Council Refers Oil Purchases Report To Finance Commission
At the council meeting Councilman Frank Goodwin accused the oil purchase report from the supply department of deception and called the Mayor's office comparison table a misrepresentation. The council voted to refer both offices' report and the accompanying figures to the Finance Commission due to crossed wires between the offices.
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Common Council
Frank Goodwin
Finance Commission
Goodwin
First Edition of Mrs Eddy Book Brings $82 at Auction
A rare book sale at Libbie's auction rooms drew New York and Boston buyers. A first edition of Science and Health by Mary Baker Glover Mrs Eddy, published in 1875, sold for $82 in excellent condition, with a May purchase record of $114 set earlier this year.
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Libbie
New York
State police join Chelsea in hunt for multiple arson fires
Authorities say the fires are not the work of a single firebug. Deputy Chief Neal of the State police says several individuals started them and notes several outbreaks since the April 12 big blaze with more likely to come.
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Chelsea
State Police
Neal
Alderman Diggins Attacks Police Nominees at Somerville Aldermen
Alderman John Diggins disrupted the Somerville Board meeting by denouncing as a special policeman a man charged with larceny and non-support. The clash followed a move to suspend rules to confirm three men named by Mayor Grimmons.
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John Diggins
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Shepard
Grimmons
City oil contract inquiry cites price discrepancies
Councilman Goodwin flags errors in the supply report comparing Kehew Bradley and Chicago Rawhide. He notes higher city oil purchases from Rawhide, including 1019 gallons more than stated, with 6389 extra engine oil gallons this year against last, urging cost-effective choices and criticizing higher prices paid for inferior oil.
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Goodwin
Supply Department
Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company
Kehew-Bradley Company
Councilman Goodwin
Chicago Rawhide Company
Chicago
Rawhide Company
Boston Woven Hose Company
George ¥. Whitney & Co
Passing of Obelisk Boat Dessoug Off Delaware Capes
The Dessoug a coal barge in recent times and once the Khedive of Egypts private yacht that delivered the obelisk to New York sank off the Delaware capes Wednesday night. Its crew were rescued by a U S revenue cutter after a violent sea struggle.
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Dessoug
Egypt
Central Park
New York
Delaware Capes
United States Revenue
Dessong
Atlantic Seaboard
Nile
Mediterranean
United States
Khedre
America
Somerville Chief Retired After 85 Years Service
Melville C. Parkhurst, longtime Somerville police chief, retired on pension at the board of aldermen meeting. A committee was named to draft retirement resolutions for the next session. Patrolman John A. Ray was named sergeant but the appointment awaits the next meeting.
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Somerville Board of Aldermen
Melville C. Parkhurst
Alderman Good
Mixer
Kingman
John A. Ray
Boston Theatre Managers Elect 1925 Officers
Officers for the coming year were chosen at the Boston Association of Theatre Managers annual meeting held at the Colonial Theatre with a large audience. President John B. Schoeffel Tremont Theatre and vice president A L Wilbur Majestic Theatre head the board. secretary W D Andreas Park Theatre and treasurer T B Lothian Colonial Theatre are also elected.
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Boston Association of Theatre Managers
Colonial Theatre
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont Theatre
A. L. Wilbur
Majestic Theatre
W. D. Andreas
The
Park Theatre
T. B. Lothian
Charles J. Rich
Hollis Street Theatre
A. L. Griffen
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Award D. Smith
George W. Magee
Grand Opera House
Harry Farren
Columbia Theatre
Giant Lobster Returns Draw Crowds In Provincetown
In Provincetown on October 9 a 23 pound lobster, the largest seen in the harbor, was captured by Fred A. Lewis and crews aboard the George Leslie with help from the Rattler and Little Jennie. The massive crustacean measured 42 inches long and 18 inches around with a seven inch wide right claw and fed many locals.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod Bay
Rattler
Little Jennie
George Leslie
Fred A. Lewis
Weir
Japs' poor pay for ship work
Washington reports wages in Japanese shipyards for 10 hours of work. Boiler makers earn 98 cents, caulkers 49, punchers 46, screwmakers 47, finishers 1, moulders 87, electricians 57, lathe workers 99, coppersmiths 96, machinists 51, blacksmiths 1.23, iron workers 1.82, foundry men 1.02.
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Washington
Hebrew High School Union Formed in City Federation
Through the efforts of Rev Dr Louis A Alexander a union of Hebrew high schools was organized last night at Congregation Atereth Israel on Northampton Street. Almost every district is represented in the new federation as part of a movement to federate all Hebrew high school associations that has been underway for months.
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Louis A. Alexander
Congregation Atereth Israel Synagogue
Northampton Street
Suffragettes Sentenced to Jail After Commons Storm
Seventeen women suffragists arrested October 13 during the storming of the House of Commons were sentenced in London on disorderly conduct charges. Terms ranged from three weeks to three months, with bonds offered for good behavior declined and jail chosen.
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London
House of Commons
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Police Choice
Eure
Ay Daintree
Erle Artis
Mary J. Lincoln
N. K. Fairbank Company
Somerville
Meyer Jonasson & Co
Cravenette Rain
DELL
Boston
Tremont and
Boylston Streets
Carters
Hebrew High School Union
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