Closing Session of Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Convention
The Massachusetts Division Sons of Veterans Auxiliary held its closing session at Park Street Church. Sergeant John Hotchkiss urged keeping Memorial Day flags at top staff. The 1198-member group saw 33 new auxiliaries this year and elected new officers led by Springfield president Mrs Lilia Burnham és Wakefield treasurer Mrs Flora Whitney.
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Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Massachusetts
Park Street
John Hotchkiss
Nims
Presi
Mabel Brayly
New Bedford
Estella Richardson
South Weymouth
Lora Harnest
Holyoke
Roebling Wire Mill Strikes For Higher Wages
Nearly four thousand workers at the Roebling wire mills walked out today demanding higher wages. The plant employs about five thousand, with the strikers mainly foreign laborers.
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Trenton
WN. J
Roebling Wire Mills
Roeblings
Veterans Honor Gilman as G A R Leader at Boston Encampment
Massachusetts G A R encampment in Boston closes with a political exchange between Governor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald. The event includes a formal gift to retiring Department Commander John L. Parker and public debate over the statue of General Lee. Speakers from New Hampshire and Rhode Island voiced support for Gilman.
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Massachusetts Division
Grand Army of the Republic
Lee
Washington
Draper
Fitzgerald
John L. Parker
van Sant
John E. Gilman
Boston
Samuel W. van Sant
Minnesota
Grand Army
Massachusetts
Assembly
Commonwealth
State House
Boston Elevated Railroad
Boston Elevated
Charles W. Stevens
New Hampshire
G. A
South
Mississippi
Jeff Davis
Robert E. Lee
Capitol
Grant
Benedict Arnold
George ‘Washington
General Pickett
North
George B. McClellan
Gettysburg
Longstreet
Orde
Dyer
J. Willard Brown
Purse of Gold for Mrs Sawyer at Relief Corps Camp
The retiring president of the Woman's Relief Corps Mrs Sawyer received a substantial token from members at the Shawmut Avenue Church convention. The gathering concluded yesterday evening with a camp fire and a note of thanks to her leadership.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Shawmut Avenue
Daughters of Veterans Plan Memorial and Art Purchases
Action at Tremont Temple closes the convention with a $15,000 fund pledge for a Boston Common or Public Garden army nurses memorial and a purchase plan for Darius Cobb’s The Last Comrade painting. Silk flag donation proposed to the National Association of Civil War Musicians in Atlantic City. Retiring president Mrs. Mabel Gooding received jonquils with an emerald ring and presented a $5 gold piece to Melrose Tent 37 for growth in membership. New officers named: Gertrude Holbrook president, Eleanor Kirchgassner senior vice president, Mattie Tucker junior vice president, Annie Cozner chaplain, Emma Metcalf treasurer, Anita C. Warren patriotic instructor.
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the Daughters of Veterans
Tremont Temple
Boston Common
Darius Cobb
National Association of
Civil War Musicians
Atlantic City
Mabel Gooding
Melrose
Gertrude Holbrook
Eleanor Kirchgassner
Boston
Mattie Tucker
Medford
Annie Cozner
Emma Metcalf
Leominster
Anita C. Warren
Tucker Elected Department Commander in Sons of Veterans
George M. Tucker won the department commander post by 13 votes in a narrow margin. Frank H. White led on the first ballot for senior vice commander, with other officers elected: Charles W. Fuller junior vice commander, Frank J. Waren, Lawrence Payne, William Tisdale, and George E. Hunt as delegate-at-large.
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George M. Tucker Warm
The
Sons of Veterans
Frank H. White
Charles W. Fuller
Frank J. Waren
North Abington
Lawrence Payne
Randolph
William T. Tisdale
Brighton
George EE
Hunt
Everett
Appendicitis cure by tablets, not surgery
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a simple cure for appendicitis caused by indigestion. It claims rapid relief, avoids surgery, and urges physicians to stock the tablets in offices for sudden indigestion attacks. The ad promotes mail sample packages and lists a 50 cent price at druggists.
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Stuart
Rec
Adress F. Stuart Co
Sivatia Besa Marshall
English open embroidery flouncing dresses described with lace yoke
The catalog highlights two flounced skirts and waist with insertions to match. Elbow sleeves and easy laundering featured. Coats of Paca cloth in three-quarter length with iemi-fitted back and braid trim. Navy and red dresses and assorted girls wear in gingham chambray and repp patterns not shown elsewhere.
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Anderson Gingham
Alvetvacc Bass Enspaceiektast
Alt Cahene
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Roebling
Conrad Company
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Washington Street
Majestic
Schubert
Hollis Street
Aou
Amfrica
Watkins
Chiropodist
Gilman
G.A.R
Hiss Davis
W. A
Jennie Iowa Berry
Iowa
Samuel van Sant
Elizabeth Sawyer
High School of
Florence Haynes
Salem
Nellie F. Libbey
Lynn
Mary Holbrook
Weymouth
Fannie Jones
Somerville
Eleanor Brown
Nantucket
Carolyn R. Morse
Arlington
Nina B. Lovejoy
Ayer
Lottie A. Barker
Orange
Susie Burton
Dorchester
Viola Burplee
Westminster
James A. Houston Company
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Garment
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PBS
W.oBarry
Beale
Little Wonder
New England
Little Wonder” Shoes
Goodyear
Cellent
Foulard
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