Boston Teachers Wage Hearing Tonight at State House
The legislative committee on municipal finance holds a 7 30 hearing on bills affecting Boston teachers salaries. Teachers seek a flat 600 increase while the city supports a 384 maximum within a 72 384 736 schedule. Mayor Peters may attend, with city counsel and school officials present and hundreds of civic observers expected.
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State House
Legislative Committee On Municipal Finance
Boston
Boston School Committee
Peters
Teachers’ Advisory Council
Graduated vs Flat Increases in Boston Teacher Salaries
An article defends graduated salary increases over a flat $600 raise for Boston teachers. It argues the graduated plan better corrects inequities, protects lower paid teachers, and aligns with funding constraints, while noting some groups’ salaries already competitive and concerns about fairness for high earners.
Waterville Plant Upgrade Promises Far Reaching Power
A new power plant at the Lockwood Corporation cotton mill in Waterville Maine nears completion with reinforced concrete dam expansion and a large turbine array. The project will supply electricity for the mill city of Waterville and Winslow, plus allow future storage, with a cable freight carrier planned between the mill and a new warehouse beside the Maine Central tracks.
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Waterville
Lockwood Corporation
Lockwood Company
Winslow
Maine Central
Thanksgiving Dinner Price in Boston Hits 7.50
Market reports from Boston poultry and vegetable dealers show a seven pound turkey priced at 3.85 and a full New England Thanksgiving dinner for a family of five at 7.50. The higher cost reflects rising turkey prices and stronger demand ahead of the holiday.
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Turkey
Fixin’s
Boston
New England
Many pay tribute to deceased priest in Portland
In Portland Maine over 10,000 people paid silent tribute as the body of Rev. John O'Dowd pastor of Sacred Heart Church lay in state at the altar gates. He was widely regarded as a popular priest with broad appeal beyond Catholics. Funeral set for tomorrow morning.
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Portland
John O'Dowd
Sacred Heart Church
Father O'Dowd
Evening civic events and lectures listed for today in Boston area
A long schedule of happenings from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. includes polls for Carmen's Union officers, hearings at the State House on clothing costs and Provincetown's Pilgrim’s anniversary share, public access to Fenway Court, a lecture on Archibald Marshall, club meetings at Ford Hall, G A R post anniversary, a Massachusetts banquet, Blanco Ibanez and other speakers, dances and social events at Mattapan Lotus bungalow, Girls' City Club, British Veterans, organ recital at Emmanuel Church, minstrel show at North Cambridge, several church and social gatherings across Roxbury Melrose Cambridge and surrounding venues with varied speakers and hosts.
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Fay Hal
State House
Provincetown
Pilgrim’s Landing
Fenway Court
John L. Gardner
Legislative Committee
Archibald Marshall
Heloise E. Hersey
Pilgrim Hall
Auspices
Women’s City Club
Boston Congregational Club
Ford Hall
Baptist Social Union
Edward W. Kinsley Post
Young's
Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts
Copley Plaza
Blanco Ibanez
Tremont Temple
el Club Espanol
School of Secretarial Science
Lotus Bungalow
Mattapan
Mildred Gutterson
City Club
British Veterans’ Association
Parker Memorial Hall
Hugh Cabot
New England
American Guild of Organists
Emmanuel Church
North Cambridge
Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows Hall
St. Mary’s Holy Name Society
City Hall
Melrose
Roxbury School Centre
High School of Practical Arts
Abraham M. Rhibany
Asia
Young Ladies’ Auxiliary
Carney Hospital
St. Patrick’s
Waite Hall
Cambridge
Appeal to Nation for Peace Treaty Urged by League
The League to Enforce Peace calls on the nation to ratify a peace treaty at earliest Senate session. Taft presided over the executive meeting, with Edward A. Filene Henry W Taft Herbert S Houston Oscar S Straus and Herbert C Hoover in attendance. The league issues its formal statement at the meeting’s close.
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Senate
League
Executive Committee
William H. Taft
Edward A. Filene
Henry W. Taft
Herbert S. Houston
Oscar S. Straus
Herbert C. Hoover
Ratification Defeat Sparks Public Demand for Peace League
The country reacts to the defeat of ratification with surprise and indignation as citizens insist on peace and a League of Nations to guard it. The piece argues that peace making is nonpartisan, praises the Senate for supporting the League principle, and assigns responsibility to the 15 opposing Senators and the 80 who favor ratification to unite and act.
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League of Nations
Senate
America
Noonan's Hair Petrole tonic ad in Boston papers
Advertisement from Noonan & Sons Co Boston promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole a tonic with petroleum and antiseptic ingredients. Barbers endorse it as reviving the scalp and restoring natural gloss to thin dry hair. Sold at druggists department stores or direct from the manufacturers for 1 dollar a bottle. fifteen cents to apply by barbers.
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Boston
Noonan
Mfrs
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Portland St
Navy Bronze and Brass Sale Sealed Proposals December 8 1919
The Navy announces a sealed sale of approximately 614000 pounds of bronze and brass including Navy and Primer Brass and Bronze with various sizes. Bids due December 8 1919 at 1 A.M. at the Navy Yard Boston. 10 percent deposit required. material at Newport Rhode Island available for inspection. Details from the Board of Survey and the Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
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Board of Survey
Navy Yard
Boston
Josephus ‘Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Boston Housewife Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Rise Across Cities
Boston households can expect a Thanksgiving dinner for seven to eight dollars this year, with New York City markets listing a ten dollar option. Dealers say prices vary slightly by location, but most shoppers will pay seven to eight dollars. King turkey prices range up to sixty cents a pound, while Vermont sellers may ask up to sixty five cents as the holiday nears. Last year’s figures provide a baseline for comparison.
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Boston
New York
New York City
Turkey
Debs Am nesty meeting called off after Legion rally
A large Debs amnesty gathering in Reading Pa was canceled after a mass parade by about 2000 American Legion members and a hostile crowd of some 5000 at Socialist headquarters. Rev Irvin St John Tucker, a Chicago clergyman convicted of espionage, was urged to leave and did so before addressing anti Debs proceedings.
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Reading
Debs
American Legion
Irvin St. John Tucker
Chicago
Legionaires
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NAVY
Newport
R. IL
Naval Torpedo Station
R. I
United Lace & Braid Mfg. Co
Auburn
Providence
BR. I
Russia
United States
Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
Legion Routs
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