35000 Car Shopmen Strike Across the Nation
Chicago reports show 35000 railway shop workers striking nationwide as the Fed erated Shopmen's Union presses for wage hikes retroactive to January 1, 1919. President Wilson proposes a commission on rail pay, while locals vote on the plan amid mixed guidance from officers in Washington.
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Chicago
Chicago District Council
The
Federated Shopmen’s Union
Wilson
Congress
Middle West
Washington
Railroad Administration
Chesapeake Ohio Shopmen All Out Strike Hits Huntington
Two thousand Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad shop employees stopped work in Huntington after failing to secure a wage agreement. Boiler makers car repairers machinists tin fitters and electrical workers joined the stoppage demanding what they call overdue pay terms.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Obituary notices from Dorchester and neighboring towns
Funeral notices and brief obituaries from Dorchester and nearby areas list dates, ages, and burial plans. Names include Matthew Barry Theresa Burke James Cameron Biaggio Cavicchi Mary Dillins Florence Dougherty Monica Fitzpatrick Mary A Gilday Zella Daly Hilda Glazier Erick W Johnson Howard McLaughlin Susan Murphy John Paul ONeill Ellen Palmer Frank Rechel Edward Schell with service details at St. Hugh's St. Lazzaro's St. Catherine's and other churches, private interments and motor funerals.
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Barry
Dorchester
Matthew
Hannah Barry
Coleman
Columbia Rd
Bolemn
St. Hugh's Church
Blue Hill Ave
Burke
Dedham
Theresa Marret
Robert James Burke
Eral
Washington St
Iis
Butler Ave
St. Lazzaro’s
Boston
Mary Dilkes
East Third St
Dougherty
Fort Strong
Boston Harbor
Florence Dougherty
William P. Dougherty
Army Base
South Boston
Forest Hills Cemetery
Fitzpatrick
Monica
Frederick
Francea Fitzpatrick
Murphy
Gilday
Forest Hills
Mary A
Edward H. Gilday
Cambridge
Zella
Charles Grady
Haskell
Notre Dame de Petit
Hilda Irene
L. Gordon Glazier
Brighton
Mons
William H. Munroe
Newark Times
Johnson
Erick W. Johnson
Callender St
New York
McLaughlin
Watertown
Howard O. McLauthlin
Masonic Hall
Charlestown
Susan
Belvidere St
Palmeit
Malden
Ellen A. Palmer
Chelsea
Frank R
Mary A. Rechel
Reynolds Ave
Ichell
Edward
Agnes M. Schell
Buttonwood St
In Memoriam O Connell Anniversary Mass at St Peters
A high mass will be sung at St Peter's Church Cambridge on Monday August 4 1916 for the sons of John Francis O Connell killed in Mammonville France August 4 1918. Memory cherished by his mother and sisters.
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St. Peter's Church
Concord Ave
Cambridge
Poe
John Francis O'Connell
Mammonville
France
Reservations Added To Treaty Following Senate Pact
Seven Republican senators announced a plan to make reservations and understandings part of the League covenant upon ratification. The wording asserts U S withdrawal timing as the sole judge of fulfilled obligations and keeps domestic matters like immigration and tariff within U S jurisdiction. Senators McNary McCumber Colt Spencer Cummins Kellogg Lenroot led the effort as they seek broader support without alienating administration negotiators.
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Washington
Senate
Senate of the
United States
League of Nations
Council of the
Congress
Council
League
Assembly of
Assembly
McNary
Oregon
McCumber
North Dakota
Colt
Rhode Island
Spencer
Missouri
Cummins
Iowa
Kellogg
Minnesota
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lodge
Hitchcock
Walk on Ocean Bed by Lake's Submarine Off Long Beach
Mr. Lake used a new four end submarine Argonaut with a steel air filled tube to walk on the bottom of Long Island Sound off Long Beach. Guests wore compressed air in a watertight chamber and spent about 50 minutes exploring the shell strewn sea floor and harvesting crabs and shells.
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Mr. Lake
Jules Verne
Sinbad the Sailor
Israel
Long Beach
Lake
Hussar
Pot Rock
Miss Byers
Long Island Sound
Miss Dyers
McNeil
Misa Ruth Byers
Jake
Eugene 8. Bisbee
New York Globe
Robert F. Kelley
New York Evening Post
Boston Post
Autos Collide Three Injured in Weirs New View House Crash
A two- car collision on the State road before the New View House at Weirs New Hampshire seriously injured one woman and lightly hurt two others. Mrs. Frank Bishop of Holbrook suffered internal injuries and a fractured rib. Mrs. Rodney Haf of Whitman and Mrs. A. L. Thayer of Whitman were treated for internal injuries and shock respectively before going home. The crash occurred when a small touring car driven by Earl Wheeler entered the State road from a detour ahead of the larger car owned by Frank Stevens.
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Weirs
N. H
New View House
Frank Bishop
Holbrook
State Road
Frank Stevens
Manchester
Repeal Effort for Boston Elevated 10 Cent Fare
A South Boston protest meeting at the Municipal building discusses repealing the 10 cent fare on the Boston Elevated Railway. Pp J Mullin presided as Senator William J Foley and Representative William J McDonnell spoke. A committee to study L line conditions is named.
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South
Boston
Municipal
Boston Privatee. Railroad Company
Pp. J. Mullin
William J. Foley
William J. McDonnell
L” Road
McHale Council Holds Meeting on Free Ireland
Former Representative Charles O O Connor spoke at St Omer Hall West Broadway South Boston where Archbishop McHale Council Friends of Irish Freedom gathered over 200 attendees. He accused England of persecuting Ireland at home and vilifying it abroad.
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Charles O. O’connor
Free Ireland Movement
Archbishop McHale
Friends of Irish Freedom
St. Omer Hall
West Broadway
Boston
England
Ireland
Mrs Skeels Lundgren Reported In Serious Condition
Andover August 1 Mrs Bessie Mae Skeels Lundgren is reported in a serious condition. It seems certain that it is but a question of a short time till she dies.
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Andover
Bessie Mae (Skeels) Lundgren
Death of Oscar Hammerstein Producer of Grand Opera
Oscar Hammerstein theatre builder and producer of grand opera died in a New York hospital after several days illness. He produced major operas and was a leading figure in American theatre.
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New York
Oscar Hammerstein
Meteorology Bulletin with Temperature and Humidity Readings
A meteorological report lists mean barometer 20.72 inches and mean temperature 76.00 with mean dew point and relative humidity noted. Maximum 76.00, minimum 0.00, total precipitation 0.83 inches. J. W. Smith, Meteorologist.
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Guido
J. W. Smith
Ships and cargoes at Mystic wharf and Cuba regatta
The British steamer Castellano from Glasgow arrived at Mystic wharf, releasing immigrant Alexander McMinster to immigration officers. The Braemore from Manchester unloads cotton before a full general cargo for Glasgow. Three racing shells head for Havana aboard the Plainfield for the Cuban regatta, built by W H Davy & Son for the Cuban Athletic Club. The Ninian sails for Manchester with 80 000 bushels of barley and other freight. The Jane Palmer, former Roxbury owner, was towed into St John’s in a crippled condition.
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Glasgow
Mystic Wharf
Burnett
Alexander McMinster
United States
Furness
Braemore
Venning
Manchester
England
Cuba
United Fruit Company
Plainfield
Long Wharf
Havana
W. H. Davy & Son
Cambridge
Cuban Athletic Club and Rowing Association
Island Republic
Leyland Line
Ninian
Trickey
Jane Palmer
Palmer
William F. Palmer
Roxbury
St. John’s
N. F
Shipping News Arrived with Briton and English Ports Listed
Shipping news reports steamers Prnemore of Britain Venning Manchester England Gloucester Ryan Baltimore and additional vessels reaching ports.
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Prnemore
Venning
Manchester
Eng
Gloucester
Ryan
Baltimore
Condensed Novels Prize Winners Highlight Tomorrow
The Post's Condensed Novels Contest announces a top prize of 500 dollars plus 100 dollars for the Hawthorne condensation of House of the Seven Gables, total 600 dollars. The author, Mrs. Josephine Van Tassel Bruerton, born in Boston in 1847, is noted for stories and lyrics in several magazines.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Seven Gables
Hawthorne
Josephine van Tassel Bruerton
Boston
Boston Normal School
Seavey
George E. Bruerton
Lippincott’s
the Youth’s Companion
J. C. Bartlett
Eben H. Bailey
Frank Lynes
Fred Field Bullard
Josephine Meloon
Shipping Movements Ledger of Tugs and Barges across Ports
A lists of vessels sailing and towing operations between New York Portland Norfolk Newburyport and other ports. Includes tugs Standard Socony No 58 Pallas Perkins and many barges towed by A Sydney Davidson Francis Scully Tamaqua Greenwood Devon Nichollas Murphy and Devon from various ports with destinations noted. Several schooners and steamers also appear in transit including Ninian North Land Mohawk Little Ada and Edward Treviy.
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Norfolk
Howard
Kirwan
Philadelphia
Belfast
Holmes
New York
Lake Friar
Nielsen
Pawnee
Robinson
Camden
Rawley
Bangor
City of Gloucester
Tarsen
Gloucester
Standard
Helzman
Socony
Pallas
Perkins
Sandwich
Sydney Davidson
Francis Scully
M.eeell Davis
Parkers’ Flats
Tamaqua
Cto
Greenwood
Portland
Vesta, Powell
Lynn
Thomas Horan
Delaware
Rockport
Mass
Illinois
Kentucky
Alabama
Provincetown
Ninian
Manchester
England
North Land
Yarmouth
N. 8
Dingley
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Latbec
Lake Bethona
Port Jobes
P. R
Bay View
Mohawk
Taylor
Devon
South Amboy
Newburyport
Vesta
Nichollas Murphy
Little Ada
Edward Treviy
Veteran celebrates his 80th birthday in Provincetown
Commander Hezekiah P. Hughes, a J. C. Freeman Post No. 65 G. A. R. survivor, observed his 80th birthday in Provincetown on August 1 as family and fellow veterans gathered.
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Veteran
Provincetown
Hezekiah P. Hughes
J. C. Freeman Post
Seek Aid for Navy Yardmen
Charlestown navy yard workers face layoffs as Congress and the Navy are urged by the City Council to authorize immediate appropriations to reinstate all laid off workers. Eight thousand men demonstrated in sympathy, then returned to jobs as the council passes resolutions urging action.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Ford
War veteran and merchant dies remembered by friends
Friends congratulated a popular war veteran in remembrance of the day. Commander Hughes began his service as a private in A Company 8 Massachusetts Infantry and later became a second lieutenant in the cavalry. After the war he worked as a dry goods merchant here until his retirement years ago.
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Hughes
Massachusetts Infantry
Cavalry
Log Cabin Fire Destroys Maine Estate Structure
A log cabin on the Foolwell estate at Warren's Island burned today. Built about twenty years ago for the late J. W. Folwell of Philadelphia, it was valued at $75,000 and had been used for picnics and fishing parties in recent years.
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Bangor
J. W. Folwell
Philadelphia
Foolwell
Warren's Island
Boys Start Fire Threatening Concord Vermont Town
A shed fire started by boys playing with matches threatened the town of Concord Vermont. The blaze destroyed two houses and two barns and damaged six additional houses, prompting emergency actions as crews battled the flames.
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Concord
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