Brighter Prospects Amidward Wage Cuts and Shifts
Industrial activity shows mixed signals across New England as Waltham, Marlboro, and Manchester report partial recoveries and ongoing wage reductions. The American Watch Company resumes after two weeks with 15 percent wage cuts for all workers, while Amoskeag mills suspend briefly with planned 10 to 15 percent cuts. Other plants run reduced hours or idle portions of the work force as banks announce stricter withdrawal notices.
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Amoskeag Mills
Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag
Jefferson Mills
Providence
William Tinkham & Co
Burrillville
Eddy Company
Hartford
Eddy Manufacturing Company of
Windsor
Banks in trouble spread across cities with suspensions
A wave of bank suspensions and runs hit multiple cities. First National Bank of East Portland closed doors as temporary. Pendleton Savings Bank suspended. Marion private bankers A Daniels Co assigned. Wyandotte Bank in Ohio placed under receiver. Falls River savings banks restricted withdrawals with notices. New York savings banks reported lines and notice requirements while asserting liquidity and orderly payout.
Unemployed Men Enter Chicago as Fears of Arrest Spread
About a thousand unemployed workers arrived in Chicago by freight train yesterday. They scattered to the suburbs to avoid police action, as Chicago faces record unemployment. World’s Fair related work has ended and factories are cutting staff. General Electric discharged fifteen traveling salesmen last Saturday and plans further cuts. Other large employers are reducing forces, while city authorities have not yet arranged relief for out of town unemployed labor. If influx continues in large numbers from 3000 to 6000 daily, additional measures may be needed.
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Chicago
General Electric Company
Commissary Department
Gold Imports Seen Rising In Coming Weeks
New York July 31 Bankers expect large gold imports in the next thirty days Belmont Co has secured 500000 American gold in London Heidelbach Ickelheimer Co another 500000 The Clearing House loan committee issued 2550000 additional certificates bringing total outstanding to 28 million Advices from Chicago say First National Bank of Chicago ordered 500000 gold in London for shipment midweek Two other banks also ordered smaller amounts London business outlook is bright and gold exports to America push the open market discount rate up though the Bank of England can shoulder 20000000 without a rate rise
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Dalles
First National Bank
Commercial Bank of
Portland
Upper Sandusky, CO
Wyandotte
New York
Seaman's Bank of Savings
McMahon
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Dry Dock Savings Bank
Bowery Savings Bank
Union Dime Savings Bank
Spar Bank
Bleecker Street Bank
Trimble
Greenwich Savings Bank
Sixteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
J. Harsen Rhoades
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Savings Bank
Belmont. & Co
London
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer. & Co
Clearing House
Chicago
America
Bank O England
Failure in Leather firm assigns to creditors
Failure in Leather, F. A. Loring and Co., leather dealers at 132 Lincoln Street with a tannery at Woburn, has made an assignment to George R. Fowler and Charles H. Allen, president of the Central National Bank. No schedules of liabilities and assets are yet prepared. The firm was considered strong in the trade and enjoyed its confidence.
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F. A. Loring & Co
Lincoln Street
Woburn
George R. Fowler
Charles H. Allen
Central National Bank
Business Troubles and Assignments Across Cities
Chicago publishers Chapman Bros. confess judgment for 25000 to Bank of Commerce while running two World’s Fair hotels. Cleveland furniture dealer M J Moriarity files deed of assignment with assets about 50000. Akron appoints W A Lynch receiver for Pittsburgh Akron and Western railroad. Chicago Morse Mitchell Williams real estate firm and Morse Morse & Son assign to E H Gary. firms deal in diamonds and Welch clocks.
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Chicago
Chapman Bros
Bank of Commerce
Cleveland
M. J. Moriarty
Akron
W. A. Lynch
Pittsburg, Akron ,& Western Railroad
Vorhi
W. C. Mobley
Colone Lynch
Road
Francis E. Morse
George H. Mitchell
Morse, Mitchell & Williams
F. E. Morse & Son
E. H. Gary
E. N. Welch Clock Company
Western Union Cuts Money Transfer Services
Western Union Telegraph Company begins its first ever reduction in money transfers due to a tight money market. Large sums are recalled to New York for general use, with small transfers continuing by wire and large amounts routed through local banks. One bank per place to handle payments is planned. Forty New York operators were temporarily released as commercial traffic declined.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Western Union
Pilgrimage to St Anne de Beaupre Invites New England Catholics
The people of St Patrick's Church Roxbury plan an Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption observance. Rev Joseph H Gallagher prepares an American Catholic pilgrimage to St Anne de Beaupre in Canada with a special Boston train leaving Aug 14. Over five hundred pilgrims are expected from across New England.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Roxbury
Joseph H. Gallagher
Shrine of Miracles
St. Anne de Beaupre
Canada
Boston
New England
Watermelon poisoning parade hits North Adams family
Benjamin E Fuller and wife of 127 State street with a Fuller brother and Ed Jordan wife of Braytonville, visiting guests, fell ill Sunday evening in North Adams. All are worse today and Mrs Fuller's condition is critical. Poisoning suspected from watermelon they ate.
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North Adams
Mass
Benjamin E. Fuller
127 State Street
Concord Man Pleads Guilty in Altered Team Purchase Case
Frank D. Johnson and Ellis Brown hired BE. T. Eastman to take a team to Salisbury but sold it near Contoocook. Cord officers arrested them in Concord. Johnson pleaded guilty in police court and was held to the grand jury in 400 dollars bond.
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Concord
N. H
Frank D. Johnson
Ellis Brown
BE. T. Eastman
Hill
Salisbury
Contoocook
Tableaux at Hull for Baby Fund at Oregon House
A gala Tableaux Vivants benefit night at the Oregon House Hull directed by Sigmond B. Alexander, with Peters's Orchestra from Boston. The charity show featured many colorful tableaux and raised funds for the Post's Sick Baby Fund amid a sold out crowd and lively comic moments.
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Oregon House
Hull
Post
Sigmond B. Alexander
Peters
Boston
Taylor Harrington
S. B. Alexander
A . Mammoth
Lila Ormond
Sarah Friendly
Ophelia
Marion Harrington
Mamie Ormond
Florence Alexander
Guinzburg
Nydia
May Newman
Niobe
Josephine Cowan
Sadie Cowan
Alfred Alexander
Fanny Harrington
Fanny Friendly
Mrs. Guinzbur
Pater
van Olker
Kempner
Harris
Rosenfeld
Friendly
Jessie
Hector
Andromache
Newman
Lilla Ormond
Oregon
Harrington
Peary Expedition Despatch Reports Trouble From Labrador
A Philadelphia despatch from St John s Newfoundland says information has been received from Labrador of serious trouble in Lieutenant Peary s expedition and that the trip is likely to prove a failure.
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Philadelphia
Baron Hirsch to Visit Boston in August
Baron Maurice de Hirsch, the world’s wealthiest philanthropist, admired by the Prince of Wales, is expected in Boston late August. He may sign a 500,000,000 franc check, will stay with a Back Bay Jewish host, and aims to aid Russian Jews. He has no children. his fortune funds charity after his son’s death. He was elected vice-president of the Anglo Jewish Association in London, pledging to ease oppression of co-religionists in Russia. In Argentina, Colonel Goldsmith promotes land held by Russian Jews under cultivation and growing prosperity.
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Maurice de Hirsch
Prince of Wales
America
Boston
Back Bay
London
Baron Hirsch
Anglo-Jewish Association
Russia
Argentinia
Goldsmith
Felz Visits New Bedford to Address Sweat Shop Clothes
A. J. Felz general organizer of the United Garment Workers of America arrives in New Bedford to urge labor groups to form a committee to act against sweat shop clothing sold by local dealers.
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New Bedford
A. J. Felz
United Garment Workers of America
Death on Boston Wharf: John Hadley Succumbs to Injuries
John Hadley aged 24 died from internal injuries after being run over by a heavy drag on the Boston Wharf Company wharf. He was injured last evening near his South Boston home at 23 ve street and died at 8 50 at Emergency Hospital. Hadley was employed by F. F. and WwW Fr Owe.
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John Hadley
Boston Wharf Company
Hadley
Ve Street
Boston
Crisp to Be Chosen in House Speakership Caucus
Washington July 30 The Democratic caucus to choose party candidates for speaker sergeant-at-arms clerk doorkeeper postmaster and chaplain of the House will convene August 5 in Washington. Crisp is expected to win the speakership with no contest while the upcoming special session opening August 7 focuses on silver.
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Washington
Democratic Caucus
House of Representatives
Crisp
Misleading Views on Ulster Wealth and Home Rule Debate
Belfast figures emerge as a focal point in Home Rule tensions with a Belfast letter arguing Ulster is not uniformly prosperous. Census data show Catholics outnumber Protestants in five of nine counties. income tax per capita ranks Ulster third among provinces, and Down is only the fifteenth wealthiest county, challenging stereotypes about Ulster’s dominance and loyalty.
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Ulster
Belfast
Ireland
House of Commons
John Morley
Down
Dublin
Cork
Londonderry
Waterford
Munster
Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Marquis of Salisbury
Buncombe
Lord Londonderry
Lord O'Neill
Lord Gosford
Dunblin
Home Rule
Ulster wealth tests counter Home Rule claims
The article analyzes 1891 valuations and per head wealth across provinces and counties, finding Ulster’s lead overstated. It notes Down as wealthiest Ulster county, Meath ahead in Leinster, and shows Ulster’s overall population decline while city wealth shifts to Belfast. It criticizes Unionist rhetoric and cites tenant actions toward fair land prices. It compares Dublin and Belfast tax measures and discusses Home Rule party dynamics.
Maine Appoints Delegate for World’s Agricultural Exhibit
Augusta July 31 Governor Cleaves appointed B Walker Mc Keen as Maine delegate to the World’s Agricultural Exposition in Chicago on Oct 16. McKeen prepared a condensed history of Maine’s farming industry highlighting its progress and key sectors.
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Augusta
Cleaves
B. Walker McKeen
Maine
Chicago
McKeen
Rajah Rajagan Escapes as Clergyman Attacks Polygamy
Brockton July 51 Special to the Post A Brockton churchman Rev George Vaughan ridicules Rajah Jajitjit Singh of Kapurthala accusing him of polygamy and threats. Vaughan questions travel through the United States and contemplates legal action while noting the Rajah’s entourage and wives. The clergyman plans to visit Chicago, hinting at a clash of monogamy against polygamy in public discourse.
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Brockton
Rajagan
Damocles
Peo
Boston
Chicago
Singh
George Vaughan
Boston Common
Vaughan
Mr. Vaughan
Shoe City
Jajitjit Singh
Rajah Rajagan
Kapurthala
Jajitjit
Thieves Blow Open Safe at Meadows Station
In Lancaster New Hampshire on July 31 the Concord and Montreal line station at Meadows was entered at dawn. The safe was blown open and $150 stolen from the railroad company and American Express Company.
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Lancaster
N. H
Concord & Montreal
Meadows
Railroad Company
American Express Company
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Nantasket Hotel Guide
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