W. C. T. U. Pushes Woman Suffrage in Legislature
Taunton October 19 The Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union voted to introduce a bill in the next Legislature to grant woman suffrage Following the lines of the measure backed by the Woman Suffrage Association at the last session The convention elected Katherine L Stevenson reelected president with Ella A Gleason Ada B Frisbee and Isabel A Morse named officers and invited the national W C T U to meet in Boston in 1920
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Taunton
Massachusetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Woman Suffrage Association
Boston
Katherine L. Stevenson
Despondent Husband Tries Suicide After Wife’s Death
Edward F. Walsh of 359 Somerville Avenue Somerville in despondent state after wife’s death two years ago attempted to take his life yesterday by slashing his throat with a razor. He is in critical condition at Central Street Hospital.
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Edward F. Walsh
Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Central Street Hospital
State to Probe Milk Industry in Massachusetts
Assistant Attorney General Seagrave asked U S District Attorney George W Anderson to join in a wide scale inquiry into Massachusetts milk production. The probe targets conspiracy against small dealers adulterated and impure milk and milk from powder and from uninspected dairies in northern New England and Canada.
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Seagrave
United States
George W. Anderson
Attorney-General’s Department
Massachusetts
Boston
New England
Canada
Investigators Probe Holyoke Milk Supply Amid Paralysis Rise
State Health Department agents in Holyoke investigate milk shipments to Boston after the milk war began Oct 1. They report finding impure milk and link infantile paralysis cases to milk from uninspected dairies, with unions naming uninspected suppliers.
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State Department of Health
Holyoke
Boston
Herman C. Lythgoe
Richard Pattee
New England Milk Producers’ Association
North End Fights Firearms Surge Noted by Patrolman Fitzpatrick
The 45th annual catch is described as Patrolman John F. Fitzpatrick watches over a North End area where residents continue to carry shooting and stabbing irons. He has become an expert in detection and prevention of such dangers.
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John F. Fitzpatrick
North End
Fitzpatrick
Israel Grossman Guilty of Stable Burn in Roxbury
Israel Grossman found guilty of setting fire to a stable on Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury on April 26. Judge Sisk postponed sentencing and ordered return to Charles Street jail with bail raised from 3000 to 7500 dollars.
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Israel Grossman
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Sisk
Grossman
Charles Street
Short measuring gasolene pumps mulching motorists
Washington reports the Federal Bureau of Standards found short measuring gasolene pumps cost motorists millions yearly. Illinois losses exceed $500000 annually. Tests show about 80 percent of pumps give short measure due to construction faults or dealer manipulation.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Standards
Illinois
Bayonne Strikers Vote to Return to Work After Meeting
In Bayonne New Jersey striking workers from Standard Oil and other plants gathered for a mass meeting and voted to end the strike and resume work tomorrow across several facilities.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil
Cambridge Drugists Win Supreme Court License Ruling
The Cambridge apothecaries won a Supreme Court order forcing Mayor Rockwood to sign sixth class liquor licenses granted months ago. Judge Loring’s decision holds city councils act as licensing boards and cuts mayoral veto power. A delay likely until after next Tuesday night due to no official license form existing.
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Cambridge
Supreme Court
Rockwood
Loring
Mayor to Sign Charter Abolishing Old City Form
The mayor will sign the new city charter which abolishes the old form. The council has not yet adopted a new form of license and retains power under the charter until action is taken.
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Rockwood
Smith College bans travel to events for female students
Smith College president Marion L. Burton announces a temporary restriction preventing female students from leaving Northampton for college games or other events. The order remains in effect until November 2, allowing students to attend only the more important games in town.
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Smith Northampton
Smith College
Marion L. Burton
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