Bills Paid for Infirmary Care of Haverhill Mother
Alvena Richard alleges she was made to work from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. while at Tewksbury Infirmary for 237 days caring for 40 to 50 babies and charged $237 for care. The Shoeworkers' Protective Union of Haverhill plans to press Governor Coolidge for an investigation. The case ties to immigration status, feeble minded verdict, deportation efforts, and union intervention.
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Haverhill
Alvena Richard
Delphus Richard
Washington Avenue
Tewksbury Infirmary
Public Welfare Department
Canada
Immigration Department
Boston
Tewksbury
Salisbury Beach
Packers' Union
Central Council of the Shoeworkers’ Protective Union
Packers’ Union
Girl rescues boy from dangerous sea water near Provincetown
In Provincetown on July 27 Dorothy Browne an 11 year old girl saved 7 year old Edward Crocker from drowning after he slipped from a wooden seawage box into the water. The rescue occurred with no serious injuries reported.
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Provincetown
Edward Crocker
Dorothy Browne
Sulphuric Acid Flood Paralyzes Atlantic Avenue Traffic
A tank of sulphuric acid from Merrimac Chemical Works Everett leaked while bound for Jenney Manufacturing South Boston. The spill flooded Atlantic avenue and covered Union Railroad rails, halted trains, and required fire crews and police to control fumes, with sand and water used to dampen the odor and danger.
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Atlantic Avenue
Merrimac Chemical Works
Everett
Jenney Manufacturing Company
Boston
Union Railroad
Connolly
Railroad
Jenny Manufacturing
Lipton Celebrates Loss After New York Race
Sir Thomas Lipton meets defeat with a smile after Resolute wins the race off Sandy Hook. He praises the better boat and notes the handicap and racing rules, hoping for improvements to allow faster international racing under New York Yacht Club regulations.
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United States
Great Britain
England
Sir Thomas
New York Yacht Club
France
Scotland
Resolute’s Southpaw Victory Thronged by Salutes at Sea
Sir Thomas Lipton salutes from the Resolute as the Victoria sails away with the Shamrock in tow. A sea of admirers cheers the famous yachtsman and his crew while he praises American boats and seamen, calls the race fair, and vows to defend Shamrock V in 1922.
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Lipton
New York
Thomas Dewar
United States
Bir
Thomas
Sir Thomas
Victoria
Quint M D of West Medway Dies Schedule
Norman P. Quint M D of West Medway died July 27. Funeral arrangements to follow. Marley note marks first anniversary mass at Church of the Most Holy Redeemer East Boston on Thursday March 2 at 2 o clock for the deceased July 28 1010. Gone but not forgotten Family.
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Marley
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Boston
Ferpotinn
Pilgrim Father Name Spelling Disputed
Francis Cook of Providence declares the Pilgrims monument at Plymouth misnames a forebear whose surname ends without an e. He cites an exhaustive yearlong study and aims to have the extra e removed before next year’s tercentenary, appealing to the monument committee.
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Francis Cook
Plymouth
Washington Street
Providence
Miners and Operators To Confer On Strike Crisis
St Louis July 27 The request by John L. Lewis UMWA president for a conference of miners and operators over the strike situation has been passed to operators without any recommendation. Thomas T. Brewster chairman of the Coal Operators scale committee is in the central competitive field.
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ST. Louis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas T. Brewster
Coal Operators
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Little. Girl Saves
Nolde & Horst
Reading
DR. A. Reed
Cushion Shoe Co
West Street
Tremont
Vogue
Biltmore Cascades
Newport
Southampton
Chanel
Lewis
Paris
Shamrock
Margaret A. Strickland
Sandy Hook
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Tom
Nytt
Tremont St
Park St
Kipling
Mr. Kipling
Waitt
Bond
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