Boston Dockside Boom as 2000 Workers Hit Christmas Trade
Longshoremen on Boston docks earn about 5000 dollars daily as 2000 men load and unload 15 ships from ports worldwide. Each worker nets roughly 30 cents an hour with shifts, while over 5 million dollars in foreign goods flow into the port and more than five million in American goods depart. The bustling fleet spans Hoosac, Mystic, and East Boston fronts, including liners such as Ar menian, Franconia, Batavia, Kalomo, Martensdijk, and Anglian. The season brings plentiful work and festive commerce for Boston families.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Cunard
Altonia
Hoosac
Mystic Wharf
Mystic
Batavia
Kalomo
Martensdijk
Allen Line
Isleworth
Coke Works
Everett
Hoosac Docks
White Star Line
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Furness-Leyland
Anglian
East Boston
Houston
Herminius
Hansa
Neuenfels
Nanette
Cette
France
Glendevon
South Boston
Calcutta
Rotterdam
Java
London
Ocean liners dominate cargo handling at sea ports
Nearly all ships are ocean liners and most manage their cargo locally through specialized handling teams. The piece notes a heavy reliance on liners for freight and an emphasis on efficiency in port operations.
Symptoms Are Warnings to Wise Men
A physician’s prescription advertised as a cure is described as safe for home use. The piece lists warning symptoms of decline and urges readers to follow a home mixture of syrups and tinctures for several weeks, claiming restore of health and strength. It presents no disclaimers and emphasizes quick, measurable improvements.
Navy Yard Pay Raise Posted
The Board of Wages chaired by Commander Edward L. Beech has posted recommended 1912 wage increases for Charlestown Navy Yard workers. Daily rates rise for blacksmiths to $3.60, boilermakers to $3.76, shipwrights to $3.76, riveters to $3.36, and helpers across trades from $2.24 to $2.80, with several other skilled trades showing gains.
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Board of Wages
Edward L. Beech
Charlestown Navy Yard
Mayors to be chosen in ten cities today
Fourteen cities vote on wet or dry status for 1912. Ten cities select mayors, two fill commissions, and two with two year mayor terms vote for aldermen and school committees. Haverhill and Gloucester fill commissions. Springfield and Fall River have two year mayors. Brockton Fitchburg Holyoke Marlboro New Bedford Northampton Ittsfield Quincy Taunton Waltham vote for mayors.
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Haverhill
Gloucester
Springfield
Fall River
Brockton
Fitchburg
Holyoke
Marlboro
New Bedford
Northampton
Ittsfield
Quincy
Taunton
Waltham
Simple Pine Oil Remedy Claims Quick Health Relief
A homemade tonic mixes whiskey glycerine and virgin oil of pine to treat cold catarrh rheumatism leucorrhoea and urinary inflammation. The ad urges using the genuine Leach Chemical Company pine oil from sealed half ounce packages in Cincinnati to avoid substitutions.
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Leach Chemical Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mayor Fitzgerald Matches Westward Marriage Bidder Scramble
A flood of letters to Mayor Fitzgerald from widows and single women across the United States seeks introductions to bachelors in Orting Washington. Correspondents from Philadelphia Chicago New York Bangor and Manchester request help in finding husbands for western men, sparking a nationwide pursuit with appeals dating from December 1911.
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Fitzgerald
Walter G. Bickford
Orting
Washington
Bickford
Maine
John F. Fitzgerald
Bickford Jetter
West
Minnie O'Neil
Washington Road
Chicago
Ill
New York
B. Schiller
Oak Street
Woodmer
L. I
A. Shier
Faton Street
West Fitchburg
Bangor
Mauder
P. S
Otting
Mayor Fitzgerald
Laura Bostick
Eastwood Avenue
New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Wash
Esther M. S
Large Hotel Fire Sparks Daring Rescues in St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri the Metro pole Hotel, among the citys largest hostelries, is burning rapidly. Rescues are underway from upper story windows and several people are reported seriously injured from jumping to escape the flames.
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ST. Joseph,mo
Metropole
Pension list widows to receive quarterly Boston payment
Captain Augustus J. Hoitt announces the last quarterly pension distribution of 2.24 million dollars to 54 000 recipients in New England including all army and naval veterans and their widows on the Boston rolls. The note lists 28 named widows and confirms 128 pensioners overall, with 110 widows.
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Augustus J. Hoitt
Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England
Jon
Christina Bowen
Chelsea
Rebecca C. Boomer
Campella
Annie M. Coombs
Gloucester
Sarah A. Chester
Brockton
Susannah Cook
Yarmouthport
Helen M. Dodge
Beverly
Amelia Fleury
Everett
Julia A. Fisher
Mansfield
Margaret French
Lynn
Sarah A. Foster
Whitman
Sylvania M. Farnum
Emeline A. Gardner
Springfield
Henrietta L. Goodsell
Needham
Jennie C. Grinnell
Spencer
Elizabeth Mehaffy Howe
Cambridge
Elizabeth R. Hale
Malden
Sarah S. Howe
Somerville
Bridget S. Kirwin
Lowell
Lucinda M. C. Murphy
Mary B. Morrill
Amesbury
Sarah A. Osgood
Fall River
Asenath R. Pierce
Julia Peltier
Arlington
Grace Russell
Ann Elizabeth Spooner
Attleboro
Catherine P. Shaw
Horndike
Hester A. Scott
Gill
Jane M. Smith
Julia C. Seymour
Sarah A. Summers
Mary Twine
Olive G. Torrey
Weymouth
Sarah A. Williams
Pension widows and veterans draw pension rolls details
The article notes growing widows seeking pensions after wars, leading to a 1898 law barring pensions for wives of veterans after marriage post 1898. It lists surviving widows from Revolutionary, War of 1812, Indian wars, Mexican War with amounts and state residences, including several Massachusetts names and cities.
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Congress
Boston
Massachusetts
Harriet W. Floyd
Beverly
Ann R. Green
Lynn
Emma Mann
Scituate
Annie K. Stearns
Robert R. Centro
Elbridge C. Kimball
Fitchburg
Lewis Bowry
Oaklawn
R. I
Granville H. Plummer
Bridgeport
Concord
John A. Butterfield
Lowell
Alman Orlando Farr
Shrewsbury
Bethuel L. Fish
Falmouth
John Austin Hatfield
Newburyport
George W. Mellen
Pittsfield
James W. Robinson
Brookline
Margaret Arnold
Maria B. Blake
Rose R. Brown
Catherine Corliss
Mary Davis
Mary A. A. Everett
Almira Harrison
Ann E. Harrington
Mary Jones
Carrie L. Mulligan
Charlotte A. Mann
Mary A. H. Manser
Rowena Mayo
Mary J. Nelson
Eliza H. Pratt
Harriet M. Vincent
Julia A. Whelden
Bos
Cambridge Attorney and Bride Survive Eight Days in Blizzard
John L. Hadden an attorney from Cambridge Massachusetts and his bride completed a perilous overland honeymoon trip from Utah to Denver. They spent eight days in a blizzard and narrowly avoided freezing before finding shelter in Meeker Colorado.
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Meeker
John L. Hadden
Cambridge
Mass
Utah
Denver
Banquet Honors New Supreme Court Clerk Cronin
John F. Cronin, newly elected clerk of the Supreme Court, will be guest of honor at a Quincy House banquet tonight. Speakers include Mayor Fitzgerald, Democratic city committee head Maynard, and Probate Register W T A Fitzgerald. Toastmaster is John F. McDonald, chairman of the Democratic State committee.
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John F. Cronin
Supreme Court
Quincy House
Fitzgerald
Maynard
Democratic City Committee
Register of Probate
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
John F. McDonald
Democratic State Committee
Girl in 20000 Suit Disappears From Court in Boston
Agnes Devitt, plaintiff in a $20,000 interference suit against James Kearney over her marriage prospects with John J. O Connor, vanished before testimony. The second session of the Superior Court proceeded without her. a later nonjury hearing was planned if she could be located. Reports said she may have gone to New York.
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Agnes Devitt
South Boston
James Kearney
John J. O’connor
Superior Court
Dana
Miss Devitt
New York
Shampooing This Way Is Genuine Pleasure
Mrs Mae Martyn, beauty authority, says modern women avoid long hairdresser routines. A teaspoonful of canthrax in hot water makes a cleansing shampoo that lathers richly, removes dust and dandruff, and leaves scalp clean. Regular use promotes healthy, glossy hair growth and natural color.
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Mae Martyn
San Francisco Express
Weight Loss Breakthrough Promises Quick Fat Reduction
Phila physician Dr. F Turner reports shedding 100 pounds in months using a home plan without drugs or exercise. He cites initial 254 pounds with 48 inch waist and a 17.5 size collar, now 150 pounds with 37.5 inch waist. He offers a free booklet by mail with a 2 cent stamp to Syracuse New York address.
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F. Turner
Philadelphia
Turner
Doctor Turner
Coupon for How I Reduced My Weight 100 1.88 Offer
The notice invites readers to cut a coupon from the Boston Post offering one copy of How I Reduced My Weight 100 1.88 by Dr. F. Turner. Send the coupon and a statement of clipping to Dr. F. Turner, Suite 750 R, Clark Ridge, Syracuse, N Y, for immediate mailing of the book.
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Dr. F. Turner
Boston Post
F. Turner
Clark Ridg
Syracuse
N. Y
Matt
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