Princeton and Harvard Debate Ends in Princeton Victory
Princeton defeated Harvard 4th time in 12 years in a Sanders Theatre debate on intercollegiate football. The judges were John P. Blodgett, McLane, and Robert Woods. Proponents argued football harms health and education. opponents praised its character-building and discipline.
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Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Princeton
Crimson
America
John P. Blodgett
Rhode Island Supreme Court
McLane
New Hampshire
Robert A. Woods
Boston
Kk. M. McEwen
Widow Bridget Burke Dies After Fall at Home Dorchester
Bridget Burke an aged widow living near 143 Freeport Street Dorchester fell backwards down stairs at her home last evening and died from a fractured skull and concussion of the brain.
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Bridget Burke
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Suffered Six Months Melrose Highlands Baby Feeds Lactated Food
A Melrose Highlands letter touts Lactated Food as a cure for infant illness and weight gain. The mother claims the child, born underweight, thrived after six months on the product, growing to 24 pounds by eleven months and remaining healthy. A 25-cent package makes 100 pints.
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Melrose Highlands
Mass
Louis M. Miller
Cambridge Mayor Replies to Good Government League Attack
Mayor A J Daly of Cambridge answered an attack by the Good Government League on the non partisan administration. He argued the committee would have considered factors behind the city debt if fair and noted exemptions for Harvard University and other bodies as well as rising metropolitan tax assessments.
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A. J. Daly
Cambridge
Good Government League
Harvard University
Police Seek Fugitives After Jail Break
Police from Boston and other eastern cities search for Howard and Carr who escaped from Charles street jail on Thursday morning. Sheriff Seavey offers a liberal reward, New York detectives pursue a clue, and the Brooklyn home of the Coyle woman who aided the escape is under close surveillance.
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Seavey
Boston
Howard
Carr
Charles Street
New York
Brooklyn
Coyle
Hyde Park Protest Denounces Fund Solicitation Amid Local Controversy
Hyde Park residents repudiate a charity solicitation linked to the Holge Park Board of Trade. They urge town counsel investigation into funds raised and clarify that the town has an unspent balance of 2800 dollars while vowing legal action against implicated parties.
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Hyde Park
Board of Overseers of
Mass
Charles Sturtevant
Emmons M. Cundall
John Johnston
Holge Park
Post
Weil
Worcester Lawyer Proposes 13000 Dollar Aid for Milford Granite Workers
Frank B. Smith of Worcester offered a 13000 dollar check to pay 700 to 800 Milford Granite workers in receivership court. The funds would relieve the embarrassment of workers who faced being sent home without wages. The offer came at a United States Circuit Court hearing before Judge Colt.
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Milford
Frank B. Smith
Worcester
United States
Colt
Jefferson Club Presents Pinero's Cabinet Minister
The Jefferson Dramatic Club of Brookline opened its season in Whitney Hall with a staging of Pinero's farce The Cabinet Minister. Cast includes Richard W. Crocker Augustus L. Wakefield G Harrison Mifflin Jr Donald Gordon Frank H. Purington Burton R. Miller Austin R. Rice Carl B. Wetherell and actresses Mrs John Carter Miss Marion Hay Miss Anita Calef Miss Ruth Delano Miss Beatrice C Turner Miss Frances W Sprague Mrs Frederick H Briges and Miss Beatrice W Pray.
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Jefferson Dramatic Club of
Brookline
Whitney Hall
Richard W. Crocker
Augustus L. Wakefield
G. Harrison Mifflin, Jr
Donald Gordon
Frank H. Purington
Burton R. Miller
Austin R. Rice
Carl B. Wetherell
John Carter
Marion Hay
Anita Calef
Ruth Delano
Beatrice C. Turner
Frances W. Sprague
Frederick H. Briges
Beatrice W. Pray
Ruddick Addresses Harvard Catholic Society on Religion
Dr W H Ruddick of Boston spoke to the St Pauls Catholic Society at Harvard on his reasons for joining the Catholic Church. He praised the churchs unity and universal doctrine and recalled the Catholic poor finding comfort in sacramental rites during illness.
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W. H. Ruddick
Boston
Harvard
St. Paul's Catholic Society of
Medal of Honor Association Holds New England Banquet
Members of the Medal of Honor Association of New England gathered at Young’s Hotel for their annual banquet with about 27 in attendance Colonel F S Hesseltinee presiding and proposing unanimous resolutions praising General W W Blackmar Judge Henry N Sheldon and General Nelson A Miles spoke on the occasion.
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Medal of Honor Association of
New England
Young’s Hotel
F. S. Hesseltinee
W. W. Blackmar
Henry N. Sheldon
Supreme Court
Nelson A. Miles
eloquent Chinaman pleads for his race at Boston immigration talk
Ng Poon Chew of San Francisco defended his race and condemned the Chinese exclusion law at the Economic Club of Boston gathering at the American House. He argued for fair play and urged modification of the law, noting practical assimilation and justice.
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Economic Club of
Boston
American House
Ng Poon Chew
San Francisco
Eliot
Harvard
John Graham Brooks
Frank K. Foster
Prescott Hall
William H. Lincoln
China
America
Lincoln
Dewey and Jerry clash outside district attorney office
Jerry Watson taunts Judge Dewey in a public clash outside the district attorney’s office. The judge remains calm as Jerry unveils a new roller skating outfit and declares a bid to switch to skating, while pledging to help secure a pardon for Edward Wise.
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Jerry” Watson
Judge Dewey
District Attorney's Office
Jerry
Albany
Edward Wise
Boston
Sing Sing
New York
Ada Bridges’ Board Paid for 23 Years at Almshouse
Newton December 15 Chairman Edwin Fowle of the Overseers of the Poor received a certified check for 4300 dollars paying for Ada Bridges’ board at the almshouse. The funds reimburse the city at 3 50 a week for 23 years. The donor was not a wealthy relative and the overseers withheld the giver’s name.
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Newton
Edwin Fowle
Overseers of the Poor
Ada Bridges
Indictments Charge Rebates by Packers and Railways
Federal grand jury in Kansas City returns four teen indictments against common carriers railway officials ship pers and freight agents for giving rebates and conspiring to gain rebates. Named defendants include George M. Crosby George L. Thomas L. B. Taggart Faithern Wann within Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Chicago Alton Nelson Morris Morris Ira Morris D H Kresky and firms Cudahy Packing Swift & Co Armour Packing Co and Nelson Morris & Co. Charges mirror those previously issued in Chicago.
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Kansas City
George M. Crosby
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
George L. Thomas
New York
L. B. Taggart
Crosby
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
John N. Faithern
F. A. Wann
Railroad Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift & Co
Armour Packing Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Nelson Morris
Edward Morris
Ira N. Morris
Nelson Morris & Co
D. H. Kresky
Gleam of Hope at Brockton
In Brockton 15000 shoe operatives await the Joint Shoe Council decision involving 13 unions. Five leaders Frederick Studley Thomas Hickey Shipman Murphy and Kelly were named to confer with the lashes union executive board and RE Taylor & Co to avert an impending strike.
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Brockton
Joint Shoe Council
Frederick S. Studley
Thomas B., Hickey
Masters’ Union
William N. Shipman
John A. Murphy
Charles A. Kelly
Lasters’ Union
RE. E. Taylor & Co
Cigarmakers New Leaders Elected in Boston Union 97
The semi annual election of Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 chose new officers for president and vice president. James Blyth, a 25 year member, was elected president. Blyth was born in London on December 1 1859 and came to the U S in September 1869, with his family settling in Suffield Connecticut where he worked in tobacco fields during school vacations.
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Boston
Union 97
James Blyth
London
England
United States
Suffield
Conn
Young Blyth
Boston Cigarmakers' Union Leaders Named in 1876 Apprenticeship Bid
Biographical sketches detail long careers of two union figures. One man apprenticed in 1876 in Brooklyn and rose to executive roles in Springfield and Brooklyn unions before settling in Boston and leading Local 97 and the Chelsea Central Labor Union. The other, Thomas J. Holmes born 1872 in St John’s Newfoundland, progressed from apprentice in 1889 to journeyman in 1892, joining unions in Lockport and Boston, then serving on multiple committees of Local 97.
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Brooklyn
Springfield
Mass
New York City
Oneonta
N. Y
Boston
Labor Committee
Chelsea Central Labor Union
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
United States
Medina
Lockport
Cigarmakers’ Union 142
May Yet Averi Coal Strike Looms From Wage Talks
SHAMOKIN Pa December 15 miners warned they will strike if operators reject wage scale concessions in the April 1 1996 agreement. The tri district convention in Shamokin seeks general conditions for operators and UMW representatives. Labor Commissioner Charles P Neill is pressing for a conference.
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Shamokin
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
United Mine Workers
Labor Notes On Unions Tussle And Triumphs Across New England
A series of labor clashes and resolutions across New England are reported. Hebrew bakers end a lockout after agreeing to use the union label under conditions, while a chandelier firm seeks union aid after an open shop notice. International President Matthew Comerford plans a March visit to lead a New England campaign. C. T. Scott reaches eight hour day deals with Portland and spreads progress through Rutland and Barre. Large union dances in Paine Memorial Hall and Odd Fellows Hall draw 250 plus couples with notable officials in attendance.
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Asterday
Goldstein
Union 16
International
Matthew Comerford
St. Paul
New England
C. T. Scott
International Typographical Union
Portland
Rutland
Barre
Hall of
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union 17
Paine Memorial Hall
Martin T. Joyce
Central Labor Union
Dennis D. Driscoll
A. F. of L
John H. Carr
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Arthur M. Huddell
State Engineers’ Union
Thomas F. Keough
The
Building Trades Council
Marshal
James T. Moriarty
John J. Hynes
Onesime Decareau
Roxbury Drowns Drummer and Missing English Girl
Roxbury reports the death of Nellie Rowbin an 18 year old English girl missing since Monday morning and believed with an unknown man. Her family seeks a warrant for her arrest as a stubborn child. Also reported is the death of Arthur Wilson a lodger at 549 Massachusetts avenue found in a pool of blood. he was a traveling salesman about 50 with ties to Philadelphia and known figures at Emergency Hospital and Chase and Sanborn.
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G. J. Hersch
America
P. McClanahan
A. Fox
T. S. Clark
Nellie Rowbin
Samuel Rowbin
Codman Place
Roxbury
Albemarle
Roxbury Court
Arthur Wilson
Massachusetts Avenue
Philadelphia
George W. Galvin
Chase & Sanborn
Tucker Case Delayed as Rehearing Sought
Attorney James H. Vahey for Charles L. Tucker plans a Massachusetts Supreme Court rehearing of motion for a new trial. He has served notice on Attorney General Parker, postponing Tucker's sentence.
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James H. Vahey
Charles L. Tucker
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Parker
Tucker
Dedication of Hutchinson High Rock Peace Tower
In Lynn on December 15 crowds gather for the dedication of John W. Hutchinson’s High Rock Peace tower, a crowning life event for the venerable old bard. The ceremony is set for tomorrow afternoon with extensive attendance anticipated.
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Lynn
John W. Hutchinson
Old High Rock
Hutchinson High Rock Peace Tower
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