Mary E Matthews Named Labor Day Parade Marshal
Miss Mary E Matthews corresponding secretary of the Boston Telephone Operators Union is chosen as marshal of the Central Labor Union delegates for the Labor Day parade. She is the first woman in the post and will lead more than 100 delegates. The union recently secured better wages and conditions with the New England Telephone Company and prepares for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers convention in Boston on Sept 15.
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Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Central Labor Union
Mary E. Matthews
Miss Matthews
Telephone Girls’ Union
Boston
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Annie E. Molloy
Women workers in Kansas City earn under six dollars weekly
Twenty five per cent of the 25 000 women workers in Kansas City receive less than six dollars a week, the wage needed for a bare existence, the Board of Public Welfare report released today based on two years of investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Board of Public Welfare
Grandmother of 175 Children Dies in Wisconsin
Mrs J L Van Venroy, mother of 23 children, 180 grandchildren and 2% great grandchildren, died at 73 in Green Bay Wisconsin. Of her 23 children 11 survive. She moved to Brown County from Holland in 1852 and her husband survives.
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Green Bay, Wis
J. L. van Venroy
Boston Me chanics Hall hosts 3200 at United Drugs banquet
The United Drug Company convention banquet in Mechanics Hall drew 3200 attendees in Boston including 1200 women of whom 50 were druggists. Louis K. Liggett arrived in an invalid chair as the evening featured vaudeville and a moving picture reel. Frederick G. Mitchell was elected to succeed William S. Elkin as president of the Associated Rexall Clubs. Toronto was named as 1914 convention site with Frisco in 1915 as a possibility.
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United Drug Company
Mechanics’ Hall
New England
Louis K. Liggett
Bert Williams
Trovato
Boston
Associated Rexall Clubs
William S. Elkin
Thomas V. Wooten
Havana
St. Louis
Walter Cooke
America
Toronto
London
Frisco
Back Bay
Commercial Street
Elkin
Frederick G. Mitchell
Middleton, N. Y
Knowles Builds Leans Under Harsh Maine Winter
Despatches from Maine this week describe Knowles enduring extreme cold with minimal shelter and relying on birch bark messages. He outlines relay routes via cache guides and rural carriers to reach the Boston Sunday Post, facing game-law hurdles and primitive survival challenges.
Scientist Knowles Aims For Maine Wilderness Feat
Roy D. Jones, a Boston & Maine agent, praises artist Knowles for attempting a primitive life in Maine woods. He foresees obstacles but believes Knowles can overcome them, noting the Fish and Game Commission’s failure to grant him a permit as the greatest handicap.
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Knowles
Commission of Inland Fisheries and Game
Joe
Boston
Jones
King and Bartlett
Maine Woods
Sunday Post
Roy D. Jones
Boston & Maine
Mr. Jones
Maine
Pine Tree State
Fish and Game Commission
State of
Knowles Predicted to Triumph by Dorchester Traveler
Halliday Witherspoon of Dorchester writes to the Post predicting artist Knowles will succeed if he carries a sharp-edged flint for skinning and flints to strike sparks. He believes Knowles will face no snakes or wolves in Maine, only mosquitoes as his main enemy, and that he will return in fall in good health with a bird skin undergarment and enough fat.
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Halliday Witherspoon
Dorchester
Knowles
Maine
Gibson Day at Tenean honors Marion Gibson at Boston Beach
Friends of Marion Gibson and about 4000 spectators crowded Tenean Beach in Neponset to salute the Ashmont girl who recently swam to Boston Light. After a long program of water events the 16 year old was lifted on the crowd’s shoulders amid cheers calling her the Gibson girl who made the Light.
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Marion Gibson
Boston
Tenean Beach
Neponset
Ashmont
Gibson
Marion
Gibson sisters shine in Charlestown crowd swimming display
Marion and Gertrude Gibson drew applause with daring dives and stunts at Tenean. Marion demonstrated swimming strokes to the Light while Gertrude stood on her head underwater. Ruth Calkins won the 10 yard swim as about 56 contestants raced in various events.
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Gibson
Marion
Charlestown
Gertrude
Ruth Calkins
Tenean
James Montgomery Flagg Pen and Ink on Home Owning
Next Sunday's Post Magazine features a human study by James Montgomery Flagg. The drawing explores domestic life and ownership through a candid, pen and ink portrayal.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Post
Opium Plant Bust in Fall River Raid Shocks Neighbors
Federal officers from Boston seized several thousand dollars in opium and arrested a Chinese man after raiding a Chinese laundry that concealed a full opium manufacturing operation. The raid halted a operating plant and interrupted a midday dope siesta.
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Fall River
Boston
Opium Raids Pin Down Boston Laundry Suspect
Inspectors Sleep and O P McKenna from Edward G Graves staff raided suspected opium shipments. They traced exports to New York and the West, with some sent to Boston and New England. The operation centered on Joe Ham Lee laundry at 224 Thomas Street.
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Sleep
O. P. McKenna
Edward G. Graves
Boston
New England
New York
Joe Ham Lee
Thomas Street
Doctor Gallivan to read at Buffalo school hygiene congress
Dr. William J. Gallivan of South Boston will represent the city at the fourth International Congress of School Hygiene in Buffalo August 25 to 30. He will read three papers on standards in physical exams medical inspection and school clinics.
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William J. Gallivan
East Broadway
Boston
Buffalo
Gallivan
Division of Child Hygiene
Dr. Gallivan
Washington
al and
Boston Public Schools
Pilots' Association Elects Officers at East Boston Convention
The American Pilots' Association elected officers at its annual convention held yesterday at Maverick House East Boston. Captain Benjamin Machell of New Orleans was chosen president Captain Swan of Charleston GC was named vice president and Captain Jon A Tow of Boston became secretary and treasurer. Delegates attended from all seaport cities.
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American Pilots’ Association
Maverick House
East
Boston
Benjamin Machell
New Orleans
Swan
Charleston
Jon. A. Tow
Plumbers Take Harbor Trip During Union Convention
Delegates to the United Association of Plumbers Gas Fitters Steam Fitters and Helpers paused deliberations yesterday for an all day harbor trip. The biennial convention drew members from across the trade to discuss standards and work opportunities aboard excursion vessels.
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The
United Association of Flumbers
Middle West Delegates Enjoy Ocean Cruise and Nantasket Visit
About 150 delegates and many women and children boarded a chartered steamboat at Rowe's wharf for a four hour harbor cruise beyond Boston Light. They enjoyed a Palm Garden clam bake at Nantasket, photos were taken, Paragon Park amusements visited, and a convention session set for Ford Hall at 9 am with significant issues on the agenda.
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Rowe's Wharf
Boston
Middle West
Atlantic Ocean
Nantasket
Palm Garden
Paragon Park
Ford Hall
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Phone Girl
Marshal
He Built ‘Leans
Mercury
Boston Post
Kempshall
Big Spencer Lake
King and
Bartlett Lake
Deer Pond
Eustis
Bigelow
City
Woods
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St.Louis
Ty Haas
Shubert
Philip Bartholomae
Rex
Sam Bernard
Majestic
Shore Acres
Mary
Olive Wyndham
N. Y
Hes
Loews ST. James Theatre
Loew’s Moving Picture
Ching Ling Foo and Te Company
Orie
College Girls
Grand Opera
Lee
Sives
Waldron
Masacotte
Orpheus
Tc Asino
Hanover Street
Tremont
Burlesquers
Font Steamer
Sorensen
Central Wharf
State St
Gloucester
North Shore
Cape Ann
City of Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
Merchant, Mer. B. & G
Winnie Conley
Chum
Rector Burlesquers
Budy
Rector
Horace Greeley
Lydia Jo
Helen Jessie Moore
Marguerite Ferguson
Stella Gilmore
Lucy
Bison City Four
Brown
Hennessey
Lander Brothers
Bonner
Meek
Montgomery
Melain
Carmen
George Murphy
Oward Challenger
Jack Johnson
Jack Read
Aus
Sam Langford
Tech
Joe Woodman
Jack Sheehan
Officers OF
Pilots’ Association
A. Me
Walpole Street
Wright & Ditson's
Burke's
Adams House
Filene
Grounds
Lexington Park
Condit
Santo Revere Beach
Tremont Temple
Europe
Spain
B.F. Keith
Teatre
England
Amelia Stone
Armand Kalisz
Mien Amour
Ball & West
Kramer & Twins
PATHE
King Philip
Dixon
Commercial Wharf
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Rowe’s
A.M
Provincetown
AWD
Sane
Wireless
Dorothy Bradford
Atlantic Ave
Matny
Jabez
Dyer
Mer
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