Sixty-Eight Year Old Spinner Crowned Champion in Fall River
Tall tale notes Timothy Silverwood, 68, as the best spinner in Granite Mills Fall River department. Overseer Thomas Mowbray praises him as potentially the best in New England. Silverwood, with 47 years at Granite Mills, mends threads between rooms and holds a 15 end picker-up record. He joined the Uncle Sam parade unit in a Labor Day event.
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Thomas Mowbray
Granite Mills
Fall River
Timothy Silverwood
Mowbray
New England
Silverwood
Uncle Sam
Spry
Auto Goes Over 30-Foot Embankment
Louis Phillips of Woonsocket was badly injured when a small runabout carrying three men was struck by a heavy Boston-bound touring car on the road between Dedham and Westwood. The runabout was thrown over a 30-foot embankment. Phillips suffered a torn ear and serious cuts.
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Louis Phillips
Woonsocket
Dedham
Westwood
Rhode Island
Phillips
Gunner Wounded While Hunting Near Greenland New Hampshire
Maynard Young member of a gunning party was badly wounded when his gun discharged into his right thigh as he climbed a fence in Greenland New Hampshire. He was carried through the woods to summons aid and taken to Portsmouth Hospital.
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Rye
WN. H
Maynard Young
Greenland
Portsmouth Hospital
Salary rise demand by Boston teachers advisory council
The Boston Teachers' Advisory Council urges a $600 salary increase for the city teaching force, noting current pay levels with members earning $7900. Readers submitted questions include inquiries about McKinley’s 1901 shooting, Rembrandt, and Princeton location, with archival Q&A responses.
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Boston
Boston Teachers Seek Equal Pay After $384 Raise
A closed door meeting of about 30 Boston teachers delegates voted to urge further hearings by the school committee after approving a $384 raise with pro rata increases to higher salaries for most women teachers. Delegates hint at a possible push to the Legislature if the committee does not act. The group, representing 27 teachers’ groups, pleads for equal pay for equal work amid a broader push for higher total increases.
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Post
Charles W. Parmenter
Bostonchools
Post Letter Box and Pearl Myths in Persian Gulf
The letter discusses pearl gathering near Bahrein Island in the Persian Gulf and recounts old beliefs that pearls come from mermaid tears and that grinding or swallowing pearls can restore vigor or ward off illness. It ends with a fragment about the salary of Cabinet officers, Senators, and Representatives.
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Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Worcester Armistice Parade Marks First Anniversary
Worcester held its largest parade to honor the armistice signing anniversary. Nearly all ex servicemen led by Civil War veterans and foreign troops marched, joined by Red Cross workers and civic groups. Major Thomas F. Foley led nine divisions with about 15 000 participants. The procession paused at the victory arch to honor fallen service members.
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Worcester
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Thomas F. Foley
Ninth Regiment
Waltham Watch Education and Quality Promise
The article explains how Waltham Watches demystify clockwork by showing prospective buyers the works and illustrating why they are famed for uniform quality and accuracy. It notes premier American automation, six hundred Kew Observatory A certificates, and the superiority over foreign hand crafted watches, while urging buyers to choose Waltham with confidence.
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New World
Waltham
Willentham
Kew
London
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Maire
Tremont Street
Vince
Onl
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Shepard
Navy Yard
United States
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Charlestown Navy Yard
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McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva
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Rembrandt
HE. A
Leyden
Harmen Gerritszoon
Neeltzen Willems
Zuitbroveck
Princeton
AUTO
Mt. Wachusett
Worcester County
Cambridge
Arlington
Lexington
Concord
Harvard
Lancaster
Sterling
Charlies Churchill
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Sts
Waltham Watches
Waltham Octagon Opera
Vanguard Railroad
D.S
Colonial Royal
Waltham Watch
Waltham Watch Company
Weltham, Mase
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