Nurses Strike at Melrose Hospital Over Rejected Reinstatement
February 1 at Melrose Hospital saw all but one nurse depart in a strike after the hospital committee refused to reinstate Edith Scott, deemed incompetent. Matron Miss Des Brisay expressed surprise as 15 patients remained under care with aid from one nurse and three graduates, while negotiations stalled.
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Melrose
Melrose Hospital
Des Brisay
Edith Scott
Roberta Foshay
Scott
Margaret Bell
Irene Boone
Catherine McLain
Agnes Bubier
Robina Burton
Olive Masters
Sadie Laurie
Louise Underwood
Minetta Verge
Dietrich Seeks Senate Inquiry Over Nebraska Trial
In Washington February 1, Senator Dietrich of Nebraska urged a Senate investigation into charges from his recent federal court trial in Nebraska. The president pro tempore named five senators Hoar Platt Spooner Cockrell Pettus to conduct the inquiry. The day featured Morgan arguing for a foreign relations committee probe of the Panama revolution and criticizing M Bunau Varilla amid claims the treaty favors commercial interests, with the South said not to back the agreement at the country’s honor expense.
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Washington
Senate
Dietrich
Nebraska
Hoar
Platt
Conn
Spooner
Cockrell
Pettus
Morgan
Stone
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Panama
Mr. Morgan
M. Bunau-Varilla
Hearst Pushes Federal Antitrust Jurisdiction Bill
Hearst of New York introduced a bill to grant circuit courts jurisdiction under the Sherman act and require district attorneys to initiate proceedings for violations. The bill allows petitions seeking injunctions, with immediate court hearings once notified.
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Washington
Ite
Eeeeree Ictive Hearst
New York
United States
Duck Shooter Drowns In Ice Narrowing River
James Jeffery a 28 year old New Bedford native and cook aboard the oyster steamer Narragansett fell overboard while attempting to retrieve a shot duck. The drifting ice closed over him and he drowned in Providence Rhode Island on February 1.
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Providence
R. I
James Jeffery
New Bedford
Final meeting of ladies committee for Maud MacCarthy concert
A final meeting of the ladies committee for the Miss Maud MacCarthy concert is set for tomorrow at 4 PM in Room 13 of the New England Conservatory building. The social program is to be organized by a group of Mrs. Fitzpatrick Kenney O Loughlin Duff Morrison Murray Fitzgerald O Callaghan Gavin MecLaughlin Loughlin Bulger Donovan Dierkes Carrigan McDevitt Hughes Crowley Roche Neil Gavin Lally Nellie Williams May Kenney and other named ladies.
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Maud MacCarthy
New England Conservatory
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
William F. Kenney
P. O'Loughlin
Julia FE. Duff
James M. Morrison
George F. H. Murray
John F. Fitzgerald
J. J. O’callaghan
P. F. Gavin
H. V. MecLaughlin
James W. Loughlin
Augustine Bulger
Augustus Donovan
Mary A. Dierkes
Rose A. Carrigan
Helen Regina McDevitt
Mary C. Mellyn
Laura A. C. Hughes
Louise Crowley
Margaret EK. Roche
Mabel J. Neil
Elizabeth M. Gavin
Katherine Lally
Nellie Williams
May Kenney
Boston Book and Job Compositors Strike Amid Negotiations
More than 300 compositors in Boston book and job printing plants walk out for higher wages and better conditions. Typographical Union 13 negotiates with employers, many opposing the union scale. Firms granting the scale include municipal plant and several local printers and publishers.
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Typothete
Boston
Typographical Union 13
Washington Street
the Typothete
J. Stearns
Cushing
Public School Boys Lead Harvard Admission Study
President Eliot reports Harvard admissions show public school entrants outperforming private school peers in honors and class achievements. The annual review notes a larger share of honors for public school students, details deficits and library needs, and praises athletic and medical observations while urging prudent budgeting and continued growth.
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Eliot
Harvard
Harvard College
Present scale of book and job prices
The notice lists pricing for hand piece composition at 35 cents per 1000 ems. It sets weekly wages of 16 dollars and 50 cents for hand compositors and 18 dollars for machine compositors.
Hand Piece Rates and Weekly Wages for Compositors
The notice lists 40 cents per 1000 en or cms for hand piece work and weekly wages of 18 dollars for hand compositors, 21 dollars for machine compositors.
Employers Offer Stoppage Terms for Strikers
The employers propose pay scales of 8 cents per 1000 cms for hand piece work, $17 per week for one year, then $19 per week for a second year, and $20 per week for machine compositors. The plan outlines staged increases and specific job categories as conditions for ending the strike.
City Printing Plant Accepts Temporary Scheduling Deal
Superintendent Whalen of the Boston Municipal Printing Plant conferred with Mayor Collins on a strike by book and job printers. They agreed to a new schedule to keep the city printing office open pending final settlement, following the state printers’ lead.
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Whalen
Boston Municipal Printing Plant
Collins
Boston Girls Banquet On Fines For Slang
Boston girls ban slang with pledges to pay cents per slip, raising funds for a banquet. Edith Summer of the Boston Art School, and others from New Haven High, Boston University, and the Conservatory discuss penalties, taboos, and the clash between slang and proper English.
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Boston
Edith Summer
Boston Art School
Bic
New Haven
Helen Stevenson
Boston University
Chaucer
Russia Ready If Japan Wants War
Russia signals readiness for war if Japan rejects new proposals. Mobilization of Manchurian reserves, naval redeployments, and intensified eastern railway activity describe a heightened posture. Moscow aims for pacific settlement but cautions concessions are limited and cites existing Chinese treaty guarantees.
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Russia
Japan
ST. Petersburg
Pacific
Manchuria
Corea
Sea of Japan
Mrs Gardner May Move Art Works Over Tax Threat
Mrs Jack Gardner threatens to remove all artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Fenway and ship them to Europe if new taxes are imposed by city or state authorities. She argues taxes would be financially crippling and unjust, noting prior compliance with federal duties. City assessors will not tax until May, and officials doubt any levy will pass.
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Uni
Bella Stewart Gardner
Fenway
Europe
New Pictures Shown at Mrs Jack's Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the Fenway opened for the month with a large winter crowd despite bad weather. All tickets sold weeks earlier and visitors moved through rooms in order from reception to blue, Chinese, Raphael, and Dutch rooms, avoiding crushes. Many attendees were students from distant areas with Mrs Gardner present at her desk.
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Jack
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Fenway
Harvard
Emil Zonis
Gardner
Senate Accepts Hayti Naturalization Treaty
The Senate ratified a Hayti naturalization treaty in executive session. Six votes opposed the provision that Hayti citizens naturalized in the United States who return home lose U.S. citizenship after five years. Senators Nelson and Patterson opposed this clause, while Cullom and Lodge said ratification would mainly prevent potential complications under the current system.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Nelson
Patterson
Cullom
Lodge
The
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