Life rope saves boy from river near Cambridge
A 12 year old boy Frank Sheehan of Cambridge broke through ice on the Charles River at noon yesterday. He clung to a clothesline life line improvised by Cambridge Park Commission Chairman Daniel A. Duckley William Gaynor and John Roy and was pulled to safety as the ice broke under his weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sheehan
Winthrop Street
Cambridge
Charles River
Sheehan
Daniel A. Duckley
Cambridge Park Commission
Wiliam Gaynor
DeWolf Street
John Roy
Stiles Street
Rescue on Thin Ice Ends With Several Saved at Cambridge
Park Commissioner Buckley aided a rescue after a group including Sheehan and Cunningham fell through ice at Wage Street. Gaynor carried Sheehan to safety while Buckley helped other boys climb out as the ice gave way. Cunningham escaped a second fall and walked ashore unaided.
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Sheehan
Gaynor
Sca
Tad
Buckley
Shegian
Wage Street
Wiles le
Ledward Cunningham
Banks Street
Cambridge
Cunningham
Rescue Effort Dodgers Boy From Water
Gaynor acted to assist a drowning boy, rushing to a house for a clothesline. He tied the line to his waist and threw it to Buckley, then both men pulled the boy to safety. Sheehan was carried to Henry Sullivan’s home and treated by Dr. Fritchinson before returning home.
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Gaynor
Buckley
Sheehan
Henry Sullivan
Fritchinson
Christians in Danger in Turkish Armenia
A Petrograd dispatch to the Times reports 20,000 Christians at Erzerum in precarious condition due to Russian sympathies. Three hundred thousand Turkish troops are mobilized, with hundreds of Armenians imprisoned or hanged without trial. Yet large anti war demonstrations occurred in Erzerum, with rioting lasting hours.
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London
Petrograd
Times
Erzerum
Armenia
Riker's Stores Promise Cheerful Gift Selections
The advertisement highlights a cheery Christmas spirit in Riker's shops with patience and obliging service. It promotes large assortments, bright roomy stores, and a positive satisfaction guarantee backing every transaction.
Perfume Gifts For Christmas Ladies Shoppers
An ad highlights a gift guaranteed to please ladies with fragrant notes inspiring remembrance. It touts a complete line of foreign and domestic fragrances in dainty Christmas packaging including Coty La Rose Jacqueminot Hudnut Dier Kiss Piper Azurea and Rieger Flower Drops with prices from 2.65 to 10.00 and 1.50 for drops.
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Coty
Hudnut
Piper
Rieger
N. Sallinger
New England
Waltham, Elgin, Howard and Hamilton
Post Office Faces Pivotal Reforms in Telegraph and Mail Services
Legislative program seeks government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines in Hawaii Alaska and Porto Rico and transfer of Alaska cable to the Post Office. Proposes replacing rural carrier salaries with a star route system to save 40 million annually and extending aerial mail and motor truck service where feasible. Also urges higher postal bank balances, revised carrier salaries, parcel post impact, and raised second class rates.
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Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Post Office Department
Star Route
Sevice
Postoffice
Senate
Department
Mayor Curley Funds Aid With His $10,000 Salary
Edward Slattery speaking for Mayor James M. Curley at the Sanitary and Street Cleaning Employees’ Union banquet warned that the mayor will spend his entire $10,000 salary this year to relieve the poor. He asserted Curley never refuses a request for help and urged wage earners to join unions to shield themselves from trusts and employer control. The report also notes union elections and reinstatement efforts within Hotel and Restaurant Employees and related locals, with nominations for several posts on December 27.
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James M. Curley
Boston
Edward Slattery
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Employees’ Union
Dexter Hall
Slattery
Curley
Noted Boer War Leader Sir Edward Brabant Dead
Cape Town reports Major General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant dies aged 70s. Brabant commanded a division of Colonials known as Brabant's Horse in the Boer War and was born in 183? His death was announced today via London at 2 25 p m.
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Cape Town
Union of South Africa
London
Sir Edward Yewd Brabant
Brabant
Woman Praises Renova Cure for Alcoholism in Letter
Mrs Bowman of Watertown shares her experience with Renova claiming her husband remained sober after using the product. She urges others with addicted relatives to request free samples from the Renova Co. and notes that the remedy was tasteless and given covertly.
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Riker-Jaynes
Renova
Renova Co
Station N
New York
Post Office Reforms and Aerial Mail Plan Proposed
Government examines削 reforms including abolishing the assistant postmaster role and reorganizing salaries for supervisors. Rural carriers in one county per state may be put on contract as an experiment. Clerks and carriers receive $100 pay raises biennially to a maximum. Burleson telegraph and telephone ownership study cited. aerial mail plan ignored for now.
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Burleson
General Burleson
Washington
Postoffice
House
Senate
Postoffice Bill Details Burleson Plan Delays Aerial Mail
Washington December news outlines a near final postoffice appropriation bill. It proposes government ownership of telegraph and telephone, delays aerial mail service, and includes a $325 million appropriation. Changes affect civil service in large offices, rural carrier contracts, and carrier pay schedules. The measure references rail mail pay shifts and higher postal bank balances.
Union Meetings Elect Officers Across Multiple Local Unions
Yesterday and today various unions announced new officers for 1915 and set dates for installation. Frank P. Fall was named president of the Coal Teamsters Union. Michael OBrien became Port Directors Employees Union president. James Jennings was elected Armstrong Transfer Drivers president. Miss Mary E Meehan led Bindery Women Local 207. John M Gillisple headed Teamsters Local 25. old and evolving wage talks and trust bakery campaigns dominated proceedings.
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Coal ‘Teamsters’ Union
Frank P. Fall
Highway Department Employees’ Union
Port Directors’ Employees’ Union
Michael O’brien
Trust Bakeries
Bakers and Confectionery Workers
Wells Memorial Building
Robert Philps
Springfield
Armstrong Transfer Drivers and Helpers’ Union
Washington Street
John S. Jennings
Pleasant Street
Bindery Women’s
Cambridge
Mary E. Meehan
John Harper
South End
Old Colony Lodge
Teamsters’ Union
John M. Gillisple
Federation of
State
Chelsea City
Garment Workers Hear Commissioner Murphy on Fire Prevention
Michael A. Murphy deputy fire prevention commissioner urged garment workers to return to their unions and teach colleagues fire safety measures. He spoke to delegates of the Garment Workers District Council at their meeting about valuing fire drills and prevention for employers.
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Michael A. Murphy
Garment Workers’ District Council
Miss Mulry Wins Labor Support for Suffrage Drive
Miss Minnie A. Muiry of Revere toured Boston labor unions yesterday and won strong backing for woman suffrage. She spoke to the Department Store Team Drivers union and other locals, securing enrolment cards and favorable pledges if the suffrage bill passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association
Minnie A. Muiry
Revere
Mulry
Typographical Union
Organized Labor
Teamsters
Boston Central Labor Union
Union Bakers Give Day to Unemployed Workers
Bakers' Union Local 45 at 89 Staniford Street voted to switch to a five day week to feed the unemployed. The sixth day will be filled by out of work bakers to ease poverty during a hard winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Bakers’ Union
Local 45
Staniford Street
Mantell Elected President of Bartenders Union Local 77
James Mantell was yesterday elected president of Bartenders Union Local 77 in a high profile race. The poll ran from 10 am to 5 pm with 1063 votes cast. final results were not released until the afternoon.
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James Mantell
Bartenders’ Union, Local 77
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Drakle
Houbigant
Riker
Violet
Incensia
Colgate
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Ideal
Roger & Gallet
Parme Riker
Charmona Caoty
Rose Jaca
Inot
Hurd’s Stationery
Hes
Waterman’s Fountain Pens
Pee Nee
Kodaks
Teddy Bears
Dogce
Ofttimes
Gillettes
Gem Jr
Durhan
Dickens
Shakespeare
Hugo
Dumas
Washington St
United States
TY Ikerjaynes Drug Stores
Hague
Mekico
R. D. Service
O’connell Union
Charlestown
Joseph Henderson
Cooks’ Union
Local 828
International Alliatee
Bartenders’ International League
International
Edward Flore
Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Union 5572
Michael J. White
Bray Dudley
Page A Pe &Co., Inc
Wakore
Cis
House Committee
Fred J. Kneeland
Andren
LABOR
American Tube and Stamping CO
Bridgeport
Conn
Pearl St
Garment Workers
Murphy
Union Bakers
James Mantel
UNION
Burrill’s
Burrills
Burrill
Waltham
Providence
Westminster Street
Luis
Ea. Pk
Green Mountain
Florida
Brookside
Heafield
Brookside Creamery
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