Raincoat Makers Expect Shutdown In Boston
The raincoat industry in Boston faces closure after Waterproof Garment Workers Union members refuse a roughly 40 percent wage cut. Six shops have already closed, displacing about 150 workers. At the joint board headquarters in Washington Street officials are distributing strike benefits ranging from 100 dollars weekly to larger sums for married workers.
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Boston
Waterproof Garment Workers’ Union
Joint Board of the
Cloak and Skirt Makers’ Unions
Washington Street
Tie vote on presidency of council continues deadlock
A third ballot failed to break the deadlock for the City Council presidency as Watson Lane and Brickley each received three votes. Official tallies show Brickley backed by Brickley Moriarty and McLaughlin. Lane by Lane Collins Hagan. Watson by Watson Donoghue Ford.
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Watson
Lane
Brickley
Collins
Donoghue
Ford
Hagan
McLaughlin
Moriarty
City council delays presidency vote as business stalls
One vote yesterday did not settle the presidency and three top candidates hold firm. With no president or committees, city business waits. Mayor Feters seeks 629000 for City Hospital expansions and 150000 plus 200000 bequest for Thorndike building research.
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Feters
Thorndike
City Hospital
Three Charged With Larceny At Great Falls Bleachery
In Somersworth New Hampshire on February 14 the Municipal Court convicted Elsa Goulet Peter St Lawrence and Michael J Berry all of this city of larceny of cloth from the Great Falls Bleachery where they worked Goulet fined 25 dollars plus costs while St Lawrence and Berry were each fined 50 dollars plus costs Each received suspended sentences in the house of correction The same item notes Swift & Company beef carcass sales in Boston for week ending February 12 with prices from 15 50 to 0 9 per pound and an average of 13 42 per pound
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N. H
Great Falls
Elsa Goulet
Peter St. Lawrence
Michael J. Berry
Goulet
House of Correction
Swift & Company
Boston
Cambridge Girls Catch Pickpocket on Tremont Street
Norma Clancy and sister Anna of 139 Harvard Street Cambridge restrained pickpocket Harry Burns after he attempted to lift their bag on Tremont Street. Traffic Officer Stephen McGrald intervened as the theft was thwarted. Burns was held in high bail for the grand jury.
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Anna
Norma Clancy
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Tremont Street
McGrail
Harry Burns
Norma
Central Court
Stephen McGrald
You Will Like Fun Making Book In Boston Sunday Post
The notice promises readers will thoroughly enjoy amusing tricks puzzles and stunts contained in the Fun Making Book to be printed complete in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Boston Sunday Post
Great Crowds at the Funeral of Kropotkin
Prince Peter Kropotkin, author and revolutionary leader, died near Moscow. His funeral drew tremendous crowds in Moscow, with the body brought from Dmitrov by a special train and lying in state at the Trade Union Palace before burial in the Novo Dievitchy churchyard within the Kropotkin family vault.
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Copenhagen
Peter Kropotkin
Dmitrov
Moscow
Politiken
Trade Union
Kropotkin
Novo Dievitchy
Prisoners Escape From Auburn Prison
Richard Gallagher and John Riddell escaped from Auburn prison early today using a rope fashioned from old clothes and cord. Gallagher was serving 20 years to life for murder and Riddell six years for robbery.
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Auburn
N. Y
Richard Gallagher
John Riddell
Gallagher
Riddell
Admiral Bayly to be Honored by American Officers
Admiral Bayly of the British Navy, who commanded allied naval forces off the Irish coast, arrived in Washington as the guest of naval officers. He will meet Secretary Daniels, visit the Naval Academy at Annapolis, dine with Daniels, and attend a Queenstown Society dinner in his honor. Daniels recalled Bayly’s tribute to American destroyers at Queenstown on the first anniversary of their arrival.
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Washington
Admiral Bayly
Secretary Daniels
Naval Academy
Annapolis
New York
Queenstown Society
Daniels
Queenstown
Worcester Woman Seeks to Enjoin Executors in Equity
Ella M. Aitchison of Worcester seeks to block Frederick H. Chamberlain and Irving I. Morey, executors of George T. Aitchison, from acting in a will dispute. The case centers on a 1911 postnuptial agreement in which she released claims to her late husband’s estate for 7000, claimed to have been obtained by coercion and false representations. The matter, heard by master Charles B. Rugg, questions the validity of the release and the estate’s value.
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Charles B. Rugg
Supreme Judicial Court
Ella M. Aitchison
Worcester
Frederick H. Chamberlain
Irving IF. Morey
George T. Aitchison
Aitchisons
Aitchison
Executors Prohibited From Distributing Sale Proceeds
A probate note orders executors to refrain from distributing funds obtained from the sale of real property until further order. The directive emphasizes safeguarding estate assets and ensuring proper accounting before any distribution.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Liver and Bowels Heal
Dr F M Edwards for 17 years treated many women with a simple prescription of vegetable ingredients in olive oil called Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Sold 15c and 30c, marketed as a safe calomel substitute to improve complexion, energy, and bowel function.
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F.m.edwards
Dr. Edwards
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