No Action by Mayor on Strike in Boston Printing Plant
The Boston Municipal Printing Plant closed after the staff failed to report for work. Mayor Peters said he would not compromise and wages could only be adjusted with the new budget due Feb 1, with further action possible on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Boston Municipal
Congress Street
Charles S. Lawler
Boston Allied Printing Trades Council
Boston
Lawler
City Hall
Harrison proposed Filipino as successor in Philippines
Francis Burton Harrison, Governor General, said at a Manila banquet that he offered to resign 18 months earlier if War Secretary advised President Wilson to appoint a Filipino as his successor. He recalled making the offer while in Washington in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Francis Burton Harrison
The
Philippines
Wilson
Philippine Columbian Association
Washington
Boston Ex-Mayor Warns New England Future Crisis
Former Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald decries neglect of New England and urges action to save railroads and harbor. He calls for a united, well funded regional program with bankers and industry backing to revive Boston harbor and economic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
New York
New England
John F. Fitzgerald
New Zongland
Weeks
Washington
Barrer
Atlantic
Pacific
Harbor Commission
Highway Department
Detroit
Boston Harbor
Rostow
New England’s Economic Crisis and Call for Bold Action
A former Boston mayor argues New England bankers have financed Westward industries at the region’s expense, leaving railroads bankrupt and residents burdened by debt. He warns against New York control and urges unity to restore prestige and seize the harbor’s opportunities for global trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
New York
New Wneland
West
Middle West
Seizure of Liquor Conveyances Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court holds that automobiles and other transports used to move liquor illegally may be seized, even if the owner did not know of the illegal use. The Georgia case involved a car loaned by J. W. Goldsmith. justices reserve opinion on broader extensions including stolen property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Touay
Georgia
J. W Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Coc
McKenna
Lease West Roxbury Hospital for $35,000
City Council approved a special meeting lease granting the government use of the West Roxbury Hospital for war veterans. The government will pay 7 percent of the building's valuation and the term ends in 1926 after previously paying nominal rent of $1 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Department
West Roxbury
Damon and Pythias in Little Tilt at Tremont Street
Billy Wood of Charlestown and Johnny Frazell of the Hub, both about three years old, stopped streetcars at Tremont street and Union Park causing traffic jams. Wood struck Frazell in the neck and Adam’s apple while Frazell chased a couple off Wood’s apparent benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Wood
Charlestown
Johnny Frazell
Hub
Tremont Street
Union Park
Wood
Frazell
Public dispute ends with forced separation outside police box
Officer Nobles opened the thoroughfare to the crowd as two men, Frazell and Wood, argued ownership of a woman. The patrolman testified salvageably that the pair fought loudly while Wood pleaded friendship and Frazell offered to share payment for the "indebted" moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobles
Wood
Frazell
Central Court
Mr. Wood
McCarthy
Duff
Damon" Frazell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Master Printers’ Association of Boston
Federal Street
Albert Finley
George H. Ellis Company
Benjamin
Neat
Farley & MacNeill
Everything Electical
ARS
Bill
Sonny
TLE
Maurice Ketten
Billy
Harrison
A. Shuman & CO
Shuman Clothes
Shuman
WES
N. E
Shanghai
Court St
Seollay Sq
Tor
Akas
Lee
Milligan Hardware Co
Devonshire ST
West Roxbury Hospital
C.G. Maguire
Tebece
Maguire
C G.maguire
Damon
Pythias
Philanthropist Wood
Gompers
Pan-American Labor
Mexico City
Samuel Gompers
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Winship Wardrobe
Mark Downs
Wolf’ “My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Street
Washington Sn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!