Coal price settles at sixteen dollars in Boston area
Fuel Administrator Eugene C. Hultman says anthracite coal prices likely won not fall below sixteen dollars until early spring. Dealers report slow sales and price adjustments after publicized lists showing overcharges. communities like Franklin and Wellfleet cut listed prices to reflect the fair price. Mary S. Ware, Arlington elder, observed her 94th birthday with family at Arlington Heights residence.
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Boston
Eugene C. Hultman
Massachusetts
Franklin
Wellfleet
Not Cause for Living Apart Supreme Judicial Court Opinion
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a wife has no right to live apart from her husband for justifiable cause merely due to physical disabilities. Ruth and John Goldberg married in 1918 and faced a dispute after Mrs Goldberg went to hospital and then to her mother's home, seeking separate support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Ruth Goldberg
John Goldberg
Flint
Norfolk Probate Court
Sow Brings Record Prices at Lafayette Sale
An announcement from Lafayette Indiana reports the sale of Model Giant ess third a large Poland China sow touted as the world’s biggest brood selling for 11300 dollars. The sow’s spring litter sold for 15000 dollars.
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Lafayette
Ind
Gallivan Proposes $100 Million Prohibition Enforcement
In Washington on January 12 Congressmen debated enforcement funding with Gallivan offering a $100 million appropriation. The House heard three proposals as pro and anti prohibition forces clashed amid applause. Gallivan later suggested Stephens substitute lowering the sum to $1 million, drawing mixed reactions.
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Department of Justice
Gallivan
Representative Stephens
Ohio
Representative Mann
Illinois
Volstead
Prohibition
Washington
Boston
Oldest Native of Cape's Tip Celebrates 89th Birthday
Provincetown notes Miss Sarah Lombard Chapman the town’s oldest native resident turned 89 at her Commercial street home the house of her birth. Her friends gave $89 in honor. Chapman, last of a 22 member family, follows suffrage and prohibition causes and recalls early school days with no chalkboard.
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Provincetown
Sarah Lombard Chapman
Commercial Street
Mary Nickerson
Chapman
Boston Post
Barroom Slops Not Evidence in Liquor Possession Case
In Chelsea, Joseph Bartozewetz faced a Volstead act case as the government offered bar room sink slops labeled and bottled as proof. Commissioner Hayes rejected the exhibit deeming it too thin, ruling the slops could not prove illegal possession unless shown to be used as a beverage.
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United States
Hayes
Joseph Bartozewetz
Broadway
Chelsea
Haves
Tufts Plans Compulsory Physical Education Systemwide
President Cousens announced at the Boston Tufts Club reunion that physical education will become compulsory across Tufts College four year program. He said education should address students physical needs and Tufts will push intercollegiate competition to a by product of the physical education system with intercollegiate scope within several colleges. Governor Cox attended as guest of honor.
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Tufts College
Cousens
Boston Tufts Club
Copley Plaza
Tufts
Cox
Notable Today Events Across Boston Venues
At 11 a.m. Maud Wood Park lectures at Unity House Hall Park Square. 7:30 p.m. Herbert Hoover hosts Invisible Guest dinner at Symphony Hall. 7:30 p.m. Rev. George A. Lawson speaks at Y M C A Hall on A Task for Today. Massachusetts Hotel Association holds annual meeting and banquet at Hotel Somerset. Colonel Edward J L Logan speaks at Y D Club on organizing the 01st Infantry Veterans Association. Boston Teachers Club meets at Steinert Hall. 8 p.m. Leroy Jeffers lectures at Boston Public Library. George W. Hopkins lectures in Boston City Club auditorium.
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Maud Wood Park
Unity House Hall
Park Square
Herbert Hoover
Symphony Hall
George A. Lawson
Y. M. C. A. Hall
P. m
Massachusetts
Hotel Somerset
Edward JL. Logan
YD Club
Infantry Veterans’ Association
Boston Teachers’ Club
Steinert Hall
Leroy Jeffers
Boston Public Library
George W. Hopkins
Boston City Club
Moose at Boston Zoo Aimed by City Curator
George S. Morse Jr the municipal zoo curator told the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association last evening that he plans to obtain a pair of young moose for the Boston zoo and attempt to rear them despite doubts.
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George S. Morse, Jr
Municipal
Massachusetts Fish and Game Association
Boston Zoo
Heber Bishop
Municipal Aquarium
South Boston
William A. Morse
Tecoming Year
George W. Wiggin
James Russell Reed
Walter B. Farmer
Howard Marston
Hugh Cabot
Samuel J. Mixter
Dudley L. Pickman
A. George Bullock
Joseph T. Herrick
Stuart W. Wise
William P. Wharton
W. W. Mann
M. A. Morris
Inomas H. Hall
George F. Morse, Jr
Geo. M. Poland
Adelbert PD. Thayer
Ivers W. Adams
Ivers S. Adams
Geo. W. Wiggin
Pr. A. R. Brown
Edward N. Goding
Harry Mutton
Samuel Wax
Wm. A. Morse
A. R. Brown
Vinton W. Mason
Rollin Jones
H. Prescott Tucker
Geo. F. Morse, Jr
C. Burnside Seagrave
Samuel
Atwell
Garment Workers Meet Over Factory Pact Abrogation
More than 2000 members of the Ladies' Garment Workers of Boston affiliated with the AFL filled Ford Hall to discuss cloak and suit manufacturers breaking their agreement with the unions.
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Ladies’ Garment Workers of Boston
American Federation of Labor
Ford Hall
Wildlife group meets amid conservation aims and union clash
At the 47th annual gathering the association backed wildlife protection while opposing park damming for irrigation. Curator Morse outlined moose feeding trials and plans to expand membership, with Coolidge and Cox named honorary members. The meeting also addressed labor disputes between clothing firms and workers, outlining a broader union conflict affecting about 9000 Boston workers.
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Morse
Dave Ogilvie
New Brunswick
James Russell Reed
Yellowstone National Park
Massachusetts
Reed
Calvin Coolidge
Channing H. Cox
Curator Morse
Edward H. Forbush
Clothing Workers of
Boston
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
International Union
Needle Workers of
American Federation of Labor
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
A. F. of L
Chesterton Appeals to Audience on Education and War
Gilbert K S Chesterton spoke at Jordan Hall in his first American lecture appearance urging the educated to admit fault for war blunders and to acknowledge to those they educated that they taught them wrongly.
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Gilbert KX. Chesterton
Jordan Hall
Cat Show Opens at Hotel Vendome With 159 Entries
The Boston Cat Club's 17th annual show runs today and tomorrow at the Hotel Vendome with 159 entries. Proceeds go to the Children's Hospital and Convalescent Home endowment fund. judges include Miss J. R. Roed. Notable cats include O-Samaari-San The Conqueror Temptress and Peg-o-My Heart. a raffle offers a smoke Persian kitten.
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Boston Cat Club
Hotel Vendome
Children’s Hospital and Convalescent Home
J. R. Roed
New York
Cat Club
Massachusetts
Hartford
Maine
Ning Winter
Boston
Vendome
Children’s Hospital
Convalescent Home
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George C. Tewksbury
Claremont Avenue
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Tremont Street
Robert L. Norton
Cape’s Tip
Provincetown Woman
House
Minnesota
Committee On the Judiciary
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wheeler
America
Wood
Indiana
Haddock
North
Union Streets
Houghton & Dutton
Park St
Dorchester
Codman Square
Dorchester High School
Canal St
North Station
Fish and Game
Zoo
Franklin Park
Dorchester Bay
Chesterton
Postum Cereal Company, i
Battle Creek, Mich
Boylston St
Brunswick
Kraft, Bates & Spencer
Boylston Street
Coon Saben
Sonora
Columbia
Henderson
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