Meat strike halts work as 500 walk out in New York
The Employers' Association of the meat trade refused to arbitrate with teamsters and stablemen, about 500 workers striking yesterday. State Arbitrator Michael J. Reagan held talks with the association chair, urging a joint meeting of employer and union committees. Employers claim enough applicants exist to fill jobs and deny looming meat famine, with only sporadic clashes and one wagon upset. Joseph A. Masterson warned the dispute could widen to cover all packing industry branches.
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New York
Employers’ Association of the Meat Trade Today
Teamsters and
Michael J. Reagan
W. H. Noyes
Reagan
Teamsters’ Union
Joseph A. Masterson
Butchers’ Craft
Leper scare at Brookline unsettles towns and health officials
A wild search sparked by reports of a leper girl in Brookline drew in Quincy and city and state health officials. Miss Bertha Osis, a 20 year old Russian domestic, visited Massachusetts General Hospital for a skin treatment and returned home, ending the scare when hospital diagnosis confirmed she was not infected.
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Brookline
Quincy
Bertha Osis
Frances Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mrs T F Ryan Is a Countess
Private advices from Rome report wonders as to why Mrs Thomas F Ryan did not claim her princess title. Vatican circles rumor Thomas F Ryan may become a church noble by year end. Officials confirm Pope Pius X in December granted Countess to the American magnate's wife for church charities.
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New York
Rome
Thomas F. Ryan
Vatican
Pius X
Saloon Keeper Shoots Wife Then Kills Self near Atlantic City
George Schaeffer a Philadelphia saloon keeper shot his wife Rosa in their Somers Point cottage and then killed himself after she answered a telephone, his anger over disobedience cited.
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Atlantic City
N. J
George Schaeffer
Philadelphia
Rosa
Somers Point
Here
Europeans to Leave Fez in a Panic
Tangider Aug 23 Letters from Fez dated Aug 206 report a grave situation. All European residents decide to depart Fez on Aug 24.
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Fez
Mansfield Pins Faith in Christian Scientists
New London Aug 23 Despairing of cure from regular physicians Richard Mansfield turns to Christian Scientists. A diploma holder from Mother Eddy's Church, vouched for by prominent Scientists, is installed at Mansfield's cottage Seven Oaks. He came from Saranac Lake after four months of unsuccessful treatment in New York Europe German baths, English watering places, Canadian resorts, sea voyages, Adirondacks, Sound shores. He arrived yesterday woefully ill and weak.
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New London
Richard Mansfield
Mother
Field
New York
Adirondacks
Lost in the Woods A Love Rescue on a Sand Road
A Cohasset couple faces a perilous car stuck in sand on a woods road. The man fixes the engine while the frightened woman fears wild beasts and robbers, finally confessing her fear of losing him as he stubbornly works toward escape and reunion.
Pathetic Scene in Superior Criminal Court
Clarence D. Miller, a youth, faced sentence for stealing 92 from an express company. He claimed he took the money to help his mother and offered to repay. His mother cried in court and pledged to work to aid repayment. Judge Schofield placed him on probation with repayment as a condition.
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Superior Criminal Court
Clarence D. Miller
Express Company
Was Not a Bomb Plant in Worcester
Sarkis Rastigian a Worcester tailor denounced claims tying him to Armenian atrocities. Police, acting on New York instructions, unearthed a box of explosives at his 75 Main Street shop Thursday evening. He told a Post reporter he knew nothing of the alleged attack plans and denied involvement.
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Worcester
Sarkis Rastigian
Main Street
New York
Post
Matthews
James McCafferty
Metropolitan Detective Bureau
Rustigian
The
Huntchagist Society
Chicago
Manoog Gureghian
New Huntchagist Society
Turkey
Gureghian
Levant Martoogessian
Box of explosives found in Worcester shop cellar
Chief Matthews Inspector O Day and Sergeant Hill seized a two by two and a half by two foot box labeled Glass containing 15 explosive packages and tools. Rustigian claimed ownership since two and a half years and said it was sent to 61 Main Street. Police doubt his account and suspect ties to Huntchagist Society.
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David A. Matthews
Patrick O'Day
George H. Hill
Rustigian
Iver Johnson Company
New York
Main Street
Stone
Arthur F. Roach
James J. Burke
Worcester
Sidney Preble Indicted for Murder
A Sagadahoc county grand jury indicted 15 year old Sidney KK Preble of Bowdoinham in Bath Maine for the murder of Norris Heath. The case rests on formal charges filed tonight in the county jurisdiction.
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Bath, Me
Sagadahoc County
Sidney KK. Preble
Bowdoinham
Norris Heath
Preble
President Roosevelt discusses Pacific fleet plans in Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and Navy chiefs met at Oyster Bay to review assembling a battleship fleet in the Pacific. Lunch guests included Assistant Secretary Newberry, Rear Admiral Evans, Rear Admiral Brownson, Francis K. E. Leupp, Lawrence Grahm, and J. Lincoln Steffens.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Chiefs of the Navy
Pacific
Newberry
Evans
Atlantic
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Francis KE. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Lawrence Graham
Porto Rico
J. Lincoln Steffens
Paroled Youth Arrested for Stealing Cigars
William J. Young aged 17 of 53 Oak Street South Flind was arrested after a chase for breaking into a cigar store at 14 Bedford Street and stealing a box of cigars valued at five dollars while on probation. He had a prior arrest for a similar charge on August thirteenth.
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William J. Young
Oak Street
South Flind
Bedford Street
William
Alice Harrington to Lead Boston Stock Company Return
Boston native Alice Harrington announces she will play leads with Lindsay Morison's stock company at the Boston Theatre. She recalls training at Sargent school and Mur ray Hill Theatre, plus work with Ben Greet, Frohman, Mrs Campbell, and Sothern Marlowe, and notes Boston as her home.
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Alice Harrington
Boston
Lindsay Morison
Boston Theatre
Beantown
Southboro
Mass
Ellida Wangle
Ibsen
Sargent School
New York
Miss Matheson
Everyman
Frohman
Mrs. Campbell
John Blair
States
Sothern-Marlowe
Finance Commission work may mean Sullivan boom in Boston
The Finance Commission now examining Boston city affairs is influenced by ex Mayor Nathan Matthews and ex Congressman John Sullivan. They advocate charter revision and annexation to enlarge Boston and push reforms. The plan targets reduced bond issues, metropolitan governance reform, and wider annexation to unify taxation and representation across Greater Boston.
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Finance Commission
Boston
Nathan Matthews
John A. Sullivan
City Hall
Matthews
Sullivan
Real Estate Exchange
Merchants’ Association
Post
Greater
Roxbury
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Charlestown
Brighton
State House
Political light notes on resignations and gatherings
Captain Frederick Hoffman of the Deer Island House of Correction hints at a Septem ber 1 resignation while rumor swirls about offering the post to Captain Gaskin. Thomas D. Rice and James Roster depart for Europe after a Klondike Club banquet at the Quincy House, with the Mayor providing intro letters. Colonel Henry W. Nason prepares for the G A R Club of Massachusetts at Saratoga Springs. Health Commissioner Norris rejects the title doctor and prefers to be called Mike, as Alderman Curley and other politicians linger in City Hall circles.
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Frederick Hoffman
House of Correction
Deer Island
City Hall
Gaskin
Martin
Hoffman
Thomas D. Rice
James Roster
Klondike Club
Quincy House
Europe
Roster
Henry W. Nason
Water Income Department
G. A. R. Club of
Massachusetts
Saratoga Springs
Colonel Nason
The
Minute Men
Norris
Bass Point
Mike
Wellman Party Fights Arctic Storms At Spitzbergen
Chicago August 23 Walter Wellman and his expedition fought for days in early July to save their balloon house at Spitzbergen after a July 4 storm damaged it. Since then fiercest winds kept repairing and strengthening the airship hall as the group persisted. A July 7 cable noted guests aboard the steamer William D Munroe including Longyear Boston Miss Louise Brigham and others.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
America
Advent Bay
Miss Brigham
Major Hersey
Harry de Wendt
Tromsoe
Wellman
In Defence Of City Bonds
The Republic blames money market conditions for the Boston city bonds failure to sell, denying lack of faith by investors. It cites British consols and New York 4 per cents as parallels, arguing current bonds face a weak market, not public distrust, and calls criticisms of City Treasurer Slattery unfounded.
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Fitzgerald
the Republic
Slattery
The
Republic
New York
Boston
Harvard Boy Missing. Parents Hire Pinkerton Detectives
Albion B. Pike, a 21 year old Harvard student from Lubec Maine, vanished on March 15. His anxious parents have enlisted Pinkerton to find him after months of fruitless searching. He had been reproved for study gaps and, described as sensitive, may have chosen to strike out on his own without relatives or friends knowing his whereabouts.
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Albion B. Pike
Harvard
Lubec
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pike
Cats Dying by Hundreds in Boston Amid Gastritis Epidemic
An epidemic of gastritis is decimating cats in Greater Boston with hundreds dying. Excessive humidity is blamed for the rise in deaths as the Animal Rescue League treats over 100 pet cats weekly and veterinarians remain busy.
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Boston
Animal Rescue League
Daniel Wallbaum Buried After Fatal Malden Sand Pit Shooting
The remains of Daniel Wallbaum were laid to rest at Glenwood Cemetery after a sand pits shooting accident in Malden last Wednesday. He was buried in a white coffin with pallbearers from his former chums, and his funeral was held this afternoon.
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Everett
Daniel Wallbaum
Malden
Glenwood
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