Appeals for Higher Fares In Worcester Rail Way Fight
Worcester officials said the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway seeks a fare rise of one cent city fare and one cent or two for suburban lines in a state appeal. Without mayoral cooperation the company may end operations as bankrupt and enter receivership. Storms wiped out last year’s surplus as expenses doubled receipts.
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Connecticut Board Recommends 50 Percent Teacher Pay Rise
Hartford March 2 The State Board of Education voted to recommend a 50 percent salary increase for school teachers across Connecticut. The proposal aims to raise teacher pay to improve education statewide.
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Hartford
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State Board of Education Today
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Brown Students Shovel Out Tracks at Providence
About 209 Brown University students marched from campus to Union Station to volunteer as shovellers to free New Haven railroad tracks and stock from a two week ice grip. Officials announced passenger lines on the local system are now open.
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Brown University
Union Station
New Haven Railroad
Library Government Information Office Opens at Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library launches a Library Information Office to answer inquiries and, more importantly, to provide a government information service. Edith Guerier leads the effort, offering up to date government publications on agriculture mining chemistry and sanitation. The office operates daily from 9:00 to 5:00.
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Boston Public Library
Library Information Office
United Sates
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Mr. Belden
Edith Guerier
Food Administration
Washington
Department of the Interior
North End
Refinery Strike Ties Up Charlestown Plant
About 600 workers at the Revere Sugar Refinery in Charlestown quit work last Saturday, halting plant operations. Dock labor spokesmen demanded a 65 cent an hour wage rise, while the current 48 hour week paid 21 dollars. No manager was present to negotiate.
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Revere Sugar
Charlestown
Europe after Balloon Cup grips New York contest
The International Balloon Trophy entries open with Aero Club of France entering three teams and Royal Aero Club of England one entry. The United States plans three teams, Belgium one, with several nations expected to join next summer in the United States. The trophy, donated by James Gordon Bennett, has not been claimed since 1918 and must be won three times in succession for permanent possession.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of France
Royal Aero Club of England
United States
Belgium
James Gordon Bennett
Worcester Framingham lines of New Haven reopen
After three days of volunteer work from industrial shops in Fitchburg Leominster and other towns the Worcester and Framingham lines of the New Haven railroad reopen tonight with normal schedule expected to start tomorrow.
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Leominster
Worcester & Framingham
New Haven Railroad
Former German ship Moccasin sinks at Hoboken dock
The former German passenger steamship Moccasin, 4760 gross tons and built in 1908 as Prinz Joachim, sank at her Hoboken dock after a South America voyage for the United States Shipping Board. Wreckers pump and raise her. cause of sinking unknown. Interned then seized by the U S during the war.
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South America
United States Shipping Board
Hoboken
Munson Line
Germany
United States
Dandruff Cure Claim For Luxuriant Hair
An advertisement touts four ounces of liquid arvon as a guaranteed dandruff cure. It promises scalp relief, itching stop, and dramatic hair improvement after nightly applications, claiming arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
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Lorp Salisbury
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