Probe of blacklist started in Sherman suit against lumber association
Clark McKercher, special assistant to Attorney General Wickersham, opened a federal investigation at the federal building into the blacklisting of wholesale lumber dealers by the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association. The government sues the group in New York for alleged Sherman act violations.
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Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Federal Building
Clark McKercher
Wickersham
New York
Genteel Poverty Reflected in a Letter to The Independent
A reader laments living on eight dollars a week and imagines the hardship if a breadwinner loses that job. The writer argues for frugal meals, careful shopping at bargain stores, and prioritizing family needs over showing wealth to maintain dignity.
Dear Sisters Will You Permit Me to Join Your Circle
A 19 year old wife with three children seeks advice about dancing. Her husband, 14 years older and jealous, objects to amusement. she wonders whether to continue going with friends or give up dancing to please him. She signs as an obstinate wife.
Dear Sisters Advice on avoiding peer pressure in apartments
Veronica asks how to end her association with a crowd of young girls who smoke and drink without offending them. She and a chum live in a large apartment house with separate suites and worry the friends will still visit if they stay in their own apartments.
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Y Chum
Veronica
Nine Years Waiting to Wed in Frugal Letters
A reader describes nine years of waiting to marry until her fiancé earns a bigger salary. He currently makes 14 dollars a week, barely covering dress, food, and lodge dues. They choose to delay marriage to avoid poverty and misery, while a new suitor offers a different option.
Fairy Opera at the Fair Evening Hansel and Gretel staged
The Aborn English Opera Company presented Humperdinck s Hansel and Gretel to a large child filled audience at 3 15 PM. Marietta Bagby Dorris Goodwin Morton Adkins Florence Coughlan Lorraine with Philip Branson as the Witch and Joseph Sainton conducting. The program also featured Puccini s Madame Butterfly with Ivy Scott Henry Tyler and Mr Adkins in the cast. Next week Massenet s Thaïs will be repeated.
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Aborn
Engish Opera Company
Humperinck
Hansel
Gretel
Mme. Butterfly
Umperdinck
Jansel
Marietta Bagby
Dorris Godwin
Peter
Morton Adkins
Andman
Florence Coughlan
Dewman
Lorraine
Witch
Philip Branson
Joseph Sainton
Bagby
Goodwin
Pinkerton Henry Tylor
Mr. Adkins
Misscott
Iss de Phillippe
Actoss
Audince
Nicosia
Eek Massenet
Kaptin Kid O Triumphs in Wonderiferous Ex torts
A playful note from the comic section previews Kaptin Kid O as the victor in a new series of whimsical exploits in the upcoming issue of the Post. The feature promises lighthearted adventures and colorful artwork for readers.
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Kaptin Kido
Next Onday
Nine Years Engaged in Love and Marriage Debate
The speaker, a woman, weighs delaying love for financial security while two years younger suitor with a promising salary benefits from his father’s business. She ponders marrying for a stable home, auto, and easy life, questioning if it’s time to settle the question of love.
Suburban Wife Reflects On Family Budget Lesson
A suburban wife recalls early trial of personal allowances and how splitting twenty dollars weekly into home food clothing and sundries led to saving. After marriage and children they bought a home with no rent, paid down a bank loan, and now own land with comfortable living and savings.
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Hubby
Co-Operative Bank
No More Work for Jealous Husbands in Office Wives
A wife who kept working after marriage describes a jealous husband who visited her office, saw the head clerk pinch her ear, and demanded she resign. She quit to avoid conflict and asks other working wives to consider their situations. The piece notes the Sewing Circle features in the Sunday Post.
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The
Sunday Post
Harvard Loses Opening Game to Bates at Soldiers Field
Harvard varsity baseball dropped its opener 3 to 2 to Bates at Soldiers Field Cambridge. Windy cold conditions and errors plagued both sides as Bates edged ahead with a two bagger and late runs, Harvard rally fizzled in the ninth. crowd about 300 watched the tightly contested season debut.
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Harvard
Bates
Soldiers’ Field
Cambridge
Maine
Ridson
Reeves
Wingate
Stinson
Babson
Potter
Donahy
Clark
Hitchcock
Regan
Anderson
Stimson
Hardy
Kearney
Coady
Ridlon
AP Elects New Directors At Annual Meeting
The Associated Press announced its election of three year directors Thomas G. Rapier Herman Ridder W H Cowles and single year filler Charles A Rook to fill vacancies The meeting also named advisory and nominating and auditing committees across multiple divisions including Don C Seitz James Elverson W E Gardiner Charles H Clark and others The annual report of the board of directors was adopted unanimously.
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New York
Associated Press
Thomas G. Rapier
New Orleans Picayune
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
W. H. Cowles
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Frederick Roy Martin
Providence Journal
Charles A. Rook
Pittsburg Dispatch
Albert J. Barr
Don C. Seitz
New York World
James Elverson
Philadelphia Inquirer
W. E. Gardiner
Syracuse Post-Standard
Charles H. Clark
Hartford Courant
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore Sun
Oswald C. Villard
New York Evening Post
R. L. O’brien
Boston Herald
B. H. Anthony
New Bedford Standard
J. R. Gray
Atlanta Journal
Frank P. Glass
Montgomery Advertiser
Robert Ewing
New Orleans States
H. C. Adler
Chattanooga Times
Bruce Haldeman
Louisville Courier-Journal
W. J. Crawford
Memphis Commercial Appeal
R. M. Johnston
Houston Post
P. A. Stovall
Savannah Press
Lumber men testify on blacklist after wholesale-retail trade split
Witnesses Ivery P Lawrence R R Cookman E C Pease B D Peterson H L Grogan and C L James describe a New York led blacklist affecting wholesale lumber firms. Depositions taken by U S Commissioner Samuel M Hitchcock in Boston Springfield Fitchburg and Boston reveal dealers blacklisted for selling only to non retail customers. Some firms like Mershon Schuette Parker were listed by mistake, halting sales for 11 days.
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Ivery
P. Lawrence
R. R. Cookman
Fitchburg
E. C. Pease
Springfield
B. D. Peterson
H. L. Grogan
Charles L. James
Boston
United States
Samuel M. Hitchcock
New York
Mershon, Schuette & Parker
Saginaw, Mich
Ivers P. Lawrence
Offer $500 To Capture Fire Bugs In Waterbury
Firebugs suspected of starting 13 fires yesterday including the City Hall destruction now blamed for three more fires today in Waterbury Connecticut. The Board of Aldermen met in special session and offered a $500 reward for the capture and conviction of the culprits.
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Waterbury
Conn
Fires break out in three locations across town
At noon a blaze in Mrs Harriet Pharr’s apartments near Jaques Theatre, then in J F Buckley and Co’s tailor shop opposite the Chelsea, and in Hotel Kingsbury storeroom. A foreigner about 25 wearing a rubber coat seen near the Chelsea fire is sought. 20,000 calls flooded the exchange as two women reported a stranger.
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Harriet Pharr
Jaques Theatre
Abbott Avenue
J. F. Buckley and Company
Exchange Place
Chelsea
Hotel
Kingsbury
H. E. Salla
L. G. Stewart
Chelsea Hotel
John Mates
Henry H. Peck
Three Rescued In Tenement Fire At Somerville Junction
At midnight last night a fire in the wooden block at Boston Avenue and Broad Way Somerville endangered several families and destroyed property valued at 5000. Mrs M Dillingham was carried from the third floor and down a ladder by Lt Frank Ranetti and Ladderman Charles T Fowler after stairs escape was cut off.
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Boston Avenue
Broadway
Somerville
M. Dillingham
Frank Ranetti
Charles. T. Fowler
Fire roars through Broadway block. two alarms called
A blaze at 697 to 703 Broadway spread quickly from a basement pool room in 703 to adjoining rooms. Mrs Elizabeth Perry and her daughter were rescued by Paul Eaton and Harry Edmands as Somerville and Medford fire units poured in. Losses include M Dillingham grocery and Miss Edna Grout millinery. The building owned by Joseph Cohen suffered a gas fire in the cellar.
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Elizabeth Perry
Paul Eaton
Harry Edmands
Broadway
Somerville
Medford
Joseph Monturi
M. Dillingham
Postal Clerks Dance for Sick Benefit Fund
Branch 5 of the National Association of Postal Clerks from the Boston district will hold an entertainment tonight in Intercolonial Hall featuring a whist party and dance. Proceeds will be donated to the sick benefit fund.
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National Association of Postal Clerks
Boston
Cunningham and Sullivan Fight to Draw in Bath Bout
Mike Cunning ham of Lewiston and Boris Sullivan of Bath boxed to a draw after two six round bouts at the Alemade. Referee was E. W. Hanks of Augusta.
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Bath
Mike Cunningham
Lewiston
Boris Sullivan
the Alemade
E. W. Hanks
Augusta
Policeman Samuel J Sweetland Faces Back-to-Back Vetting
Pol ice trial board at Hanover street station heard sensational claims about Officer Samuel J. Sweetland accused by a prisoner of larceny. The case mirrors a prior confrontation with Commissioner O Meara, as witnesses testified after the foreigner’s drunkenness arrest and alleged reporting of missing money.
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Samuel J. Sweetland
Sallie E. Beck
O’meara
Sweetland
Hanover Street
Giblin Sues McClellan for 10000 Over East Boston Riot Incident
Ex Alderman Thomas J Giblin files a 10000 suit against William McClellan former Democratic city committee president for kicking him in East Boston High School hall after being knocked under a piano during a waterfront freight railroad debate. Giblin took no action against Bernard F Hanrahan, whom he reportedly punished after Hanrahan crawled out from under the piano.
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Giblin
M’clellan
East Boston
Thomas J. Giblin
William McClellan
Democratic City Committee
Bernard F. Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Fifteen New Clerks Added to Central Postal Office
Postmaster Mansfield announced the appointment of fifteen additional clerks to the delivery force at the central office. The new clerks are M. J. Donsllenan H. C. Delaney M. J. Morrison T. M. Lucy J. A. Hanson John McNamen Co R. Armour A. Abramhof J. W. O Connor F. E. Rogers J. Johnson L. H. Booker A. R. Fidwards J. Ju Gillis and R. A. McGinnis.
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Mansfield
Censtral
M. J. Donsnellan
H. C. Delaney
M. J. Morrison
T. M. Lucy
J. A. Hanson
John McNamen
Co. R. Armour
A. Abramhof
J. W. O’connor
F. E. Rogers
J. Johnson
L. H. Booker
A. R. Fidwards
J. Ju Gillis
R. A. McGinnis
Untimely Optimism
A speaker laments a day of misfortunes including sick animals and a sad mood. An optimistic stranger provokes a violent reaction, revealing a nihilistic stance toward cheer and hollow encouragement. The verse ends with a vow to reject sunny phrases and seek solace in cussing.
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