New England Milk Report Denounces Wasteful Costs Not Monopoly
The Boston Chamber of Commerce reports no milk trust in New England but a natural delivery monopoly and wasteful practices raising prices. It recommends labeling by butter fat and sanitary grade, country milk stations, cooperative accounting, and reform of rail transport to cut delivery costs and boost farmer profits.
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New England
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
The
Chamber of Commerce
New England Milk Producers Association
New York City
Siasconset Sunday Beach Scene With Katherine Bronson
At Siasconset a bright Sunday morning turns to revelry as actress Katherine Bronson joins the crowd on the beach with DeWolf Hopper and Nanette Comstock present. Bronson talks about natural living and veneer, while Dr. Madison Peters advocates prohibition substitutes before proposing church social hubs and a corn starch use idea.
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DeWolf Hopper
Mrs. Hopper
Miss Bronson
Dig Bell
Harper
Bob Hilliard
Hopper
Name Day of Pope Benedict Celebrated in Rome
Rome July 2 Today is the name day of Pope Benedict. His Holiness yesterday received the Sacred College and heard the customary good wishes from the prelates. Cardinal Vannutelli spoke a short address which the pope replied to. The Pope mentioned the war but the remarks were kept private.
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Rome
Pope Benedict
Sacred College
Cardinal Vannutelli
Union Backing Looms Over Boston Machinists Pay Fight
A special Metal Trades Council meeting in Boston voted to support the machinists union in higher wage actions. If a strike occurs, about 5000 machinists and nearly as many allied workers may quit, threatening a citywide shutdown of affected shops. Other unions plan to join the dispute, potentially halting erection of plants for war materiel.
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Machinists’ Union
Greater
Boston
Metal Trades Council of
Boston and Vicinity
Machinists’ Organization
Machinists
Metal Trades Council
Machinists' Union
Frank P. Tully
Sage portrait row at State House sparks Boston debate
Frank B. Sanborn refused to discuss the Bostonian Society action denying a life-size portrait of the “Sage of Concord” permission to hang in the old State House. The portrait had been funded by a public subscription among Boston's colored community.
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Concord
Frank B. Sanborn
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Boston
Boston & Maine Workers Vote on Strike Action
Employees of the Boston and Maine railroad belong to the American Federation of Railway Workers vote on strike. Ballots will be counted and the result announced at a federation meeting at the Quincy House. The dispute stems from unpaid Saturday half holiday pay and proposed wage reductions across the system.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
American Federation of Railway Workers
Fidrrow
Quincy House
Union activities report from Boston area meetings
The Theatrical Stage Employees Union 11 met in Pilgrim Hall and reported progress from the Chicago convention. Boston Asbestos Workers Union 6 heard International President Joseph A. Malleney address wage and conditions. Boston Lodge 97 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met at 8 Boylston Place to report smooth relations with the New Haven line. Old Colony Division 812 initiated several new members in America Hall. The Sanitary and Street Cleaning Employees Union reviewed a charge against a West End yard foreman and found it untrue. Port directors union members from Boston, affiliated with the Federation of State City and Town Employees, enjoyed an outing by motorboat with prominent guests.
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Pilgrim Hall
Chicago
Boston Asbestos Workers’ Union 6
Rathbone Hall
International
Joseph A. Malleney
New York
Boston
Boston Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
New Haven
Boylston Place
Old Colony Division 812
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
America Hall
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Employees’ Union
West End
Port Directors of
Federation of State, City and Town Employees
Fighting Ninth Back From Camp
The Fighting Ninth Massachusetts Infantry detrained from two specials from West Barnstable at the South Station and South Boston yesterday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock after an eight day encampment and skirmish near Peters Pond Sandwich.
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Massachusetts
West Barnstable
South Station
South Boston
Peter's Pond
Sandwich
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Franklin P. Winston CO
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Paul Waitt
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Katherine Bronson
Paul Revere
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Siasconset
Sconset Road
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Henrietta Crosman
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Ike
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Doc Powers
Bob McKay
Dr. Peters
Prohibition
Dr. Madison
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Labor Meeting News
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Sion
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