New Town Taxi to Offer Significantly Lower Fares in Boston
The Town Taxi Inc. formed from Rockett Taxicab and Franklin Motor Cabs will charge 25 cents for the first third mile and 10 cents per additional third mile with 10 cent wait times and 20 cent mileage beyond two miles. Cabs from Dodger Bros chassis will replace old cars at hotel stands including Somerset and Plaza.
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Boston
New York
Town Taxi, Inc
John T. Rockett
Alvin E. Hodson
Rockett Taxicab Company
Franklin Motor Cabs
Towns Taxi, Inc
Hotel Somerset
Georgian
Avery
Plaza
Dodger Bros
Henshaw Motor Company
New York cabs to roll with larger meters and green yellow livery
Thanksgiving Day will see cabs increase by nine weekly until all are in service. The green taxis carry a yellow belt and feature meters built into the back of the front seats for passenger visibility. They are luxuriously finished and priced like New York Black and White cabs.
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New York
New Drive Expected On Italian Front
Official Rome despatches indicate Austro German forces plan a renewed northern offensive on the Italian front. Reports describe large formations near Malga Slappa and Alpini counterattacks that recovered machine gun sections. Osservatore Romano denies any papal peace appeal preparation.
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Washington
Rome
Malga Slappel
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Balueff Removed for Refusing Armistice
Petrograd reports General Balueff, Western Front commander, removed after拒 refusing an armistice with Germany. He is replaced by a Maximalist as Minsk announces control of Tashkent after four days of fighting. The military revolutionary committee seizes the customs department.
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Petrograd
Balueff
Revolutionary Committee
Minsk
Tashkent
Russian Turkestan
Military Revolutionary Committee
Widow of Bacon Seeks Administration in Attleboro
A woman claiming to be the widow of George M. Bacon a former jewelry maker appeared at the Probate Court in Attleboro to seek appointment as administratrix of his estate. Bacon who was thought to be a bachelor died three months ago at age 78 leaving a sizable fortune expected by locals.
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Attleboro
George M. Bacon
Pirate Court
Bacon
Woman Claims Secret Marriage Ties to Bacon Estate
A woman alleges a secret pact to live together and a subsequent Argentina marriage with Bacon. She says they lived as Mr and Mrs George Beams in Hackensack New Jersey and that Bacon is father to her four grown children. She shows photos and seeks to influence probate as relatives withdraw their administrator petition. Bacon, a Bates and Bacon partner, left business in 1970s and traveled eight months yearly, prompting questions on his personal life and residency.
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Bacon
Argentina
America
Hackensack
N. J
George Beams
New York City
Baco
Bates & Baco
Jewel
Busines
German by birth serves in U.S. forces and militia
Martin F. C. Damm of Jamaica Plain, a patrio American and German subject, has three of his sons and two grandsons serving in the U.S. armed forces. He spent three years in the Massachusetts State militia and has been in the United States 24 years. He is a clarinet player linked to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Yesterday he visited U.S. Marshal Mitchell for an alien permit.
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Martin F. C. Damm
Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
Damm
Bos Symphony Orchestra
United States
Marshal Mitchell
Federal Building
Overalls Strike Ties Up U S Work
Twenty female members of the Amalgamated Clothes Workers of America walked out at New 8 Overall Company on Thacher Street and Tri-mount Overall Company on Friend Street. They demand a 4 percent raise a 48 hour week and union recognition.
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Amalgamated Cloths Workers of America
8 Overall
Thacher Stree
Tri-mount
Friend Street
Fitzgerald Meets Boston Street Car Union Over Wages
William 3B Fitzgerald first vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America conferred yesterday with the executive board of the Boston Street Car Men's Union to learn the men’s wage desires before seeking a conference with the Boston Elevated Railway Company executives.
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William 3B. Fitzgerald
Vic
Amalgamated
Assection of
Street and Electric Railway
Eployees of America
Boston Street Car Men's Union
Boton” Elevated Railway Company
Thatter
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