Greeks Strike In Woburn Tanneries Over Turks
Racial labor action spreads from Woburn to Winchendon where 300 Greeks will strike the Beggs and Cobb tannery. About 80 workers at the plant and 70 at American Hide and Leather in Woburn refuse to work with Turks amid tension and threats. The Greeks and Italians oppose Turk employment, aiming to remove them from local tanneries.
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Woburn
Winchendon
Beggs & Cobb
American Hide & Leather Company
Beggs & Cobb Company Tannery
Greeks Threaten Turko Jobs Showdown at Plant
Greek leaders warn that if the plant management refuses to discharge eight Turks based on Greek representations, serious trouble will follow as Greeks remain determined to drive Turks out of employment.
Letter Exchange Between Boston Group and Newfoundland Archbishop
The Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association of Boston sent congratulations to Archbishop E. P. Roche of St. Johns Newfoundland on his elevation to the See. Roche responded gratefully noting appreciation for the society’s ties to Newfoundland and wishing them continued success.
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Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association of Boston
E. P. Roche
St. Johns
Newfoundland
J. W. Hallaren
J. W. Daley
Re, P. Roche
Charlestown Almshouse Inmates Delayed Transfer
Fifty five inmates formerly slated for transfer to Long Island due to the almshouse closure will remain today as reception arrangements were not completed. The postponement was due to incomplete transfer plans.
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Arlestown Almshouse
Long Island
Charlestown Almshouse
Boston Elevation Plan Sells Garden Lot to Rail Company
The garden lot of about 73 000 feet has been sold to the Boston Elevated Railway Company. An elevated structure will run through the property to Everett bridge with a tunnel into Malden square. The sale closed earlier than expected after taxes were billed to the railway, which then charged Boston for rent for the past three years. The building, in use since 1849, remains in excellent condition despite a high fence.
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Boston Elevated
Everett Bridge
Malden Square
City of
Boston
Choir Boy Sues Roxbury Synagogue Over Singing Fees
Benjamin Miller a choir boy sues Congregation Adath Jeshurun of Roxbury in Municipal Civil Court for 115 dollars claiming the church broke his engagement to sing without his consent and owes him for his services in the choir.
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Benjamin Miller
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
Roxbury
Brennan Charged With West End Breaks and Larceny
Bernard Brennan was arrested by Detective Sergeant Ramsay and charged with numerous breaks in the West End and larceny of goods valued above $400. He was held in $2000 for the grand jury after arraignment in Central Court.
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Bernard Brennan
Ramsay
West End
Central Court
Professor Wilm Joins Boston University Philosophy Faculty
Boston University will add Professor Emil Carl Wilm to its philosophy staff as associate professor. President Marlin announced Wilm, formerly of Bryn Mawr College, will continue the work long associated with Professor Borden P. Bowne beginning this fall term.
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Boston University
Emil Carl Wilm
Bryn Mawr College
Marlin
Wilm
Borden P. Bowne
Professor Wilm’s Academic Rise and Works
Professor Wilm began teaching philosophy at Washburn College Kansas in 1905. He holds A B from Southwestern University M A from Vanderbilt and Ph D from Cornell. He was a fellow at Vanderbilt scholar at Cornell and winner of the Messenger Memorial Bowdoin prizes. He has published five volumes and over twenty articles in technical journals. One notable essay offered an illuminating estimate of Professor Bowne for the American Journal of Theology after Bowne’s death.
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Wilm
Washburn College
Kansas
Southwestern University
Vanderbilt
Cornell
Harvard
Boston
Bowne
American Journal of Theology
Commission Finds Bad Housing in Cambridge
The Cambridge housing committee issues a pamphlet highlighting dirty yards and poorly ventilated rooms. It explains health risks and remedies and urges public contact with the commissioner of public safety to address these faults.
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Cambridge Housing Committee
Commissioner of Public Safety
Missing on Eve of Wedding Shocks Boston Area
Carl I Mattson a Quincy foreman at Metz Automobile in Waltham vanished a week before his wedding to Medford girl Alvira C Thompson. Police scoured Boston area hospitals and surrounding cities with no trace, leaving his fiancé and parents fearing foul play.
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Alvira C. Thompson
Medford
Thompson’s Spa
Carl I Mattson
Quincy
Metz Automobile Company
Waltham
Boston
Jitneys Win Fight With Salisbury Officials
Amesbury August 23. Judge Charles I Pettingell ruled Rich and Currier of Haverhill not guilty of violating Salisbury town ordinance by operating jitneys without a license. The decision ends a lengthy dispute over jitney traffic to Salisbury Beach.
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Amesbury
Salisbury
Charles I. Pettingell
William C. Rich
Elbridge Currier
Haverhill
Salsbury Beach
Missing Boston man Carl Thompson feared foul play
Carl Thompson, engaged to Vera Thompson of South Medford, vanished after saying he would go to Boston on a business errand. He had money with him and owned a gold watch, stick pin, and diamond ring. Invitations were mailed for a wedding next Saturday, but the search followed reports of illness and a back injury.
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Mattson
Thompson
Thompson's Spa
Vera
Harvard Street
South
Medford
Carl
Post
George Smith
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Miss Thompson
Wedding Preparations Shadowed by Stranger Remarks After Accident
Miss Thompson's mother reports her fiancé Mattson, tall about 5 feet 9 inches with a slim build, has spoken oddly since a swimming accident. She recalls him describing riding past Harvard Street on street cars and boarding an express train, suggesting possible mental strain or other hidden issues.
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Miss Thompson
Harvard Street
Mattson
Description of a 24-year-old man in Waltham boarding place
The report notes a man aged 24 with dark brown hair styled in a pompadour and even teeth. He wore a gray tweed suit without a vest, black shoes, gray stockings, and a sailor straw hat when he left his boarding place in Waltham.
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Waltham
Funeral Services for Rev Dr Francis Marsten
Funeral services for the Rev Dr Francis Marsten longtime secretary of the Massachusetts Bible Society will be held tomorrow at Attleboro Falls. He died Sunday at 65 after gastric trouble. A Amherst College 1874 and Andover Theological Seminary graduate, he served churches in Attleboro Falls East Boston Columbus Ohio and New York before becoming a Boston Bible Society official. He is remembered as a preacher lecturer and author.
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Francis
Marsten
Massachusetts ‘Bible Society
Attleboro Falls
Amherst College
Andover Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church of
East Boston
Columbus
First Presbyterian Church
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Ohio
New York
Nethany
Boston
Massachusetts Bible Society
Boston Presbytery
Hemenway
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Palm Beach
Kennedy’s the Live Store
Summer and
Hawley Streets
SUES
New
B. U
Commission
Cambridge
Carl I. Mattson
DR. Marsten
Fatima
Ir Aetani
Qrcanat Golo
America
Clicquot Club Company
Millis Mass
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