Worcester Faces Ice Strike Threat Over Wages
Worcester workers at the Walker and Pure Ice Companies threaten a strike starting Monday unless pay rises to 18 dollars a week in summer and 15 in winter are granted, with back pay from July 1. They claim long hours, weighed ice discrepancies, and overcharging by ice firms. Local officials have not responded.
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Worcester
Hunt
Cincinnati
Walker Ice Company
Pure Ice Company
Frank Sheehan
City of
Slit Skirts Spark East Side Riot After Doorstep Row
In New York on July 20 a quarrel over slit skirts worn by two of four young women at 86 East One Hundred Eighth Street led to a small riot. Police report five arrests after cheeks were scratched and hair pulled amid a neighborhood melee.
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New York
East One Hundred and Eighth Street
False fire alarm from Cape Cod wireless spurs coast steamer to safety check
Provincetown July 20. A false alarm of a fire at sea sourced from a Cape Cod wireless station caused a large coast steamer to change course and summon volunteer life savers from their beds to man a power boat.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
Fishermen’s Torches Mistaken for Sighting of Vessel Fire
A dawnal alert near High land Light led to coast guard and Life Boat Victory responses from Old Colony and Acushnet. The burning vessel proved to be a fishing boat with torches on deck, and fishermen continued baiting trawls as daylight revealed their location.
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Highland Light
Old Colony
New York
Boston
Acushnet
Woods Hole
Wood End
Victory
Bottle baby defies odds in Chelsea family
Thomas Connors, born weighing four pounds to Mr and Mrs Joseph Connors of 51 Beacon Street Chelsea, has grown to 30 pounds in 16 months. He now stands 26 inches tall with a 26 inch chest and 7 inch calf, and a 20 inch head showing advanced development.
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Thomas Connors
Joseph Connors
Beacon Street
Chelsea
Baby Thomas
Earthquake Shakes Württemberg Rattles Stuttgart
In Württemberg a sharp quake struck at 1 pm causing widespread chimney collapses. Residents in Stuttgart rushed outside as buildings trembled and people sought safety amid falling debris.
Doctor Kane Named Postmaster of Lexington by Senate
John H. Kane M D is appointed head of Lexington post office by President Wilson and confirmed by the Senate. He resigns as Lexington Sanitarium superintendent and will take duties after bonds and Post Office requirements are met. He was born in Winchendon Feb 11 1850 and educated at local and Montreal schools and Long Island College Hospital. He has practiced medicine and led the sanitarium since 1896 and served on the Democratic town committee for ten years as treasurer.
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John H. Kane
Lexington
United States Government Post Office
Wilson
Massachusetts
Senate
Washington
Dr. Kane
Post Office Department
Kane
Winchendon
St. Laurent College
Montreal
Dartmouth Medical School
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lexington Sanitarium
Suffragettes Fire Building at Selly Oak
A large house at Selly Oak Birmingham was found ablaze this morning and nearly destroyed before firefighters arrived. Slogans and suffragette placards were found at the scene. The building, once used as an orphan girls home, was being renovated for a new tenant.
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Birmingham
England
Selly Oak
St Vincent de Paul Society Attends Mass and Meeting
Central Council members of the St Vincent de Paul Society attended the 8 o clock mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross celebrated by Rev W J Culhane. After breakfast in the cathedral school hall a meeting led by president Dr John A Horgan discussed the society work and a trolley ride to Framingham followed.
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Central Council
The
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
W. J. Culhane
Cathedral School Hall
John A. Horgan
Framingham
Lady Rocksavage Engaged to Earl in Bohemia Era
London July 21 Americans show keen interest in the engagement of the Earl of Rocksavage heir to the Marquis of Cholmondeley and Sybil Sassoon the East Indian heiress. Rocksavage visits Newport and moves in the smart American set. The bride to be is a clever brunette and as Lady Rocksavage she will shine in London upper Bohemia. Her brother Sir Philip Sassoon hosts private theatricals at his Park Lane home for a select audience.
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London
Earl of Rocksavage
Marquis of Cholmondeley
Sybil Sassoon
Rocksavage
Newport
Bohemia
Sir Philip Sassoon
Park Lane
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