Miss Juanita Doane Welles Names Wadsworth Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Miss Juanita Doane Welles of Cambridge christened the torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth at Bath Iron Works. She broke a champagne bottle over the bow as descendants from Massachusetts looked on, the ship named for Commodore Alexander Scan nell Wadsworth of Portland.
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Bath
Juanita Doane Welles
Cambridge
Mass
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
Welles
Alexander Scannell Wadsworth
Portland
Massachusetts
Kennebec River
Reverend George H. Wibbert Dies in Chicago at 82
The Rev. George H. Wibbert longtime temperance lecturer and ally of Garrison and Phillips died in Chicago. Born October 4, 1827 in Cabotville Massachusetts he preached for Universalist ties and campaigned for Abraham Lincoln in Ohio during his 1860 bid. In 1871 he joined the Massachusetts Legislature as a Prohibitionist.
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Chicago
George H. Wibbert
William Lloyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Cabotville
Chicoree
Mass
Universalist Church
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
Five Years Limit For Work Girl
Mrs Raymond Robbins of the National Women's Trade Union League told the Women's City Club at yesterday's luncheon that the average working girl earns about 2.79 to 2.85 dollars weekly, sleeps with no mattress, eats mostly bread and olive oil, skips lunches, sacrifices food to buy clothes, and reaches age 21 worn out and unfit for motherhood after five years of toil.
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Raymond Robbins
National Women’s Trade Union League
Women’s City Club
Tne
Women’s Trade Union League
Women workers speak on wages and exploitation in sweatshops
The speaker notes one eighth of U S women earn less than a small weekly amount and two thirds below ten dollars, argues wage costs are a small production factor, and highlights harsh conditions, lack of recourse, and the Women's Trade Union League policy against insults and compulsory strikes.
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United States
Baldwin Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs Edith Baldwin
Mrs Edith Atkins Baldwin former resident of this city has filed a libel for divorce against William E Baldwin. They married in 1902 and lived together only two weeks. Baldwin a prominent New York advertising agency man and former magazine manager. Action entered at Dedham.
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Edith Atkins Baldwin
New York
Cohasset
William E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Dedham
Fourteen Roxbury Youths Fined for Sunday Gaming
Judge Palmer of Roxbury District Court fined John F. Glynn $25 for gaming on the Lord's Day and sentenced him to 10 days in the house of correction for contempt after insulting witness Father Charles O'Brien. Thirteen companions were fined $25 each for gambling on Sunday. the judge deemed equal fines to avoid discrimination and noted the youths' impact on younger children.
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Palmer
Roxbury District
John F. Glynn
House of Correction
Charles O’brien
Glynn
Roxbury
Father O’brien
Former Policeman Shoots Himself at Eliot Hospital
George J. Horgan, a former police officer, shot himself yesterday in the vestibule of Eliot Hospital at 107 Audubon Road Back Bay. Attendants found him with a revolver nearby. He is listed as serious by surgeons though not on the dangerous list.
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George J. Horgan
Police Department
Eliot Hospital
Audubon Road
Back Bay
Horgan
Interurban Cars Crash Injuring Dozens Near Fremont
In Fremont Ohio on April 29 between 30 and 40 people were injured in a collision of two Lake Shore interurban cars. Fire engulfed the wreckage and both cars burned. One passenger, Flora Boner of Fremont, is expected to die from her injuries.
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Fremont
Ohio
Lake Shore Electric Railroad
Here
Flora Boner
Fate of the New Haven road debated by committee
The legislative railroads committee ended public hearings and will reconvene Tuesday morning to discuss the fate of the New Haven road validation bill. E Moody Boynton was the sole speaker yesterday.
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New Haven
E. Moody Boynton
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National Women's Trade Union League
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Ceylon
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Duffy’s
Gordon Dry
Santa Teresa Calif
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