Lockout of Stonecutters Prompts Immigration Law Probe
A Massachusetts hearing by a joint Congressional sub-committee examined the freestone contractors' advertisement for foreign journeymen to replace locked out workers. Testimony covered arbitration proposals, labor law enforcement gaps, and calls to curb contract labor, with witnesses detailing wages, hours, and immigrant recruitment from Canada and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint
Congressional Committee On Immigration Laws
Freestone
State House
New York
W. D. Owen
Indiana
Hermann Lehrbach
New Jersey
Hermann Stump
Maryland
Frederick C. Markham
Providence
Freestone Contractors’ Association
Markham
New England
William HH. Sayward
AO. W. Norcross
Norcross Bros
Boston
Cutters’ Association
Freestone Cutters
John J. Murphy
South Boston
Freestone Cutters’ Association
Charles H. Liichman
Treasury Department
Department of Immigration
Europe
Maine
Canada
Maine Central Railroad
London
Knights of Labor
William Powers
South
S’reestone Cutters’ Union
Congress
England
Scotland
Congress of the United
T. Aubrey Byrne
Maine Woods
Gloucester
Harvard Annex Receives Endowment Push for Women’s Education
Mrs. Louis Agassiz outlines progress of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women in Cambridge. The Fay House expansion and adjoining laboratories are planned as donor funds reach about 25,000 dollars with 3,500 already received. Endowment and public support aim to broaden facilities for teachers and reform-minded students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the
Harvard Annex
Society For the Collegiate Instruction of Women In
Cambridge
E. F. Mason
Walnut Street
Louis Agassiz
Annex
Kay
Whitman
Alice M. Longfellow
Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Charles Eliot Norton
Agassiz
Arthur Gilman
Ann Lowell
Sarah Orne Jewett
Charles W. Eliot
J. B. Warner
Clara Erskine Clement Waters
William Clatlin
English yachts may not visit for America's Cup race
Mr. Ralli declines to sail Yarava to England this summer to race the 70-footers Titania Gracie Shamrock and Katrina, preferring home racing but inviting English boats to meet him in English waters for matches at £100 or £200 a side. Lord Dunraven’s prospects for a cup race remain uncertain as New York Yacht Club stands firm on the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pan
A. Ralli
Stephen Peabody
Yarava
Titania
Gracie
Shamrock
Katrina
Peabody
Yarana
Lord Dunraven
Dixon Kemp
Dunraven
Kemp
Hns
New York Yacht Club
Forest and Stream
Stevens
Pant Relli
Lawley’s
Haff
Gitana
W. B. Fowle
Saladin
Gordon Dexter
Adams Bros
Owen Fargeson
New York
Mr. Thayer
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
Williams
Congo River Missions
Sie
Diana
Commodore Soley
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Dorchester
Gracie E. Freeman
A. D. Story
Essex
W. 5. Freeman
Duxbury
Corner
Ogden Goelet
Gerry
Electra
Delaware Breakwater
Charleston
S.C
West Indies
C. H. Murray
Larchmont Yacht Club
William Rockefeller
United States
Regatta Committee
Consolidated East River Ad Harlem Yacht Clubs
Hank Haff
Volunteer
Gardiner
Kathleen
A Girl Sneak Thief Sought by Somerville Police
A sixteen year old girl is wanted by Somerville police for entering homes and stealing small items. She targets unlocked doors and asks for a neighbor, likely the same offender from Cambridge. Described as polite and modest, 5 ft 3 in to 5 ft 4 in, dark complexioned, often carrying a music roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Cambridge
First Parish Unity Club Votes Debt Relief and Officers
In Watertown on April 18 the annual meeting of the First Parish Unity Club approved 358 43 to the parish treasurer to reduce the building debt and 66 for the interest. Elected for the coming year were President Charles A Green vice presidents A F Haynes and Mrs A M Silsbee secretary George S Wright treasurer George H Livermore and an executive committee including Maria Brigham Mrs E M Mayo Miss Lesh V Great Miss Emma Magee and Miss Mamieation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Sreciay
First Parish Unity Club
Unitarian
Charles A. Green
A. F. Haynes
A. M. Silsbee
Arrests for Procuring Insurance Without License
Deputy Sheriff F O Cobb of Whitman aided by Deputy Sheriff King arrested W S Church on the charge of procuring insurance without a license from the state insurance commissioners. He planned to represent the People's Mutual Live Stock Society of Chicago and had done business in Whitman Abington and Brockton. The case was set for the Second District Court tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brin Glewater
F. O. Cobb
Whitman
King
W. S. Church
People’s Mutual Live Stock Society of
Chicago
Whitman, Abington and
Brockton
Second District
City Meeting and Civic Events Report from Yesterday
About one hundred youths and young women attended civil service exams for clerical posts in Massachusetts. Bids for a new Congress street engine house exceeded funding, prompting plan changes. Community meetings in Trinity Channel and Ploughman Hall addressed charity and Mexico’s outlook. A minstrel event teased editor struggles. A correction clarifies Charles H. Jenkins’ role with Electrical Glass Corporation. An ad warns against buying hair mattresses outside Paine's Furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry Sherwin
Frederick G. Pettigrove
F. L. Coburn
William D. Hawley
City Hall
Congress Street
R. R. Mayers & Co
Howard Coon & Co
W. H. Keyes
West Superior Promotes Investment With City Growth
Spectra correspondence touts West Superior Wisconsin as a top investment locale. It notes a 15 000 population, impending growth, and the claim of the world’s largest grain elevators and coal docks. Mayor Patterson takes office, with Blake & Robert offering pamphlets to nonresidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Scrrrmor
Wis
West Superior
Martin Patterson
Northwest
Patterson
Great Lakes
Messrs. Blake & Robert
Linwwoob
Dusty streets prompt Boston doctor to urge action
In a letter to the Post Vincent Y Bowprrca of 113 Boylston street Boston April 18 calls for municipal water carting to wash macadam streets. He cites dust and mud harming health especially throat and lung diseases and urges city action for year round watering of major thoroughfares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dargin
City Board of Health
Back Bay
Respectory
Vincent Y. Bowprrca
Boylston Street
Boston
Playgrounds for Little Children in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association requests funds to expand its summer program using school yards for playgrounds. Over two seasons it housed 1000 underprivileged children four mornings weekly at about one dollar per child. Donations may be sent to Dr. Francis Minot, Mrs. Kate Ginnett Wells, or Miss Eilen M. Tower at listed addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association
Francis Minot
Lailboro Street
Kate Ginnett Wells
Boylston Street
Eilen M. Tower
Tudor
Joy Street
Funeral of Theophilus Walker at Waxtruam on Main Street
Theophilus Walker's funeral was held at his Main Street home in Waxtruam with relatives and business associates in attendance. Rev. T. F. Fales officiated at Mt. Auburn Cemetery burial. An advertisement for Murdock's Liquid Food claims it aids recovery in debilitated stomachs and is widely used by physicians and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxtruam
Theophilus Walker
Main Street
T. F. Fales
Episcopal Church
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Murdock
D. J. Smith
Huntington
Mass
Nervura touted as spring health remedy in old advertisement
Hudson Mass resident Andrew H Olney claims Nervura cured his nervous prostration and improved sleep appetite and overall health. The testimonial urges readers to buy Dr Greene’s Nervura for $1.00 per bottle warning to beware of imitations and to check the trademark seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Greene
Lonr
God
Free ships advocated by Rev Dr Peabody at Unitarian Club
Rev. Dr. A P Peabody of Cambridge urged free ships and free trade at a Unitarian Club meeting. He condemned exclusive policies as ruinous, argued free commerce promotes peace and liberalizes nations, and endorsed reciprocity with Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Club
A. P. Peabody
Cambridge
Calcutta
Dr. Peabody
Canada
Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention in Athol
The seventeenth semi annual convention of the Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet at the Athol Methodist Church from April 29 to May 1. Highlights include reports, addresses, and discussions with Miss Ettie Houghton and Miss Minnie L. Phelps as featured speakers. The state union reports 300 local unions and 10 000 paid members with auxiliary young ladies societies. The Athol YWCA hosts the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Massachusetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Athol
Y’s
Ettie Houghton
Minnie L. Phelps
Catharines
Ont
Miss Phelps
National School of Elocution and Oratory
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Young Ladies
Athol Y. W.C.E. U
Wells Memorial Institute Elects Officers At Meeting
The annual Wells Memorial Institute meeting reported a membership of 13 671 and 1466 attendance at the Lowell lecture course. Officers elected include President Robert Treat Paine Vice President and Treasurer Charles W Dexter and Secretary W H Crowley. A forty member managing committee was also chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Memorial Institute
Lowell
Robert Treat Paine
Charles W. Dexter
W. H. Crowley
Amazing Cure of Heart Disease Claims by Nervara
J A Dysart of Nortondale York Co NB describes long illness with heart disease and severe palpitations. After hearing Dr Greene describe his condition he used Nervara, reports continuous rapid improvement after five bottles, sleep restored and appetite strong. He notes high prior medical expenses and invites free consultation with Dr Greene at 4 Temple Place Boston MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Lecture on Passamaquoddy folklore at Folk-Lore Society
Dr J Walter Fewkes spoke before the American Folk-Lore Society at the Boston Society of Natural History on Passamaquoddy songs and tales. He demonstrated phonographic preservation of language and shared war songs, sacred dances, and a legend, with translations and musical adaptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Folk-Lore Society
Boston Society of Natural History
Berkeley Street
J. Walter Fewkes
Fewkes
Dana Estes
Calais
Mr. Fewkes
W. Wallace Brown
Noel Josephs
Newell
Welcome for Cardiff Visitors Arrives in Card iff Tenn
Despatch dated April 18 1890 to excursion managers notes Kentucky committee to meet Cardiff party in Lexington on return trip and arrange meeting with Governor Buckner and staff a cordial Southern welcome to friends and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Tenn
Kentucky
Buckner
Lexington
Meeting on Apr 21 for House of Mercy support
A Trinity Chapel gathering on Monday April 21 at 3 oclock will promote the House of Mercy charity at 44 Carver Street. Bishop Paddock will preside with addresses by Rev. Phillips Brooks and Rev. A C A Hall among others. The charity is under the Woman's Aid to the Church Temperance Society and has proved useful. It invites new supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Mercy
Trinity Chapel
Carver Street
Sunday Religious Services And Talks At Local Halls
Morning and afternoon church services listed across multiple buildings in Boston with pastors and special speakers. Notable events include a Benjamin Franklin commemoration lecture by George Makepeace Bowle, and a Trove of musical offerings by Mrs. Alice J. Osborne and others at varied venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kino’s Chapel
Thomas A. Mulstead
Chicago
Arlington Strtst Cauron
Brooke Merford
Ue Y. M. Cugistian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
George Makepeace
Lowle
Alice J. Osborne
Edith L. Munroe
Alice Steele Hackets
James C. Burdett
Walter Lowes Heath
Katie Belleark
George Wendall Taylor
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Nehemiah Boynton
Union Congrational Church
Young
Joseph Stewart
Christadelphian Bible
Chanderhall
Essex Street
Christ
Curren
Brookline Street
Warren Avenue
Charles Gimes
John Duckson
Springfeld
First Church
Hot Square
James de Norman
First Spiritual Temple
Newbury and
Exeter Streets
St A.m
FE. L. H. Willis
Newbury Street
Exeter Street
Hale
Tremont Temple
L. Holman
C. le Rhodes
Leo XIII
Music Hall
Luther T. ‘Lownsend
Loston Diutly Pressan
United States
Alice J. Osgood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional Committee
Litchman
Stephen C. Wrightington
Adoor
State Board of Health, Mnacy and Charity
Charles A. Colcord
Simon D. Edwards
John T. Ward
Harvard
Fay House
Yarkana
Watertown Unity Club
Trinity Chanel
Carter Street
Bishop Paddock
Phillips Brooks
D.D
A. C. A. Hall
Ploughman Hall
Milk Street
Daniel Needham
Mexico
Charles H. Jenkins
Electrical Glass Corporation of
Sandwich
Jenkins
Paine
West Superior, Wis
AEH
Crawans
W. Nourse
Hudson, Mass
of Life Health
Andrew H. Olney
Gibson, Steuben Co
The
Folk-Lore Society
H. C. Youna
James Pyle
New Yorke
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