Wages Rise 10 Percent in New England Cotton Mills
A broad pay increase of about ten percent took effect yesterday for roughly 50 000 cotton mill workers in southern New England with Fall River locked in from a month earlier lifting totals to over 75 000 workers across the region. Maine New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts delayed notices prompting anxiety as centers prepare for possible protests while mills in New Bedford Rhode Island and several Connecticut Berkshire and Vermont plants move to the new schedule.
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New England
Fall River
Maine
New Hampshire
Nothern Massachusetts
New Bedford
Rhode Island
Quinnebaug
Wauregan
Attawaugan
Ballouville
North Grosveardale
Williamsville
Ponemah
Windham Mills
Connecticut
Blackstone
Roadville
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Manchaug
Uxbridge
Fisherville
Saundersville
Whitinsville
Rockdale
Linwood
Paul Whitin Manufacturing Company
Blackstone Valley
Berkshire
Eclipse
Beaver
Greylock
Williamstown
Berkshire County
Pownal Mills
South Pownal
Northwestern Professor Declares War on Cupid
Chicago April 7 Professor J Soeott Clark of Northwestern University halted a Elizabethan literature class to scold a couple found whispering near his door. He warned students there is too much yum yum business in the halls and they must stop the sentimentality at once.
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Chicago
J. Soeott Clark
Northwestern University
Clark
Funeral for Watertown Youth M Richard Conroy
The funeral for M Richard Conroy a respected Watertown resident aged 27 was held at St Patrick's Church at 9 am. He suffered from heart and stomach troubles for a year. He is survived by his father mother and two sisters. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery Wal am.
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Watertown
M. Richard Conroy
St. Patrick's Church
Golgek
East
Intermoont
Calvary Cemetery
Walam
Northwestern line offers April fares to Pacific Northwest and California
Daily April service from Boston to Chicago to San Francisco and major West Coast and Pacific Northwest cities including Sacramento Portland Seattle Victoria Vancouver and other points in California Oregon Washington and British Columbia. For rates and tickets contact Faust at 368 Washington Street Boston.
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Chicago
San Pranchsco
Los Angeles
Saacon
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
California
Oregon
Ashington
British Columbia
Faust
Northwestern
Washington Street
Boston
House Calendar Well Cleared In Busy Session
The Massachusetts House swiftly cleared much of its calendar with key bills moved or postponed. A pension measure passed to be engrossed while a two-cent railroad mileage rate debate continued. Senate action covered retirement of municipal court justices and a police pension bill, which was rejected 14 to 6.
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UFE
Warner
SAFR
Warner's
Safe Cure Co
A. J. Dunlevy
Police
San Francisco
Cal
House of Representatives
Advense
Buswell
House
Reed
Vinson
Boston
Bay Fstate Accident Association
Mills
Fall River
New England Railway Assurance Company
Committee On Ways and Means
B. F. Butler
Everett Washburne
James S. Malloy
Bullard
Newton
Taunton
New Bedford Textile School
W. 8. Bamford
Gas and Electric Light Commission
E. B.callender
J. A. la Forme
B. P. White
Senate
John A. Sullivan
John M. Maloney
Dean
Spain
Committee On Cities
M. J. Sullivan
Manning
Thomas F. Porter
Metropolitan affairs hears water use limits and ship lines
The Legislature heard Governor Crane’s plan to limit metropolitan water use but officials indicated little support for new law this session. Boston Counsel urged uniform city and town regulations while Arlington opposed changing current law. Executive session moved two Alfred Winsor petitions, creating Boston and Massachusetts Steamship Co. inked capital stocks. Monomoy widows pensions were deferred as private subscriptions offset state needs and federal life saver pensions were noted.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Crane
James A. Bailey, Jr
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
General Court
Boston
A. J. Bailey
W. H. H. Tuttle
Arlington
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Alfred Winsor
Boston Steamship Company
Massachusetts Steamship Company
Social concert in Cheverus Hall features Hon. Devlin
St James Branch United Irish League will host a social concert tomorrow evening in Cheverus Hall Harvard street. Speaker Hon Joseph Devlin M P for Ireland will present the main address. Rev Father O Donovan of Loughrea Ireland, advocate of the Irish language, will also speak. He will lecture at Tremont Theatre next Sunday evening.
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St. James
United Irish League
Cheverus Hall
Il Harvard Street
Joseph Devlin
Ireland
Father O'Donovan
Loughrea
Ire
Tremont Theatre
Purge of Impure Humors in the Body
All humors are impure matters that the skin liver and kidneys cannot handle without help. Accumulations litter the system causing pimples boils eczema loss of appetite fatigue bilious turns indigestion dull headaches and many other troubles.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advert
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills claim to remove humors and strengthen the whole system. Testimonials of remarkable cures are offered by mail upon request from Hood Co. Lowell Massachusetts.
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Jon
I, Hood CO
Lowell, Mass
Quirk Enters Congressional Race in 10th District
The Hon. Charles J. Quirk yesterday announced his candidacy for Congress in the tenth district to succeed Henry F. Naphen. The move intensifies district politicking with McNary and McDonald as active contenders, and ward loyalties shaping potential delegations across Quincy and surrounding areas.
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Charles J. Quirk
Charles I. Quirk
Congress
Henry F. Naphen
Quirk
Naphen
South
Boston
MxNary
State Committee
McNary
Patrick F. McDonald
McDonald
Alder
McCarthy
Drohan
Quincy
Milton
Time Ball to Signal Noon from Ames Building
The U S Navy plans a 26 foot time ball atop the Ames building to help ships in Boston set their chronometers. Work starts next July under Boston hydrographic office head W G Richardson. A 5 foot diameter hollow canvas ball will rise and drop at exactly noon via Western Union wires and a electrical release system.
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Ames
Boston
United States Navy Department
Boston Hydrographic Office
W. G. Richardson
Hydrographic Office
Western Union Telegraph Company
Naval Observatory
Washington
Equitable
Philadelphia
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Galveston
FEVER HOTELS NAYS CLARK FEVER HOTELS NAYS CLARK
R F Clark chair of the Board of Police Commissioners says a decided drop in small hotel licenses is likely this spring with many second class hotels facing license denials by May 1. He notes barroom licenses may shift little and changes hinge on pending legislature.
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R. F. Clark
Board of Police Commissioners
Clark
Toppan Case Nearing End with Possible Asylum Commitment
The Toppan insanity case moves toward closure with potential asylum commitment for Miss Toppan. Attorney General awaiting written expert report before acting, amid questions over which doctors relayed results. Judge Bixby announced the doctors’ verdict, though officials dispute the report’s distribution.
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Miss Toppan
Parker
Bixby
Judge Bixby
Giant Boston rats kill dog on Union Wharf
Charles Ridgway of 410 Commercial Street captured two of Boston’s largest rats on Union wharf after they attacked his fox terrier. The 18 inch predators, described as shaggy and brown gray, mauled the dog, which was later euthanized after serious injuries. The incident occurred near 464 Hanover Street at the Commercial corner.
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Hanover Street
Commercial
Boston
Charles Ridgway
Commercial Street
Union Wharf
Marketers See Philadelphia Battlefield Amid City Hall Debris
Fifteen Boston aldermen gaped at the Common Council room in Philadelphia City Hall as desks, beans, peas, waterlogged paper and exploded fire crackers littered the floor. The Market street subway bill had passed, ending the old Councils, while the visiting aldermen compared the scene to a Donnybrook and Boston Tea Party as they prepared to visit market houses in other cities.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Common Council
City Hall
Market Street
Patrick Shiels
T. E. McCarthy
Patrick Bowen
Donnybrook
Timothy Mooney
McCaffrey Will Contest Settled Out of Court
Judge McKim approved the McCaffrey will after a settlement among the widow and her two stepchildren and the step-children, ending a dispute over the estate of liquor dealer John H. McCaffrey. The compromise awards two-thirds to the widow and her children and one-third to the step-children.
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McCaffrey
John H. McCaffrey
Third Attempt on Moscow Police Chief Reported
A Tageblatt despatch from St Petersburg dated April 6 says an assault on General Trepoff, Moscow police chief, failed as a student struck the carriage step and wounded a policeman before being captured. Authorities suspect a wider conspiracy against the prefect.
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Berlin
The
Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Trepoff
Moscow
Langwood Rebuilt After Fire, Owner Says
Dr. Charles H. Cogswell owner of the Langwood in Middlesex Fells says rebuild will start as soon as insurance adjustments are completed. He plans to restore the main building to its 1880s condition, not replacing the entire structure immediately, keeping close to the pre wing layout.
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Charles H. Cogswell
Langwood
Middlesex Fells
Canadian Club of Boston Banquet at Copley Square Hotel
The Canadian Club of Boston hosts its annual banquet at the Copley Square Hotel with a reception from 5:30 to 6:30. Guests of honor are Senator John V. Bilis of the Prepanen Parliament and Hon. J. W. Panaley, Nova Scotia attorney general, who will give addresses.
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Canadian Club of
Boston
Copley Square Hotel
John V. Bilis
J. W. Panaley
Nova Scotia
Manila Death Record Details Health Report
Washington April 7 The Board of Health Philippines January report notes Manila’s general health was good yet mortality among the lower classes remains high due to radical sanitary defects. It calls for costly permanent improvements and continues radical plague eradication efforts aiming for complete elimination.
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Washington
Board of Health of the Philippines
Manila
Boston Cycle Ad Cuts Tigress Bicycles to 13 50
A Boston retailer cuts Tigress bicycles from 75 to 13.50 as a bar gain among many others. The sale is advertised by Boston Cycle and Sundry Co. manager J. M. Linscott at 7 Hanover Street.
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Boston Cycle and Sundry Co
J. M. Linscott
Hanover Street
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Kimura
Episcopal Theological School
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J. Otis Wardwell
Massachusetts Gas Companies
Monomoy Pensions
United States
James U. N. League
All Humors
Hood
Ames Building
Fever Hotels
Nays Clark
Smith
Buchu Lithia Kidneills
Poset
Thomas Woods
Somerville Ave
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Iith
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Pavonia Export
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Station St
James H. Doyle
Edward L. Quigley
Appeniz
Santiago
John L. Kelly
Baltimore
Arthur L. Gavin
John L. Curry
George B. Cray
Michael F. Hart
William &. Hannan
Sam B. Jackson
Jeremiah J. Good
J. A. Kibben
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M. D
Boylston
St. Anthony's
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