Niland Presses Public Hearing On PSC Charges
Former Representative Thomas A Niland of East Boston sends a letter to Governor McCall requesting a public hearing and investigation into 10 charges against four Public Service Commission members chaired by Frederick J Macleod. He stresses open, nonpolitical review and justice.
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Thomas A. Niland
East Boston
McCall
Public Service Commission
Mr. Niland
Governor McCall
Council
Frederick J. Macleod
Everett FE. Stone
John F. Meaney
Joseph
BR. Mastman
Pubblic Service Commission
Massachusetts
Health unit talk urges housework to keep husbands home
Deputy Commissioner Thomas Jordan urged West End schoolgirls at the new Health Unit on Blossom Street to become good cooks and homemakers to keep their husbands at home. Mrs. William Lowell Putnam urged helpers with babies, and health notes from the Women’s Municipal League were highlighted. Mayor Curley addressed parents on the unit’s health education goals and free nursing, doctoring, and medical exams available.
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Thomas Jordan
West Ind
Blossom Street
William Lowell Putnam
Women’s Municipal League
Curley
A Grabber of Goats by Joseph Ernest
A feature on a girl profiled in the Next Sunday Post Magazine. It highlights her ambitions, daily life, and community ties as she navigates school and family duties while pursuing unique goals. The piece blends portraiture with social observations.
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Joseph Ernest
Next Sunday Post
Eloped at sixteen seeks divorce in Middlesex Court
Mrs. Gertrude F. Webber accuses husband Samuel N. Webber of desertion in Divorce Court. Both have prior court history with earlier suits filed in 1912. Judge O'Connell heard yesterday, with Judge Hitchcock previously dismissing related libels.
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Gertrude F. Webber
Samuel N. Webber
O’connell
Somerville case tests alienation of wife’s affections
Billiard expert Mr Webber sued Somerville mall for alienation of his wife’s affections and lost. Mrs Webber described abusive separation in 1911 and gave details of furniture removal, alimony, letters, and a prior divorce suit. The testimony covered elopement in 1896, child Viola now in Somerville High, and threats during the split.
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Webber
City Hall Avenue
Adams House
Somerville
Providence
Want of whereabouts of Portland bridge workers
Information requested on the current location of William Ledrew Jacob Taylor FE H Keyes and other workmen formerly employed on the new Portland bridge TIT STUART & SON Portland Maine request help from readers to locate them.
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William Ledrew
Jacob Taylor
FE. H. Keyes
New Portland Bridge
TIT, Stuart & Son
Portland
Maine
Divorce Case Involving Mr Sloan At Charlestown Premises
The dispute centers on Mr Sloan at 14 Surrey Street Charlestown and a letter urging his wife to return. He notes no divorce petition or alienation suit had been filed when the letter was written. Prosecution objects to rent receipts as evidence and the owner may be called in court.
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L. P. Hollander
Boston
Viola
Hollander’s
W. Jennings Patton
Smith
Hollander's
Surrey Street
Charlestown
Sloan
Freight congestion raises paper's price in Houston
Owing to a scarcity of print paper caused by freight congestion in the East a local afternoon paper in Houston increased the price of its street editions from 2 to 5 cents. The move is expected to cut street sales by 20 to 30 percent and save a carload of paper in two weeks.
Wrench Attack on Stepfather Leaves Man Critical
James Jameson, 20, of 3% Railway Avenue was arrested in Gloucester on charges of assaulting his stepfather Alfred T. Lorentzen. Police say Jameson struck Lorentzen on the head with a monkey wrench after Lorentzen abused Jameson’s mother. Lorentzen is in Addison Gilbert Hospital in critical condition with a fractured skull.
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Gloucester
James Jameson
Alfred T. Lorentzen
Railway Avenue
Jameson
Lorentzen
Addison Gilbert Hospital
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the Live Store
Summer & Hawley Streets
New England
Kennedy
Brockton
Beverly
Hyde Park
Lynn
Worcester
Niland
Public Service Board
War Relief Clearing House
Herbert Jaques
Everett Morss
Juliet Higginson
Franz E. Zerrahn
Boylston Street
Back Bay
Mr. Busin
Mr. Webber
O'Connell
Houston, Texas
Owing
Copley Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Ave
State Street Crust Co
Paul Revere
State Street
Devonshire Street
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