Mrs Jack Gardner Tops Salem Street Reception at Civic Service House
Mrs Jack Gardner enjoyed a royal ovation on the Civic Service House roof in Salem Street welcoming Leo Meyer of New York and orchestra of diverse guests. Meyer Bloomfield greeted her. officers stood guard as about 50 lads joined the celebration with songs in Russian and Hebrew and a final chorus of America.
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Jack Gardner
Civic League
Salem Street
Civic Service House
Mrs. Jack
Meyer Bloomfield
Leo Meyer
New York
Harvard
Jack
John Brown
Miss Crane Death May Bring Arrest In Melrose Case
June 25 Melrose reports Medical Examiner Perley will release autopsy findings on Mary J. Crane the nurse who died Friday. District Attorney Sanderson to review results before any statement. Police hint at possible criminal death and mention a young professional man connected to the case. State Detective Rhoades confirms possible investigation.
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Melrose
Perley
Mary J. Crane
Sanderson
Miss .Crane
Frederick Rhoades
Will Dedicate Soldiers' Monument At Manchester
Plans have been set for the July 4 dedication of a soldiers' monument in Manchester Vermont. Speaker will be Congressman D J Foster. Expected attendees include Governor Charles J Bell and staff Governor John Mc Lane of New Hampshire and staff and Senator Redfield Proctor.
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Manchester Manchester
D. J. Foster
Charles J. Bell
John McLane
New Hampshire
Redfield Proctor
Canadian Regiments Return From Portland Exposition
The Fifty third Regiment of Sherbrooke and the Sixty fifth of Montreal returned home tonight after attending the city exposition and carnival. The Fifty third attended St Stephen s Episcopal Church while the Sixty fifth were at the Roman Catholic Cathedral.
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Portland
Sherbrooke
Montreal
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Melrose Police Arrest Ball Players
Melrose police arrested two players during a Sunday game near Pine Banks after complaints about ball playing. The incident occurred as officers swooped in on two ball nines and secured arrests of two participants.
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Melrose
Pine Banks
Alexander of Equitable Improving After Illness
James W. Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society is reported improving at his daughter's home after a grave condition Saturday night in New York on June 25.
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New York
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Old Organizer Named for Boston Typographical Union 13
John A. McPherson was appointed organizer of Boston Typographical Union 13 and praised for last year’s work. Delegates to the International Typographical Union convention in Toronto in August were urged to back government parcel post. Boston Local has donated 350 dollars toward the Cummings Memorial addition to the Union Printers Home, totaling 700 dollars. Additional actions covered Labor Day parade planning, aid to Troy collar starchers, broom makers, and ship school committee labor representation. Newly elected officers were installed.
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John A. McPherson
Boston
Cummings
Colorado Springs
Col
Troy
N. Y
Unions Expect Big Parade On Labor Day
The Labor Day committee of the Boston Building Trades Council reports a large parade is likely with full union participation. They will meet with the Boston Central Labor Union and appoint sub committees to coordinate with all unions. Six more building trades are to affiliate this month and support for the Elastic Gore Weavers Union is endorsed. Delegates heard speeches by Misses Dupuis and Benson from Troy starchers.
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Boston Building Trades Council
Boston Central Labor Union
Gore Weavers
Park Department Grievance Aired Over Staffing Firing
Park Department Employees' Assembly K of L denounces frequent layoffs and notes suspension of 25 park workers for lack of funds. A five member committee was formed to seek action from Mayor Collins and city officials.
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Park Department
Boston
Park Department Employees’ Assembly
K. of L
Collins
Labor Notes Show Union Actions Across Cities
Market and Commission House Teamsters Union 631 endorsed a Labor Day parade and a 25 cent weekly assessment. Boston & Maine Freight Clerks Assembly 1793 and Chicago Teamsters received donations. New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Freight Handlers Assembly 628 elected officers. Various unions announced elections, delegates, and upcoming conventions with loans or tributes noted.
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Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Chicago Teamsters
Price on Head Laughs at Threats Follows Boy To Cambridge Home
Police and alleged blackmailers pursued Professor Harts mansion in Taunton while his grandson Dean Hertshorn traveled to Boston and then to the Cambridge residence of Mrs. G B Roberts at 20 Craigie Street. The boy, cheerful and unaware of the danger, is expected to stay through the summer.
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Blackmaiilers
Professor Hartshorn
Taunton
Dean Hertshorn
Boston
G. B. Roberts
Craigie Street
Cambridge
Post
Rockefeller's Joking Return at Cleveland Prayer Meeting
John D. Rockefeller attended a Euclid Avenue Baptist Church prayer meeting in Cleveland returning from a winter East trip. He joked about being a selfish monopolist as he glanced at his watch, prompting enthusiastic applause from the congregation.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Boston Vet Drowned Near Togus Home
James A Bumford, 60, drowned when a boat overturned in Togus Stream near Augusta Maine. John Loughead and Frederick Stratton clung to the boat and reached shore. Bumford could not swim. The body not recovered. a Boston native and long-time resident of the Togus Home since 1883. Widow Laura E Bumford of Somersworth New Hampshire survives.
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Boston
Augusta
James
Bumford
Togus
John Loughead
Frederick Stratton
The
Home
Laura E. Bumford
Somersworth
N. H
Taunton Summer Plans and Dean’s Safe Beside Rumors
The text notes Taunton schools closing for summer and Dean visiting from there for Christmas. Parents refuse extra protection for Dean and say he may come and go freely while they monitor his whereabouts. They express no fear of blackmailers, citing only one threatening letter. Dean seems confident about his stay and will return home when safe for his parents to monitor him.
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Dean
Taunton
Bullet wound fatal for 15 year old in Cambridge
William Crudup, 15, of 73 Hastings Street Cambridge, died from blood poisoning after a bullet wound to the hand endured June 17 while handling a revolver. He fell ill, was moved toward hospital, and convulsed as he was about to be carried away, dying on the way. He was the son of Luke Crudup, a noted local resident.
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William Crudup
Hastings Street
Cambridge
Luke Crudup
Quiet Sunday at St Peter's Parish Meetings Expected
The Rev Charles H Perry of Cambridge preached a doctrinal sermon at St Peter's Episcopal Church amid no public call for a parish meeting on vestry retirements. Thirty five trustees must meet with a justice of the peace present, male voters must have six months support and pledge, bishop likely to act.
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Charles H. Perry
Cambridge
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Perry
Fires devastate Nashville retail district causing heavy losses
Fire in Nashville’s retail district on June 2 caused $500,000 to $650,000 in damage. The Palace at Fifth avenue and Union street, occupied by Harris Brothers and Jacobus Brothers, burned along with several adjacent buildings including Manix, two Kress & Co. sites, Wright Brothers, Cumberland Baking Powder, and other occupants. Walls collapsed and roofs were damaged as flames spread before being controlled.
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Nashville
Tenn
Palace
Harris Brothers
Jacobus Brothers
Fifth Avenue
Union Street
Norman Kirkman
Manix
Nashville Dry Goods Company
Kress & Co
Brown Heirs
North
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers, Decorators
Cash Grocery Store
R. W. Turner
Cumberland Baking Powder Company
Aldred Steam Dye Works
Jerome Sands
Dr. Briggs
Harding
Memphis
Woman's Exchange
de Pierri Brothers’ Dancing Academy
Whiteworth Heirs
Great Consolidation Sale at Glasgow Woolen Mills
The Glasgow Woolen Mills at 213 Washington street launches a consolidation sale with cheap custom-made clothing. Buyers rush the stock from 12 New York stores as prices drop and demand climbs.
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Glasgow Woolen Mills
Washington Street
New York
Pastor Brings St Bernard to Service at Brookline Church
The Rev. Dillon Bronson invited a large St. Bernard named Thomas Carlyle to the St Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church pulpit in Brookline for a sermon on Kindness to Animals. Ellwood Perin led the dog down the aisle as worshippers watched, and the sermon urged humane treatment of animals and vegetarian mercy.
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Chickering
Thomas Carlyle
St. Mark’s M. E. Church
Brookline
St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church
Dillon Bronson
New England
Little Ellwood Perin
George L. Perin
Beacon Universalist Church
Mary
Little Lamb
Ellwood Perin
St. Bernard
Perin
Hastings
Reception Planned for Cambridge Couple on Return
Hon. and Mrs. John H. H. McNamee of Cambridge will be greeted with a large home reception at 50 Mt Vernon Street on Thursday evening. Nearly 1000 guests expected after final arrangements meeting at St Pauls hall Mt Auburn Street. Decorations, refreshments, and music to accompany the ovation with Rev John J Ryan to deliver the address. A costly gift will be presented.
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John H. H. Mc
Cambridge
Mt. Vernon Street
St. Paul’s Hall
Mt. Auburn Street
John J. Ryan
St. Paul’s Church
Car Derailment Injures Passengers on Lynn Street Curve
A streetcar derailed on a Lynn street curve near the Lynn line at reduced speed. Wheels left the rail and the car struck a trolley pole, snapping it near the base and rebounding. The motorman escaped injury, while a dozen passengers were thrown to the ground and five women were scratched. The oily greasy track is blamed.
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Lynn Street
Lynn
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International Brotherhood of Cab and Carriage Drivers
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Charles Dold
Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument Workers’ International Union
Chicago Federation of Labor
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Patrick J
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