Resume Trade With Orient Reopened By Wytheville Arrival
The Wytheville, a Shipping Board freighter, arrives in Boston to resume trade with China Japan and the Philippine Islands after wartime suspension. It berths at Commonwealth Pier with 4600 bales of hemp from Manila and cargo from Yokohama Kobe Shanghai and Singapore. Most goods head to New York, followed by the Ida from Manila and Korea carrying hemp.
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Japan
Philippine Islands
Boston
Big Shipping Board
Wytheville
Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
Yokohama
Kobe
Miiki
Shanghai
Manila
Singapore
Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic
New York
Ida
Shipping Board
Kore
Pacific
San Francisco
Women Voters League to Open Washington Headquarters
Announcement from Washington states the newly organized league of women voters will open headquarters here to begin work outlined at the Chicago convention. Mrs. Maud Wood Park will oversee the headquarters as chairwoman.
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Washington
League of Women Voters
Chicago
Maud Wood Park
League
Wool freight charges in Boston metro question
Harry A. Davis of the Boston Wool Trade Association testifies before Interstate Commerce Commissioner N Eastman that shipping routes from Boston to Roxbury cover 16 to 17 miles at 17 cents per hundred, arguing switching fees by New Traven Boston Albany and Boston & Maine are excessive. The hearing, held at the federal building, draws a full room of Boston wool men.
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Roxbury
Harry A. Davis
Transportation Department
Boston Wool Trade Association
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
N. Eastman
Federal Building
The
Wool Association
New Traven
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
United States Circuit Court
Chamber Invites Hoover to Speak in Boston
Herbert Hoover, famed for feeding Belgium in World War I, is invited to address the Boston Chamber of Commerce on American relief for starving south central European peoples. He recently urged Congress to extend U S aid to destitute European countries where misery is widespread.
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Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Hoover
Congress
United States
Funeral of R. M. Morse Is Held at Jamaica Plain
The funeral for Boston lawyer Robert M. Morse was conducted at the First Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain with many bar members and dignitaries in attendance. Services were led by Rev. James A. Fairley, after which Morse was interred at Forest Hills cemetery.
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Middlesex Bar Association
Robert P. Clapp
George L. Mayberry
Samuel K. Hamilton
Boston Bar Association
Charles Almy
Alfred Hemenwat
John Lowell
Arthur Dpd
Hill
City of
Henry Wheeler
Thomas W. Proctor
Herbert I. Harding
William Warner
Edward W. Brewer
West Roxbury Court
George W. Wheelwright, Jr
John R. Lazenby
William P. Everts
Mr. Morse
Roger Ernst
Francis N. Balch
Forest Hills Cemetery
Dear Miss Champagne Doubtful Nurse Seeks Guidance on Joining Hospital
An 18 year old girl writes to Mildred Champagne seeking advice about whether to join a children's hospital training program. Her mother and friends urge acceptance while her navy sweetheart fears separation. She vows to marry if he still cares after training and asks for counsel.
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Miss Champagne
Children’s Hospital
Flo
High wages threaten US food production
The Department of Agriculture warned that rising farm labor wages, high equipment and supply costs, and migration of workers from farms to cities pose a serious risk to future food production. The notice cites reports and letters from across the country.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Abigail Adams remembered in Little Walks About Boston
The column recalls Abigail Adams wife of John Adams and mother of another noting her Weymouth birth, self education, letters to her husband, and role during the Revolution. It cites her June 1775 Boston alarms letter and the Dec 1778 France note describing loneliness as miles and sea apart. Silver balls and dull silver embroidery trim a blue poiret twill frock.
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United States
Abigail Adams
Weymouth
John Quincy
Braintree
Thomas Shepard
Cambridge
Quincy
John Adams
Boston
Congress
America
France
Farmers Claim Long Hours Unfair Amid Industry Shifts
Farmers say working 10 to 12 hours daily is unfair as other industries move to shorter days and reduced output. The complaint emphasizes hardship and calls for parity in labor practices across sectors.
House Debates Pershing Uniform Style and Canes
Washington February 24. The House debated General Pershing’s coat and trous ers with Rep Connally charging American officers mimicking European fashions. Connally urged abolishing the under secretary of state title in the appropriation bill but was defeated 39 to 21. Greene noted Secretary Lansing’s retirement.
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Washington
General Pershing
Representative Connally
Texas
Pershing
Connally
Wingo
Arkansas
Greene
Massachusetts
Lansing
Protesant Church Talks Include Mission Lectures this Week
Parish notices list sermons and lectures from ministers across several churches. Topics include Han kow China missions, Massachusetts missions, and Lenten services with extended preaching during lent.
What's in a mame as Secretary name sparks debate
Mr Greene muses on naming a Secretary of State while Republicans cheer. Representative Connally counters by saying Democrats mock Republicans for praising internal administration strife.
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Mr Greene
Representative Connally
Don t Give Up the Tip in Witwer s Ale Series
An amusing note in H C Witwer s Ale the Great series previews a forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine installment titled Don t Give Up the Tip. The teaser signals light humor and serialized fiction for readers.
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H. C. Witwer
Boston Sunday Post
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