AWFUL FIRE SWEEPING THROUGH WATERBURY
Major blaze in Waterbury Connecticut devastates the business district. Two deaths reported with more expected as flames consume blocks of buildings. Wind drives the fire. militia assist and neighboring cities send aid while officials fear a large death toll before control is restored.
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Waterbury
Conn
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Torrington
Naugatuck
Exchange Place
End of Season Shoe Sale for Slightly Shopworn Pairs
A local retailer clears small lots of men boys and women shoes that are slightly shopworn. Prices drop from $3.50 to $1 for many men's boots and oxford styles and from $2 to $1 for misses and children's boots, with further cuts to $2.95 $1.95 and $2.45 on various leather and patent calf boots.
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Russia
Hurley Leads Salem Police Crusade In Busy Day
Salem February reports Mayor marshal John F. Hurley driving his force into action with one arrest by Hurley witnessed by about 200. Two loud family clashes, three liquor seizures, and multiple other arrests marked the effort. The day saw many drunks detained, rafts of liquor seized, and Officer Goldthwaite filing complaints for raids led by the mayor. The station teemed with prisoners as crews hauled liquor to the lockup and crowds gathered whenever the patrol wagon rolled out. Hurley remained at the station from 9:15 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., directing operations before stepping out briefly for papers.
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Salem
John F. Hurley
Congress Street
Goldthwaite
Tivnan
Fair-Golder Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Fair weather Monday and Tuesday with a cold wave and a 25 degree drop by Monday night. High west to northwest winds. Boston area forecast notes snow in higher elevations and eastern Maine, while New York coast sees interior snow then clearing. Severe storm movement in Alabama has brought strong winds, heavy barometer drop, and gales along the mid-Atlantic.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
New York
Alabama
Portland
Middle Atlantic
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Lower Lake
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
South Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
Atlantic
Eastport
Jacksonville
Fla
West Florida
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Michigan
New Engand
Indorsement for Father John's Medicine by Rev Fr Lennon
Coos New Hampshire clergyman Rev Fr A1. Lennon writes he is pleased to endorse Father John's Medicine calling it the best for prescribed ailments. He reports instant relief from a persistent cough and finds it invaluable in cold climate. Letters praising the product number in the thousands with a money back guarantee for bronchial trouble cough or cold it does not cure. No opium morphine or other poisonous drugs.
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Lennon
Coos
N. H
John
Labor war erupts in city street department dispute
The Central Labor Union held a tense meeting with 360 members, amid attacks on a Knights of Labor faction formed by expelled members of the paving department. Resolutions condemned the K of L faction, urged city officials to reject its recognition, and set plans as labor leaders prepare for upcoming speeches by AFL leaders Gompers and Tillett. The session also debated pensions, strike relief, and new union enrollments while noting strong support from the international unions and local branches.
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Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
Knights
Mayr Collins
Department Union
A. F. of
Knights of U Labor
Paving Department Union
Paving Department
K. of I
Canning
K. of L
Federation of Labor
Abor
Gompers
Ben Tillett
First Church
Berkeley
Marlboro
Civic Federation
Tillett
Wells Memorial Hall
Crozier
Downing
Shaughessy
United States
Hunt
Porto Fico
Santiago Iglesias
Minneapolis
Congress
Army
Peyers
Boutwell
Faneuil Hall
Providence
Rhode Island
George Innis
Detroit
International
James J. Duffy
Gorman
Expressmen’s Union
International Team Drivers’ Union
Teamsters’ Union
Gloucester
Allied Freight Transportation Council
Park Department
R. S.S. Brine Company
Teamsters
J. J. Buckley
International Union
A. J. F. Murphy
Holyoke
Meat Handlers’ Relief Association
Tish Handlers’ and Cutters’ Union
George Flynn
J. Budrow
F. Harrison
M. Lavignie
M. Moran
J. Groat
J. Jlameseon
M. Sweeney
Partridge Hall
Hanover Street
International Longshoremen’s Union
A. F. of L
Martin H. Ryan
John Lapier
John F. Carroll
Patrick Lyden
John Clark
Thomas O'Giligan
Howard White
Paul Campbell
John FF. Cody
Bernard Gillian
Martin F. Cavanaugh
Express Teamsters’ Union
James Birdsong
William Brown
Meat Handlers’ Union
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Boston & Maine Railway
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
H. F. Burgess
W. 8. Keay
R. W. Milliken
E. W. Nason
Chester A. Morrill
H. W. Stanley
J. 3. Mead
J. L. Morrill
L. W. Steward
Albert Stuart
Pay for Striking Drivers Sparks Teamsters Meeting
A lively session of Teamsters Union Local No 25 convened from 3 PM into the evening to arrange payment of funds to striking drivers. The meeting focused on securing financial support and outlining action steps for the labor dispute.
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Teamsters’ Union
Local No. 25
Losses From Fire In Waterbury Enter Block Totals
Waterbury Connecticut February 3 losses on buildings reported up to 11 o clock include W H Camp block Reid Hughes store 75009 Masonica Temple 50400 O Connor block 85000 Greenberg Buckner 36006 Old American block Charles Miller owner 35006 Johnson block 46006 Jones Morgan Co clothiers 50000 J B Mullings Son clothiers 100000 Camp block under demolition New England Engineering 75008 Franklin House totally destroyed 40000 Turkish bath W G Schlegel proprietor 20000 Jean Jacques block 40000 Mrs W C Bannon block Anson Sellen Co 75000 George B E Judd block La Palme Hoffman Co 435000 Ashworth block E Church Co 30000 Waterbury American building loss 50000 Schlitz Brewing Co 33000 Conlon Bros 50000 Edward McGraw two blocks % Meigs block 40000 Whittlesey block 20000 Boston Furniture Co 40000 Bronson block 75090
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Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Company
Bank Street
Reid & Hughes
Reid & Hughes Company
Salvation Army
Ryan & Fitzmaurice
Cannon & Webster's
Davis
J. B. Mullings & Sons
South Main Street
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Torrington
Naugatuck
Waterbury Department
W. G. Schlegel
Jean Jacques
W. CC. Bannon
Anson Sellen Co
George BE. Judd
la Palme-Hoffman Co
Ashworth
Schlitz Brewing Co
Conlon Bros
Edward McGraw
Meigs
Whittlesey
Boston Furniture Co
Bronson Block
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Peter Long
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Abraham Plant
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Long
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Mexico
Cushing Medical Supply
Washington St
Sixth Ave
Fulton St
Chase, Lockett Co
Grocers’ Exchange
Temple Place
Hurley
Axel
Yele
Henry H. Tuttle Co
Washington and Winter Sts
Summer Street
Hone
Fair—Golder
LABOR
Waterbury Bank
Bank
Center
Bank Streets
Grand and
Leavenworth Streets
Bank and
South Main Streets
Daimg
New England Engineering Company
Franklin
Morris, Murch & Butler
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