Women gain higher pay in advanced fields says professor
Professor Earl Barnes of Philadelphia told nearly 1000 Business Women's Club members at Ford Hall that women now earn about twice as much as men for the same service in higher fields of work though overall still not equal to men. He noted that twenty years ago a woman faced more occupation barriers and that many girls still choose lighter paths.
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Earl Barnes
Philadelphia
Business Women’s Club
Ford Hall
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Olive Schreiner
United States
Economic independence and equality of opportunity for women
A speaker argues that true progress is economic equality of opportunity, not mere independence. He criticizes wage gaps and constraints on women in law, teaching, and trade, denouncing protective laws that limit female labor while urging a society where women receive fair pay for work and economic self respect.
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Oldest School Master Dead Guilford Snow Newcomb 92
Guilford Snow Newcomb age 92 former Brighton High School principal 1855 6 dies buried this afternoon at 2 with Congregational Church services Westboro Born Warren Missouri Bowdoin College 1848 taught in New Bedford 1849 then Brighton 1855 6 later West Newton tenure included years of service as educator in Massachusetts
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Guilford Snow Newcomb
Brighton High School
Congregational Church
Westboro
Mr. Newcomb
Warren
Bowdoin College
New Bedford
West Newton
Can They Win Alone Doan's Kidney Pills Featured
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as kidney allies against uric acid and disease. Cambridge case Edward G. Cook, a grocery operator, credits relief to two boxes, while labor testimony from boiler room workers and engineers discusses long shifts, rest periods, and wage disputes amid arbitration.
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Bright
Doan
Cambridge
Edward G. Cookran
Concord Ave
Dean
Firemen Seek Higher Wages at Bay State Power Stations
Local arbitration board hears testimony on boosting pay for Bay State railroad power plant workers. Chief Engineer O A Peterson notes comfort of boiler rooms in summer and warmth in winter while managers endorse higher wages citing increased efficiency and living costs. Witnesses from Quincy Lowell Chelsea and Lynn push for raises based on experience and output.
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Public Service Commission
Boston Post
Boston & Maine Railroad
Burnham
Albin Leithead
Haverhill
Bay State Street Railway
Board of Arbitration
Bay State
O. A. Peterson
Salem
L. W. Prentiss
Quincy
Thomas Bracken
Lowell
Dennis J. Lynch
Chelsea
Leslie H. Brown
Lynn
Massachusetts towns ordered to build TB dispensaries
Dr. Mc Laughlin, state health commissioner, serves notice to 30 Massachusetts cities and towns with 10 000 plus population to establish tuberculosis dispensaries by July 1 under state law. Dispensaries require two rooms and staff including a physician and nurse, open one hour daily and one hour in the evening weekly, or face court action.
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Massachusetts
McLaughlin
State Commissioner of Health
State Board of Health
Public Health Council
Fire Victims Buried From Lexington Church
Funerals were held for Patrick and Michael Costello who died from a home fire on Woburn street Lexington. The high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. George A. Costello at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery Woburn.
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Patrick
Michael Costello
Woburn Street
Lexington
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
George A. Costello
Calvary Cemetery
Woburn
Man Denies Murder Suspect Identity in Chicago Case
Rafaelo Martello, 31, long in Hubbard Ohio, arrived in the city in custody of Inspectors Waite and Linton from Chicago. He denied being the man wanted for murder and claimed to be Joe Cavalaro. Chicago identification tied him to the murder of John Francisco on December 8, 1913 on River Street Hyde Park.
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Rafaelo Martello
Hubbard
Silas Waite
Linton
Chicago
Martello
Joe Cavalaro
John Francisco
River Street
Hyde Park
Split in Council Over City Hospital Injury Payment
A Good Government majority split as the City Council passed an order for 2500 to Joseph Plume for injuries alleged to stem from negligence at City Hospital. Party lines showed the division during the vote.
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Joseph Plume
Council split aids pay to Plume amid hospital injury claim
Councillors McDonald Ballantyne Watson and Woods voted for paying Plume, first split of Good Government forces the mayor must approve. Plume allegedly burned in hospital by hot water heater placed in his bed. A separate $1500 damages order for Bellafatto injuries after a sidewalk collision with Fire Chief Madison’s auto was passed following mayoral reduction from $2500.
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McDonald
Ballantyne
Watson
Woods
Plume
Coulthurst
Antonio Bellafatto
Madison
Lieut Reardon Wins Captaincy of Police
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara announces promotions and transfers in a general order. Lieut Charles T Reardon moves to captain at Fields Corner Dorchester. Sgt Charles B McCloskey becomes lieutenant at Charlestown. Lt Henry F Barry transfers to Hanover Street. Four patrolmen relocate and twenty new officers are appointed.
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Stephen O’meara
Charles T. Reardon
Hanover Street
North End
Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Charles B. McCloskey
Dedham Street
Charlestown
Henry F. Barry
Reardon
Michael
H. Crowley
Joseph M. Holleran
William P. Hayes
Carl Swenson
Charles J. Hennessy
John T. Cashin
Seaman Gustave Preabock Injured By Train Collision
Gustave Preabock, 42, a seaman aboard the barge Bismark, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital with a probable skull fracture after being struck by a train near drawbridge 2 outside North station. He was walking along the tracks toward the North station when struck by an outbound train yesterday evening.
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Gustave Preabock
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