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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
3
Louis F. Post arrives in Boston to study wages at Sturtevant Blower Works and Becker Milling Company after seven weeks of strike action. He plans talks with the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and then with Governor Foss to base decisions on tabulated reports.
Hyde Park workers demand arbitration to resolve disputes with Mr. Foss over profits. They state they will accept fairness if he agrees to arbitrate, arguing a strong organizational push to compel fair terms and settle the case.
In Akron on July 15 during an exhibition against the Cleveland Americans the catcher Glenn of the Interstate League team broke his left leg above the ankle sliding into second base in the fifth inning.
In Ogdensburg New York a man posing as Col Charles Pfaff offered a $50 bill bearing Silas Wright’s likeness as payment for damage to the Silas Wright memorial fountain in Canton. Police were alerted after a touring car with Massachusetts plates backed into the fountain, and Canton officials arranged payment with the owner promising any excess would be remitted if damage was less.
Democratic members of the House banking and currency committee favored a bond refunding provision in the administration currency bill. Chairman Glass said the majority agreed on parity of 2 percent bonds, retirement of 6 percent annually, circulation privileges, and payment at par with accrued interest after 20 years.
A fragment notes funds set apart by the operations of the Federal Reserve banking system for the redemption of United States bonds at 2 and 3 percent.
The 159 delegates of the International Longshoremen's Association toured Deer Island institutions in a harbor excursion hosted by Assistant Penal Institutions Commissioner Dennis P. Driscoll. The group praised the hospitality as a morning business session was held in Paine Memorial Hall.
Sneak thieves struck twice in Worcester stealing between 250 and 290 dollars from poor boxes at Notre Dame Church. The crime used keys to open the locks. the collection supported by Bishop Thomas Beaven of Springfield diocese. Reports also note rifling of Notre Dame Church boxes in Southbridge Monday.
W Jennings Patron for the Hyde Park strikers and labor officials pressed the State Board of Conciliation for a full investigation and a report detailing conditions in Hyde Park. O L Preble of the International Pattern Makers Association responded to Governor Foss’s remarks, defending unions and criticizing open shop proposals amid ongoing strike tensions.
A scattered page lists Surf cloth bathing suits priced around $2.00 to $4.00, silk gloves, hosiery, and dresses. It details women's undergarments and outerwear, includes Petticoats, kimonos, and dressing sacs, then moves to multiple shoe styles from pumps to oxfords and shop-worn stock.
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