Union records reveal boycott terms at Boston brewery hearing
Henry Abrahams of the Central Labor Union of Boston opened its records for inspection held during the master brewers petition. Testimony covered use of boycott language, committee appointments, and plans for united action across New England to push for only union breweries or none, with further notes on expulsions and pledges to workers’ strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Abrahams
Chelsea
Central Labor Union of Boston
William B. Sprout
Boston
Central Labor Union
Brewery Workers
New England
United
Schofield
NOT GUILTY OF CONTEMPT AT PURITAN MILL CASE
The American Woollen Company’s contempt petitions against James Delaney George McNorton and James Payton were dismissed without prejudice in Superior Court before Judge Braley, and the men discharged. The petition against Michael Bagnall was continued for master J W Saxe to report evidence. the master cleared Bagnall of mob involvement, noting the Fourth of July crowd was not unionists. Proceedings may resume next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Woollen Company
James Delaney
George McNorton
James Payton
Puritan
Plymouth
Braley
Michael Bagnall
J. W. Saxe
Bagnall
Weavers’ Union
J. E. Hannigan
Frail Women and Peruna Claims from Miss Ida B Wood
Frail women are described in a lead feature praising Peruna for female ailments. Miss Ida B Wood of Los Angeles writes that Peruna restored her health and is cheaper and more certain than doctors. Miss Mattie Ketchum of Marshall Texas says three bottles cured her headaches backaches and dizziness. The piece notes Dr. Hartman studies women’s care and offers free advice and a book on catarrh for women, with the book available from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida B. Wood
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Young Women’s Union
Mattie Ketchum
Marshall, Tex
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Promoter Belvin Describes Arrest After Release From Jail
William Wayne Belvin, a prominent promoter, was released from Charles Street Jail and explained why he was arrested last week. He claimed he owed Pratt nothing and that Pratt owed him $73.40, and he chose jail over paying a disputed $161 claim. Belvin recounted his wealthy Richmond birth, family income, and ventures from London to Denver, noting his ties to notable figures and past incidents including an altercation with David Moffat and a bail set of $50,000.
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Belvin
Charles Street
William Wayne Belvin
Boston
Mr. Belvin
Richmond
Villard
Northern Pacific
London
Carrara Marble Quarries Company
Reform Club
St. George Club
Prince of Wales
America
Denver
David Moffat
Waldorf- Astoria
John McKay
Navy Yard Improvements Plan New Administration Building and Warehouse
The Charlestown Navy Yard plans a large administration building on the central main street site with offices for commandant, aide, yard captain, pay office, library, lyceum, and hearing rooms. A four story warehouse and storehouse will replace building No 5 with direct rail access, electric elevators, and intra-yard trolleys to modernize storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown Navy Yard
Congress
Navy Department
Yard
Naval Library
Lyceum
Hoosac Tunnel
Low Fares to California From New England August 1 9
Advertises first class round trip tickets from any New England point to San Francisco or Los Angeles for less than one-way fare. Also lines to Chicago with variable routes, scenic views, fast times and liberal stopovers. Tickets available at Chicago Northwestern office 368 Washington Street Boston.
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New England
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Washington Street
Boston
Boy Killed by Train After Tragic Accident
Six year old John Hafhey of 52 Bennington Street East Boston died at Relief Hospital after both feet were severed by a freight train on the Boston & Maine tracks at Saratoga and Bennington Streets. He was playing near the railroad when the locomotive could not stop in time, the wheels passed over him.
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John Hafhey
Bennington Street
Boston
Relief Hospital
Saratoga
Bennington Streets
Boston & Maine Railroad
Dorchester Police Sergeant Granville B. Stone Missing
Dorchester police sergeant Granville B. Stone remains missing. His wife and police officials have not received any information about his whereabouts.
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Granville B. Stone
Dorchester
Great Nile Dam Completed in Egypt as Engineering Marvel
A Times Cairo dispatch reports the last coping stone laid at Assouan completing the Nile dam. The reservoir will yield 1 billion cubic metres annually, enable two crops per year, reclaim 5 million acres, and boost sugar cultivation. The project cost about 25 million dollars and submerges Philae ruins.
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London
Times
Cairo
Assouan
Nile
Assiout
John Aird
Egypt
Philae
Napoleon
Secretary Moody's Busy Day in Salem and Nearby Stops
Secretary of the Navy Moody spent August 1 traveling from Salem to Boston on the 9 18 train for personal business. He plans to inspect the U S S Hartford in port at Salem, then sail on the Dolphin to Gloucester for Sunday, return to Rye Beach, and on August 7 and 8 meet the congressional naval affairs committee in Boston for the North Atlantic squadron maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Moody
Boston
Haverhill
U. S. S. Hartford
Gloucester
Portsmouth
N. H
Rye Beach
Mr. Moody
Congressional Committee On Naval Affairs
Labor Day Funds Split By City Officials
Mayor Collins approved a $1200 Labor Day appropriation with $400 allocated to each of the Central Labor Union Building Trades Council and Knights of Labor. Some funds had previously supported a rowing regatta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
The
Knights of Labor
Blaze on Gas Laden Box Car Endangers Buzzards Bay Crew
In Falmouth on August 1 a night freight crew led by Conductor Mathewson fought a gasoline laden box car fire in Buzzards Bay yard. The blast ignited oil and tallow, scorching the conductor and fireman who escaped by leaping into a ditch and tearing off burning clothing. Both suffered burn injuries but remained with the train. Cause under investigation with suspicion of spontaneous combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Mathewson
Buzzard’s Bay
Boston
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Terry McGovern
Norman
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Charlestown
Jacob Emil Lieber
Edmund F. Ward
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United States
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
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William L. Pratt
Navy Yard Improvements
California
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J. A. D. Coleman
Coleman Dental
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Essex St
Boylston
Oxford
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Great Nile
Soudan
Assuan
Moody’s
Labor Day
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George Bryant
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