Nantucket Mechanics End First Strike In Town History
Nantucket workers in building trades halted all work as they joined a first ever strike. They vote to return to a nine hour day with eight hours pay after May 1 and form a seven member board to represent the group. Most local masons carpenters and plumbers are affected, with Holmes & Pease Oliver Hulme and Swain & Co as principal contractors.
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Holmes & Pease
Oliver Hulme
W. T. Swain & Co
Mechanics Reach Compromise for Eight Hour Day
Formal conferences between the mechanics and master mechanics yielded a date of July 1 to begin eight hours. Townspeople rejoiced as May 1 was celebrated as a victory for the mechanics while the strike threatened to halt city business.
No Trouble At Quincy Quarry Labor Dispute Settled
NO TROUBLE AT QUINCY QUINCY March 1 There is no danger of a strike of quarry workers here as the differences between them and the manufacturers were amicably settled on Feb 13. The quarrymen asked for 31 cents an hour for an eight hour day a raise of
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Quincy
Quincy Quarry Workers Win New Five Year Contract Deal
Quarry workers secured a 30 cent per hour wage increase for five years after a strike threat. The contract, signed last week and effective today, includes a half holiday on Saturdays for nine months this year and next, and every month in the following three years. Manufacturers in Quincy moved quickly to avert wider strikes by adjusting terms.
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Quincy
Cape Ann Strike Shuts 1000 Cape Ann Workers
In Gloucester on March 1 a thousand paying cutters blacksmiths and quarrymen walked out after rejecting a new price bill from unions. Rockport Granite Co the largest employer with 600 workers faces the stoppage as engineers gain a 7 percent raise for five years while other crafts seek 10 percent but refuse. State Board of Arbitration urged to settle.
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Rockport Granite Company
Lanesville
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State Board of Arbitration
Cold remedy ad claims headache relief via bromide
An old advertisement promotes Quinine cold and grip remedy as removing the cause of headache. It requests readers to call for the full name and signature of E. W. Grove, with a price of 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Patrolman Rescues Girl From Fire at Lodging House
Early morning blaze at 311 Columbus avenue traps Miss Margaret Ward on the fourth floor. Patrolman Martin Cosgrove breaks into her locked room, drags her through thick smoke to safety, and she is revived on the street. Fire confined to the fourth floor, damage estimated under $500.
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Columbus Avenue
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James Cigmaglio
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Mary Ward
Cosgrove
Reporters Barred as Soden Trial Opens
Reporters were barred from the evidence portion of the $500,000 suit brought by Frederick L. Small against Arthur H. Soden former owner of the Boston National Baseball Club for alleged alienation of Laura Small. The case was referred to former Judge Robert Harris as auditor.
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Arthur H. Soden
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Robert ©. Harris
Chicago Typographical Union Strike Reaches End
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 members return to work after a strike at two Hearst Chicago papers. International Union President James Lynch denounces the action as unauthorized and warned of harm to union labor. Continuous efforts to settle included arbitration talks and wage-scale disputes.
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Swamp Root Promoted By Life Insurance Examiner
An insurance examiner cites kidney disease as a major rejection cause and endorses Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a leading herbal remedy. The ad notes bottles at drug stores, samples by mail, and the Boston Daily Post request for mention. Also lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Boston area residents with dates and locations.
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Mrs Howe Play To Aid Memorial Fund At Tremont
A special Tremont Theatre performance of Julia Ward Howe's Hippolytus is set for March 24 to support the Howe Memorial Fund. Miss Anglin will star with her company and guest artists. proceeds go to the committee led by Boston society women.
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Richard Fitzgerald
George Lyman
Stanley McCormick
Charles Perkins
Charles S Sargent
Bellamy Storer
Bayard Thayer
Henry Tudor
Roger Wolcott
William C. Weld
Charles G., Weld
Katherine F. Loring
John ©. Gray
Arthur Blake
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Boston Debut of Smirnoff in Lakme at Opera House
Dmitri Smirnoff, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, sang Gerald in Delibes Lakme at the Boston Opera House. Lipkowska as Lakme and Baklanoff as Nikalanta appeared. Smirnoff showed voice quality but limited fluency and respiratory control. Lipkowska had been ill but sang with care. Baklanoff gave a dignified Nikalanta performance.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Boston
Delibes
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Mme. Lipkowska
Lakme
Baklanoff
Nikalanta
D. D. D Eczema Wash Promises Fast Relief
An old advertisement touts D. D. D Eczema Wash a mild soothing liquid made from Oil of Wintergreen Thymol and glycerine. It claims instant relief and curing effects for eczema pimples and itching and urges readers to buy a 25 cent trial bottle from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Macdowell and Musical Art Club Concert for South End School
Last night at Jordan Hall the Macdowell Club and the Musical Art Club joined for a benefit concert for the South End Music School. The program featured Luigini and Herbert orchestral works, choral pieces including Night Song, plus Faure Le Ruisseau with Mrs. George Pulsifer as soprano, Edith Currie on piano, Chalmers Clifton conducting, piano solos by Stcherbatcheff and Strauss Tausig, songs by Parker and Higgins sung by Charles Bennet, and Saint Saens La Nuit for choir and orchestra. Marie Sandelius sang the soprano in the Saint Saens, Arthur Brooke played flute obbligato, Frederick Mahn conducted the orchestra and chorus. A large enthusiastic audience attended. the program offered variety and strong presentation.
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William C. Heilman
Faure
le Ruisseau
George Pulsifer
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Harry
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Higgins
Charles Bennet
Saint-Saens
la Nuit
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Arthur Brooke
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Saint- Sa
Violinist Mischa Elman to Perform at Symphony Hall
This Saturday afternoon Mischa Elman, a young Russian violinist, will present a program designed to delight all violin lovers. A week later Luisa Tetrazinni, famed for coloratura singing, will give the concert at Symphony Hall.
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Mischa Elman
Luisa Tetrazzini
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