War on Boston Water Meter Trust Declared by Mayor
Mayor Curley proclaimed war on the water meter trust after a Finance Commission report praised city investigators findings. He threatened no further meter installations unless prices are cut, saying the law allows ignoring current bids due to excessive increases.
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Curley
Finance Commission
City Hall
Meter Trust
Boston
United States
Meter Manufacturers’ Exchange
Hartford
Miners Entombed After Rock Fall at Mahanoy Plane
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on February 8 a rock fall at an anthracite mine in Mahanoy Plane traps about a dozen miners. One body is recovered and two others are said to be buried under the debris. Local mine officials confirm the collapse and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Pottsville
Penn
Mahanoy Plane
Poslam Heals Itchy Eczema Quickly Advertised
An advertisement promotes Poslam as a potent balm for eczema and itchy skin. It claims rapid relief and direct treatment, offering a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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West and
New York City
Government assures Germans their deposits safe in war
State Department statement approved by President Wilson says the government has no plan to seize bank deposits or property of any foreign subject even in wartime. The note rests on assurances given in Washington on February 8.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
U S Denies Seizure of Foreign Deposits Under War
The statement counters fears among foreign subjects in the United States that bank deposits or property might be seized in war. It stresses the government will not violate international understandings or local law and will respect private rights of both citizens and foreign nationals.
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Department
United States
Mass. Men Declare Readiness to Serve Navy
Massachusetts associate members of the Naval Consulting Board led by Charles L. Edgar wired Secretary Daniels expressing willingness to serve any Navy tasks. The St Botolph Club hosts an Ettore Cadorin bronze exhibit featuring seven narrative works and a single Belgian Girl symbolizing wartime famine as private view opens and public viewing begins Monday.
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Massachusetts
Naval Consulting Board
Charles L. Edgar
The
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Navy
Daniels
Navy Department
Maude Drein Bryant
Alice Worthington Ball
St. Botolph Club
Ettore Cadorin
Cadorin
LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Ad Note Urges Call
An advertisement urges readers to seek the genuine product name LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE and to request the full name for a cold cure. It references a signature by E. W. GROVE and claims a cure in one day with a 2oc price.
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E. W. Grove
Ambassadors push Madrid conference to avert US Germany war
La Prensa reports a Pan American Union meeting and Romula Naon proposal for an international conference in Madrid to avert confrontation between the United States and Germany. El Diario says the move may not reflect Argentina’s government policy or consultation.
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Buenos Ayres
la Presna
Pan-American Union
Romula S&s. Naon
United States
Madrid
Germany
el Diario
Naon
Convicts May Form Regiment If War Call Comes
Burdett G. Lewis, New York commissioner of correction, proposes a regiment of convicts drawn from city penal institutions to volunteer for the government if a national call arises. He says Major General Leonard Wood supports possible War Department rule changes to swear convicts into service, noting existing military training in one jail and plans to expand if needed.
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New York
Burdett G. Lewis
Correction
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
War Department
Funeral services for John Henry Baldwin
Funeral services for John Henry Baldwin, longtime Metropolitan Steamship Company employee of 44 years, were held at his Roxbury home on Cope land street. Rev J Harry Holden officiated and the interment followed at Mr Hope Cemetery West Roxbury with a veterans delegation from Post 26 G A R mourning him.
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John Henry Baldwin
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Copeland Street
Roxbury
J. Harry Holden
Buena Vista Street
Warn hostile missionaries in British India noted by ambassador
The British ambassador in Washington informs the Foreign Missions Conference of North America that Indian policy friction with non British subjects affects missions. American boards are urged to ensure missionaries do not endorse actions harmful to India’s government. Some boards are reportedly recommending missionaries of German origin or other hostile nationalities.
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India
Washington
Foreign Missions Conference of North
Four Thousand Boy Scouts Mark Founding Anniversary
Four thousand Boy Scouts of Greater Boston joined in the seventh anniversary observance of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America yesterday. Throughout the exercises the emphasis was on the need for scouts to be prepared to answer a call of their country.
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Boy Scouts
Greater Boston
Boy Scouts of America
Yale Teacher Wins David A. Wells Prize At Harvard
Clarence H. Haring of New Haven now teaches at Yale and received the David A. Wells prize of 300 dollars at Harvard for the best economics thesis on trade and navigation between Spain and the West Indies. He is Harvard Class of 1907 and was last year a graduate student in Cambridge. Herbert Feis of New York won the Hart Schaffner & Marx prize of 200 dollars.
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Clarence H. Haring
New Haven
Dartmouth Opens Winter Carnival In Hanover
Dartmouths seventh annual winter carnival opened with a dance supper in the summons drawing several hundred guests. The Dramatic Association staged Wred Jacksons farce A Full House in Webster Hall this evening signaling a strong start to the event.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
the Dramatic Association
Wred Jackson
Webster Hall
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