Poles Honor National Head Urges Democracy in Industry
Homer J. Ferguson president of the United States Chamber of Commerce and head of Newport News & Dry Dock Co addressed Newport News Chamber of Commerce members at Copley Plaza. He warned against autocracy masquerading as democracy and said a national solution to industrial problems is unlikely. He urged principles including freedom of contract and the right to organize while stressing responsibility in contracts.
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Homer JL. Ferguson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Newport News & Dry Dock Company
Chamber of Commerce
Copley Plaza
Ferguson
Chamber
National Chamber
Polish to honor Boston pilot Graves with hall of fame bust
Poland plans a bust for Lieut Edmund P. Graves of Boston in the Polish Hall of Fame and may posthumously award the military valor order. The Kosciusko Squadron pilot was killed at Lemburg on November 23. Graves was the son of Mrs. Edmund P. Graves of Brookline and served with American pilots organized by Major P. Cedric Fauntleroy and Captain Merion Cooper.
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Paris
Edmund P. Graves
Boston
Mass
Kosciusko
Lemburg
Warsaw
P. Cedric Fauntleroy
Merion Cooper
Lieutenant Graves
Graves
Poland
Movie Producers Rally Against Censor Bill in Boston
Nearly 200 moving picture producers and exhibitors met at the Copley- Tiara Hotel to organize a fight against the proposed censorship bill. Speakers warned the bill would paralyze the state industry and criticized proposed fees for a censorship fund.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Moving Picture
Copley- Tiara
Serious Riot in Limerick Leaves Dead and Wounded
A riot in Limerick left one man Richard Dwyer a publican dead and a woman mortally wounded. Several others injured as demonstrators clashed with an armed military patrol and constabulary in O Connell street after the crowd booed the patrol and gunfire was exchanged.
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London
Limerick
Star
Richard Dwyer
O'Connell Street
Pullman Annexation and Q&A On Prunes Lead Origins
Letters discuss Pullman as part of Chicago after 1889 annexation and answer reader questions on prune fruit origin dried plum usage and pronunciation of lead in different contexts. An editor replies that prune refers to dried plums and notes California's prune quality. The origin of the old time religion hymn traces to enslaved Americans in the South.
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Sir
Pulman
Pullman Palace Car Company
Chicago
Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman
California
Normal weight for a 19 year old woman at five foot three inches
A historical notice states that per a compilation by the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America, a girl aged 15 to 19 with a height of five feet three inches should weigh 121 pounds, with clothing and season considered.
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Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America
Dory Crossings by Captain Andrews and Companions
Albert Taylor recalls maritime feats proving Atlantic crossings by dorys. Captain Andrews sailed the 30 foot Dark Secret with sail, with other Norse or Dutch sailors making a later voyage. Andrews reportedly crossed before marrying and later disappeared with his bride during a second attempt. The Dark Secret was once shown at Westminster Museum in Providence.
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Tne
Atlantic Ocean
Captain Andrews
Andrews
Westminster Museum
Providence
R. I
Albert Taylor
Day Street
Fitchburg
Opposition by Northcliffe Press to Irish Arrest Policy
The Northcliffe press, now united in opposing wholesale arrests in Ireland, argues the government's crackdown fails to pacify Ireland. The despatch notes this stance aids Sinn Feiners and hinders reconciliation, signaling a shift in Irish policy coverage.
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London
Northcliffe Press
Ireland
Sinn
Irish crisis deepens as Sinn Fein arrests spark debate
The Times denounces government coercion while Ireland nears revolution amid mass Sinn Fein arrests and Ulster opposition. Dublin Castle defends actions under defence of the realm act. By election dynamics show Asquith and Biggar differing on Irish settlement terms amid widening English interest.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
The
Times
Downing Street
Northcliffe
Dublin Castle
Irish Republican Army
Sinn
Southern
Royal Constabulary
Irish Bill Debate Signals Push for Self-Government
London reports Andrew Bonar Law endorses Paisley Unionist James McKean while former Premier Asquith addresses Irish policy. Asquith urges a generous framework with an Irish parliament controlling customs and excise, seeking a permanent settlement and denying any predatory fiscal aims against Ulster. He defends self determination as a guiding principle.
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Labor Party
Ireland
Sinn
J. M. Biggar
Asquith
Biggar
America
England
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
James McKean
Commons
Paisley
Scotland
Ulster
Asquith Urges Free Parliament Burdens to Scotland
Mr. Asquith argued that the imperial parliament should be freed from burdens it could not adequately discharge, a principle he suggested should also apply to Scotland.
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Mr. Asquith
Scotland
Catholic Church Notes Sermons and Talks Planned
The Rev Francis W Maley announces sermons on Sir Oliver Lodge Spiritism and Catholic Doctrine at 1130 a m Sundays. Charles E Fay will speak on Democracy at a Cathedral Young Men's Catholic Association smoker on Web 9. The Rev Martin J Scott S J will preach at the solemn high mass next Sunday at 1030 a m. The passion play The Upper Room by Rev Robert Hugh Benson is set for St Marys Theatre Cooper Street North End on Feb 16 and will run Mondays and Thursdays during Lent.
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Francis W. Maley
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
West End
Sir Oliver Lodge
Charles E. Fay
The
Common Cause Forum
Young Men's Catholic Association
Ilata
Martin J. Scott
S. J
God
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Robert Hugh Benson
St. Mary’s Theatre
Cooper Street
North End
Maine Women Urged to Attend Republican Convention
The Republican State Committee calls Maine town women to send one or two auxiliary delegates to the state convention in Bangor on March 25. The notice is issued from Augusta on February 3.
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Augusta
Maine
Bangor
Republican State Committee
Ice cripples water power in Calais Maine factories halt
Calais Maine on February 8 endures freezing weather that stops water power. Two shoe factories a cotton mill and a candy factory suspend daytime work as St. Croix River lacks sufficient flow for electricity. The paper mill at Woodland releases water at night allowing limited operation. Farmers haul water for livestock.
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Calais
St. Croix
Woodland
Funeral services for Hyde Park newsdealer Andrew Fisher
The funeral for Andrew Fisher a Hyde Park newsdealer of many years who died yesterday will be at his 961 River street home with services at Fairview cemetery chapel at 1 o clock tomorrow He was the oldest member of Hyde Park Lodge of Masons and belonged to local Masonic societies A C U W Timothy Ingraham G A R His widow son Andrew and three daughters Mrs Horace Greeley of Panama Mrs Michael J Cashman and Miss Josephine Fisher of Hyde Park survive
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Andrew Fisher
Hyde Park
River Street
Fairview Cemetery
Goodbye to Indigestion With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming relief for belching sour risings fermentation and indigestion after meals. It states the tablets stimulate gastric juices and rest the stomach, with a 50 cent price at all druggists.
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Stuart
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