Bar Beans Onions And Potatoes Boycotted In Greater Boston
Bar beans onions and potatoes along with chicken at 38 cents a pound were added to a boycott list by the Mothers' Leagues of Greater Boston. Delegates from West End South End Malden Chelsea Roxbury and East Boston voted in a general assembly at 38 Causeway Street in the United Hebrew Trades Council Labor League Independent Workmen's Circle and Zionist Orders in a session lasting the entire afternoon.
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Mothers’ Leagues
Greater Boston
West End
South End
Malden
Chelsea
Roxbury
East Boston
Causeway Street
United Hebrew Trades Council
Labor League
Independent Workmen’s Circle
Jewish Socialists’ Branch
Zionists
Boston Mothers League to Boycott Food Ahead of Protests
Greater Boston Mothers Leagues plan a citywide boycott of potatoes onions beans and chicken with enforcement by district units in West End South End Malden Chelsea Roxbury East Boston and East Cambridge. A mass parade is proposed for Saturday, with open air speeches and a large protest at Faneuil Hall.
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Greater Boston
West End
South End
Malden
Chelsea
Roxbury
East Boston
East Cambridge
Mothers’ League
Day's Developments in Food Situation in Boston
Mass boycott extended to potatoes onions beans and chicken until further notice after Tuesday. A big parade of poverty-ridden families through Back Bay and government quarter planned Saturday afternoon, with a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall featuring Mayor Curley. Street protests scheduled nightly in multiple districts to protest rising costs and push for political action to President Wilson, Congress, Governor McCall, and the State Legislature.
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Mothers’ Leagues
Boston
Back Bay
State House
City Hall
Faneuil Hall
General Council of Mothers
Curley
Greater
Roxbury
Superb
Roxbury Crossing
George E. Curran
Wilson
Congress
McCall
Frederick
Business Quarter
West End
South End
Malden
Chelsea
East Boston
East Cambridge
Dorchester
Mass Meeting
Medford Man to Meet Public Over Health Breakthrough
Boston area notice features Thomas B Brennan former rheumatism patient claiming freedom from pain after nine months on Varne-sis. He cites a government physician’s certificate from 1911 and a hospital stay, and invites the public to visit Liggett's Riker-Jaynes at 50 Washington St to learn more about Var-ne-sis and view his improved condition.
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Dr. Hospital
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Co. I
Government Hospital
Boston
Liggett’s
Riker-Jaynes
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Cor. Honover
W. A. Varney
Lynn
Boston Consulting Office
Boylston St
State Recruiting Drive Formed By 400 Citizens
A 400 member recruiting committee from 40 cities has been appointed by the public safety committee to boost enlistment in the army navy and National Guard. George S. Smith a former Boston Chamber of Commerce president is named chairman of the 400 member group.
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Public Safety Committee
Army
Navy
National Guard
George S. Smith
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Plans To Expand Militia Training And Naval Reserve
The piece describes steps to increase militia strength to war levels, urge employers to allow training time, and grant job preferences to those with full military training. It details Nathaniel F. Ayer preparing a coast boat list from Eastport to Chatham for patrols, and calls for enrollment in the Naval Reserve with training nodes at Charlestown, Portsmouth, Portland, and Montpelier. It lists committee members and dozens of local officials across many Massachusetts cities assisting the effort.
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New England
Eastport
Chatham
Naval Reserve
Navy Yards
Charlestown
Portsmouth
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Portland
Montpelier
Naval Training Association
Waterstreet
Harry K. White
Massachusetts Department
Navy League of the United States
State Street
Inquiry into Milk Trust Sought by East Boston Club
The East Boston Women's Protest Club announced a mass meeting at East Boston High School to protest the high cost of living. President Mrs. Thomas J. Giblin will preside as speakers address the issue and rally public sentiment.
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East Boston
Everett Seaman Held Overnight After Immigration Rulings
A British seaman was detained at Everett police station overnight and must rejoin the vessel this morning under immigration inspector rulings. The incident reflects ongoing enforcement actions affecting crew on foreign ships in port.
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Everett
East Boston Urged Co operative Stores to Fight Rising Costs
Editor Abraham Alpert of the Boston Jewish American urged the Linath Hazedek Synagogue assembly to back a common buying co operative. A committee will canvass Greater Boston organizations to unite them in creating a city wide chain of retail stores.
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Boston
Abraham Alpert
Linath Hazedek
Chelsea Street
Alpert
Greater
Attacks Atheism At Common Cause Forum
Nearly 1200 attended the Common Cause Society forum in Franklin Union where Charles K. Fay, its first president and speaker of the evening, proclaimed a universal law governing the world and ridiculed atheism and pantheism.
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Common Cause Forum
Common Cause Society
Franklin Union
Charles K. Fay
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