Miller and Baker Pass Bread Buck in Hearing
Prominent bakers and officials attended a State House hearing on bread cost. After two hours of discussion before the Commission on Necessities of Life, responsibility for price increases was attributed to the bread-eating public and wheat producing farmers.
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State House
B. S. Ferguson
A. H. Firthaway
Frank R. Shepard
John H. Sherburne
Commission On Necessities of Life
Charles H. Adams
James D. Casey
Commission On
Blame Shifts Across Bread Chain In Hearing
The public and wheat farmers are blamed for bread shortages as the hearing shifts responsibility from bakers to millers and from millers to farmers. Neither group was well represented, and the inquiry closed with fault moving along the chain.
bakers and farmers clash over bread quality and wheat hoarding
At the hearing General Sherburne accuses soft flour of lowering prices, while the baker counters that demand favors hard flour and high-grade bread. Miller reps blame wheat withholding for high bread prices, with Bernard Rothwell doubting hoarding and F R Shepard noting consumer rejection of cheaper bread.
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Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston Chamber of Commerce
William Dunlap and the birth of American art in Boston
The piece praises William Dunlap and his book A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in America. It notes his lively, gossipy style and recounts how Boston aided his fortunes, including his stay near the old market, entry into Cornhill booksellers, and connections with fellow miniaturists Field, Malbone, and Stuart.
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William Dunlap
Copley
Stuart
Trumbull
Washington
Adams
Hancock
Our
Republic
William Dumlap
America
Dunlap
Vasavi
Albany
Boston
Old Market
Brown
Thayer
Cornhill
Field
Malbone
London
Princess Killed by Falling Tree in Storm in Belgium
In La Louviere Belgium during a storm yesterday a tree in a park owned by Prince de Croy collapsed killing Princess de Salm Salm aged 9. Prince Alexander de Croy aged 9 was seriously injured in the incident.
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LA Louviere
Belgium
Prince de Croy
de Salm-Salm
Prince Alexander de Croy
Senators Clash Over Tax Limit For Boston
The Senate opened with a dispute as Senator John J. Mahoney of Charlestown introduced a bill to remove Boston’s statutory tax limit. The measure was referred to the committee on municipal finance rather than metropolitan affairs, signaling early friction over fiscal controls.
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Senate
John J. Mahoney
Charlestown
Boston
Committee On Municipal Finance
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston Bill Moves After Malden Senator Opposes Refer
Senator Bliss of Malden, once House chairman of the special municipal finance committee, opposed Mahoney's motion to refer the Boston bill to the metropolitan affairs committee. The standing vote was 6 to 16, sending the bill to the municipal finance committee. Mahoney also filed other Boston related measures including school physicians on request, a public defender in Boston courts, 17 member City Council by districts, higher salaries for Charlestown Court and probate clerks, and a dictagraph related bill from Rep Es.
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Bliss
Malden
House
Boston
Mahoney
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Municipal Finance Committee
Pelletier
Harvard to Award Medal for Health Science Discovery
Harvard will award the Maurice Douglas Flattery Medal for the Aid of Science and Health to a Harvard College researcher judged to have made the greatest health benefit. The bronze bas-relief medal, gift of M. Douglas Flattery and created by Frye, will accompany $500 in cash funded by securities valued at $7,500 established in 1918.
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Harvard
M. Douglas Flattery
Harvard University
Harvard College
Frye
Maurice Douglas Flattery
Science and Health
Tree of Knowledge
Tree of
Hippocrates
Aesculapius
Laennec
Harvey and Pasteur
Flattery
Eavesdropping Punishment and Wage Bills In Legislature
Rep S Abbott of Haverhill seeks two year imprisonment or 1000 dollar fine or both for wire tapping and leaks like the Pelletier dictagraph incident. Bills by Rep Niland of East Boston grant 100 bonus to stateHouse scrubwomen and 5 cents hourly pay, require drugstores have a pharmacist on duty, and Senate bill Griswold proposes returning to party convention nomination in Suffolk County except for Congress and district offices.
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Sex S. Abbott
Haverhill
Abbott
Washington
State House
Niland
East Boston
Congress
Suffolk County
Senate
Lyman W. Griswold
Greenfield
Jordan Marsh advertising sale items list at Axminster Hall
The notice lists rugs brands sizes and cleaners including Royal Wilton and Old English Wax Polishes window ventilators and toilet tissue. It notes market conditions limiting item quantity this year and mentions several departments will offer fewer items than in past years.
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Axminster Hall
Royal Wilton
Greene
Basement Store Sale Highlights Women and Children's Wear
Reading through a catalog of basement store items, shoppers can find dresses in gingham and percales, bath robes, various sizes of serge and poplin dresses, maids and nurses uniforms, boys and girls footwear, bleached sheets, pillow cases, and assorted laces and embroideries. The sale features many low prices on undergarments, waists, skirts, aprons, and coats, with notable items including women's velvet hand bags, georgette blouses, and men's hats and coats, all offered at substantial discounts.
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Merino Union
Sanguin
PIOCO
Georgetic
Dee
Georgette Walists
Buster
Oxford
TGR AO Sosa Ea Wash
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Boston Post Limerick Contest Offers $100 Daily
The Boston Post launches a daily Limerick contest with four lines printed, offering $100 cash for the best fifth line. Open to all except Post staff, entries must be mailed sealed with the line number, received by 5 PM four days after publication, and winners announced a week later.
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Boston Post
Post
Post Limerick
P. O
Boston
Mass
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