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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
13
Roy 8. Whitney, vice-president, told the Board that Fall River Electric Light Co plans to issue 760000 of new stock to employees to boost their stake in the company. The issue includes 700000 common and 50000 employee stock to finance a transmission line and other improvements.
Dr. Fleischer writes and performs his own ceremony promoting a democratic marriage stressing individuality and mutual respect. The rite, read by Rev Edward Cummings, emphasizes ongoing courtship, equal partnership, and shared life, with the couple’s private vow text printed for friends.
St Louis September 80 W P G Harding governor Federal Reserve Board urged six month industrial truce and higher production as ways to curb living costs. He blamed postwar waste and financial expedients for labor unrest and argued credit expansion, not currency inflation, drives current economic troubles.
Boston singer Mrs Mary White Mullen returns from Europe to speak at a John Paul Jones chapter D A R patriotic meeting in Faelten Hall on October 5. She will describe entertaining Americans in Luxembourg Belgium the Rhine and Versailles and dancing with King Albert of Belgium on German soil as well as her Riviera Party experiences and talks with N S boys including her own brother.
Homer Loring, chairman of the Bay State company board, testifies before the Federal Electric Railways Commission that public financing or ownership is the only way to restore credit and proper service in street railways. He notes rising costs have harmed finances and fears private management may not regain credibility, while urging public credit with oversight, though he resists immediate public ownership.
The Crimson reports 699 of 1686 Harvard students favoring the League of Nations outright while 380 would support with reservations and 319 with amendments. Opposition to any league reached 88. Participants included students from business graduate law and college divisions.
A nameless collie found shelter with C R Davis on Marlboro Street Wol laston and won the blue ribbon at Quincy school pet show. More than 150 pets entered. the dog earned best in show while neighborhood children rejoiced at her victory and origin remains a mystery.
Towboat engineers on all Atlantic and Gulf ocean going tugs will walk out at noon in a strike directed by the National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. Harbor tugs are excluded. A conference in Boston may occur to seek a settlement but is unlikely to prevent the strike. Any agreement must be ratified at Buffalo New York.
Rep Tempe A Winsloe, defeated in the Norfolk district GOP renomination, said he will appeal to the Ballot Law Commission and, if needed, to the courts. He claims his vote total exceeds that cast for Allan McDonald.
Washington Sept 30 President Wilson, benefiting from a rest cure, improved today. He was up most of the day and for a period attended to official matters, signing minor bills and sending nominations to the Senate, then dictating several letters.
The President enjoyed an afternoon automobile ride with Mrs. Wilson and his daughter Miss Margaret, lasting nearly two hours as part of a sun and air regimen. Doctors cite improved rest and health, with hopes for participation in the upcoming labor and industrial conference as weather allows.
Wellesley College bans smoking for students under the governance rules of the college government association. The Grey Book rule states that individual privileges are subordinate to community interests.
The Wellesley College News notes a campus debate over a smoking ban, with students and even the faculty urged to set a good example. Despite denials that any Wellesley girl smokes, whispers and consternation persist about the regulation and its mood impact on campus.
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