Railroad Loot Among Framingham Citizens Exposed
A city raid uncovers extensive loot from Pullman and rail cars as police along with New Haven railroad officials reveal a nationwide scheme. Yard bosses and conductors face charges while victims include Lowell, Holliston, Chelmsford and Natick residents. profits drained to $100,000 in the area with more raids expected.
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Pullman
Lowell
Holliston
Chelmsford
Natick
Thomas M. White
Taunton
Secret Service
New Haven Railroad
William W. Holbrook
Framingham
Captain White
Chief Holbrook
United States Railroad Administration
Nathan A. Tufts
Middlesex County
New England
New Bedford
Boston
Boston Post
Railroad and National Administration
White
West Albany
Vose
H. L. Langdon
Framingham Rail Yard Theft Ring Thwarts Officials
Police seize a vast loot from railroad workers including semaphore ladders iron fittings and coal as officials recount drunken yard orgies and a tank car of California wine broken into and looted. Willis mansion cellar contains nearly 30 tons of engine coal slated for return to the railroad after the funeral. The raid targets thieves staffing attics and cellars as investigators compile a partial list of stolen items at Framingham police HQ.
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Captain White
Rostman
George H. Vose
Natick
Langdon
Holliston
Willis
Chief Holbrook
Park Street Baptist Church
Walsh
Gillon
Charles Hunting
Framingham
Kiven
Post
California
Framingham Yards
Rexall
Boston
Pacific Coast
Republicans Name Stevens In Rockland
James F. Stevens former city treasurer won the Republican nomination for mayor in Rockland Maine February 1. Stevens had previously announced as an independent.
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Stevens
Rockland
James Fl. Stevens
Living Cost Highest in the Bay State
The State Commission report covers July 1914 to November 1919 and notes the national cost of living rose 82.2 percent. The Bay State shares in this rise as part of the national economic status.
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Massachusetts State Commission On the Necessaries of Life
National Report
National Board
State Commission
Massachusetts
United States
Boston
New York
Magnus W. Alexander
National Industrial Conference Board
America
The
Bay State
Malden Laborers Ask Raise From City Officials
A Local 319 delegation urged Mayor John V. Kimball to raise Malden city laborers pay by $1 daily. The mayor offered no promise but said he would discuss the request with the finance committee at tomorrow night’s meeting.
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Malden
John V. Kimball
Finance Committee
All the Brothers Were Valiant serialized in Boston Sunday Post
Ben Ames Williams crafts a thrilling deep sea tale to begin in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The narrative promises intense nautical adventure and seafaring suspense.
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Ben Ames Williams
Boston
Boston Sunday Post
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Eframingham
Lowellman
New Haven
Frank Phipps
Hastings Street
John S. Willis
Arlington Street
Edwin Martin
Lincoln Street
Ella Martin
Woonsocket, R. I
George Seeley
Hartford Street
Blodgett
Fred Moss
Mass
Otto R. Hodges
Harrison W. Langdon
Lexington Street
West Central Street
Herman Winch
Mrs. Willis
Frederick Moss
Edward Martin
South Chelmsford
Connor
Brookside
Henfield
Brookside Creamery
Conner
Gorton’s
John T. Connor CO
Love
Washington Street
Filene Store
Filene Annex
Otto Hodges
Framingham Yard
Hodges
Framingham Police
Welch ‘Lades
Welch's
Welch Grape Juice Co
Westfield, N.Y
Pillsbury’s
Pillsbury
Pillsbury’s Family of Foods
Pillsbury’s Best
Pillsbury’s Pancake
Pillsbury’s Wheat
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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