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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1909
Page
7
A strikers committee petitioned Mayor William E. Sanderson in Springfield to delay or thwart Ludlow Associates plan to evict 200 more strikers from their homes to make room for strikebreakers arriving to work in the mills.
Mayor Sanderson travels to Ludlow to press for delay in evictions while a Central Labor Union committee presents the company’s arbitration proposal. Two thirds of Sun day strikers vote to return to reduced wages, then reverse after leaders push back. State arbitration may offer a settlement, but evictions and tense crowds embolden guards and officials.
A Rexall 93 Hair Tonic advertisement lists ingredients and asserts it eradicates dandruff and promotes hair growth where roots stay alive. It guarantees satisfaction with a full refund if not effective, claims 93 of 100 success in trials, and notes availability at Rexall Stores and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
An advertisement urges readers to take CASCARETS tonight to aid digestion and relieve stomach and bowel burden by morning. It promotes the product as working while you sleep and implies a cure for over eating’s aftereffects.
Old woman Ida Moskowitz, 78, underwent a 45 minute operation for intestinal strangulation at Har Moriak Hospital using novocaine a new anesthetic. She prayed aloud conversed with doctors during the procedure and felt no pain after, dining later with no discomfort.
Samuel Gompers addressed 1500 sailors and longshoremen in New York urging one world federation of seamen to act against the shipping owners. He defended the Great Lakes strike, warned of worker displacement by Japanese and Chinese labor, and resolutions called for stronger seafaring organization and an end to the sailors' enslaved condition.
A letter from DZINGELEVICZ, secretary of St Kazimir’s Lithuanian and Mt. Michael’s Polish societies, sent $21 to aid Ludlow evicted strikers. The Post forwarded the funds to Springfield’s Central Labor Union president, with additional small from Mary Cannon and a friend, and Max Henry Newman's $1. The money was acknowledged and dispatched to relief custodians.
Letter from H. J. Barnard of Wakefield dated December 6 1909 criticizes Ludlow selectmen for not opening town hall or public buildings to evicted poor. Warns of shame if storm causes women and children to die from exposure.
In a joint agreement between the Metropolitan and Boston Opera companies Lydia Lipkowska will perform next week at the New Theatre in The Barber of Seville and at the Metropolitan in La Traviata. The move marks a notable collaboration staging between the two companies.
Witnesses describe Harmon’s troubled mental state with sensory hallucinations and disjointed thoughts. They report head sensations like squeezing jelly, ringing bells, noises of water, and voices as well as erratic behavior including midnight departures and forgetting errands.
In a crowded courtroom Harmon's father sobbed as he described their son Jimmy's troubled behavior after a fall and illness. The testimony covered alleged drinking with Jack Newcomb, warnings from police, weight loss, and disturbing fits, culminating in Jimmy's fatal actions and the father's reunion with his son at the station.
In a courtroom scene the tall youth Harmon's father sobs as he testifies about his son's mental state. The defendant listens with little emotion while witnesses recount a troubled past including a dog bite at age three and nightly terrors.
New York December witnesses testified in the United States Circuit Court about flashing electric signals used on Havemeyer & Elder Sugar Refining Company piers in Williamsburgh to warn employees of approaching government agents. The signals related to the trial concerning six sugar company employees charged with conspiracy.
Frederick B. Saunders and John Rochefort testified they observed an elaborate signaling system in scale houses. They said flashing electric lights prompted the scales to balance and a government agent to appear, a claim that caused a courtroom sensation. Saunders, a Black laborer, described signals and officials visiting piers.
Philadelphia report on Mr and Mrs Raymond Duncan and son Menelkas arriving from Greece aboard the Fridland Royal Theatre of Athens sister Eleni Sikelianos in Greek styled costumes. The Duncans say they will teach and demonstrate ancient and modern Greek musical theory.
New York December 6 The neighborhood where J Pierpont Morgan and family reside is deemed no longer exclusive as commercial interests encroach. Referee Charles F Brown appointed by the Supreme Court denied Morgan and others’ bid to block a 16 story office building.
John J. Nudd of Brookline who ran an engraving school in the Old South building was sentenced to one year in East Cambridge jail by Judge Dodge for defrauding pupils. He promised to secure them jobs at $15 a week after completing his engraving course.
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