Provincetown Seeks Recognition in Pilgrim Tercentenary
Provincetown plans push for official recognition in the Pilgrim Tercentenary celebration. The Board of Trade and Selectmen will present Provincetown’s claims to the Legislature in November, citing inadvertent omission in Plymouth focused plans and seeking an amended act or new provision to honor the first landing site. The town weighs legal routes and ground improvements around the Pilgrim Monument as part of the effort.
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Provincetown Board of Trade and Selectmen
Provincetown
America
Board of Trade
Charles L. Underhill
Somerville
Plymouth
Board of Trade of
Selectmen
Plymouth Colony
Townbrook
Brewster Street
Coles Hill
School Street
Burial Hill
South Russell Street
General Court
Commonwealth
Plymouth Rock
Louis K. Liggett
Boston
Arthur Lord
George H. Lyman
Milton Reed
Fall River
Charles B. Barnes
Hingham
William Carroll Hill
Mt Wollaston Lodge and Chapter Constituted in Wollaston
Prominent Massachusetts Masons attended a banquet at Wollaston Masonic Temple as Mt Wollaston Lodge was constituted and its officers installed by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter. Walter Edward Weld became first high priest and Philip H Gallagher first king, with Edgar L De Forest as first scribe and Raymond T Sewall installing the remaining officers.
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Massachusetts
Wollaston Masonic Temple
Mt. Wollaston
Clarence H. Moulton
R. A
Aubrey C. MacCarey
Welton H. Colburn
Arthur S. Bryant
Martin H. Stearns
Arthur W. Paul
J. S
Charles Treadway
Tyler
Rail shopmen win eight hour day wage rise
Washington September 29 The first national agreement covering railroad shopmen raises pay by four cents an hour under an eight hour day rule. Director General Hines and six international shop crafts signed the pact effective October 20 until government control ends. The contract standardizes terms for all shop employees, replacing road by road deals, and marks a major labor gain in federal influence. Prices for Swift & Company carcase beef sales in Boston for the week ending September 27 averaged 17.20 cents per pound.
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Washington
Four Brotherhoods
Hines
Wilson
Swift & Company
Boston
London Tightens Food Rations Across Meats Butter And Sugar
London faced stricter rationing as Sept 29 regulations clamp down on all meats including cured meats and on butter and sugar. Fish remained outside the edict but transportation shortages affect supply.
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London
Food Rationing Tightens as Strikes Spread Across Railways
Government eases fears of disruption by noting many railway workers return to duties while unions plan possible action. Volume of volunteers keeps services running. 14 week food supply cited if conserved. Milk and foodstuffs arrive in Hyde Park as torpedo boat destroyers assist coastal distribution.
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Exchange Telegraph
National Union of Railwaymen's Executive Committee
London
Southeastern Railway
Transport Workers Federation
Hyde Park
Saxonia Sails for New York Despite Strike
The Cunard liner Saxonia left Tilbury for New York with 200 passengers aboard despite the railroad strike. Most travelers traveled by road to London Bridge and were ferried by river steamers to Tilbury to board the Saxonia.
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Saxonia
New York
London
Cunard Line
Tilbury
Mdon Bridge
Bethlehem Steel Electricians Strike Halts Power Plant
Seventy five percent of Bethlehem Steel Company electricians in Allentown are on strike, crippling the power plant according to local leaders.
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Allentown
Penn
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ocean Fire Threatens Subchaser Crew Near Nantasket
Two naval officers and seven sailors narrowly escaped death when submarine chaser 109 burst into flames three miles off Black Rock Nantasket yesterday afternoon. The blast followed an explosion as the fire reached the forward gasoline tank during preparations to launch a small tender and a life raft.
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Black Rock
Nantasket
Firewide Death of a Submarine Chaser Near Harbor
A submarine chaser caught fire during a harbor cruise, forcing three crew to liferaft and six others to be rescued by a motor launch and a tender. The U S Mayflower towed the blazing hull to Charlestown navy yard after extinguishing the flames. An investigation into the cause was begun, with engine trouble suspected.
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U. S
Mayflower
Warren Maines
H.W. Mitchell, Jr
Boston
Lferaft
Odin Towle
Cohasset
Charlestown Navy Yard
Thatch Held for Grand Jury in Middleboro
Charles Thatch of Middleboro is held under bonds for the grand jury after charges filed by Miss Mary Collins age 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Collins of Chestnut Street.
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Middleboro
Charles Thatch
Mary Collins
Michael Collins
Chestnut Street
Dr True's Elixir advertised by mass advert
Mrs G I Baird of Allston Massachusetts reports two years of illness with worms and little relief. After a single bottle she says she feels like a new person with worms shrinking and health improving. She lists worm symptoms and endorses the medicine sold by all dealers.
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G. I. Baird
Glenville Ave
Allaton
Mass
Dr. True
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The
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John Alden
P. M. Leavitt Co
LODGE
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Ocean Fire Pass
RED Cross
Washington Corner
Bedford Street
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