Opening of Touraine Hotel Delivers a Dry Spell’s End in Boston
After 83 days without alcohol Boston’s Touraine Hotel reopened at 6 PM with license transferred to Elmer E Snow. Managers Hart and Whipple celebrated as patrons lined up for drinks, while renovations finished. The new license costs included $4800 in open market price and $2300 from the Police Commission.
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Boston
Touraine
Hart
Wet Goods
van Dyke
Whipple
Elmer FE. Snow
The
Board of Police
John Graham
Central Street
Snow
Tza Hight
Frederick W. Campbell
Police Commission
Austin Sues State Board Over Step Daughter Case
William E. Austin of Holliston sues Dr. N. P. Perley and State Board of Charity members for 7000 dollars claiming his stepdaughter Elsie B. Davis was improperly kept by the board and later returned to him while suffering seven years itch. He and his wife contracted the disease and endured losses including missed work and medical bills. Eva A. Austin sues for 200 dollars on similar grounds.
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State Board of Charity
William E. Austin
Holliston
David F. Donnelly
Leontine Lincoln
Charles H. Adams
Laban Pratt
Elsie B. Davis
Eva A. Austin
Austin
Betting Losses Sought Back From Boston Building Trustees
Edwin S. Ross of Somerville sues at East Cambridge clerk seeking reimbursement of about 1816 dollars lost betting with J. A. Condry at 2 State street Boston. He claims the Brazer Building Trust owners 27 State street knew of and consented to the bets and are liable under Chapter 99 of the Revised Laws.
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Edwin S. Ross
Somerville
Clerk of Courts
East Cambridge
J. A. Condry
State Street
Boston
Thomas W. Russell
Moses Williams
Brookline
Arthur H. Russell
Winchester
Brazer Building Trust
Massachusetts
R. S. Higgins
Chandler
Pattee suit seeks 25000 for alienation of affections
Mrs. Alice C Pattee of Reading filed a Middlesex Superior Court suit against Alice Marie Sawin alleging she alienated her husband Herbert W Pattee's affections. Damages of 25000 sought with contempt proceedings for missed 15 weekly support. The case raises questions about Reading property and potential transfers to George Sawin.
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Alice C. Pattee
Herbert W. Pattee
Reading
H. R. Leighton & Co
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Alice Marie Sawin
Boston
MecIntire
Cambridge
Pattee
Washburns in Cambridge court suit over $15,000 claim
Mrs. Margaret Washburn of Everett sues Calvin and Mrs. Mary Washburn in Cambridge court for $15,000 alleging they locked her out of their home and kept her from seeing her husband Walter Washburn. Papers are on file in the clerk of courts office.
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Margaret Washburn
Everett
Cambridge
Calvin
Mary Washburn
Clerk of Courts
Walter Washburn
Pit Cause Ill Health Sues Filed in East Cambridge
The American Hide and Leather Company faces four lawsuits in East Cambridge by Stoneham residents seeking $25,000 total. Plaintiffs Herbert G. Daley, Tielen Daley, Margaret Daley, and Josephine Byron claim the Stoneham factory pit near the works has caused illness due to stagnant water scum and sediment.
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The
American Hide & Leather Company
Clerk of Courts
East Cambridge
Stoneham
Herbert G. Daley
Tielen Daley
Margaret Daley
Josephine Byron
Italian quarryman links Boston plot to local anarchists
An Italian quarry worker in Barre declares he overheard three Italians from Boston discussing destroying the Hoosac Tunnel docks. Police say the local anarchist group meets openly, with delegates from across the country, and claim organized resistance prevents solid evidence.
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Hoosac Tunnel
Ciarlestown
Barre
Boston
Banker's Son Kidnapped Demands 20000 Ransom
Antonio Bozuffi 14, son of Italian banker John Bozuffi of the East Side, was abducted last Sunday after being sent to buy stamps. Police report two ransom letters in Italian demanding $20,000 or the boy would be killed.
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New York
Antonio Bozuffi
John, Bozuffi
Upper East Side
Sixty-third Street
First Avenue
Everett Clergywomen? No Poolroom Veto Fight
Indignant Everett citizens and ministers plan to appeal to Mayor Boynton to veto the aldermen’s pool license approval for George H F Murphy. Leading opponents include Rev J M Shepler Glendale Methodist, Rev W T Sweet First Congregational, and Rev T Richard V Peede Baptist minister.
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Everett
Board of Aldermen
George Hf. Murphy
Boynton
J. M. Shepler
Glendale Methodist Church
W. T. Sweet
First Congregational Church
T. Richard V Peede
Labor Bills Turned Down at State House Hearings
The labor committee rejected both intimidation and picketing bills amid large crowds at the State House hearings. The picketing bill faced dissent from Mahoney Ross Parks and McDermott, while the eight hour bill saw Buttrick and Cummings oppose. The overtime for women and minors will be reported with dissent from Buttrick Cummings Dwight and Gammell. The child labor bill was tabled pending a conference with Governor Guild.
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Legislative Committee On Labor
State House
Mahoney
Hampden
Ross and Parks
Fall River
McDermott
Boston
Buttrick
Worcester
Cummings
Norfolk
Dwight
Springfield
Gammell
West Boylston
Guild
Victory Our Own Typothete Claim Open Shop Win
New York March 6 After a meeting the Typothete issued a statement claiming victory in the printers strike. It says no break in ranks since day one and 40 firms stood fast while the boarding house for printers on West Tenth street was discontinued. Reinstatement applications signal a permanent open shop position.
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New York
Typothete
West Tenth Street
Victory for Organized Labor in Union Disciplinary Case
In a Municipal Court decision Judge Wentworth ruled the Firemen's Union No. 3 was not liable after a 1904 discharge dispute at the Alley branch of the Massachusetts Breweries. The union investigated claims, decided the former fireman was discharged, and the new man was laid off pending inquiry.
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Wentworth
Alley
Massachusetts Breweries
Patrick J. Sheehan
Lawrence Hackett
Timothy Tierney
J. W. Hill
Committee of the Union
Edward F. McClennon
Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter
Edward L. Logan
Strikers Gain as 16 Firms Sign Labor Pact
Four master wagon workers joined the Carriage and Wagon Workers' Union 9 wage agreement yesterday, bringing signed firms to 16 of 65 amid ongoing strikes. Signatories included G. M. M. Farrar of 1185 Tremont St and Charles Eckhoff of Chelsea, with George B. Slugo of the Employers' Association at 88 Broad St acting for closed shop employers.
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Carriage and Wagon Workers
G. M. M. Farrar
Tremont Street
Charles Eckhoff
Pearl Street
Chelsea
George B. Slugo
Employers’ Association
Broad Street
Union Meetings and Elections Across Boston Unions
Boston union activity includes a mass meeting called by Boston Bookbinders' Union 16 for April 30 at Paine Memorial Hall with a planning committee led by William J. Looner and others. Delegates named for the New England district council meeting in Hartford are Duncan MacDonald and colleagues from Boston Electrical Workers' Union 104, as Paine Memorial Hall hosts an annual ball on April 26. Lamplighters' Union 11 945 calls a Thursday night meeting at Kossuth Hall. Chelsea plumbers hear wage proposals from Boston Plumbers' Union 12, seeking a raise from 3 to 3.50 per day. Roundhouse Men’s Assembly 1048, K of L, seeks eight-hour Sundays and holidays, nine on Saturdays, ten on other days, for flue blowers and wipers. Bunker Hill Lodge 634 sets an annual ball for May 5 at Roughan Hall in Charlestown. John R. Alpine completes a successful New England organizing tour for the United Association. Engineers' Assistants and Firemen's Assembly 1628 will meet monthly at 724 Washington Street. Gilders' Union meets tonight at Tremont Street. George E. Pike is elected a delegate to Boston Central Labor Union by Stationary Engineers' Union 263.
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Boston Bookbinders' Union
Paine Memorias Hall
William J. Looner
Frank Callahan
Michael Callahan
L. D. Irving
FB. J. Baker
Duncan MacDonald
Daniel MacDonald
Michael Birmingham
Edward Ellensworth
Boston Electrical Workers’ Union 104
New England District Council
Hartford
Paine Memorial Hall
Lamplighters’ Union
Kossuth Hall
Tremont Street
Boston Plumbers’ Union 12
Chelsea
Roundhouse Men's Assembly
K. of L
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bartlett
Locomotive Power Department
Bunker Hill Lodge
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
John R. Alpine
United Association of Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters
New England
Engineers’ Assistants and Firemen’s Assembly 1628
Washington Street
Gilders’ Union
George E. Pike
Stationary Engineers’ Union
Boston Central Labor Union
Old Colony Street Railway Wins Freight Permit
The railroad commissioners granted the Old Colony Street Railway Company permission to carry baggage freight and express between Brockton Taunton and other towns to Providence. It marks the first decision on multiple petitions by the company.
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Old Colony Street Railway Company
Brockton
Taunton
Providence
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