Potatoes Rise On Shortage And Transport Woes
Potatoes cost consumers well above last year with prices rising due to a nationwide crop shortage and drought in key states. Maine farmers receive about 1.50 a barrel, while Boston dealers charge 1.60 to 1.65 for 120 pound sacks. Rail strikes on Bangor and Aroostook hinder shipments, though railroad officials dispute major delays. Union officials suggest Maine Central may absorb the Bangor and Aroostook line.
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New England
Maine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
New York City
Philadelphia
Bangor & Aroostook
Preston V. Chapin
Boston
Chapin
Germany
Railroadmen's Union
Bangor & Arrostook
Maine Central Road
Yangor
Aroostook
Boston and Maine Sets Strict Uniform Rules for Staff Attire
Boston and Maine announces new attire regulations for conductors brakemen station agents and other staff with detailed requirements for uniforms caps collars ties shoes and accessories. Employees protest loss of personal liberty citing heat restrictions and demand for minor clothing choices while rules specify fabric weights tailoring and buttoning standards.
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Boston & Maine
Catholic Church Federation Convention and Cardinal Attendance
The Archdiocesan Federation of Catholic Societies meets at St. Alphonsus Hall with the cardinal as honorary president expected to address about 100 attendees. Open air services for the Passionist statue dedication in Brighton are set, and the cornerstone for the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Roxbury will be laid by the cardinal with diocesan clergy in attendance.
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Archdiocesan Federation of Catholic Societies
St. Alphonsus Hall
Mission Church Parish
Brighton
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Roxbury
Mgr
PJ. Supple
D. L
Edward J. Moriarty
FP. R
Jamaica Plain
Mer. M. J. Splaine
D. D
Edmund T. Shanahan
Ph. PD
Catholic University
Washington
Finn Given Eighteen Months For Horse Larceny
Maurice Finn of South Boston was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction by Judge Try after conviction of the larceny of a horse and buggy owned by George W. Nason. The theft occurred in front of 40 Purchase Street on September 15.
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Maurice Finn
South Boston
House of Correction
Try
George W. Nason
Purchase Street
Finn
Bro
Injured on motor boat near wharf after gasoline tank explodes
Richard J. O'Donnell, 27, of 192 Holland Street Somerville, crew member on a 24 foot motor fishing boat, was repairing the engine beside the schooner Gertrude DeCosta at South Side of T Wharf when the gasoline tank exploded. He fell into the pit, was hauled to the wharf, and rushed to Relief Hospital Haymarket. Surgeons found abrasions rather than severe burns.
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Richard J. O’donnell
Holland Street
Somerville
Gertrude DeCosta
T Wharf
O’donnell
Rhoades
Haymarket Square
O'Donnell
Progressive rally in Faneuil Hall to back Bird
Several hundred employees from Bird paper mills are expected to attend a large Progressive rally in Faneuil Hall tonight to support Charles Sumner Bird for Governor. The event will also feature speeches from all Progressive State ticket candidates, prompting many to travel from their towns to Boston.
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Charles Sumner Bird
Mr. Bird
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Progressive Party
Woman Struck by Auto Near Franklin Street Crossing
Mrs. Annie S. Everett, 82, of 120 Franklin street Lynn, was struck while crossing Lyman street at 8:30 p.m. by a public auto owned by Herbert O Meara of 24 Lyman street. She sustained a fractured left knee, right wrist and ankle bones broken, a head laceration, facial and hand injuries. O Meara was arrested on assault charges and bailed.
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Annie S. Everett
Franklin Street
Lynn
Lyman Street
Malden to be sued over horse Chester O death
The city of Malden faces a lawsuit for the death of Chester O a valuable bay horse owned by Thomas W Conway of Marshall Avenue Malden The animal had to be shot yesterday morning after breaking both fore legs when it slipped into a catch basin at the corner of Dartmouth and Pleasant streets Malden
Property damage claim over Boston subway construction
Mary S. Ames and John B. Ames of Easton filed in Suffolk Superior Court a petition for land damage assessments against the city of Boston. They allege their property at 344 Newbury Street Back Bay was greatly damaged by the installation of the new Boylston Street subway and seek damages.
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Suffolk Superior Court
Mary S. Ames
John 8. Ames
Easton
Boston
Newbury Street
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Tariff Conference Reaches Final Accord Without Cotton Future Tax
Washington diplomats report the tariff bill is nearly final after two weeks of closed door talks. An eight member Democratic conference committee settled most differences but could not agree on taxing cotton futures, leaving the measure with that unresolved provision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Conferees Clash Over Tariff Provisions In Cotton Trade
Six Republican conference committee members were summoned for a 10 o'clock meeting as House Underwood prepared to present a report. Senate conferees gave up Clarke amendment, House rejected, Smith Lever compromise. final action on tariffs for lead ore zinc ore woolen goods raw wool and cotton threads yarns and cloths.
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Conference
House
Representative Underwood
Senate
Cotton futures bill stalls after lengthy talks at White House
Leaders in Congress and President Wilson push for concessions on the cotton futures compromise. Conferees lodge delays as Lodge and Penrose are away, risking failure to pass the conference report by Monday. A new push to send the bill back to conference for the Smith Lever plan is expected in both chambers, with passage unlikely before late next week.
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Ments
Wilson
Lodge
Penrose
Senate
Canadians Await Tariff Change Halting Shipments
Canadian butter and farm produce are shipped to commission men in St. Paul and stored in bonded warehouses awaiting tariff legislation. The bill is expected to reduce duties by about 1000 pounds per carload. Additional shipments are held at the Canadian border.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Missing Girl Arrested in Abduction Case
Margaret O'Donnell, 16, who vanished from 29 South Side Avenue Lynn on Sept 7 with a prominent Lynn businessman, was arrested in Providence at 3 am and will face Lynn District Court on abduction charges along with John Sweeney, 32, of an auto business.
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Margaret O'Donnell
South Side Avenue
Lynn
Providence
John Sweeney
O'Donnell
Williams Note Now in Court
Julius Andrews of Boston has filed a bill in equity in the Superior Court over a note for 1159.20 claimed as payable to Williams and allegedly altered by the erasure and forgery of the original payee. Andrews bought the note Sept 7 1912, says the insured policy was $20 000 and the premium was paid in cash by Williams. He seeks injunction restraining Sibley from paying others and seeks reform to pay the insurance company or to compel payment from Sibley’s policy interest. case set for Oct 1 equity motion session.
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Julius Andrews
Boston
George E. Williams
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Henry C. Sibley
Williams
Sibley
Insurance Company
Andrews
Superior Court
Jon
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