Building laws deemed obsolete by real estate leaders
Carl Gerstein of the board of appeals told Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange members at a Crawford House luncheon that building laws are inadequate, obsolete, and incomplete. He argued plans stall at the permit stage and laws lag behind evolving construction methods and district rules.
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Carl Gerstein
Board of Appeals
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Crawford House
Building Department
Boston
Brockton Wins State Milk Cup for Purity Again
Brockton has received the milk cup from the State Board of Agriculture for the third straight year after a house to house canvass. The city scored 97.23 points, ahead of Worcester at 95.23, earning Brockton the right to keep the cup.
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Brockton
State Board of Agriculture
Worcester
Additional $10 to Men in War
Representative Lawrence F. Quigley of Chelsea pushes bills to pay Massachusetts soldiers and sailors in government service an extra $10 monthly, plus another $10 if they allot $10 from pay to dependents. The recess budget commission estimates costs around $12 million, with potential increases of several million.
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Lawrence F. Quigley
Chelsea
Massachusetts
Quigley
Harvard Union to Reopen for All Students Next Week
The Harvard Union, shut last fall due to a growing deficit, will reopen to all university members next week. A committee of undergraduates approved the plan, expanding access beyond the dining room for about 600 students, with no membership fee for the rest of the year.
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Harvard Union
From the Trenches to Front Line Courage and Lore
A young American volunteer recalls enlisting with the British in World War I and enduring front line life in No Man’s Land. He shares gritty lessons, thirst, rations, guard duty, stars Shells, and a sentry’s punishment as part of learning the trench code.
Filene Basement Price Policy and Auto Markdowns
The article explains Filene Basement operates without extra services and relies on a war conservation pricing model. Bargains come from self-serve, cash payments, and 48 hour return rights. An Automatic Mark-down System lowers prices 25 percent after 12 days, 50 percent after 18 days, 75 percent after 24 days, with goods given away after 30 days.
Message on rations and sentry duty in No Man's Land
A soldier recalls bully beef biscuits and water as rations, then recounts a sentry who says after crucifixion he has always passed the word down the trench when ordered. The speaker notes the punishment was light given the potential loss of lives and jeopardizing a major enterprise in No Man's Land.
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No Man’s Land
Tommy
Back of the Line Relief in Front-Line Trench Ends
The narrator recalls a four day frontline tour ending with relief by a brigade. In a march to rest billets through a French estaminet he learns from the sergeant major that Billet 117 would hold 50 sitting wounded or 20 on stretchers. The author soon becomes one of the 20 lying.
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B Company
Royal Amy Medical Corps
To Be Continued Tomorrow and Each Day in the Daily Post
A clipped note credits Arthur Guy Empey for a continued daily and Sunday post serial. The speaker mentions sleep and protection from imagined pests called cooties. The text lacks other concrete details.
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Daily and Sunday Post
Arthur Guy Empey
Harvard Men Lead in Ambulance Service
Harvard topped universities with 311 undergraduates and alumni in the American ambulance field service now under U S Army control. Yale had 192, Princeton 190, Dartmouth 122, Cornell 107, California 66, Stanford 56, Columbia 49, and Technology 39.
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Harvard
American Ambulance Field Service
United States Army
Paul van Dyke
Princeton
Yale
Dartmouth
Cornell
California
Stanford
Columbia
Technology
Secretary Baker to testify on munitions department plan
Washington January 9 The Senate military committee prepares for Secretary Baker to discuss proposals for a separate department of munitions and criticisms of army preparations. His testimony is expected to stretch over several days as the committee aims to close the inquiry into wartime preparations.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Department of Munitions
Ord
Senate Push for Swift Action on Inquiry Branches In New Legislation
Lawmakers seek to expand inquiry authorities and mobilize Senate debate to advance immediate movement on reform legislation. Officials argue broader powers will streamline investigations and accelerate policy measures across agencies.
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Nance and
Senate
Harvard Reports 5000 Sons In War Service
Harvard's war record bureau at the Harvard Union reports between five thousand and six thousand students and graduates are serving in the war. F S Mead heads the bureau which tracks enlistments and service changes and seeks university members to update their war activity records.
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Harvard
Harvard War Record Office
F. S. Mead
Harvard Union
Colds Cause Headache and Grip Advertisement
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets remove the cause. There is only one Bromo Quinine. BH. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 80 cents. advertisement.
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W. Grove
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