Boston Gas Sliding Scale Faces Wider Expansion
The board opposes extending the sliding scale system to other Massachusetts gas firms. In operation for about a decade, it fixes gas at 90 cents per thousand cubic feet with 5 cent cuts per each percent dividend over 7 percent. Two reductions have occurred. after July 1 city or town officials may petition for further cuts. The commission notes no fair trial and cites limited prospects for further reductions given company relations.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
The
Gas and Electric Light Commission
New England Gas & Coke Company
Bostom
Actor claims he saw Kearns in Boston
An actor, John J. Mogan, says he spoke with Thamas F. Kearns, the missing ex mayor of Waltham, in Boston within weeks and that Kearns explained his departure from Waltham was due to friends turning on him and aiding his defeat in the city election.
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Thamas F. Kearns
Waltham
Boston
Mr. Kearns
John J. Mogan
Winthrop Church Plans New Building on Columbian Square
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Winthrop voted to construct a new church on Columbian square and to remodel the current building into a parsonage.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Winthrop
Columbian Square
Seventh Annual Banquet of Hotel and Railroad News Company
More than 200 members and guests attended the seventh annual banquet at the Westminster. Deputy Sheriff Harry Walker received a solid gold badge from Superintendent Charles H. Sargent. A $100 gift was announced from company president James Brown. The event included songs, readings, and humor. The article notes rail freight congestion with 16 024 cars awaiting unloading on the New Haven system, contributing to bottlenecks across Boston and Albany lines.
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Hotel & Railroad News Company
Mutual Relief and Benefit Association
Association
the Westminster
Charles H. Sargent
Harry Walker
Middlesex County
Walker
Catherine Haney
Harry B. Crawley
James Brown
Company
Fionolulu
Sargent
Fergus Brown
John L. Bounke
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Federal hearing on congestion to hear shippers views
W H Chandler head of Boston Chamber transport bureau received notice that an informal ICC hearing will be held in Washington next Monday and Tuesday. The meeting seeks views on causes of congestion in Eastern freight terminals and relief proposals by tariff changes or other means. A telegram from Secretary McGinty asks New England parties to be heard.
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W. H. Chandler
Boston Chamber of Commerce Transportation Bureau
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
McGinty
Commission
Mr. Chandler
New England
Burns Labels Private Detectives as Blackmailers at Boston Dinner
William J. Burns declares many private detectives engage in blackmailing during his address to the Boston Bank Officers Association at the Hotel Somerset. Elis Parker Butler, bank official and author of Piss is Pigs, attends as second speaker. In a separate note, Henry Ford meets Secretary of State Coleman C. at Lansing on March 2.
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William J. Burns
William J. Burns International Detective Agency
Burns
Boston Bank Officers’ Association
Somerset
Mr. Burns
Elis Parker Butler
Flushing National Bank of
Flushing
N. Y
Butler
Dodge Honor Vaughan Withdrawn From Michigan GOP Ballot
The Michigan Republican primary ballot remains closed after 4 pm Tuesday as Vaughan's request to withdraw his name is denied by the Secretary of State. Ford remains a candidate for the presidency on the ballot.
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Vaughan
Michigan
Ford
Secretary of State
Bennie Kauff on NL 40th anniversary dinner reception
Bennie Kauff says the National League's 40th anniversary dinner fell short of success. He notes only one speaker mentioned him, as a joke, and comments that the league does not value its greatest asset.
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Bennie Kauff
National League
Bennie
League
Bromo Quinine Box Sold for a Nickel Signatures
An old advertisement notes one item labeled Bromo Quinine with E.W. Groves signature on the box and a price of 25 cents. It emphasizes removing the cause of grip cords and mentions the product named grip laxative.
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E.w.grove
Ex Senator to Run for Vice President
E J Burkett of Lincoln Nebraska, former United States Senator, filed affidavits of candidacy with the Iowa Secretary of State for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States.
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Des Moines
E. J. Burkett
Lincoln
Neb
United State
Iowa
United States
San Onofre Rescued Off Newfoundland By Ashtabula
The British oil steamer San Onofre, adrift two days with exhausted coal off the Newfoundland coast, was picked up by the British tanker Ashtabula. They are en route to St John’s, expected to arrive near noon tomorrow, about 18 miles off Cape Race.
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Sv. John’s, N. F
San Onofre
Ashtabula
Cape Race
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