Boston Tailors Urged to Fight High Priced Ready Made Goods
A 1890s column urges Washington Street tailors to unite against high priced ready made clothing from Chicago and New York. It calls for a committee on woolens, cutting costs, ending credit reliance, and promoting Boston made clothing with local business ties. The writer vows to continue the discussion in a later issue.
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IFTY
Washington Street
Boston
Tailors’ Association
Chicago
New York
Greater
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Suffrage Association Plans English Study Mission
The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association will send three women to England to study militant methods, aiming to accelerate progress. The passenger list names Miss Margaret Foley and Miss Florence Luscomb, with Miss Alice Carpenter to follow soon.
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Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
England
Bohemia
Margaret Foley
Florence Luscomb
Technology
Cambridge
Alice Carpenter
Vassar
Suffrage Tactics in Boston and London Streets
The article notes peaceful suffrage methods and cites an Englishwoman who spoke from a driving vehicle in crowded London streets. It also mentions Boston's conservative tactics such as suffrage jewelry and suffrage viands, highlighting varied public demonstrations and a full audience at the State.
Woburn Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Benjamin A Tripp mark six decades of marriage with a family gathering at 65 Montvale Avenue Woburn Their son Charles E Tripp and son Edward M Tripp of Somerville are among the children with three grandchildren and four great grandchildren born of their union They wed at Southbridge on April 2 1851 born in 1830 in Warren and later moved to Woburn in 1885 The couple's long life spans shoemaking military service and local business tenure.
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Brookfield
New Orleans
Warren
Woburn
Houghton Allen
Benjamin A, Tripp
Tripps
Mrs
Tripp
Suffrage Debate Sparks Locket Ring and Play Event
A suffrage gathering next Tuesday promotes votes for women with a locket pledge and a ballot blot image. Bertha Papazian staged a suffrage play with yellow costumes while sellers offered Equal Suffrage Marmalade and Suffragette Marmalade recipes, drawing bachelors with spicy treats.
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Bertha S. Papazian
T. D. Barry, Brockton Shoe President, Dead
Brockton April 2. Thomas D. Barry, a prominent Brockton shoe manufacturer and president of a major local company, died at his home today.
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T. D. Barry
Brockton Shoe
Brockton
Thomas D. Barry
Adamson Balsam Promises Quick Cure for Cold
An 19th century advertising claim touts Adamson Balsam as a remedy to cure colds, warning that neglecting symptoms could be dangerous and urging immediate use of the product.
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Adamson
Pet cat mauls two women in Leominster street incident
A cat belonging to Mrs. Eben D. Cousins of 20 Winter Street in Leominster turned vicious this afternoon. It bit and scratched Mrs. Cousins and then attacked her mother who tried to pull the animal away from the daughter's head.
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Leominster
Eben D. Cousins
Winter Street
Cat Attacks Women Then Is Killed by Patrolman
A feral cat attacked Mrs. Cousins and her elderly mother causing deep scratches and scalp injuries. Patrolman Michael T. Coulin cornered the cat in a barn and shot it dead. Mrs. Cousins had planned to dispose of her kittens, but the confrontation with the mother cat ended a violent, dangerous scene.
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Michael T. Coulin
Cat in Kitchen Rampage Promptly Shot by Officer
Mrs. Cousins tried to separate the animal as it clashed with her face, then flooded the scene with her mother and police. Patrolman Conlon arrived and watched the cat charge through a window into a neighbor’s barn before the officer fired, ending the danger.
Socialists Condemn Mexican Revolution in Boston Meeting
Boston area socialist clubs met in Irwin Hall to condemn the Mexican revolution and U S troop deployment to the border to protect private interests of Morgan Guggenheim Rockefeller and Hearst A petition was sent to President Taft requesting withdrawal of troops from the border.
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Irwin Hall
Morgan
Guggenheim
Rockefeller
Hearst
Taft
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