Statler Hotel to Rise in Boston With 1200 Rooms
Ellsworth M. Statler announced plans for a new Statler hotel in Boston. Potential sites include the Motor Mart on Columbus avenue and properties at Berkele y and Stewart streets near St James avenue. A final site and land negotiations will determine start of construction for a 1200 room hotel, with tax and utility details provided by the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statler
Boston
Ellsworth M. Statler
Statler Hotel Company
New York
Motor Mart
Columbus Avenue
New Haven Railroad
Paine Furniture Company
W. J. McDonald
Berkeley and
Stewart Streets
St. James Avenue
John Hancock
Boston Chamber of Commerce
First Folio Prices Highlight Shaksper Benchmarks
Boston notes the high value of a first folio sold in London at 43000 dollars, with Baroness Burdett Coutts and other buyers cited. The piece compares past prices and mentions copies in public and Widener libraries, including Bates Hall and Harvard’s Widener collection, reflecting investment value and rarity.
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London
Shakspere
Burdett Coutts
Sidney Lee
England
America
Boston
Public
Joshua Bates
Bates Hall
Widener
Harvard
Harry Elkins Widener
Gil Scout Champion Drummer of Bay State
Hazel Whiting, 19, of Lexington, is hailed as the best Girl Scout drummer in Massachusetts and a top overall Scout in the Red Clover Troops. She values tradition, dislikes nothing, and has held the silver cup for two straight years for best drum performance in the state.
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Gil
Bay State
Hazel Whiting
Massachusetts
Miss Whiting
Lexington
Girl Scouts
Whiting
Red Clover
Hazel, Whiting
Immigration proposal would exempt farmer aliens from quota
Washington May 22. Representative Steenerson Republican Minnesota proposed an amendment to the immigration law. It would admit aliens experienced in agriculture without regard to the three percent restriction upon filing a sworn statement of intent to settle on public lands or farm it. Each adult member would deposit 200 dollars and minors nothing, to be returned with interest if proof of compliance is provided. otherwise the fund would be used to deport the aliens and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steenerson
Republican
Minnesota
Legation Charge Over Citizens' Preference Act Case
Anthony Barrafaldi of West Somerville faced a West Roxbury court for employing aliens instead of naturalized citizens on a local contracting job. The first such case in the county court, with Agent H. R. Gould of the Labor Department filing the complaint, Barrafaldi pled not guilty and the matter was continued to Friday.
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American Legion
West Roxbury
Anthony Barrafaldi
Powder House Boulevard
West Somerville
H. R. Gould
Department of Labor
Barrafaldi
Bricklayers Strike in Providence Over Wage Increase
About percent union bricklayers in Providence went on strike after employers refused a wage raise from 1 to 1.8 dollars per hour. Three city jobs were tied up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. T
Exploding Still Kills Woman in Bridgeport Home
In Bridgeport on May 22 Rosa Langfelder died after an ice cream freezer still exploded and struck her above the temple. The blast wrecked the room. no one else was harmed. Her son Alexander Langfelder, jailed on liquor-law violations, said the still was used to distill alcohol for rheumatic treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Rosa Langfelder
Alexander Langfelder
Grant Naval Reserves Use of Eagle Boats
Word from Charlestown navy yard says permission is granted for naval reserves to use Eagle boats and subchasers on weekend practice cruises. The order limits fuel oil use and requires speeds be kept at 10 knots.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Orangeade at Home Make It Cheaper and Tastier
Learn to prepare orangeade at home using Miss Curtis paste. Mix with water as desired, one teaspoon per glass, or prepare a half gallon for 25 cents. The drink is described as superior in taste and wholesome, with availability at Cobb Bates Yerxa Ginter Co. 5. S. Pierce Co. Rhodes Bros. and Manhattan Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Curtis
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Ginter Co
5. S. Pierce Co
Rhodes Bros
Manhattan Market
Medals for Saving Dogs from Drowning Awarded
Officer Augustus C. Holton of the Metropolitan Pork Police and C Doane Greene a student at the M T T received medals from the American Humane Education Society for rescuing dogs from icy waters. Holton saved a drowning collie on Mystic River and cared for it at the station house. Greene reached a setter in the Charles River in a frail canoe amid breaking ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus C. Holton
Metropolitan Pork Police Force
C. Doane Greene
American Humane Education Society
Holton
Mystic River
Greene
Charles River
Quintet Arraigned for Stealing Automobile
Five men from Roxbury and Dorchester were arraigned in District Court on larceny charges for stealing Arthur N. Davis’s car. Police arrested them in Lexington after the wreck and abandonment on Hancock street. Their cases were continued for one week.
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Concord
John J. Toomey
William F. Toomey
Eustis Street
Roxbury
William C. Kelley
Washington Street
Joseph Hill
Allencourt
Edward J. Dorsey
Columbus Avenue
Oxbury
Arthur N. Davis
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
Lexington
Davis
Hancock Street
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Auerbach
D. Auerbach & Sons
New York, U.S.A
Nel
Cambridge
Main ST
GEI Statler Hotel
BY William Justin Mann
Ene
Citizens’ Preference Act
United States Rubber Company
Grant
Misauit
Quintet
F. E.gray CO
Hanover, Union and
Blackstone Sts
Union, Friend and Haymarket Sq
Hanover Street
Hamburg
Frankforts
Jellied Cooke
INCY
M. & J. Brand
Columbia ‘River
Ney
Allen
Grory
Allen A
Black Cat
Cooper's
Bennington
the Allen A Company
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Essex Street
The
Allen A Company
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