Boston Telegraphers Threaten Strike Backed by AFL
Boston Local 4 of the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging the AFL convention in Atlantic City to endorse the telegraphers strike. Pickets keep day and night duty amid a holiday lull as plans for a mass meeting at Fay Hall are arranged to clarify union demands and rights.
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Boston Commercial Telegraphers
Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor
Telephone and Electrical
A. F. of L
Boston
Fay Hall
Washington
Dover Streets
Western Union
Postal Companies
Local 4
Make Homemade Root Beer With Hires Extract Today
Advert says homemade root beer is economical simple to make using Hires Household Extract. Sixteen natural ingredients including birch bark and wintergreen provide pure refreshing flavor. One 25¢ bottle yields forty pints, easy corking with air tight stoppers from grocer.
Cabbage and Sausages Woman's Diet Claim
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as able to cure a range of ailments from stomach to appendix. The claim includes personal testimony of healing after doctors suggested surgery and promotes cabbage and sausages as safe, with a money back guarantee and availability at druggists.
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United States
Mayr
Condensed Dickens Novel Finishes With Florence’s Triumph
The Boston Post previews a condensed version of Dickens' Dom bey and Florence detailing Carker's schemes and Walter's rescue. Florence and Walter unite after Carker’s death and Dombey’s ruin, with Florence supporting her father and children. The feature notes Florence as a beloved Dickens heroine and mentions Romola by Eliot to come tomorrow.
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The
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Boston
Mass
Romola
George Eliot
William Fenwick Harris
Post
Publication pricing for back issues posted
The notice states back numbers can be secured at regular prices: 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post, 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post, and 7 cents elsewhere, if ordered immediately.
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Daily Post
Greater
Boston
Sunday Post
Dickens and the shaping of a writer from childhood
The article traces Charles Dickens early life in London and the influence of poverty, attic dwelling, and parental debt on his imagination. It notes his first loves in literature, his view of England, and how harsh city life shaped his later work including examples from Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. It mentions his visiting America.
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London
Oliver Tries
David Copperfield
Micawber
Dombey and Son Opens with Birth of Heir and Death of Mrs Dombey
In a gloomy mansion, Mr. Dombey exults at the birth of heir Paul while neglecting his daughter Florence. Paul is sent to Dr Blimber's school where he fails yet amuses, then returns home to die, as Florence pleads for affection and a shore beyond sorrow. A supporting tale follows Solomon Gills Walter Gay and Captain Cuttle.
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Mrs. MacStinger
Dickens
Walter
Dornbey
London
Florence
Sol
Paul
House of Dombey
James Carker
Dombey
Walter Gay
Indies
Major Bagstock
Leamington
Mr. Dombey
Edith
Carker
Dijon
Cuttle
Old Sol Gills
Captain Cuttle
Dr. Blimber
Toots
Pipchin
Joe Bagstock
Little Paul
House of Dombey and Son
Susan Nipper
Old Solomon Gills
Roundabout talk on his intentions and cautious spending
The piece discusses tactfully probing a man’s intentions without scaring him away. It notes his regular calls over years and suggests he may be saving for a future outing. It mentions Sergeant-Major Andy Lawson and the Vets facing the sailors with a 3:15 start and no admission fee.
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Andy Lawson
Battleship Salem to face Allied Veterans at Fenway Park
The Salem Jackies, a top U S battleship baseball team, will play the Boston Allied Veterans club at Fenway Park next Sunday afternoon. The Salem nine, boasting strong overseas and domestic records, is considered a 2 championship aggregation in service baseball.
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Fenway Park
United States
Salem
Boston Allied Veteran Baseball Club
Salem Jackies
Uncle Sam
Professor ordered to pay wife and support in divorce suit
Judge Philip J. O Connell of the Norfolk County Superior Court orders Professor William Skarstrom of Wellesley to pay his wife Charlotte Skarstrom 600 dollars, her attorneys 600 dollars, and 8 dollars monthly for two children. Custody disputes hold the libel on the Dedham docket. The suit stems from a 1913 desertion claim as the couple lived in Wellesley. The trial revealed Mrs Skarstrom bathed nude and sunbathed with others while away in summer.
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Charlotte B. Skarstrom
New York City
Norfolk County Superior Court
Dedham
O’connell
Professor Skarstrom
Wellesley
Appeals Dismissed in MecGuane Support Case
The appeals by Mrs Pamport Mec Guane and her husband James A MecGuane of Brookline were dismissed without prejudice by the Superior Court following a Norfolk County Probate Court decision ordering Mrs MecGuane to receive 165 dollars and 32 50 dollars weekly for the support of two minor children in separate actions.
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Pamport MecGuane
James A. MecGuane
Brookline
Superior Court
Norfolk County Probate Court
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Dombey and Son
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the Post
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Jekyll
Vanity Fair
Sea Wolf
Vicar of Wakefield
Ballantrae Ivanhoe
Tees
Gulliver's Travels
War
Heart of Midlothian
St. Yves
Consuelo Tee
Choir Invisible
Kenilworth
Adam Bede
Les Miserables
Trilby
Tess of the D’urbervilles
Robinson Crusoe
John Halifax
Cervantes
Fielding and Smollett
England
Pleasant Country
America
S. J. Knight
Greagory St
Middleton
J. Walsh
M. D
Boyliston St
Mildred Champagne
He Shallow
Miss Champagne—l
Allied Vets
Scott & Bowne
Scott’s
William Skarstrom
Wellesley College
Philip J. O'Connell
Siptr Ss
Lelank
Gearee
Eid
Akron
Ohio
Miller
Miller Tire
the Miller Rubber CO
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W. T. Brown
N. P. James
the Adirondacks
Adirondacks
Nature
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Thousand Islands
Saratoga Springs
Lake George and
Lake Champlain
Catskill Mountains
Sullivan County
Niagara Falls
Lake George
United States Railroad Administration
Consolidated Ticket Office
United States - Railroad -Administration
Travel Bureau
Liberty Street
Transportation Building
Chicago
Healey
Atlanta
Wgiay
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