Garment Workers Vote on Strike After Mass Meetings
Mass meetings of seven Garment Workers' Unions in the city will decide if a strike is declared. The United Garment Workers' Unions, about 3000 members strong, may quit on word from the joint council. Meetings are set for 724 Washington Street with a vote on the strike. The unions seek an eight hour day higher wages and improved conditions.
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Garment Workers
United Garment Workers’ Unions
Washington Street
Garment
Fame of Sickles is no excuse for crime, governor says
Attorney-General Carmody releases letter defending New York case against General Sickles for appropriating 23 476 dollars while heading the State Monuments Commission. He says the alleged act was theft and urges respect for law. Governor Sulzer reports many veterans urging action to avoid perceived humiliation.
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Carmody
General Sickles
Gettysburg
Sickles
New York State
Sulzer
Police Seek Bad Check Man Targeting Boston Stores
A well dressed man claiming Harvard student status bilked multiple shopkeepers near Boylston and Washington streets out of several hundred dollars using bad checks. He carried a blank checkbook from Union Markets National Bank of Watertown and an auto registration. Checks signed Francis Grant or James Grant.
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Harvard
Boylston
Washington Streets
Union Markets National Bank of
Stop Your Cough Cough Syrup Recipe Promise
Home remedy claims a pint of cough syrup from granulated sugar water and Pinex. Recipe touts effectiveness against coughs hoarseness croup bronchitis asthma and throat lung troubles with a guarantee and drugstore availability. Pinex described as a pine extract valued for guaiacol and healing properties.
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United States
Canada
Org
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Hartman Attacks Boston Housing Debates Roasted
Edward T. Hartman of the Massachusetts Civic League faced a withering reception at a Women's Municipal League meeting after criticizing the city health and building departments over housing conditions in Boston.
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Edward T. Hartman
Massachusetts Civic League
Boston
Women’s Municipal League
Boston Officials Clash Over Health and Building Duties
Mayor Fitzgerald and Health Board leaders defend actions amid Civic League members disputing Hartman claims. Forbes and Ibes praise board performance, call for broader tenement law, while Everett and Mahoney deny Hartman’s charges about records and violations.
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Board of Health
Everett
Civic League
Elmer S. Forbes
Massachusetts Civic League
Hartman
Health Board
Ibes
West Roxbury
Forbes
Boston
Fitzgerald
Walter L. Collins
Arbitration chances fade in Bangor and Aroostook strike
The State board of arbitration and conciliation reports neither side will seek its help to settle the Bangor and Aroostook railroad strike begun January 17. The railroad opposes arbitration, and the brotherhoods would accept only under Erdman act or federal rules. The board warns public welfare is at risk as 15,000 carloads of potatoes remain to be shipped from Aroostook County.
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Augusta
State Board of Arbitration and
Bangor and
Arostook
Haines
Brotherhoods
State Board of Arbitration
Aroostook
Aroostook County
Hurley’s Curfew Order Cleared Streets in Salem
Salem mayor John F. Hurley’s curfew order went into effect tonight. By 8:45 pm the fire whistle blew and for 15 minutes police sent home any loiterer under 16 who had not heeded the order to go indoors.
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Salem
John F. Hurley
Snowy Surprise Over Boston Suburbs Delays None
A light storm in the Boston area prompted humorous speculation by Forecaster Smith after confirming snowfall measured at 1 th of an inch. Trains and the elevated operated normally, and no injuries or losses were reported as residents covered plants and prepared for more winter weather.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Weather Bureau
Elevated
Kenneth L. Roberts
Curfew Order Soothes Salem After Banquet Speech
The Now and Then Club banquet in Salem ends with Mayor Hurley announcing a city curfew from 8:45 to keep minors off streets. Police will warn youths 16 and under and report to parents if they refuse to return home.
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Now and Then Club
Salem
John F
Woman’s Christian Association
Weingartner and Miss Marcel wed in New York union
Felix Weingartner and Miss Marcel married yesterday in New York in a ceremony followed by a brief honeymoon to the Hotel McAlpin before a Boston trip. The famed conductor's past marriages and alleged Germany desertion were noted, with witnesses Louis Wassell and Mrs Nina Russell present.
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Weingartner
Royal Opera
Vienna
Germany
Marcel
Miss Marcel
Imperial Opera
Berlin
Elektra
New York
Felix Guido Wilhelm Emerich Weingartner
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Zara
Dalmatia
London
Paris
New York Symphony Orchestra
New York Symphony Fund
St. Sulpice
Switzerland
Austria
Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad Claims Cure for Colds
An old advertisement promises headache relief from colds using the one BromoQuinine remedy. It directs readers to seek the signature of E. W. Grove on the product label and notes a price of 265 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Judge orders liquor samples after spree of crazed drinkers
In Lowell nearly 100 people have been arraigned for drunkenness in three days as Judge Enright calls for city wide liquor sampling. He seeks to determine why some drinkers go “crazy” and proposes testing liquor from saloons and drug stores.
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Lowell
Judge Enright
Enright
Real Snow Discovered in Boston Yesterday
A single white snowflake fell in Boston drawing crowds as Jerome D. Glotty of Somerville noticed theflake drifting toward car tracks near Summers Street and South Station while heading to the 12:05 train to Providence.
H Harrison Co Sale Slashes Overcoats Prices
The H Harrison Co. advertises a great sale on fine overcoats including chinchilla Scotches Shetlands and Kerseys. Overcoats priced at 8 38 will be sold at 14 60 retailing from 062 072 Washington St.
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H. Harrison Co
Washington St. Aart
Rain or Snow Today May Break January Record
Weather outlook favors rain or snow on Thursday and Friday with east to southeast winds. Snow observed in several cities including Boston Portland Me Northfield Vt Albany Providence Hartford and Scranton with additional flakes in Saugeen Alpena and Sault St Marie and Williston N C and Helena Mont. January warmth accumulates with Boston at 839 higher degrees than normal while extreme cold days are few with several days at or near freezing and record warm days not yet reached.
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Portland
Northfield
Albany
Providence
Hartford
Scranton
Penn
Saugeen
Alpena
Sault St. Marie
Williston
N. C
Helena
Mont
Block Island
Miles City
Nashville Purchases Pitcher Castleton
Nashville buys pitcher Roy Castleton from Vernon Pacific Coast league club announced by manager Hogan. Castleton, formerly with the New York Americans, had been traded years ago to Atlanta for Russell Ford.
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Nashville
Castleton
LOS Angeles
Hogan
Vernon
Roy Castleton
New York Americans
Atlanta
Russell Ford
Galileo Aids Disabled Mexico Off Grand Banks Again
The Wilson liner Galileo, en route from Hull to Boston, found the French liner Mexico disabled off the Grand Banks for a second time. The two ships nearly collided during a hurricane weeks earlier, and Galileo previously helped steer the Mexico clear. Galileo stands by and may tow if Mexico cannot proceed unaided.
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Galileo
Hull
England
Mexico
New York
Havre
Grand Banks
Collins
France
Boston
Aged Sailor Dies After Fall at Gloucester Wharf
Gloucester January 29 Robert Stewart, 78, longtime crew member of the schooner Titania, at B Smith's wharf Fresh Water Cove, slipped from the railing while trying to board and struck his head on a beam. Shipmates recovered the body. Stewart left a daughter in Boston.
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Robert Stewart
Fresh Water Cove
Stewart
Boston
Direct Factory to Family Savings Offer
A sales pitch announces more than 550 products sold direct from factory to family at half the usual store prices. It guarantees satisfaction with money refunded if not satisfied.
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