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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
5
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Delegates from across New England forming the National Amalgamation of Textile Operatives unite 12,000 workers in Boston at 724 Washington Street. They elect officers led by James Tansey and approve a proposed summer vacation week, July 4, and back a bill to ban opaque glass in factories.
A meeting decided to organize on national and local levels. Temporary officers were elected and names will be submitted to locals for approval and ratification in June in this city.
W Barth announces a competent typist has been installed in the lobby of the office at 100 State street to assist patrons in preparing their messages without charge or tips. The company, previously charging messengers on call and handling by phone from various areas, will now relieve patrons from writing out their messages.
Atlantic fleet gunners posted record high target practice averages in 1915. Admiral Fletcher’s annual report to the Senate cites improvements and notes officer and crew shortages. Secretary Daniels sent a confidential document to the naval affairs committee and explained omitted military conclusions.
John Stamm of Baltimore and John Mayer of Seattle earned Bailey medals for 1915 for top averages among apprentice seamen in navy training schools on the East and West coasts respectively.
A Boston meeting at Mechanics' Building launched the New England Turkey Breeders Association with 40 breeders present. Professor John C. Graham of Massachusetts Agricultural College was elected head of the organizing committee. The group includes W. T. Guptill and Lester G. Brown, and plans a widespread meeting in Boston to finalize formation.
For the first time since the war began the State Legislature was presented with two petitions. One asks Congress to pass a law prohibiting export of military supplies to any nation at war. The other seeks to prohibit private manufacture of munitions in the United States.
Representative Casey of South Boston filed petitions at the request of F J Kustenmacher Frank Seiberlich and others and another by Henry T Schaefer and others. Anticipated fights arise as resolutions reach discussion while a first sectarian bill proposes closing all parochial and private schools. It would repeal the provision that private school instruction counts the same as public school instruction. Benjamin B Alling of Dorchester pressed for the elimination of parochial schools saying it should come at once.
An advertisement promotes Himer and Amend's 2861 as relief for rheumatism. It claims thousands of users praise the remedy and that reliable druggists carry it.
The Cape Cod Commercial Travellers Association marked its 29th annual meeting with a joint banquet alongside the Cape Cod Board of Trade. Edgar F. Power served as toastmaster as officers Fred B. Sawyer and Archie E. Campbell were elected president and vice president respectively.
Reverend R Perry Bush opened the meeting recalling the association's origins and honoring deceased members with a song. John C Makepeace outlined limited Cape options but highlighted summer guest potential and cranberry and manufacturing chances near the canal. Alton E Briggs, leader of the Massachusetts Protective Association for horses, spoke on roadways for horse travel and urged broad enrollment as the group notes thrift under modern credit. P C Hadley emphasized the Board of Trade's efforts to promote progress through the organization.
Massachusetts Peace Society invites undergraduates in Massachusetts colleges to write on international peace with prizes of 75 and 50 dollars. A Boston contest in April will select state winners, who then advance to an interstate competition at Lake Mohonk, New York. Contact H. S. Haskins at 1 Beacon Street, Boston for rules.
Henry L. Chase, 44, comic opera singer and longtime member of the Henry W. Savage Opera Company, died at Dr. J. B. Bowman's home in Greenwich Conn. He was a Boston native and had suffered from kidney trouble for years.
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