Knights of Columbus director in France named
Calvin S. Chambers is appointed director of all Knights of Columbus publicity in France. Several police resignations and rehirings are noted along with city honors for President Roosevelt, a larceny arrest in Providence, and a $50 000 breach of promise suit in East Cambridge. A soldier church conference is planned for Bates Hall and an elevator incident injures two men in Jamaica Plain. The Boston Elevated Railway reports delays and factory-based parts cause slow repairs at Forest Hills. The Home for Destitute Catholic Children reports 1581 children cared for in 1918, with 176 residents now.
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Calvin S. Chambers
Boston, Brockton
Providence
All Knights of Columbus Publicity
France
East Cambridge
Julia Storlazzi
Malden
Giuseppe Orsini
New York
Boston Opera House
Pasquale Storlazzi
Boston
Jerome A. Pettiti
C. D. Emmons
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Peters
Forest Hills
Harrison Avenue
Boston Girls' Feet Declared the Prettiest at Show
Robert J. Walsh of the Boston Shoe Style Show claims Boston girls have the prettiest feet as moving pictures of last night’s closing show go countrywide. The event drew a record crowd and unveiled numerous oxford styles for all ages, with a January retail shoe convention set to be held in Boston and Symphony Hall slated for a July 7 89 19 showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Walsh
Boston
Symphony Hall
Meat Prices to Take Jump
Washington on January 9 Walter L Fisher counsel for the marketing committee of the American National Live Stock Association testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission. He said an era of extreme profiteering in meat prices would follow if control of private cars stockyards and terminal refrigerator plants is not taken from packers. The testimony concerned the pending bill providing government control of these marketing facilities.
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Washington
Food Administration
Walter L. Fisher
American National Live Stock Association
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Witness paints risky monopoly by five packers on prices
The witness warned that prices would rise and production would fall without action. He described a practical monopoly held by the five leading packers and said stock raisers would sell breeding animals to capitalize on high prices, reducing future animal production.
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Peter J. Williams
Frank A. Bail
Curtis
Williams
Joy Street
Ball
City Point
James J. Hart
Dudley Street
Theodore Roosevelt
Isaac Kadetsky
I. King
Intervale Street
Roxbury
Finn and
Flaherty
National League of Commission Merchants
League
Copley Plaza
George M. York
Cox
J. H. Kimball
Hingham
James A. Haggerty
101St Infantry
Greater Boston
Daniel Dulaney Addison
D. D
Clarence A. Young
George W. Mehaffey
James E. Gilmore
Severns Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Joseph Cohen
Jamaica
Mae
A. Shuman & CO
Borsalino
Italy
America
Hamilton
Illinois
Tanary
Boston Girls’ Feet
Irma Israel
Devon Street
Hecker’s Mazda
Rials
Maine
York State
Ates
Market District
Union St
Elm St
Wash. St
Dock Sq
U.S
New England
State Street Rubber Store
State and
Washington Sts
Main
Boston, Mass
Morse
Union
Our Boys’ Department
Washington Street
Col
Brattle
Adams Square
O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Metropolitan Charcoal Co
East Dedham
Maas
Branch Yard
Neponset, Mass
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