Surge in Boston Building Surges Past 1918 Figures
City Building Commissioner Herbert A. Wilson reports a more than doubling of construction in Boston and surrounding areas over the past seven months. He links high labor and material costs to housing shortages and predicts a five year boom may follow, noting eight months of 1919 saw 939 buildings valued at 10.13 million dollars versus 850 in 1918 totaling 3.31 million.
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Boston
Herbert A. Wilson
Wilson
Change in Plans for Memorial Fund Drive
At the New England States Branch meeting of the Roosevelt Memorial Association a shift to voluntary contributions replaces an intensified one week drive for a 5 million dollar memorial fund. Memorial Day is Oct 27 with nationwide meetings and Boston headquarters in Tre mont Building. Notable speakers included General Edwards and William Sewall. George von Meyer is secretary.
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New England States
Roosevelt Memorial Association
United States
Boston
Tremont Building
Memorial Association
Copley Plaza Hotel
New England
Michael J. Murray
Massachusetts
George von L. Meyer
General Edwards
William W. Sewall
Caide
Roosevelt
Russell Cowles
Danville
Rochester
Gale Sheild
Keene
John K. Bates
First National Bank
Portsmouth
Frank P. Hobbs
Wolfeboro
William Henry Schofield
Weterporo
Vermont
Earle S. Kinsley
Rutlant
Mortimer R. Proctor
Proctor
Fraser Metzger
Randolph
Edward P. Kielt
Montpelier
George H. V. Allen
Fairhaven
J. Gregory Smith
St. Albans
H. Nelson Jackson
Notable officials from multiple states attend regional conference
A gathering of prominent figures from Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Rhode Island delegates met at field clubs in Manchester Derry and Providence to report for work amid a strike support drive for 25 boomers and quillers who left a plant 10 weeks ago. No wage or hour issues discussed.
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Ton
William Roscoe Thayer
Cambridge
Carles L. Burrill
Charles Fr. Wiggin
Boston
James A. Gallivan
Robert S. Potter
Robert BH. Godwin
Edina
Lawrence
John Wells Farley
William F. Garcelon
Gaspar G. Bacon
George Cabot Lee
Weston
Louis_ K. Liggett
Andrew J.peters
Mills Firework of Labor Action in Woonsocket
Nearly 400 employees of the Nyanza mills failed to appear for work as tensions rose over labor actions. Officials sought to avert a broader stoppage while workers debated wage demands and grievances.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Nyanza Mills
Supreme Court Denies Stay in Ohio Pork Seizure Case
Justice William R. Day denied a stay of execution in the Ohio case against Columbus Packing Company. Seizure involved 75 tons of pork, with court action moving to immediate sale.
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Canton, O
William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
State of Ohio
Columbus Packing Company
Engagement Notice for Miss Clara Comstock and Wallace Fenn
Mr and Mrs William O Comstock of 54 Dudley Street Brookline announce the engagement of their daughter Clara B Comstock to Wallace O Fenn son of Dean William W Fenn of the Harvard Divinity School The wedding will be at Miss Comstock home Tuesday afternoon September 9.
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William O. Comstock
Dudley Street
Brokline
Clara B. Comstock
Wallace O. Fenn
William W. .Fenn
Harvard Divinity School
Miss Comstock
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Ormer Minstrel
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Edward Cockson
White Way
Dobby
14Th Treet
Billy Burke
Hanover
Portland
Washington ST
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Joseph D. Gibson
Suffolk Superior Court
Walter P. Bowers
Clinton
Medical Board of
Gibson
Dr. Bowers
Vogue
Henry VII
England
Madame
Lewis
Paris
Maine
A. J. Sweet
Auburn
Verton
Halbert P. Gardner
D. E. D. Merrill
Foserett
Parkhurst
Bangor
Teeth
West York Harbor
Blaine S. Vis
Augusta
Alton CG. Wheeler
Boris
Horace C. Day
Copley Plaza
New Hampshire
Frank Knox
Manchester
Walter M. Parker Manchester
Hovey KE
Slayton
J. Duncan Upham
Claremont
Louis E. Wiman
W. R. Brown
Perlin
John B. Jameson
Concord
Clarence BE. Carr
Andover
Roland H. Spaulding
Clara Comstock
Benjamin Bean
Framingham
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Edward Barber
Henry C. Goulding
Sadie Goulding
Josephine Barber
Sherborn
Bean
Milford
Shepard Service
Winter Street
Billie Burkes
Hamburg
Tremont Street
Fall Street
Ayia
Jersey
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Silvertone
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Temple Place
Tom Sawyer
Shepard
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