Stetson Shoe Company Adopts Employee Stock Plan
Workman director represents a third of the employees who hold stock on the Stetson Shoe Company board. About 100 workers are stockholders under the cooperative ownership plan, with a workman director to voice their interests. The aim is profit sharing to boost effort and prudent spending. 300 employees thus far participate, and company officers back the plan as beneficial.
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Workman
Stetson Shoe Company
South Weymouth
Gardner
Employees Buy Cooperative Stock and Elect Workman Director
The company raised capitalization from 150000 to 250000 and issued 25000 par value stock at 100 per share to employees. A bench worker Everett W. Gardner was elected director with full board powers, ensuring employee input and potential cost savings. The plan keeps stockholders employed and allows buybacks if they leave the firm.
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Everett W. Gardner
Gardner
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Stetson Company Notes Employee Stock Plan Benefits
The Stetson Company reports 270000 pairs of shoes produced yearly and a stock plan benefiting 100 workers including 23 women. Inspections are done by workers and foremen, with milk breaks during shifts. E H Stetson praises the plan, credits A C Heald, and lists directors from New York and South Weymouth.
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E. H. Stsisen
Mr. Stetson
Heald
Stetson Company
E. H. Stetson
A. C. Heald
Charles T. Heald
The
Everett W. Gardner
A. W. Little
New York
John W. Zinn
W.L. Hawes
South Weymouth
Think Four Lost From Canoe Upset
Drowning occurred offshore at Salisbury Beach after a canoe upset in strong undertow. Daniel McDonald of Lawrence tried to save his friends Mr McDonald and Miss Gens before rescuers arrived. Coast Guard and life saving crews were alerted, and physicians were summoned from Newburyport with pulmeters brought to the scene.
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Mr. McDonald
Miss Gens
Daniel McDonald
Lawrence
Salisbury Beach
Tragedy at Everett Baths as Drowning Strikes Rushed Rescue Efforts
William Pardee a 28 year old Everett resident drowned while swimming at the Malden River in the Everett municipal baths. Spectators watched as several men dived to save him after he plunged from a raft and vanished. Police and officers searched with grappling irons and a boat but did not recover the body before nightfall. Further efforts to recover the body would continue the next day.
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Malden
Everett Municipal Baths
William Pardee
Tileston Street
Everett
Pardee
Gray
Lynch
O'Neil
Concord Man Dies After Taking a Dive
Concord July 18 Frank Unwin 82 a freight clerk for Boston and Maine died of heart failure after diving from a raft into Lake Walden. He left a wife and three children and lived on Daly street Concord Junction. He was swimming with companions when he dived from a raft at about 4 30 and did not surface. He was pulled from the water and pronounced dead.
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Concord
Frank Unwin
Boston & Maine
Lake Walden
Unwin
Daly Street
Concord Junction
Connecticut Boy Drowns at Hanover New Hampshire
Clarence York a 19 year old from Plainfield Connecticut drowned while bathing at a small beach near Hanover New Hampshire. He stepped beyond his depth and with three non swimming friends could not be saved. Perley Rich who employed him at his home nearly lost his life trying to reach York as river currents continued to delay recovery.
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Hanover
N. H
Connecticut
Clarence York
Plainfield
Harris Boy Drowns While Bathing in Pawtuxet River
In Providence on July 18, Robert Maxwell, 16, of Harris, drowned while bathing in the Pawtuxet River.
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Harris Boy
Pawtuxet River
Providence
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Robert Maxwell
Harris
Fighting Ninth Infantry Pitches Camp After Dusty Six Mile March
The Fighting Ninth Infantry M V M- 12 companies strong with 800 men from South Boston Worcester Lowell Lawrence Natick and Clinton pitched camp on the Keith Hanson farm after a grueling six mile march along the Cape Cod road. Dust from the old Cotuit road clung heavy as the men endured two hours of hard drill under a broiling sun with no breeze.
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Cutuit Road
Boston
Worcester
Lowell
Lawrence
Natick
Clinton
Fighting Ninth Arrives at Peters Pond Camp in Sandwich
The Fighting Ninth left Boston at 9 and reached Sandwich by 11 30 am. By 1 30 pm the six mile march began as 12 companies formed camps on Keith Hanson farm. Field ranges smoked at 4 with a planned steak supper. A regimental field bakery operated by Sergeant Major Fallon trained inexperienced militiamen in bread making. Fallon vows a blueberry pie reward if berries are found. A sunset review honored by Quartermaster General Emery and Colonel Logan closed a day marked by the regimental band’s reception by Sandwich residents.
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Sandwich
Peters Pond
Keith-Hanson
United States Army
Massachusetts
John J. Fallon
Cole
South Sudbury
Fallon
Ninth
William C. Emery
Edward L. Logan
Borden Farm
Ninth Regiment
James J. Coughlin
Boy Drowns While Swimming at Equinox Pond
In Manchester Vermont on July 18 a youth named Edward Williams drowned while swimming in Equinox Pond. The body was recovered two minutes after the accident but resuscitation attempts failed.
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Manchester
Edward Williams
Frank Has Slight Chance for Recovery
Tonight doctors report Frank’s temperature at 99 and a good pulse with no immediate danger, indicating a slight chance for recovery.
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Frank
Prisoner Green Attacks Fellow Convict in Georgia Farm
Green confessed he planned the assault alone and acted after being awakened. He grabbed Frank by the hair and slashed the neck with a concealed knife. a guard intervened. Doctors treated two stitches, prognosis uncertain but life possible. Green, a Columbus killer, said the act was fanaticism and expressed remorse. He will remain in solitary irons on short rations.
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Frank
Green
Guy Compton
No Official Action On Attack On Frank
Governor Harris said he had taken no official action regarding the attack on Leo M. Frank at the Milledgeville prison farm last night. He noted there was no official notice of anything unusual and expected authorities to respond as needed while he tried to contact the prison commission.
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Frank
H. J. Rosenberg
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Green
Slaton
Harris
Leo M. Frank
Heat Claims Four Lives in Boston Throughout Hot Spell
Four deaths linked to heat across Boston area reported. Jesse I. Kimball, 52, of Dorchester, died at home at 1 30 a m. An unidentified man found on the Common Mall near a subway station at 12 55 a m. Catherine Lynch, 35, of Charlestown, found dead by brother on a couch. Michael O Rourke, 65, of East Boston, found unconscious at a cemetery rear and pronounced dead at East Boston Relief Hospital. Leonard Dolan, 32, prostrated at Revere Beach.
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Jesse I. Kimball
Redfield Street
Dorchester
Common Mall
City Hospital
Catherine Lynch
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Michael O’rourke
Chelsea Street
East Boston
Bennington Street
Haggerty
Heat Wave Ends Four Die in Boston Area
Four deaths were reported in Boston yesterday linked to the heat wave marking the season’s first fatalities in the city. Causes included exhaustion and heart failure aggravated by high temperatures, with one case of prostration and many brief illnesses across Greater Boston.
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Boston
Heat deaths and prostrations amid Boston July heat
A series of heat related incidents in Boston and area. A man died on the way to Fast Boston Relief Hospital from heat exhaustion. Catherine Lynch age 35 died of heart disease worsened by heat. An unidentified man found dead on the Common near Park Street Station likely due to heat. A 32 year old man at Revere Beach recovered from heat prostration. Weather worst in New England with shade with 80 in Boston and 60 at Nantucket as humidity hovers near 49 to 69 percent.
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City Hospital Southern
Boston
Revere Beach
Leonard Dolan
Metropolitan Police
New England
Nantucket
Death In Dorchester Home Of Mason Jesse Kimball
Jesse I Kimball a 52 year old Dorchester mason living at 18 Redfield street was found dead in bed at 1 30 yesterday morning from heart disease aggravated by heat Michael O Rourke 65 of 897 Chelsea street East Boston was found unconscious in the rear of the Bennington
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Jesse I. Kimball
Redfield Street
Dorchester
Michael O'Rourke
Chelsea Street
Boston
Bennington
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