No Death, Dr Lyman Abbott Promotes Continuous Existence
Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook, told a Ford Hall audience there is no death and that man has a continuous existence. He described the soul’s transition to a new life after the body ends its work, and contrasted it with evolution and machines. He predicted death as a launching guiding souls to sail across the unknown.
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Lyman Abbott
The
Outlook
Congregational
Ford Hall
Dr. Abbott
Abbott
Death
30-Cent Cab Fare Planned
A New York delegation from the Independent Hackmen's Association met with Chief Oliver to push a plan regulating cab traffic. It proposes 30 cent per mile fares for horse and taxi cabs, 1 cent per third of a mile for taximeter cabs, abolition of private stands, and city supervised public stands with a call system. The plan aims to cut costs and boost service while keeping profits in balance.
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New York
Hackmen’s Association
Oliver
Bureau of Licenses
Derry Mill Fire Destroys Benjamin Chase Company Plant
Fire at the Benjamin Chase Company wood working mill in Derry Village destroyed the plant with a loss of 20 000 dollars. A large stock of finished wooden articles and 100 000 feet of kiln dried lumber burned. About 100 workers will be temporarily unemployed, with rebuilding planned soon.
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Derry, N. H
Benjamin Chase Company
Derry Village
Consular Service Seeks College Graduates for Posts Abroad
Washington announces an exam on January 30 31 and February 1 for candidates to be appointed as consular assistants or student interpreters. Salaries start at 1000 dollars per year with increases to 1800 dollars. interpreters receive 1000 dollars plus 125 dollars tuition allowance for duty in China Japan and Turkey.
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Washington
State Department
China
Japan
Turkey
Labor Meeting News Elects New Union Officers
Boston unions resolved leadership roles with Photo-Engravers electing George F. Lewis as President and Karl Johnson as Recording Secretary, Coal Teamsters naming Cornelius Sullivan as President and David Proctor as Recording Secretary, Bartenders choosing Richard W. Garrity as President and William J. Leary as Recording Secretary Treasurer.
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Boston
George F. Lewis
Martin Carney
John F. Maguire
Karl Johnson
John W. Butters
William Ewing
John Gill
Cornelius Sullivan
John J. Fenton
Robert J. Lynch
John English
David Proctor
Thomas O’donell
John Canavan
Bartenders’ Union
Richard W. Garrity
Edward F. Colbert
Mark F. Kelcher
James J. English
John W. Conley
William J. Leary
Henry F. Corcoran
James J. Conroy
Thomas H. Gerraughty
A. A. Learson
Robert J. McCormick
Michael Quinn
Refuse Raise To Dock Men Sparks Union Meeting
The report to yesterday's O'Connell Assembly Knights of Labor meeting states longshoremen will receive no wage increase at this time. Transatlantic steamship agents refuse further talks unless all union organizations are represented. Provident Longshoremen's Union voted 135 in sick benefits and calls a special meeting for next Sunday to elect officers and decide key trade matters.
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O'Connell Assembly
Knights of Labor
District Assembly
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Cigar Makers Union to Vote Tomorrow at Shops and Office
Members will cast ballots in their shops or at the union office as the election proceeds. The vote determines leadership and contract terms for the union members.
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Cigarmakers
White Seeks Foss Position on Lodge Ames and Senate Nomination
Representative Norman H. White of Brookline sends a letter to Governor elect Foss questioning his stance on supporting Butler Ames over Lodge and whether Foss would accept the Democratic nomination for the Senate if offered. White defends Lodge against Foss claims and notes Lodge’s silence on questions he deems legislative business. He also mentions Senator Nason on the same platform and asks Foss to state if he endorses Ames and if he would accept a Senate nomination.
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Norman H. White
Brookline
Foss
Senator Lodge
Mr. Foss
Butler Ames
Senate
Mr. White
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Nason
Mr. Ames
United States
Stair Fall Fatal at Toronto Boarding House
Fred Porter aged 61 of Toronto died at City Hospital Saturday evening from a broken spine after slipping on stairs at his boarding house at 5 Davis Street South End. He was placed on a bed with heavy weights at his feet and shoulders strapped to immobilize him.
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Fred Porter
Toronto
Davis Street
South End
City Hospital
Porter
Teamsters Plan Grievance Presentation to C L U Committee
A Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teamsters Union committee was appointed to present grievances to the C L U special committee tomorrow night. The C L U will hear complaints from unions with city of Boston employees and issue a report with recommendations. Sick benefits totaling $60 were approved. The sick list has grown, and tuberculosis cases have tripled in three months.
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Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teamsters’ Union
Cc. L. U
Boston
Electrical Workers Postpone Convention
New England electrical workers district council held a brief partial meeting yesterday. Responding to western state unions delaying their monthly meetings, the executive board agreed to postpone the convention until next Sunday.
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New England Electrical Workers’ District Council
Woman allegedly steals $25 in Boston chase ends on Beach Street
Nellie Burke 28 is pursued by patrolmen from Lagrange Street station after allegedly stealing $25 from traveling man Herman Albrecht of Chicago. The chase moves from Boylston to Washington streets before Nellie is apprehended on Beach Street with the money secreted in her sleeve. She denies the theft. police report a false address for Burke.
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Nellie Burke
Boylston
Washington Streets
Wilson and
Hanrahan
Lagrange Street
Beach Street
Herman Albrecht
Chicago
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Albrecht
Nellie
Dedham Street
Heckert Eyes End Of Individual Salary Limit In Tri State League
York Pennsylvanians report that manager Geo Heckert of the Trenton Tri State League teams may push to remove the individual player salary cap, if his efforts succeed.
Dispute Over Grape-Nuts Health Claims Sparks Libel Suit
A heated quarrel with a weekly journal over Grape-Nuts alleged to avoid appendicitis surgery led to a libel suit. Prominent experts testified that undigested food can fuel appendicitis, while some chemists debated predigested status. C W Post and medical authorities defended the claims, urging careful dietary changes.
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