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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1921
Page
13
The Minimum Wage Commission announced plans to revise pay for women in laundries clothing mills and brush manufacturing. Current wages include 8 dollars a week for experienced laundry workers since 1915 and 15.25 dollars weekly since 1920, and 16.12 cents per hour for brush workers since 1914.
Lawrence dispatch says the Essex County Grand Jury will finish its special session tomorrow but will not submit a report until after Christmas due to District Attorney Donnell suffering a painful accident keeping him from the office for several days.
An untrimmed wick in a lamp at Professor Arthur Michael’s home at 219 Parker Street Newton Centre sparked disputes with his two servants. Mr Ross and Mrs Ross, his former butler and cook, sue for 5000 dollars each in the East Cambridge Civil Court.
Attorneys argued trimming the lamp wick during closing, detailing a 1918 incident in which Professor Michael allegedly assaulted Mr and Mrs Ross and turned them from his house. Proctor portrayed Michael as a temperate scientist while Lane painted the Rosses as faithful, long serving staff members harmed by the professor’s alleged actions and hurried eviction. Chief Justice Aiken to charge the jury in the morning.
Boston officials probe a wave of T N T cards mailed from Greater New York to several men including a State Street lawyer. The cards, bearing T N T on the back, arrived weekly with enlarging letters. A Brockton man and his anxious wife are affected as federal inspectors review the case.
Earl Grundy of Skowhegan Maine, a prominent student at Boston University School of Religious Education, is named director of Religious Education and Boys' Work at the Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Portland Maine. He will leave Boston tomorrow to assume duties at the citys largest Methodist church.
A Boston Council group of Girl Scouts will meet at Girls' Latin School at 4 30 on Saturday December 24 to ride to multiple spots to sing carols. Stops include Children's Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital Binney Street Convent of the Sacred Heart Commonwealth Avenue Dartmouth Beacon Exeter Commonwealth and Marlboro streets First Church. A 20 minute carol demonstration ends with Taps at about 6 30.
Commissioner Arthur W. Gilbert, chairman of the New England Farmers' Freight Rate committee, sent a protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission against continuing present freight rates for agricultural products in New England while rates elsewhere fall by 10 percent. The protest says the proposed decrease is discriminatory and would injure New England farmers already facing tough odds.
Washington reports officials of the American Legion oppose a plan to raise about 500 million dollars annually for the veterans bonus via a tax on light wines and beers. Treasury Secretary Mellon indicated he would not object to amending the Volstead Act to permit sale and manufacture of light wines and beers for this purpose, a move seen as potentially aimed at killing the bonus. Wheeler warns the proposal will be fought by prohibition allies, amid broader fiscal concerns and alternative tax bills in Congress.
Legislative superintendent of the Anti- Meco League reveals a plan discussed months ago to tax beer and raise about one billion dollars a year. Dry forces will unite to oppose any move that would nullify prohibition.
Danforth Maine December 2 H H Putnam wealthy land owner and lumber operator died at his home Sunday night at age 79 confirmation came today.
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