Deafness Cured by Hidden Ear Drum Invention
A Louisville inventor George H. Wilson claims a small ear device cures deafness without visible apparatus. The Wilson Common Sense Ear Drum supposedly works regardless of damaged ear drums and fits all ages. Free 190 page book and letters from users worldwide accompany the offer.
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Louisville
George H. Wilson
Wilson
United States
Canada
Mexico
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
India
Wilson Earle Co
Todd Building
British win first game in chess match at coast
Rice of Harvard wins as Sewall of Columbia and Bateman of Cambridge duel in a King’s Gambit declined opening. Richardson, last surviving draw, remains calm as he studies the board and claims an uphill battle has become even.
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Board
Sewall
Columbia
Bateman
Cambridge
Lasker
Richardson
Bridgman
Harvard
Brown
Chess match reports with Sawin and Richardson games
At Board 3 Sawin of Yale resigns after a sequence from Davidson of Oxford, missteps on moves 16 and 19. Richardson of Princeton leads at Board 4 with a complex king side castle sequence. Board 5 sees Keeler and Bumpus in a near equal struggle with Keeler predicting a draw.
Cuticura Emollients Promoted For Skin Relief
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as the supreme skin cure for infants children and adults. Claims rapid relief soothing baths and medical support with Pills for severe cases. Includes match report and chess notation unrelated to products.
Journeymen Bakers Threaten 1 400 Strike If Demands Not Met
Fourteen hundred bakers threaten a May 1 walkout after four failed negotiation rounds at Eliot Street. The union seeks recognition, a 60 hour week with limits, min wages of 14 to 18 dollars, one helper per five workers, and Sunday work only as needed. State arbitration has grown in use this year with 31 cases resolved so far.
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Eliot Street
International Union of Bakers and Confectioners of America
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Massachusetts
State Board
Labor disputes surge across Boston area with wage and hour demands
Record shows a wave of labor actions with barbers planning a Milford convention for April 12 13 to push earlier closing, unions seeking nine hour days and higher wages across carpenters shipbuilders and other crafts, and wage schedules targeted for May 1 as the main action window. Major groups include barbers blacksmiths machinists longshoremen and street railway workers with negotiations underway and multiple towns cited.
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Boston
Milford
Peabody
State Council
Roxbury
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Northern
Old Colony Street Railway
Boston stevedores and agents push plan for union talks
Delegates from five Greater Boston longshoremen unions and agents of East Boston Charlestown and South Boston steamship companies met at the Chamber of Commerce seeking an amicable settlement. They drafted resolutions to refer the entire matter to the unions with one delegate from each side to meet on April 15, with full power to act. unions to act on the resolution Sunday.
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East Boston
Charlestown
South Boston
Greater Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Fall River Trolley Men Solid Against Strike
Fall River March 27 local Old Colony street railway division balloted on five questions from a Boston convention urging flat wages and union recognition. Of 187 ballots cast from 225 members those voting favored the company’s sliding scale. President T Coughlin said ballots from two unions arrived tonight and others expected next week.
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Fall River
Old Colony Street Railway
Boston
T. Coughlin
Massachusetts Electric Companies
Brockton Men to Oppose Shoemaking School Plan
At a Cutters' Union meeting in Brockton on March 27, Joseph B. Doyle and Charles T. Laird reported unfavorably on Rep George H. Garfield's order to amend the textile school law to allow shoemaking schools. They will attend the next legislative hearing and oppose the measure, arguing such schools increase the number of shoe operatives as seen in the New Bedford Textile School.
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Brockton
Cutters’ Union
Joseph B. Doyle
Charles T. Laird
George H. Garfield
New Bedford
Pawtucket Labor Men Parade and Mass Meeting
The Central Trades and Labor unions of Pawtucket and Central Falls in Rhode Island led a large parade and mass meeting to oppose labor issues. Speakers included Frank J. Foster, Frank Duffy, James Tapsy, and John F. McCann representing regional and national labor groups.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Central Trades and Labor Unions
Central Falls
Frank J. Foster
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor
Frank Duffy
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners’ Union of Indianapolis
James Tapsy
Fall River
United Textile Workers of America
John F. McCann
Central Trades and Labor Union
British players named for Newnes trophy cable match
London announces the Great Britain team for the inter national cable chess match with the United States to be held April 3 and 4. Players include G. E. H. Bellingham J. R. Blackburne Amos Burn W. H. Gunston Herbert Jacobs T. F. Lawrence R. P. Mitchell D. Y. Mills and W. H. Trenchard. Pillsbury and Marshall join the American team while Burn will play in the U S. Three games will be played starting at 3 p m on April 3.
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London
Great Britain
United States
G. E. H. Bellingham
J. R. Blackburne
Amos Burn
W. H. Gunston
Herbert Jacobs
T. F. Lawrence
R. P. Mitchell
D. Y. Mills
W. H. Trenchard
Pillsbury and
Marshall
Wide Irish Land Bill outlined with broad powers
London March 27 The Irish land purchase bill introduced by Mr Wyndham covers 39 pages of parliamentary paper and expands landlord tenant powers. It allows arrears to be recovered by the Land Commission, enables improvement works on untenanted estates, declares sub tenants as tenants, vests fishing sporting and mineral rights, and prioritizes purchase of bankrupt estates for resettlement and evictions relief.
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London
House of Commons
Wyndham
Killarney
Conservatives Hold Chertsey Seat In By Election
Unionists retain the Chertsey division of Surrey in a by election to fill the late H C Leigh Bennetts seat. J A Fyler defeated H H Longman by 4180 votes in a campaign noted for motor car involvement. The piece also discusses Irish land reform and potential paths to peasant protection and national development.
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London
Chertsey
Surrey
H. C. Leigh-Bennett
J. A. Fyler
H. H. Longman
Balfour
Lord Rothschild
Ten Thousand More to Ireland from Irish League
John O'Callaghan secretary of the United Irish League said $10,000 more was sent to Ireland, bringing the total forwarded since December to $40,000. The aid emphasis remains on charitable support for Irish relief efforts.
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John O'Callaghan
Tnited Irish League
Ireland
Change in Ireland Sparks National Revival and Cooperative Movements
In a Dublin speech Sir Anthony MacDonnell notes a revived Irish spirit after years of hardship. The piece highlights renewed interest in language, arts, and traditions, plus a surge in cooperative enterprises under Horace Plunkett to improve living and keep people in Ireland amid political divisions and evolving reforms.
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United Kingdom
Mr. Wyndham
Ireland
Michael Davitt
Anthony MacDonnell
Dublin
United States
Canada
Henry W. Nevinson
Master Builders’ Association
Sir Anthony MacDonnell
Parnell
Gavan Duffy
Liberal Party
Horace Plunkett
Gladstone
Mr. Balfour
England
Shane-Taylor
The Prophet at the Boston Theatre by Metropolitan Opera
Meyerbeers The Prophet presented by the Metropolitan Opera Company at the Boston Theatre last night. The work, once popular in Paris in the 1840s, remains a curiosity next to the more enduring The Huguenots. Mme Schumann Heink stood out as Fides mother of John, delivering a vivid performance alongside Alvarez as John of Leyden. De Reszke Bars and De Reszke also brought strong Anabaptist support, while the plot and music drew mixed reactions.
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Meyerbeer
the Prophet
Boston
Metropolitan Opera Company
Prophet
John of Leyden
Berlioz
Wagner
Bizet
Tschaikowsky
Robert the Devil
L’africaine
Alvarez
John of
Marilly
Berta
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Fides
John
Zacharias
Jonas
Mathison
Messrs
de Reszke
Bars
Banishing Spring Headache with Paine's Celery Compound
Advertises Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for nervous and bilious headaches. Claims to banish root causes by improving nerve force, blood, liver function, and digestion. Includes testimonials from Mrs. Darley of Franklin J and Mrs. Benjamin Perry of North Aurelius Mich praising life improvements.
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Paine
Darley
Franklin
Aine
Benjamin Perry
North Aurelus
Mich
Opera Review Praises Cast and Chorus of Winter Scene
The performance earned admiring notes for Mr Journet as Count Gberthal and solid acting by minor parts. The chorus and scenery were praised though the ballet felt out of place. Mr Flon conducted well. a fair audience applauded and curtain calls occurred. Tonight features Puccini La Boheme and Wagner Die Walkure.
Mary Thaw sets April 27 Pittsburg wedding for Earl of Yarmouth
Mrs. Mary Thaw announced a $100000 a year settlement for Miss Alice Thaw and the Earl of Yarmouth. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford will attend. The couple will wed in Pittsburgh on April 27 after previous June 2 date was vetoed by the Hertfords.
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Washington
Mary Thaw
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Pittsburg
Marquis
Marchioness of Hertford
Hertfords
Eight Hour Day Victory for Sign Painters
A union committee and master sign makers met at C. H. Buck & Co. to discuss work hours. After a cordial dialogue the group unanimously decided that after April 1 sign painters will have an eight hour day with no pay reduction.
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C. H. Buck & Co
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