Germany Begins Payment Demand in Venezuela Blockade Case
Washington reports Baron Sternberg urged Mr. Bowen to pay 27500 dollars within 30 days as a condition to lift the blockade against Venezuelan ports. Bowen refused, saying payment due March 15 to German reps in Caracas per the protocol. The German move follows seizure of ships and consultations with French, Spanish, and Belgian envoys on settlement protocols.
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Washington
Baron Sternberg
Mr. Bowen
Bowen
Caracas
Noteen
Venezuela
Americans Spend Millions on Paris Luxuries
Paris reports reveal Americans purchase a wide range of luxury goods in year end totals. Arts and paintings top the list at 7 million dollars while costumes and dresses reach 8 million. Half a dozen other categories include lingerie hair and perfumes.
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Paris
France
Gowdy
United States
England
Belgium
Germany
Bordeaux
Reverend Eliot Calls Voters to Civic Duty at Bulfinch Place
The Rev Christopher R. Eliot denounces nonvoters as harming civic virtue in a Bulfinch Place Church service. He cites 59 percent turnout in the last city election and 11 819 of 18 445 registered women voting, urging action against unjust laws and political corruption. He notes honest taxpayers but passive engagement and points to St. Louis and Minneapolis as signs of demand for reform.
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C. R. Eliot
Christopher R. Eliot
Bulfinch Place
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Demands of powers presented to Turkey in Macedonia reforms
The Austrian and Russian ambassadors presented to the grand vizier identical memoranda outlining reforms for Macedonia. They informed the foreign minister of the action, creating a semi official tone to the proceedings.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Testimonial Honors Cummings at Neponset Hall
A testimonial was given to Cummings, county president of the A O H, at Hi bernian Hall Neponset yesterday afternoon. The Shamrock Social Club and the Allen Larkin and O'Brien clubs joined in the affair.
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Cummings
Hibernian
Noted English crook as bogus nobleman in St Louis
Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington, jailed six months in the St Louis Work House, is photographed as a famed English crook. He claimed noble status, married three American women, and faced bigamy charges. Chief Kiely received evidence from Scotland Yard. Barrington denies wrongdoing while defense seeks release.
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ST. Louis
Frederick Seymour Barrington
Scotland Yard
Wilhelmina Grace Cochrane
Kansas City
Kiely
America
Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington
Royal Horse Guards
New York
England
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Workhouse
Barrington
John S. Martin
Martin
Roosevelt Known as the Most Wounded U S President
Washington reports that President Roosevelt, famed as the most wounded U S chief executive, has suffered fifteen injuries since reaching manhood and has survived a string of perilous escapades from football to grizzly bears to encounters with mountain lions and a deadly trolley accident. His latest injuries occurred during sparring with General Leonard Wood with a rapier and single sticks at the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
George Washington
West
Idaho
Big Horn
Wyoming
Colorado
Pittsfield
Leonard Wood
Wood
Union Installs Officers for 11th Term in Sanitation Divisions
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Divisions union 6064 of the A F of L installed officers for a new term. Patrick J. Gallagher president and James F. Manning treasurer, both serving their 11th term. Delegates listed to the Central Labor Union. Carriage and Cab Drivers Union 126 endorsed a new button. Resolutions presented to retiring president Thomas J. Wannon.
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Union 6064
A. F. of L
Patrick J. Gallagher
John J. Mellyn
James H. Green
Michael J. Otis
Patrick H. Shaughnessy
James F. Manning
John H. Henley
James F. Maloney
Michael Dillon
Edward Hessey
Charles McCance
Joseph J. Downing
Martin Hefferan
Patrick Gallagher
Thomas Hannon
Central Labor Union
Thomas J. Hannon
Patrick Carney
Edward Oram
Philip Lonergan
Patrick McCarron
William P. Greaney
Union 126
Thomas J. Wannon
Important State House Hearings This Week
The Building Trades Council urges delegates and members to attend labor hearings at the State House. Injunction goes to the judiciary committee at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, the picketing bill to the labor committee Thursday evening. A memorial fund is planned for John L Turner. A special meeting of delegation chairmen and business agents is set for 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Building Trades Council
State House
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Labor
Organized Labor
William J. Joyce
Quincy
Bates
John IL. Turner
Longshoremen's Union elects president amid resignations
At a regular Local 302 meeting International Longshoremen's Association, Martin S. McCormick's resignation was accepted and Thomas O'Gilligan elected president to fill the term. Forty-seven applications were admitted, with weekly meetings ordered and a Central Labor Union committee set to visit steamship agents.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
Martin S. McCormick
Thomas O'Gilligan
Central Labor Union
Gold watch and cash gift for President McMahon at Union 13
Henry McMahon of Boston Typographical Union 13 received a gold watch chain and 225 in gold from fellow members. Alexander Cook presented the gift. McMahon, in his first year as president, pledged to continue advancing printers' rights and settling strikes. He plans a Maine vacation today.
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Henry McMahon
Boston Typographical Union 13
Alexander Cook
Globe Chapel
McMahon
Union 13
New England
Maine
Vest Makers Refuse General Strike and Open Factories
Members of Vest Makers' Union 174 refused to call a general strike despite a request from the Contracting Vest Makers' Association. They voted to open union factories to produce vests for wholesale dealers under the United Garment Workers' Union label. They seek six month old wage rates and a nine hour day, while contractors refuse. The union rejected a general strike with weekly strike benefits and funded a new factory to avoid higher prices.
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Vest Makers’ Union 174
Contracting Vest Makers’ Association
United Garment Workers’ Union
Vest
Labor Union Actions and New Membership Growth Across Massachusetts
The Leather Workers' Council reported rapid growth with Peabody Haverhill Weymouth and East Weymouth organized in six weeks adding 500 members. Eastern Massachusetts painters and decorators plan a district council to secure fair conditions, supported by contractors. Theatrical Workers and Building Laborers unions announced new organizers and eight or more initiates, with 27 new members in one group and eight in another.
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Leather Workers’ Council
Eliot Street
Peabody
Haverhill
Weymouth
East Weymouth
Lynn
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Building Laborers’ Union
J. Wrenn
George Lynch
John O’brien
John Reagan
Michael la Foche
Jeremiah Dacey
Michael Connolly
Teamsters’ Union
Fire at Roxbury home causes six hundred dollars damage
A blaze last night at 8 Thornton Street Roxbury damaged the Morris Lippa residence owned and occupied there. The fire was attributed to a defective furnace and caused about 600 dollars in loss.
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Thornton Street
Roxbury
Morris Lippa
Boy Drowns After Ice Breaks During Stumping Game
Frank Kennedy ten, of 56 Hampden Street Roxbury, lead friends across thin ice in South Bay near Swett Street Bridge. He sank before rescue and was found by John Seiveour. brother Charley aged 6 among the group. Kennedy attended Yeoman Street Primary School.
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Frank Kennedy
Hampden Street
Roxbury
South Bay
Charley
Kennedy
Frank
Swett Street
Kelcher
John Seiveour
Southampton Street
Yeoman Street
Five Namesakes of George Washington Are Living in Boston
Five men named George Washington reside in Boston with varied occupations. One, 38, born to enslaved parents in Florida, former Methodist preacher, now living in New York City. another at 8 Willow Park listed as laborer. a head waiter at Hotel Vendome at 36 Buckingham Street. an upholsterer at 7 Anderson Street. and a George C. Washington porter at 78 Sawyer Street.
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George Washington
Boston
Piedmont Street
Florida
Oylanda
New York City
Mr. Washington
Willow Park
South End
George W. Washington
Buckingham Street
Anderson Street
George C. Washington
Sawyer Street
Strikers Hit Waterbury Power and Trolley Service
In Waterbury six lamp trimmers join a strike in sympathy with motormen and conductors of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co. Foremen and a nonunion Bridgeport foreman are brought in as strikes continue. A rock injures the motorman on a trolley near a strikers bus bound for Naugatuck.
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Waterbury
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Bridgeport
Naugatuck
Sabbath Coal Deliveries Overrun City
Coal teams worked on the Sabbath delivering fuel to many homes in Roxbury Dorchester and other suburbs. Large coal companies reported brisk business as teams unloaded into cellars along Commonwealth Avenue and other streets with few objections from residents.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Roxbury
Dorchester
New Submarine Boat To Be Tested Soon
City Island, N Y February 22 The submarine torpedo boat Protector a new vessel will soon be tested to demonstrate capabilities to United States Navy officers likely at Washington It has been hauled out here and is undergoing overhaul to first class condition for the upcoming trials.
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City Island
N. Y
United States Navy
Washington
Mammoth Clearance Sale Continues at Plimpton Hervey Co
Mammoth Clearance Sale of furniture carpets and draperies continues at the Plimpton Hervey Co 5 Union Street to aid customers kept away by last week’s storm. Everything for the home with prices cut to one third to one half and options for cash or liberal credit.
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Plimpton-Hervey Co
Union St
Highwaymen Rob Man in Pittsfield Disturbance
Merle B. Smith of Company F Second Massachusetts Regiment was attacked on the outskirts of Pittsfield last night. He was clubbed unconscious and robbed of a watch, chain, and $2, sustaining a severe head wound. Police are investigating the assault by three men.
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Pittsfield
Merle B. Smith
Massachusetts Regiment
Crane Says Washington Made Mistakes in His Times
The Rev C A Crane spoke on the mistakes of Washington at the People's Temple last night. He argued Washington would be judged by modern standards and cited honesty, restraint, and public service as flaws in the founding leader.
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United States
Washington
Concert at Music Hall under Benevolent Association
A concert at Music Hall last night for the B L Benevolent Association completed the 19th series. Featured acts included Dolan and Lenhart in The High-Toned Burglar, Hoyt and Neff as conversational comedians, Hart and Bessie, novelty artists, and the Whang Doodle Comedy Four as vocalists and comedians.
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Music Hall
B. L. Benevolent Association
Dolan
Lenhart
Hoyt
Neff
Hart
Bessie
Back Bay Amazons Rally Over Boston Atheneum Plan
Arthur Bent of Brookline denounces remodeling and calls for a new Boston Atheneum building. He accuses Back Bay Amazons of reigniting the fight as trustees and proprietors form a committee to review removal to Arlington street.
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Arthur Bent
Gardner Road
Brookline
Boston Atheneum
Beacon Street
Bent
The
Atheneum
Back Bay
Boston
Arcadia
Arlington Street
Charles A. Cummings
George B. Shattuck
Alfred Bowditch
Katherine P. Loring
George Dexter
Richard K. Dana
Tassa n arri Family Reunion in Somerville
The Tassa n arri family gathered at 94 Beacon Street Somerville for a warm reunion with music speeches and toast made by notable guests from Boston Cambridge and abroad. Vice Consul Brindisi praised Washington alongside Garibaldi while Augusto Tuosi served as toastmaster and Henry Tassanarri received a diamond ring from friends.
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Henry Tassanarri
Beacon Street
Somerville
Vincenzo Tassanarri
Alderman McCormick
Cambridge
Millie
Josephine Tassanarri
Boston
Wedding at Webster Hall East Boston Unites Harry F. Smith and Annie Marcus
Harry F. Smith of Chelsea wed Miss Annie Marcus of Boston at Webster Hall East Boston in a ceremony conducted by Rabbi H. S. Soher. Best man was M. Smith and maid of honor Miss Fannie Smith. The couple led a grand march with 200 couples, followed by a banquet.
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Webster Hall
Boston
Harry F. Smith
Chelsea
Annie Marcus
H.S. Soher
M. Smith
Fannie Smith
Lydia Jerkin
Mamie O'Neil
Demands on Cotton Mills Move Closer in Lowell Meeting
The textile council in Lowell held a major gathering as it plans a forthcoming push for higher wages in cotton mills. Delegates are set to vote on the demand with special sessions tonight and tomorrow, and national UTWA officers are due Thursday.
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Lowell
Textile Council
United Textile Workers of America
East Boston Carnival Association Formed
A permanent East Boston Carnival Association was formed yesterday at Farish Street Gymnasium to revive the Fourth of July parade. B. Fred Bates is president and Daniel W. Gallagher secretary. Governor John L. Bates and other officials named as honorary members. Next meeting set for March 9.
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East Boston
Father John’s Medicine Promises Strength for Pale Women and Children
An advertisement touts Father John’s Medicine as a tonic for thin pale women and children. It claims the product builds up the body, provides nourishment, and corrects digestion with a gentle laxative effect to restore overall health.
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Father John
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