11 000 Workers Strike Halts Eight Mills in City
At Pacifico Mills four thousand workers walked out after a 20 percent wage cut. Bleachery and other departments shut, while 160 employees were sent home. Despite large crowds, no violence occurred and many strikers attended a rally led by Francis J. Gorman and John J. Dean. The strike aims to close Pacific Mills and compounds rent-driven hardship for operatives.
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Pacifico
Appleton Street
Appleton
Methuen
Essex
Broadway
United Textile Workers of America
North Common
Francis J. Gorman
Providence
John J. Dean
Textile Workers of America
Gorman
Pacific Mills
Everett Mills
Acadia Mills
Monomac Mills
Pemberton Mill
Methuen Company
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lillian Smith
Miss Smith
Lawrence
Ben Legere
One Big
Dean
United Textile
Cmbine
McMahon
The Real Secret of Making Money Hidden Mind Power
A vintage promo describes a hidden mental power that fuels wealth. It cites Carnegie and Rockefeller as examples who lacked formal degrees but possessed a superior faculty of the mind. It urges readers to read the April issue of the National Pictorial Monthly for the revealing article.
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Carnegie
Rockfeller
National Pictorial Monthly
Bernarr MacFedden
How to Get Cash for Your Big Idea
Glenn L. Martin inventor of the Martin Bomber shows how he secured capital for his invention. The piece advocates funding strategies for ambitious ideas and profiles Square Deal Miller of Detroit who built wealth through enterprise.Reads like a motivational feature urging invention finance.
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Prince of Jewels
Square Deal Miller
Detroit
Glenn L. Martin
McMahon to Direct Strikes from Lawrence
Textile strike headquarters for New England will be at Lawrence Mass. President Thomas F. McMahon announced he would go to Lawrence to direct strike activities in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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Manchester
N. H
New England
United Textile Workers
Lawrence
Mass
Thomas F. McMahon
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Tanlac Restores Boston Carpenter After Long Stomach Ailment
H C Edwards of 5 Parnell St Boston recounts six years of stomach trouble and fatigue. After taking Tanlac he reports eating normally, sleeping well, and feeling stronger and healthier. Tanlac is distributed by International Proprietaries Inc and sold by Boston druggists.
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H. C. Edwards
Parnell St
Boston
Tanlac
International Proprietaries, Inc
Good Druggists
Mind Reader Wilbur Skips Town After Court
Wilbur Nickerson, a self described mind reader from Provincetown, is challenged by Officer Crowley in Scollay Square. In seven minutes he returns to Central Court and wins his case, leaving authorities unable to pin him down.
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Central Court
Wilbur Nickerson
Provincetown
Wilbur
College of Hard Knocks
Crowley
Scollay Square
Wilbur’s Psychology Trial and Probation Plan
Wilbur, judged at Central Court for behavioral disturbances, was sent to Psycho Observation for evaluation. He discussed distinguishing mind from brute behavior and claimed insight into functional reasoning. Judge Sullivan offered employment prospects and probation placement, noting Wilbur’s oddly childlike view of work and promising to arrange a real job.
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Wilbur
Central Court
Evith
O. K
Sullivan
Dartmouth Street
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Norman Baird
Miller
W.L. George
Jean Rowell
Arthur H. Stevens
Edwin F. Bowers
Howard Thurston
Spirit Med Mreuwry
Manfred Daniels
J. F. O’ryan
Pemceae
Geraldine Farrer
John Coryell
Fulton Oursler
George F. Kearney
Arthur H. Howland
Natictional
M. J. Reiser
Court Sq
Boston, Mass
Taniac
Bayvef
Bayer
Court
Him O. K
Philadelphia
New York
Ralston
Psycho
Gingham
Tremont St
Allen A
Allen
Black Cat
Allen A. Company
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Essex Street
The
Allen A Company
Cooper's
Bennington
Allen A Summerwear
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