Building trades groups inch toward settlement in Boston
Willingness of members of the Building Trades Employers Association and Boston Trades Council to accept Mayor Peters suggestions for settlement of the controversy was shown yesterday at a conference in the Aldermanic Chamber City Hall. Action by the entire members of both sides it is hoped will bring a settlement.
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Building Trades Employers’ Association
Boston Trades Council
Peters
Aldermanic Chamber
City Hall
Mayor’s wage and hours plan eyed for year end accord
Representatives from both organizations debated a settlement proposal from the Mayor aimed at narrowing the key disputes. The plan covers wages hours and overtime with a six month to year end framework and a Dec 31 1921 expiry. The proposal, to take effect if agreed, sets wage scales through May 1 then reductions, hour adjustments for five skilled and one semi skilled trades, and double time for certain overtime. The committees will report and meet again with the Mayor on Thursday at 10 am.
Steamer Sao Vicente wrecks on Black Rock in Buzzards Bay
The Portuguese liner Sao Vicente ran aground on Black Rock near Buzzards Bay during a mile gale. Tugboats and coast guard worked to rescue passengers, with over 100 landed as crews feared further danger. Officials planned a federal investigation while crews fought to pull the vessel off at high tide.
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Sao Vicente
Buzzards Bay
Atlantic
Europe
Coast Guard
Acushnet
A. V. Freitas
Transporte Martimo Do Estado
Russell Rotch
Guardian
Dwyer
Bond
McMann
Foley
McIntyre
Customs and Immigration
Travellers Aid Society
Portuguese Immigrants Aid Society
Manuel Sousa
Acushnet Street
Joseph A. Frazier
A. C. Carvalhois
Rotch
Gay Head
Black Rock
Sac Vicente
New Bedford
Fort Rodman
Portuguese Liner Seized as Portugal Enters World War
A group of interned vessels seized by Portugal after it joined the Allies includes a liner owned by the Portuguese government and chartered to Transport Martimo do Estado. The ship carried 26 cabin and 380 steerage passengers, mainly Portuguese and Azorean immigrants. New Bedford residents aboard the liner include Mrs Manuel Sousa, Marie De Sousa, Annabelle Santos, Marianna Ferrerra, and Manuel Olivera.
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Portugal
Transporte Martimo Do Estado
Azores
New Bedford
Manuel Sousa
Marie de Sousa
Annabelle Santos
Marianna Ferrerra
Manuel Olivera
Little Walks About Boston Dorchester Neck to South Boston
The article traces South Boston’s origins from Dorchester Neck in the Revolution era with few dwellings and 12 families in 1776, its 1804 separation from Dorchester, remnants of Dorchester Heights, local anecdotes from W E L Dillaway, and the Mt. Washington Hotel venture by a late 1830s Boston clique aiming to create an aristocratic enclave.
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South Boston
Dorchester Neck
Dorchester
Dorchester Heights
W. E. L. Dillaway
South Cove
Boston
Mt. Washington
Perkins
Boston Coach Rivalry Reshapes Local Travel Network
The Warren Association, calling themselves Boston capitalists, ran a line of coaches from the Old State House to the Washington Hotel at Broadway and H street. Initially priced at 2.5 cents, fares were cut to six cents, driving out Ephraim Dodge, owner of an earlier district line. John Ford managed the Washington Hotel, and the Pearl street Institution for the Blind had been housed in Mr. Thomas H. Perkin’s gift.
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Institution For the
Pearl Street
Boston
Thomas H. Perkin
Washington
Broadway
H Street
John Ford
Warren Association
Boston Capitalists
Old State House
Ephraim Dodge
Hub Elks to Hold Old Timers Night Tonight
Boston Lodge of Elks plans Old Timers Night to honor past exalted rulers. An unusually large gathering is expected as old friendships are renewed. Committee led by Thomas D. Rice with Fred E. Atteaux, oldest living PER, to deliver the greeting to the Old Timers.
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Hub Elks
Boston Lodge of Elks
Thomas D. Rice
Fred E. Atteaux
Nominations in Bath nominate Cahill and party slate
In Bath Maine on February 15 Mayor Charles H. Cahill was renominated at a Democratic caucus. Dr Clarence A Peaslee was named as head of the Republican state. The Democrats also chose a City Council ticket.
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Bath
Charles H. Cahill
Clarence A. Peaslee
Bishop sought $250000 alimony in divorce suit
Bridgeport news reports William D Bishop, a New Haven newspaper reporter, was named defendant in a divorce action filed by his wife Blanca West Bishop who seeks $250,000 alimony. She accuses him of misconduct in a New Haven hotel last week. Bishop is a grandson of the late William D Bishop, former president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The couple married in 1911.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Wilam D. Bishop
New Haven
Mis
Blanca West Bishop
Bishop
Willam D. Bishop
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Harvard Glee Club Plans Europe Tour This Summer
The Harvard Glee Club will travel to Europe this summer after sufficient funds were raised. The trip follows an invitation from the French government and includes an offer of half expenses.
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Harvard Glee Club
Europe
France
Noonan's Hair Petrole advertised for dry hair care
An old advertisement urges daily hair care and promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole as an antiseptic kerosene remedy. It claims to remove dandruff, strengthen hair, and restore natural color, offered by Noonan & Sons of Boston at 15c per barber treatment or $1.00 retail.
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Noonan
Drug and Department Stores
Noonan & Sons
Portland St
Boston
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