Veiled Prophets Invade Hub for First Omar Grotto Ceremonial
About 500 members of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm gathered at Copley Hall on Clarendon Street Boston to witness the first full ceremonial meeting of Omar Grotto. Delegations from Arab Grotto Fall River Aletheia Grotto Worcester and Springfield arrived with bands and guests. The event included a banquet, business meeting, and a 7 30 pm ceremony with over 50 candidates. The next ceremonial is planned for January with moreBOston area members expected.
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Copley Hall
Clarendon Street
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Omar Grotto
Boston
Worcester
Fall River
Springfield
Boston Grotto
Two Men Fined for Tarring Miss Chamberlain in Kansas
Sherill Clark and John Schmidt were each fined 200 dollars and costs after being convicted of complicity in the tarting of Shady Bend schoolteacher Miss Mary Chamberlain. They remained jailed until payment. Simms was acquitted. Clark denied rumors of a settlement of 25 thousand dollars.
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Lincoln
Kan
Sherill Clark
John Schmidt
Mary Chamberlain
Shady Bend
Grover
Clark
Schmidt
A. N. Simms
Simms
Clark Schmidt
Miss Chamberlain
Employers inquiring of wage board policy revealed
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission intends to report a bill to the legislature for wage boards to set minimums for women workers. Employers pressed the commission for specifics but were told no exact amounts would be recommended, though there is unanimous support for advancing pay for many women workers.
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Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission
Wage Commission
Massachusetts Commission Proposes Legal Minimum Wage Reform
A state commission urges a wage board system to set legal minimums for women and minors, arguing it will tighten worker employer ties and reduce strikes. They note many workers earn under $6 weekly across confectionery, broom and bristle, and cordage industries, with over 3000 under $3 and tens of thousands under $5 or $6. The 1908 census tallies 225,879 women and minors in factories.
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Massachusetts
Glendower Evans
Commission
Henry Lefaver
Richard Olney
John Golden
George W. Anderson
Elizabeth G. Evans
Australia
England
Sothern and Marlowe Star in Macbeth at Shubert Boston
Sothern as Macbeth and Julia Marlowe as Lady Macbeth delivered a compelling performance before a full house. He shows a remorseful, pliant killer while she embodies noble ambition and ruthless scheming. Supporting cast included Lewis Macduff Coleman Banquo Harris Duncan Buckstone Porter. The bill continues with Twelfth Night this afternoon and Romeo and Juliet tonight plus more Shubert Theatre offerings.
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H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Shubert Theatre
Boston
Sothern
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Lady Macbeth
Frederick Lewis
Macduff
Thomas Coleman
Banquo
William Harris
Duncan
Rowland Buckstone
Porter
Robbed Woman Tells Story Through Finger Alphabet
George Alexander, newly paroled from Elmira prison, was sentenced to Charlestown State Prison for three to four years after a jury found him guilty of breaking and entering and larceny in two counts. The key testimony came from Mrs. Martha Mortimer who testified via finger alphabet with her daughter interpreting.
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George Alexander
Elmira
N. Y
Charlestown
Martha Mortimer
Norway Street
Mortimer
Sewing Circle Forum Opens in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle appears as a regular department in the Boston Post to aid home makers of New England. It invites women to discuss household worries from family life to budgeting and gardening, using pen names and sending questions to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
To His Wife My dear a plea for thrift and shared goals
A letter argues that a wife should support her husband in saving for a future home and ownership. It contrasts current luxury with long term security and the value of joint financial planning for a home and car. The writer signs simply DAHLIA.
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Dahlia
Has hubby all the brains to wife letter clash
A wife rebukes her husband’s claim about his first wife’s clothes and the family brains. She argues about the cost of corsets shoes and a car given an income of 2540 dollars per year, challenging the husband’s view and the apparent prejudice against wearing cast-off clothing.
Dear Sisters I Urge Frugal Wardrobe for Better Home Funds
A newcomer counsels the second wife of a sensible husband to avoid costly hats and shoes and to help fund a home while he earns a good salary. The writer shares personal loss of a husband and expresses experience guiding sisters toward prudent spending and shared finances.
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Sisters
Socialist Rabbi Fleischer Plans Sunday Commons in Cambridge
Dr Charles Fleischer former Temple Israel rabbi spoke on Social Religion before the Harvard Socialist Club in Emerson Hall Cambridge declaring he is now a socialized teacher and a reforming socialist. He will start the Sunday Commons at the Majestic Theatre the first Sunday in January at 4 PM.
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Charles Fleischer
Temple Israel
Harvard Socialist Club
Emerson Hall
Cambridge
Fleischer
Henderson
Dr. Fleischer
Majestic Theatre
Maine Battleship Maine Wreck To Be Sold After Recovery
Representative Sisson of Mississippi proposes a bill directing the War Department to advertise for bids and sell the wreck of the battleship Maine after its recovery from Havana harbor. The government bars removal of fixtures from the wreck for testing under water for 15 years. The deficiency bill also contemplates gifts of souvenirs to municipalities and patriotic societies.
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Washington
Sisson
Mississippi
Secretary of War
Maine
Havana Harbor
War Department
Congress
Warships May Meet Foreign Dirigible Suchard Voyage
Dr. Paul Gans seeks American warships to meet the dirigible Suchard on its transatlantic voyage next spring. He delivered a letter to Secretary Meyer and Assistant Secretary Winthrop outlining the plan. If vessels are available, one or two may be assigned to search for and escort the Suchard to American shores.
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Washington
Navy Department
Paul Gans
Gans
Navy
Meyer
Winthrop
Leona Encourages Hope Amid Home Buying Struggles
A personal note from Leona urges resilience as she recalls the pain of losing a home. She stresses her husband intends well and emphasizes the challenge of adjusting to life without a settled dwelling.
Not Wise to Judge A Case Until You Know The Whole Story
A reader named Sally chides a wife over extravagant spending arguing three dozen dresses shoes and hats are wasteful. She notes a husband urges thrift buying a house and questions where money would come from if he spent salary on cars and clothes.
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Sally
Dear Sad Susie: Do Not Leave Him Yet
A letter counsels Sad Susie not to flee an abusive marriage despite fear of hunger and lack of income. The writer argues many wives lack means to support themselves and warns against becoming a charity case, urging a plan for a safer future before leaving.
Sewing Circle Featured in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post spotlights the Sewing Circle, highlighting its community work and events planned for the coming month. Members share Project updates and upcoming meetings.
Forty Escape in Hotel Fire at Maanexit Hotel
Fire at the Maanexit Hotel in Webster caused about 50 000 in damage. Forty occupants awakened by janitor Ralph Astole escaped from upper floors as flames spread from the basement. The five story wooden structure burned out with walls standing. lower shoe store Smith and Duffy and two tenement families suffered severe loss. John A. McQuaid owned the building and ran the hotel.
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Webster
Maanexit
Ralph Astole
Smith & Duffy
John A. McQuaid
A Riffs On Wealth And Social Justice From Walt Mason
A poem-satire questions redistribution mantras and plutocrats. It contrasts two types of people one who schemes to seize wealth and another who labors honestly for a modest future. The piece ends with a cheeky nod to Walt Mason and 1911 copyright.
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Morganheim
Utopia
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Dear Miss Champagne Advise on Reuniting With a Loyal Lover
A reader asks how to resume a relationship after an extended separation due to financial hardship. The advisor urges direct verbal confrontation, urges frank talk in person rather than letters, and predicts that clear eye contact will reveal the loved one’s feelings and the appropriate next step.
Runaway horse endangers many in Woburn business district
A frightened horse attached to a Soles and Towles delivery wagon ran wild through Woburn’s business section yesterday, threatening about twenty to forty people including children. It dashed past pedestri ans and streetcars, grazed shop windows, collided with a trolley pole, and finally fell on railroad tracks near Green street after an explosion from a passing motorcycle startled it. The wagon was destroyed.
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Woburn
Green Street
Soles & Towles
New Counterfeit $20 Bill in Circulation
Secret Service warns of a counterfeit 1906 silver certificate with the check letter D and portrait of Washington. The bill shows W P Vernon as Register and Charles H Treat as Treasurer, bearing number B11 925116, described as a poor quality photographic replica that is easily detected.
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Secret Service
Washington
W. P. Vernon
Register of the Treasury
Charles H. Treat
United States
Heiress to $100000 Missing Six Months
Six months' search fails to find Miss Fannie D. Jackson heiress named in the will of Charles H. White. White, a New York broker, valued his estate at about $100,000 and died in Port Washington, L. I., last December. The surrogate issued a general appeal for information on her whereabouts.
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Mineola
IL. S
Fannie D. Jackson
Charles H. White
New York
White
Port Washington
L. I
Resinol Remedies Featured By Houston Mother
Mrs J W Zeliff of Houston Texas endorses Resinol Soap and Ointment after ten years of tests claiming rapid healing for an infant with a neck and ear laceration. The advertisement cites Resinol as effective for eczema irritations and other skin eruptions with a free trial sample offer from Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore Md.
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J. W. Zeliff
Houston
Texas
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
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