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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
9
The weak labor market has made it hard for boys and girls to secure work, prompting Dr. Dyer, superintendent of schools, to urge teachers to keep students in school rather than releasing them to join the unemployed ranks.
Boston school leaders warn that 5016 minors aged 14 to 16 were shown as working on November 1 and many have since been discharged. Settlement workers report growing need for aid as the State Employment Bureau secured jobs for only 70 minors and the Placement Bureau for 386, prompting calls for parents to keep children in school until work is found.
Wealthy Boston men from the Back Bay, joining the French army ambulance corps, head to the front after weeks of drill. Leaders include C. T. Lovering Jr. of Commonwealth Avenue and James Lawrence, active in hospital corps work and banking circles on State Street.
Providence news reports Brown University professor Henri F. Micoleau, who went to France as an infantry officer at the war outbreak, is believed prisoner in Germany. His wife says the International Red Cross at Geneva confirmed the word, via a French family member.
A busy sale listing coats wraps and gowns with many lines priced from 12.50 to 175.00. Items include Amber Velvet Evening Gown 175.00, Serge and Velveteen Dresses 15.00 to 39.50, and multiple Broadcloth and Velour suits priced around 60.00 to 100.00.
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