Labor Chiefs Pick I D Pierce to Lead Massachusetts Federation
The Massachusetts Federation of Labor convention elected I D Pierce of Worcester as president and set new legislative aims. Officials pledged eight hour day for public workers eight hour limits for women and minors and stricter factory ventilation while calling for rigid scaffolding inspections on building sites. The body also urged senators Lodge and CAR to back the eight hour bill and amended the constitution to move future conventions to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
O'Donnell
Boston
McKinley
John Nickers
Bosam Bakers’ Union
Mmittee
Senator Car
Senator Lodge
J. D. Pierce
Worcester
John H. Murray
Boot and Roe
Marlboro
E. F. Ward
Brewers 29
Thomas Pollard
King Webmakers
North Adams
Secrety
Joseph T. Walsh
Bakers 4
Asurer
John F. O'Sullivan
Writers’ Man
American Federation
John F. O’sullivan
Minnie Devlin
Andry Workers
Joseph Walshakers
M. M. Byrne
Central Bar Union
Lawrence
Oot and Shoe Workers
New Lord Mayor Elected in Dublin After Fifteen Years
Dublin records a political shift as Conservatives win the lord mayor position for the first time in fifteen years ending Nationalist control. Candidates and local political implications are noted amid a citywide debate on governance and party influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irc
Conserva
Lovell Arms Company Opens Five Story Sporting Goods Store
Boston hosts a grand opening for the John P. Lovell Arms Company new five story Washington Street building inviting about 200 guests including Governor Wolcott and state officials. Colonel Benjamin B Lovell presides with departments rebuilt for guns bicycles cutlery and clothing in olive green oak interiors. The firm aims to make Boston home to one of the world’s largest sporting goods houses with retail wholesale and mail order operations expanding from Cornhill and Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Lovell
Washington Street
Benjamin 8. Lovell
T. P. Lovell
Henry J. Lovell
State House
Boston
Wolcott
Lovell
Lovell Arm Company
Europe
Colonel Lovell
Cornhill
Henry JL. Lovell
Eus
Robert Smith
Henry L. Lovell
Lovell Arms Company
Messrs. Lovell
Broad Street
Roger Wolcott
J. G. B. Adams
Pred H. Williams
James H. Flint
W. R. Black
George FE. Smith
Albert C. Davidson
D. F. Slade
C. H.s Gifford
G. D. Billings
M. J. Murray
C. W. Hastings
W. B. Plunkett
Ricard Shaw
John W. Kimball
Hosar M. Knowlton
A. H. Goetting
George W. Moses
Wiliam Capele
Frank H. Richardson
Henry Hastings
Wile Barrett
John W. Weeks
Myles Standish
Edward F. Hamlin
Esc
Francis Hurtubis, Jr
E. H. Woods
Vernor Robie
Portand
Lord Mayor-Elect Sexton Linked to New Era in Dublin Politics
Sir Robert Sexton, the lord mayor-elect for Dublin, is seen as a figure of change though his name echoes a different policy. He is an elderly English-born deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace, who chaired the South Dublin Board of Guardians since 1886 and previously contested St Stephen's Green in 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tives
Robert Sexton
Dublin
Lienant
South Dublin
Is She Your Daughter A Mother's plea for medical guidance
An advertisement urges mothers to seek Dr. R V Pierce's guidance for daughters with female health issues. It claims many examinations are unnecessary and offers free professional advice from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York along with a free medical book the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Comipret
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
N. Y
Sanitary report lists 4289 sick and 3179 fever cases
Washington reports for August 1 total sick 4289 with 3179 fever cases and 689 new fever cases. 679 fever cases returned to duty and 1 death. The dead are mainly privates including Suffoan Fisette Bartholomew Duschen Lester Jewell Simpson M. Harrison Undergrave Wells Welker Rothe Oliver and others from various regiments and companies. causes include yellow fever malaria dysentery typhoid and tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Shafter
Washington
Albert Duschen
Illinois
Isaac A. Lester
Twenty-fourth Infantry
W. M. Jewell
A. H. Simpson
Ohio
Arthur Nelson
Frank Carnegie
Asthenia
Timothy Rothe
Eighth Infantry
Charles F. Harrison
Twenty-second Infantry
Silas Undergrave
Massachusetts
Leonard L. Welker
John Oliver
Michigan
Young Men Mission Church Hosts Sixth Picnic in Roxbury
The Roxbury Young Men's Mission Church Association held its sixth annual picnic in Caledonian Grove West Roxbury. Highlights include D J O Connell winning multiple races such as the 10 yard dash and quarter mile, J Woods capturing broad jump, and D J McCarthy taking pole vault. Guests included Alderman Cleary and several councilmen, with Father Corr as association president among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Mission Church Association of
W. J. Long
H. J. Barrett
Er M. McCarthy
J. Woods
Elley
D. J. McCarthy
Joseph
Niland
J. Smith
W. J. Lang
M. McCarthy
Alderman Cleary
Charles P. Naugle
J. J. Flanigan
John FE. Frawley
Peter Corr
Association
McGrath
Ivin
Franstall
Mahan
Ther Garels
Donohoe
Terence
The
Mission Chase
House of
Captain Reeds Luck From Klondike Report
Captain George M. Reed, Rampart City Alaska manager, reports great mining rush success since arrival. He describes locating an old river bed high above creeks at Idaho Bar with surface gravel paying 20 cents to $2 per pan and a $67 haul by two men. He lists claims on Dawson Julia Alder Leonora Russian Rampart Hiyu Chicago and the river bed. He expects company support to aid working the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Davis & Co
George M. Reed
Klondike
Rampart City
Alaska
Idaho Bar
Dawson
Julia
Alder
Leonora
Russian
Rampart
Hiyu
Chicago
Dry Goods Clerks Outing At Point of Pines Aug 6
Boston Dry Goods Clerks Benefit associations organize a free admission day at Point of Pines on Saturday August 6. Ticket holders gain free access to the grounds grand stand theatre with special features in the theatre free rides on flying horses and the Ferris wheel plus music in the dance hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of Pines
Boston
Music Hall
Louisville
Health tips and airmails for Kutnow’s powder offer
A health ad urges readers to seek relief from nerves and fatigue by using Kutnow’s Improved Effervescent Powder. It promises gentle action to purify blood, strengthen the system, and prevent liver, kidney, or stomach disease, inviting readers to request a free sample from Kutnow Bros. in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutnow Bros
Astor Place
New York City
Boston Post
Kutnow
Plymouth Steamboat Excursions From Boston Daily
On hot days the Plymouth steamer offers a restful escape from the city. Departing Boston at 10 a.m. from 478 Atlantic Avenue, the propeller returns from the old historic town at 3 30 p.m. Passengers may stay over and use the return ticket anytime during the season.
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Plymouth
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
A. BE. Harding
Winthrop Line
Jordan
National Cadet Band
Plays and Players in Boston Theater Season
A roundup of upcoming productions and performances in Boston venues. The Castle Square Essex cast includes Johnstone Bennett and Richards for A Female Drummer opening Aug 29 at Park. Outdoor shows, vaudeville at Sans Souci, and steamer excursions are noted with star turns from Marie D. Shotwell, Julia Arthur, George Wilson, and others.
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Castle Square
Martha Morton
W. H. Crane
Hollis
Johnstone Bennett
Richards
Canfield
the Park
Charles Wolcott
Snday
First Regiment
Marie D. Shotwell
Watch Hill
Jack
Louise Hepner
India
Boston
John J. McNally
Tremont Theatre
Phebe Davis
Joseph Grismer
Roland Reed
Museum
Ustom
Jones
Isabelle Urquhart
Keith
Julia Arthur
Boston Harbor
New York
George Wilson
Europe
Laura Burt
England
Madge
Old
Kentucky
William Courtleigh
Bay City
Mich
George E. Lothrop
Michigan
Norumbega Park
Nana
Bath
St. Anthony
Francesca Rimini
Judith
Boston Theatre
Sam Edwards
Daniel Frawley
San Francisco Stock Company
Mildred Holland
Grand Opera House
Bessie Bonehill
John Kerneil
Proto
Sans Souci
Lottie Gilson
Tim Murphy
Adele Onri
Clover Trio
Gertie Reynolds
Austin & Stone’s
Palace
Lewiston
Butchers and Grocers’ Association of
Attleboro
Giraldo
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Labor's Chiefs
I. D. Pierce
Federation of Labor
Bir
New Sportsmans Paradise
Handsome
Glad Stones
Sporting Maga
John P. Lovells
Tremont Ahrow
Edward Wilson
OP Wilson Brothers
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Baller
Massachusetts Jets
Someneya
Preald Phen
Turner
Seo’y
Mera Collection Agency
Cour Sihamineha Bah
al Ahs Su Preston
Benjamin 8S. Lovell
Boylston St
Caledonian Grove
Captain Reed
Woodbury
J. H, Ulx
Winter St
Admiassio
Arantasket
Cents Beach
Snow’s Arch Wharf
Oliver Street
Huntington Avenue
Austin
Muldoon
America-Spain
All Nations
Howe
Bly Aiis
Stone’s
Palace Theatre
Wmusic Hall
Helios Aurtesque Co
Jim Jeffries
Philadelphia Sorensen War
St. John
Digby
St.John
Halifax
Summerside
St. Joe
S. S. St. Croix
Coastwise Service
Cumberland
State of Maine
Portland
Eastport
Lubec
ST. Andrews
Campobello
E. A. Waldron
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat& CO
Gloucester
NFW
Gape Ann
Columbus Orchestra
City OF Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
Beston
P. S
Monays
BH. S
Mgr
Isles of Shoals
North Shore
Ciralda
Model Playhouse
Milton
Dollie Nobles
Walker
Sidney Wilmer
Walter Vincent
Max Zach
Mme
Marie Tawary
Sym
Tremont St
Tele
Tremont
Oxford
Arthur Law
Louver’’s
Bonehill
al Leech
Rosebuds
Bessie Laurence
Harrington
Eldridges
John Kernell
Crouch
Bertina
Mile
Ora
Protomyenines
Bass Point
Nahant
Lafrigain
S$ Naval Brigade
Isc
A. P. Lane
N. E. Agt
Wash. St
of Pines
Sanila
Jordan, Marah & Co
R. H W. White
AUC
Provincetown
Lowgfellow
John Smith
Cape
Atwood & Rich
Winthrop Steamboat CO
J. HR. Bacon
Drumbegs Ark
Owattscore Zoological Garden
Electric Mountain Rustic
Ween Gorman
Music Court
Knowlton & Alien
Gand
Newton Boulevard
Subway
Ilougeington
Union Station
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