Telephone Inquiry Delays Threaten War Era Service
Vice-President KE KX Hall of New England Telegraph & Telephone warns a rate and service investigation would impair operations. He cites wartime demand, material shortages, and staff strain, urging no immediate action beyond a reference to the next General Court. He details projected plant additions and the need for uninterrupted supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. KX. Hall
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Europe
Gally
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted for Constipation Relief
An advisory piece extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a simple laxative remedy. It features an 83-year-old user from Ann Arbor praising its natural action and notes druggists sell it for fifty cents. Free trial bottles offered by Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Mr. J
Bristol
Boston hosts the 10 Breen brothers family of Kerry origin
The Breen brothers aged 23 to 40, children of Patrick and Mary Breen of County Kerry, Ireland, now reside across Boston precincts. Despite diverse lives and families, the ten men share a unified political belief with no disputes over politics.
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New England
United States
Boston
Breen Brothers
Patrick
Mary Keane Breen
County Kerry
Ireland
John
Jeremiah
Mary
Old Homestead
America
Ten Breen Brothers
Daniel Hoar Funeral Set For Somerville
Funeral services for Daniel Hoar, 31, brother-in-law of Jake Kilrain, will be held tomorrow morning at St. Ann's Church in Somerville. He died suddenly Sunday afternoon while visiting friend Thomas McCrossan at 42 Warwick Street. a longtime Somerville resident.
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Daniel Hoar
Jake Kilrain
St. Ann's Church
Somerville
Hoar
Thomas McCrossan
Warwick Street
Vessels Arrive Amid High Fish Prices and Transit Updates
Five vessels reached the new fish pier with Sunday arrivals selling trips as demand outpaced fresh supply. Wholesale fish prices rose for haddock cod hake and halibut while several vessels and their fares are listed. The British steamer Orpheus repaired after damage from Bermuda port call and the Leyland line’s Canadian left for Liverpool after delays. A rise in foreign-port passenger arrivals to Boston is noted for April 1915 with 4490 people reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
Hake
Andrews
W. H. Moody
Orpheus
Marseilles
Boston
Bermuda
Cunard Line
London
Leyland Line
Liverpool
April 1918 Port Arrivals Reach New High at Commonwealth Pier
Records show 4146 arrivals in April 1918 and a surge at Commonwealth Pier with 14 steamers berthed and about 56000 tons of cargo discharged. Over 2000 passengers from a dozen countries entered Boston via the big docks as Superintendent John A Campbell noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Commonwealth Pier
Boston
John A. Campbell
English Remedy Promises Cure for Catarrhal Deafness
An advertisement touts an English internal remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises. It describes a home preparation using Parmint, hot water, and sugar to reduce ear inflammation and balance pressure, claiming rapid hearing improvement and urging sufferers to try the formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
City of Bangor Floated for Repairs at Simpson's Dock
The spacious pier kept clear for incoming steamers helped avert freight congestion in recent months. The steamer City of Bangor was floated into Simpson's drydock yesterday for cleaning and repairs ahead of the Boston-Isennebec service opening soon. THE LANDSMAN.
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City of
Bangor
Simpson
Shipping News Arrivals of Diverse Vessels and Tugs
A list of ships and vessels arriving or active at various ports including Prometheus Karns New York Jupiter Kemp Norfolk Cape Breton McDonald Louisburg Bond Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Harding Barbara Francis Margaret Thomas Portland Grant Stonington and tug Edgar B F Luckenback towing barges Jf R L Co No 5 Tobyhanna Nesquehouling Boylston Rex Rex tow 27 pontoons two scows notations of port names and owners appear throughout the dispatch.
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U.S
Karns
New York
Jupiter
Kemp
Norfolk
A. Jacques
Powell
Cape Breton
McDonald
Louisburg
C. B
City of Augusta
Munson
Savannah
Ontario
Bond
Baltimore
Newport News
Harding
Barbara
Francis
Margaret Thomas
Goldthwaite
Jacksonville
Arthur J. Parker
Br.i. Smith, Verymouth
Portland Packet
Grant
Stonington
Edgar BF. Luckenbank
Nelson
Josephus
West Point
Fred E. Richards
Miller
Tobyhanna
Rockland
Pequest
Hugh Ross
Heath
Boylston
Searsport
Nesquehouling
Shipping Movements and Towing Barges Across Ports
A list of ships steamers and towing barges moving between New York Portland Gloucester Rockland Narragansett Fall River and other ports includes vessels such as William H Rose Green woods Gracie D S T Co barges Hattie and Neponset and barges from Nos 5 and 6 to various destinations. The catalog notes destinations like Perth Amboy Boston Newport News Baltimore and St John New Brunswick with multiple references to British Canadian and U.S. ports and vessels including Itasca Steuben and others in a broad marine traffic ledger.
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Juno
Kemp
New Bedford
William H. Rose
New York
Neponset
Sears
Sandwich
Greenwood
Perth Amboy
Portham
Rockland
Gloucester
Portland
Narragansett
Wiogiass
Fall River
Gracie D
Chambers
Standard
Mugan
S. T. Co
Charles P. Greenough
Natty
Hattie
Lamberts Point
Nanticoke
Sewalls Point
Liverpool
D. A. Gordon
Louisburg
Koren
Philadelphia
Governor Cobb
Fastport
St. John
N. B
Norfolk
Newport News
Baltimore
Brandon
Cosstwise
B. B. Hardwick
Halls Harbor
N. S
Princess of Avon
Digby
C. B. Clark
Bangor
Mineola
Winterport
Charlie & Willie
Atawamteak
Searsport
John J. Perry
Ervin J. Luce
Rockport
Mass
Jeremiah Smith
Weymouth
Itasca
Steuben
Wyoming
Cuba
Security
Bayonne
W. H. Yerkes
T. Go
Haverhill
Pexpet
Hugh Ross
Nesquehoning
Chemung
Cohocton
Lansford
Fred BE
Richards
Tobyhanna
Rockand
Shuman Re-elected President Of City Hospital Board
A Shuman was re-elected president of the Boston City Hospital board of trustees at the annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the Relief Station. This marks the sixteenth time he has been honored. Joseph P. Manning was chosen secretary. Other board members are Francis J. Keany Conrad J. Reiter and Thomas A. Forsyth. Following the meeting the board was treated to a dinner by President Shuman.
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A, Shuman
Boston City Hospital
Relief Station
Joseph P. Manning
Ty Francis J. Keany
Conrad J. Rieter
Thomas A. Forsyth
Shuman
Steamer Hendenhall Sunk with Belgian Relief Wheat Cargo
Portland May 1 The Hirn ish steamship Hendenhall reported sunk carried 231000 bushels of wheat from Portland on April 7 for Rotterdam. One American crew member left the ship at Portland. no other crew records available locally.
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Portland
Hendenhall
Rotterdam
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Dr. Caldwell
MR. J. H. Bristol
James
Thomas
Timothy
Michael
Maurice
Dennis
Daniel
Peter
Democrats
Ise
Mars
Saturn
Shipping News
City Hospital Board
White Truck Performance
Veryone
the White Company
Cleveland
Commonwealth Avenue
Merican Gan. Compar
American Can Company
Lee Eee
Alpha T Rugs
Alpha Polly Rugs
Betz Ee
Indidian Druggers
Jordan Marsh Company
China
Japan
Daghestans
Acre
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