Jews Plan for Great Congress in Boston
A Boston meeting at Ford Hall organized 156 delegates from 156 Jewish groups to nominate 16 representatives for the American Jewish Congress to be held Sept 2 in Washington. The group aims to advance Jewish rights, consider a Jewish state in Palestine, and support the Liberty Loan amid wartime upheavals. The June 10 general election will select eight delegates and an election precinct system will empower voters 21 and over.
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Greater Boston
Ford Hall
Boston
American Jewish Congress
Washington
Palestine
Jewish Congress Committee
Louis WW. Kirstein
Jue Ratshesky
Nathan Pinanski
H. Levenson
Isaac Hamlin
Albert Hurwitz
Peter M. Leavitt
Felix Frankfurter
S. Goodman
M. M. Eichler
H. H. Rabenovitz
Max Mitchell
M. Rubin
Benjamin Rabalsky
A. Potash
Julius Meyer
Russia
The
Jewish Congress
Helene L. Swenep
Fenway Theatre
Mase. Ave
Boylston St. Tel
Back Bay
Mabel Hall School
Mass
Elyer
Tremont St
Bay State
Washinon St. Cispersela
Waterfront War Calendar Notes Ship Arrivals and Repairs
Weather and maritime market notes report few fishing vessels at the fish pier with a larger fleet expected by market opening. Lobsters remain plentiful with prices low, and heavy Nova Scotia cargoes arriving aboard steamers and schooners. Repair work on the steamer Ockenfels continues with 150 plus workers. a four hour trial is planned in about 10 days. ship to be renamed and placed under the American flag possibly bound for England or France with food and munitions. The Hanea line vessel was seized after wartime declaration and has been idle since 1814.
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Nova Scotia
Ockenfels
Fiskenharf
North End
England
France
Hanea Line
Wandsmarm
Labor unions mobilize to buy Liberty Bonds in Boston
The Boston Central Labor Union may act as a clearing house for unions seeking government war bonds. Edward F. McGrady, president of the C L U, was named to a finance committee by Governor McCall. Many Boston unions have voted to use their treasuries for thousands in bonds. Applications should be sent to Edward F. McGrady, 987 Washington Street.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Edward F. McGrady
State Committee On Public Safety
McCall
Greater Boston
Central Labor Union
Committee On Finance
Boston
Boston General Labor Union
Washington Street
Wine Clerks Union Pushes Against Grain Prohibition Bill
The Boston Wholesale and Retail Wine Clerks Union voted to oppose a bill banning grain use in liquor and beer production arguing it would put thousands of workers out of work. They also urged against excessive taxes on wines and pledged loyalty to the President. The union adopted resolutions for Ireland freedom and to exempt service members from dues.
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Boston
Ireland
Freight Handlers on B. and M. win 6 percent raise
Freight Handlers on the Boston and Maine system are set to gain a roughly six percent wage increase. Union 5572 K of L announced at Hibernian Hall Charlestown that pay will rise from 2.42 to 2.57 dollars a day once the Interstate Commerce Commission approves the railroad’s requested freight rate increase.
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Boston & Maine
Union 5572
K. of L
Hibernian Hall
Charlestown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston Letter Carriers to Affiliate with A F of L
Boston postal district letter carriers favor joining the American Federation of Labor. Branch 34 officers have not publicly announced the plan, but a recent referendum showed about six to one support. Final action awaits sanction by the international convention within a couple of months.
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A. F. of L
Boston
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Letter Carriers
The
International
Union Presses Prosecution for Illegal Button Wearers
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters Union Local 149 demanded action against teamsters seen wearing union buttons without affiliation. At a union meeting members filed charges against drivers in the city for unauthorized display of the badge.
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Local 149
Labor Delegates to Hold Conference on State Convention Policy
Delegates elected to the State constitutional convention who carry union cards will be asked by the Massachusetts State Branch of A. F. L. to attend a convention within the next week or ten days. The meeting aims to draft a definite policy on measures to come before the State convention.
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Massachusetts
A. F. of L
Labor notes tie post office clerks to war bonds support
The National Federation of Post Office Clerks officers pledged to buy government war bonds as their local treasury warrants. The Boston Central Labor Union endorsed the Grocery and Provision Clerks Union strike against a chain store and voted a $50 donation for strikers. A circular invites affiliates to join the Boston Central Labor Union, while striking members of the Grocery and Provision Clerks Union Local 1313 receive moral and financial aid from the Coal Teamsters Union Local 68.
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National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Quincy House
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Central Labor Unions
American Federation of Labor
Grocery and Provison Clerks’ Union
Coal Teamsters’ Union
Annual Meeting to Stockholders of the Post Publishing Co
The Annual Meeting of the Post Publishing Company will be held at Room One Post Building 259 Washington Street Boston on Saturday May 19 1917 at 12 o clock noon for the election of officers and other business. William Taylor Clerk Boston May 1 1917.
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the Post Publishing Co
The
Post Publishing Company
Post Building
Washington Street
Boston
William Taylor
SR. Knights & CO
Tremont St
Highland St
Milton
Blue Hills
Edwin D. Wadsworth
J. Porter Holmes
Highland Street
Miss Townsend
James S. Russell
State St
Robert Reid
Binford Street
R. M
United States
Clarence A. Barnes
Devonshire Street
Mass
Brookline Sealed Proposals for Subway Construction Downtown
Brookline Board of Selectmen invites sealed proposals for a reinforced concrete subway under the Boston and Albany railroad near Beaconsfield station. Bids due May 21, 1917, 4 PM at Town Hall. Plans available from Town Engineer Henry A. Varney. Bids opened and read publicly.
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Brookline
Boston & Albany Railroad
Beaconsfield
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen's
Town Hall
Henry A. Varney
Ward A. McEttrick
Mass
Treasury Department
Washington
D. C
Worcester man seeks admission as attorney in district court
The notice from the United States District Court Massachusetts lists William A. Gunning of Worcester seeking admission as an attorney and counsellor of the district court. Identifies clerk William Nelson and Allen's Law Office at 28 School Street offering related services.
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United States of America
Massachusetts
Boston
District Court of the United
Bain
Death notices from Roxbury and surrounding towns
Deaths and funeral notices for dozens of residents across Roxbury Somerville Cambridge Charlestown Dorchester Reading Waverley Jamaica Plain and other nearby communities detail names ages dates of death and funeral arrangements including high mass services at multiple churches and burial details. Prominent names include John A Amrhein Emma Z Bent Crestina Cardosi Maria Casey Philip Cartwright Annie Blake and many others with addresses and service times listed.
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Amrhein
Roxbury
John A
Catherine Amrhein
Luzio
Fort Ave
All Saints Church
Germania Court
M. C. O. F. Bent
Stoneham
Emma Z
Orrin Bent
Forgerty & Besson
Main St
Reading
Pangor
Blake
Somerville
Annie M
Henry Hale
Hattie Belcher Blake
Chester St
West Somerville
Elizabeth Buckley
Daniel Buckley
Sargent St
St. John’s Church
Elatives
Cardosi
Quincy
Crestina
Joseph Cardosi
Independence
Casey
Maria (Nee Kelley
Peter Casey
Cottage Court
St. Patrick's
Cartwright
Waverley
Philip Cartwright
Barns St
Doherty
Dorchester
Annie
Philip Doherty
McGonagle
Buttonwood St
St. Rgaret's
Sarah J. Doherty
Daniel J. Nora
Maple St
St. Joseph’s Church
California
Butaw
Durning
Springfield
Mass
Andrew Durning
Kepfe
Watertown
David F
Mary
Nee Sweeney) Keefe
Irving Pk
St. Patrick's Church
Keevan
Patrick
Mary Keevan
Gorman
Walnut Ave
St. Joseph's Church
Circuit St
Kendrick
Ashmont
Edward
Dracul At
Langlois
Jamaica Plain
Ethel Louisa Langlois
Alfred C
Sarah J. Langlois
Busby
Terrace Ave
Sheridan St
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Pearl St
Everett
Lennon
Winthrop
Olivia F
Thomas Lennon
Nee McKenna
Hawthorne Ave
Ocean Spray Station
St. John the Evangelist
Locke
Helen H
Stephen S. Locke
Prospect Hill
Carthy
Allston
Joseph P
Michael and
Margaret McCarthy
Leary
M'Kenney
Cambridge
John
Murphy
Charlestown
Francis L
Margaret
Smith
Lynn
Lockhart J. Smith
W. C. Goodrich
Monroe St
Porial
Pine Grove
Stepper
Frank Stepper
Catherine Craven
Conant St
Mission Church
T, Wheelock
Winthrop Centre
Samuel Wheelock
First Baptist Church
Hermon
White
Brookline
Teresa Wreherley White
Church of the Assumption
Halifax and
Sidney
N. S
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Samuel Alberts
Abraham Alpert
J. V. Finklestein
J. D. Glants
Sam Kalesky
I. Kendall
Alexander Sachs
Robert Silverman
J. Promlein
Mark Lewis
Louis E. Kirstein
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Chicago
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Pittsburg
Portland
Ore
Galveston
San Francisco
Hatteras St. Louie
Helena
Labor News
LABOR
Rane
Pte Sa
Akes Pictures
Tremont Street
Tsmerican
Percel Post
New England
Daniel O'Neill
Henry St
Mathushek
Stuyvesant
Huntington
Norris
Chas. S. Norris
Meyer-Jonasson’s
Aaenemante
Boylston St. Henry F. Miller
Henry F. Miller
Boylston St
Hall
Huntington Ave
Tel
Chickering
Steinway
United School OF Popular Music
Marks & Chester
Dudley. St
Cor
Dudley Sq
Dudley St
Max Keezer
Mass. Ave
Harvard
Rosencrapz
Camb
Data Willner's
Friend St
North Station
L. H. Burack & CO
Bromfield St
Paparnenging
Spizer
Réen St
Phone Haymarket
Geneva Painting Co
Geneva Ave
Dor
Cederva Court
Tland St
Simon Liner
Nichols St
Seud Postal
Slobodkin
Leverett St
I. Is. Ptg
Haymarket Hai
Rudzinsky
Reneamrees
W. We
Coats
Soc
Colta
Hessle Oe
Tremont Ieee
R. Kimball
H.p. Palmer
N. E
Chapin’s Farm
Washington St
Station
Ghapin Farm Agency
Old South Bldg
Frank Williams
Bridgewater
COSBY
BK. L. Baker & CO
Easex Co
Parker River
George M. Fogg
Georgetown
N. BE. Baker & CO
Bosto
Chamberlain & Burnham, Inc
P. F. Leland Farm Agency
Mags Village
Jersey
Leland
Dept
P. F. Leland
Milk St
Medford
Park
B. W
H. Mudgett
Tremont St. Vere
Bea
Winnipesaukee Homestead
White Mts
Becta
Lillian Small
Meredith, N. BH
Pas
O. D
Falvey Saint Warehouse
Canal St
Brayley & Knowles
Broadway
W. A
Dunham
SSS
Whitman's Pond
State Road
Weymouth
the Post
Middlesex County
Boa- Seee
Wellesley
Sey Hom
Post
Everett Sq
Sawyer St
Andrew
Henry A. Brown
Devonshire
Gages
HOVEY
Ft. Hill F
VEY
Albert Ammann
State St. Rich
Lyy St
Alain & Burnham, Inc
Clyde
Isabella St
Bercee
Penttas
Winthrop Beach
G. L. Oakes
Carney Bidg
Trentans
Old Point
Washington, D. C
Norfolk
Tues
Thur
Merchants & Miners Trans. Co
Toan
ITORE
H. B. Budding Company
Lic
Phone Beach
Kiley Investment Company
Jordan Marsh Co
Realty Tear CO
H. van Dam
Wash
Enero
Marks & Avery
School St. L
Workingmen’s Loan Association
Bob
Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
Seni Ze S&t
Court ST
Childs & © O
Rin
Hay
Franklin St. Tel. Main 166
Devonshire St
Main
Corone
Office
PEE
Jace- Ban Pate Po
Harvars
Corbin
NEED
Avon St.er Liggett's
Cell
American Tooth Co
Pf Washin Nee
Winter St
Mendlow Bros. & CO
School St
PoPea
H. Oscar Co
Rox
S. H. Quint
Washington St. North
Richmond
James Coyne
Haverhill Stree
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Northern Ave
A. J. Wilkinson & CO
Norfolk St
Mattapan
Corcoran & Sons, Inc
D St
Iet
Reyalties & Aan Vey CO
Congress
P. D. Box Pa
Hawley Electrical School
U. S. Employ. Agency
Wurt’s
Portland St
Howard Thgtre
Metalite
Amesbury
Adams Express
Atlantic Ave
Kneeland St
Greenleaf Bros
Auburn
Maine
Harry Burr
U. S
Wurf’s
Lapointe Machine Tool CO
Hudson
J. S. Wheeler CO
Acton
American Shipping CO
Wheeler CO
Anx
John L. F
Woburn
Chase Express CO
Congress St
Orpheum
Moise
Beach ST
Gridley
Cleveland
MFG. CO
Bristol
Conn
Plainfield
N. J
Niles-Bementpond CO
Pond Works
Highgrade Technical Journal
Liberal Commission
Rhode Island
J. Q. Adams & CO
Army OF United States
Olympia Bldg
Tremont Row
New Hampshire
Vermont
Canada
Golden Largay Labor Agency
Corner Hanover
Tracy Bros. CO
Benedict St
Waterbury
East Penne
Hawley Engineering School
Wood Garver
MT. Isco
Woo
Mt. Kisco
Finn's
Wulf's
St. James Hall
Trotter
Cornhill
SL Bowdoin St
J. H. Griffin
Bowdoinst
Jordan Marsh Hesaur
Braves Field
Fenway Park
Ureeka Beverage CO
Conant Street
Maas
Wes
DR. Estabrook
EEC
P. D. Estabrook
State House
State Street
Eastern Steamship Lines
Metropolitan Line
Bunker Hill
Cape Cod
India Wharf
Bangor
India
Thurs
Fris
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Brooklin
Blue Hill
Central Wharf
International Line
Eastport
Lubec
St. John
Daiishdiion
Yarmouth Line
Boston & Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Alea City
Stenographers Employment Bureau
Jordan Marsh Company
Walter M. Lowney ,O
Hanover St
H. W. Sawyer & Son
Thorniike
Becond
Thomas G. Plant CO
Bickford Sts
General Hospital
Grafton State Hospital
North Grafton
Mrs. Lee
Essex St
Whith Star Confectionery CO
Cross St
W. B. Davis
Sudbury St
Printeaneers
Colonial Line
Great Britain
Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd
York
Georgia
Tennessee
John T. Connor CO
South St
Great Northern Paper Company
Emparent
Kinco
Greenville
Burbank
U.S
Boston & Maine Railroad
J. H. Hustis
Old Fitchburg Station
Haverhur St
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