Animals From Far East Arrive in Boston Steamship
A British steamer from the Far East docked at Mystic docks in Boston bringing a vast menagerie headed for a New York zoo. Monkeys and birds numbered in the hundreds with many contracting pneumonia and dying on the 10 000 mile voyage. A Royal Bengal tiger appeared lonely among parrots leopards and tiger cubs as longshoremen watched the shipment unloaded for rail transport to New York.
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Boston
Far East
New York
Mystic Docks
Loses Suit Against Hotel Highland
Joseph P. Coffee failed to win damages in a $5000 assault case against William G. Carroll and others of Hotel Highland Roxbury. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants after about 212 hours of deliberation in Judge McLaughlin's Superior Court session.
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Joseph P. Coffee
William G. Carroll
Highland
Washington Street
Roxbury
Coffee
McLaughlin
Superior Court
Ex-Gov Foss Confirms He Will Stay On The Job
Reports he planned to retreat to recover after his business affairs were placed in a committee were denied. Foss said he would remain on the job as before and that a little time would straighten out the situation.
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Foss
Banks face Foss collateral collapse and assignment
Financial experts call the event a voluntary assignment as banks ready to recoup principal and interest through sane liquidation. Foss loans spanned many savings banks with 5009 shares of Telephone liquidated, while Eastern Steamship and Atlantic Gulf stakes were sold earlier. Mead Morrison denies involvement, noting no debt between Foss and the company amid strong orders worth about 12 million dollars.
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Boston News
Foss
Rushing Work on Airplanes in American Factories
Aircraft production is advancing so fast that the 22 000 planes and 50 000 motors planned by July 1 could be doubled in the last half of next year if army needs require it. Consideration is given to replacing spruce wood with metal tubing, though spruce supply has mostly recovered after Northwest labor troubles. The French are using alloy tubing for their plane frames.
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Washington
Northwest
Miss Sears Pleads Nolo Contendere On Sidewalk Ride
Eleonora Sears of Boston appeared in Salem District Court to answer a Beverly Farms sidewalk riding charge. She acted as her own lawyer and pleaded nolo contendere, with the case placed on file. She said her horse was high strung and spooked by motors on a slippery street.
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Salem Court
Beverly Farms
Miss Sears Appears At Court In Luxurious French Car
Miss Sears arrived promptly driving a large luxurious French touring car with a liveried chauffeur. She wore a short light colored topcoat riding breeches leather puttees and a light scarf. A derby hat was doffed at the court, then swung by its ribbons as she entered.
Maine Central workers hit by 4 cent hourly raise
Notices posted at Waterville repair shops announce a wage hike of 4 cents an hour effective from November 1. About 350 men at the Maine Central railroad are affected by the increase.
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Waterville
Maine Central Railroad
Hoover era pledge prompts thrift and milk limits in kitchen
Mrs. Charles H. Fiske, chair of the Massachusetts Public Interests League, urges strict thrift under Hooverism. She notes rising living costs and urges radi cally conserving milk and other foods as shortages threaten children and camp butter supplies.
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Charles H. Fiske
Massachusetts Public Interests League
New Liberty
Household economy amid wartime shortages urges steady living
A woman advocates national economy over personal cuts to prevent layoffs, urging local sourcing, saving wheat and meat, rationing white sugar, and repurposing leftovers. She notes rising costs, higher wages, and the need to maintain efficiency without starving.
Pastor Resigns to Lead Prohibition Campaign
The Rev. John M. Arters resigns as pastor of the Waterville Methodist Episcopal Church to become associate general secretary of the board of temperance prohibition and public morals in Washington. He assumes duties immediately after arriving from Rumford last April.
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Waterville
John M. Arters
Waterville Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Washington
Arters
Rumford
Fifty Autoists Fined In Chelsea Court Crusade
Fifty automobilists were arraigned before Judge Albert D. Bosson in Chelsea Police Court for violations of automobile regulations. Fines totaling 190 were paid. The crackdown on violators originated with a Revere police crusade on the new North Shore road.
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Albert D. Bosson
Chelsea
Revere
New North Shore Road
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