Four Million Dollar East Boston Ferries Proposal
East Boston representative George N Murphy charged Mayor Peters and Boston City Council with gross neglect in ferry planning while advocating a $4 000 000 city expenditure for eight double deck ferries new head houses and slips. Support came from Representative Niland who stressed regional importance to the port of Boston and urged improvements for rapid transit and business along the north shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
City Council of
Boston
East Boston
George N. Murphy
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Murphy
Flynn
Finance Commission
Elias Field
City Law Department
North Shore
Niland
Liquorless Hotels Allowed for Home Use Only
Frozen puddings and other table delicacies must stay non alcoholic in hotels and restaurants. Federal prohibition rules permit alcohol in cooking only for home use by the owner and bona fide guests, Supervising Agent William J. McCarthy reports Northeastern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Prohibition Enforcement Service
William J. McCarthy
Northeastern Department
New York Hotels Seek LiquorPermits for Cooking
New York hotels clubs and restaurants have obtained or applied for permits to stock wines and liquors for culinary use. Applications for non residence liquor storage close tomorrow night as reported by the collector of internal revenue office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Collector of Internal Revenue
Birthday Guests Not Card Players in Dorchester Court
Six youths were found not guilty by Judge Churchill in Dorchester on charges of playing cards on the Lord's Day. They were arrested at 7 Arbutus Street, Mattapan, during a birthday party for Frederick Fratus's fourth birthday. Defendants testified they were graphophone singing when officers arrived. judge dismissed for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Court
Churchill
Sophie Fratus
Arbutus Street
Mattapan
Frederick Fratus
Diamond Dyes Color Card Promises Versatile Fabric Dye
Diamond Dyes guarantees a fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. The direction book with each package explains diamond dyeing over any color making it easy to avoid mistakes. See the Diamond Dye Color Card from your druggist to match any material.
Railroads urged to keep reforms after government control
Washington February 9 The annual report of W T Tyler director of the division of operations to Director General Hines urges continuation of reforms in railroad practices after private control resumes March 1 He advocates traffic control at ports embargoes permits pooled tolls uniform car supply rules heavier loading efficiency and coordinated terminals plus centralized car control and continued terminal unification He notes great freight congestion from misrouted shipments and supports permit system to match consignor demand with port capacity He cites improved use of common cars and refrigeration cars and reports freight movement up 2 percent for fruits and vegetables in 1919 He says locomotives exceed 66100 with need for new power and highlights 84 terminal consolidations during federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad Administration
W. T. Tyler
Division of Operations
Hines
Tidewater
Tyler
Mr. Tyler
Hie
Coast Guard Cutter Breaks Ice Along Maine Coast
Belfast Me Feb 9 The coast guard cutter Acushnet cut a channel in 12 inch ice along the Maine coast signaling end of ice breaking on this section. She then headed to Woods Hole Mass restoring communications and freeing vessels held in harbors by ice. The crew aided in the rescue of 2 crew members from the steamer Polias grounded on Old Cilley Ledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Maine
Woods Hole
Mass
Polias
Old Cilley Ledge
EIGHT ARRESTED FOR THEFTS FROM EXPRESS
Eight men accused of organized thefts totaling thousands from express companies were arrested by Chief Lawrence J. Welch of the Expressmen's Protective League Spencer Manning and Inspectors Donovan and Butler and will be held for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Welch
Expressmen's Protective League
Spencer Manning
Donovan
Butler
Cambridge Couples Tell Tales In City Marriage Notices
A列 collection lists several Cambridge residents and partners with ages and addresses, noting occupations such as machinist shoe maker electrician bookkeeper factory operative painter stenography baker and salesman. The entries pair each groom with a bride or spouse, spanning Cambridge Somerville Somerville Dorchester Boston Portsmouth N H and Allston, detailing ages and home addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Radzinkynas
Calman
Lawrence
Petronella Antanavicuste
Willow St
Cambridge
Walter J. Avery
Brookline
Maude F. Moulton
Cambridge St
Allston
George R. Chick
Portsmouth
N. H
Bertha L. Shaw
Walker St
Ladislaus Rendorowicz
Thorndike St
Veronica Bruzgal
Sixth St
Theodore R. Meikie
Marion
Tena A. Valentine
Douglass St
John J. Gannon
Valentine
Hazel RN. Ryan
School St
Stenogery
Joanie J. Sullivan
Upland Rd
Catherine A. Lyons
Lenwood
Somerville
John A. Lorge
Frost
Baker
Frances M. Griffith
Campbell PLC
Abraham Carmusin
Fabyan St
Dorchester
Sophia Kantor
Trowbridge St
Leonidas Lickopoulos
Main Bt
Bessie Flesia
Salem St
Boston
Brookline Cambridge Pairings in Local Occupations Noted
A list records pairs of residents including John H. Wells a chief cook at 25 Willard Place Newport News and Rita Davis a Brookline maid with George W.P. Smith a milk salesman at 214 Freeman Street Brookline and Margaret Amery a 346 Brookline Street Cambridge stenographer. Also Francis G. Gaughan a Brookline shoe cutter with Lucy V. McNutt Boston film inspector and Arthur I.L. Largenton a Brookline chauffeur with Norah Connolly Strathmore Road Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Robinson
Tremont St
Ruth M. Potter
Hemenway St
Fidward Tretze
Astoria
L. J
Faith M. King
Chelmsford St
Dorchester
Carl Werner
Temple St
West Roxbury
Helen Olson
Westcott St
John Toumasian
Watchman
Taber
Roxbury
Noramie Markarian
Timothy J. Ahern
Francis
Winifred R. Cavanagh
Adams St
Joseph Lipson
Haberdasher
Devon St
Omer la Montagne
Franklin
N. H
Mary Carr
Fairmount Ave
Hyde Park
John A. MacDonald
Providence
R. T
Edythe Butman
West Concordat
William H. Baker
Haverhill
Lena D. Dodd
Frederick A. Murphy
Dorchester St
Gertrude M. Blackwell
Dudley St
Arnold N. Pinto
Somerville
Theresa G. O'Donnell
Everett St
Boston
Herbert J. Bennett
Pearl
Leonidas Liaskopoulos
Main St
Cambridge
Bisee Flesia
Salem St
Alec W. Page
U. S. Navy
New York
N. Y
Gertrude FP. Collins
Camden Me
John J. Follis
Suffolk St
Chelsea
Anna B. Culkeen
Byron St
East Boston
Lorenzo Galazzi
Homes Ave
Rosalia Scampini
John E. Steiner
Pope St
Mary J. Ridge
Porter St
Fast Boston
Nevada St
Winthrop
Clarence I. Reynolds
Gainsboro St
Beulah E. Makepeace
Harvard Ave
Brookline
Herbert W. Beck
Dartmouth St
Marguerita L. Joslin
Union Park
James A. Carrig
Craigie Circle
Jennie Cohen
Coleman St
Morris Neefile
Hansborough St
Augusta I. Gordon
Elm Hill Place
Francis J. de Freitas, Jr
North St
Maria J. de Freitas
George Muir
Hulbert St
Johanna Danielson
Wakefield
David A. Nicholson
Melrose St
Annie O’brien
Bel- Viderest
Abraham Marks
Harvard St
Dorothy Feingold
Brookview St
Ronald Kinnear
U. S. S. Virginia
Bertha Clark
Warren St
James M. Concannon
Foster St
Brighton
Deila F. Pendleton
Chandler St
Louis I. Keating
Hyde Park Ave
Katherine M. Kenney
Bird St
Francis FE. Rollins
Fast Sixth St
South Boston
Elizabeth F. Wipfler
Stock Repaperer
Walter J. Avery
Electrician
Brookline St
Maud F. Moulton
Cambridge St
Allston
Samuel Hurovitz
Dora Cohen
Andrew Anello
Battery St
Josephine Pirrella
Michele Brugliera
Centre St
Brockton
Mary Cerbigliaro
Chelsea St
Tpadore Wolcik
Worcester
John H. Wells
Willard Pl
Newport News
Cook
Rita Davis
Feacon
George WP. Smith
Freeman
Margaret
Amery
Francis G. Gaughan
Cameron
Lucy V. McNutt
Village St
Arthur IL. Largenton
Norah Connolly
Strathmore Rd
Public venues closed over influenza outbreak in Irene area
Hay Feb 9 Public health order shuts schools churches and amusement halls and bans public gatherings in the city due to widespread influenza and similar illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene
Hay
Board of Health
Aerial Photography Set to Transform Industry and City Planning
The piece argues that aerial maps will soon dominate presentation and planning across factories, municipalities, and utilities. It notes rapid mapping potential, cost efficiency, and broad uses from city planning to fishing grounds, with veterans returning to flying and rising numbers of pilot applicants signaling a booming future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
United States Geological Survey
Airship Project Links London to New York Next Summer
A passage describes airships planned to fly between London and New York next summer with early trips requiring a sizable crew. The Eardmore Shortt, Armstrong and Whitmore companies are merging to provide this service. A silent airplane motor is claimed from Manchester, emitting exhaust at half a pound per square inch and offering quiet operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Heeardmore Shortt
Armstrong and Whitmore
A. ER
Manchester
England
Fitchburg Laborer Killed by Express
Nelson R. Page, young laborer, died after being crushed by a Boston bound express on the Fitchburg division near Wachusett station. His brother James, 15, tried to pull him clear as the train approached on a sharp curve. James was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
James
Nelson R. Page
Boston & Maine Railroad
Wachusett Station
Nelson
Prominent Kennebunk Merchant Frank W Bonser Dies
Frank W Bonser a longtime selectman chairman and prominent Kennebunk merchant died in Kennebunk Me at age. He led a clothing and general dry goods business in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport and owned the Eagle Rock Hotel and the Hotel Atlantis at Kennebunk Beach. He played a leading role in town war activities and is survived by his wife and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Frank W. Bonser
Nordic states join Hague jury conference February 16
The three Scandinavian nations accepted Holland's invitation to a February 16 conference at The Hague on joining the Permanent Court of International Justice under Article 14 of the League covenant. Switzerland will likely participate. The Temps notes the court would try war law violators and may address extradition issues for Germans accused of war guilt.
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Court of International Justice
Paris
Holland
The
Hague
Permanent Court of International Justice
League of Nations Covenant
Christiania
Temps
Switzerland
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Brittany
French Ministry of Marines
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America
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Satel
Jersey
Lowce
Salem
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