Boston Strike Breakers Arrive to Back Masters’ Car Teams
A band of New York strike breakers is imported to aid master teamsters in Boston as tensions rise over a citywide tie up plan. Pay is set at 15 dollars weekly with board, regardless of hours, with police escorts and prepared contingencies as clashes loom around stable yards and street corners.
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New York
Adams
Wen
Johnson & Co
D Street
J. S. Hilliard & Sons
West Second
H Streets
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Pierce
Brine Company
Bluecoats
Post
Boston-Everett
Summer Street Bridge
Milk
Washington Streets
Teamsters’ Union
South Boston
New Bedford
Bowery
Picket Duty Reports Mattress Deliveries at Stable Yard
Union pickets near the Hilliard stable claimed a morning load of mattresses was brought in, though unverified. Throughout the day, stable keepers hired boys to move and lead horses by a chain along the streets as meals were arranged for assigned workers night and morning.
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Hilliard
Munyon's 3 X Rheumatism Cure Promoted For Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Munyon's 3 X Rheumatism Cure as a fast remedy to restore health within hours. It claims 160 doses per bottle, guarantees satisfaction, and promotes additional Munyon remedies for cold cough kidney stomach constipation headaches piles and vitality. The copy urges readers to buy from their druggist despite doctors and druggists opinions.
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Munyon
Backache linked to weak kidneys and dire health risks
A persuasive health caption warns back pain stems from kidney weakness and disease. It claims dyspepsia heart disease and nervous exhaustion arise from failing kidneys, leading to uric acid buildup, Bright's disease and death, urging patients to ask their doctor.
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Bright
Warner's Safe Cure touted as kidney disease remedy
An advertisement claims Warner's Safe Cure treats kidney disease and related ailments such as gout and rheumatism. It states the product relieves constipation and liver sluggishness, with feedback from physicians and hospitals and availability in Rochester New York at 50 cents to 1 per bottle.
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Bright
Warner
Rochester
N. Y
Warner's Safe Cure Company
Drivers Union Leader Outlines 1940s Labor Demands
Daniel J Tobin president of the Boston Team Drivers Union details demands from Truck Drivers Local No 25 including a half hour workday reduction and a one dollar wage rise for specific teamsters. He states no violence has occurred since the strike began and notes merchants are inconvenienced but not at fault.
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Youlden, Smith & Hopkins
New York
R. S. Brine
Brine
Pease
Employers’ Association
Stebbins
Master Teamsters’ Association
Fifield, Richardson & Co
Bow J
Daniel J. Tobin
Boston Team Drivers’ Union
Boston Team Drivers’ Union 23
1000 Men Now Out at Norfolk
Three hundred negro longshoremen at Merchants and Miners' Transportation Co. and those at Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. joined the Old Dominion Steamship Co. strikers, asking for wage increases from 15 to 20 cents and from 20 to 25 cents per hour. The walkout, affecting about 1000 men, halted ships and disrupted schedules as firms refused concessions.
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Norfolk, Va
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co
Norfolk
Baltimore
Boston
Providence
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Old Dominion
Postal Clerks Expect A Raise Next Week
Arrival of the First Assistant Postmaster General in the city next Monday sparks action in the post office. About 60 percent of $1100 grade clerks are in line for promotion and will be reviewed immediately. Discussion also will touch the Boston and Medford office consolidation with Postmaster Hibbard, who favors July 1 as the change date.
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Boston
Medford
Hibbard
Antiseptets Germ-Laden Dust Promoted as Daily Mouth Wash
An old advertisement touts a dust product as the most effective and economical antiseptic for daily mouth washing and nasal throat care. A fifty cent box yields a quart of solution. two tablespoons to a glass of water, used morning and night. Price 50 cents, hospital size $1. Sold by druggists and mailed postpaid worldwide from C I Hood Co Lowell MA.
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Jerome Will Fight Verdict in Thaw Case
The commission finds Thaw sane in a sweeping victory, citing direct exams showing no insanity. The three commissioners and Justice Fitzgerald kept the decision secret until after court proceedings.
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Jerome
Big Four Train Crashes Into Freight Cars in Columbus
Big Four accommodation No. 1 entering Columbus collided with four freight cars causing several passengers to be slightly injured but able to continue their journey.
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Columbus
Ohio
Big Four
Thaw Lunacy Commission Finds Thaw Sane in 1907 Review
The report from the Thaw lunacy commission concludes that Harry K. Thaw was sane at the time of examination and capable of understanding his condition and defending himself. It notes extensive hearings, witnesses, and expert testimony, with the commission finding no signs of idiocy or insanity. Signed by David McClure Peter B. Olney and Leopold Putzell on April 4, 1907.
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Messrs
Davis McClure
Peter B. Olney
Thaw
Leopold Putzel
Justice Fitzgerald
Putzel
Jerome
Mr. Hartridge
Hartridge
William Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Delmas
Put#el
Messrs. McClure
Olney
New York
Harry K. Thaw
David McClure
William H. Penny
Bartholomew Moynihan
William T. Jerome
K. Thaw
New York, N. Y
Newton man arrested as burglar in series of breaks
Francis M Gould 2 of 228 Langley Road Newton Centre was arrested in the basement of 956 Beacon Street Newton Centre by Officer William Groth after a struggle. He pleaded not guilty and was held on 1000 bail for a Tuesday hearing. He is a member of prominent clubs and has worked in a Boston broker's office.
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Newton
Francis M. Gould
Langley Road
Newton Centre
Gould
Boston
John H. Lesh
Beacon Street
William Groth
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Thaw Lunacy Commission
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A. L. Winship
Sam Walter Foss
Edward HE. D. Record
Chick’’ Fox
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Gilpatrick and Roberts
Carl Davis
Albert B. Sweeze
York
Michigan State
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