Opposition to New Haven ship day schedule at Boston hearing
At a Chamber of Commerce hearing before the transportation committee objectors call the New Haven plan discriminatory and unfair. They warn it will demoralize Boston wholesale groceries and let New York Providence and Worcester wholesalers divert Boston trade.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Boston
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Worcester
How I Darkened My Gray Hair Advertisement
A home remedy claims to darken gray hair using 7 oz water, a small box of Barbo Compound, 1 oz bay rum and ½ oz glycerine. The mix is used every other day until the desired shade, promising softer glossy hair that does not rub off or feel sticky.
Boston Post cat story contest offers cash prizes
The Boston Post invites readers to submit cat stories up to 200 words written on one side of the paper. Prizes include 20 10 and 5 in gold. Real name and address required. Judges include Dr Francis H Rowley and H C Merwin. The winning tales will be printed in the Daily and Sunday Post. Colonel the Saint Bernard saves his drowning master after being dumped from a skiff.
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The
Boston Post
Post
the Post
Boston
Sunday Post
Francis H. Rowley
H. C. Merwin
Boy Confides a 14 Year Old Friend Has only a Dog
A 14 year old says his only friend is a Boston terrier named Rags. He chose the name himself.
Punishing a Boy and a Dog Fight in South Boston Home
Mrs. C. J. Riley recalls scolding Romie and Rags as Jappie the French bulldog joined the fray. A late afternoon home disturbance ended with the pets fighting. authorities separated them with water. The narrator vows to punish later when the animals are not present.
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Ronnie
Romie
Rags
Jappie
C. J. Riley
P Street
South
Boston
A Church Going Dog
A Scotch collie named Prince insists on church attendance and Sunday school. The dog slips through a window to sit beside his owner during service, then follows to Sunday school preferring to stay with the class rather than the owner’s group.
Laddie the dog shown in East Douglas scene performs many tasks
Photo by R F A Williams depicts Laddie the dog doing chores and tricks for his household. The piece lists actions such as dancing for treats, selecting a bidder, bringing in mail, reminding Mistress of a treat, playing ball, fetching wood, sitting to tell a story, bringing Master’s hat, playing war dance, calling for water, and drinking from a stream.
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R. F. A. Williams
East Douglas
Mass
Laddie
Regular visitor noted in Cambridge obituary notice
A fragment notes a man who attended regularly until his death at 26 Maple Avenue Cambridge, with no objections raised to his presence. The entry credits Mrs. E. E. Chessman as the contact.
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E. E. Chessman
Maple Avenue
Cambridge
Shepherd the intelligent collie and his sheep
A letter from Michael Gill describes his collie Shepherd who could name and control livestock. The dog guided cows to pasture and home, avoided corn fields, and identified his six branded sheep among a large flock. He stayed vigilant at night for newborn lambs and mourned when two lambs died.
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Shepherd
Michael Gill
Sanford Street
Mattapan
Kaiser the French Bassett Saves Hunter in Swamp
A man recounts injuring his foot with an axe near a swamp while woodcutting. His French Bassett hound, nicknamed Kaiser, used as a rabbit hunter comes to aid by turning his collar into a makeshift tourniquet, slowing bleeding as the narrator crawls home through the chill hear hoof beats approaching.
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France
Faithful Dog Saves Life After Halter Rope Rescue
A dog retrieves a horse halter rope and leads its owner to safety then to a doctor where the dog that was never beaten saves the writer's life. Berton Schofield signs with his West Somerville address.
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Berton Schofield
Meacham Road
West Somerville
Brownie the French Bull Survives Failed Grave Dig
A 14 year old boy describes Brownie a French bull who was hit by a car and left for dead. The dog later revives as the boy digs a grave and Brownie begins digging beside him thinking the hole is for a bone. Edwin C. Sullivan Roxbury.
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Brownie
Edwin C. Sullivan
Woodville Street
Roxbury
Brutus the Dog Levels Up to Self-Thrown Trench
Gabe Perkins caretaker of an Eastern dairy cooling room punished Brutus by throwing him through an open window into the horse trough whenever the dog stole milk. The dog grew accustomed to the habit and one day jumped into the trough by choice after indulging in cream. A. G. Rankin, 838 Summer St Extension, So. Boston.
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Gabe Perkins
Brutus
Gabe
A. G. Rankin
Summer St
Boston
Pet dog Petro Saves Master and Child at New Hampshire Lake
A St Bernard named Petro saved a man and his young daughter during a violent island storm on a New Hampshire lake. The boat swamped a mile from shore as hail and wind battered them. Petro dragged them to shore by swimming against the waves and guiding them to safety with his collar. Lilia Franklin Sidney, Park Avenue, Wakefield.
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Petro
St. Bernard
New Hampshire
Lillia Franklin Sidney
Park Avenue
Wakefield
Private John Allen Dead Mississippi Congressman
Jackson, Miss. Oct 30 Private John Allen longtime Mississippi congressman who served 16 years until 1901 died at his Tupelo home after about two weeks of illness.
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Miss
John Allen
Congress
Mississippi
Tupelo
City Inspectors Join A. F. of L. Union in Boston
Sanitary and street cleaning inspectors in Boston affiliate with the American Federation of Labor and form City Inspectors Union 18,533. Frank H. McCarthy installs officers including President William H. McGillicuddy and 61 charter members.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
A. F. of L
William H. McGillicuddy
Jere Moynihan
Francis J. Dowd
Joseph H. Connell
Ultimatum Served On War Department Over Watertown Arsenal
Representatives of the Building Trades Councils of Greater Boston and Quincy served an ultimatum to the War Department demanding a satisfactory adjustment of the Watertown arsenal situation by 10 o'clock this morning. If unmet, Boston Providence Worcester Quincy and other New England yard workers threaten no responsibility for ensuing events.
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Greater Boston
Quincy
War Department
Watertown Arsenal
Boston
Providence
Worcester
New England
Trades Leaders Demand War Department Reply
J A Howlett spoke for the trades at the Old South building meeting. He cited the need for a reply to a communication sent to the War Department Monday. The Watertown Squantum and Quincy Plants were discussed and agents met with Federal Conciliator Casey after Secretary Baker’s Boston Washington trip.
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Old South
War Department
Watertown
Squantum
Quincy
Casey
United States Department of Labor
Baker
Boston
Washington
City Club
John C. MacDonald
War Department Rep Report Questioned in Boston Talks
In Boston a dispute over wartime issues arose as officials questioned whether Stanley King of the War Department acted as Secretary Baker’s representative. The group states King did not visit them, only meeting Watertown Arsenal officials and L B Chadwick, a union rep, while returning to Washington with no shared report or direct briefing.
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War Department
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Baker
Howlett
Watertown Arsenal
L. B. Chadwick
Iron Workers
Harvard Extends Concert Invitations to Naval Students
Harvard University invites hundreds of naval students to attend its concert and lecture events, previously limited to enrolled students. The Whiting chamber music series will be open this year to members of the Harvard Naval Radio School and the Cadet School for Ensigns.
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Harvard
Harvard Naval Radio School
Cadet School
No Gold Coins for Christmas
The Treasury announces it will not authorize deposits with sub-treasuries for new gold coins to be distributed from the mints this holiday season. The move aims to conserve gold in light of wartime expenditures and ongoing financial strain.
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United States
Treasury Department
Freezone promises instant corn relief and removal
A Cincinnati man distributes Freezone a small bottle drugstore remedy that claims to relieve corn pain instantly. Apply drops to tender corn and soreness vanishes. the corn then loosens and can be lifted out with the fingers. The ether based compound also shrivels hard and soft corns and calluses without hurting surrounding skin.
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