War on Flies Tactics by Dr Howard
Dr L O Howard of the United States Department of Agriculture addressed the Women's Municipal League at the Natural History Museum describing fly breeding as a major cause of deaths after dangerous animals. He identified stable dressing as the primary breeding ground in suburbs and noted its value as fertilizer while warning against improper use of Trax and hellebore.
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Pr. L. O. Howard
United States Department of Agriculture
Women’s Municipal League
Natural History Museum
Helle bore replaces borax in manure treatment guidance
The guidance states borax must be limited to three-fifths of a pound per light bushels of manure to avoid crop growth deterrence. For heavy truck crops, borax is replaced by hellebore, used daily with half a pound per 10 gallons of water and ten gallons per ten cubic feet of dressing.
Car Inspectors Form New Union at Boston & Maine
More than 50 inspectors of the Boston and Maine system organized a new union named the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America under Assistant General President Frank H. Knight at 98 Stamford Street. The meeting featured Knight and other officers, establishing the Bunker Hill Lodge of Railway Carmen.
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Boston & Maine System
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Frank H. Knight
Stamford Street
Knight
System Federation
Boston & Maine
Bunker ‘Hill Lodge of
Railway Carmen
Obesity and rheumatism remedies advertised in letters
A reader asks for safe weight loss and another seeks rheumatism relief. An advertised remedy promises five grain arbolone tablets to reduce weight, while a physician endorses a mixture of iodide potassium, sodium salicylate, wine of colchicum, cardiol, balmwort, and sarsaparilla to provide relief.
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Ben I
Max
Praise Woman Strike Buster Schelenk Aids Nashua Mills
In Nashua New Hampshire on April Mrs Eugenia Schelenk 25 a Holyoke native settled the six months strike of 1500 workers at the Nashua and Jackson mills She opened headquarters to advance Lithuanians and Tales of the city Her actions included dissolving the strike committee which paid members 18 a week and was viewed as resisting a settlement with mill management The episode drew wide comment on the strike and leadership dynamic
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Nashua
N. H
Eugenia Schelenk
Nashua and
Jackson Mills
Longshoremen strike ends for Merchants and Miners workers
Three hours after a 300 man strike at the Merchants and Miners pier in South Boston was settled with higher pay, 150 Metropolitan line longshoremen began a new walkout demanding 25 cents an hour, 3.5 cents overtime, and 40 cents Sunday pay. Discharging one steamer was delayed but expected to resume. officials held talks with a strikers’ committee as 300 Merchants and Miners workers returned to work after a 5 cent raise.
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Merchant & Miners’ Pier
South
Boston
Metropolitan Line
Union Wharf
Merchants & Miners’ Pier
East Boston Urges Hearing on Car Service Conditions
A mass meeting at Maverick Church East Boston adopted resolutions declaring car service on the Elevated railway unbearable and calling Public Service Commission to hold a public hearing Governor McCall was asked to intervene Kearney and Kelly opposed the move while Niland and Giblin supported it with Niland introducing the resolutions.
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East Boston
Public Service Commission
Maverick Church
East
Boston
McCall
John J. Kearney
Edward S. Kelly
Thomas A. Niland
Thomas J. Giblin
Niland
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Endorsement Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as life saving for kidney trouble. It features Mrs Dora Kretlow of Sparke Ga testifying under oath that eight years of pain and swollen feet improved after one bottle and urges sending ten cents for a sample with a booklet. notes availability in drug stores and a Boston Daily Post mention.
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Kilmer
Dora Kretlow
Sparke, Ga
Swamp Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
School for New Citizens Moves to English High
The school committee bars instructing foreigners in English citizenship and history, to be reopened at the English High School on Montgomery Street Monday night. Principal John C. Riley will head classes from 7 30 to 9 30 every Monday Tuesday and Thursday through June 1, excluding holidays.
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Tae
Franklin
South End
Montgomery Street
Central Evening Elementary School
John C. Riley
Franklin Evening School
Fire Drives Workmen Out at Reading Plant
A blaze in the chemical storeroom of Sanford Mills Reading yesterday forced about 200 workers to flee. The plant, which produces artificial leather, had flames in the dope room and heavy smoke. The fire department put out the fire without major trouble.
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Sanford Mills
Reading
Services Held For Michael Clancy Somerville Father Of Thomas Clancy
Funeral services were held for Michael Clancy an old time Somerville resident and father of Thomas M. Clancy Charlestown Somerville representative of the Boston Post at St Josephs Church Union Square Somerville. A high mass of requiem was celebrated at 10 oclock by Rev Fr Charles T OBrien. Pallbearers were longtime friends James Delay Robert Holden James Sheerin John Cogan and Timothy Fitzgerald. Survived by son Thomas M Clancy and three daughters Mrs Henry Kreicher Mrs William J Sweeney and Miss Helen A Clancy. Burial followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
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Union Square
Somerville
Michael Clancy
Thomas M. Clancy
Charlestown-Somerville
Boston Post
Stone Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Charles T. O’brien
James Delay
Robert Holden
James Sheerin
John Cogan
Timothy Fitzgerald
Clancy
Somerville Avenue
Mr. Clancy
Ireland
Pirate Clarence Hudson Faces Trial in Delaware Seizure
Clarence Hudson also known as Ernest Schiller was jailed at the Tombs in New York on piracy charges for the seizure at sea of the British freight steamer Matoppo. He was arrested at Bellevue Hospital on a Delaware warrant issued by U.S. Commissioner William G. Mahaffy and awaits removal for trial.
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New York
Clarence Hudson
Ernest Schiller
Tombs
Delaware
Bellevue Hospital
William G. Mahaffy
Law of Nations
United States
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London
Lewis Beker
Mabel
Lewis Baker
College Bidg
College-Ellwood Sts
Dayton, CO
Mrs. Schelenk
Mrs. Hugenia Schelene
J. K. Sinclair
Notary Public
Berrien Co
Pr. Kilmer & Co
School For New Citizens
St. Joseph's
Holy Oreas Cemetery
Malden
America
White Truck Performance
the White Company
Cleveland
San Francisco
Commonwealth Avenue
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