Fail in Duty by Central Labor Union and Otis Street Row
The Central Labor Union denounced Boston Police Commissioners for failing to enforce Sunday closing of hotel barber shops. They urged the commissioners to resign and asked Aldermen to permit workers to assemble on Otis Street. Delegates and unions attended, with notes on Debs supporters and memorials for George J. Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Barbers’ Union
Polic
Board of Police Commissioners
Police Commission
Boston
International Convention of Theatrical Mechanics
Lee M. Hart
Gerge J. Moulton
Éreas
George J. Moulton
L. UW
American Federation of Labor
John F. O'Sullivan
Nellie Murphy
Sea Moss Farine Receipts Offer Nutritious Economical Use
A vintage advertisement touts Sea Moss Farine as toothsome and economical. Each 25 cent package yields 86 quarts for various dishes and includes receipts. Sold at all grocers.
Yoked waists praised as adaptable summer staple
A fashion note extols yoke waists for versatility and value. A black silk waist doubles for formal and church wear with a chemisette. a game waist gains flair with a green ribbon collar and chiffon flounce. a Gress design features a white mousseline de soie yoke with primrose edge, paired with a black hat and high-soops.
Dis courtesy by transit conductor questioned in Boston
A reader reports an elderly man waiting at Causeway and Beverly streets asked a conductor if a Maiden car went to Malden. The conductor answered yes but did not allow him to take his valise onto the car. The letter asks whether the West End company allows such conduct and suggests formal action if verified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Bill
Chelsea
Ferry
Causeway
Beverly Streets
Malden
West Ind
M. Silverstein
Bread Theft by Two Hungry Youths Captured by Patrolman
In New York on July 7 Frank Clifford an 18 year old mason and William Reilly a 19 year old painter and both penniless stole two loaves of bread. Patrolman Flynn stopped them and upon their plea not to seize the bread he kept it as evidence and bought the men sandwiches. Magistrate Carroll of Morrisania Court ordered them to stand trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Clifford
William Reilly
Flynn
Carroll
Morrisania
Band Played On parodies sweep beaches and city crowds
A new popular song by Charles B. Ward titled The Band Played On gains rapid traction in New York and at Bath Beach Long Island. orchestras and roof garden singers feature it. parodies spread as crowds sing the catchy chorus amid lively public reception and multiple venues.
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New York
Charles B. Ward
Sunday World
Bath Beach
Long Island
Stromenger
Hotel Argyle Roofgarden
Captain’s Pier
Fort Lowry Hotel
Louis Cornu
New Grand Hotel
Summit Mountain
Catskills
Schneider
Asbury Park
Koster & Bial’s
Messrs
Conroy and Fox
Casey
Walts
Growlers
Roosevelt
Beecham's Pills for Constipation Advertised
Beecham's pills for constipation are promoted with a 25 cent price and a note to buy at the druggist's. The advertisement claims annual sales exceeding six million boxes and urges customers to follow the directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
Pullman Raises Wages 10 Percent for 4000 Workers
The Pullman Palace Car Company increased wages by ten percent for about four thousand shop employees. The rise, spreading across departments over the last two weeks, follows a promise made last year during the strike to raise pay when business allowed. Company officials dispute any significance to the timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wicks
Along the Water Front Follows Mixed Shipping Movements
Reports of the Johnston line steamship British Queen sailing in ballast to Montreal and then to London for reloads before Boston. Mention of Furness line’s St Ronans arriving from London with Captain Jacobsen and family aboard. Also details a Hong Kong cargo misrepresentation on the Lucille with 6,000,000 firecracker packages found to be sand and bottles. Yacht Satanic’s trial off Commercial wharf and a strange jibboom loss on a local schooner. Enthusiasts ride out bad weather aboard steamers and yachts near Rowe's wharf.
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Johnston Line
Smith
Montreal
Liverpool
London
Boston
Jacobsen
Furness Line
St. Ronans
Lucille
Hong Kong
New York
J. Gardner Curtis
M. F. Pickering
Veasel
Satanic
Bill Daly
Commercial Wharf
Winthrop
Rowe’s Wharf
Bergen
Railroad Meeting Opens Y M C A Effort in Boston
The Charlestown Y M C A hosted Rev. James Yeames who spoke to a sizable railroad workers and families crowd. It marks the first such meeting in Boston and signals an active Y M C A program for area railroad men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
Charlestown
James Yeames
Boston
Reed favored for 1896 GOP ticket in Maine
Augustan dispatch reports Joseph H Manley denying hastening home to back Tom Reed for president. He says Reed will receive strong New England support, with Maine delegations led by Littlefield and Seiders backing Reed. Maine's 12 delegates and 12 alternates vow full Reed support at the national convention.
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Carter
National Committee
Reed
New England
Augusta
Charles EB. Littlefield
Rockland
Harrison Hume
Robbinston
Senate of
Maine
George M. Seiders
Maine Senate
Littlefield
Seiders
House of Representatives
Burleigh
United States
Chimes of Normandy and Notable Vaudeville Acts At The Castle Square
A busy Boston theater week features The Chimes of Normandy at Castle Square Theatre with promising staging and a strong Rose company showing. Keith's New Theatre plans eight Boston Symphony Orchestra stars in a half hour daily program. Also at Austin Stone's Museum La Belle Fatmah Turkish dancers and Rossow brothers headline. Palace Theatre offers The Queen of Honolulu and Switging in the Lane with a brisk vaudeville slate. Volcanic eruptions and Hawaiian singers continue to draw at Gettysburg building.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Keith
Austin & Stone’s
the Palace
Castle Square Theatre
Normandy
Mr. Rose
New Theatre
Rossow Brothers
George W. Monroe
Bridget
la Belle Fatmah
Austin & Stone
Palace Theatre
Honolulu
Dermatologist John H Woodbury Cures Skin Ailments
Dr John H Woodbury of 11 Winter Street Heston renowned for treating pimples comedones flesh worms and scalp conditions with his Woodbury Facial Soap product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Heston
Woodbury
Members One of Another Sermon at Public Vesper
The Rev W 8 Key of Boston led the public vesper at the M C U speaking on For we are all members one of another. He urged universal brotherhood of man and warned against robbery and murder as a product of unlawful unity while praising science for revealing unity in nature and the connection between God and his creatures. He argued that world harmony depends on recognizing the text’s deeper truth.
Adams's Shaving Stone Exposed by World Walker
Harry Chester, a Chicago youth who set out May 7 to walk around the world on a $3000 wager, has reached Boston and appears today at Burwell's Pharmacy on Boylston street. He introduces Adams's Shaving Stones for dry shaving without red soap or water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Chester
Chicago
Boston
Burwell’s
Boylston Street
Adams
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