Marconi Co Wins Victory in Federal Court
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America won a federal court victory over the National Electric Signalling Company of Pittsburgh. The ruling, heard March 18, reinforces Marconi's claim to essential wireless telegraphy patents held by Sir Oliver Lodge and Guglielmo Marconi.
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New York
Marconi Wreless Telegraph Company
Amerca
National Electric Sigalling Company
Pittsburg
Oliver Wedge
Gusiilmo Marconi
Balts Salts Promotion Claims Kidney Health Benefits
An advertisement-style piece touts Balts salts as a remedy for backache and kidney issues. It argues meat intake poisons kidneys, causing rheumatism and other ailments, and urges daily use of a raci sts solution to cleanse kidneys. It also promotes Jad Salts as a safe, inexpensive lithia water with ionized lemon juice to maintain kidney and bladder health.
Traffic expert David Ives dies at 55 in Chestnut Hill
David O. Ives, 55, longtime manager of the Boston Chamber of Commerce transportation department and a national traffic expert, died yesterday at his Chestnut Hill home after months of illness from overwork. He influenced railroading policy and urged a separate management for the Boston and Maine after the merger trial failed.
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David O. Ives
Boston Chamber of Commerce Transportation Department
Middlesex Road
Chestnut Hill
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Ives
Boston X Maine Road
Ives Led Railroads and Commerce Post, 1909 Legacy
David Otis Ives, a longtime railroad traffic expert and former head of the Port Directors department, died leaving a Boston Chamber of Commerce tribute. Born in Salem 1858, educated at Harvard, he served Wabash and CB&Q railroads, led traffic classification, and championed New England shippers before retiring. He married Agnes Kennett in 1894 and is survived by his widow and two children. The Boston Chamber praised his knowledge, dedication, and public service.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Port Directors
Old Chamber
Merchants Association
Ives
New York
Wabash Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
David Otis Ives
Salem
Harvard College
Colorado
Mr. Ives
St. Louis
Agnes Kennett
Stephen B
Harvard
J. Randolph Coolidge
Ates
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England
Saving North Shore Woods
Summer residents' committees report progress in efforts to save the North Shore woods from gypsy moth damage. They advocate thorough systematic work behind shore properties and along wooded drives, noting six years of activity and opposing half measures as a waste of money.
Hack drivers fight bill threaten Boston carriage trade
A letter to the Post argues against House Bill No. 226 weakening Boston hackney controls. The 80 dissenting licensed drivers seek to allow unlimited hiring and lower fares, despite city rules and a police license system. William C. Dillon urges committee rejection as the bill sits in the legal affairs panel.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Boston
Gity
City of
O'Meara
Chamber of Commerce
William C. Dillon
Tremont Street
Rev E H Mohn of Norwood Resigns Pastorate
Norwood March 18 The Rev E Harold Mohn pastor of the Norwood Methodist Church resig ns from his pastorate and on April 21 sails for Europe with his wife They are students of architecture and art and will devote time abroad to travel and mountain climbing while studying extensively.
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Norwood
E. Harold Mohn
Norwood Methodist Church
Europe
Mohn
S. T. Hooper Dies Sudden in Reading
Samuel T. Hooper former Reading alderman and five year deputy tax collector died suddenly of heart disease at his home 119 Washington street Woburn He was past president of Division 18 A. O. H. and a member of the Order of Moose.
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Samuel T. Hooper
Reading
Washington Street
Woburn
Hooper
Division 18
Order of Moose
Governor Walsh tax plan condemned by trade group
Walstein R. Chester of Brookline called Governor Walsh recommendations on corporate franchise taxes selfish at a State Board of Trade meeting. James Y. Noyes accused the proposals of not creating new revenue and of misleading the wary.
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Walsh
Walstein R. Chester
Brookline
Executive Council
State Board of Trade
Hotel Vendome
Chester
James Y. Noyes
Taxation debate over Governor’s franchise recommendations
City council members debated the Governors tax plan at length and referred the issue to the taxation committee. Speakers argued the state would incur debt and that tax changes should be handled by a commission, with many opposing the first recommendation and favoring a slower approach to reform.
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Commonwealth
Telegraph and Trust
Arthur L. Spring
State Board of Trade
Chester
Erastus Worthington
Dedham
William O. Faxon
Stoughton
Balfour Struck by Stone. Suffers Facial Injuries
Former British prime minister Arthur J. Balfour was hit by a stone thrown by a boy while traveling by car from Cannes to Nice in France. He sustained a deep cut on the nose and a bruised cheek but still took part in the international lawn tennis tournament.
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Nice
France
Arthur J. Balfour
Cannes
Balfour
The International Correspondence Schools Success Examined
Scranton Penn March 16 1914 report defends the International Correspondence Schools after criticism in Massachusetts. It highlights 275 courses 1 651 765 students 100 000 annual enrollments and $2 000 000 textbook costs with classroom use by 167 universities and the U S Navy. It notes vast assets 1 159 280 29 buildings and 1 864 404 copyrights and plates as proof of legitimacy.
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Institutes of Technology
University of California
United States Navy Department
Naval Shipboard
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
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Garload
Great Ceylon Tea CO
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Brattle St
STHMA
Ontier Asthma CO
Jagara and
Hudson Sts
Buffalo
Macy
Aminati
Panama
Coolidge
Saving
North Shore Woods
David O. Tves
Marceau
E. H. Mohn
S. T. Hooper
Council of State Board of Trade
Roy
Bedford Street
Massachusetts General Assembly
United States
Canada
America
International Textbook Company
Penn
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