Exemption Proposal for Elevated Taxes Deliberated
In a mayoral committee report Bentley W. Warren proposes exempting the Elevated from property and earnings taxes while under public control. He argues tax relief would help keep fares low or reduce them, claiming current taxes on earnings are effectively taxes on riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Bentley W. Warren
Elevated
Warren
Broadway
Bobby
Piccadilly
Httle Street
Circus
Losses from damage to land and property reported
The report lists losses including land and property damage, household effects, cattle and title deeds, raw materials and provisions, and reductions in revenues and trade.
A Few Shifts for Homer Shorty Story in Boston Post
Sewell Ford presents another Shorty story titled A Few Shifts for Homer in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The humorous piece centers on Homer and small misadventures with wry, lighthearted tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewell Ford
Homer
Text Week
Boston Post
Freedom of the Seas Observed by an English Gentleman
William G Shepherd reports from London on British views of the freedom of the seas. A German sailor’s jibes prompt reflections on Britain’s naval policing, its long tradition, and Wilson’s 14 points challenging formal control. The piece argues English sentiment sees the sea as free under British oversight rather than a democratic transfer of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Lloyd George
King George
Forty-second
Bobby
Wilson
Britain
Winston Churchill
Hands Across the Sea Pageant At Union Church
A pageant titled Hands Across the Sea staged by the Young Women's Christian Association at Union Congregational Church featured Boston University students ministers and association members in 10 acts tracing democracy. Cast included Edith Porter Harriet Broad Frank Kingdon Fred eric Fay W H Pike Hetty Wilson Bernice Caswell Helen McClure Edna Phillips Hilda Robbins Jasper Jones Charles Kepner Chellis Smith Margar ite Porter Mary Vassar A MacLaren Alice Dean Esther Thurston Margarita Porter W A McIntyre Marion Ayer R E Merrill and W R Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Omerson
Boston University
Young Woman's Christian Association
Union Congregational Church
Edith Porter
Harriet A. Broad
Frank Kingdon
Frederic Fay
W. H. Pike
Love
Hetty Wilson
Bernice Caswell
Helen McClure
Edna Phillips
Belgium
Hilda Robbins
England
Jasper Jones
France
Charles H. Kepner, Jr
Russia
Chellis Smith
Italy
Dorothy Smith
Africa
Mary Vassar
Labrador
A. MacLaren
China
Alice Dean
Japan
Esther Thurston
India
Marguerita Porter
Turkey
W. A. McIntyre
Armenia
Marion Ayer
Germany
R. E. Merrill
Austria
W. R. Whitney
Action to curb fraud in Liberty bond schemes
The Federal Trade Commission will curb activities of individuals or firms trading fraudulent or dubious securities for Liberty bonds and other war certificates. Huston Thompson was named to supervise the effort, using authority from the unfair methods of commerce law after urgent appeals from the Treasury Department and financial institutions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Huston Thompson
Commission
Treasury Department
Capital Issue Committee
Banking and Commercial
Liberty Bond
Cunard Resumes Passenger Service From Boston
The Prinses Juliana departs for Liverpool at 8 PM resuming Cunard passenger service from Boston after a halt since December 1914. The ship carries 100 cabin and about 125 third class passengers mainly bound for Britain and Ireland. Lieutenant John Fraser of the Royal Navy and his bride Catherine Whittier of Milton sail as passengers. The Frasers plan to reside in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Cunard Company
Boston
Great Britain
Ireland
Liieutenant
John Fraser
Catherine Whittier
Charles W. Whittier
Milton
Fraser
Vincent Club
England
Pastor Masseck Resigns for Santa Paula Call
The Rev. Frank Lincoln Masseck, longtime pastor of the First Universalist Church in Arlington, resigns to accept a Baptist church position in Santa Paula California. He will depart Arlington late April and begin duties May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lincoln Masseck
First Universalist Church
Arlington
The
Baptist Church
Santa Paula
Cal
Nealin Sales Advertisement for Cocoanut Oil Use
Advertisement promotes plain malisified coconut oil as a superior shampoo. Claims soaps and alkali harm the scalp, while coconut oil cleanses, lathers, and rinses easily, leaving hair soft, bright, and free of dust and dandruff. A few ounces last months for the family. Available at drug stores.
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Paris
Louis, Dubois
Washington Corner
Bedford Street
Materials
Tricotines
Silvertones
Poiret
Twilly
Mannish Serges
Bolivias
William G. Shepherd
N. Y. Evening Post, Inc
New England
New York Evening Post
Daily
Sunday Post
Hun
Navy
Ocean
R.h.white Co
Oxford
America
H, White CO
Cunard
St. Pierre de Corps
Tours
Alsace
Lorraine
Cnet
T. D. Baker CO
Proviss Coy
Washington Street
Boylston
Hollis
Sta
Telephone Beach
J. E. Jones
Secret Service
Chicago
Nedlin
American
Australia
Clearing
Ill
Nelin
Mr. Jones
Neélin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Boston School OF Filing
Beach
New York
Philadelphia
Eckman
Liggett
Rikers Jaynes
Eckman Laboratory
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