Higher Rents Justified By Mortgage Costs Says Owner
A Somerville widow, ALICE ROGERS, argues to the Post editor that Mayor Peters is mistaken about rent increases. She cites a $4000 mortgage on her three family house at 6 percent, rising interest and insurance costs, and says she raised rent by $2 monthly per apartment to cover expenses. She emphasizes property owners bear responsibility and deserve support from tenants.
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Peters
Alice Rogers
Pennsylvania Avenue
Somerville
Protest by Women Planned to Ease Rising Living Costs
Mrs. Harry Livingstone, vice-president of the Housekeepers' League, urged last night that housewives must act as costs of food and clothing rise weekly. She said the situation, growing more serious, requires preventive action by families, especially mothers.
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Harry Livingstone
The
Housekeepers’ League
Housewives Plan Mass Meeting to Protest High Prices
Mrs Ida Hebbard, president, and Mrs Livingstone lead the Housekeepers League in mobilizing a citywide protest. A special committee meeting will be held Thursday at 8 pm in Pierce Hall Copley Square with delegates from every district to plan actions and rally affiliated women clubs to demand a critique of rising costs and food and clothing economies.
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Ida’ ‘Hebbard
Livingstone
Pierce Hall
Copley Square
Housekeepers’ League
Teague
Debutant Eleanor Whitman of Cambridge Shines in Society
Debutant Eleanor Whitman daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund Whitman of Cambridge gains notice as a well known society girl of the year. She has pursued Red Cross and war work activities and has been widely entertained by family and friends since her coming out last winter.
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Eleanor’ Whitman
Red Cross
Edmund Whitman
Cambridge
Workman Killed by Electrocution in Railroad Yard
The body of Fred Potter lies at the North Mortuary after an electrocution at the East Somerville freight yards of the Boston and Maine railroad yesterday afternoon. He reportedly struck a live wire with a crowbar. police in Somerville have not located his home.
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Fred Potter
North Mortuary
East Somerville
Boston & Maine Railroad
Somerville
Fire wipes out Swan block in Stoughton
A morning blaze on Washington street destroyed the south end of the Swan block with $300,000 in damage. Guests fled Sebago Hotel in night clothes as flames spread. fire crews from Brockton helped, and the fire was put out after six hours. Ownership lay with Dr. Charles Swan and several neighboring businesses suffered losses.
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Stoughton
Washington Street
Sebago Hotel
Burke Clayton
Brockton
Charles Swan
New England Furniture Company
Stoughton Hardware Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barry’s
Wilhelmina Docked for New Rudder Repairs
The Wilhelmina formerly of the Hamburg American line was towed to Charlestown navy yard and placed in drydock at seven yesterday morning. A gang began work immediately as the ship is without a rudder. The Pretoria sailed from the yard yesterday morning for Brest, France.
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Wilhelmina
Hamburg-American Line
Charlestown Navy Yard
Pretoria
Brest
France
No Trace Of Plane In Fogbound Seaplane Search
The coast guard cutter Ossipee continued its search for the seaplane lost April 25, with wreckage sighted 40 miles off Provincetown on Friday. Dense fog rain heavy seas and an easterly gale hindered operations as the cutter arrived in the vicinity.
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Coast Guard
Ossipee
Provincetown
Ex Kaiser Hears Of His Fate In Amerongen
An official abstract of preliminary peace terms, read to the former German emperor at Amerongen, stirs Hohenzollern factions as officials seek word on a William Hohenzollern trial. Empress shows emotion, but awaits fuller report. Rumors of suicide are dismissed as canards. he plans to stay in Holland through summer with tightened castle defenses.
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Amerongen
Associated Press
Hohenzollern Party
Entente
William Hohenzollern
Still Sawing Logs Addled by Nervous Excitement
A special messenger drove to Arnhem to obtain the local newspaper while the former Emperor kept saws busy at his usual task. His nervous excitement grows, and his saw operates with unusual vigor under his physician Dr. guidance.
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Arnhem
Entries for Work-Horse Parade Due Wednesday
Henry Merwin president of the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association announces large entries for Memorial Day parade. Entries must be filed before 5 o'clock next Wednesday at 15 Beacon Street, Boston, as organizers promise one of the best events yet.
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Beacon Street
Henry Merwin
Boston Work-Horse Relief Association
Boston
Police Hunt For Three Men In Dorchester Assault
Police search for three men who dragged Harry Cransky from a wagon behind South Station on Dorchester Ave and beat him until surgical attention was required. Cransky was robbed of 300 dollars. He described one assailant as dark complexioned about 25 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, weight around 180 pounds. The second man was taller but lighter, and the third, who struck with a revolver butt, left no description.
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Harry Cransky
Revere
South Station
Dorchester Avenue
Cransky
Mary Maromy dies in Newton. funeral planned
In Newton on May 9 Mary Maromy, funeral from W H H Thomas parlors 325 Watertown street on Monday May 12 at 8 30 am. High mass of requiem at Church of Our Lady at 9. Relatives and friends invited to attend. Springfield papers please copy.
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Maromy
Newton
Mary Maromy
W. HH. Thomas
Watertown St
Church of Our Lady
Springfield
Cory
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Federal Street
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Cambridge Society
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Miss Eleanor Whitman
Workman
Connor
Brookside Creamery
Brookside
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Columbia River
Touraine
John T. Connorco
Liggett’s
ST Om
Samson and Delilah
Caruso
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Mishkio
Straus
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Vee Abel
Erie
Alam
Uahity
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Samson Et Dalila
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Victor Talking Machine Co
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