Pacific Mills Largest Taxpayer in Lawrence For Year
The tax list released today shows Pacific Mills Corporation as the heaviest taxpayer in Lawrence this year with a tax of 321,498 on a total assessment of 9,500,000. American Woolen Company pays 302,669 and Arlington Mills 132,616. The two top individual taxpayers are trustees Arthur Sweeney and Franz Schneider with 14,868 and Charles E. and William J. Bradley with 9,265.
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Lawrence
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Pacific Mills Corporation
American Woolen Company
Arlington Mills
Arthur Sweeney
Franz Schneider
Charles E
William J. Bradley
Kaiser Well Punished Declares King George
King George told Archibald Forder that the Kaiser has fled Germany and is well punished for his actions after Forder described four years in captivity. The remark came during an audience in London as Forder discussed German involvement in Armenian troubles.
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London
Associated Press
George
Armenia
Archibald Forder
Stormy Massachusetts session looms over street railway reform
A leak from the special recess commission studying Massachusetts street railway conditions signals a dramatic, likely stormy Legislature session opening the week of November 17. Officials expect sharp clashes as the panel’s report is due in a special session.
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Massachusetts
State House
Commission drafts bill to bar street railway strikes
A state commission prepared a bill to make street railway worker strikes illegal and to punish resignations aimed at interrupting service. The measure would outlaw strikes walkouts and conspiracies to suspend operations while preserving the right to resign. The leak prompted an official probe as leaders sought details.
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Commission
Coolidge
McKnight
Senate
Warner
House
Public Service Commission
State House
Labor Leaders Oppose Street Railway Commission Report
Newspaper men sought labor views on a report the commission planned to issue, fearing it would extend no strike protections to police, fire, and public workers. Carmen’s Union and Telephone Operators’ Union leaders met with attorneys to resist, signaling strong opposition in the forthcoming legislative session.
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Special Commission
Matthew J. Higgins
William J. Timmins
Carmen’s
James H. Vahey
John P. Feeney
Telephone
Street Railway Commission
Public Service Corporation
Lady Astor Campaign in Plymouth In Progress
In Plymouth the campaign for Lady Astor is lively with posters and chatter. Residents know her as well as any local, with many claiming she knows every street and alley and someone in every lane. The town awaits the historic vote that would make her the first woman MP as supporters call her the Lloyd George candidate.
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Plymouth
Eng
Associated Press
Astor
Lady Aster
Lloyd George
Election intrigues captivate Devon city in black robed spectacle
In clubs hotels and pubs the election dominates conversations as a brilliant woman in black leads a procession behind a dashing team. Reporters and photographers trail through the quiet Devonshire city amid taxis and ribbon adorned coachmen and horses in coalition colors.
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Fisk
Coalition
Devonshire
Astor’s Proposals Stir Plymouth Campaign Buzz
In Plymouth the Astor carriage and New Astorisms Daily frame Lady Astor’s campaign speak. She debuts fresh epigrams including a strike at profiteering and a jab at the “shirking classes.” She chats with Isaac Foot at Unionist HQ and garners support from local labor communities, rallying service members to vote for her.
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Plymouth
Nancy
Devonshire
Isaac Foot
Mr. Foot
Lady Astor
Mariner Asquith
Lord Astor
Hub suffragists to hold big drive in Boston launch
The National Woman's Party opens its Thanksgiving drive in Boston this month with suffrage flags in sight in the streets. Boston headquarters bustle as members plan a $5000 fund to aid suffrage efforts in backward states. Miss Vivian Pierce of California arrives to help organize the campaign.
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National Woman's Party
Boston
Vivian Pierce
California
Suffrage Weekly
Boston Army Store Tops U.S. Sales in October Total
Boston's army retail store leads October sales with 657,453.04 dollars, surpassing 24 other U S stores. New York posted 637,926.67 dollars for second, while St Louis trails about 20 percent below New York.
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Boston
Army
United States
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Ex-Soldier Triggers Loom Freemen Walkout in Manchester
Manchester November 5 A former soldier Walter Floyd joined the Loomfixers Union prompting about 1000 loom fixers at Stark Mills to quit work. Plant officials fear a total shutdown if workers do not return immediately. Floyd served in France and was rehired to his old role as a roomfixer.
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Manchester
N. H
Walter Floyd
Stark Mills
Floyd
France
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