutton
Porter Street
James Powell
Hayes
Federal Building
Sutton
Powell
Somerville School Warns Children About Street Safety
Superintendent Charles S. Clark issues a warning through teachers urging children to avoid jumping on vehicles and playing in heavy traffic streets, stressing danger and the misuse of business thoroughfares.
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Charles S. Clark
Somerville
Wort
Big horse arrested for vagrancy in city incident
A bay horse was arrested by City Hall avenue police on a vagrancy charge. An officer held the animal outside the station due to small doorway and inaccessible cells, then the horse was sent to a nearby stable under guard.
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City Hall Avenue
Fox
City Wall Avenue
Wiseacres
Dudley Street
Scollay Square
Tremont Street
Touraine Hotel
Boston Common
Boston Horse Nabbed For Wandering Drunk Parade
A bay horse with the number 23 on its flank led a drunken master through Scollay Square and Tremont Street before Patrolman Fox arrested both. The horse was housed in a stable after being punctually nabbed as a vagrant, while the master faced drunkenness charges.
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Tremont Row
John Fox
Boston
Scollay Square
John
O Keefe Addresses Fire Chiefs On Gas Shutoffs
Massachusetts fire chiefs hear Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O Keefe urge proper automatic gas shutoffs in Braintree Rockland Hingham Weymouth and Whitman. Resolutions honor former chiefs Williams and Barry. Glazer Ames named honorary members. gift planned for Jamaica Plain Chief William Brophy.
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Braintree
Rockland
Hingham
Weymouth
Whitman
Massachusetts
John A. O'Keefe
Fire Chiefs’ Club of
Revere House
Peter Williams
Quincy
Charles EK. Barry
Cambridge
H. A. Glazer
Malden
Representative
B. Ames
Reading
William Brophy
Jamaica Plain
Robinson Nominated Concord Postmaster
Allan H. Robinson was nominated by President Wilson today as postmaster at Concord Fort. The nomination was announced in Washington with local officials confirming the appointment process.
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Robinson
Concord
Washington
Allan H. Robinson
Wilson
Boston merchant buys American House hotel for civic service
A Boston merchant named Simon Vorenberg purchased the American House hotel choosing the move as part of his plan to perform a civic service. The deal involved about $900000 and was reported yesterday.
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Simon Vorenberg
Boston
American House Hotel Trade In Boston Noted Deal
The American House on 6 to 62 Hanover Street sold to Mr. Vorenberg for about 900000. Draper and Dowling had owned the six story brick and stone hotel, which spans 44,000 square feet and connects to Portland and Sudbury streets. The buyer plans to lease the property noting its strong business location.
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Hanover Street
J. Sumner Draper
Mark Temple Dowling
Vorenberg
Post
Boston
Portland Street
Sudbury Street
Augustus Hemenway
Messrs. Draper and Dowling
Health Talk Urges Mothers to Use Gauze For Colds
Professor Salskar Gunn of MIT told hundreds at Pilgrim Hall that wiping noses with personal handkerchieves is unhygienic and dangerous to family health. He urged mothers to become sanitary scientists and discard used hankies for gauze and burning to prevent child infections and bronchial pneumonia deaths.
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Salskar M. Gunn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pilgrim Hall
Gunn
Boston University Christmas Convocation Held at Old South Church
Boston University held its Christmas convocation yesterday afternoon in the Old South Church. The college choir and Glee Clubs performed Christmas music under the direction of Professor John P. Marshall, organist.
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Boston University
Old South Church
John P. Marshall
Cannot Enter U. S. Cannot Return Home Over Eye Disease
A Turk named Joseph Kaboal, known as Joe Mundy, is refused admission to the United States due to trachoma, a contagious eye disease. He will likely be held here until the war ends, as the government policy bars undesirables from war-hit countries.
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Joe Mundy
Joseph Kaboal
United States
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