Boston Merchants urged to publicity campaign for prompt payments
Sydney E. Blandford urged Boston retailers to unite in a newspaper publicity drive to push faster settlement of retail accounts. He predicted peak prices have been reached and a gradual recession may follow, as the Retail Credit Men's Association of Boston forms under new charter. Delegates at the national meeting in St Paul heard speakers from Jordan Marsh Filene's Paine Furniture and Manahan Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sydney E. Blandford
R. H. White Company
Blandford
Retail Credit Men’s Association
Boston City Club
Retail Credit Men’s Association of Boston
Incorpo
William Brown
C. F. Hovey Company
Fir Bostor
Retail Credit Men’s National Association
St. Paul
Chester H. Critchett
Jordan Marsh Company
Edwin Ray
The
Paine Furniture Company
Louis F. McMahon
Filene’s
Edward W. Manahan
Manahan, Inc
Vee Ties Something Loose in Boston Post Magazine
In the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine the Shorry and Torchy team by Sewell Torch presents a new tale titled Vee Ties Something Loose. The story follows their humorous escapades as trouble and wordplay twist around a quirky mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorry and Torchy
Sewell Torch
Vee Ties
Boston Sunday Post
Robinson Charges Carnival Role Denial to Editor
Eliot S. Robinson states he was not a promoter of the recent Massachusetts Legion carnival at Braves Field. He says he acted as secretary on a salary, received no profits, and his pay remains partly unpaid, after being engaged by the carnival chairman with Legion sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Secre
Tary
Massachusetts
American Legion
Braves Field
Boston
Citizens’ Committee
The
Legion
Farley
Eliot Is. Robinson
Buffalo Jones True Sportsman Remembered by Bird
Charles Sumner Bird writes praising Colonel C J Jones known as Buffalo Jones. He recounts Jones shift from killing to conservation, cattle buffalo crossbreed cattalo, and daring feats like lassoing a 25 pound mountain lion. Bird portrays Jones as energetic, principled, generous, and a true gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Jones
Buffalo Jones
Kansas
Jones
Arizona
Colorado
Africa
Kaibab ‘Plateau
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Santa Fe
Charles Sumner Bird
Almanac notes for October and celestial events
The entry lists calendar details for October 16 as the 289th day with autumn 24 days in, morning and evening tides about 9 feet, and moon phases including full moons November 7 and December 7 and new moons October 23 November 22 December 22. It also notes Mars Jupiter Venus and Saturn as morning stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Fish Pier Receives Seven Trawlers And Groundfish Cargo
Seven trawlers including two steamer fleet boats and one fare each of fresh mackerel and flounders arrived at the fish pier yesterday. Steam er Higco brought 5000 pounds of large and medium mackerel while the Escort landed 5000 pounds of flounders. Groundfish totals included 4000 pounds of flounders from Whitecap, 3000 pounds of hake from Antoine C. Santos, and 200 pounds of halibut from Mary P. Goulart. Ex-vessel prices ranged from haddock at 3 to 4 1/2 cents to mackerel at 28 1/2 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higco
Escort
Antoine C. Santos
Mary P. Goulart
Haddock
Shipping News Arrived With Wide Fleet of Steamers and Tugs
Shipping arrivals list includes steamers West Cane Ricoa Liverpool Eng Maruba Baker Cardenas and Matanzas Cuba Lake Faulk Libby Montreal P Q Ker shaw Hart Norfolk Calvin Austin Robinson New York Camden Rawley Bangor Lake Hindsoe Magan Beverly City of Gloucester tugs Nottingham Blizzard Port Johnson N J. towing barges L W No 8 for Salem and No 9 H 8S Nichols Pittee Rockport Mass towing barges Herbert West End Saturn Ford Beverly towing barge Mahoning Pejepscot Pritchard Belfast Me towing barge S T Co No 3 Br from St Martins NB schooner Edward Eveleth Brocklebank Newburyport. Sailed steamers City of Rome Savannah Ga Grelan Philadelphia Calvin Austin New York Delaware Camden Bangor tug Nottingham Port Johnson N J towing barges Wilkesbarre I W No 6 calling at Salem for barge No 4 Clara H Doane New York towing barges Hauto Tamaqua.
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West Cane
Ricoa
Liverpool
Eng
Maruba
Baker
Cardenas
Matanzas
Cuba
Lake Faulk
Libby
Montreal
P. Q
Kershaw
Hart
Norfolk
Calvin Austin
Robinson
New York
Camden
Rawley
Bangor
Nichols
Pittee
Rockport
Masa
Herbert
West End
Saturn
Ford
Beverly
Mahoning
Pejepscot
Pritchard
Belfast
S. T. Co. No
St. Martins
N. B
Edward
Eveleth
Brocklebank
Newburyport
City of Rome
Savannah
Greelan
Philadelphia
Delaware, Co
Nottingham
Port Johnson
N. J
Wilkesbarre
Salem
Clara H. Doane
Hauto
Fire destroys 69 houses in Quebec village blaze
A fire that partially destroyed St. Raphael de Bellecnasse in Quebec yesterday burned 69 houses and caused about 250000 in damage, with no deaths reported. Earlier estimates had placed the destruction at 26 buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Can
St. Raphael de Bellecnasse
Policemen Women Call For City Action At Meeting
More than 2500 mothers wives and sisters of Boston policemen met at Fay Hall and after four hours of briefing passed resolutions urging Boston citizens especially family members to demand a secure fair police service and to persuade the police commissioner to adopt a sincere public service spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Policemen’s Union
Fay Hall
Boston
Boston Police Strike Meeting Hears Labor Union Leaders
The hall overflowed as Boston police union members and labor allies spoke with Harvard Professor Harold J. Lasky and Miss Agnes Burns among the speakers. They voiced support for the striking 1200 officers, criticized Commissioner Curtis, and warned of political action on election day to back or oppose officials tied to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Policemen’s Union
Boston
Harold J. Lasky
Harvard
Agnes Burns
Telephone Operators’ Union
Lasky
Curtis
Dorman
West End
Coolidge
The
Policemen's Union
Worcester
Springfield
Edward M. Kelleher
United States Marine Corps
Mabel Gillespie
Women’s Trade Union League
Michael Murphy
George W. A. Dawson
Salvation Army
Chase With Axe Targets Mother and Co-Workers
Eleazear Codere, a World War II era veteran, chased his mother with an axe through a New Bedford neighborhood after suffering gas and wounds from the St Mihiel drive. He later attacked a shop on Acushnet Avenue before his brother intervened and took him home. He faces possible commitment to a state institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
St. Mihiel
Eleazear Codere
Dean Street
Codere
Acushnet Avenue
Windy responds to dress criticism in Boston Post
A Weathered letter from Windy defends women’s dress and work choices in response to Mrs D M's critique. He claims many married women work to fund fashionable clothes and argues marriage is a two way exchange. He says men should not expect to ignore attractive women in crowded transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
D. M
Post
Natick
Broadway
Holy Cross Baseball Practice Opens With Burkett Back
Worcester October 15 Holy Cross plans fall baseball practice with a large squad and Jesse Burkett expected to take the helm. Burkett has not signed yet but no disputes exist and a swift contract closure is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Holy Cross College
Jesse Burkett
Purple Nine
Burkett
Purple Athletic Management
Holy Cross
Wilson Sure to Get Well Says M Adoo
William G McAdoo son in law of the President and former Treasury secretary said at the Lambs Club that President Wilson will emerge from his illness well again He warned a fatal outcome would be a greater calamity for the nation and the world
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Lambs Club
Madame Tingley Speaks on Theosophy at Symphony Hall
Madame Katherine Tingley speaks at Symphony Hall today on Theosophy and the Vital Problems of the Day. The free address will answer if we meet loved ones again. Assisted by Raja-Yoga College and Academy students from Point Loma, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Tingley
Symphony Hall
Madame Tingley
Raja-Yoga College
Point Loma
Cal
Deaths in and around Boston area obituary notices
A long list of funeral notices from Boston and surrounding towns announces services for William H Brine Catherine Broussard Charles J Brown Nora V Burke Archibald Campbell Nora A Connelly Julia A Delaney Edward Doyle George Fallon William Foley Patrick J Galvin Tycho Hanson Julia Harrington Jonathan Hosford James Hoff Thomas G Kenny Sarah J Kilduff John Lenard Elizabeth Morrissey William Nugent Michael J O Leary Samuel Powell Matthew Quinn Timothy Shinnick Hope Estella Smith Taylor F Smith Catherine S Wells with times and locations for Requiem Masses and auto cortes.
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Galvin
Patrick J
James
Julia Galvin
John J. Connolly
Washington St
Hanson
Wayland
Tycho John Hanson
Nordling’s Chael
Tremont St
Roxbury
Harrington
St. Clement’s House
West Brookline St
Julia A. Harrington
Cathedral of Holy Cross
Hosford
Boston
Jonathan Hosford
Raftery Chapel
Hufi
Malden
James H. Hoff
Maing St
Kenny
Cambridge
Thomas G. Kenny
Hews St
Harvard Lodge
A de Be
Kilduff
Sarah J
James F. Ailiduff
Lenard
Sydney
Australia
John Lenard
Department of State
Washington
D. C
Morrissey
Charlestown
Elizabeth Morrissey
Edward
Norah Morrissey
Foley
Ellen G. O'Leary
Tower St
St. Andrew's Church
Powell
Samuel Powell
Charles A. Rollins
Meridian St
Quinn
Somerville
Matthew
Anne Quinn
Alfred Toomey
Merriam St
St. Joseph’s Church
A. Geoffrey
Nellie EF. Smith
Mos
Houston Ave
Milton
Smith
Wakefield
Taylor F. Smith
West Chestnut St
Wells
Catherine S
Annie Eaton
Frank Wells
Rockland Are
In fond memory of Caroline OConnell Coffron
In fond and loving memory of Caroline OConnell Coffron who passed to a higher life Oct 16 1914. Gone but not forgotten by her sister Mary S Goslin and her niece Mrs Lillian Riley.
In Memoriam for Julia McLean and Thomas Tracy
In loving memory of Julia McLean who died October 18 1915. Her daughter Margaret McLean cherishes the memory. Also notes the first anniversary Mass for Private Thomas Tracy who died October 2 1918 at Camp Sheridan Illinois. Family remembers him with phrases of devotion and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Church
Thomas Tracy
Camp Sheridan
Chicago
Iil
Thomas
Jone
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Tremont Temple
Mary Pickford Company
Mary Pickford
Vee
Huntington Ave
G. Charles A. Winchester
Coningsby Dawson
Herrick
Amer. Com
France
John O'Sullivan
101St Regt
Legion OF Allied Veterans
Bromfield St
Urs
Eve
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Rome
A .T
Rachmaninoff
Ambridge
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Albert Spalding
Kent’s
University Book
Harvard Sq
America
Ameers
Daddy- Long
ELKS
Keystone
California
Beaches
Chateau Dansant
Boston Opera House
Hunt
Ave
Garden Dansant
Allston Chateau
Brighton
Harvard Aves
Allston
Auction OF Souls
Aurora Mardiganian
Ethel Shutta
Comedienne
Flo Bogard
Mitty de Vere
George Brennan
Jim Bogard
Metropolitan
Chirpers of
Berrick Bros
Wonder Acrobats
O’connor and
Dixon
Ethel Shutta Cyclonic
Howard
Oliver Morosco
Anna Nichols
Grace Garden
Jentine
Richard Ordynski
Helen the Company
Marcia van Dresser
Joseph Urban
rT _ALAW & ERLANGER
Eves
Mats
Wed
aHar
BR. Story
Enchanted Hearts
Grant Mitchell
Walter Hampder
Bostom
Hampden
AST Tata
J. SS Bed Anas Ingirector
Colgpal Meare
Charles J. Rice Eves
Mate
Cecil Lean
Whoshieres
Lionaires Row
Henry Miller
Blanche Bates
Philip Moeller
Moliere
Fiske
Orleans
TSC
Eathley
John Craig
Mary Young
Arlington Theatre
Castle Square
Telephone Beach
Filene
Selwyn
Selwyns
Buddies
George V. Hobert
B. C. Hilliam
Brian, Wood & Young
Scomay
Lombardi
Olympia
al Shayne
Toretti & Bennett
Keller Mack
Anna Earl
Balliol
Ptryss
Messrs
Eee
J. d. Shuber
William
George Beban
Hearts OF Men
Ray Fern
Marion Davis
Ryan & Heary
Cansino Bros. & Co
Walsh
Vice Daily
U. S. Glee Club
U. S
Florence
Plymouth
Simar
Wwe
EmoTion
ALL Star Show
Duquesne & CO
Fisher & Gilmore
WM. Sisto
Taylor & Francis
Brown & Evans
WM. Russell
Olympia Wash
Madge Kennedy
Herbert Sisters
Adelaine Boothby
Chas
Everdean
Ash and Hines
Jessie Haywood & Co
Cecile Eldred & Carr
New Lyons-Moran
Wrothe
Exeter
Constance Talmadge
Tom Mix
Copley Square
Dorchester Geomans
Loew’s Globe
Jancaste
the Girl From
Nowhere
Bessie Barriscale
Eugene O’brien
Lover
Washington Theatre
Robert Warwick
Virginia Pearson
Catherine
OLD South Theatre
Alice Joyce
Enid Bennett
Odern Beaco
Bill AY
Mizzoura
Billie Burke
Sadie Love
George Walsh
ALL New Vaudeville
Big
Jack Pickford
Upham's
Warren Kerriza
Harry Redzers
Earl Williams
Ce & J
J.J. Shubert
Little Building
Henry Jewett
Ernest Denny
Marmadure
Copley Theatre
Jordan
Bowdoinq
Wm. Farnum Dalton In
Market of Souls
Chas. Ray
Olive Thomas
Spite Bride
Gordon
Buffalo” Jones
Bird
W. Smith
Winslow
Flen T. Marshall
A. C. Santos
Wileys
Atlantic
West Cape
Anthony Ricca
Hoosac Docks
Shipping Board
Mystic Docks
Lorain
Ohio
Kobe
Japan
Manila
Thomas B. Jago
Leyland Line
Caledonian
Canopic
Shipping News
M’adoo
S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated
Undertakers
New England
Brookline
M. W. Carr & Co., Inc
Gorham St
West Somerville
A. W. Paul
Sudbury St. O
Chapin
C. W. Wescott
Chapin Farm Agency
Frederick A. King
Devonshire St
Tel
Boston Furniture Repairing CO
Cole
Winton
Brine
William H. Brine
Commonwealth Ave
St. Aidan’s Church
Broussard
Jamaica Plain
John Broussard
Brown
Charles J
Frank E
Mary J. Brown
Marrow
N St
St. Eulalia’s Church
Burke
Nora V. Burke
Carlisle St
St. Hugh’s Church
Campbell
Dorchester
Archibald
Jennett Campbell
Buttonwood St
Delaney
Newton
Julia A
Hennessey
Thomas I. Delaney
Jackson Rd
Church of Our Lady
Doyle
Bridget Doyle
Shirley St
St. Patrick's Church
Vallon
Jan Dorchester
George
Mary Cosette
Bernard Fallon
Ditson St
William J
John
Margaret Foley
Lennane
Park St
St. Mary's Church
Warren St
Julia McLean
Margaret Mclean
Middlesex Court No. 60
Julia A. Delaney
Elizabeth Dunne
Nellie Kilroy
Della McMillan
R Prior
Ates
Canada
Tremont Street
Beach
M Nitions Bldg
Washington, D. C
O. D
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