Alleged Dip Faces Bail After Hanover Street Suspect Catch
Charles Pento, labeled a dope by Detectives Chaisson and Ferrari, allegedly grabbed a purse from Rose Scaffano on Hanover Street during a Sunday parade. The bag contained five cents and a worn purse while Scaffano watched with her children. Pento remains in substantial bail at Central Court for trial.
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Charles’ Pento
Hanover Street
Chaisson
Ferrari
Rose Scaffano
North Street
Pento
Central Court
One Held in Knockout Drop Robbery Case
Michael Wiggins, alleged to have supplied knockout drops to Adolph Dunasey in a West End hotel and steal $625, was held in $1000 for further hearing in Central Court yesterday. Police seek two other suspects in the incident.
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Michael Wiggins
Adolph Dunasey
Wilksbarre
Penn
West End
Central Court
Food costs rise 3 percent in May Retail Food Index
The May Retail Food Index shows the average American family spent 3 percent more on 22 food items than in April, and 7 percent more than January. Sugar and flour price increases largely drive the rise, according to the Department of Labor.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Food costs rise as living expenditures surge in May review
The May review notes that food accounts for over 38 percent of a working family's budget and prices show no broad decline while food costs keep climbing. Sugar, cornmeal, flour, and potatoes all rose, with May increases across many cities. wholesale prices also jumped with a 212 percent index over April. The fuel and lighting materials group led gains, driven by coal and coke, pushing its index from 213 to 235.
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Springfield
Ill
Butte
Chicago
Indianapolis
Peoria
St. Paul
Salt Lake City
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Houston
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Omaha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atlanta
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Mobile
Portland
Ore
Baltimore
O Malley Pushes New York Food Terminal Market Plan
Edwin J. O Malley citing an underworld food trade conspiracy urged New York to establish a terminal market system to control perishable food handling. He claimed hundreds of millions of dollars lost to consumers and warned the city faces famine threats, naming prominent merchants and bankers as involved.
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New York
Edwin J. O'Malley
O'Malley
Capps of New Jersey Named Minister to Greece
President Wilson named Edward Capps of New Jersey as minister to Greece in a recess appointment. S. Parker Gilbert Jr was nominated as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Gas company rate requests cited high fuel costs
Haiererr SSA feet, according to amounts consumed. The Salem Gas Light Company asked the same commission for authority to increase its rate from $1.40 to $1.80 per thousand cubic feet. High cost of coal and oil were urged as reasons for the demands of both companies.
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Salem Gas Light Company
Inheritance Shapes Cambridge Legacy with Rindge Gifts
The article recalls Frederick H. Rindge’s gifts to Cambridge including the Public Library, City Hall, and the Rindge Manual Training School. It notes his New England lineage, his health driven move to California, and quotes tributes from Higginson and Eliot.
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Frederick H. Rindge
Cambridge
Rindge Manual Training School
New England
Daniel Rindge
Roxbury
Ipswich
Samuel B. Rindge
Parker & Blanchard
Boston
Parker, Wilder & Co
Young Rindge
Cambridge Public Library
T. W. Higginson
William B. Russell
Massachusetts
Charles W. Eliot
City Council approves tax limit raise for school building fund
The city council accepted a legislative act raising the tax limit by 1.44 to enable the school committee to raise 2 146 004 12 for building programs. Mayor Peters signed the bill, approving a total fund of 3 681 147 66 for new schools repairs and additions. The plan allocates 1 415 285 98 for new buildings including 600 000 toward the Public Latin School on Avenue Pasteur Back Bay. 273 permanent and 40 portable structures will be repaired in a 2 000 000 total program, with work to begin after school ends.
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Peters
Avenue Louis Pasteur
Back Bay
Harvard Class Day and City Events
Today features Harvard class day exercises at Appleton Chapel Sanders Theatre and a 3:30 p m tree ceremony at Memorial Hall. Other items include motor accident hearing at the State House 413 Boston College events and a New England Conservatory commencement at Jordan Hall with a 7 30 p m program.
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Harvard
Appleton Chapel
Sanders Theatre
Memorial Hall
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Pemberton
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Ten Street
Adams
Commissionaries of Life
Charles H. N
Neces
State House
Boston College
Assembly Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
Business Women's Club
Porter
the Pops
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Fannie Hurst
Sunday Post
Anand Unity
Bromfield, St., Busten
American Supply Co., Inc
St. Open
Kirkmans Soap
Dowder
Kirkman
Harry F. Blanchard
Glen Falls
BY William Justin Mann
Cambridge Library
van Brunt & Howe
Henry van Brunt
William R. Ware
Ware & van Brunt
First Church
Marlboro and
Berkeley Streets
Wellesley College
Brattle Street
Episcopal Divinity School
Longfellow, Alden and Harlow
City Hall
Richardson
Gilchrist
Cole
Fitake
Secattaatts
Bryant G. Smith & Sons CO
Beacon Street
Cole Motor Car Company
U.S. A
Advanced Motor Cars
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