Coal Famine Threatens Lynn as Strike Bites
Lynn faces severe disruption as more than 200 shoe shops and factories may close with under two days of coal. The Teamsters Local 42 strike demands two fewer hours of work weekly, with hospitals and charities offered coal, and a State Board of Arbitration review sought by dealers.
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Lynn
Lynn High School
George Sprague
Coal Dealers’ Association
Teamsters’ Union Local 42
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Teamsters
Union 42
State Board of Arbitration For Adjustment
Board of Arbitration
Boston Suffered In Big Blizzard
The Boston blizzard of yesterday caused widespread misery with high winds and heavy snowfall. Police and city crews worked to clear streets as trains ran late and fish supplies faced disruption. Maritime traffic halted though no ships were wrecked, while Admiral Farragut led departures from Long Wharf as forecasters predicted calmer conditions today.
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Boston
Greater
Weather Bureau
Post J
Mary A. Whalen
Admiral Farragut
Longwharf
Tallahassee
Savannah
Nantucket
Norfolk
Baltimore
H. M. Whitney
Old Dominion
New York
Cape Cod
Malden Woman Dies in Blizzard After Leaving Home
Delia Sullivan 46 of 30 Emerald Street perished in a blizzard while en route to a sodality meeting at Immaculate Conception Church. She collapsed in a West Street store doorway as two clerks tried to aid her. A rubber factory worker and Married Ladies Sodality president, she left a 13 year old daughter.
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Malden
Delia Sullivan
Emerald Street
Sodality
Immaculate Conception
West Street
Early Buyer's Sale Prices on Hosiery and Sunshine Coats
Sale ad shows deep discounts on hosiery and Sunshine or Storm coats with numerous previous prices and reduced now prices. Items include vests and apparel with marked reductions from original amounts.
Fire Devastates Berlin Block Stores and Hotel
A major blaze in Berlin New Hampshire destroyed Morin and Bouchard's Union House block contents valued at 5000 with 4500 insured. The Thorndike Hotel suffered 4000 in losses, Brooks' drug store nearly ruined with 15000 loss. Three storehouses and a stable also burned.
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Morin & Bouchard
Union House
Thorndike
Brooks
Fire Ravages Berlin Business District Blazing Opera House Block
A major blaze in Berlin New Hampshire destroyed three blocks of the business district including the Clement Opera House, a drug store, hotel, and several shops. Residents leaped from upper floors as electric wires were cut leaving the town in darkness. at least one woman was seriously injured but no deaths were confirmed. The Opera House seated 1500 and was later described as a wooden block with galvanized iron, owned by former Gloucester mayor James E Tolman.
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Berlin
N. H
Clement Opera House
Opera House
Berlin Dry Goods Co
E. A. Burbank & Co
G. W
Gorham
International Paper Company
Gagnon
Hotel Thorndike
Brooks’ Drug Store
James E. Tolman
Gloucester
Mass
New Hampshire
Inventory underway hints at price changes and sales surge
The store is conducting its annual inventory to assess the impact of seasonal stock changes. After completion, the division of prices will begin, a step that historically boosts sales. Watch for the Friday ad.
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Hull
Fraud charges rock Massachusetts Daughters of 1812 election
At the Massachusetts Society Daughters of 1812 annual meeting in the New Century building the vote for president sparked a fraud accusation with voting twice alleged. Two candidates for president and two for vice president were present, ending in Titus winning by two votes after a tied initial ballot.
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Massachusetts Society, Daughters of 1812
New Century
Sentinel
Nelson V. Titus
Floretta Vining
Hull
H. E. Emory
George H. W. Bates
S. Willard Vinson
Titus
Society
National Society
Flora Darling
Miss Vining
E. Scott Burton
Elmer H. Allen
W. H. Alline
E. Gleason
Senate probes Lawson charges urged by Stone resolution
Senator Stone introduced a resolution asking the judiciary committee to investigate Lawson's claims of a multi million dollar conspiracy to influence the 1896 election and broad use of money in federal campaigns, including alleged large sums from trusts and corporations in 1904.
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Washington
Stone
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Mass
Everybody’s Magazine
Alton B. Parker
United States
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
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Teamsters’ Union
Coal Dealers’ Statement
James Reed
Sprague & Reed
Michael Costolo
Honors & Son
James J. Mackian
Washington and Hanovery
Houghton & Dutton
Farragut
Salil
Highland Light
H. Lane & CO
Washington ST
Jarkness
Washington and Brattle Streets
Daughters of 1812
Senate
Lawson
King Solomon Lodge’s Ball
King Solomon Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Paul Revere Hall
Goldsmith
8. Grishaver
S. Goldsmith
Morris Daniels
D. Grishaver
P. C
8. Goldsmith
Clarke
J. Mekleburg
A.isaacson&g
Washington Street
Haymarket Sq
L.P. Hollander & CO
Boylston Street
Pitts-Kimball Co
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