Boston Protest Meetings Spark Phone Rate Backlash
Protest meetings against Burleson phone rates that took effect January 21 are planned in Boston Worcester and Springfield with Boston business leaders invited to state objections. The Massachusetts Supreme Court may rule on a temporary injunction as Assistant Attorney General Hitchcock pursues the motion for restraint before Judge DeCourcy.
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New England
Worcester
Sprinfield
William H. O’brien
Telephone and Telegraph Bureau
Public Service Commission
William R. Driver, Jr
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Supreme Court
State of Massachu
Hitchcock
DeCourcéy
Freeman ©. Hatch
Westmaster-General
Costa Rica deploys troops to border amid invasion fears
San Salvador dispatches report that Costa Rica plans to move troops to the Nicaragua border to deter a possible invasion by opponents of the Tinoco government. The measures follow warnings of planned incursions from Nicaragua into Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica
San Salvador
Nicaragua
Tinoco
The Man of Ideas by Sherwood Anderson
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will feature Sherwood Anderson’s The Man of Ideas as one of the year’s best stories, noted for unusual interest and charming writing.
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Man of Ideas
Sherwood Anderson
Boston Post
Divorce Grants in Cambridge and Somerville Marriages
Alice M Wallace of Cambridge wins a divorce from Richard D Wallace amid cruel abusive treatment and non support claims. Myra A Pestell of Cambridge also gets a divorce for desertion while William Pestell of Boston is ordered to pay 4000 alimony and 15 monthly child support. Martha D Dillaby of Somerville is granted a divorce with Frank H Dillaby ordered to pay 30 monthly for child and former wife support.
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Alice M. Wallace
Cambridge
Richard D. Wallace
Chase
East Cambridge Superior Court
Myra
A. Pestell
William Pestell
Boston
Martha D. Dillaby
Somerville
Frank H. Dillaby
Nat Goodwin buried in Milton Cemetery
The poet actor Nat Goodwin was laid to rest in Milton Cemetery after a private Roxbury funeral. His mother, tearful, spoke farewell in the Goodwin home while hundreds gathered outside. The Episcopal service was read by Rev. Kenneth Forbes as Mrs Goodwin could not attend the burial.
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Nat Goodwin
Milton
Goodwin
Forest Street
Roxbury
Jennie Morris
Georgia Gardner
Boston Lodge of Elks
John J. Cassidy
P. I. McCarron
Walter Jr. Knight
Boston
New York
Kenneth Forbes
St. James Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
Boston Elevated trustees face busy day at State House hearings
Chairman James F. Jackson and the board attend a 10 30 a m session before a legislative committee on street railways to discuss operating the Elevated on a service at cost plan. They also consider a Cambridge subway rental relief bill and a half fare proposal for school children.
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Boston Elevated
James F. Jackson
Legislative Committee On
State House
Elevated
Cambridge
General Court
Boston
Public Service Commission
South Boston
Charlestown
Charlestown High School
Jackson
Lecture on A League of Free Nations by J Randolph Coolidge Jr
J Randolph Coolidge Jr president of the Massachusetts League of Free Nations Association will lecture this afternoon at 4 o clock at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union 264 Boylston street on A League of Free Nations.
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Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Massachusetts League of Free Nations Association
Union
Boylston Street
League of Free Nations
Cambridge woman injured in platform incident at Central Square
Mrs Bridget Nealon aged 40 of 34 Emith Street Cambridge is at Relief station with a leg fracture after stepping between a car and platform at Central Square yesterday. A reception for First Mine laying Squadron is planned at the Hall of Flags State House at 3 pm Friday Feb 14 under the Massachusetts committee to welcome returning soldiers sailors and marines. Governor Coolidge and staff will attend. Mathew L McGrath formerly deputy US marshal and wartime naval intelligence chief has passed the bar and now works with the Justice Department. Boston influenza deaths reach six. New cases in Bay State easing. House rejects bill imposing 50 fine per offence for street railways with more than five persons in excess of seating capacity. Reverend James Grant urges world peace through Christian brotherhood at Boston Baptist Social Union dinner.
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Bridget Nealon
Emith Street
Cambridge
Central Square
State House
North Sea
Massachusetts Committee
Mathew L. McGrath
United States
Navy
Naval Intelligence Department
Department of Justice
Mr. McGrath
Federal
House of Representatives
Committee On
James Grant
New Haven
Boston Baptist Social Union
Ford Hall
Brotherhood of Men
Hayes Healing Honey Promises Quick Throat Cure
An advertisement touts Hayes Healing Honey with claims to stop the tickle throat and cure coughs. Priced at 35 cents with a free Pen-o-Trate Salve chest cold and head cold offer included with each bottle.
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Hayes
High prices slated for knock out education plan
A Massachusetts city votes to fund school gardening courses for teachers and later pupils. Superintendent Thompson will run the program with the extension service of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Total cost not to exceed 100 dollars, with city supplying equipment and garden plots.
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Thompson
Massachusetts Agricultural College
School board approves conventions travel and raises staff pay
The board votes four to one to send three members of the board of superintendents a school committee member or director a high school head master and an elementary district master to the National Association for Vocational Education convention in St Louis and the National Educational Association gathering in Chicago with costs not to exceed 800. Salaries rise slightly for about 50 Mason street building staff and for the superintendent's and business agent Keough offices. Judge Michael H Sullivan is reelected chairman after seven ballots with Lane Curtis and Corcoran switching votes. H D Apollonio is reelected secretary and Corcoran becomes treasurer.
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National Association For Vocational Education
St. Louis
Department of Superintendents
National Educational Association
Chicago
Corcoran
Mason Street
Keough
Michael H. Sullivan
Richard J. Lane
Judge Sullivan
Miss Curtis
Lane
Sullivan
Henry Abrahams
M. H. Corcoran
H. D. Apollonio
Ten Firemen Gassed At Park Theatre Fire
Ten firemen were overcome by escaping gas while fighting a basement blaze at the Park Theatre on Washington Street. More than 1400 moviegoers evacuated calmly as the fire was brought under control. Four injured firefighters were revived with artificial respiration and later returned to duty after about a half hour.
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Park Theatre
Washington Street
Avery B. Howard
John L. Sullivan
Mason Street House
Doyle and Travers
Engine 7
Boy Injured Jumping From Moving Arlington Car
Gorden Messenger, 12, of 16 Wright Street Cambridge, remains on the danger list at Cambridge Municipal Hospital after leaping from an inbound Arlington express on Hudson Street Cambridge. The car had no schedule stops before Harvard Square. the conductor opened the door as it moved. He suffered three broken ribs lacerations to the right arm and possible concussion, and was taken to the hospital in a police ambulance.
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Gorden Messenger
Wright Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Municipal Hospital
Arlington Express
Hudson Street
Harvard Square
Adamson Cough Balsam Advertisement
An advertisement announces Adamson's Cough Balsam claiming to cure coughs colds and grippe and notes availability at all druggists.
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Adamson
The Balloon and Sling of Baron Munchausen Adventures
The Baron recounts using a giant balloon and sling to lift buildings and the Windsor Castle sentinel. He describes a three month ascent with the College of Physicians, eerie mischief among clergy and undertakers, and possible deaths avoided by suspended time. The tale blends whimsy with ironic consequences.
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Goliath
London
Westminster
Spitalfields
Windsor Castle
St. Paul’s
St. George’s Fields
Montgolfier
College of Physicians
Baron’s Adventurous Tale to Run in Daily Post Tomorrow
Tomorrow the Baron’s surprising adventures resume in the Post and continue day to day in the Daily and Sunday Post until the tale is complete.
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Daily
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