State After Railway Tax in Massachusetts Case
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts seeks an $80,000 franchise tax from Bay State Street Railway Receiver Wallace B. Denham in U S district court. Massachusetts claims a prior lien requiring immediate payment to allow continued operation. Old Colony Trust Company argues for waiting on asset distributions. judge Dodge took the matter under advisement.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Slitchcock
United States District Court
Wallace B. Denham
Bay State Street Railway
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
A. R. Graustein
C. R. Lamson
Old Colony Trust Company
Dodge
Zionist commission named to plan Jewish state in Palestine
New York Feb 26 Dr Harry Friedenwald of Baltimore and EF Lewin Epstein of New York are named by the provisional Zionist committee as members of an international commission to meet in Palestine soon. Three more Americans will join before the trip departs in about two weeks to plan a Jewish state and rebuild colonies destroyed in the war.
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New York
Harry Friedenwald
Baltimore
EF. W. Lewin-Epstein
Provisional Zionist Committee
International Commission
Palestine
Farewell for Jewish Recruits in Boston Parade
The first Jewish recruits for the British army in Palestine, numbering over 1000, arrive from New York and Boston for an elaborate farewell on Boston Common. A parade from South Station to the State House will be reviewed by Mayor Peters and Governor McCall before a mass meeting at Liberty Cottage.
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Palestine
Boston Common
New York
Boston
Greater Boston Zionist Association
South Station
School Street
Peters
State House
McCall
Liberty Cottage
Woman Wins War Talk by English Speaker at Huntington Hall
Mrs. Burnett Smith of England will speak on Woman's Work in Winning the War at Huntington Chambers Hall 30 Huntington Avenue Friday afternoon under the Women's Municipal League of Boston. The venue change was made to provide adequate accommodations for attendees.
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Burnett-Smith
England
Huntington Chambers Hall
Huntington Avenue
Women’s Municipal League of
Boston
Kidneys Act Bad Take Salts Warns Against Meat Diet
An authority links backache and kidney malaise to excessive meat consumption. It advises using four ounces of rad Salts daily to purge sluggish kidneys and relieve symptoms, claiming Jad Salts cleanses urine and stabilizes acidity, offering a lithia-water drink for meat eaters.
Sunday Post Advertises Boston Reach and Readership
The Sunday Post boasts the largest Boston Sunday paper circulation with over 370 000 homes reached. It highlights extensive ads across food clothing millinery shoes furniture rugs flowers jewelry amusements talking machines pianos automobiles and more for its vast readership.
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The
Sunday Post
Boston
Draperies Tightened as Helen Moller Prepares
New York reports Helen Moller will present interpretative dance but must use less diaphanous draperies and secure them with at least three tested safety pins. Authorities including the Society for the Suppression of Vice and Police Commissioner Enright aim to curb Salome style veils in future performances.
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New York
Helen Moller
Salome
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Anthony Comstock
Enright
Controversy Over Dancer Veil At Met Opera Recital
Miss Moller sparked a policing debate after she let fall her veil during a Metropolitan Opera House recital. Authorities say the incident is not a banishment issue but a matter for public order and decorum. Police commissioner Enright promises investigation and protection of audiences. The Society for the Suppression of Vice calls for possible license revocation if similar exhibitions recur.
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Greece
Miss Moller
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Nassau Street
Metropolitan Opera
New Will in Di Cola Case
The court in Dedham heard a 1908 will allegedly made in Italy by Gaspare Di Cola leaving his estate to his brother Giuseppe with no reference to Mrs or a sister. Dr George B Magrath testified at the trial of the Boston lemon king will that Di Cola died Sept 20 1916 from heart stoppage due to gunshot wounds and that his autopsy showed no brain impairment.
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Gaspare di Cola
Italy
Giuseppe di Cola
di Cola
Boston
Lemon King
Dedham
Hammond
George B. Magrath
Suffolk County
Dr Cola
Magrath
Tie
Lexington Spring Signs Appear As Crickets Chirp
Residents of Lexington feel an early spring as warm sun returns. Edward I Hart of M H Merriam Co confirms the season with cricket sounds heard near the factory, indicating the warmer weather.
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Lexington
Edward I. Hart
M. H. Merriam & Co
Hart
Senate Takes Up Finance Corporation and Railroads Bill
The Senate opened debate on the administration bill to create a war finance corporation with 4.5 billion dollars in resources while the House moved slowly on a federal control of railroads measure. Indications were that both measures would pass on Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
War Finance Corporation
House
Feeney Elected to Tremont Trust Board
Attorney John P. Feeney of 40 Court Street was elected yesterday by Tremont Trust Company directors as a member of the board of directors and the executive board. The treasurer reported deposits up $125,000 in 80 days versus 1917. Feeney is a prominent Massachusetts lawyer and former Woburn city solicitor and mayor in multiple terms.
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John P. Feeney
Court Street
Tremont Trust Company
Feeney
Massachusetts
Woburn
Food Waste Plagues Kitchens Due to Supply Practices
Vast quantities of food are left after every meal due to a lack of planned portions and efficient serving. The issue highlights wasteful habits in dining areas and calls for changes in menu planning and portion control.
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Conyright
the Press Publishing Co
Mandy
MR John
John
Alju
Bay State Road
U. S
Zionist’s
Boston Sunday Post
Rita Pearpe Ta
New England
Finance Corporation
Tremont Trust Board
Leas Perrins
Worcestershire
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