Holiday Vote To Favor Workingmen Labor Reform
The Boston Central Labor Union adopted a plan to allow votes on making election day a holiday and to seek constitutional provision for petitioned amendments. Unions elected officers as Barbers Local 182 and Cigarmakers Union 97 reported gains, with lists of officers and finance committees, and delegates to the Central Labor Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Central Labor Union
State Legislative Committee
Legislative Committee
Commonwealth
Narragansett Beer
Freeman Mills
Wisconsin
City Hall
Dan Lynch
Painters’ Union 11
Barbers’ Union
Eliot Street
Patrick Lyden
John Hough
W. T. Cogswell
James J. Burns
John Seufert
Thomas Cantara
A. C. Mendell
Harry Wiley
C. E. O'Donnell
W. P. Hough
Eight Children Taken From Stanner Home At Gallup's Island
Precarious state of Mrs. Sapla Stanner and Mrs. Martha Tucker in Swett Street Hospital. Eight unvaccinated children removed to Gallup's Island for observation as smallpox outbreak spreads from Chelsea origins. Dr. Samuel H. Durgin leads Board of Health, denying any cover up while seeking to identify the outbreak’s source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapla Stanner
Martha Tucker
East Boston
Swett Street Hospital
Stanner
Gallup’s Island
Board of Health
Chelsea
Samuel H. Durgin
Post
Dld
Boston
Among the Strikers in Roxbury Shoe Plant
The Thomas G. Plant Shoe Company strikers in Roxbury held two Beverly Hall meetings with diverse union reps from Boston. Brewery workers pledged help if wage demands continued. The union voted that no one return to work until terms satisfied and several firms joined the concession list as harmony nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Plant Shoe Company
Roxbury
Beverly Hall
Boston
Rand Avery Supply Company
L. Barta & Co
Avery L. Rand
Berwick & Smith
Norwood
George H. Ellis
Alfred Mudge & Nmehrinting Company
F. FB
Baconis
Concert in Paul Revere Hall By Stage Orchestra
A ten piece orchestra conducted by Fred T Strachan will perform in Paul Revere Hall. The program includes featured renditions led by pianist Velente Owen and a chorus of one hundred women, presenting a themed recital.
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Paul Revere
Mechanice
Fred ‘T. Strachan
Coe
Mare Rch
Prasaon Haries Velente Owen
One
Wwemnnee
Eere
Cure A Cold In One Day Advertisement Fragment
A short OCR fragment promotes a remedy for a cold claiming quick relief. It mentions a product in a 25¢ price context and references Grove’s appearance in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Currency bill vote expected in House as adjournment nears
Washington dispatch reports Republicans poised to pass the currency bill with an estimated thirty five vote majority. Overstreet of Indiana predicts at least eight Democratic votes with about seven defections. Senate plans light daily sessions with reorganized committees and a return to finance committee work in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Overstreet
Indiania
Tleasure
House
Senate
Committee On Finance
Make Americans Realize German Reciprocation Demanded
Berlin reports Manager Steller at Cologne Manufacturers' Association meeting urged Germany to present a self confident stance toward the United States. He dismissed an international tariff committee and said Germany should impress American opinion with reciprocal terms and the ability to dispense with US trade if needed. Hamburg securities favor conciliatory steps, cutting duties, easing inspections, yet claim American tariff policy was unfair to Germany.
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Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Hamburg
Fire destroys Duluth Boot and Shoe Co factory
Fire completely destroyed the Duluth Boot and Shoe Company plant at 4 this morning. Fireman H. Mervitt was killed by falling walls, while John Twaddle and Captain John Welsh were seriously injured. Loss on stock and building about 130000, insurance 90000.
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Duluth
Minn
H. MerVitt
John ‘Twaddle
John Welsh
Miss Yocum's Body Found Clarifies Yacht Paul Jones Tragedy
The discovery of Miss Florence Yocum on Timballer Islands, Gulf of Mexico, confirms the loss of the yacht Paul Jones and all aboard in January 1899. The party included Colonel H C Yocum, his daughter Florence, Miss Morence Taggert, Miss Margery Woodland, and three crew. Legal questions arise over survivorship and distribution of property, including two $5000 accident policies. The yacht sailed from New Orleans January 3 for Mobile, never reaching its destination.
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ST. Louis
Florence Yocum
Timballer Islands
Gulf of Mexico
Paul Jones
Yocum
H. C. Yocum
Florence
Morence Taggert
Mayor Taggert
Indianapolis
Margery Woodland
Chicago
Ter
Scanari
Blackstone
Lawrence Jones
Louisville
Mr. Jones
Children burned to death in Kentucky house blaze
Three Reynolds children aged 6 3 and 1 perished when a Kentucky house burned after being locked inside by parents who were visiting a neighbor. The couple returned to find the home collapse and the tragedy confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholasville
Samuel Reynolds
Holiday tour to Washington by Royal Blue line
Holiday tour to Washington on December 29 costs 25 dollars and covers all expenses for a week. Stopover privileges and side trips included. Other tours run January through May with itinerary available from A. J. Simmons, N. E. B. A., 211 Washington Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Royal Blue Line
A. J. Simmons
N. EB. A
Washington Street
Boston
Bronchial Catarrh Therapy At $2 Monthly Rate
An advertisement outlines bronchial catarrh anatomy from epiglottis to bronchial tubes and lungs. It promotes treatment at $2 a month if applied for before December 24, inviting sufferers to test symptoms such as persistent cough, weight loss, night coughing, chest pain, and breathlessness.
Inverted Tree of Lung Tubes Explains Consumption
A description explains lung airways as upside down tree from windpipe to air cells. It traces disease from nose to throat to bronchial tubes, causing cough, discharge, and eventual collapse of airways leading to consumption, a common fatal lung disease.
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Nature
Hart to be honored by Marketmen's Club banquet
The Marketmen's Republican Club plans a Friday night banquet at the Quincy House to celebrate Mayor-elect Hart's victory. Lieutenant-Governor elect John L. Bates Governor Walcott Curtis Guild Jr. and Jesse Gove will speak as the club, which aided the campaign, hosts the event.
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Marketmen's Republican Club
Quincy House
Hart
John L. Bates
Walcott
Curtis Guild, Jr
Jesse Gove
Marketmen’s Club
What Dr McCoy Said About the Low Fees
Doctor McCoy defends a very low fee as a strike against doodle specialists and to demonstrate the field. He says the rate enables distant patients to receive skilled care by mail at costs equal to or less than patent medicines, with grateful crowds benefiting.
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Doctor McCoy
What Dr. Powell Says About the $2 Rate
Dr Powell defends a $2 rate as a special offer to reach patients ignored by ordinary care. He likens the Indifferent and Discouraged to truants and urges daily offers to lure them in for examination and cure, promising health, vigor, and happiness through his methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Salt Lake dynamite plotter dies after suicide attempt
John Smith, yesterday convicted of attempting to dynamite Judge Powers, died today in Salt Lake City after taking morphine with suicidal intent. He had claimed the name Louis James and said he was cousin to Jesse and Frank James, and that he traveled for years with the James brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
John Smith
O. W. Powers
Smith
Louis James
Jesse
Frank James
Frank
Jesse James
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Hanover
Wilson's
Artiy House
Proston
Cee Rama
Satan
Smate
Mrs. Tucker
Mrs. Stanner
Press Peeders Gaming
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Morris
C.E. Osgood Co
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Ing
Gulf
Miss Yocum
Party
Congress
Ciarst
Lee
Los Angeles GO
Summer ST
Mass
Canary Bird
St. Andreasburg
Peter
Ita
Sa” Re Tio
Ae A. W. Wheeler IE CO
Xmas
Los Angeles
California
Marketmen's Club
TY Bee
O23
Dr. McCoy
Dr. Powell
Almyr
Jefferson Building
Adams
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J. R. Powell
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J.T. Manning
Winter St
Stowell’s
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Petropotan Mfg. Co
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