Commercials Win Championship in Massachusetts Bowling League
The Commercial Club of Brockton defeated Calumet Club of Winchester in three straight games to clinch the Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League title. The win came as the season’s deciding match, with the home team posting strong scores with several strings over 900 and Tower and Kingman near 600. G. S. Littlefield struggled, while Purrington and McFarland contributed solid second-ball work.
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Brockton
Massachusetts Amateur
Calumet Club
Winchester
Boston Athletic Association
Tower
Kingman
Littlefield
Purrington
McFarland
Master Brewers Declares Position in Boston Dispute
The Boston brewery proprietors and unions clash over hours and wages. Proposals include nine hours in ten, or eight hours in nine with a dinner break, and discharge rights. The proprietors argue for employer discretion and oppose free beer. They cite arbitration and compare wages with other trades, asserting unions press excessive demands.
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Boston
United Brewery
Alge
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Battle Over Discharges Between Boston Brewers and Unions
A statement by the contract committee of Boston Brewers Association and Brewery Workers Unions Nos. 14 and 29 argues master brewers seek to break unions, oppose arbitrary firing, demand just cause, and recounts cases of unfair discharge, blacklisting, and wage and hour concessions amid a push for union protection and hearing rights.
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Boston Brewers’ Association
Brewery Workers’ Unions
Brewery Workers
Treasures of Modern Dialect in Classic Works
Century argues that dialect enriches English fiction by preserving the voices of Scots Cockneys Irish and regional characters. Abolishing dialect would erase much of literature’s variety and color, depriving readers of distinctive styles and social satire across nations.
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Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
Lover
Lever
Kipling
Andrew. Fairservice
Sam Weller
Peggoty
Bairey Gamp
Charley Bates
Hosea Iglow
Petroleum V. Nasby
Hans Rbreitmann
M'lies
Tom Sawyer
Jules St.Ange
Uncle Remus
Marie Chan
Chimmie Fadden
Mr. Dooley
Cannon's Good Record On Post Office Patronage
Brooklyn Eagle notes the difficulty of distributing post office patronage without political disruption. It quotes Joseph Cannon of Illinois saying he has largely finished his post offices work with minimal political fallout, claiming to have not lost more than 2500 votes.
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Standard Oil Co
Regal Shoe
Regal
Paris
London
New York
Cannon
Congress
Joe Cannon
Illinois
Joe
Postoffice Committee
House
Mr. Cannon
Pye
Brooklyn Eagle
Lockout in Lowell continues as mills plan noon Saturday closing
Reported discussions among mill agents reveal reluctance to concede to Textile Council demands. Some operatives may be dismissed tonight while mills refrain from taking new orders. merchants fear economic harm and urge compromise to avoid a citywide strike. Fitchburg and Saranac mills show parallel actions among local weavers.
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Hall
Lowell
Textile Council
State Board of Arbitration
Board of Arbitration
Saranac Weavers Strike At Blackstone Mills
The Saranac mills of the American Woollen Company in Blackstone voted 117 to strike and left their looms. A morning conference with Superintendent Merrill failed to resolve the two loom issue. The total number of strikers grows to over 2700 across multiple Rhode Island mills, signaling a broad labor action.
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Olneyville
Massachusetts
Saranac Mills
Titehbu
Fitchburg
Blackstone
Woonbocket
American Woollen Company
Merrill
Saranac Weavers
Manton
Providence
National
Weybosset
Riverside Mills
Manton Mills
Borden Starts New Mill in Fall River
March 27. M C D Borden began work on a new No 6 iron works mill in Fall River to be a duplicate of No 4. The plant will house 82 000 spindles, expand cloth output, and connect with the existing mills. Borden plans further acquisitions including Anawan and Metacomet mills and the Fall River Machine Company property.
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Fall River
M. C. D. Borden
Iron Works
Mr. Borden
William le Henry
Gypsy Fortunes Read by Observation and Memory
A Lesile's Monthly excerpt explains how Romany fortune tellers gather life histories from neighbors and servants, using keen observation and familiar generalities. They memorize useful details and emphasize that only what comes to pass is remembered.
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Lesile
Portrait of Benedict Arnold Family Displayed in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Historical Society has hung a portrait of Benedict Arnold’s wife and child. Mrs Arnold went with her husband to England, and their son rose to lieutenant-general. Four of her descendants serve in the British army.
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Benedict Arnold
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Nurse Preble Push Case At Melrose Hospital
Newton Centre nurse Caroline C. Preble discharged from Melrose Hospital Training School on September 23, 1900 for alleged insubordination says she refused to leave a dying patient to answer a summons. She seeks a hearing and diploma, claims loss of credentials hampers job prospects. hospital officials defend matron Des Brisay's actions.
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Newton
Caroline C. Preble
Newton Centre
Preble
Melrose Hospital
Winchester
E. D. Bangs
Boston Stock Exchange
G. N. P. Mead
Benjamin S. Church
W. N. Conant
Pre
Des Brisay
George S. Morse
Melrose Hospital Association
Michael’s Legare Street Saints Sturdy Past of Trinity Church
An account of Michael’s Legare Street in Charleston home to families in a tenth generation and the storied pews of Trinity Church. It recalls a 250 year old edifice withstood bombardments fires and an earthquake and urges a Sunday visit to witness the legacy of builders. A corner stone laid by Sir Francis Nicholson marked the name St Michael’s and the ceremony followed by society entertainment and a costly feast.
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Legare Street
Fifth Avenue
8&T. Michael's
Trinity Church of Charleston
Francia Nicholson
South Carolina
Pitcheel
Marblehead
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G. A. Thatcher
Crocker
G. Ss. Tittlefield Tee Eer Eee
Coveleaee
Master Brewers
Board of Police
Bureau of Labor
The
Toll Gates of Trade
Summer ST
Saranac Weavers Strike
Borden
Arnold
Michael
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