Fire Chief Walsh to Quit the Boston Fire Dept
Fire Chief Walsh announces voluntary retirement due to health after four years under Curley and Manning. Acting Commissioner Manning and Mayor Curley deny pressures, noting Walsh will serve until his successor arrives as John Otis Taber, 58, takes over after a career dating to 1892.
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Chief Walsh
Manning
Curley
Walsh
Murphy
Francis X. Mahoney
Tague
Fire Headquarters
John John O Tabor
Fire Department
Daniel E. Sennott
Tabor
Sennott
John A. Mullen
John Grady
Bulfinch Street
Harrison Avenue
Bristol Street
District 7
Suffolk County
John Otis Taber
South End
Quincy
Thomas Giblin
Taber
Bill to Bar Women Smoking Faces Senate Debate
A bill barring women from smoking on premises was filed in the Senate yesterday afternoon and will be considered in the calendar for debate today.
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Senate
Will Erect Monument to Vets Murdered At Centralia
A movement in Centralia Washington proceeds to raise a memorial building funded by the American Legion to honor four World War I veterans Warren Grimm Dale Hubbard Ben Casagranda and Arthur McElfresh killed by IWW gunmen on Armistice Day 1919. The effort is led by the Centralia Memorial Association with Seattle Times editor Col C B Blethen as chair and Governor W J Coyle as vice chair. An initial fund plan targets 250000 dollars with broad state and national support.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Centralia
State of Washington
Warren O. Grimm
Dale Hubbard
Ben Casagranda
Arthur McElfresh
American Legion
Legion
Centralia Memorial Association
Col. C. B. Blethen
The
Seattle Times
W. J. Coyle
C. D. Cunningham
Washington
Memorial Association
Seattle
American Legion Memorial
Wash
Watertown and Belmont Elections Reported Victories
Watertown’s new board of selectmen won on a Democratic ticket defeating Republicans. Winners are Albert B. Hall John A. Collins and Edward D. Holland. Defeated were Charles E. Fay Ernest K. Ingalls and G Fred Robinson. Belmont elected Eugene G. White as selectman H Baxter Underwood assessor. Louis A. Jones and Arthur Glenn Simms joined the school committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Board of Selectmen
Alpert B. Hall
John A. Collins
Edward D. Holland
Charles E. Fay
Ernest K. Ingalls
G. Fred Robinson
Charles O. Chase
Mary F. Downey
Albert A. Bell
Walter A. Colby
Belmont
Eugene G. White
Three Arrested in Jewellers Building
Three people were taken into custody in a jewellers building raid. May Carney age 24 of 77 Call street Jamaica Plain Myrtle Jones age 26 of 35 Anderson street West End Archibald McDonald age 38 of 44 B street South Boston claimed to be a watchman. They were booked for drunkenness and face more serious charges planned for arraignment. Patrolman Adams and Leahy recovered jewelry believed stolen by someone in the group.
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Leahy
Adams
Tremont Street
Jewellers
Washington Street
Miss Jones
Bromfield Street
Carney
McDonald
Mosher
May Carney
Call Street
Jamaic
Myrtle Jones
Anderson Street
West End
Archibald McDonald
B Street
South Boston
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertise Youthful Vitality
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural liver and bowel tonic to maintain youth. It claims inactivity of bowels and liver causes sickness, promising gentle, olive colored tablets as a substitute for calomel at 50c to 80c.
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Edwards
Ohio
Local selectmen and park commissioner results announced
Joshua Renby, Leslie E. Griffin and Harry E. Wright won selectman seats with 1807 1680 and 1673 votes. Joseph Harvey received 1824 votes and Benjamin Tucker 419. William J. Barkley was elected park commissioner with 1463 votes facing Herbert W. Causer at 674. License question passed Yes 790 No 2088.
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Joshua Renby
Leslie E. Griffin
Harry E. Wright
Joseph Harvey
Benjamin Tucker
William J. Barkley
Herbert W. Causer
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Eagle Brand
la Touraine
Boston
W. S. Quinby CO
Chicago
Shulman
New York
Legal Affairs Committee
Will H. Hays
Moving Picture Interests
Edwin Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Z. Gonrad
Park Street
Otis E. Foye
Dorchester
C. Scheffel
Brookline
W. W. Davis
Cambridge
Nils T. Kjellstrom
Association For the Preservation of Liberty
Isaiah H. Shain
Butler
Tremont ST
Jordan Marsh Company
Winthrop
Mueller
Pictorial Review
Cretonne
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