Worcester Population Surges in Ten Years Census
Worcester Massachusetts reports 179,741 residents, up 33,755 or 23.1 percent since the previous census. Rhode Island towns Pawtucket Woonsocket Central Falls Cranston and East Providence show gains ranging from 6.2 to 39.3 percent. Also notes fashion trends with black and white fabrics and tulle and taffeta styles.
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Washington
Worcester
Mass
Pawtucket
R. I
Woonsocket
Central Falls
Work Horses Suffer From Neglect in Stables
Diamond is a 17 year old workhorse owned by coal dealer E J Babcock. Boston horses suffer from neglect due to high grain and hay costs and rough treatment by drivers and grooms. Grooming declines and rough handling harm the animals and disturb their rest.
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E. J. Babcock
Henry C. Merwin
Boston Workhorse Relief Association
Boston
Boston Work Horse Relief Association
Merwin
Williams College Snow Battle In Lanesboro
Williams College students staged a snow battle in Lanesboro yesterday while much of the state roasted. Snow came from two banks on Charles H. Deming's farm amid a ridge top pasture, with drifts reaching nearly 40 feet deep last winter and remaining in place.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Lanesboro
Charles H. Deming
Debate on Home Rule Clauses in UK Commons
London June 2 The House of Commons resumed the home rule bill in committee. Clauses 4 5 6 passed with little change while an amendment to omit the imperial Parliament’s control of armed forces was defeated. Sir Edward Carson opposed the postal service clause and government agreed to revisit it later. Clauses 7 and 8 were adopted with seats of government set for Dublin and Belfast or other locations chosen by the Irish Parliaments. Debate continued on Clause 9 restricting Irish police control for six years, praising the police’s record amid a vendetta.
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Edward Carson
Sir Edward Carson
Dublin
Belfast
Walter Hume Long
the Admiralty
Raiders Burn Kerry Police Barracks in Fenit Fight
Raiders after a two hours battle with police at Fenit County Kerry saturated the barracks with oil and burned it. They decamped as naval forces approached in a torpedo boat destroyer. A sergeant and a constable were wounded.
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Tralee
Irc
Fenit
County Kerry
Mills Move to Four Day Week Across 50 New England Mills
William M. Wood of the American Woolen Company ordered a 35 hour week for about 35 000 workers in 50 mills across New England New York and Pennsylvania effective immediately with a closure tonight and reopening Monday The plan cites rail congestion weak retail demand and unsettled conditions as causes Amalgamated Textile Workers of America push for a 44 hour week while some reports suggest no widespread unrest among workers
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Maynard
Mass
Winsted
Conn
Wood
Amalgamated Textile Workers of America
Four day week pushes mill curtailment amid rail congestion
Labor trouble led to a four day week in Lawrence mills with workers not notified by postings. Some departments have been on short time with wool sorting seeing only two days worked last week and this week. President Wood of the American Woolen Company cited railroad congestion and other factors.
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Lawrence Mills
Post
Wood
American Woolen Company
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LL Syrup
American Sugar. Refining Company
Aristocrat
W. H. Claflin & Co
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NLY Cup
Summer St
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Georgette
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Police
Kerry
Old ST. Mary’s Church
Old St. Mary's Church
Thacher Street
North End
William J. Conway
S. J
Robert Swickerath
Brockton
American Woolen Co
William M. Wood
Hood
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Nutfield Coffee
Jersey Belle Tea
Nutfield
Old Colony
Gilchrist
Coats
Bellans
Rok
Men’s Union
Crepe de Chine
Valenciennes Laces
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