No Strike Action by Trainmen in Cleveland Meeting
In Cleveland on November 26, 500 general chair men declined to vote on Director General of Railroads Hines plan for time and one half for slow freight service. No action toward a railroad strike was taken, though a motion to vote on the proposal was adopted.
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Cleveland
Hines
Coolidge
Morris Schaff
Gas Commission
Henry P. Walcott
Metropolitan Ater and Sewerage Board
Executive Council
State House
Railroad wage talks end with push for general rise
Conference adjourned after two days of debate on wage differentials for railroad workers. Delegates urged restoring prewar pay differentials as a condition for returning to private ownership, with firemen seeking about a 50 percent increase and trainmen about 40 percent while engineers made no demand.
Trophies for Barbers Journey at Convention Hall
The barbering contest in Convention Hall on Tuesday December 9 will award three loving cup trophies purchased by Thomas Consoly. Winners from all New England will have their names engraved on the cups. The event may include women barbers and Harvard entrants, with beardful competitors among the contenders.
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Convention Hall
Thomas Consoly
New England
Harvard
Boston
New England States
Smith Turned Over to U S Marshall in Embezzlement Case
M. Smith a former National Shawmut Bank clerk was handed to federal authorities by Judge Murray in Central Police Court. He pleaded not guilty to embezzling about $4000 from the National Shawmut Banking Association and is held on $1000 bond. A December 8 hearing is set. warrant sworn by bank examiner Daniel C Mullowny.
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Marshall M. Smith
National Shawmut Bank
California
New Bedford
Somerville
Murray
Central Police Court
Young Smith
United States
Joseph B. Smith
Smith
National Showrout Banking Association
Daniel C. Mullowney
National Bank Examiner
Drive on Radicals Opens in Boston
Boston Mayor Peters calls a coordinated anti radical drive uniting federal state and local agencies to oppose revolutionary elements. He seeks representation from Ed wards Dunn Stevens Boynton Curtis Skeffington and Plunkett to plan unified methods to protect the government against enemies seeking to undermine it.
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Boston
Peters
Army
Navy
Washington
Clarence R. Edwards
Herbert O. Dunn
Jesse ¥. Stevens
United States
Thomas J. Boynton
Edwin A. Curtis
H. J. Skeffington
John H. Plunkett
Sloan's Liniment Ad Promises Quick Sciatica Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as effective for sciatic pains, rheumatic cramps, lumbago, neuraglia, and stiff joints. It claims quick penetration without rubbing, leaves no residue, and advises keeping a bottle handy. Available in 35c 70c and 1.40 sizes at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Governor Coolidge's Plurality Rises in State Vote
Official state count shows Calvin Coolidge leading Richard H. Long by 125,101 votes. Governor Coolidge totals 417,774 with Long at 192,672 and minor candidates King 7,041 Paulsen 221 Ernst 1,679.
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Calvin Coolidge
Richard H. Long
Executive Council
Long
William A. King
Ingvar Paulsen
Charles B. Ernst
Verdict Awards 17 000 in Suit at Lawrence
A Lawrence jury in the Superior Civil Court returned a verdict of 17000 for breach of contract in the case of Fred A Sylvester against Harry A Moore of Methuen and Wellington A Moore of Bath Maine. It was the largest jury award ever recorded at the local courthouse.
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Lawrence
Superior
Fred A. Sylvester
Harry A. Moore
Methuen
Wellington A. Moore
Bath
Deer Island Release to Navy Department
Mayor Peters approves release to the Navy Department of all further obligations for Deer Island property and buildings formerly leased in 1918 as a naval detention camp. The release requires payment of damages and rent totaling 36 063 09 dollars.
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Peters
Navy Department
Deer Island
Wilson Approves Navy Board Promotions List
President Wilson approved the Naval Selection Board recommendations for 81 permanent and seven temporary captains and 53 permanent and 12 temporary commanders. Lieutenant-Commander Albert C. Read, commander of NC-4 during the transatlantic flight, was named for promotion to temporary commander.
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Wilson
Navy Board
Washington
Naval Selection Board
Albert C. Read
Winchester and Stoneham groups search Middlesex Fells for missing Mrs Cotten
Citizens in Winchester and Stoneham join police in combing Middlesex Fells for Mrs. Fred Cotten 43 of Winchester who vanished from her Washington street home Tuesday noon after a note asking not to search. Her husband Fred Dotten cites financial strain and influenza illness as long running pressures on the family.
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Winchester
Stoneham
Middlesex Fells
Fred Cotten
Washington Street
Fred Dotten
Cotten
Mayor Quinn speaks at several rallies in Cambridge
Mayor Edward F. Quinn answered Councillor Alexander Bill during rallies about his stance when the State Guards were sent to Boston. He said he cooperated with leading Cambridge manufacturers to provide candy, toilet articles, and other comforts for the guards, a distribution program still ongoing.
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Edward F. Quinn
Alexander Bill
Boston
Cambridge
Alliance charges city, county rings in Cambridge vote
Russell A. Wood campaign manager for Councillor Alexander H. Bill accused a Suffolk county ring and a Democratic ring of an alliance that trades offices and keeps politicians in power at taxpayers’ expense. He spoke at a Morse building rally and criticized Mayor Quinn’s veto of a soldiers memorial tablet order.
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Suffolk County
Cambridge
Russell A. Wood
Alexander H. Bill
Morse
Quinn
Lodge And Crane End Open Feud On Coolidge Bid
Massachusetts Republican leaders bury the Lodge Crane feud as Coolidge presidential plans take precedence. A Big Four ticket may include Lodge Crane Bird McCall, with Baxter’s attacks prompting reorganization. Public Utilities and highway posts shift as Governor Coolidge reshapes state leadership and retirement lists.
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Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Lodge
Crane
Republican Organization
Big Four
Charles Sumner Bird
McCall
Bird
Charles S. Baxter
Senator Lodge
Baxter
Boston
Louis A. Frothingham
Alvan T. Fuller
Butler Ames
Grafton D. Cushing
Edwin T. McKnight
State Senate
McKnight
Frank W. Stearns
Edward A. Thurston
Republican State Committee
Frank B. Hall
State Committee
League of Nations
William D. Sohier
Beverly
State Highway Commission
New Public Works Department
Sohler
Burke Held for the Grand Jury in Barley Murder Case
John A. Burke former deputy sheriff was bound over without bail to the grand jury after closing arguments in Western Somerset Municipal Court on the Oct 15 murder of Nelson W Barley Moose River House proprietor.
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Jackman
John A. Burke
Somerset
Nelson W. Barley
Moose River House
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