Wood Invited to Lawrence for Arbitration Conference
Lawrence, Dec. 10. William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, is invited by George E. Rix of the Chamber of Commerce to visit Lawrence for a conference with Chamber President Ward and merchants. The talks aim to address recent statements by Wood claiming profiteering and a plan to build a 10 story department store selling necessities at cost to the company's employees if prices do not fall.
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Lawrence
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
George E. Rix
Chamber of Commerce
Wood
Ward
Deland Defends Tax Office As “Unfair” Charges
City Comptroller Frank S. Deland called charges of tax collection inefficiency unfair. He said many large property owners dodged taxes by earning more than the city 6 percent interest on unpaid taxes, prompting a Finance Commission dispute.
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Finance Commission
Frank S. Deland
Merchants Seek Wood Conference on Local Prices and Wool Trade
Merchants believe Mr. Wood may attend a conference at the Chamber of Commerce to study Lawrence business practices. They foresee possible price reductions if woolen goods pricing is reviewed and support a large sales building tied to the American Woolen Company to expand local production and outlets.
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Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Suits for 150 Million Stockholders To Be Argued
New York December 10. Suits for 150 million dollars brought by stockholders of the New Haven Railroad against William Rockefeller and other directors will be argued again before Judge Julian W. Mack. Saul S. Myers seeks intervention for Jenny W. Belden and others and a limited receiver to protect the Adams litigation. Evidence from Interstate Commerce Commission reports and testimony in the Rockefeller case will be presented.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
William Rockefeller
Julian W. Mack
Saul S. Myers
Jienny W. Belden
Edwin Adams
Adams
Interstate Commerce Commision
William Rockeeller
Hospital employee gets jail sentence in Lawrence
Dennis Kane, a Lawrence General Hospital employee, was sentenced to six months in the House of Corrections for stealing jewelry and money totaling $150 from nurses’ rooms. He appealed but later withdrew the appeal. He has prior time in several institutions and claimed to have come from Providence to work at a local lunch room.
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Lawrence
Dennis Kane
Lawrence General Hospital
New Dining Room Opens in Essex Street Boston
One of Boston's most elaborately furnished living rooms opened to the public last evening in the new Traffic 1 Hotel at 31 Essex Street. About 1000 patrons were served from the first sitting that began at 6 o'clock.
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Boston
Traffo 1
Essex Street
Healing JiuALY Bottle Ayes Tote
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a healing bottle and tote items labeled AYES HEALING. No clear event or named entities emerge. cannot determine concrete facts or dates from the readable text.
Deland Defends Tax Collecting in City Finance Clash
Collector Deland says he will try any plan the Finance Commission suggests and welcomes criticism. He refutes charges by Chairman Flynn that the city lacks efficiency and notes delinquents avoid city taxes by earning more than 6 percent. He cites legal limits on interest, betterment taxes, and estates under litigation as factors affecting collections.
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Deland
Finance Commission
George A. Flynn
Commission
Legislative Committee
Peters
Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Four Hundred Strike at New Bedford Copper Plant
Four hundred workers at the Taunton New Bedford Copper Company walked out today demanding a 12 percent wage increase. Police guard the plant to protect remaining employees as strikers keep orderly picketing at the site.
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New Bedford
Taunton-New Bedford Copper Company
Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum Exhibition At Wollrath & Sons
The largest Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum in the country is exhibited at Wollrath & Sons Conservatory in Waltham and recently won a cultural merit prize at the Cultural Hall in Boston. Miss Lydia M. Palle, a stenographer for the florists, planted and nurtured the plant to prize status, with its winter blossoms and Alpine origin noted.
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Waltham
Goss Elected Mayor in Auburn Maine Vote Count
Henry E. Goss won the Auburn Maine mayoral race for two years defeating Lewis W. Haskell Jr 928 to 904. Five ward councilmen named are George T Woodman Forest E Ludden E Farrington Abbott E L Pennell and Emile Freve. Both mayoral candidates were Democrats with no party designation on the ballot.
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Auburn
Henry E. Goss
Lewis W. Haskell, Jr
George T. Woodman
Forest E. Ludden
E. Farrington Abbott
E. L. Pennell
Emile Freve
Argenia Sails From T Wharf With Kentucky Whiskey
The two masted schooner Argenia, bound for St Pierre, carries four casks of high proof Kentucky whiskey from Louisville in bond. Government guards monitor the hold to prevent raids while tobacco, coal and general goods fill the rest of the cargo. Islanders reportedly plan to expand goods and tourism including a hotel to host visitors from the United States and Canada next year.
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T Wharf
St. Pierre
Island of Miquelon
Kentucky
Bond
Louisville
United States
Canada
Farmer Howe on World View From the Porch
Ed Howe offers a plain speaking look at politics society and religion from a farmer’s porch lens. He critiques imported ideas and passions and argues for common sense rooted in American experience and rural values.
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Ed. Howe
The Oldest Inhabitant Speaks On Youth And Time
An aging voice laments age bias and aging fears while reflecting on youth’s vanity and the inevitability of growing old. The piece questions the value of aging tales, notes universal human ills, and treats stories of the oldest inhabitant as history.
Chiefs and Officers to Receive New Salary Figures
The document outlines revised pay scales for police leadership and staff. The chief earns 2600, deputy 2150, captains 1900, lieutenants 1850, with permanent members starting at 1740 first year and 1800 thereafter.
Imperator Clearance Held At New York Amid Coal Controversy
New York December 10 Orders to issue clearance papers to the Imperator now under Cunard control were received late today by Collector Newton. The liner was held for loading 9000 tons of bunker coal against a 2500 ton permit, a surplus requiring weeks to remove. The ship carried 2700 passengers and sailings were postponed.
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New York
Imperator
Cunard Line
Port Newton
Newton
Cunard
Admiralty
Hamburg
Vaterland
Leviathan
Dr True's Elixir touted as life saver in Roxbury ad
A Roxbury grandmother recalls giving Dr True's Elixir to a dying child who survived after two worm expulsions. The letter credits the medicine as life saving, claiming decades of use since 1851 and urging adoption for constipation headaches and fatigue. The ad promotes Dr J F True & Co Auburn Me as the makers and distributors.
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Roxbury
Mass
Cying
Dr True
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Ees
New England
Lydia M. Pallo
Auburn, ME
H. E. Goss
Argenia
Jordan Marsh Company
Columbus
Ponce de Leon
Jesus
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Nashua
N. H
Nashua, N. H
Paris
U. S
Coal and Light
China
Wedgewood
Royal Doulton
Pouyat and Cie
Royal Crown
Staffordshire
Doulton
Nippon
Royal Worcester
Cauldon
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