Dorchester Seeks Help For Tenean Beach Improvement
The South Dorchester Improvement Association leads a campaign to improve Tenean Beach with public support. A 1910s petition previously secured 10 000 for purchase and 2 000 for building plans, while fires destroyed the men’s section leaving only the women’s area and shanties. The group plans to meet Mayor Curley to seek cooperation.
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Dorchester
Tenean Beach
South Dorchester
Fitzgerald
Dorchester High School
L Street
Charles River
Isis
South
Boston Man to Hunt Big Game in Africa
Elton Clark a Harvard 1906 alumnus and Boston cotton broker set sail from Rome to British East Africa for a big game hunt. He travels with T. T. Lindsay of Southboro as part of the expedition.
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Boston
Africa
Elton Clark
Harvard
Framingham
Rome
British East Africa
Mr. Clark
T. T. Lindsay
Southboro
No State Religion Declared in China Says Official Edict
An official Chinese statement clarifies that worship of Heaven and Confucius by leaders does not establish a national religion. The document warns against misreading the restoration of ancient rites as a state creed, reiterating that individual religious choice remains up to the people under the constitution.
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Pekin
China
Religious liberty and the five races in the republic
The text notes that religious liberty is observed worldwide and defines the republic as composed of five races Chinese Manchus Mongolians Mohammedans and Thibetans with their distinct historical traditions.
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Our Republic
Young Men Urged to Wed Early by Dr Wilcox
Dr De Witt G Wilcox of Brookline urged young men at a YMCA forum to marry between ages 22 and 25 and not wait until 30. He spoke on Sexual Instinct before a large audience, stressing timely marriage as a guide to reproductive health.
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de Witt G. Wilcox
Brookline
Shamrocks at the Continental
Commencing at noon today the Continental Clothing House gives potted shamrocks to their friends get yours advertisement notes the offer at the store in town and invites customers to claim a plant as a St Patrick’s Day gesture.
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Continental Clothing House
Walsh Indorsed by Boston Central Labor Union
The Boston Central Labor Union strongly endorses Governor Walsh for removing the State Board of Labor and Industries. Delegates protested consolidation with any other commission and adopted resolutions on the issue. Edward W. Connors spoke on the movement's progress and future development. An end-of-season meeting is planned for next month with officer installation and guest speakers.
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Walsh
State Board of Labor and Industries
Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Central Labor Body
Edward W. Connors
Washington, D. C
Labor unions press for eight hour day and oppose board merger
The Boston Central Labor Union adopts resolutions backing a constitutional equal suffrage measure and calls Governor Walsh to appoint a labor board that follows the law. It condemns plans to consolidate the Industrial Accident Board with the State Board of Labor and Industries and urges unions to oppose any merger.
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State Senate
American Federation of Labor
Secretary of War
Garrison
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
President Gompers
A. F. of I
Army and Navy
Boston Central Labor Union
David
Alden Brothers Company
Boston
P. C. Clerks Arrange for Big Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Boston Post Office Clerks Branch 5 was held yesterday at Longfellow Hall. The legislative committee reported many items of interest to the clerks. John T. Gleavy, secretary of the Civil Service Retirement Association, attended.
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Boston Postofice
Longfellow Hall
John T. Gleavey
Civil Service Retirement Association
Ladies Tailors Union Sets Plans After Grievances
At a mass meeting on Washington Street the Boston Ladies Tailors Union outlined the season’s activities and addressed grievances at two or three shops seeking longer hours than the eight hour day in the agreement. A special committee will visit shop owners to confirm whether they intend to honor the pact.
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Edward Love
Buffalo
Boston
Newburyport
Providence
Boston & Maine Dock Freight Handlers’ Union 809
Thomas J. Williams
Pittsburg
A. F. of L. Building Trades Department
Executive Board of
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Boston Metal Trades Council
A. F. of L
A. F. of
Boston Hatters
Lawrence
New Jersey
Boston Ladies’ Hat Workers’ Union
Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Machinists
Wells Memorial
William T. Irvine
Quincy
Wells Memorial Hall
Boston Elevator Operators’ and Porters’ Union
Boston Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
James A. Gallivan
Noonunion
Greaney
Division
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington Street
Boston Ladies’ Tailors’ Union
Sick Benefit Approved for Boston Copper Smiths
At a special meeting of Boston Copper smiths Union 92 held at 7H Washington Street, members voted to establish a sick benefit system providing $4 a week to workers unable to work due to illness. The proposal had been under consideration for some time.
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Boston Coppersmiths’ Union 92
Washington Street
Work ers to aid on pensions report to legislature
A state commission reports to the Legislature late today proposing a bill to require municipal employees to contribute to their pension funds. Police, fire, and other city workers would pay a 3 percent payroll contribution, ending full retirement pensions from municipal funds for most employees.
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Special State Commission
General Court
Massachusetts pension plan leads to contributory system push
Boston faces a potential $440 000 yearly burden cut in half with workers to cover about $200 000. Massachusetts cities back the bill for a general compulsory contributory pension system modeled after the State plan. State employees contribute 3 percent to a pension fund with annuities and optional retirement at 60.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Special Commission
Commonwealth
James E. McConnell
Roxbury
Magnus W. Alexander
Lyng
Henry S. Dennison
South Framingham
Inside Iron Workers Union Formed Merging Local Bodies
The Inside Iron Workers Union was permanently formed as a union of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union by International Vice-President J A Johnston of Indianapolis. At a mass meeting 26 new members were admitted.
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Inside Iron Workers’ Union
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
J. A. Johnston
Indianapolis
Five Gamblers Arrested in Roxbury Raid at Shawmut Avenue
Sergeant Fisher and two Roxbury Crossing officers raided a first floor house at 716 Shawmut Avenue Roxbury capturing five men in a gambling raid. In the confrontation Patrolman Roy Jordan tackled a fleeing suspect as Hoar grappled with other escapees and a hidden man was found beneath a bed and added to the wagon lineup.
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Fisher
Roxbury Crossing
Shawmut Avenue
Roxbury
Hoar
Roy Jordan
Jordan
Sergeant Fisher
Page Class Opposes Sunday Baseball Protest Letters Sent
Members of the Page class of the Dudley Street Baptist Church Roxbury protested Sunday baseball by sending letters to the Massachusetts Legislature and Senate after a discussion titled Baseball or What on Sunday Speakers included A. E. Carr C. H. McIntyre and Dr H W White.
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Massachusetts
Senate
Dudley Steet Baptist Church
Roxbury
A. E. Carr
C. H. McIntyre
H. W. White
Remarkable Rheumatism Recovery Promoted by Varnesis
A Providence woman credits Varnesis with curing long standing rheumatism and knee pain after eight months of worsening symptoms. She reports improved sleep appetite and mobility. The plant based remedy claims no salicylates or metals and targets weak stomachs. Physicians are invited to consult, with free advice and a display of crutches and photos at 140 Boylston Street.
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Frederick Hurst
Broadstreet
Providence
R. I
Boston
New England
W. A. Varney
Lynn
Mass
Boylston Street
Riker-Jaynes
Advt
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