French Girls Best Spouters Says Navy Men In Hoboken
Navy sailors returning from World War I praise French women as true blue wives saying American girls cannot compare. They claim French dames are loyal and loving, while some sailors joke about American wives and hold fast to French matrons as superior mates. The Post reporter gathers varied opinions from gobs aboard transports and gun crews.
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Hoboken
N. J
Post
France
Bill Jones
Jane
North Carolina
Holderness
N. H
Matey
Texas
Jackie
Pippin
Touraine
Copley Plaza
Boston
Europe
Opened Boston fish pier to outside dealers in 1920s case
President William J. O'Brien testified that on Oct 11 directors authorized trading privilege rights for outside dealers to buy fish on the pier, extendable to wholesalers for a fee of 500 plus 50 per 100000 pounds. Four dealers used the right, rental for pier stores averaged 2300, and public bidding was deemed impracticable.
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William J. O’brien
Boston Fish Market Corporation
Fish Trust
O’brien
Johnson
Aldrich
O'Brien
Brookline Doctors Vote to Raise Fees
Brookline Medical Club representing most Brookline physicians votes to raise house visit fees from 3 to 4 dollars and office consultation from 2 to 3 dollars due to higher wages and cost of living.
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Brookline
Destination of men on transport Ulua
Washington January 3. The War Department issued a corrected statement on the returning troops aboard the transport Ulua due in New York January 11. The ship carries the 1th Trench Mortar Battery with five officers and 118 men, half to Camp Dodge and half to Camp Travis and Camp Cody, and Casual Company No 222 with two officers and 149 men for Camp Hancock Lee and Meade.
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Washington
Ulua
New York
War Department
Camp Dodge
Camp Travis
Camp Cody
Camp Hancock
Lee
Meade
Prison camp survivors join American expeditionary force
The War Department announced that 1 officer and 264 enlisted men freed from Rastatt German prison camps have arrived in France. Lt. Don R. Harris of Arden is the officer. the listee cohort includes names with addresses across New England and nearby states, from Massachusetts to Vermont and Rhode Island, indicating broad regional recovery after release.
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Washington
War Department
France
Rastatt
Don R. Harris
Arden
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List of names in regional notice
William A. Litch Lynn Mass Edward M. Pope Hardwick St John L Oakley South Webster Angelo Compotaro Derby Conn Raymond F Law West Haven Giacomo Ferrara Hingham Mass
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William A. Litch
Lynn
Mass
Edward M. Pope
Hardwick
St. John
Taunton Ex‑Mayor Urges State Run Street Railways
John B. Tracy former Taunton mayor and city solicitor told a Federal Court panel that street railways are the poor man’s highway and urged the State to operate 128 miles of track. He proposed a standard 6 cent fare with the state covering excess costs, arguing motorists fund highways. Lawyers for Milton Hing ham Hull and Brockton joined the hearing as Judge Morton lattices to deliberate.
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John B. Tracy
Taunton
Morton
Denham
Bay State Street Railway
Tracy
Boston
Lincoln Bryant
Milton
Thomas H. Buttimer
Hingham
Hull
W. M. Wilbur
Brockton
Coolidge Vows State Backing for Labor and Industry
Governor Coolidge, in his first act as Massachusetts chief executive, chairs the Massachusetts Agricultural College trustees meeting and pledges state support for workers. He writes Secretary of Labor Wilson that Massachusetts joins the nation in reducing unemployment but seeks federal cooperation to protect industrial growth and labor interests.
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Coolidge
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Agricultural College
William B. Wilson
Massachusetts
Packers control livestock prices, says FTC chair
Washington January 3 The high cost of meat is explained by FTC Chairman Colver before the House interstate commerce committee. He cites packers buying at same prices as village butchers and shows 1885 pool formed to fix dressed beef price and territory. Senate hearings on Kenyon bill will begin next Thursday with witnesses from across the country.
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Washington
Colver
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hamilton
Michigan
Commission
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kenyon
State Agencies Seek Funds and New Legislation
State departments filed reports with the Legislature proposing legislation and funding. Agencies request millions in appropriations for construction and programs including a $30,000 yearly reclaiming of waste lands, a $150,000 women’s building, $35,000 for improvements, and $15,000 for a Lexington market garden station. Additional requests cover hospital improvements, blind care, wage board oversight, civil service salaries, licensing suspensions, and abolition of a reserve police force.
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State Forest Commission
The
State Agricultural College
Market Garden
Lexington
Commission For the Blind
State Board of Charity
Tewksbury
Minimum Wage Commission
Civil Service Commission
Boston Licensing Board
Police Commissioner
Boston
City of
Bureau of Statistics
Lowell textile school seeks fire insurance and land funds
M. A. O'Brien petitions for a special Abraham Lincoln birthday celebration with $8000 for land and fire insurance for the Lowell Textile School property. North Brookfield selectmen seek $20 000 appropriation for highway improvements to the New Brain Tree town line.
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Bureau
Lowell Textile School
M. A. O’brien
Abraham Lincoln
North Brookfield
Braintree
Electric Workers to Return to Work in Pittsfield
Several thousand General Electric employees in Pittsfield voted to return to work tomorrow after Schenectady workers agreed to resume duties as the War Labor Board plans to review their grievances.
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Pittsfield
Jan
General Electric Company
General Electric
Schenectady
War Labor Board
Sherman objects to transatlantic war news priority
Senator Sherman of Illinois criticized the use of transatlantic cables to relay detailed reports of President Wilson's overseas visit, arguing mothers at home should first learn whether their sons in the American army are dead or hospitalized before such news. He cited despatches describing the Murat mansion in Paris and receptions for the president and Mrs. Wilson.
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Washington
Sherman
Ilinois
Wilson
Murat
Paris
Associated Press
Flu Epidemic Warns Public and Promotes Father Johns Medicine
The article warns of a renewed severe grip epidemic with thousands of cases and higher child impact. It urges avoiding crowds, fresh air, proper nourishment, rest, and promotes Father Johns Medicine as a safe, alcohol free tonic to strengthen resistance and treat colds and pneumonia.
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Germany
Father John
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