International Shoe and Leather Market Fair Opens in Boston
Boston welcomed thousands of shoe and leather merchants from many lands for a week long International Trade Fair at Mechanics Building. Exhibitors include British and Canadian firms, with events from July 9 to July 15 featuring tours, banquets, and manufacturer demonstrations. A. G. Moxley of Worcester led foreign displays praising American markets for fine and cheap footwear alike.
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Paragon Park
Nantasket Beach
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Great Britain and Canada
North Shore
United Shoe Machinery Company
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A. G. Moxley
Worcester
England
Mechanics Building
America
Newton Mayor in clash over two patrolmen pay
Mayor Edwin O. Childs and the Newton Board of Aldermen argue over two patrolmen whose status is in doubt. Neagle and Meehan have worked daily without pay after reinstatement decisions, while the aldermen refuse to fund the salary, prompting talk of a broader police department investigation.
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Edwin O. Childs
Newton Board of Aldermen
Mayor Childs
David J. Neagle
Neagle
Bernard Meehan
Meehan
Childs
Stars to Shine at Majestic Theatre in Boston
The Majestic Theatre will inaugurate a six week stock season starting July 20 with a permanent company of familiar favorites and new players. Each week a Broadway star of first magnitude will headline a top play, backed by a seasoned cast. The repertory promises an engaging season for Boston theatergoers.
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Boston Post
Majestic Theatre
Man Dead Ten Years Wins Election in Georgia
MACON Georgia July 8 W J Moseley who died ten years ago was elected to the Bibbe county Democratic executive committee in the recent county primary. Two thousand voters cast ballots for him without knowing Moseley was in his grave. A relative who read in a newspaper informed officials of the error.
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Macon
W. J. Moseley
Bibbe County
Democratic Executive Committee
Moseley
Man wrecks truck to save boy in Jamaica Plain
John E. Flood of 194 Green street Jamaica Plain risked his life by crashing a heavy auto truck to avoid four boys who ran into Charles street. The truck struck the sidewalk and fatally injured six-year-old Morris Gurellick, who died at Massachusetts General Hospital. Flood carried the unconscious boy to the hospital, nearly collapsing on the operating table.
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Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Charles Street
Morris Gurellick
Massachusetts General Hospital
Flood
Truck Collision on Charles Street Endangers Boy
Flood’s truck struck a group of four boys after a hay wagon passed on Charles Street near Cambridge Street. One boy, Gurellick, was seriously injured and placed on the dangerous list while three others escaped harm. Flood, dazed, returned to the wrecked vehicle as police took him to Joy Street station. witnesses praised his quick action. The Boston Ice Cream Company owned the damaged truck.
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Cambridge Street
Flood
Flood Threty
Gurellick
Parmenter
McCarthy
Joy Street
German exhibitor charms crowd at Boston shoe fair
A German visitor from Frankfurt am Main attends the Boston shoe and leather market, drawing attention as a popular exhibitor at the Mechanics Building. Shoe manufacturers and leather kings show interest in the jovial representative of Germany.
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Deutsche Madschen
Frankfurt-on- Main
Germany
Boston
Mechanics
Kati Hey Leads Berlin Shoe Firm at Boston Exhibition
Kati Hey from a German shoemaker family has joined an American trade expo booth in Boston. Three months earlier she persuaded her firm to enter slippers for U S competition and now she talks with leather traders and exhibits her family’s factory products after studying English to converse with attendees.
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Kati Hey
Berlin
Germany
Miss Hey
America
Boston
Kati
Roosevelt pledge boosts Maine Progressive campaign
In Portland Maine July 8 Colonel Roosevelt signaled strong support for the Progressive drive in Maine this summer. A letter released by Halbert P Gardiner governor candidate notes Roosevelt stating he is pleased with the Progressive fight and will do everything he can to help.
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Portland
Roosevelt
Maine
Halbert P. Gardiner
Cantor election settled at East Boston synagogue
A three member arbitration board ruled the election of Myer Abramson of Lynn as cantor at Ohel Jacob Synagogue illegal. A new election will be held at the next member meeting, ending a dispute among East Boston Jewish residents. The article also notes a forthcoming summer love story in the Sunday Post Magazine.
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East Boston
Ohel Jacob
Paris Street
Myer Abramson
Lynn
Henry Rood
Sunday Post
The Man from Home Opens Starred Show at Local Theater
The coming program features Carl Stowe and Edmund Breese in The Man from Home with Nance O Neill in Ca mille and Leah the Forsaken plus Doro hy Donnelly in Madame X and James O Neill in Monte Cristo. Broadway Jones with Donald Meek and Bought and Paid For with Charles Richman and Julia Deane follow as the program advances. The opening attrac tion is The Man from Home and Gasoline Gas follows for a comic finish.
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Carl Stowe
Edmund Breese
Nance O'Neill
Camille
Leah the Forsaken
Dorohy Donnelly
James O'Neill
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