Baby Boy Killed by Heavy Car in Watertown Street
Thomas F. Collins Jr aged 24 months was run over by a Waltham Cambridge car while playing in front of his home at 51 Arsenal Street Watertown. Witness Coligan said the child darted from the sidewalk to car tracks just as the vehicle passed. Motorman Wilfred I Phillip was arrested pending investigation but released after Coligan exonerated him and blamed the child.
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Thomas F. Collins, Jr
Thomas F. Collins
Arsenal Street
Watertown
Waltham-Cambridge
Charles Coligan
Michael F. Kelly
Main Street
Wilfred I. Phillip
Capitol Street
Coligan
New York Waiters Strike Sees Mixed Demands And Stand
In New York on January 26 the waiters strike moves amid mixed signals. Leaders say modified demands acceptable to proprietors could end the walkout and allow about 2500 workers to return to work. Strikers vow to stay out for a complete victory, while hotel managers say they will not re hire former staff and will rely on non union help.
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New York
Straw Vote Bill Draws Fire in Suffrage Debate
In a letter to Mrs. Mary Hutchinson Page Joseph Walker, former Republican candidate for Governor, opposes the straw vote bill on woman suffrage and urges supporters to oppose it. Legislation faces heated battle as suffragists call the measure a trick to thwart constitutional equality. Teresa Crowley says the bill lacks solid Republican backing and would have no binding effect if used at the State election.
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Mary Hutchinson Page
The
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Joseph Walker
Legislative Committee On Election Laws
Teresa Crowley
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Walker
Drury
Union meeting signals end of hotel and restaurant strike
At a mass meeting tonight at union headquarters speakers voiced optimism that the strike would end. Leaders said the executive committee would draft modified demands acceptable to hotel and restaurant managers who rejected the originals, and waiters would return to work tomorrow morning. An advertisement notes Adamson's Balsam as a cough remedy.
Suffragists urged not to vote if bill passes
Mr Walker cautions suffragists against voting in the state election if the measure advances. He claims the straw vote plan is backed by opponents of woman suffrage aiming to derail it. In his letter he recounts party steps and a plank proposal to submit amendment removing the word male.
Fire Damages Anderson Bakery in Providence
Fire of unknown origin leveled the Anderson bakery and candy factory on Orange Street in Providence causing about 50 000 dollars in damage. Two firemen were injured by falling bricks after an oven explosion undermined a wall of the three story brick structure.
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Providence
Anderson Bakery
Orange Street
Fear for safety of ministers in London turmoil
Grave fears are entertained that suffragettes may carry out more riotous actions tomorrow. Scotland Yard has taken extraordinary precautions to protect cabinet members.
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London
Scotland Yard
Cabinet to decide on women’s vote crisis after ruling
Cabinet council meets tomorrow to resolve the fallout from Thursday's ruling on the franchise bill. Andrew Bonar Law pressed the issue and ministers face pressure from suffragists and Liberal opponents who fear a rushed reform without a public mandate.
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Cabinet Council
Andrew Bonar Law
Union Gives Vote of Thanks to Fitzgerald
Ben Franklin Assembly R of L met yesterday and thanked Mayor Fitzgerald Commissioner Rourke and Deputy Superintendent Sullivan of the Public Works Department for courtesies to the committee and for promising not to further extend the contract system for ashes and garbage collection.
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Ben Franklin Assembly, R. of L
Fitzgerald
Rourke
Sullivan
Public Works Department
Assembly
Freight Handlers Ratify Boston & Maine Agreement
The Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Union 6572 ratified the wage and working agreement made January 15 by union wage committee and company officials. It provides a 16 cent daily raise 412 cents an hour overtime pay and general improvements in working conditions.
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Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Union
Ching Ling Foo Barred From Cooking in Plaza Suites
Ching Ling Foo and 14 Chinese entertainers faced a hotel policy at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston that forbids cooking in private suites. After registering for rooms, the party was told they must cook elsewhere, prompting some guests to leave and seek other accommodations.
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Copley Plaza
Boston
Ching Ling Foo
Chinatown
Lowell Hosts Harvard Students at New Cambridge Mansion
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard welcomed nearly 50 students yesterday afternoon at his new Quincy Street residence in Cambridge. Mrs Lowell assisted in receiving as he continues his custom of hosting Sunday student receptions during his tenure.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Quincy Street
Cambridge
Lowell
Sunday Afternoon Carols at Old North Church
Bishop Lawrence presided at the Sunday Afternoon Carols program held yesterday at Old North Church in Salem Street North End. The program featured soprano solo by Miss May Fay and selections by the church choir.
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Lawrence
Old North Church
Salem Street
North End
May Fay
Reverend Fleischer Criticizes Literal Heaven Belief
Speaking at the Majestic Theatre after noon, the Rev. Dr. Charles Fleischer condemned literal heaven and hell. He said believers are privileged but should be quieter, challenging President Eliot and others who have not grown up to avoid childlike innocence in criticism.
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Majestic Theatre
Charles Fleischer
Eliot
Hero dog Shep given full burial honors in Walla Walla
In Walla Walla a dog named Shep received full burial honors after saving twenty people from a lodging house fire. The ceremony in Tacoma reported the dog sacrificed his life to rescue residents.
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Hero Dog
Tacoma
Wash
Walla Walla
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