Massachusetts cruelty bill reported by Senate committee
The committee on legal affairs yesterday reported in the Senate against a bill from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals requiring that animals be stunned before slaughter. The committee acted after a hearing where humane society members and others spoke in support, with opposition from attorneys for several meat companies and business representatives.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Senate
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention
The
Humane Society
Auto Kills West Ena Boy in Haymarket Square
A vehicle struck a West Ena boy in Haymarket Square resulting in fatal injuries. Police investigate the incident as bystanders recall the crash care and speed. This report records the event and authorities' initial statements.
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Auto
West Ena Boy
Haymarket Sq
Boy of Six Killed In Haymarket Square Accident
The body of six year old John J. Wisnica of 43 Billerica Street West End was identified at the Northern Morgue by his father Thomas Wisnica. Police say the child stepped from the sidewalk into the path of an auto truck driven by H B McGrath of 28 Broadway Somerville and owned by P H Christie Company of Jacques Street Somerville.
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Haymarket Square
John J. Wisnica
Billerica Street
West End
Thomas Wisnica
Haymarket
Square
H. B. McGrath
Broadway
Somerville
P. H. Christie Company
Jacques Street
Boston College Fund Announces Complete Executive Committee
The Boston College fund raising campaign for May 3 to May 12 reveals an executive committee led by William Cardinal O Connell as honorary chairman and James J. Phelan as chairman. Vice chairs are William D. Nugent and Mrs. Edwin A. Shuman, with Henry V. Cunningham as treasurer and Charles A. Birmingham as secretary. Cunningham, a notable New England lawyer active in Catholic affairs, and Birmingham, Boston native and jeweler, complete the leadership slate.
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Boston College
William Cardinal O’connell
James J. Phelan
William D. Nugent
Edwin A. Shuman
Henry V. Cunningham
Charles A. Birmingham
Cunningham
Birmingham
New England
Melvin O. Adams
Archdiocese of
Boston
Cathedral Guild
Suffolk Federation of Catholic Societies
Archdiocesan Society
Order of St. Gregory the Great
State House
Francis J. Cunningham
St. Leo’s Church
Dorchester
Boston College High School
the College
Stylus
Fulton Debating Society
Boston College Alumni Association
Boston University Law School
Massachusetts Bar
C. A. W. Crosby & Son Company, Jewellers and Silversmiths
Ford's tin bossey sparks New York dairy debate
Henry Ford's proposed tin bossey, a milk substitute rumored to be produced without cows, provokes alarm from the New York Dairymen's League. John D. Miller calls it a hopeless dream, warning of public health risks from imitation milk and butter while dairymen remain wary of the concept.
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New York
United News
Henry Ford
Tin Bossey
Lizzie
New York Dairymen’s League
Ford
John D. Miller
League
Big Strike in Peabody at Leather Plant
In Peabody 44 leather tackers at the National Calfskin plant of the A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. struck for restoration of the old wage scale after a 30 percent cut. The International Leather Workers Union numbers about 10,000 in Essex County. Six hundred workers total company wide. Tackers earn 35 dollars weekly. plant had operated under closed shop before today.
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Peabody
A. C. Lawrence Leather Company
International Leather Workers’ Union of America
Essex County
A. C. Lawrence Company
Calfskin
Two Suspects Flee After Vargas Accuses Them
Two men, described as foreigners, promised Vargas two cents to change it. They fled when Vargas, watching, signaled, prompting Special Officers Winn and Driscoll to pursue. The pair were traced to Orient Heights as investigators followed the complaint.
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Vargas
Winn and
Driscoll
Orient Heights
Everett Woman 101 Years Old Tomorrow
Mrs. Hannah M. Pettengill of 4 Hampshire street Everett, the city’s oldest woman resident, will celebrate her 101st birthday tomorrow at home. Her daughter, Mrs. Franklin Peirce, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren will join. She recalls meeting President Lincoln as a girl and says she feels better now than in years.
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Hannah M. Pettengill
Hampshie Street
Everett
Franklin Peirce
Pettengill
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln
Washington
Mildred Cram’s Signor Pug tale to run in Boston Post
The irrepressible Signor Pug story by Mildred Cram will be printed in the next issue of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, promising more stealthy humor and charming intrigue from the recurring character.
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Mildred Cram
Pug
Boston Sunday Post
Large Sinn Fein Band Descends on Skibbereen
A company of about 100 armed men led by Michael Collins reportedly seized a street in Skibbereen, ordered civilians to sing the Irish Republic anthem, fired volleys, captured three soldiers who were blindfolded, and then disappeared. Rumors of a repeat visit and missing republican forces circulated locally.
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Cork
United News
Skibbereen
Ireland
Michael Collins
Republican Army
Counterfeit Lead Half Dollars Reported at Boston Station Seven
An apparent attempt to circulate counterfeit half dollars of lead was reported to Station Seven in Fast Boston last night. Joseph Vargas, owner of a Day Square fish shop, received a lead half dollar from a neighborhood boy seeking change and notified police after recognizing the metal. The boy provided no further details about the source.
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Station Seven
Fast
Boston
Joseph Vargas
Day Square
Vargas
11 Houses Burned in Co Kerry in Reprisal
Tralee Ireland February 10 Crown forces at Abbeydorney ordered villagers to leave their homes then burned 11 houses. Constable Malacy was wounded in the village during the nighttime actions as residents fled in night attire to the outskirts seeking refuge.
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Tralee
Ireland
Malacy
Abbeydorney
County Kerry
Crown
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick cure for colds. It claims two hour dosing then a third dose breaks congestion, stops nasal discharge, relieves headache and feverish symptoms, and costs only a few cents at drug stores with pleasant taste and no quinine.
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Pape
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