Carnation Exhibition Draws Horticulture Fans Across New England
The American Carnation Society and Massachusetts Horticultural Society closed a highly successful Carnation Exhibition at Horticultural Hall. The show, one of the largest and best, drew hundreds of visitors from New England and featured entries from New York City Framingham Boston and other East regions.
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Horticultural Hall
American Carnation Society
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
New England
New York City
Framingham
Boston
East
Inside bath cure promises clear complexion and vigor
A 19th or early 20th century health column urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach and bowels. It claims improved skin tone, reduced headaches, and relief from biliousness and constipation, touting a cheap quarter-pound supply as the key to rapid health changes.
Riveters Hold Up Ships Prompt War Labor Talk
Senator McCumber of North Dakota urged the Senate to address wartime labor woes as riveters in shipyards resist high wage work. He noted riveters dropped from about 350 rivets daily to 200-250 and urged all Americans aged 18 to 62 to perform some war work under a bill he proposed.
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Washington
Senator McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Agreement to joint trackage goes to Public Service Board
In New York on January 31 the Public Service Commission upheld an opinion by its chief counsel that a proposed agreement among the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, the Long Island railroad, and the New York Connecting railroad for joint trackage rights and through traffic should be submitted to the Public Service Commission for approval despite federal control.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Long Island Railroad
New York Connecting Railroad
Public Service Commission
Commission
Carney Appointed Juvenile Probation Officer in Charlestown
William Carney a former representative from Ward 5 Charlestown and now in the Post mechanical department has been appointed juvenile probation officer by Judge Charles Sullivan of the Charlestown court. He succeeds Edward E. Moore who will accept a City Hall appointment. Carney is a Charlestown High School graduate.
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William FE. Carney
Old Ward 5
Charlestown
Mechanical Department
The
Post
Charles §. Sullivan
Charlestown Court
Mr. Carney
Edward E. Moore
Physical culture urged as patriotic duty at luncheon
Bertrand C. Larrabee urged citizens to pursue physical training as a patriotic duty and a boost to health and business. He said unusual times require unusual men to win the world contest and that physical culture leads to health happiness and good business.
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Bertrand C. Larra
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Mr. Larrabee
Immigration Committee Tables the Rankin Bill
The House immigration committee tabled the Rankin bill to allow American women married to foreigners to retain citizenship, meaning no action will be taken on the proposal.
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Immigration Committee
Washington
House Immigration Committee
Armless newsboy leaves $7200 estate in Pittsfield will
Michael J. Leahy the armless newsboy who delivered The Post in Pittsfield for a score of years has died leaving an estate valued at $7200. The will was filed in Probate Court today.
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Pittsfield
Michael J. Leahy
Lucia Deering Will Contest Settled
The Massachusetts will contest over Lucia Kimball Deering of Boston ends in a compromise between the contestants and beneficiaries.
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Lucia Deering
Massachusetts
Lucia Kimball Deering
Boston
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Springfield
the House of Kuppenheimer
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