Women to equalize school board faces in Cambridge
Mrs. Edmund A. Whitman of the Cambridge school committee urged equal female representation on the Cambridge School Board. She argued women bring the mother’s view, advocate health via better lunches and truant officers, and push for fair pay and promotion for women teachers, noting a precedent of unequal salaries. The Daughters of Massachusetts hosted Patriotic knitting and sewing as members supported the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund A. Whitman
Cambridge
Daughters of Massachusetts
Brunswick
Whitman
Father John's Medicine credited by mother for two girls
Mrs Marg ar et M Carey of Norristown Pa praises Father John s Medicine for her two girls Marcella and another daughter each benefiting from the tonic. The letter says the medicine helped throat trouble and overall health without opium or narcotics and calls it a safe food medicine and tissue builder for children.
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John
Marcella
Margaret M. Carey
Barbadoes Street
Norristown
Father John
High Lent Prices Hit Boston Fish Market Hard
Lent opens with scarce fish and famine prices in Boston. Dealers report low supply as inclement weather keeps wholesale supplies down. Haddock at 12 cents, halibut and salmon 25 cents, mackerel 30, sea trout 3% cents, lobsters scarce, and large scallops unrealized demand. Vegetables show modest price stability with strawberries 35 cents a quart and oranges 20 to 50 cents. Mutton scarce, beef and pork steady, butter firm at 40 cents, lard 18 cents, turkeys 88 cents, natives 80 cents, fancy fowl 23 to 25 cents.
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Boston
Haddock
Catholic lectures and events at Boston colleges and parishes
Rev James I Mellon S J of Boston College lectures on Psychology of Learning draw 175 teachers. Upcoming talks include Comparative Pragmatism by Mellon and Principles of Education by Miss Mary Mellyn. Also a St Josephs Alumnae meeting Roxbury, a laymen retreat, Lent lectures at Sacred Heart East Boston, Pilates Daughters at St Alphonsus Hall, and Federation of Catholic Societies meeting at St Augustine School Hall with church officials hosting.
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James I’. Mellon
S. J
Boston College
Greater Boston
Mary Mellyn
Boston Public Schools
St. Joseph's Alumnae Association of
Rox- Lury
Father Waiters
C. P
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Brighton
Church of the Sacred Heart
East
Boston
James H. O'Neill
Pilate
St. Alphonsus Hall
Mission Church
James Lynch
Federation of Catholic Societies
St. Augustine's School Hall
South Oston
Church of the Rosary
C. P. Murthy
M. €. Doherty
Joseph I. Coppinger
Measles Quarantine Hits Naval Recruits at Newport
In Newport France 16 measles cases prompt quarantine of apprentices in Barracks B and at the naval training station. Officials say the outbreak should not affect Atlantic fleet readiness as most ready recruits are aboard training ships.
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Newport
Naval Training Station
Atlantic
Boston Readies Welcome for Scottish Clan Chief A G Findlay
A G Findlay of Beattle royal chief of the Order of Scottish Clans arrives in Boston this morning for his annual clan leader visit. Committees of the Boston Scottish clans plan a reception for him.
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A. G. Findlay of
Beattle
The
Order of Scottish Clans
Boston
Iealer
Paris neckwear enhances a simple gown charm
A shopper describes new Parisian neckwear and accessories that elevate a plain dress. Sol purchases white glace kid with black bands and jet buttons, a pale lavender organdie chemisette, and cape collars bound in satin with violet silk accents. The overall effect is highly becoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sol
Services for Young Letson Held in Winthrop
Funeral services for H. Farnham Letson 23 born in England and son of Captain and Mrs. Henry L. Letson were conducted at the Letson home in Winthrop. Rev. Charles S. Otto officiated with burial at Winthrop Cemetery. Letson, employed by Detroit Lubricator Works, died after two operations at Grace Hospital. He was engaged to Florence R. King of Winthrop.
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H. Farnham Letson
Henry L. Letson
Detroit
Mich
Letson
Bartlett Road
Winthrop
Charles S. Otto
First Methodist Church
Winthrop Cemetery
Young Letson
England
Detroit Lubricator Works
Grace Hospital
Ile
Florence R. King
FE. L. King
Circuit Road
Plans to fix up South Station for better cleanliness
Boston planners propose a complete segregation of the train shed and the midway at South Terminal Station. A solid wood and glass partition with steel framing would replace current fencing to block smoke and dirt from locomotives, improving cleanliness in waiting rooms and the promenade.
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South Terminal
Boston Terrainal Company
Pa Van Loon Debuts Diplomatic Adventure in Sunday Post
Pa Van Loon features in a new funny family adventure using diplomacy as its central premise. The piece promises lighthearted escapades and cartoonish diplomacy-driven misunderstandings in the weekly Sunday Post.
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Pa van Loon
Next Sunday Post
Will Make Picric Acid at Woburn
The New England Manufacturing Company of Woburn will stop producing trinitrotoluol at its North Woburn plant after a recent explosion. The firm plans to rebuild the damaged building and may convert the site to picric acid production, which is safer when damp or dissolved. An investigation led by Harry Lake and O Keefe found no cooling failure. the accident occurred during transfer between vats. Lack of grounding for vats and possible friction electricity are cited as causes while a reactive substance in a vat may have triggered overheating.
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The
New England Manufacturing Company of
Woburn
Merrimac Chemical Company
North Woburn
Harry Lake
Metropolitan Fire Prevention
O'Keefe
New England Manufacturing Company
Freight Handlers at Fall River Docks Strike for Higher Wages
About 300 freight handlers at Fall River line dock struck for wage increases and the reinstatement of an assistant foreman and checker. They had begun loading the steamers Plymouth and Boston when they quit. Demanded wage rise from 19 to 23 cents an hour.
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Fall River
Fall River Line
Plymouth
Boston
Plow Accident Injures South Boston Man
Michael Daley aged 60 of 108 West Third Street South Boston was seriously hurt when thrown from a horse drawn snow plow at the corner of Albany and East Dedham streets yesterday.
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Michael Daley
West Third Street
Boston
Albany
East Dedham Streets
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Wiltse
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George Wiltze
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
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the Continental Clothing House
Washington St
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