Women in Row Over Suffrage at Massachusetts Club Meet
In Marion on June 23 delegates from across Massachusetts gather for the State Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting to decide support for equal suffrage. Suffragists led by Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw and others clash with anti suffragists led by Mrs. William Lowell Pittman and Mrs. John Balch as debates split the assembly.
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Marion
Massachusetts State Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs
Federation
Quincy A. Shaw
Glendower Evans
Maud Wood Parks
Benjamin F. Pitman
William Lowell Pittman
John Balch
Suffrage Debate Flaunts Risk of Federation Split
Suffragists forecast a Friday committee report endorsing equal suffrage and expect a large majority. Antis warn the vote could never reach the floor yet if it did it would be defeated. Mrs Putman and Mrs Balch say passage would disrupt the federation. Mrs Evans and suffragists deny disruption and note prior endorsements by state federations.
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Mrs. Putman
Ten-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Pool Incident
Salvatore Di Bella, 10, of 301 North Street, fell into water behind 68 Eastern Avenue in the North End and drowned about 5 PM. His three companions, older, fled in fright, leaving him to drown.
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Salvatore di Bella
North Street
Eastern Avenue
North End
di Bella
Finnish brigantine Leo sunk by submarine
The Finnish brigantine Leo was sunk by a German submarine on Tuesday eighty miles southeast of Fair Isle Scotland. The crew were given fifteen minutes to abandon ship and were landed at Lerwick.
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London
Leo
Fair Isle
Scotland
Lerwick
Carmen's Head to Lead Bay State Railway Crisis
William D. Mahon head of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America is expected in Boston to take charge of a critical situation among the carmen on the Bay State railway system.
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William D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees of America
Boston
Carmen
Bay State
Union leader contends over arbitration award anger in Lowell
James H. Vahey, on the arbitration board, urged workers to abide by the decision until October 1, 1916, then press for nine to eight hours and a three dollar a day cut. He called for action after the agreement expires, saying the men should ignore arbitration on future road demands. Vahey spoke to hundreds in Lowell at Merrimac square and then to a large crowd in Woburn.
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Carmen
James H. Vahey
Arbitration Board
International
Detroit
Lowell
Merrimac Square
Union
Vahey
Chelsea
Lynn
Woburn
Criticism from Andrew Hughes on Bay State carmen
Andrew CC Hughes international president of the Cooper's Union condemns local streetcar unions over their arbitration award. He argues the public should not view their stance as representative of organized labor in the commonwealth and defends arbitration and conciliation as essential.
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Andrew CC. Hughes
Cooper's Union
Bay State
Cambridge Board of Trade Backs Lower Electric Rates
The Cambridge Board of Trade voted to accept the committee of municipal affairs recommendation and press Cambridge Electric Light Company for reduced electric lighting rates in a new municipal war.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Cambridge Board of Trade
Committee of Municipal Affairs
Palmotor Saves Baby Stillborn
For the first time on record a still born child was yesterday brought to life through the use of a pulmotor and last night the infant was said to be absolutely normal. The subject was an eight pound son of Mr and Mrs Joseph White of Bay street Hull and according to Dr W A Sturgis the use of the pulmator will revolutionize obstetrics.
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Joseph White
Bay Street
Hull
W. A. Sturgis
Miracle of the pulmotor saves newborn after death
A baby born at 10 am yesterday was declared dead after eight minutes of failed artificial respiration. Dr. W A Sturgis used a pulmotor, with Victor Reynolds rushing the unit from Hull, to restore life. The infant revived, cried, and slept peacefully afterward.
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W. A. Sturgis
Sturgis Hospital
Allerton
Sturgis
Hull
Victor Reynolds
Open Air Market Set to Reopen on Castle Street
The open air market on Castle street will reopen next Saturday morning and run until December 1 if weather allows. P H Graham, superintendent of markets, announced the plan. Farmers will again sell from wagons and experiments with markets in Charlestown East Boston South Boston and Roxbury are planned to begin soon and run through December 1.
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Castle Street
P. H. Graham
Charlestown
Boston
South
Roxbury
Customs men raid Lynn motor boats
Boston harbor officers aboard a Lynn harbor raid boats to check compliance with the law. A large number of vessels were hauled and several owners face fines for violations.
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Lynn
Lynn Harbor
Boston
Boston Harbor
Judge Morton Declares 100 Cases of Beans Condemned
United States District Court condemned 800 cases of canned beans after a complaint by pure food inspectors. Deputy Marshal Ruhl oversaw the destruction, dumping 100 cases overboard from a scow in Boston Harbor yesterday under orders from the judge.
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Morton
United States District Court
United States
Ruhl
Boston Harbor
Britain Frees Sea Connett After Detention at Kirkwall
The British government orders the discharge of the American steamer Sea Connett from New York to Gothenburg after detention at Kirkwall. Officials say the cargo was not for enemies of Great Britain. A parallel action was taken for the Norwegian steamer Nordkyn carrying grain.
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Britain
London
Seaconnett
New York
Gothenburg
Kirkwall
Great Britain
Nordkyn
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