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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1908

Page

2

Miss Lily Lena Compared to Lillian Russell on Stage

Miss Lily Lena was voted best looking woman on the English stage and flooded by souvenir postcard publishers seeking exclusive rights to her photograph. The press began calling her The British Lillian Russell. She is known for lavish gown spending and is welcomed in England’s fashionable shops where clerks note she spends money like an American.

Lily Lena Miss Lena Lillian Russell Miss Russell England Lena

Labor unions report 1909 officer elections across Boston region

Joseph F. McManus reelected president of Boston Bookbinders Union 16 with officers named including Henry D. Fallona and Thomas Patterson. Park Department Assembly 7576 master workman Patrick McKenzie re elected for 84th term. Various locals, from rail workers to teamsters, announce new officers and upcoming installations as wage talks and grievances proceed at city halls and union halls.

Joseph F. McManus Boston Bookbinders’ Union Henry D. Fallona Thomas Patterson George Hoeffner Ralph Shephard Leonard Young Central Labor Union John Flaherty Daniel Chute John ©. Webber Jeremiah Connelly Winslow McElwain William Allen Allied Printing Trades Council McManus Fallona Connelly Patrick McKenzie Park Department Assembly Michael Martin Charles Linehan Michael O’ Toole Esquire Richard Haley John Abbott K. of L., Incorporated P. J. McCarthy Timothy Sullivan John Haley Michael Hartigan James Broderick City Hall Hibbard J. Cronin Carman Bay State Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen James J. Harrington Charles Knutson Daniel Collins William Nye John Dryan Edward J. Trainor Herbert S. Bowles James J. Brown Boston Lodge 97 Brotherhood of Railroad T Yainmen Fred F. Lambert A. B. Abbot M. V. Brennan Charles Bennett John Simonds Photo Engravers’ Union 8 The International Pioneer Lodge 5 Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen R. H. Kendall Frank Chagnon George French D. R. Daniels I. J. Selee Oscar Lord E. A. Booth George Callahan Lucius Lord Chelsea-East Boston John A. McGonigle Bernard O'Hare Joseph Lally John BR. Noonan Thomas Rannahan Teamsters’ Joint Council Joseph A. Francis Edward J. Murphy John J. Diamond Bernard O’hare John R. Noonan A. F. of L Walter A. Batley Lawrence Kenny John McNulty William Meehan John J. Leary Joseph Putman George Meehan William Ross Harry Downes Martin Putman League of Navy Yard Employees Longshoremen’s Trade Council Chelsea Board of Control Chelsea City Men's Union Michael F. O’brien Lynn City Men Painters’ Hall Metropolitan Park Employees’ Union Bailey’s Hall Malden Somerville City Men’s Union Grimmons Somerville James H. Sheehe Boston Plumbers’ Union 12 United Association of Plumbers, Gas and Steamfitters and Helpers’ Union Attleboro District Assembly Knights of Labor, Incorporated Tremont Street Schneider Bakers’ Union 45 Jack Lipp Cigarmakers’ Union Bagley Tobacco Workers’ Union Boston Bakers’ Union New England District Council of Electrical Workers’ Unions Hartford Frank J. McNulty Norwood Bookbinders’ Union Temperance Hall John J. Barry Boston Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union International Executive Board Chicago Master Brewers’ Board of Trade Brewery Workers’ Union

May Marry on Twelve Dollars a Week in Boston

Harvard economist Professor Thomas Nixon Carver says twelve dollars weekly could support marriage in Boston while acknowledging it is too low for New York. He debunks the idea that love alone sustains a marriage and suggests that six hundred dollars yearly, or twelve dollars a week, is a fairer minimum, noting cost of living differences by location.

Boston Thomas Nixon Carver Department of Economics Harvard New York Carver Herbert Johnson

Isthmian Commission Buys Two Ships for Panama Canal

The steamers Shawmut and Tremont, now in Seattle, have been purchased by the Isthmian Canal Commission from the Boston Navigation Company for 1 157 391 dollars. The cost represents an eight percent discount from the vessels cost six years ago.

Washington Shawmut Tremont Seattle Wash Isthmian Canal Commission Boston Navigation Company Panama Canal

Delegates Fight Ambulance Station Move in Boston

Boston Central Labor Union delegates protested the transfer of the South Boston ambulance station from Carney Hospital to the City Hospital department. They argued it would endanger accident victims and urged the city to keep service in South Boston. A committee would seek Mayor Hibbard to block the transfer.

Boston Central Labor Union South Boston Carney Hospital City Hospital East Boston Hibbard Henry Abrahams Merchants’ Association Chamber of Commerce Belef John E. Baldwin Board of Aldermen

Boston City Election Notice 1908 City Clerk Announces Polls

City of Boston election notice calls male voters to polls for three year Street Commissioner seven Aldermen two School Committee members and Common Council seats plus a yes or no liquor license question. Female voters may vote for two School Committee members. Polls open six A M close four P M at designated precincts. John I Priest City Clerk.

Board of Election Commissioners Common Council Allest John I. Priest

Explosion Wrecks a Leverett Street Home

A leverett street tenement at 87 Leverett street suffered a range explosion that hurled iron fragments through walls and ceilings and set the room ablaze. Three occupants escaped, with baby Sarah Marcus injured by burns and a blow to the forehead. Marcus and Miss Siegel prevented wider disaster by acting quickly to flood the fire and remove the child. Authorities consider dynamite or a miner lamp in coal as possible causes.

Leverett Street I. Marcus Marcus Sarah Marcus Hannah Marcus Sarah Rebecca Siegel Miss Siegel Mrs. Marcus Mr. Marcus Noyes

Smothered to Death During Fit

Mrs. Anna Mc Guire 57 was found dead in bed in Rochester. She suffered an epilepsy attack during the night, rolled onto her face and smothered to death.

Rochester Anna McGuire

Girl says she was abducted in Amesbury

Mary Antell aged 15 disappeared Saturday afternoon after exchanging books at the Amesbury Public Library. She later said a man accosted her outside the library and forced her into a closed carriage to Ipswich, about 20 miles away, where she was kept overnight in a deserted house before escaping and returning to Amesbury.

Amesbury Mary Antell John C. Antell Amesbury Public Library Ryan Norman Grandin Ipswich Newburyport

Mayo Men's Benevolent Club Thanks the Post

A Mayo Men s Benevolent Club meeting at Friendship Hall 12 Kneeland Street followed initiation of candidates and reviewed the concert and ball held December 2 at Mechanics Building. Members thanked Miss McGregor and Miss Gill of East Boston for concert work and praised the Boston Post for publicity. Officers to be elected December 20.

Mayo Men’s Benevolent Club Friendship Hall Kneeland Street Mechanics’ Building McGregor Miss Gill East Boston Boston Post

Labor Report Shows Wage Boost in All Occupations

The first annual report on changes in wages and hours in Massachusetts covers the year ending September 30, 1907. It notes 176,510 workers had wage increases, 85,731 saw two raises, with 98.36 percent of boosts granted without strike totaling $190,845.76 weekly or about $1.10 more per worker per week.

Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor

Mrs Corkery Recovers From Husband Attack in West Roxbury

Mrs Mary Corkery of West Roxbury is expected to recover after being stabbed and beaten by her husband at their Canterbury street home Sunday morning. Jeremiah Corkery died at the hospital from injuries to his throat and chest, sustained in the confrontation.

Mary Corkery West Roxbury Canterbury Street Jeremiah Corkery

Deaths in Somerville and surrounding towns notice

Death notices from Boston area papers list services for Henry Robert Bormann of Somerville at 63 Waterhouse Street Tuesday at 2 pm and Mary Carew of Cambridge with requiem mass next morning. Other obituaries include Catherine Collins of Boston. Mary Curran of Weymouth. John Harper of Charlestown. Annie Hart of Charlestown. Alice McGreal of East Boston. Edward Murray of Dorchester. John O Keefe of Back Bay. Winifred Quigley of East Boston. Macy Smith of Sagamore Farm Ipswich. Mary Vasconcelas of East Boston. with funeral details and mass times across multiple churches and cemeteries.

Bormann Somerville Henry Robert Bormann Waterhouse Street Carew Cambridge Mary Carew Cavanaugh Martin Carew Berkshire Piace St. Mary’s St. John’s Newfoundland Sydney Cape Breton Collins Boston Catherine Collins Commercial Street St. Stephen's Church Curran Weymouth Mary A. Curran Clark Torrey Lane Church of the Sacred Heart St. Francis Xavier Harper John Ellen Harper Charlestown Michael Teehan Pleasant Street St. James Church Harrison Avenue Hart Annie G. Hart Convey James J. Hart Yincoln Street St. Mary’s Church Warren Street McGreal Alice Edward Catherine McGreal Bennington Street Star of the Sea Murray Dorchester Edward A. Murray First Massachusetts Cavalry Robert W. Murray Dorset Street St. Margaret’s Church O'Keefe Carney Hospital John J. O'Keefe St. Cecilia’s Church Back Bay D. T. O’keefe Glen Road Jamaica Plain Quigley Winifred John Quigley Liverpool Street Church of Most Holy Redeemer Smith Miss Macy Smith Mother Sagamore Farm Hamilton St. Joseb's Church Ipswich Vasconsellas Mary A. J Manuel Cunha Frank €. Vasconsellas John Hancock Life Ins. Co Chelsea Street St. John the Baptist Church North Bennet Street Truro Mass

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