Fight Over Transfer of Quarantine Service in Boston
City Council hears battle on whether Boston quarantine service should shift to federal government. Mayor Curley, Corporation Counsel Sullivan, and others defend transfer. opponents include steamship and business interests, and Chamber of Commerce. Reports note medical societies and homeopathic group support the transfer.
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Curley
Ullivan
McSweeney
Art
Suffolk and
Norfolk District Medical Societies
Boston District Home@gpathic Society
jig steam/ lip company
Brewer
Chamber of Commerce
Othr Steamship
Stow
Federal
Washington
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Bng
Long
Chamber of Conmerce Committee
Maritime Lathtairs
Sewing Circle Readers Debate Honest Debts and Holidays
Readers share views on paying grocers while on vacation, credit ethics, and family finances in the Boston Post Sewing Circle. Letters from INDEPENDENCE and EX-BOOKKEEPER advocate paying bills and responsible borrowing amid domestic disputes and economic strain.
Debated Boston Quarantine Transfer Faces Chamber Inquiry
City council weighs transferring quarantine duties arguing national relief and health safety against local control and shipper disruption. Opponents cite New York advantage and risk of delays as Chamber of Commerce requested review pending a new report.
Robbery in Revere Ends With Suspect Escape
Julius Stanford of 162 Cross avenue Chelsea was struck from behind by two holdup men at Winthrop and Campbell avenues Revere. The unconscious man lay on the ground while the robbers took a small amount of change from his pockets and fled. A police officer later found him.
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Julius Stanford
Cross Avenue
Chelsea
Winthrop and
Campbell Avenues
Revere
Meat Pie and Rice Pudding Recipes From New London Cook Ms
A collection of home recipes includes Meat Pie using 2 pounds of round steak onions and potatoes, a short biscuit crust and 1 to 2 hours bake. Poor Man's Rice Pudding uses rice milk sugar salt butter currants and vanilla baked two hours. Corn and Bean Soup blends ham liquor beans and corn with an egg flourish and flour to thicken before serving.
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A. F. Putman
School Street
New London
Conn
A. &. Patman
A. F. Patman
Conny
Letters to the Sewing Circle Featured in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post highlights some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, presenting reader views and community voices on craft, patterns, and hobby topics.
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Sewing Circle
Sunday Post
Mayor Good Hosts New Year Reception at City Hall
Cambridge Mayor Good held a New Year’s reception in his City Hall office yesterday morning. He received floral gifts and helped greet city department heads and citizens attending the event.
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Mayor Good
Cambridge
City Hall
Vs. Good
Funeral six weeks after marriage for Brookline man
John S. Abbott of Brookline who married six weeks ago to a 19 year old Lynn girl will be buried at Forest Hills Cemetery. He died of spinal meningitis six weeks after his wedding on Thursday in Lowell General Hospital. He would have turned 22 a week after his marriage to Marjorie Kimball of Lynn. He planned a Lowell home linked to the thread mill business. He was a member of the First Corps Cadets and a Andover Academy graduate. He leaves a bride and a brother a sister and an aunt.
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Sewing Circle
Noddle Isle
Joe
So-and-So
Hubby
Charlestown Bridge
John S. Abbott
Brookline
Lynn
Forest Hills
Lowell General Hospital
Marjorie Kimball
Rufus H. Kimball
Lowell
Abbott
First Corps
Andover Academy
George C. Abbott
Garrison Street
George M. Abbott
Lawrence Allen
B. W. Hackett
English Sidelights on the War 1914 Boston Post
War news notes Oxford candidates for Craven Derby and Oldham scholarships failed this year and Wycliffe Hall closes for a year. Dublin Castle to become a soldiers hospital. Tonga proclaims neutrality though a British protectorate. Imperial defence committee plans navy and army contract spending. Viceroy Hardinge faces backlash over appointing a German bandmaster Buckner to a British post in India.
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Boston Post
Oxford
Craven
Derby
Oldham
Wycliffe Hall
Ridley Hall
Cambridge
Tonga
Tonga Islands
British Imperial Defence Committee
Treasury Departments
India
Ward Hardinge
Herr Buckner
Wallaby Skins as Warm Clothing for Troops
Australian fur skin traders propose wallaby skins in London as cheap pliable warm substitutes for sheep skins. They claim large London quantities exist and could supply troops. The Australian fur skin trade is a valuable minor industry now near extinction due to collapsed British markets.
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Wallaby
London
Wounded Indian Officers Lose Puggarees at Netley
A group of wounded Indian officers under treatment at the new British Red Cross Hospital at Netley lost their puggarees during transfer from the front. The incident highlights the rough handling some war wounded faced en route to care.
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Red Cross
Netley
Queen Sends Gift of Lawn Muslin for India Wrappers
The Queen dispatched 400 yards of lawn muslin for new puggerees after the head wraps were praised. The men, though pleased, refused the fabric saying they would not wear the gift. Upon learning the donor they asked for wrapping paper and packed the muslin for shipment to India.
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Alexandra
India
Celsius Over Fahrenheit Debate Ties Thermometer Names
London prints suggest English abandon Fahrenheit for Celsius to honor its inventor a Swede not a Frenchman Fahrenheit born in Germany but spent most of life in England.
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London
Fahrenheit
Celsius
Germany
England
Cambridge appoints acting city electrician
Mayor Good yesterday appointed James H. McAllister acting City electrician to fill the vacancy caused by Timothy I. Ahearn's resignation. McAllister will oversee police and fire signal wires and the street lighting system.
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James H. McAllister
City Electrician of
Cambridge
Good
Timothy i. Ahearn
Mr. McAllister
The World’s Age and Youth Awake in Valiant Verse
The poem proclaims the world is young while urges heroic spirits to carry on. It frames life as a passing lamp among generations and calls for freedom from bondage for all, urging action and pride in Fatherland.
The Furnace and the Family Strain
Mildred frets over a furnace she cannot operate while Jim acts casual and amused. After days of shovelling and door fiddling, she takes control and fails, until the furnace dies and he comes home to a dramatic confession. The couple negotiates blame and affection around the stubborn heater and shared domestic labor.
Relief ships to Rotterdam must carry full food cargo
Ambassador Page reports from London that British maritime authorities will allow only charity ships with complete food cargoes for Belgian relief to sail to Rotterdam. Some societies still send mixed cargoes, so all relief ships must be reported by the relief commission's New York representative to the British ambassador in Washington to secure protection.
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Washington
Page
State Department
London
Rotterdam
Relief Commission
New York
Dunkirk Bombardment Reports From Paris
German planes bombarded Dunkirk on the northern French coast again, with four aeroplanes reported in action. Reports reached Paris during the night, noting continued air raids.
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Paris
Dunkirk
France
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