City Labor and Legal Doubts Over Public Safety Farm
Frederick L. Allen resigns as editor and assistant secretary of Boston Mayor Curley s Public Safety Committee amid payroll cuts for Franklin Park farm workers and questions of city authority to tax farm allotments. The Food Conservation branch seeks penalties or crop divestments, while officials await a legal opinion on the city s powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Park
Public Safety
Frederick L. Allen
Curley
Public Safety Committee
Francis Ford
Ford
Food Conservation Branch
The
John A. Sullivan
Food Committee
Charles E. Jones
Tremont Street
Francis T. Bowles
Admiral Bowles
H. C. Darling
David Potter
A. Youngman
Leo Falvey
Youngman
Pennsylvania State College
Civil Service Commission
Boston
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Connecticut State College
Boston Common
Food Conservation Committee
Executive Committee
Feneral
City Hall
Gertrude Ford
Mary A. Rock
Joseph D. Sheehan
Messenger
War Writers
Allen
Safety Committee
Washington
Elks urged to back Columbus statue plan
Paolo Contestabile, chairman of the Columbus statue committee of the Columbus Republican Club, asks the Boston Elks at their convention to support a $100,000 Columbus statue in Columbus Park, South Boston. The aim is to unveil the statue during the Pilgrim Tercentenary in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paolo Contestabile
Columbus
Columbus Republican Club
The
Elks
Boston
Christopher Columbus
Columbus Park
Contestabile
Warrants Out for Park Square Rioters Seekers
Warrants and summonses were sworn out in Municipal Court for 21 soldiers and sailors accused of rioting and wrecking the Socialist headquarters in Park Square on Sunday July 1. Judge Murray issued the warrants at the request of Socialist party attorney George Roewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square
Murray
George Roewer
Socialist Party
Willcott Fails to Appear in Suit by Wife
Edward Willcott a gentleman farmer of Duxbury failed to appear in Suffolk Superior Court equity session to answer contempt charges filed by his former wife Bessie Willcott. Judge Brown ordered capial to issue for his arrest to ensure his presence in court when required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Willcott
Duxbury
Suffolk Superior Court
Equity
Bessie Willcott
Brown
Couple Wed on Short Notice in Maine Honeymoon Case
Gerald Emery Bonney and Eleanor Weightman obtained a court approved immediate marriage license under a new Maine law allowing waivers for a brief honeymoon. The couple, both students from Gordon Bible School, tied the knot in Portland with City Clerk Frank B. W. Welch performing the ceremony. They plan pastor duties in distant towns this summer and sought a rapid ceremony to avoid a five day wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Charles L. Donahue
Gerald Emery Bonney
Haverhill
Mass
Eleanor Perry Weightman
Harrisburg
Penn
Frank B. W. Welch
Bonney
Maine
Bonneys
Gordon Bible School
Boston
Judge Donahue
Approve Proposals for 13 Maine Wooden Hulls
Portland July 13 Maine shipbuilding committee approves proposals by Maine builders for 13 wooden hulls of steamships for the United States fleet Cumberland Shipbuilding Company Portland nine Crosby Navigation Company Bath two Sandy Point Shipbuilding Company Bath two Crosby to build at Richmond Total contracts for 28 hulls by Maine builders approved to date
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
United States
Maine Builders
Maine Shipbuilding Committee
Cumberland Shipbuilding Company
Crosby Navigation Company of
Bath
Sandy Point Shipbuilding Company
Crosby Company
Richmond
Traveling Salesman Charged With Bank Theft
Saul Brewer, 42, of Roxbury, a traveling salesman, was arrested by Lt. McDevett on the Tremont Trust Company theft charge. He allegedly borrowed 23,300 and signed over accounts while withholding 5,973, with the bank accusing him of collecting funds March 1, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Brewer
Waumbeck Street
Roxbury
McDevett
District Attorney's Office
Tremont Trust Company
Brewer
Court denies divorce decree revocation in Paige alimony case
Walter W. Paige of Brookline must continue to pay his ex wife Bertha E. Paige sixteen dollars weekly despite divorce. Judge Brown yesterday refused to revoke the decree requiring the payments, noting the former wife's misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Paige
Washington Street
Brookline
Savage, Inc
Bertha E. Paige
NEALS GAS TABLETS advertised for stomach relief
An old advertisement touts Neals Gas Tablets claiming rapid relief from stomach gas and sour stomach, urging readers to buy from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neals
War Breaks Up Home of Musicians
Rudolf Nagel a cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and his wife, public singer and pianist Mrs Nagel, separated at their Gainsboro Street home. Nagel blames his wife’s treatment while Mme Nagel cites Nagel’s pro German activities. Divorce proceedings likely. federal authorities and Judge Dowd have heard the matter. Nagel is a naturalized citizen with Civil War uncle ties. Mrs Nagel was Minnie Schmandat of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Nagel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nagel
Minnie Schmandat
Baltimore
Nagel family dispute over flags sparks uproar at home
The Nagel household in New York saw an 18 year conflict erupt as Carl Nagel 15 aided by his mother clashed with Nagel over possessions f gas and flags. Mrs Nagel claimed federal warnings about unneutral behavior amid tensions with her Prussian born husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagel
United States
Germany
Dr Cutler and two witnesses disappear from Roxbury court
Dr George Cutler of 692 Washington Street Boston and the two young women Grace R Welch and Jeannette Pugh, alleged for performing illegal operations, are missing. Cutler posted 4500 bail via his wife Elizabeth W Cutler. Police hunt him as the witnesses fail to appear after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cutler
Washington Street
Brighton
Grace R. Welch
Jeannette Pugh
Cutler
Elizabeth W. Cutler
Roxbury Court
Boston
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C. D. Holmes
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Ureeka Beverage CO
Conant ST
Ia Covd
Bevers Cuan
Norfolk
Palm Beach
Rogers Peet CO
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Clothes
America
Van
David A. Pfromm
Carl Nagel
Gainsboro Street
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Frank A. Andrews, Inc
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