Lloyd George Opposes Ulster Home Rule Move
The Irish question dominates parliamentary debate as Lloyd George rejects forcing Ulster into home rule during the war. Nationalists push for settlement and compromise while Redmond protests, Asquith suggests mediation, and Ulster Unionists stay resistant amid calls for a conference or commission to report on a constitutional settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. O’connor
England
Ireland
Empire
United Sates
Wilson
United States
O’connor
Willam A. Redmond
Sir John Lonsdale
Ister
Lloyd George
Ieland
Tliament
United Kingdom
Asquith
Dominions
John Redmond
Redmond
T. P. O'Connor
Ulster
O'Connor
Germany
Henry Dalziel
Rising
War Cabinet
Needle in sausage alleged in suit in Cambridge
Victor Alvido of Cambridge sues John P. Squire Company of Boston for 2000 dollars claiming a needle concealed in a sausage entered his mouth on September 23, 1916 while eating lunch. He says the needle caused serious injury and distress and names the sausage as the source of action in the East Cambridge Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Alvido
Cambridge
East Cambridge
John P. Squire Company
Boston
Miss Ethel Kerr Fowler to Wed Leslie Johnson on March 26
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fowler of Malden invites the marriage of her daughter Miss Ethel Kerr Fowler a Simmons College graduate of 1915 to Leslie Obear Johnson son of G H Johnson Malden school committee chairman. The wedding will be held Monday March 26 at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fowler
Elizabeth B. Fowler
Tufts Street
Malden
Ethel Kerr Fowler
Simmons College
Leslie Obear Johnson
G. H. Johnson
Musterole Mustard Plaster Alternative Advert
Advertisement promotes Musterole as a clean white ointment made from oil of mustard and other ingredients. It claims to relieve soreness and stiffness without blistering and can ease sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back joint pains sprains sore muscles bruises chilblains frostbite and chest colds.
Test for all post masters announced for all classes
Washington March 7 Post Master General Burleson announced that after April 1 all postmasters of first second and third class will face competitive examinations. Nominations go to the Senate as before but the President will use exam results to guide selections and submit top names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burleson
Senate
Civil Service Reform Sparks Capitol Debate
The Civil Service Commission will set a new classification and use competitive exams for all vacancies including resignations removals and deaths. Current four year appointees stay until term end and then face the test. The Capitol chaos drew Democratic leaders denouncing the move as a bid to win cross party support in a split House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Capitol
Sheridan Towed on Easter Monday Love at First Sight
George W. Sheridan of the Stone and Forsyth firm ends bachelorhood on Easter Monday after meeting 18 year old Hariette B. Henderson, who later becomes 20 and works for the firm. Sheridan, 88, resident of the Bellevue Hotel, is a Boston Elk. Henderson is daughter of S. B. Henderson, manager and director at the Medford addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sheridan
Stone & Forsyth
Hariette B. Henderson
S. B. Henderson
Wright Street
Medford
Sheridan
Bellevue Hotel
Boston Lodge of Elks
Woman Plans Garden for Tech President
Miss Mabel Keyes Babcock of Wellesley Hills an alumna of Tech has been chosen by President Maclaurin to plan the formal garden surrounding the president’s new home. She is among the nation’s leading women landscape planners with notable work in the region and the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Keyes Babcock
Wellesley Hills
Tech
Maclaurin
Miss Babcock
President Maclaurin of
Technology
Lodger John McCarthy Found Dead in East Boston
John McCarthy a lodger at 345 Chelsea Street East Boston was found dead in bed yesterday afternoon a gas cock half turned on death suspected accidental authorities say the scene indicates a possible gas poisoning from a faulty supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCarthy
Chelsea Street
Boston
Ittig
Jewelry Loot Recovered After Fitchburg Arrest
More than $22,000 worth of jewelry and silverware stolen from homes near Boston and across Essex and Worcester counties has been recovered. The haul was recovered following the arrest in Fitchburg over a month ago of Nicholas Grodius, a notorious burglar on parole from Charlestown State Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Essex
Worcester Counties
Fitchburg
Nicholas Grodius
Notoriou
Charlestown
Stolen Loot Recovered as Grodius Is Tracked Across Cities
State police, led by Officers Edward J. McCarthy and Edward E. Most, chase a burglar named Grodius who admits stealing property since 1915. A trunk traced from Clinton to Biddeford yielded $3000 in diamonds. more loot was found in Maine cities as authorities expect further recoveries. Grodius, 40, was arrested in Fitchburg January 29 while entering a house.
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Edward J. McCarthy
Edward E
Grodius
Fitchburg
McCarthy
Molt
Gradius
Clinton
Biddeford
Maine
Groditis
Hot Debate On Schools In Boston
After a three hour debate on reorganizing Boston schools, the United Improvement Association voted to refer to local associations proposed changes from the Finance Commission survey. They urged making the superintendent CEO of the school committee, adopting a junior high system, and raising junior masters' pay gradually to 1476 from 576, with local postings to allow thorough consideration. Carr and Thompson debated the issues amid a lively discussion, with delegates to report at the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Finance Commission
United Improvement Association
Quincy House
Committee On Schools
Charles L. Carr
Frank V. Thompson
Petticoat Makers Enter A F L Campaign
More than a third of the 1000 petticoat workers in 25 city shops have joined through shop committees chosen by the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union. International officers will visit in the next ten days to extend the organizing drive, with the goal of uniting all workers under the A F L banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
A. F. of L. International
A. F. of L
Broker's Clerk Indicted for Murder of Mona Simons
Weldon H. Wells a broker's clerk formerly of Kansas City and Huntington Ind abides in hotel murder case. Indicted for first degree murder in Columbus Ohio six weeks after Miss Mona Simons was killed. Trial expected in April.
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Columbus
Mona Simons
Weldon H. Wells
Kansas City
Huntington
Ind
44-Hour Week Sought by Neponset Plant Workers
A mass meeting of George Lawley & Son craftspeople in Neponset discussed shortening hours. A committee will request management grant of a 44-hour work week for all plant employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lawley & Son, Inc
Neponset
Bakers and Lobby Face Off Over Pure Bread Bill
William J. Meade of the Bakers and Confectionery Workers' Union accuses a powerful lobby of blocking city officials from backing the pure bread bill now before the Legislature. The measure would require labels naming ingredients on every loaf offered for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Meade
Bakers and Confectionery Workers’ Union
Legislative Committee On Public Health
Ward Bread Case Prompts War on Baking Giants
Mr Meade alleges large baking firms organized before the war plan to profit at the poor’s expense and backed by Standard Oil and steel interests. Mrs Keene and 16 Housekeepers League members support the bill. Ward-Corby officials including George F Ward deny lobby ties and defend purity, citing Arcady yeast and a five thousand dollar reward for impure ingredients. Dr Harvey Wiley’s letter supports Ward’s bread as pure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meade
Standard Oil and Steel
Paul Keene
Housekeepers’ League
Ida Hebbard
W. M. Noble
Ward- Corby Baking Company
Ward Company
Ward
Noble
Arcady
Harvey Wiley
George F. Ward
Ward-Corby Company
R. E. Allen
Ward Laboratories
Cambridgeside Engagement Announcement
Mrs Edmund P Browne of 68 Oxford Street Cambridge announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Florence Kingsland Browne to Henry Philip Nelligan son of Mr and Mrs Philip H Nelligan of 413 Washington Street Cambridge The wedding is planned for early autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kingsland Browne
Henry P. Nelligan
Edmund P. Browne
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Henry Philip Nelligan
Philip H. Nelligan
Washington Street
Norwood Man Sued for 5000 Over Dog Bite Incident
Mark Connolly of Norwood yesterday sued W. Cameron Forbes former governor general of the Philippines for 5000 in Dedham court alleging a dog owned by Forbes attacked him on November 2, 1916 causing severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Cameron Forbes
Norwood
The
Philippines
Mark Connolly
Mr. Forbes
Connolly
Forbes
Dedham
Olive Tablets Offer Liver Help For Digestive Ailments
Thousands seek relief from stomach upset by targeting the liver and bowels with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The vegetable formula is said to stimulate natural function, ease indigestion and bad taste, and can be taken at bedtime. Available in 10c and 25c boxes at drugstores.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Brought Me Child
Poplar Bluff Missouri woman Mrs Allin B Timmons says after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved and she became a mother of a healthy baby girl. She credits the remedy with helping her overcome sterility and perform housework. Many other homes report similar outcomes from the herbal tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Poplar Bluff
Mrs. Allin B. Timmons
Almond St. Poplar Bluff
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Mr. Asquith
Wm. A. Redmond Appeals
William A. Redmond
East Tyrone
John Lonsdale
John Dillon
British Empire
Dillon
Sinn
Timothy Healey
Mr. Redmond
Healey
Uncle Sam
Ward Baking Company
Albany Street
Musterole
Harriette B. Henderson
Woman Plans Garden For
Tech President
Petticoat
A. F. OF
Says Lobby
Bakers
Union
Florence K. Browne
H. P. Nelligan
Ferdinand King
New York City
Dr. Edwards
Victrola VJ
N. E
R.H. White Co
Ballard’s
Gale
Ker
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