Depositors Kept Informed As Southbridge Bank Probe Continues
In Southbridge Massachusetts depositors at a Town Hall meeting urged patience as bank officials and experts prepare a condition report on the Savings Bank. The former treasurer John A Hall is out on 50000 bail over a 21000 larceny case. Officials, including President Calvin D Paige and Bank Commissioner Arthur B Chapin, met with trustees. reports are delayed, and a completion window of about ten days was suggested.
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Southbridge
Southbridge Savings Bank
John A. Hall
Grand
Calvin D. Paige
Town Hall
Paige
Nuch
Edoward
Desrosiers
Hail
Francis X. Perrault
J. &. A. Theelock
Oswald Gregoire
Arthur B. Chapin
Chapin
Hall
Robert Campbell
England Will Aid Workers Exchange System Opens Tomorrow
London Jan 31 and exchanges will be opened nationwide tomorrow without ceremony under the Liberal government plan to tackle unemployment. Winston Churchill, president of the Board of Trade, will tour the exchanges in London as part of the inaugurations.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Political reshuffle and job exchanges announced in Ireland
February will see 100 exchanges and 150 more in six months to link jobseekers with employers. Augustine Birrell moves to home department secretary, Churchill to Ireland, Burns to Board of Trade, Herbert Samuel to local government, Hobhouse to Cabinet. Davitt reportedly a Cork candidate if O’Brien resigns his seat.
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Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Home Department
H. J. Gladstone
United South Africa
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
John Burns
Herbert L. Samuel
Home Office
Charles Edward Hobhouse
The
Treasury
Michael Davitt
Cork
Willam O’brien
Cooper Followers Promote Health Theory and Cure
The Cooper movement claims health depends on the stomach and markets Cooper’s New Discovery. N V Marsh of Los Angeles and W B Stewart of Chicago share long stomach trouble recoveries after using the remedy, praising its effects and urging readers to obtain it through Cooper Medicine Co. Dayton, Ohio.
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L. T. Cooper
Cooper
N. V. Marsh
South Daly Street
Los Angeles
Cal
W. B. Stewart
Madison Street
Chicago
Yauiy
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton, Ola
Lombard Testifies in Framingham Forgery Case in Cambridge
Former Framingham town treasurer John B. Lombard testified as government witness in the Charles S. Cummings forgery trial. Lombard admitted forging selectmen names and writing the note amount under instruction, crying on the stand as he described the decline of his conduct.
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Cummings
Framingham
John B. Lombard
Cambridge Court
Charles S. Cummings
State Street
Henry C. Long
Lombard
Bond
East Cambridge
Joseph Burns
Wier
Walter Adams
William H. Walsh
Board of Selectmen of
Selectman
Frank P. Stockwell
Tie
Walsh and Stockwell
Walsh
Mr. Cummings
The Cost of Carelessness And A Home Cold Remedy
A discussion on how neglecting a common cold can lead to serious disease and the value of early treatment. It describes a home remedy using glycerine Virgin Oil of Pine compound and whiskey, claimed to quickly break a cold and cure a cough when taken as a spoonful four times daily.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Girls Win in Fight for Union
New York January 31 The surrender of three of the citys largest manufacturers ends the shirtwaist girls strike. Mary Dreier president of the Women s Trade Union League said the strike was a victory and that about 2400 of the 3000 originally involved would return to work this afternoon.
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New York
Women’s Trade Union League
Mary Dreier
Union recognizes demand as shirtwaist strike ends
Three manufacturers reach an agreement to recognize the union with heavy bonds guaranteeing a return of about 2400 workers from 3000 on strike. Gains include better working conditions shorter hours and higher pay. Notable supporters include Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. O H P Belmont who aided strikers at Night Court and through fundraising. I B Hyman denies union recognition despite talks, claiming no signatories from his association and all workrooms full.
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New York
Anne Morgan
O. H. P. Belmont
I. B. Hyman
Associated Waist and Dress Manufacturers
Woman Sleuth on the Watch in Divorce Case
In Divorce Court Mrs. Sarah E. Demerritt was granted a decree against Walter A. Demerritt after testimony from a watcher who spied the husband with a blonde woman on Columbus Avenue. A second witness described a dramatic midnight stakeout, triggering signals and a gas flare as the couple confronted by Mrs. Demerritt and her male companion.
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Sarah E. DeMerritt
Walter A. DeMerritt
Columbus Avenue
DeMerritt
Copley Society Repeats Gay Twelfth Night Revels
The Copley Society’s Twelfth Night program was so elaborate that demand for a repeat prompted a revised play by Mrs J Mixter of 180 Marlboro Street, chairman of the committee. The updated production will be staged in Copley Hall next Saturday afternoon.
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Copley Society
J. Mixter
Marlboro Street
Twelfth Night
Copley Hall
Boston Tops Immigrant Crowding in Nation
Washington Jan 31 The Immigration Commission report to Congress says Boston has the most overcrowded immigrant population of any big city. It notes more immigrants share a single room in Boston than in any other U S immigrant center.
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Washington
Boston
Congress
The
Immigration Commission
Senator Lodge
United States
Living Conditions in Boston Tenements Compared to Other Cities
The report portrays Boston immigrant tenements as poorer than many cities. Boston shows higher dwelling counts per immigrant population, with 144 persons per 100 rooms versus 141 in Philadelphia and 139 in New York and Cleveland. About five-sixths of homes are clean, but surrounding streets are filthy. Homeownership is low in Boston at one in 22, far below Milwaukee and Chicago, and far above New York’s ratio.
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Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Buffalo
Chicago
Milwaukee
United States
Puritan Lodge Ball Draws 1000 At Copley Hall
About 1000 attendees filled Copley Hall for the Puritan Lodge No. 621 ball of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Clarendon Street. Notables from the railroad service attended as chief guests including Frank Barker train master B M Eastern division A T Towne storekeeper B M L B La Grove chief timekeeper C L Thompson timekeeper and George Brady Eastern division. The grand march was led by Mr and Mrs V Scott followed by C F Stevens with Miss Cora Cutting and about 100 couples. The reception committee and arrangements were led by O V Scott and C F Stevens with a large corps of aides and committees assisting throughout the evening.
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Puritan Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Copley Hall
Clarendon Street
Frank Barker
B. & M. Eastern Division
A. T. Towne
L. B. la Grove
C. L. Thompson
George Brady
V. Scott
C. F. Stevens
Cora Cutting
O. V. Scott
O. W. Mansfield
Kbe. Beating
C. H. Haile
W. Vv. Clark
C. McCabe
H. L. Coffin
W. N. Sawyer
H. W. Dorvy
Teachers Advance With Pupils Lecture by Claxton
Professor Philander P. Claxton of the University of Tennessee spoke to about 500 teachers and principals at English High School hall on advancing pupils with their classes. He argued that allowing annual grade progression would save about 50 million dollars yearly and cut 25 percent of current work.
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Philander P. Claxton
University of Tennessee
United States
Claxton
Boston Man Weds Gotham Actress
Washtia New Hampshire January 31 Henry Brooks described as a Boston skating rink instructor married Bella K Gauthier a New York actress by Rev Dr W H Bolster at Pilgrim Congregational Church this afternoon.
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Washtia
N. H
Henry Brooks
Boston
W. H. Bolster
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Bella K. Gauthier
New York
New flesh-building pill promises plump healthier body
An old advertisement touts Sargol as a cost-free trial for increasing body flesh without exercise or strict dieting. The copy claims four daily tablet doses, weekly weight checks, and improved digestion, blood strength, and overall vitality.
Inauguration of Dr Edmund C Sanford at Clark College
Worcester January 31 Dr Edmund C Sanford will be inaugurated as Clark College president before delegates from 38 colleges across the United States. The ceremony starts at 10 30 with an academic procession and Colonel A George Bullock will formally turn over the administration.
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Worcester
United States
Edmund C. Sanford
Clark College
A. George Bullock
Board of Trustees
Sanford
Inauguration Addresses Tied to Several College Leaders
Dr Samuel P Capen and James K Foster will make addresses for the college faculty and senior class respectively. Ralph S Kennedy 05 speaks for alumni while G Stanley Hall represents Clark University and Harry C Jones for Johns Hopkins. C N Bakewell speaks for the University of California. President Sanford will deliver the inaugural address with a benediction by Bishop Alexander H Vinton ending the exercises.
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Samuel P. Capen
James K. Foster
Ralrh S. Kennedy
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Harry C. Jones
Johns Hopkins University
C. N. Bakewell
University of California
Sanford
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Masked intruder enters Cambridge home on Norfolk Street
A masked man entered the first floor apartment of Mrs. Theresa Scott at 90 Norfolk Street Cambridge early yesterday morning but fled when her brother Robert Scott rushed in. Police search for the intruder who tampered with a window before escaping.
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Theresa Scott
Norfolk Street
Cambridge
Daily Fire Record item with multiple calls
Fire log notes several alarms with locations and names. At 3 42 a m box 72 1125 Washington street Zeretas Bros 850. 5 45 a m box 44 Needless alarm. 9 20 a m box 44 S Foster court Charlestown Corenlius Spillane loss slight. 10 12 p m box T02 25 Wall street Max Elfenddein loss 20 dollars.
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Washington Street
Zeretas Bros
Foster Court
Charlestown
Corenlius Spillane
Wall Street
Max Elfenddein
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Leonard B. Chandler
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Henry B. Jacobs
Malden
James Fitzpatrick
Robert Rodden
Newton
John M. Schwartz
Weston
John J. MccMorrow
John B. McKay
Everett
Walter F. Butts
Waltham
Bernard Conlon
John W. Cremen
Somervillle
Martin T. Flynn
Harry P. Bosson
Reading
John, B
Oie Estamon
A. Shunt
Dark Lantern
Gotham
Sargel Company
Herald Building
Binghamton
N. Y
Sargol Co
Herald Bulding
Binghamton, N. Y
DR. Sanford
Lowell
Daily Fire Record
W. A. Collings
Watertown
N.Y
Scott
Ifc
Savings Bank
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
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