Labor hearing at State House columns for picketing bill
The large labor hearing before the Massachusetts Legislature focused on two measures, the picketing bill and the intimidation bill. Labor leaders pledged 100,000 union voters against opponents of the picketing bill, while 200 unions pressed for the measure. The hearing revealed strong AFL backing and a plan to make the issue a fall campaign topic.
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State House
Legislative Committee On Labor
Foster
American Federation of Labor
House
Jackson
Lynn
Massachusetts
Stowe
Springfield
Frank K. Foster
Dennis J. Driscoll
State Branch
A. F
Alderman Kneeland
Beacon Hill
Sign advertising guidance from Edison Electric Illuminating Co Boston
Electricity column urges using the Electric Sign to convey truthfully while offering low costs from 80 cents a week with better value from larger investments. A sign expert offers personalized advice and will visit on request, with contact at Oxford 1150 or by calling The Edison Electric Illuminating Co of Boston at 8 Head Place.
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Oxford
Edison Electric Illuminating Com
Boston
Head Place
Beacon Loaned Borges to float Providence Bank Deal
Bank commissioners prepare to investigate a $330 000 loan by Beacon Trust Company to the Provident Trust Company of Providence Rhode Island, a bank that never opened. The loan, alleged to have been promoted by Ferdinand Borges, currently jailed in Charles Street.
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John A. Gale
Beacon Trust Company
James O. Otis
Post
Otis
Bank
Warren E. Locke
Provident Trust Company of
Providence
R. I
Ferdinand Borges
Ubero
Borges and the Beacon Loan Puzzle at Providence Trust
The article outlines how Ferdinand E. Borges allegedly secured a 330000 loan from Beacon Trust Co of Providence and had the loan canceled within 24 hours with no cash moved. The suit Wright v Borges in Superior Court may reveal a promotional scheme tied to forming a rubber corporation.
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Ferdinand E. Borges
Beacon Trust Company
Wright Vs. Borges
Borges
Providence Trust Company of
Providence
R. I
New England Weather Turns Colder With North Winds
A cold wave follows Thursday with clearing skies and high north to northwest winds. Friday turns fair but not as cold, signaling a gradual warming trend thereafter.
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Boston
New England
World's Yachts 10 Race at Marblehead Off September
An international yacht race for small sloops will be sailed off Marblehead in September under the joint auspices of the Eastern Yacht Club and the Imperial Yacht Club of Germany. Three German and American yachts will compete for the Roosevelt cup, with invitations issued to Atlantic coast and Great Lakes clubs for August elimination races. Captain Hebbinghaus helped arrange the details.
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Marblehead
Eastern Yacht Club
Imperial Yacht Club of Germany
Admiral Barandon
Roosevelt
Wiel
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Hebbinghaus
Washington
Packers Cudahy as a Witness in Government Inquiry
In Chicago on February 14 representatives from Swift Company and Cudahy Packing testified in the packers case. After adjournment, both sides reported their testimony completed except Edward Cudahy of Omaha who may be recalled for brief questions. The testimony focused on how the government sought information about the packing industry and how it was supplied.
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Chicago
Swift Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Packers
Edward Cudahy
Robert W £. Spear
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Canton
Shanghai
Hankow
Hangchow
Soochow
Ningpo
Tsiengtan
Chefoo
Tientsin
Pekin
Government of
China
Alice Roosevelt to model wedding gown amid fame frenzy
Miss Alice Roosevelt will defy fate and pose in her full wedding attire for photographs tomorrow despite warnings from friends and Mrs Roosevelt. White House buzz swirls over wedding gifts, including a $4,000 aqua marine necklace and pendant from the Taft party, and a grand punch bowl from the Ohio delegation.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nick
Longworth
White House
Roosevelt
Taft Party
Alice
U S Prepares Quick Strike Over Chinese Upheaval
Washington reports rapid U S readiness for instant action in China amid imminent danger to Americans. War Navy departments mobilize 75 000 troops and fleet to Asiatic stations with transports loaded. Statements from Edward M Conger and Presbyterian Missionary Board discuss likely targets and safe refuges. Father Johns Medicine ad follows.
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Washington
United States
China
War and Navy Departments
Woman dies in kitchen fire at South Boston home
Mrs. Annie A. Leveridge, 35, of 893 East First street, was burned to death when an exploded lamp ignited a blaze in her kitchen. Her husband James Leveridge, a yachtsman, was away at the Columbia Yacht Club. Neighbors John Roach and an unseen man helped fight the flames as firemen arrived. their son George learned of the tragedy and collapsed at the scene.
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Boston
Annie A. Leveridge
East First Street
John Roach
Second Street
James Deardon
Leveridge
Deardon
U S War Fleet and 79 000 Men Ready for Dash
United States fleet plows across the Pacific and into Asiatic waters with 75,000 troops set for transport to China on short notice from the Philippines and San Francisco. Army supplies fill the Philippines and Honolulu as Secretary Root hopes for averted trouble amid rising tensions and reports of a massacre of foreigners. Map shows fleet path toward Shanghai where Americans fear for their lives.
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United States
Pacific
Mediterranean
Asiatic
China
Philippines
San Francisco
Honolulu
Root
Sigsbee
Gibraltar
Shanghai
Sanford’s Ginger Nog and Ferguson’s Bread Ad
An advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger Nog made with milk egg and sugar as nourishing for weak folks. It emphasizes a white seal taste with no crumb waste and promotes Ferguson's bread as a worthy companion product.
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Sanford
Ferguson
Peeping Tom Disturbs Lynn Family Near Evenings
The Shaw family of Lagrange terrace in Lynn is alarmed by a persistent Peeping Tom who visits the house nearly every evening. He peeks in windows and waves his hands violently whenever anyone looks out, causing ongoing distress to the residents.
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Lynn
Perley Shaw
Lagrange Terrace
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