Woman Dies After Auto Crash Near Fitchburg
Mrs. Mary Bradley a 70 year old Fitchburg woman was fatally injured when an automobile carrying her son in law Burnside Sawyer and Marion Sawyer plunged through a fence and down a 15 foot embankment on the State road She was taken to Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg with internal injuries The 16 year old Marion Sawyer escaped with minor injuries and Burnside Sawyer the driver was unhurt
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Mary Bradley
Fitchburg
Burnside Sawyer
Fulton’s Renal Compound Promises Albumen Reduction Proofs
An advertisement touts Fulton’s Renal Compound as a humane aid for Bright’s Disease and Nephritis. It claims prospect screening converts many rejections to good risks and offers 50 case reports showing albumen loss check and symptom cure, with analysis mailed every 15 days.
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Bright
Joln J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
Embargo Placed on Greek Shipping by Entente Allies
Paris reports an embargo on all Greek shipping in France and allied areas in response to recent events in Athens. Reparation is demanded for the attack on allied troops. Athos Romanos, Greek minister to France, resigns over the aggression by Greek troops against allied troops disembarked.
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Paris
Athens
Athos Romanos
France
Greece King Constantine offers to supply arms to allies
The Havas correspondent at Athens reports Constantine offered last month to hand over most Greek artillery and munitions to the allies on terms that would allow Greece to stay neutral. Coal Teamsters Union 68 will elect officers next Sunday at Wells Memorial building with polls from 1 to 5 PM.
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Havas
Athens
Greece
Constantine
Coal Teamsters’ Union 68
Wells Memorial Building
Labor battle shapes city election over Abrahams bid
The Boston Central Labor Union says the Democratic city committee and Public School Association plan to spend thousands to defeat organized labor, not Henry Abrahams. The union claims C. L. U. was ignored and that the race now pits union card holders against the school committee effort.
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Democratic City Committee
Public School Association
Henry Abrahams
Organized
Boston Central Labor Union
Abrahams
First Congresswoman Was Once Store Girl
Edward McGrady of the C L A blasts organized labor politics in Boston. He cites school mismanagement and union influence as central to the Dec 19 election, while Jeanette Rankin’s rise from store girl to Congresswoman is detailed with her suffrage work and resilience.
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Jeanette Rankin
Missoula, Mont
Jeanette
University of Montana
New York
School of Philanthropy
Seattle
of Washington
Clarence H. Mackay
James Lees Laidlaw
California
Miss Rankin
Montana
New Zealand
Antipodes
Congress
Seven hour workday urged by union head
John P. White, international president of the United Mine Workers of America, told eight local miners' unions in Christopher Illinois that a seven hour workday is needed to safeguard workers' welfare. He warned further reductions are essential due to widespread machine use making pick mining a lost art.
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Christopher, Ill
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
French War Exhibit Arrives for National Allied Bazaar
The Marquis de Polignac will supervise unloading of the French war exhibit in Mechanics Building Boston for the bazaar opening next Saturday night. The exhibit uses 12 freight cars with guns over a ton and aeroplanes from the battlefield. Captain Thwaites and George Sammis organize the British trench and tank arrival. Miss Lena O Rourke of Ireland condemns home rule delay and notes rising food prices and Irish hardship.
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Marquis de Polignac
Boston
Mechanics
National Allied Bazaar
Back Bay
Marquis
George Sammis
New York
Norman G. Thwaites
V. C
Mechanics’ Building
Lena O'Rourke
Swinford
County Mayo
Ireland
Huckins Street
Roxbury
John Redmond
Miss O’rourke
England
Canada
Dominions
O’rourke
Wage scale talk for Boston labor unions
A report shows unions backing a 45 cent hourly wage for common and skilled work to be presented to master builders by Unions 223 and 209 around mid month. They seek a June 1 1917 effective date.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Alliance
Boston
Machinists’ Union
Washington Street
Labor Urged to Vote Yes on License Question
Boston Central Labor Union calls on organized labor and allies to vote Yes at the December 19 election. Dennis D. Driscoll notes potential city losses of about 1.6 million and warns it could derail proposed pay raises and time off for firemen and police, and the overall dry shift.
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Organized Labor
Boston Central Labor Union
Dennis D. Driscoll
Massachusetts Trade Union Liberty League
Bucharest Reports Victories For Romans
The war office states German and Bulgarian forces southwest of Bucharest were defeated and driven back toward the south, reported from Bucharest via Yondon.
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Bucharest
Yondon
War Office
Man Identified After Collapse On Brighton Street
A man who collapsed and fell on the sidewalk in front of 68 Market Street in Brighton late Saturday night has been identified. Police released few other details as the investigation continues.
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Market Street
Brighton
Iden
Boston dinner honors Tobin and Pacific Coast leaders
A dinner at the Quincy House last night honored General President Daniel J. Tobin of the International Union of Teamsters and leaders from the Pacific Coast. The Boston Central Labor Union’s special committee reported on the Boy Scout movement in Boston, calling it non sectarian and aimed at social class distinction and a broader object.
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Daniel J. Tobin
International Union of Teamsters
Pacific Coast
Quincy House
Boston Central Labor Union
Boy Scout Movement
Boston
Clarence man injured in city hospital admission
Martin Cain, 58, of 89 Reading Street Roxbury, was diagnosed with forehead contusions and possible skull fracture after an incident. He remains on the dangerous list at City Hospital.
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City Hospital
Martin Cain
Reading Street
Roxbury
Venizelist followers arrested in Athens
Athens via London December 3 General Corakas head of the Venizelist recruiting bureau has been arrested for inciting guerrilla warfare and using his Hotel Majestic room to fire on soldiers. Soldiers testified Corakas paid 25 drachmas per deserter to join Venizelists at Saloniki. He faces possible treason abetment charges. Also seized were editor M Beulajanis of Astyr and police lieutenant Ma oudas.
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Athens
London
Corakas
Venitzelist
Majestic
Saloniki
M. Beulajanis
Astyr
Maoudas
Boston 300th pageant urged by Lotta Clark
Lotta Clark told a Public Library audience that Boston neglects its coming 300th birthday and urged timely preparations. She warned residents will wake in 1930 to find no pageant and urged action rather than delay.
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Boston
Lotta Clark
Public Library
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McGrady
Judge Sullivan
City Hall
Sullivan
Corcoran
James T. Moriarty
Boston School Committee
American Book Company
House of Representatives
Miners’ Union
Redmond
Allied
Lena O’rourke
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