Legion Posts to Hold Mass Meeting Tonight
A mass meeting is set for Fanneil tonight as part of Treston Day and the Make Friends With An Alien campaign. The event, observed statewide, features speakers from the Boston Wire Department post North End post Post office Employees post New England post and William Carter post with officials including Mayor Peters invited. An entertainment program with music is planned.
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Fanneil
Treston
American Legion
Boston Wire Department Post
North End Post
Postoffice
Post
New England Post
William }. Carter
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertises Energy Plan
An advertisement urges mental workers to eat regular portions and use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to aid digestion. It claims energy from food supports work, warns against starvation myths, and promotes freedom to eat rich foods with improvements in work and sociability. A 50 cent box is marketed for drug stores.
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Stuart
Widower Recovers Through Mayr's Remedy
A widower credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with curing stomach and liver troubles after five years since his wife's death. He says he lost over 50 pounds and turned yellow. six doses restored his health and weight. The ad promises relief from catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract and offers a money back guarantee with one dose convincing.
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Mayr
Oppose Return of Railroads
Washington Feb 17. B M Jewell acting president of the railway employees department AFL urges Congress to continue federal operation of the railroads for at least two more years. He warns that private ownership would cause bankruptcy and possible national panic with receiverships and higher rates. The letter, signed by 14 unions, stresses savings under government control and decries subsidies and private ownership as wasteful and harmful to labor, farming, and southern ports.
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Washington
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Jewell
New York
Judge Ahern Marries Winifred Cavanaugh in Dorchester
Roxbury Municipal Court Judge Timothy J. Ahern and Miss Winifred Regina Cavanaugh married at St. Peter's Church Meeting House Hill. Bishop Joseph G. Anderson officiated with Rev. Stephen Leo Ahern of Annapolis as celebrant. Best man John J. Healey and bridesmaid Esther B. Cavanaugh attended. The couple to reside in Roxbury after a Southern States wedding trip.
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Timothy J. Ahern
Roxbury Municipal Court
Winifred Regina Cavanaugh
William H. Cavanaugh
Adams Street
Dorchester
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Joseph G. Anderson
Stephen Leo Ahern
Annapolis
John J. Healey
Lowell
Esther B. Cavanaugh
Roxbury
Woman Charged With Stealing Fur Coat At Ball
Miss Lucie Hayes of Tremont street was arraigned in Central Court charged with larceny of a fur coat and $42 taken from a coat room chair at Mechanics Hall during a policemen's ball. Miss Mildred Starr of 461 Massachusetts avenue reported the loss. Hayes to stand trial February 26.
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Lucie Hayes
Tremont Street
Central Court
Mechanics’ Hall
Mildred RE. Starr
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss Hayes
Boston Music History From Kendall to Daye Legends
A narrative recounts Curtis Guild and Ernest Newton Bagg on Boston musical history. It covers Ned Kendall and the Boston Brigade Band, a Prince de Joinville ball at Faneuil Hall, a ticket scam with a cake tray, and early printing in New England led by Widow Glover and Stephen Daye. It notes the Bay Psalm Book in 1640 and Ainsworth Psalm Book’s influence, Brattle Church organs, and William Billings.
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Massachusetts
Ernest Newton Bagg
Glover
Cambridge
Stephen Daye
Winthrop
Dunster
Harvard College
England
Amsterdam
Dave
New England
Longfellow
Priscilla
America
Erattle Sqnate Church
Thomas Brattle
Boston
King’s Chapel
William Billings
Pugging
Robert Capen
Stoughton
Mother Byle
Five Cent Loaves Impossible Says Bakers Leader
Washington heard Harry T. Tipton of Brooklyn tell the Senate agriculture committee that even with free flour, higher production and distribution costs would bar the sale of five cent loaves. He testified against abolishing the United States Grain Corporation, noting bakers oppose any flour price cut due to 90 day stock costs. Lewis H. Haney warned the bill could shake the nation’s industrial structure and cause losses to grocers holding flour.
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Washington
Harry T. Tipton
Brooklyn
New York State
Bakers’ Association
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
United States Grain Corporation
Tipton
Lewis Hi. Haney
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Auction of Big Liners A Failure
Washington Feb 17. Recommendations on how to handle the sale of 30 German passenger ships will go to the Senate commerce committee led by Chairman Payne. Senate opposition grows as Chairman Jones introduces a resolution to block the sale and require plans to split earnings with other ships. Shipping Board notes $60 million reconversion cost and says the government would bear a burden, while operators would gain when ships are allocated. President Wilson works on a reply denying a secret agreement with Great Britain over disposal of the ships.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Payne
Tr Ue
Senate
Jon
Commerce Committee
Wilson
Great Britain
Auction bids for Navy ships fall short as only one offer posted
A single bid of £550,000 from Acme for the 4500 ton Otsego capped a light auction. Officials said Senate and House committees must approve any action, while Hearst litigation stalls Sale. Sealed bids opened Jan 20 totaled over 32 million for the fleet, but the live auction yielded limited interest.
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Payne
Senate Committee
Leviathan
George Washington
Agamemnon
Mt. Vernon
Acme Operating Corporation
Otsego
Scott
Fortcoming
Senate Commerce Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Mayor Peters Presses Tax Interest Increase Plan
A bill before the Legislature seeks higher interest on unpaid taxes. The schedule starts at 1 percent for two months, 5 percent for two to four months, and 10 percent thereafter. Corporation Counsel Hill and City officials argued the measure targets real estate speculators and large businesses, with a proposed abatement for poor and elderly cases.
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Peters
Committee On Taxation
Arthur D. Hill
Frank S. Deland
Vlynn
Finance Commission
Hill
Yard Men Drink Wine From Tank Car in Springfield Yard
In Springfield on February 17 a large tank car of wine, believed from California to near Boston, was broken into by Boston & Albany railroad workers during repairs. Sufficient wine was consumed to incapacitate many workers. Officials doubt it was for sacramental use due to missing waybill. The car departed for Boston yesterday.
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Springfield
California
Boston
West Springfield
Boston & Albany Railroad
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D. Watson & CO
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Blairs
Kinsaman
F.G. Kinsman
Hunt Block
Augusta
Maine
Brotherhoods
Rio Grande
Baltimore
Judge Ahern
Winifred Cavanaugh
Miami
Port
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