Washburn death case angers Brockton gossip and police
In Brockton and Onset the Washburn Waitt affair spurs a police inquiry into Mrs. Washburns death. An inquest is postponed while investigators pursue witnesses at sea and question a death bed statement. The case links the Washburn and Waitt families amid past scandals and rumors of two marriages and social ties.
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Mrs. Washburn
Brockton
William F. Kane
Plymouth
Brockton Hospital
Francis B. Washburn
Onset Beach
Washburn
Waitt
Manomet Heights
Washburns
Onset
Prince of Wales Visits Quebec In Festive Royal Tour
The Prince of Wales travels a French Quebec welcome with fireworks and floral tributes to Montcalm Wolfe Champlain monuments. Lady Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess Devonshire’s daughter, captures attention as a potential royal match while the prince enjoys squash and dances at the Citadel and Garrison Club. He plans Sunday services and a Montreal leg by royal train.
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Montcalm
Wolfe
Champlain
Dufferin Terrace
Prince of Wales
Quebec
George
Citadel
St. Lawrence
Duke of Devonshire
Garrison Club
Dorothy Cavendish
Devonshire
England
America
Dorothy
Old Citadel
Prince
Spencer-Wood
Fitzpatrick
Ursuline Convent
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Montreal
Believe Police Strike Near as Union Tensions Rise
Commissioner Curtis moves against police unionization with General Order 35. Boston Police Union leaders say the order infringes constitutional rights and plot a strike as officials probe rosters and ringleaders. Attorneys Vahey and Feeney named as legal advisers as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Police
Michael Lynch
Boston
Police Preunion Organization
Lynch
Joy Street
Boston Policemen’s Union
Boston Social Club
Policemen's Union
James H. Vahey
Carmen's Union
John P. Feeney
Scollay Building
McInnes
Boston Policemen's Union
Vahey
Mr. Feeney
National Labor Party Holds Chicago Convention Date Set
The national convention of the new National Labor Party will be in Chicago on Saturday November 22 with about 1500 to 2000 delegates from numerous labor organizations across the country. Max Hayes, chairman of the executive committee, announced the plan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
National Labor Party
Chicago
Max Hayes
14-year-old minister tied to former wife in sixth marriage
Whitesburg Kentucky reports the unlikely life of Elder Joseph Hall a 14-year-old Baptist minister from Millstone who has been married six times including a recent union with a former wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Lillian B. Burdette
Rockland
Sarah Edgar Waitt
Whitesburg
Joseph Hall
Millstone
Federal Reserve Bank May Seek Special Deputies
Officials of the Federal Reserve Bank in our city have asked the attorney general in Washington to swear in special deputy United States marshals to guard the bank during a potential police strike. United States Marshal John Mitchell would not confirm or deny the rumor, saying the matter is a departmental issue for the capital. Deputy Governor Chester C. Bowen declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal’ Reserve Bank
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
John Jitchell
Mitchell
Boston Harbor
Chester C. Bowen
Los Angeles Police Seek Wage Increases Petitioned by 500
In Los Angeles 500 police officers petitioned the City Council for higher salaries. First-year patrolmen would rise from 100 to 120 dollars monthly, second-year from 107.50 to 130, third-year from 115 to 140, and fourth-year and above from 120 to 150. Chief Home plans to convene officers to form a benevolent protective association, separate from unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Chief Home
Waterfront Calendar Notes for August and Moon Phases
A condensed waterfront almanac listing August events and lunar phases. It notes times for tides and heights, full moon on September 9 and October 2, new moon August 25 and September 23, evening star Venus until Sept 12, Saturn until Aug 25, and morning stars Mars and Jupiter for the rest of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Fishermen report record Boston groundfish receipts and prices steady
Groundfish landings yesterday include haddock 231000 pounds cod 2740 pounds scrod 7500 pounds pollock 8050 pounds hake 7600 pounds flounders 3000 pounds halibut 200 pounds. Mackerel landed by Nautilus 5000 pounds Catherine 2000 pounds. Wholesale prices hold near the strike settlement minimums. The tug Ballew, after being refloated, heads to New York for repairs. The Landsman.
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Haddock
Antoine C. Santos
Natalie J. Nelson
Ballew
The
Shipping Board
Hawes Shoal
Vineyard Sound
Scott Wrecking Company
Vineyard Haven
New York
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed with Numerous Vessels
Shipping news reports arrivals and sailings of steamers and barges including City of Rome Dalzell Gloucester Ryan Calvin Austin Allen Pawnee and more to North Atlantic ports. Towing barges Edgewater Rondout Marion Ampern Beattie Hattie Panther Beattie and others listed with destinations from Norfolk New York Beverly and Portland. Destroyers Bancroft Mere dith farther noted.
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City of Rome
Dalzell
Savannah
Gloucester
Ryan
Baltimore
Norfolk
Howard
Kirwan
Philadelphia
Calvin Austin
Allen
New York
Pawnee
Robinson
Cto
Bay View
Wallace
Newport News
Camden
Rawley
Bangor
Massasoit
Brown
Portland
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Thomas J. Scully
Brennan
Edgewater
Rondout
Marion
Triton
Shelton
Ampern
Vineyard Haven
Sea King
Perth Amboy
Tapley
Stonington
Long Cove
Neponset
Beckett
Easton
Parkers Tlate
Coaldale
Tamaqua
William
Yerkes, Jr
Hallowell
Richmond
North Land
Yarmouth
Dingley
St. John
N. B
Eastrt
Lubec
Lake Yerinssee
Cowiche
Lake Ennis
Lamberts Point
Mae B. Winsor
Portugal
Azores
N. J
Hattie
Lynn
Saturn
Beattie
Beverly
Panther
W. H. Yerkes, Jr
Parkers Flats
Confidence
Cape Ann
Bancroft and
Meredith
Newport
B. IL
Strike on Bay State Is Expected Tuesday
A union dispute over Bay State Street Railway wages and a 1919 award prompts a referendum plan. Statements from trustees, International Officers Reardon Shine and Vahey, urge a three-lawyer review, while public trustees defend the award and wage agreements as just.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Joint Conference Board
Reardon and Shine
John H. Reardon
International Executive Board
Thomas F. Shine
James H. Vahey
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Reardon
Shine
William J. Murphy
John F. Hyland
James M. O’brien
Charles A. Taylor
Edward J. Donnelly
National War Labor Board
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Bay State Street Railway
Parachute Jumper Survives Narrow Air Escape
Thousands of summer residents and Nantasket Beach visitors cheered what looked like a stunt as Sergeant Jack Murphy, nicknamed the Daredevil, leaped from an airplane at sixty miles an hour. His parachute failed to open for several hundred feet, sending him downward until it finally deployed, blowing him a mile inland and leaving him exhausted when rescued from Strait's pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket Beach
Jack Murphy
Strait’s Pond
Watertown Forms East Watertown Improvement Society
Several hundred residents gathered at Watertown town hall for a second mass meeting to protest rent hikes and neglect in the east end. A permanent group, the East Watertown Improvement Society, was formed to aid local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
East
Protest Over Army Food Distribution At Rural Centers
Indignation rose as residents protested the fair handling of surplus army foods. Crowds in South Boston, Charlestown, and Somerville challenged allocations to Walworth Manufacturing and Murphy Brothers, accusing delays and bias while committee members defended their efforts amid stock shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Daston
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Murphy Brothers
Jamess. Fox
South Boston
Sand
Charlestown
Somerville
Highland School
Delay in Parcel Post Food Shipments Due to Army Supplies
Huge volumes of baked beans tomatoes and condensed milk sent to municipalities from the army supply base depleted the Post Office depar tment stock. The $40 000 worth of parcel post orders were temporarily suspended. Acting Postmaster Hurley after a conference with Colonel Hart at the South Boston terminal said service will resume next week and all applicants will be cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Hurley
Hart
South Boston
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Back Bay
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Joan Maloney
Lagrange Street
James L. Butler
Morton Street
Thomas J. Driscoll
Michael Joyce
City Point
Philip Corbett
East Dedham Street
Stephen Dunleavy
George E. Ferreira
Hanover Street
Hugh Garritty
James G. Peters
Dorchester
Stephen Ryder, Jr
City Hall Avenue
Union
Federal Reserve
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Shipping News Arived
Denham
Sou
International
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Mahon
Board of Arbitration
Wadleigh
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William Howard Taft
Basil M. Manly
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Manly
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Fred J. Crowley
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Earle P. Charlton
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Melville Gideon
GB. C. Hilliam
Seai&s
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Tel
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Ames
Winthrop Primrose
Lillian Fitzgerald Ward
van EL Cota
Ritchie & ST. Onge
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Henning
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Henry W. Savage
Prince of Pilsen
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Bell & Gray
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Protest ON Food
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Grinc
Louise Glaum
Sahara
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May & Mack
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Dentist
Stea
Philip
Edw. W. Dixon
Commercial Wharf
Ae Yacus Phenes
Wallace Reid
Exeter
Dustin Fartum
Frid Bennett
Copley Square
Thurst
South Shore
Mayflower Orchestra
Rowe's Wharf
Frederic L. Lane
Treas
Gen. Mgr. IL
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Braves Field
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Gloucester Steamer
City of
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