Hearing on Post petition seeks tolled telephones and better service
The highway commissioners will hear the Post tele phone petition tomorrow at 10 o clock in the Ford building. Suburban petitioners and THE SUBURBAN PETITIONERS will attend to press for lower rates and improved service. They demand a straight 5 cent toll to Boston and equal treatment across towns, criticizing the New England Telephone schedule as unfair and sectorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commissioners
Ford Building
Ashburton Place
Bowdoin Street
Post
Commissioners
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Boston
Evening Record
New England Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Boston City Hall
Revere
Malden
Cambridge
Watertown
Brookline
Wakefield
Lexington
Waltham
Newton
Telephone Corporation
the Post
Elder and
Whitman
Turn Your Face Into Dollars
An upbeat essay extols sunshine and cheer as keys to success and links a bright mood to health. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick digester of food, promising improved appetite, digestion, energy, and happiness. Purchase details urge 50 cents per package and offer a free sample by mail from Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
FLA
Stuart Co
Girls Placed Under Contract Brought to U S by Agent Costello
Two sisters and four others lured to the United States by agent Costello were coached for immigration exams after landing in New York aboard the Carmania. Suspicion arose in Charlotte and letters home triggered an inquiry. investigators from Scotland Yard and U S immigration authorities followed the case to Ipswich and Boston to document the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Costello
Promised Land
New York
Emily
Charlotte
North Carolina
Scotland Yard
Washington
Smith
Ipswich
Mass
Colonel Billings
Boston
Henry T. Bingham
English Girls Tell of Their Importation
Miss Emily Smith spoke for her sister Mary Ellen and others about leaving Bolton England mills for America. They were offered 500 shillings weekly and traveled after meeting Michael Costello who had promoted moving workers to Armorica and then to the United States.
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Ipswich
Emily
Mary Ellen Smith
Hl. B. Brown
Emily Smith
Bolton
England
Michael Costello
Armorica
America
May Tlowes
Polly Fielding
Burglary in Brookline Ends With Pistol Threat
A second story worker entered the home of Herman W. Friend at 9 Harrison Street in Longwood and robbed valuables worth $1000. The burglar, fleeing through a window, held a pistol and shouted no one pursued. Mr. Friend, a prominent Boston businessman, described the incident as a bold venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Harrison Street
Longwood
Herman W. Friend
W R C Convention Opens with Shattuck Elected President
The Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps opens its 2nd annual convention in Boston with roll calls and greetings from five allied groups. Annie C. Shattuck of Fitchburg is elected department president and Lou Stewart Wadsworth of South Boston senior vice president. The group awards Shattuck a gold chatelaine watch, notes MA relief funds to San Francisco and Andersonville, and backs Mary L. Gilman for national president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Department of the Woman's Relief Corps
Boston
Daughters of Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Army Nurses
Annie C. Shattuck
Fitchburg
Lou Stewart Wadsworth
South Boston
Mary L. Gilman
Woman's Relief Corps
South
Massachusetts Women’s Relief Corps
Direct nominations favored by lawmakers in election law hearing
Senators and representatives from Massachusetts urged direct nominations for state municipal and national officials. The group included Senator Frank Linehan of South Boston Representative Leonard of Springfield ex Senator Archie Frost of Lawrence and Janius vy. Auerbach of the Independence League.
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Legislative Committee On Election Laws
Frank Linehan
South Boston
Leonard
Springfield
Archie Frost
Lawrence
Janius Vy. Auerbach
The
Independence League
Trio of Roxbury Girls Fined Ten For Shoplifting Lark
Three pretty Roxbury girls Evelyn Johnson Clara Hall and Nellie Wallender appeared in the lower court charged with shoplifting. They admitted the scheme was a joke and were fined ten dollars each.
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Roxbury
Evelyn Johnson
Clara Hall
Nellie Wallender
Passage to New York Ends in Westward Quest for Work
A group including Polly Compton and Annie Davis describes a voyage and deceptive guidance by Costello to reach North Carolina mills. They claim wages were far below expectations. after two and a half days of work they quit, costing them meals and risking exposure. They recount paying fares from a $25 advance and later seeking return to England via Boston after pressing the mill owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Compton
Annie Davis
May Davis
Alfred Hearst
Oskum
J W Woodbury Shoots Self in East Cambridge
James W. Woodbury a 30 year old bookkeeper at W F Ross and Son in East Cambridge shot himself in a factory room after leaving his desk about 2 pm. He died at 6 40 pm at Massachusetts General Hospital. Despondent over his step-brother Dr C M Woodbury s illness.
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James W. Woodbury
Milford Street
South End
W. F. Ross & Son
Bridge Street
East Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
C. M. Woodbury
Hot Springs Arkansas Resort Promoted by Government Bureau
Owned by U S Government the Hot Springs Arkansas is pitched as the nation’s cure and pleasure resort with fine winter climate and 200 hotels at all prices. The Bureau of Information invites requests for more details and a book.
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U. S
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Bureau of Information
Greek mill boy’s injury exposes child slavery ring
A 10 year old boy and 9 year old girl, alleged to be in Funtas Fantas’s care, worked at the Mont & Suffolk mills in Lowell. Fantas, 36, was arrested on a school law violation. The boy lost an index finger when his hand was caught in machinery. The case was continued for one week.
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Tremont & Suffolk
Lowell
Pamaiollo Funtas
Muntas
Ww. F. Thornton
Fantas
Joseph KE. Shaw
State Police
Walssey
Jowell
Mantas
Greece
Funtas
Race Street
Hiras Funtas
Irene Funtas
Lowell Hospital
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Boynton Seeks Renewal for Bicycle Railway Charter
Moody Boynton, aged inventor of the bicycle railway, testified before a legislative committee to renew a charter lapsed since 1903. He pressed for backing, opposed by Arthur Russell of New York New Haven & Hartford, arguing the invention could revolutionize transit and connect Massachusetts towns to Boston in an hour and the oceans in a day.
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Moody Boynton
Legislative Committee
Boynton
Arthur Russell
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr. Boynton
Massachusetts
Boston
Behring Sea
Nantucket Representative Rescues Factory Bill
Dr. Ellenwood B. Coleman of Nantucket, new House member, spoke to defend a factory bill requiring medical and surgical appliances on site. He argued the measure provides first aid and helps physicians when summoned to factories. The bill passed without a roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenwood B. Coleman
Nantucket
Friends of the Manufacturers
Ex-Policeman Welch Seeks Reinstatement in Supreme Court
John F. Welch former police officer presented in Supreme Court seeking a writ of mandamus to force Commissioner O Meara to reinstate him. Judge Rugg issued an order for notice returnable March 5. Welch alleges improper hearing before the trial board after his alleged June arrest and use of undue force.
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Ruge
Supreme Court
John F. Welch
Police Department
O'Meara
Welch
Rugg
Mahoney
Derne Street
Trial Board
Police Mishap Over Similar Named Men At Albany Street
Two Armenians from 77 Albany street were arrested after a Sunday night melee at 77 Albany street. Joseph Solomon 21 faced assault with a loaded revolver while Solomon Joseph 47 faced assault with a wooden stick. Both unrelated, the confusion arose due to reversed names. Shields, proprietor, and David J. Ryan receiv ed minor sentences in related notices.
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Lagrange Street
Albany Street
Joseph Solomon
Bishara
Solomon Joseph
Mayor to appoint new trustees for pauper institutions
Mayor Fitzgerald is set to decide and publish seven trustees for the pauper institutions by Monday. Names circulated include Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln, William J. Sullivan, Dr. David D. Scannell, Daniel T. OConnell, Miss Elizabeth T. Power, Dr. William H. Grainger, Mrs. John B. Fitzpatrick, Henry Dobbins, and Miss Frances R. Morse, all ex or potential board members. The board was removed after friction with Superintendent James F. English, with John B. Martin governing in the interim under a statute law governing the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Alice N. Lincoln
William J. Sullivan
David D. Scannell
Daniel T. O'Connell
Democracy
Elizabeth T. Power
Free Home For
Dorchester
William H. Grainger
East
Boston
John B. Fitzpatrick
Henry Dobbins
James F. English
Long Island Hospital
Almshouse
English
John B. Martin
Long Island
Three Cambridge Storekeepers Fined for Poor Milk
Three Cambridge storekeepers appeared in Cambridge Court for selling milk below standard. Fines were levied at 20 dollars each for Paul Rabin of Clay Street and Joseph Morgan of Fourth Street, with the third defendant, Robert, also fined 20 dollars under the instigation of Inspector Dr. Albert Norris.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Court
MAK and Vinegar
Albert Norris
Paul Rabin
Clay Street
Joseph Morgan
Fourth Street
Robert
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E. Chickering
Lou Stuart Wadsworth
Oskumi
Beecham
J. W. Woodbury
NEW Charter
Washington, Hanover and
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Aists
Lect Pauper Board
New England
C. C. Rabin
Thompsonville
P.O
Bostov
Alicock
Brandreth’s Pills
Commission On Revision of the Building Laws
Old Court House
Samuel M. Child
DR. King
King Dental
Washington Street
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