Postal tubes to be retained in New York and Brooklyn
Senate amendments to the annual post office appropriation bill authorize the Postmaster General to continue the postal pneumatic tube service in New York and Brooklyn and prohibit removal of tube systems in other large cities pending Congress action. The bill totals about 400 million dollars with pay raises for postal workers.
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Washington
Post Office
New York
Brooklyn
Congress
Senate
House
Swanson
Virginia
Beth Israel Hospital drive nears 150000 goal in Roxbury rally
The Beth Israel Hospital campaign reported about 90000 raised toward a 150000 goal after three days. An auxiliary meeting in Roxbury, Blue Hill Auxiliary No 7, raised over 650 with many members signing on as annual donors. Speakers urged broad membership to sustain the hospital's expanded facilities and service.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Blue Hill
No. 7
Roxbury
Jennie Reyn
A. A. Ginzberg
E. J. Brody
I. D. Bronfin
Butter and Eggs Prices Drop in Chicago Trading
Chicago reports wholesale butter prices fall by three to five cents a pound and wholesale eggs drop two cents to two and one half cents per dozen on the market today.
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Chicago
Chafing Dish Class Teaches Blended Cookery and Romance
Miss Minnie C. Turner directs a Wednesday evening chafing dish class for 60 business girls at the YWCA 3712 Beacon Street. The lesson blends cooking with social manners as Ruth Warren introduces the course to the YWCA curriculum.
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Beacon Street
Minnie C. Turner
Boston
Tional Civic Federation Hut
Minnie Turner
Mustarine Conquers Pain In Minute Claims
An old ad touts Mustarine as the fastest pain killer for neuralgia headache toothache earache backache and more. It promises instant inflammation relief with real yellow mustard content and cautions against blisters.
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Begg
General Sir Sam Steele Dies After Illness
Major General Sir Sam Steele of the Canadian Army permanent staff died in Putney after about two months illness. A renowned Northwest Mounted Police leader, he helped quell Indian uprisings in 1885 and later served in northern Canada, the Yukon, and the Boer War as commander of Lord Strathcona's corps.
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Steele
London
Sam Steele
Putney
Northwest Mounted Police
Canada
Yukon
Lord Strathcona
South Africa
Straw Hats to Cost More This Summer 1919 Outlook
W J Dixon of the National Association of Men's Straw Hat Manufacturers of America says prices for straw hats will stay high or rise above war levels due to the cost of raw materials and labor. He notes no reduction in 1919 summer prices and expects demand for Panama hats among older men and yacht shapes among younger buyers as manufacturers forecast higher material and labor costs.
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W. J. Dixon
National Association of Men's
Dixon
Armenia Film All Next Week at Symphony Hall
The Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee will stage five more showings of Ravished Armenia at Symphony Hall starting Monday evening with a matinee on Wednesday. All proceeds go to relief funds. copies will be destroyed after the campaign. The film's stark scenes aim to convey Armenia's suffering more forcefully than reports.
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Armenia
Symphony Hall
Relief Fund
Viscount Bryce
Turkey
Mr. Morgenthau
Mexican Papers Resent Senate Resolution
Anti American feeling in Mexico surfaces in reports to the State Department as Mexican newspapers express resentment toward a Senate resolution. The cables indicate tensions affecting diplomatic relations and editorial reactions from Mexico City publications.
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Senate
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Proposal to Acquire Lower California Gains Senate Backing
Members of the Senate foreign relations committee have seen growing support for the United States to acquire lower California. The idea is pushed by a resolution from Senator Ashurst of Arizona. Mexican newspapers and prominent Northern Mexican figures criticize the plan.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
California
Ashurst
Arizona
Mexico
Bay State Boys on Rijndam Sailings Reported
The Rijndam is due at Newport News Feb. 7 with a Massachusetts casual company aboard. Stemmers Woonsocket head to New York Feb. 10, Hickman to New York Feb. 14, and Santa Barbara to New York Feb. 1 with only a few casuals aboard.
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Washington
Transport Rijndam
Newport News
Massachusetts
Stemmers Woonsocket
New York
Hickman
Santa Barbara
Bay State Troops Arrive in Philadelphia From Brest
Philadelphia welcomed 2197 American expeditionary force soldiers aboard the liner Haverford from Brest. The first overseas contingent included many from the 65th coast artillery regiment. Ensign Jay Gould of New York and Lieutenant Neilson Poe of Baltimore, a former Princeton football star, were among naval officers aboard. Gould sewed a button from his comfort kit as the ship entered the Delaware.
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Philadelphia
Haverford
Brest
65Th Regiment, Coast Artillery
Jay Gould
New York
Murmansk
Russia
Neilson Poe
Baltimore
Princeton
Ensign Gould
Delaware
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