Zion Church Holds Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Service
The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on West Newton Street marked its 75th anniversary with special morning and evening services. Go-to-Church Sunday drew the largest Lutheran congregations in Greater Boston as Rev. F. Pfotenhauer of Chicago preached in the morning and Rev. F. C. G. Schumm of New York spoke in the evening. The celebration continues with a city tour for visiting clergy and guests.
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
West Newton Street
New England
Boston
F. Pfotenhauer
Chicago
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
F. C. G. Schumm
New York
Postoffice Clerks Vote to Attend Governor Walsh Reception
Boston Branch 5 of the Postoffice Clerks held a large meeting at Longfellow Hall and voted to attend Governor Walshs Washingtons Birthday reception. President McMahon reported on the one cent postage meeting and other clerical matters. John W. Gleavy spoke on Civil Service Retirement progress and invited civil service workers to join the national association. The entertainment committee arranged an excellent programme.
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Boston Postoffice Clerks
Longfellow Hall
Walsh
Washington
McMahon
John W. Gleavy
Civil Service Retirement Association
National Association
Federal probe into unemployment aid begins in major cities
Washington Feb 15 The Federal Commission of Industrial Relations launched an investigation to extend from Boston to Kansas City to find work for the unemployed. Four investigators will study public and private employment agencies to assess organizational failures and inefficiencies with a six week reporting deadline.
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Washington
Federal Commission of Industrial Relations
Boston
Kansas City
Woman Leads Fight to Down Drug Addictions Nationwide
The Sun profiles Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr leading a campaign to end drug addiction in the United States. It details cocaine and opium history, tariff impacts, and proposed federal and New York State legislation to restrict cocaine, heroin, and morphine sales.
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the Sun Today
William K. Vanderbilt
United States
the Sun
China
Vanderbilt
Lx. Coulter
Rector Street
Edward J. McGoldrick
New York City
Albany
William K. Vanderbilt, SR
Amie Dupont
Two Newcomers in The Meistersinger
The fourth performance of Die Meistersinger will begin at 7 tonight and feature two new singers. Elizabeth Amsden takes the role of Eva, and Herbert Witherspoon joins from the Metropolitan as Pogner. Laffitte, Ludikar, and Leonhardt return in key roles with Andre Caplet directing.
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Die Meistersinger
Eva
Elizabeth Amsden
Herbert Witherspoon
Metropolitan
Pogner
Laffitte
the Walther
Amend Income Tax Law Said by Indianapolis Committee
William Fortune of Indianapolis told reporters that Congress should amend the income tax law to address objections raised by business interests. He chairs a committee from chambers of commerce in major cities tasked with studying the new law’s requirements.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
William Fortune
Chambers of Commerce
Underwood Says Tax Law Changes Not Urgent
In a Washington conference House Ways and Means Chairman Mr Underwood stated that exemptions and source deductions need not require certificates from foreign holders of American securities. He warned of possible foreign bond selling due to income law troubles and said Congress cannot alter the law before March 1 with individual returns due then.
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Washington
Prominent Boston Hotels Called To Explain Taxi Rent
Boston hotel owners are summoned to the State House committee on legal affairs to justify payments of about 50 000 dollars annually from big taxicab firms. The probe concerns a bill by Representative Benjamin S. Haines, urged by the Independent Auto Association, to end specialized hotel back stands.
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Boston
Committee On Legal Affairs
State House
Benjamin S. Haines
Independent Auto Association
Burglars Kill Old Man in Silver Creek Home
In Silver Creek New York George Lillie 97 is dead and Emma Lillie 38 is in serious condition after burglars drugged them during a break in last night. A son forced a window this morning to find his father dead and his sister unconscious.
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Silver Creek
N.Y
George Lillie
Emnma Lillie
Lillie
Miss Lillie
Woman Wed in House of Representatives
Mrs. John A. Fowle, the only woman ever married in the national House of Representatives and a leading patriotic figure in New Zealand, faces a critical operation at a Dorchester hospital this morning to save her life. She is 72 years old.
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John A. Fowle
National House of Representatives
New Zingland
Dorchester
Fowle
Y M C U Reception At The Locke Home
An informal reception for Young Men's Christian Union members and friends was hosted yesterday by President and Mrs. Locke. The event featured a musical program and tea.
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Young Men's Christian Union
Locke
Charlestown Patrolman Fires On Robbers During Chase
Patrolman James Norton shot three times at three holdup men fleeing down Main street Charlestown after they assaulted George Vigne of 21 Kingston road Somerville at the corner of Main and Baldwin streets. The gunfire alarmed the neighborhood.
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Main Street
Charlestown
James Norton
George Vigne
King‘ston Road
Somerville
Main
Baldwin Streets
Robbery in progress chased by patrolman saves victim
Vigne resisted a street robbery as Patrolman Norton intervened just in time to stop a scuffle. The robbers fled, one dropping a coat in the chase. Vigne lost about $12 before rescue. Norton fired a fusillade to hasten the pursuit and aid the victim.
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Vigne
Norton
King Alfonso Sends Thanks to Carnegie for Diplodocus Cast
King Alfonso sent an autographed portrait and a letter of thanks to Andrew Carnegie after Carnegie donated the diplodocus cast to Madrid's Museum of Natural History. The event ties the Spanish monarch to a major museum acquisition announced in Madrid.
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Carnegie
Madrid
Andrew Carnegie
Madrid Museum of Natural History
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