Boston Weighs $3 Million New Custom House Plan
April 3 report from Washington says Boston seeks a bigger and better custom house costing 3,000,000 dollars. Collector Lyman, Rep Weeks, and Rep Kelcher urged the project before the House committee on public buildings. They cited the 1835 building as outdated and inadequate. The committee is considering the proposal.
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Washington
Boston
House Committee On Public Buildings
Lyman
Representative Weeks
Sxelcher
Weeks
Jje
Kelcher
Don’t Blame Her Don’t Blame Her
A sensational generic view claims women suffer hysteric nervous conditions caused by feminine derangement. It promotes a remedy acting on organs afflicted to restore a healthy feminine system and dispel irritability and distress.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Mattie Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for severe feminine ailments. The ad proclaims thirty years of use and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mattie Copenhaver
21St St
Parsons, Kans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Supreme Court ruling on open shop strikes in Lynn case
The Supreme Court holds that a strike against an open shop is unlawful. It rules that the Building Trades Council overstepped by deciding individual grievances and enforcing its decisions by collective strikes, thereby interfering with the employer's business.
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Supreme Court
Edward T. Reynolds
Building Trades Council of
Lynn
Chief Justice Knowlton Dissent on Closed Shop Strike
Justice Knowlton dissents from the majority on the union rules and the validity of a closed shop strike. He argues the strike to secure a closed shop is not justified and notes the state’s legality hinges on the strike’s purpose.
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Knowlton
London Actress Lucy Weston to Feature in Follies of 1907
Lucy Weston a London debutante comedienne joins The Follies of 1907 coming here next week. She is petite winsome and gentle with cherub like features and nature songs designed to provoke gentle laughter. Her remarks reportedly border on risqué but are pitched in innocent childlike manner.
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Lucy Weston
London
Miss Weston
Lucy
Morgan Remains Indoors Amid Rome Strikes
In Rome on April 3 J Pierpont Morgan stayed in his hotel after authorities urged caution as a general workmen strike protests the prior killings left three rioters dead and 15 wounded. Tourists faced cab shortages and disrupted streetcars while 800 departed the city. An area near the Vatican saw heightened watches but no major unrest occurred. Cardinal Vannutelli and Pope Pius attended the St Peter's sermon with limited papal college attendance.
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Vatican
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Papal College
St. Peter's
Pope Pius
Pretty Teacher Spanked In Wilkesbarre Scandal
Edward Sullivan principal of Exeter borough schools was arrested in Wilkesbarre on April 3 charged with spanking Miss Anna Flynn a popular teacher in his charge. The alleged motive arose after she preferred a young man of Hungarian parentage and a college graduate. He allegedly annoyed her in many small ways after the discovery.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Edward Sullivan
Exeter
Anna Flynn
Sullivan
Incident at School Leads to Assault Charge
A female student says a classmate taunted her about the Hungarian, provoking her to strike him. He then allegedly bent her over a chair and struck her several times. A school director notified authorities and Sullivan was arrested. Alderman Grown fined him $10 for disorderly conduct and set trial bail at $500 for assault and battery and $500 to keep the peace.
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Sullivan
Alderman Grown
Donkey Arrives in Liverpool: Cairo Freight Finds New Owner
A white donkey named Rameses arrived on the Canadian ship at Liverpool after a voyage from Cairo. Broker Paine of Paine Webber & Co secured the animal for his son Stephen for saddle use. Rameses, brother to Croker's New York donkey, endured a rough sea journey.
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Canadian
Leyland Line
Rameses
W. A. Paine
Paine, Webber & Co
Cairo
Liverpool
Richard A. Croker
New York
Egypt
Rate War Benefits Boost Canopic Passenger Bookings
The rate war triggered by German lines and White Star cut fares on the Canopic sailing from Hoosac docks to Azores Madeira Gibraltar Naples and Genoa. Cabin rates stay unchanged while steerage and Palmero Mesina fares drop from 25 to 20 and 88 to 23. The Canopic carries 209 cabin and 550 steerage, with many more steerage seats likely before today’s sailing.
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New York
White Star Line
Hoosac Docks
Charlestown
Azores
Madeira
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
Douglas Home Cuts Politics in Brockton Visit
Ex Governor William L Douglas visited Brockton on April 3 and refused to discuss politics. He said he had not followed the political scene recently and declined to comment to reporters. He has been linked with a possible vice presidential bid with William Jennings Bryan.
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Brockton
William L. Douglas
South
Douglas
William Jennings Bryan
West Elm Street
Post
Mayor to Dismiss Water Department Staff Next Week
Mayor Stibbard announces a major overhaul of the water department with multiple instructors and employees to be dismissed next week. The action signals a significant shift in agency leadership and operations.
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Stibbard
Water Department
Crane’s failed peace bid shapes Massachusetts delegation fight
A close aide recounts Senator W Muray Crane of Massachusetts trying to mediate between Senator Foraker and Secretary Taft and later between President Roosevelt and Foraker. Crane faced hostile press and alleged White House whispers, claiming proof from a letter by Secretary Loeb and warning he would resign if attacks continued.
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Washington, D. C
W. Muray Crane
Massachusetts
Crane
Foraker
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
Lodge
White House
Taft
Washington
Togie
Loeb
Post
Will Fight Park Bill In Boston Metropolitan Plan
The state finance commission will oppose a metropolitan parks bill that would require Boston to spend about 65 percent of a 2 million dollar project. A communication to the committee on metropolitan affairs will express the city’s objections and is expected to reach the legislature as the panel reviews city engineering matters.
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Finance Commission
Committee On
Tlouse
Boston
Athough Boston
Banker Shot by Syrian on Damascus Train
State Department dispatch from Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople reports an American banker presumed president of a Kansas bank killed by a Syrian on a train from Damascus. The Syrian says the shooting was accidental while he examined his pistol. both men were in adjoining compartments.
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Washington
State Department
Leishman
Constantinople
Damascus
Newton man killed in Turkey identified as B Warkentin
Newton Kansas April 3 The man killed in Turkey is B Warkentin a pioneer Newton business man and former president of the Kansas State Bank of Newton now abroad with his wife according to a cablegram received here.
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Newton, Kas
Turkey
B. Warkentin
Newton
Warkentin
Kansas State Bank of
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