Profit by Skinning on Stock in Leather Contract
Sears claimed the only profit on the contract came from skinning the leather and ordered no strangers be hired, as he believed Secret Service agents were disguising themselves as shoe takers.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
9
Sears claimed the only profit on the contract came from skinning the leather and ordered no strangers be hired, as he believed Secret Service agents were disguising themselves as shoe takers.
Testimony from Thomas H. Sherwood of Worcester reveals Bates Company bought 59,900 outer soles at 65 cents when market was 74 cents and more misfits followed. Inner soles bought for 15 to 17 cents from C S Pierce Co and Armour, inferior quality caused shoes to tear. Sears, Webster vice president, faces three indictments for conspiracy and bribery as eleven witnesses testify. case may run through the week.
Emerson College students presented a polished production of Friend Hannah as the inaugural event of commencement week. Helen Lynch starred as Prince of Wales with a strong supporting cast including Luelfile Husting Elaine Riche and Beatrice Talmas. The cast delivered memorable portrayals with moving conviction and confident performances across four acts.
This excerpt offers social guidance on welcoming newcomers and proper card etiquette for first calls. It also advises guests at garden parties to avoid interrupting a busy hostess, suggesting discreet departures or a polite farewell at the end of the afternoon.
St Marys Dramatic Club stages the sacred drama My New Curate at St Augustine's Hall South Boston next Sunday afternoon and Monday and Tuesday nights with a matinee for children. Proceeds go to St Augustine School fund. Later the company will perform at Boston College Hall for St Pauls Church Dorchester. The Rev Richard J OBrien formerly of Boston College praised for valor and duty. Cardinal O Connell will preside and the apostolic delegate Archbishop John Bonanza will invest Archbishop Hayes with the pallium at St Patrick's Cathedral New York today with many prelates invited.
A series of reader inquiries to the Post editor covers Theodore Roosevelt’s travel outside the United States during his presidency, identification of the Alaska representative, the author of a poem line attributed to Eugene Field, Atlantic coast port commerce rankings, a Boston to Quebec automobile route, Wilson’s arrival at the peace conference, Milford pink granite for monuments, and the Boston to Albany distance via Greenfield and the Mohawk trail.
Miss Marion Hall of 2% Dartmouth Street Somerville and Theodore Mains of Winchester, connected with Slater Mills at Webster, after 18 months with the 26th Division in France, were married last evening at the bride’s parents’ home by Rev. Howard Chidley of Winchester.
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