Smoking Policy Changes at the Y M C A Lobby Rooms
George W. Mehaffey describes the evolution of smoking within the Y M C A on Huntington Avenue. Smoking in lobby side rooms and in members rooms is now allowed amid wartime and postwar shifts. he rejects claims of a $25,000 annual donation tied to smoking policy, noting such large gifts have never existed for maintenance.
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Bed Chambers
George W. Mehaffey
Huntington Avenue
Mehaffey
Mr. Mehaffey
Withgut Foundation
FIORANTI CASE MAY GO TO JURY TODAY
The jury hearing the first degree murder case of Domenico Fioranti will be given the evidence today in the death of Mrs Mario Tamburino. A 25 pound granite piece fell from a roof, striking her in the head.
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Domenico Fioranti
Mario Tamburino
Tamburino
Navy assigns Marsh to Washington history project
Captain Charles C. Marsh former chief of staff of the First Naval District is transferred to Washington to supervise the board that writes the history of the Navy’s wartime accomplishments in the bureau of operations. He will be succeeded by Captain John Co. Hyland, previously in command of the cruiser Cleveland.
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Charles C. Marsh
First Naval District
Washington
Bureau of Operations
Navy
John Co. Hyland
Cleveland
Novel law question arises from South Boston manhole deaths
In Suffolk Superior Court a jury awarded $9000 against Boston Consolidated Gas Co and $11,000 against Edison Electric Illuminating Co for the death and conscious suffering of 16 year old Thomas A. Nugent after a January 1, 1917 manhole explosion. Executions can only be satisfied against one defendant, prompting appeal to the full Supreme Court.
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Suffolk
Thomas A. Nugent
South Boston
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Supreme Court
Bayer Aspirin Packaging Ad Propaganda Restored
An old warning-style notice urges buyers to insist on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on both package and tablets. It cites safety, directions for multiple pains, and the product’s American manufacture, detailing pockets of 12 tablets and larger bottle formats while contrasting with counterfeits and talc powder scandals.
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Bayer
Milli
Brooklyn
White serge frock charms summer wardrobe
The writer praises a cream white serge frock with a knife pleat front and back bound by white grosgrain ribbon. She notes its appeal with navy blue accessories and waterwear, plans to replace a white taffeta parasol when discounts appear, and expresses intent to buy a polka dot white parasol later.
Hanson in Washington at national convention visit
Commissioner Thure Hanson of the State department of standards travels to Washington to attend the national convention of State sealers of weights and measures. He will explain a new method of testing clinical thermometers to representatives from other states during his stay.
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Thure Hanson
State Department of Standards
Washington
State Sealers of Weights and Measures
Hanson
Large Fire Losses in 1918 Reported at $290 Million
New York May 22 fires caused losses totaling 290 million dollars in 1918, the highest yearly total outside the San Francisco quake year. The National Board of Fire Underwriters noted progress in prosecuting arsonists with 441 convictions in 42 states, including 172 insurance fraud attempts and 156 cases linked to pyromania or insanity.
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New York
San Francisco
National Board of Fire Underwaters
Committee
Liberty Memorial of Use to Humanity
A Boston reader urges replacing a purely decorative Liberty Memorial with a practical charity. He proposes funding a hospital or home for the blind and disabled, or projects aiding children and animals, and asks why Boston has not supported Red Star Animal Relief.
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New England
Boston
Red Star Animal Relief
A. H. Graham
Mt. Vernon Street
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