Commercials Win Championship for Brockton Bowling Club
The Commercial Club of Brockton won the Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League title by sweeping the Calumet Club of Winchester in three straight games. Tower and Kingman led with near 600 series as the home team dominated, while Littlefield of Winchester struggled. A postmatch celebration highlighted the victory.
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Brockton
Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League
Calumet Club
Winchester
Boston Athletic Association
Tower
Kingman
Littlefield Bene
Purrington
McFarland
C. E. Perkins
G. A. Thatcher
Mgr
For. Co
Brewers Claim Right To Discipline And Hours Differences
Boston brewers issue a comprehensive statement disputing unions’ demands and outlining their proposed nine hour workdays in ten hours, the right to discharge at the employer’s discretion, and the elimination of free beer citing police license concerns. They compare wages and argue for harmony and arbitration over strikes.
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Boston
United Brewery Workmen
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Board of Police
Massachusetts
Bureau of Labor
Statement by Brewery Workers unions on discharge rights
The contract committee of the Boston Brewers Association disputes mass layoffs by master brewers and argues workers must have cause and hearing before discharge. It cites heat related injuries, blacklisting, and past unfair dismissals, urging protections against employer will alone.
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Boston Brewers’ Association
Brewery Workers
Snaster
Treasures of Modern Dialect in Fiction and Its Loss
The Century essay argues that banning dialect would erase beloved literary characters like Sam Weller and Mrs Poyser, stripping fiction of its color and humor. It warns that eliminating dialect would extinguish a large measure of literature and mute diverse voices across nations.
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Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
Lover
Lever
Kipling
Andrew. Fairservice
Sam Weller
Pegeoty
Lairey Gamp
Charley Bates
Hosea Biglow
Petroleum V. Nasby
Hans Breitmann
M’'liss
Tom Sawyer
Jules St. Ange
Uncle Remus
Marie Chan
Chimmie Fadden
Mr. Dooley
Cannon's Good Record
Uncle Joe Cannon tells Chairman Lead in the postoffice committee room that he has disposed of all his post offices and has not lost more than 2500 votes, a remark cited by the Brooklyn Eagle about political patronage and Congressional dealings.
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Cannon
Congress
Joe Cannon
Tilmots
Joe
Postoffice Committee
Lead
Mr. Cannon
Tye
Brooklyn Eagle
Lockout in Lowell continues with mill closures and layoffs
Report from Lowell describes ongoing lockout as mills plan to close at noon Saturday and let many operatives go after current orders. Agents dispute official action by the Textile Council and Board of Arbitration, while merchants fear cascading layoffs and economic harm. Weavers in Fitchburg and Blackstone cities consider strike actions pending news from Saranac mills.
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Hall
Lowell
Bernard F. Supple
Textile Council
State Board of Arbitration
Board of Arbitration
Olneyville
Massachusetts
Saranac Mills
Fitchburg
Blackstone
Saranac Weavers Vote To Strike In Rhode Island Mills
Saranac mill workers of the American Woollen Company in Blackstone Rhode Island voted 117 to 90 to strike and immediately left their looms. The walkout follows a two loom system dispute and adds to a growing strike wave across multiple mills including Olneyville Manton Anchor and Puritan mills with over 2700 workers idle.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Saranac Mills
American Woollen Company
Blackstone
Merrill
Saranac
Olneyville
Manton
Providence
National
Weybosset
Riverside Mills
Manton Mills
Borden Starts New Mill in Fall River
M C D Borden began work on No 5 iron works mill in Fall River to house 2 000 spindles and mirror No 4. The project will enlarge the American Printing Company’s cloth output to about 70 000 pieces weekly and add 864 looms to 2 449 more.
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Fall River
M. C. D. Borden
Iron Works
Mr. Borden
William JT. Henry
American Printing Company
Borden
Gypsy Fortunes Readings and Hidden Histories
The piece explains that gypsy fortune telling blends careful observation, memory, and reading of faces, with servants and neighbors gathering facts from locals. It argues that generalities fit many lives and that only past events that occur are recalled, per Leslie's Monthly.
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Leslie’s Monthly
Portrait of Mrs Arnold and Son Displayed in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Historical Society hangs a portrait of Benedict Arnold's wife and child. Mrs Arnold followed her husband to England. their son rose to lieutenant general and four of her descendants served in the British army.
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Benedict Arnold
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Nurse Preble 10 Push Case Reveals Hospital Dispute
Caroline C. Preble a Newton Centre nurse says Melrose Hospital Training School discharged her for defying a matron by failing to leave a dying patient. She sought a hearing and diploma, but claims lack of credentials has hurt her job prospects. hospital officials defend the matron’s actions.
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Preble
Melrose Hospital
Winchester
E. D. Bangs
Boston Stock Exchange
G. N. P. Mead
Benjamin S. Church
W. N. Conant
St Michael's Church Charleston A 250 Year Loyal Edifice
The article recalls St Michael's on Legare Street as the Southern Fifth Avenue of Charleston, with 10th generation occupants and a historic pew and vault. It notes the church’s endurance through bombardments fires and an earthquake, highlighting colonial builders and the corner stone laid by Sir Francis Nicholson, then Governor of South Carolina, with a later celebratory feast at Mr Gordon's and a detailed bill showing Dinner 20 pounds and drinks 41 pounds 5 shillings.
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Legare Street
Fifth Avenue
St. Michael's
Trinity Church of
Nashe
Sir Francis Nicholson
South Carolina
St.Michael’s
Marblehead
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TOWOT
Crocker
Thatcher
Richardson
Master Brewers
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Toll Gates of Trade
Standard Oil Co
Regal
Regals
Regal Shoe
Paris
London
New York
Summer ST
Saranac Weavers Strike
Arnold
Michael
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