Conference to Promote New England Growth Planned in Boston
Plans advance for a conference likely in Boston from April 25 to 28 to boost New England development. The initiative comes from Portland Maine Neighborhood Association connected with the Portland Chamber of Commerce and is endorsed by the Maine State Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Boston
New England
Neighborhood Association of
Portland, Me
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Maine State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Folk Plots and Civic Plans Highlight Boston Conference
The Boston Chamber of Commerce participates in a New England conference aimed at community preparedness with a $60 000 budget and 161 prizes totaling 5000. Women’s groups may fund city childrearing efforts while firms supply exhibit content. The Civic Service House showcases folk plays stressing educational value and cross cultural appreciation in the North End.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Boston
New England
Civic Service House
North End
G. H. Papazian
Russia
France Sees 2.9 Billion Francs Subscribed to New Loan
Paris reports subscriptions to the government loan exceed 14.5 billion francs or 2.9 billion dollars, largely in cash. Officials say the response reflects national duty and strong finances, with no speculation or bank advances. Subscriptions are disposable resources, with funds still held by the people and foreign securities holdings largely intact.
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Paris
France
Ministry of Finance
Mayor Curley Receives Death Threat Letter
A black hand letter to Mayor Curley demanded $100 under threat of death. The envelope lacked a stamp, so two cents were deducted from the mayor’s personal fund. The letter, envelope, and an empty cartridge shell were turned to police for investigation.
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Curley
City Hall
Evidence to Pelletier in Cambridge liquor probe
Middlesex grand jury voted to turn over evidence to District Attorney Pelletier, tying to Cambridge liquor shipments. Several Harvard clubs facing liquor charges were dropped after they pledged to comply with the law in the future.
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Boston
Cambridge
Pelletier
Suffolk County
Middlesex Grand
Harvard College
Father John's Medicine Proves Helpful for Child’s Cough
Edward Sipe of Philadelphia reports his five year old son recovered from a bad cold and lingering cough after using Father John's Medicine. He cites the remedy as safe for the whole family, containing no alcohol or dangerous drugs.
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Father John
Edward Sipe
Weikel Street
Philadelphia
John
East Boston Folk Protest Freight Rail Location
East Boston residents protested a Public Service Commission hearing on granting a location for East Boston Marginal Freight Railroad Company on Border Street. Representative Kearney denounced the act as a wholesale sale of East Boston, while BF Leroy Sweetzer for the company and Karl Adams for the city presented sides.
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Border Street
East Boston
Public Service Commission
Kearney
BF. Leroy Sweetzer
Karl Adams
City of
Boston
Woman seeks annulment of 1914 marriage in New Hampshire
Margaret C. Monahan of Boston petitions the Superior Court to annul her marriage to Reginald W. McDonald on the grounds she was under the age of consent at the May 23, 1914 ceremony in Nashua New Hampshire. McDonald is described as of Edmonton Alberta.
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Margaret C. Monahan
Boston
Superior Court
Reginald W. McDonald
Nashua
N. H
McDonald
Edmonton
Alberta
Oldest Lebanon man and Boston Post cane holder dies
John Colbath, the oldest man in Lebanon and holder of the Boston Post cane, died today at age 89, within three months of his 90th birthday. He long served as keeper of the poor farm.
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Lebanon
John Colbath
Boston Post
Electric car strikes man to death in rain near Billerica
Sanford Putnam, 36, of Wilmington, was killed last evening when an electric car hit him as he lay across a track between Billerica and Wilmington. Motorman Michael McGrath said braking failed to avert the tragedy due to rain and poor visibility.
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Sanford Putnam
Asa Sheldon
Wilmington
Billerica
Michael McGrath
Dinner plan faulted by Cambridge Civic League official
Leo M Rohde secretary of the Citizens Municipal League of Cambridge protests a Boston City Club dinner for Cambridge elected officials saying it was planned without league authority. He asserts invitations were issued by Obert Sletton chairman without consulting other officers.
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Boston City Club
Cambridge
Citizens’ Municipal League of Cambridge
Leo M. Rohde
League
Citizens’ Municipal League
Wendell D. Rockwood
Rohde
Obert Sletton
Sletton
16 Candles Light Cake for Wilson
Mist clouds and rain marked the 59th anniversary of President Wilson s birth at Hot Springs Virginia as the presidential honeymooners, despite bad weather, took a 20 mile motor trip across a soggy landscape to the Homestead Hotel with guests indoors.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Homestead Hotel
Two Edicts Alter President's Birthday Cake Preparations
Two imperial edicts disrupted pastry kitchen plans for the President's birthday cake. Cooks Pfeiffer and Kluge altered candle count from 59 to 16 and were barred from cake access, delaying photographer's shot as hundreds of telegrams poured in.
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Herman Pfeiffer
Paul Kluge
Wilson Suite
Chemist dies at Potter Drug plant in Boston
Phillip J. Allston a longtime chemist for Potter Drug & Chemical Company died suddenly at work yesterday afternoon. Fifty five year old Allston led local Colored Business Men's League activities and helped organize a national convention with Booker T. Washington as a speaker. He is survived by a widow and two sons and lived at 227 West Canton Street South End.
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Phillip J. Allston
Potter Drug & Chemical Company
Boston
Potter Company
Columbus Avenue
Colored Business Men's League
National Colored Business Men’s League
Booker T. Washington
Allston
Eatonville
N. C
West
Canton Street
South End
Lynn Firemen Probe Sought After Major Blaze
Lynn finance commissioner Roy F Bergengren said he will ask the Municipal Council to investigate the fire department over a Monday night blaze that destroyed David J Sheehan’s stable, killed 48 horses, and caused 35000 in damage. The probe may examine alleged department involvement in chemical sales and off duty drunkenness. It will also review alarm box 16 response and engine service.
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Roy F. Bergengren
Lynn
Municipal Council of
Lynn Fire Department
Bergengren
David J. Sheehan
Fire Department
Box 16
Submarine Sinkings Report Two More Vessels Loss
London report states the steamer Van Stirum of 3284 tons gross and 831 feet length was sunk and its crew landed. The Swedish steamer Nereus of 1229 tons gross was sunk in the North Sea on Christmas Day with its crew rescued after drifting in two boats through stormy seas.
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London
van Stirum
Londonderry
Admiralty
Nereus
North Sea
Ida von Claussen Remarries Francis Dona in New York
Mrs. Ida von Claussen, recently paroled from Middletown State Hospital, married Francis Albert Dona of Philadelphia tonight. The ceremony at Washington Heights Church followed her history of threats against President Roosevelt, prior detentions, and parole controversies drawing court involvement.
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Ida von Claussen
Francis Albert Dona
Philadelphia
New York
Middletown State Hospital
J. F. Price
Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church
von Claussen
Roosevelt
Middletown Asylum
Need of Station at Arlington Street
Boston letters editor urge rapid transit relief for Washington Summer and Winter streets congestion. They press for a subway station at Boylston and Arlington streets to ease traffic, support metropolitan expansion, and protect property values amid evolving downtown retail districts. W. D. Shearer signs.
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Boston
Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
The
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Street
Boylston Street
United States
Park, Washington
Summer Streets
Metropolitan Business District
Boylston
Arlington Streets
Washington and Tremont Streets
Elevated
Massachusetts
Arlington
Boylston Streets
W. D. Shearer
Ideal love letters by New England women headline Sunday Post
A Sunday Post feature collects ideal love letters from New England women, presenting intimate recollections and romantic sentiments as a regional showcase. The collection highlights personal voices and the era's social mores.
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New England
Next Sunday Post
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