Phone Girls Strike Threat Shuts Boston Businesses
Boston faces a looming phone strike as union operators press demands, threatening crippling isolation for 2 million people and disrupting the stock exchange, railroads, and daily commerce. Mayor Fitzgerald and the Boston Chamber of Commerce press for a resolution after failed efforts to reach company officials.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Greater
Boston
Stock Exchange
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a universal stomach aid promising immediate relief within five minutes. The copy highlights cures for indigestion and heartburn and urges readers to obtain a fifty cent case from a pharmacist.
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United States
England
Canada
Pape
Demands Put Enduring Pressure On Boston Telephone Strike
Union leaders rally for eight hour day and overtime on Saturdays with a board to hear grievances. They warn of a strike unless the New England Telephone company provides concessions, citing high tenancy loads and public service concerns.
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Philip L. Spaulding
Drunkenness Curable with ORRINE Treatment
ORRINE offers a home based cure for drunkenness claiming to destroy desire for intoxicants with two forms No 1 powder and No 2 pills. It promises refund if no benefit and notes price of $1 per box with sales through Ri ker Jaynes Drug Stores in Washington DC.
Baby Dies After Fall Into Quick Lime Bed
In Atlantic City on April 5 2 year old Walter Mitchell toppled into a bed of steaming quick lime in his backyard and was badly burned about the throat and eyes before his mother could free him. He died this afternoon.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Mitchell
Strike Vote Shocks Boston Telephonists Leader Comments
President P L Spalding of the telephone company faced questions on a looming strike after a four hour meeting with operators. He expressed confusion over the strike vote and cited living wage needs, shorter hours, and better conditions as demanded by a union of 2200 operators, highlighting high service charges as a factor.
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P. L. Spalding
Telephone Company
Strike Considered by New England Telephone Girls Union
Wallace W Herne of 22 Magazine Street Cambridge a sub station staller for New England Telephone and Telegraph says a pending strike by about 2200 girls has been considered for almost a year. He notes the workers seek a real wage and that President Spaulding has had notice. He believes the company is prosperous enough to meet the demands. He is eager to give the...
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Michael Birmingham
New England
Keller
P. T. Spaulding
Annie Molloy
Operators’ Union
Messrs. Bugniazer
Birmingham
Mary Matthews
Girls’ Union
United States
Boston
Spalding
Union Executive Board
Women's Trade Union League
Warrenton Street
International
Bugniazet
Frank L. Kelley
International Executive Board
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Garment Workers
Spaulding
Wallace W. Herne
Magazine Street
Cambridge
Post
Herne
Matinee Whist for Boston College Chapel Fund
A matinee whist to benefit the Boston College Chapel fund will be held next Saturday at the Hotel Somerset. Prominent women in church and social circles are among the patronesses of the event.
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Boston College Chapel Fund
Somerset
President and Tumulty Flagrantly Break Traffic Rules
In the national capital new traffic regulations require crossing only at corners. The President and Secretary Tumulty crossed diagonally toward the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. A nearby policeman informed them of the error with a smile.
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National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Tona Vita Offers Quick Nervous Debility Relief
Century old advertisement proclaims nervous debility sweeping American cities with 10 to 15 percent affected. It touts two remedies and promotes Tona Vita as a tonic available in Boston drug stores, claiming one bottle equals a month in the best sanitarium.
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Boston
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