Evacuation Day Banquet and Parade Set in South Boston
Plans for March 17 include a banquet at the Municipal building with Rev. James Sheerin as chaplain and P. Joseph OLeary as toastmaster. Dr. Harold Stone announces patriotic exercises on March 11 with Mayor Curley as orator and South Boston High School ushers. Chief Marshal George Nichols notes strong responses from civic groups promising an historic parade.
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South Boston
James Sheerin
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
West Broad Way
P. Joseph O'Leary
Curley
South Boston High School
George D. Nichols
Quinn Opposes Civil Service Extension in Counties
Suffolk County Sheriff John Quinn told a legislative public service panel that extending civil service rules to appointive county positions would hinder jail discipline. Bristol County Commissioner John I. Bryant and Taunton jail keeper Isaac Willis joined opponents, while Arthur H. Brooks urged passage of the measure.
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John Quinn
Suffolk County
Legislative Committee On Public Service
Civil Service
Charles Street
Sheriff Quinn
John I. Bryant
Bristol County
Isaac BE. Willis
Taunton
Francis J. Murray
Boston
Arthur H. Brooks
Massachusetts Civil Service Association
Publishers Offer Cooperation on Newsprint Price Plan
News paper publishers from across the United States and the Federal Trade Commission met in Washington and agreed to cooperate if the commission accepts a proposal by news print manufacturers to fix prices. They pledged to reduce their requirements if needed to aid implementation.
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Washington
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Publishers back price cut plan in newsprint probe
Francis J. Heney led a meeting where over 100 publishers agreed to reduce paper requirements by at least five percent to spur a price break. They rejected any plan shielding violators of antitrust laws and urged continued investigation. The group urged continued free competition and warned against a supply shortage while the Justice Department weighed production limits. Admiral Peary urged strong air power and independent air ministry as essential to national security.
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Francis J. Heney
Commission
Trade Commission
The
Department of Justice
Heney
Mr. Heney
New York
Fishermen Threaten March Strike Over Gear Costs
Boston fishermen threaten a March 1 strike as captains must supply gear after the date. Crews have paid 10 percent of stock money per trip toward gear costs, while arguing the initial expense should fall on the captain. Beams trackers unaffected.
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Boston
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
Bonded advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box bears E W GROVE'S signature and is sold for 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Safety of U S lies in air control warned at mass meeting
Rear Admiral Robert A Peary and John Hays Hammond Jr warned yesterday that unpreparedness in air safety could threaten the nation. Their remarks, delivered to 750 attendees at the Hotel Somerset dining hall, urged air control as the cheapest, most effective remedy, under the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness.
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United States
Robert A. Peary
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Hotel Somerset Dining Hall
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Mission at St. Joseph's Roxbury Starts March 11
The Right Rev Mgr M J Splaine announces an annual parish mission at St. Joseph's Roxbury to run three weeks beginning Sunday March 11. Redemptorist Fathers will lead sessions with weeks for married women single women and all men. The 49 hours devotion begins March 2 at St Leonard of Port Maurice and Our Lady Help of Christians.
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Mgr. M. J. Splaine
St. Joseph's Church
Roxbury
Confraternity of the Holy Cross
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
L. B. R. Briggs
Radcliffe College
J. J. Ryan
Radcliffe Catholic Club
Mgr
M. J. Splaine
Clare L. Sweeney
Marie Scollard
Alice L. C. Cunningham
Anastatia Connor
St. Leonard
Port Maurice
North End
Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians
Newton
Boston Gas Sliding Scale Criticized by Lawyer
Solomon Lewenberg of the Gas and Electric Light Commission told a legislative committee that Boston Consolidated Gas Co overcharged stockholders and urged repeal of the sliding scale. He supported a bill to cut gas price from 80 to 7 cents per 1090 cubic feet and cited alleged in-house ties with affiliated firms.
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Boston
Ho0ston Consolidated Gas Company
Solomon Lewenberg
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Legislative Committee On Public Lighting
Lewenberg
Schaff
Boston Company
Harry Peck Dies from Overwork at Cambridge Appliance Plant
Harry H. Peck a prototype for Cyril Henshaw in Miss Billy stories died suddenly after noon in the L. E. Knott Apparatus Co Cambridge office from heart disease. He had been in ill health about two years and overtaxed his strength lately while laboring on a submarine instrument he invented.
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Harry H. Peck
Cyril Henshaw
Eleanor H. Porter
Billy
L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
Amherst Street
Cambridge
Death of Cambridge inventor linked to undersea device
Medical Examiner William D. Swan ordered the body moved to Kensington Chambers in Cambridge where Harry Peck and his brother Alonzo D. Peck resided. Harry Peck, 56, a Boston-born artist known for drawings and vaudeville sketches, had been medical examiner noted. He died after an exhausted day spent refining an undersea vessel device, following an 3 am session and a purchase at the scene.
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William D. Swan
Kensington Chambers
Magazine Street
Cambridge
Harry Peck
Alonzo D. Peck
Mr. Peck
Tremont Street
Boston
Porter
Cyril Henshaw
Alonzo Peck
William Henshaw
Harry
Alonzo
Will Relieve Guardsmen from Bridge Patrol Duty
Adjutant-general's office says Massachusetts National Guard units policing railroad bridges will likely be released in about a week. A new patrol force is not yet settled. Navy Yard Charlestown asked to provide marine guards for Chelsea Charlestown conduits. railroads urged to supply special police for bridges and tunnels along the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers and Hoosac Mountain near Adams.
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Adjutant-General
State House
Massachusetts National Guard
Commonwealth
National Guard
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Chelsea
Connecticut and
Deerfield
Hoosac Mountain
Adams
Look at Child's Tongue If Sick and Feverish
Urgent mother’s advice promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for sick children in pay-off lines. It claims quick relief from biliousness, constipation, and related symptoms with a tasty formula. The ad advises asking for the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company and warns against counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Land for Mobilization: 7000 Acres State Owned for War Grounds
Public safety committee released details on available mobilization land across Massachusetts. State holdings cover scattered plots from two to 3000 acres including correctional lands, Blue Hill, Middlesex Fells, and near normal schools. Massachusetts National Guard strength on Jan 1 was 506 officers and enlisted. war strength would total 14,592 with a current deficiency over 4000.
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Committee On Public Safety
Commonwealth
Provincetown
Bridgewater
Industrial School
Shirley
State Infirmary
Tewksbury
Lakeville
Canton
North Reading
Penikese Island
Westfield
Rutland
Westboro
Lancaster
Blue Hill Reservation
Middlesex Fells
Charles River
Fitchburg
Framingham
Hyannis
Lowell
Salem
Worcester
North Adams
Bay State
Massachusetts National Guard
Massachusetts
Former Post Newsie to Wed Tonight
J. L. Abramovitz age 21 formerly a Post newsbody will marry Rae Brenner age 20 of 24 Genesee Street South End tonight. Abramovitz started by selling Post copies and now runs a periodical business at 2 Appleton Street. The ceremony will be in Ruggles Hall.
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J. L. Abramovitz
Post
Rae Brenner
Genesee Street
South End
Abramovitz
Post Daily
Appleton Street
Ruggles Hall
Fortunate find on Sparks street restores diamonds and bank book
Dan Pelton of Ottawa found a lady's handbag on Sparks street containing diamond rings valued around 1500 and a bank book. A receipt for Christina Corsetiere tied the bag to Miss Charlton of Boston staying with Mrs. J W McRae of Elgin street. Charlton wired from Boston confirming the loss and thanking Pelton for returning the items.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sparks Street
Dan Pelton
College Avenue
Ottawa Citizen
Metcalfe Street
Christina
Union Bank
Pelton
Miss Charlton
Boston
J. W. McRae
Elgin Street
Mr. Pelton
Tuscania Reaches Glasgow from New York Feb 16
The Anchor line steamship Tuscania with 18 passengers including four Americans sailed from New York February 16 and has arrived safely in Glasgow, the line reported by cable today.
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New York
Glasgow
Cable
What is gout and rheumatism by Dr Lucas
An 1848 overview links gout and rheumatism to deficient kidney elimination of uric acid with excess in blood causing joint inflammation. It cites Garrod Levison Strauss and advises diuresis water intake Anuric tablets and Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to purge uric acid and toxins.
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Arthur Garrod
Levison
Dr. Strauss
Prof
H. Strauss
Strauss
Doctor Pierce
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