Salem woman leads fair coal prices campaign in city rally
Miss Charlotte Fairfield, daughter of James Fairfield, launches a crusade for fair coal prices in Salem. With mayor and ex mayor backing, she warns of price cuts to six and a half dollars per ton by April, while Commerce and coal firms face pressure to lower rates amid rising demand and orders.
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Salem
Charlotte Fairfield
James Fairfield
Salem Coal Club
Miss Fairfield
Joseph N. Peterson
Hurley
Fairfields
Fairfield
Coal Club
G. W. Pickering
R. C. Manning
Lincoln Day Address Emphasizes Loyalty to Nation
The speech honors Abraham Lincoln and calls for steadfast adherence to American ideals. Speakers included Senator-elect A. J. Hopkins and Congressman George R. Foss as the audience reflects on duty, unity, and the republic’s enduring strength amid global and domestic challenges.
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Republic
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
United States
A. J. Hopkins
George R.foss
Colored Citizens Meet in Boston Protest Disfranchisement
More than 300 colored residents gather at Faneuil Hall to denounce alleged unconstitutional disenfranchisement of Black citizens in Southern states. Speakers include Albert Pillsbury L J Montague A H Grimke with Rev George E Stevens presiding. Grimke argues revised constitutions promote vice degeneration and poverty by racial division.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Albert KE. Pillsbury
L. J. Montague
A. H. Grimke
George E. Stevens
Jesse Harrell
United States
South
Pillsbury
Independent coal dealer vows cash sales and victory over club
Lottie Fairfield breaks from the Salem Coal Club after a showdown at a meeting. She declares herself an independent dealer, buying out her father and doubling business while advocating cash sales and lower prices for cash buyers. Salem leaders praise her stand against the coal combine amid long-standing price outrages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Coal Club
Salem
Lynn
Marblehead
Beverly
Topsfield
A call for decisive action against negro disfranchisement
The note urges strong use of lawful means to defend federal law and prevent racial disfranchisement. It praises Lincoln's work, condemns southern negro disenfranchisement, and backs a Boston conference on March 30 to select delegates for a national suffrage convention in Cleveland on January 22.
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United States
Mr. Pillsbury
Lincoln
South
Representative
Boston
Cleveland
Watterson Speaks on Lincoln at Algonquin Club
Henry Watterson of Kentucky delivered a stirring oration titled Abraham Lincoln to the Algonquin Club in Boston. The veteran orator, a former Confederate soldier, praised Lincoln and held the audience spellbound amid repeated applause for his masterful tribute The Nation and Lincoln.
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Algonquin Club
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Watterson
Lincoln
Boston
Women Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday at Perkins Hall
The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union marked Lincoln’s birthday with a Perkins Hall gathering in Boston. Rev. Edward Everett Hale and Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham spoke on Lincoln’s character and deeds, and Arthur Howard Pickering read Gettysburg. Mrs. Blanche Alexander sang Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Lincoln
Perkins Hall
Boylston Street
Edward Everett Hale
Paul Revere Frothingham
Arthur Howard Pickering
Hale
Appeal to Women Sparks Union Label Push
At a meeting of the Cigar Strippers' Union held in Seaver's Hall Paine Memorial building union leaders urged women in unions and the families of labor men to buy only goods with the union label. Petitions will go to large retailers to stock union label items including women's garments. The gathering drew a large attendance and showed strong enthusiasm.
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Seaver’s Hall
Paine Memorial Building
Patriarchs Militant Meet Held in Malden
The Patriarchs Militant S O O F of Massachusetts met at Malden Auditorium with 125 delegates present. General Stephen E Welch of Lynn presided as the patriarchs degree was conferred on six candidates. Canton Malden No 55 hosted a supper and ball in Assembly Hall with a grand march led by Captain William J Dingle and wife.
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Malden
Department Council
Patriarchs Militant
Massachusetts
Stephen E. Welch
Lynn
Canton
Malden No. 55
Assembly Hall
William J. Dingle
Two City Hospital Deaths Take Toll After Fires and Falls
Mrs. Margaret McCarthy died at City Hospital from severe burns suffered at her Chadwick street home Wednesday night. John Kemmett, treated for a fractured skull from a Tuesday fall, died last night at the same hospital.
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Margaret McCarthy
Chadwick Street
City Hospital
John Kemmett
Van Dyke Defeats Clarkson In Class B Billiard Tourney
Van Dyke beats Clarkson 200 to 197 at Hub Billiard Palace in Class B amateur play. The result ties Clarkson and Wood for first place, a playoff set for tomorrow evening.
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van Dyke
Clarkson
Hub Billiard Palace
Mr. Wood
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Strength
The ad argues that flesh forming foods require proper digestion and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural, nonirritating remedy. It claims tablets supply peptones and diastase to aid digestion, restoring stomach tone and building strength in thin, nervous, or dyspeptic individuals of all ages. Sold in the United States Canada and Britain for 50 cents per complete treatment.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Curley's Forced Resignation Chronicles City Fraud
Descriptions of graft and forgeries linked to Roxbury politics surface as a web of fake parties, forged alderman names, and civil service exam manipulation are exposed. Victims recount schemes where pits of corruption yield thousands, while officials delay action and investigators close in.
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Lawyer Way
Roxbury
Resignation shakes Boston City Council in Curley case
The Boston Common Council debated the Curley resignation after a Ward 19 member faced expulsion for a court charge. Curley announced his resignation to shield others, while colleagues debated whether to accept it and queried the legitimacy of actions by ex Alderman Tinkham and other figures.
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Curley
Curry
Mr. Newton
Newton
Mr. Curley
Ward
McGrady
Boston
Mancovitz
Ward 8
Tinkham
Council Chamber
Roxbury
Dolan
Leu
Leary
Mr. Bennett
Ward Il
Ward 9
Mr. Curry
Ward 19
Ward 13
Crowley
Ward 7
Wood
Scigliano
Ward 6
Spillane
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Statistics
Statistics Department
Candia Club Holds Annual Midwinter Banquet and Elections
The Candia Club annual banquet at the American House drew over 60 members. In the business session officers were elected including Moses F. Emerson as president and Dr. L. J. Young as vice president, with a long list named to the executive committee.
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Candia Club
American House
Moses F. Emerson
L. J. Young
Sallie W. Emerson
George Colby
Frank D. Brown
Henry Brown
George Henry French
Alfred Maulliterr
T. B. Turner
John H. Foster
Francis D. Rowe
Helen M. Palmer
T. C. Pratt
Frank Page
F. P. Emerson
Emma C. Philbrick
Abbie E. Kimball
Will Dance Monday Night at Assumption Ball
The second annual Assumption Catholic Association ball will be Monday in Lyceum Hall East Boston with an 8 to 9 concert and a grand march at 9 led by President John J Sheridan and Miss Cathrine Crowley followed by about 50 couples. The arrangements committee chaired by John J McLaughlin with John J Roan secretary and John J Sheridan treasurer is working to make the event brighter than before amid strong ticket demand.
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the Assumption Catholic Association
Lyceum Hall
Boston
John J. Sheridan
Cathrine Crowley
John J. McLaughlin
John J. Roan
Gunthers Set New World Bowling Record in Illinois League
In Chicago on February 12 the Gunthers five man team set a new world record score of 1141 in a regular Illinois Bowling League series, surpassing the former 1132 mark from an exhibition game.
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Chicago
Gunthers
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