Residents Aid Blue Hill Line to Save Car Service
Public-spirited Brush Hill residents in West Milton pledge 40 percent of the Blue Hill Street Railway cost to keep the line from Mattapan through Milton Canton and Stoughton running through winter. Canton and Stoughton follow with 40 and 20 percent respectively. George Spaulding seeks court permission to extend operation to January 1.
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Blue Hill Street Railway Company
Mattapan
Milton
Canton
Stoughton
Blue Hill Line
West Milton
Brush Hill
George Spaulding
Blue Hill Road
Supreme Court
Boston
Domestic Question Threatens Trolley Service in Milton Area
Domestic workers on Milton estates may lose rides to see family and friends if the Blue Hill line trolleys stop running. The piece notes cooks, maids, and housekeepers rely on the service for days off, dates, and outings to Boston and beyond.
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Milton
Blue Hill Line
Boston
Rating Committee for Workmen's Compensation Formed
New York October 16. A general rating committee and an actuarial committee of the national council of workmen's compensation insurance were appointed to begin the council's work. The council was formed to ensure workers receive compensation under state laws.
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Workmen’s Compensation
New York
National Council of Workmen’s Compensation Insurance
Council
Old War Veteran Duncan Wood Dies in Lawrence
Lawrence, Oct 16 Duncan Wood Civil War veteran and longtime clerk of the municipal charities department died at his home 80 Marble Street aged 80. He was one of the town’s last prominent “old timers” figures.
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Lawrence
Duncan Wood
Municipal Charities Department
Marble Street
Boston Campaigners Rally for $400000 Jewish Charity Drive
At a booming banquet at 218 Huntington Avenue Boston leaders push toward the $400000 goal for the Boston Federated Jewish Charities as workers plan a bold campaign before October 19. Louis E. Kirstein vows to beat the target and urged workers to engage hearts over wallets.
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Boston Federated Jewish Charities
Huntington Avenue
Louis E. Kirstein
Federa
Joseph E. Herman
Boston Charities
Louis Baer
Federation
David A. Laurie
Chelsea
Home For
Dorchester
Felix Vorenberg
E. W. Kaffenburgh
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Memphis
Tenn
Augusta
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
Thayer McNeil Co
Thayer McNeil Company
T. Sacs Place
West Street
Blue Hill
F. Noveu CO
Jakey Sellers
Jakey
Central Court
Moses Fishman
Freedman
Shawmut Avenue
Anderson
Fishman
Jamaica
North End
Sullivan
Sergeant McTiernan
Trank Swartzberg
South Eind
Scarbus Pappas
Eliot Street
Bill” Costin
Roxbury
Pappas
Counei
Costin
Pappan
Joseph Sarabossa
Harrison Avenue
Officer Wing
Michael Walsh
Washington Street
Eliot
Sergeant McKinnon
Walsh
Holland
Jamaica Plain
JEW Charity Fund
Filene’s
Tom
Tom Brown
Madras
Wood
Rte Yan
Boys’ Shop Shoe Sho Hat Shop
Norfolk
Boy Scouts
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