Strike at Remington Plant Triggers Citywide Walkout
Bridgeport leaders announce a planned all‑out walkout at the Remington plant starting noon with five hundred machinists and transport workers to join. They accuse the Stewart and Remington firms of pressuring workers into unions and vow a citywide shutdown if eight‑hour and overtime demands are not met.
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Remington
Stewart Construction Company
Chicago
Bridgeport
Manufacturers’ Association
Remington Company
Stewart Company
Carpenters’ Union
Machinists’ Union
Mr. Keppler
Stewart
Stewart Companies
Plant Juice Promoted By Boston Nurse In Army of Enthusiasts
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a herbal stomach remedy attracting local supporters. It cites a Boston nurse of 30 years, Mrs Anna D Dodge, praising relief from dyspepsia, indigestion and weight loss after trying the product. The Plant Juice representative is at Liggett Drug Store corner Washington and Avon Streets offering free samples.
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Anna D. Dodge
Green Street
Liggett Drug Store
Washington and
Avon Streets
Gompers Plans Peace Conference After Bridgeport Strike
Samuel Gompers ordered a conference of the Machinists International Union to prevent a general strike at the Remington plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. He cited foreign interests behind labor troubles and urged a quick fair settlement while noting long hours and low pay for workers.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Remington
Bridgeport
Conn
International Organization of the Machinists
Gompers
The
Machinists’ International Union
Remington Company
Department of Labor
Wilson
United States
Europe
Boston Machinists Hold Secret Session with International Officers
Secret meeting in Boston with the executive board and international officers lasted over three hours, discussing the local machinists organization and the state of machine shops in Massachusetts amid growing tensions and potential action.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Boston Machinists’ Organization
Machinists Lodge 264 Discuss War Orders Behind Closed Doors
The executive board and organizing committee of Machinists Lodge 264 met in Wells Memorial building to review large war orders. Attendees included International Vice-Presidents P J Conlon and Frank Jennings and General Organizers Joseph Gilmore and Edward Ego. They planned actions to be voted on at the Boston lodge meeting Thursday night and notified about 2000 members. Jennings will address machinists in Providence and Springfield to outline plans for the international body. Conlon said he does not expect a generalized strike among firms rushed to fill wartime munitions orders.
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Lodge 264
Wells Memorial Building
P. J. Conlon
Frank Jennings
Bridgeport, Conn
Joseph Gilmore
Edward Ego
John J. D. Connolly
Boston
Jennings
Providence
Machinists
Springfield
Naming the Mabel Ground Baby Hospital for Serbia relief
Madame Slavko Grouitch and Miss Louisa P. Loring report the Serbian baby hospital will be named the Mabel Ground Baby Hospital. Through American Red Cross donations of 6300 funds, the project advances as Dr. Louisa Taylor Jones serves as medical director with Dr. Catherine H. Travis as assistant. Two Red Cross nurses depart for Serbia with supplies.
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Serbia
Slavko Grouitch
Mabel Dunlop
West Virginia
England
Mabel Ground
Washington
Louisa P. Loring
Red Cross
Massachusetts
Boylston Street
American Red Cross
Louisa Taylor Jones
Rock Creek Park
Catherine H. Travis
New Britain
Wellesley
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Travis
Jones
Johns Hopkins
Harvard names proctors for coming academic year
Harvard announces a corps of proctors to maintain order for the 1920–21 academic year. Notable appointees include Malcomb J. Logan former Harvard quarterback and Thomas K. Richards former varsity football manager, among others across several dormitories and schools.
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Malcomb J. Logan
Harvard
Thomas K. Richards
Shelton Hale
Law School
Proctors
Harvard Corporation
Lst
Frank Dennette Adams
Arthur Hadden Alexander
Henry Russell Amory
Orland Richard Atkinson
Paul Blackmur
Floyd Gilbert Blair
Arthur McClure Boal
Arthur Burkhard
Robert Walston Chubb
John Brennan Cummings
Frederick James Deane
Joseph Garland
Oscar William Haussermann
Charles Pagelson Howard
Wright Hugus
Charles William Hutchinson
Hale Clifford Knight
Bernhard Henry Knollenberg
Malcomb Justin Logan
Robert Herbert Loomis
Louis Wagner McKernan
Calvert Magruder
Colin MacRae Makepeace
Willian Moulton Marston
Lawrence Shaw Mayo
James Louis Moore
John Russell Morton
Francis Severn Moulton
Derric Choate Parmenter
Charles Sutphin Pendleton
Grant Palmer Pennoyer
Dwight Copley Pitcher
Thomas Kinsman Richards
Frederic Ernest Richter
Kenneth Claiborne Royall
Whitney Hart Shepardson
Frank Jason Smiley
Elliott Dunlap Smith
Stuart Paul Speer
Edward Otto Tabor
John Varney
Alfred Wandtke
Norwood Weaver
Ralph Gaye White
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth
Little Mary Alice Brown and the Ballad of Charlie Thomas
Mary Alice Brown, a 12 year old girl, visits Sam Thomas's farm where she meets Charlie Thomas, a crippled boy. Dr. Jackson visits to examine Charlie as Lem Brown reforms after jail. The story weaves themes of hope, faith, and the quest for healing amid wealth, duty, and friendship.
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Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Sam Thomas
Charlie
Lem
Thomas
John Willett
Dr. Jackson
John
William Jackson
Sheffield
Sir Galahad
Willett
Charlie Thomas Preparations for his Medical Operation
The narrative follows Charlie Thomas as family, friends, and a devoted helper Lem Brown push through months of physiotherapy, special baths, diet, and outdoor exercise. Martha Sam and Mary Alice support the regimen while Charlie shows renewed vitality as Dr Jackson plans a March operation.
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Charlie Thomas
Martha
Sam
Charlie
Lem
Mary Alice
Lem Brown
Mrs. Brown
Francis Willett
St. Michael’s Select Preparatory
Dr. Jackson
Francis
Charlie's operation choice tests a mother's bravery
In late February Martha argues with Sam over Charlie's upcoming surgery at Shefield. Dr. Billy recommends hospital care with two nurses, while Martha resents outsiders but fears losing control of her boy. Sam defends hospital care as best for Charlie's safety.
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Uncle Billy
Charlie
Dr. Jackson
Martha
Sam
Billy
Charlie Boy
Clipper Hill Hospital
Sheffield
Monitor delays return to service for poor children outings
The Monitor steamer remains in drydock after inspectors found a boiler defect in the penal institutions department vessel. Repairs had been rushed for Randidge Fund trips for needy children, but Penal Commissioner Shaw ordered continued drydock work and alternative arrangements for the outings.
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Penal Institutions Department
Monitor
Randidge Fund
Randidge Bund
Shaw
New Construction Officer at Portsmouth
Naval Constructor R. N. Schlabach, inspection officer for material at Mulhalpa, is ordered to the navy yard as construction officer in the industrial department replacing Commander F. L. Sheffield. The Sacramento will come to the local yard instead of New Orleans. The collier Vulcan is ordered here and will arrive July 21.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval
R. N. Schlabach
Mulhalpa
Navy Yard
Industrial Department
F. L. Sheffield
United States Steamship
Sacramento
New Orleans
Vulcan
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Remington Arms Plant
Cansult
Keppler
Major Penfield
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
New England
American Federation of Labor
Timothy Daly
Cincinnati
Polishers and Buffers’ Union
Army OF Enthusiasts
Boston Machinists
G. F. Allsteel
the General Fireproofing CO
Federal St
Boston, Mass
Baby Hospital
Mabel Grouitch
Mal Logan
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Horlick
Lutey Travers
St. Michael's
Niagara Falls
Am, Maynard & Co
Daily and Sunday Post
London
Paris
Regent Street
Rue de la Paix
Chandler & Co
Batiste
Volle
Dre
Tremont St
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