Aided Immigrants and State Labor Plans
The article discusses Secretary Straus recognizing South Carolina’s right to bring in laborers under the alien contract labor law. It notes labor shortages in the South and West and the need to scatter immigrants from eastern cities. It cites Missouri and Minnesota discussions and warns of potential abuse but argues state authority could reduce danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straus
South Carolina
South
West
Missouri
Minnesota
Europe
Japanese School Question and Pacific War Prospects
The article argues the San Francisco school dispute over Japanese students is a labor related issue rather than a social or educational crisis. It says the Japanese government seeks peace and an orderly treaty interpretation, with potential concessions including excluding Japanese laborers and cooling tensions through mutual agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Congress
Pacific
California
Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific Coast
Legislature Eyed Move On Husband Wife Contracts
Massachusetts urges removal of the prohibition on contracts between spouses with a memorial urging President Roosevelt to summon Congress in extraordinary session after March. The piece argues the old law is outdated and burdensome, and cites Judge Ernst’s remarks on indirect lending. It notes time constraints remain for tariff revision and appropriation bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst
Twentieth Century Club
Congress
Massachusetts
Memorial of
Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Washington
The New Jersey Senatorship and Direct Election Reform
The withdrawal of Senator Dryden from re election strengthens national politics and argues for direct voter choice. The piece notes Dryden and Addicks failed to win broad party support and suggests Senators should be elected by the people rather than state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dryden
New Jersey
Senate
Addicks
Delaware
Pink and Punk in a Living Skit About Twins and Dogs
A lively dialogue between Pink and Punk unfolds at a busy night event. They joke about twins and a costly appendicitis, dog ownership, a bird dog, and a humorous misread of dog ownership while touring through city life and dinner talk. The piece ends with a song cue and a humorous request to play a ballad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink
Punk
Smith
Young’s
Touraine
Ivories
Faneuil Hall Bell Rung Considered for North End Fires
Mayor Fitzgerald asks Fire Commissioner Wells to study ringing the Faneuil Hall bell when fires break out in the North End to alert teamsters and others of fire apparatus arrival. He seeks public sentiment on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil Hall
North End
Fitzgerald
Wells
How the Kettle Sang Poem Recounting War and Wonder
A nostalgic lyric recalls a kettle that once sang of distant lions slain pirate crews and clipper ships. It frames a girl saved by a prince from a hydra and a blue clad boy facing war as years pass, the hearth growing cold and the singing fading.
Observant Citizen Reports Tales From the City
A columnist recounts encounters with Rep. Leslie K. Morse of Haverhill vowing to fight noncompetitive contracts with United Shoe Machinery. He cites patents to build machines around them and notes local social and church figures in East Boston, Brookline, and Dorchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie K. Morse
Haverhill
United Shoe Machinery Company
Theys
I fall for Peggy and marry in a hat tale
A narrator recounts a playful morning call from Peggy a rare flattery moment. He plans a theater night but Peggy declines due to a missing hat revealed as shared with her sister Alice. They joke about economic limits and end with their engagement and marriage next month, claiming Peggy as his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Peggy
Sothern
Peggy Palmer
Marion Allen
Clare’s
Alice
Mildred Champagne Discusses Love and Despair Advice
A reader seeking romance guidance writes of unreciprocated affection from a middle aged suitor. The advisor warns against pressuring a reluctant partner, noting men in midlife rarely propose and urging self respect over nerve wracking efforts to reclaim him.
Crown Princess Victoria Ill With Influenza
Karlruhe dispatch reports Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden ill in Karlsruhe with influenza. Her temperature runs high and health condition is noted as serious for the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Karlsruhe
Victoria of
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Boston Post
Democratic Paper
New England
Post Publishing Co
Odice
Washington St
Boston
Iass
the Sunday Post
Ae Berond Clauss
Mase
Efender
Post Publishing Company
EB. A. Grozier
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Printer’s Ink Guarantee Star
Association of American Advertisers
Wife
Newton Newkirk
By F., C. Long
Mlicous
Homer
Diogenes Villa
Teddy
Jaree
Lar
Iyua
Crandler
William H. Lyon
D. D
First
Brookline
American Guild of Organists
F. N. Wayland
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
Quincy
Thompson
Erk
Walter Boyce
Brookline Swimming Club
Brookline Club
B&b Bk
Brookline Village
Tbh
Boston Elevated Railroad
John Byrnes
Welland Street
Somerville
Mr. Byrnes
West Somerville
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Dorchester Bay
Thompson's Island
James Keady
Exeter
Keady
Seattle Mail and Herald
Seattle
Wash
Cambridge
Hughes
Agnes H. Lockhart
Elizabeth Mason
Federal Street
Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Pillsbury” S Best
Ysbour
Apoli
Pillsbury’s Best
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!