Amoskeag Mills to Run Full Time and Boost New England Mills
Half a million New England workers could gain about 1 million extra dollars weekly in spending if Amoskeag mills in Manchester New Hampshire return to full production this week and provoke a wage-restoration wave among regional cotton manufacturers. The ripple would lift merchants across Manchester Nashua Lowell Lawrence Fall River New Bedford Pawtucket Lewiston and other mill towns where cotton is dominant.
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New England
Henry F. Straw
Amoskeag Mills
Manchester
N. H
East
Nashua
Lowell
Lawrence
Fall River
New Bedford
Pawtucket
Lewiston
Adams
Straw
Amoskeag
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Brown University Grants LL D Pritchett and Public Honors
Brown University conferred the LL D on Henry Smith Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation at its 140th commencement in Providence. Seventy honorary degrees followed including ministers, professors, educators, and notable Rhode Island leaders among 113 degree recipients and 36 Pembroke Hall women.
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Providence
R. L
Brown University
Pembroke Hall
College Hill
First Baptist Meeting
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
New York
Cornelius Samuel Savage
Empire State
Alfred Williams Anthony
Cobb Divinity School
Bates College
Maine
Willis Frye Thomas
Burma
D. Sc
Charles Sumner Chapin
Rhode Island Normal School
New New Jersey State Normal School
Sam Walter Foss
Somerville
Mass
Public Library
Fred Davis Aldrich
Worcester Academy
James Henry Higgins
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Frederick Fugene Banfield, Jr
Newton Centre
Samuel Jacob Beecher
Worcester
Francis Wingate Carret
Roxbury
Paul Lloyd Chipman
Wareham
Harry Duffold Clough
Clifford Murray Hathaway
New Bedford
Irving Haven Coffin
Edgartown
Lloyd
Fall River
Carl Wilfred Shepardson
Athol
William Armour Smith
Lawrence
Henry Pomeroy Stacey
Springfield
Harlan True Stetson
Herbert Knapp Sturdy, Jr
Attleboro Falls
Albert Clark Thomas
Wakefield
Raymond Frank ‘Tift
Leon Ernest Varnum
James George Whalen
Northampton
Sidney Smith Winslow
Greg Huntford Wyman
Percy Lawrence Young
Boston
Smith College seniors reveal 16 engagements at banquet
At a class meeting and banquet for Smith College seniors in Northampton on Tuesday night, 16 of 299 graduates admitted engagements to be married. The engaged women, listed by name and hometown, triggered laughter as they ran around banquet tables with unengaged classmates in attendance.
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Northampton
Smith College
Florence Batterson
Philadelphia
Mabel Beasley
Brooklyn
Caroline Brackett
Newton
Thances Claery
Williamsburg
Clare Corbett
Binghamton
N. Y
Helen Davidson
York
Christine Alma Gloeckler
Chicago
Florence Grey
Beverly
Helen Harris
Springfield
Edith Libby
Bangor
Ethel MacCluny
St. Louis
Miriam Olmstead
Manchester
N. H
Florence Prince
Bethlehem
Penn
Grace Stoddard
Middletown
Fairbanks Refuses to Take Second Place
A report says Cummins and Dolliver factions in Iowa vie for second place. Dolliver supporters claim 18 of 26 delegates. eight favor Cummins. Fairbanks’ renewed veto on renomination is cited as key, with Taft campaign manager awaiting White House action.
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Cummins
Dolliver
United States Senate
Iowa
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Post
White House
Loeb
Lafayette Young
Ohio
Fairbanks
Joseph B. Keating
Hemenway
Amoskeag Mills to Resume Full Time Schedule This Week
Henry F. Straw, agent for Amoskeag mills, says Manchester and other large cotton mills will resume full time work as business improves. About 15,000 operatives may return to full shifts, payrolls rise over 80 000 dollars weekly, and city residents gain 50 cents more per week in spending power.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Mills
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Post
Henry F. Straw
Amos
Sub-committee votes injunction plank in labor platform
Chicago June 17 At 10 o'clock tonight the sub committee of the committee on resolutions revised the draft platform and decided to incorporate a plank on the use of injunctions in labor controversies The full committee was summoned to receive the report The sub committee also decided not to recommend a plank for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as states
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Committee On Resolutions
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Useful Hints to House Keepers
Useful hints to house keepers describe applying Natural Jap a lac over linoleum to extend life and protect varnish. Weather beaten front doors regain beauty with Jap a lac and a fresh brush. Use color close to the existing finish for best results.
Coating Window Screens With Jap a lac Each Spring
Spring maintenance advice recommends coating window and door screens with Jap a lac. Apply Brilliant Black to wire screens and Mahogany Oak Cherry or Walnut to frames to protect wire cloth from rust and refresh appearance.
Jap-a-lac Porch Furniture Care Tips
Porch furniture should be protected and beautified each spring with Jap a lac. Use the color of the old finish for best results, or choose Red or Green Jap a lac if a color change is desired.
Wicker Furniture Rejuvenated with Mahogany Jap-a-lac Finish
Wicker furniture coated with mahogany ox blood red malachite green or gloss white Jap a lac looks better than new the finish enhances the wood.
Jap a lac finishes for pipes furnaces and fences
Advert says Jap a lac preserves and beautifies water pipes furnaces radiators hot water tanks and iron fences using Gold Aluminium Dead Black or Brilliant Black finishes.
Finishing Touches Give Old Frames Remarkable Shine
Picture frames candelabra gas fixtures lamps and more are renewed with a coat of Gold Aluminum or Dead Black Jap a lac The Dead Black finish creates a beautiful wrought iron look and enhances the overall appearance.
Antique vehicle restoration advertised in local note
A short notice describes restoring old automobiles carriages wagons and farm implements with Japanese lacquer in colors Brilliant Black Red Green or Empire Blue. The service promises nominal cost and can be done by an inexperienced person.
Jap-A-Lac Finish Promises Versatile Home Use
Jap A Lac is a household necessity offering many uses from cellar to garret. It is especially suited for finishing old or new floors and woodwork and is recommended by paint dealers.
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Chase & Sanborn
Tr Cash House
Brown
Pritchett Ll.d
Dan Cupid
Your Sox
THE
Talbot Company
Axminster
Wilton
Richelieu
Women’s Union
Rogers
Uits
Delicatessen
Meyer’s
Herring Smith’s
Columbia
Marseilles
Hamburg
C. B
P. N
Thompson
Panama
Peter Pan
Haymarket
Jardinieres
National Springs
National
Sas
Goodyear West Oxford
Chatham
Madras
Arlington
Bermuda
New Arlington
Velvet
Hind
Mae
Der
Ingrain
Mission Wood
Cretonnes
Salter
Weil
Medlicott
Medlicott, Morgan’ Co
Graham Fleur Schmacker
Graham Meal
Prunes
Oregon
Wallace
Coats
Prince
Val- Abe
Batiste
Wright & Ditson
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