Romance of the Footlights United Two Loving Hearts
Rita W. Harlan of Boston married William A. Brummell of Waltham in Worcester by Rev. Dr. W. E. Tomlinson. She acts with Ye Olde Colonie stock company. he is an actor. The couple plan a time away but will visit the preacher later.
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Worcester
Rita W. Harlan
Boston
W. E. Tomlinson
William A. Brummell
Waltham
Footlights
Harlan
Ye Olde Colonie’ Stock Company
May Day trade unions avoid strike as wage deals secured
Most unions have secured employer signatures on 1908-9 wage and working rules pacts, with only a few Hebrew bakers seeking action. No widespread May Day walkout is planned as changes are finalized.
Lowest Bidder Gets City Job
Mayor Hibbard endorsed open shop policy and refused to sign a heating and ventilating contract for the Consumptives Hospital in Mattapan. The Pierce & Cox bid of 22,990 beat Cleghorn's 23,625, but trustees’ award was reversed amid claims of discrimination by Pierce & Cox's lawyers.
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Hibbard
Mattapan
Cleghorn Company
Pierce & Cox
Board of Hospital Trustees
Mayor's Friends Victory In Council Voting Row
Republican members of the Common Council led by Councilman Crocker defeated an order to create a committee to probe discharges reinstatements and suspensions by Mayor Hibbard. A separate measure to reinstate all discharged city workers earning under 2 25 a day was approved.
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Common Council
Crocker
Ward 11
Goodwin
Ward 1
Hibbard
Lill
Ward 8
Martin Lomasney
Kenney
Ward 18
Diapepsin Digestive Aid for Stomach Trouble
Pape's Diapepsin offers fast relief for indigestion and sour stomach. A few 22 grain triangules digest all foods, cleanse stomach and intestines, and stop fermentation in about five minutes. Available from pharmacies for fifty cents with full instructions.
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Pape
Boston men build airship The Peacemaker
L M Francis and Edward W McGregor of Boston built the airship The Peacemaker in a South End room. It measures 70 feet long with four rotary propellers and bicycle wheels for ground use. First trial planned at Huntington Avenue ball grounds next Sunday with exhibitions Monday and Tuesday. speed up to 35 mph anticipated and hydrogen filling to complete by Sunday.
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L. M. Francis
Edward W. McGregor
American League
Huntington Avenue
Rollins Street
South End
McGregor
Albany Street
Francis
May Day Passes With No Strike Threats As Wage Hikes Announced
May Day arrives free of major strike threats as unions and employers reach a wage settlement. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and Housesmiths Union No. 9 raises pay for about 300 members from today, adding 50 cents per hour for structural and bridge workers and 38 cents for helpers and apprentices. The daily gains translate to 40 cents for bridge and structural workers, 64 cents for housesmiths, and 32 cents for helpers and apprentices.
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Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and Housesmiths’ Union No. 9
Winchendon Prepares for No License Day Again
Winchendon will be on the no license list starting tomorrow amid a year with five saloons in town. Neighbors report no towns nearby have licenses.
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Winchendon
No Settlement Made on B and M Wage Question
President Tuttle says the Boston and Maine wage reduction remains unsettled and unlikely to be adjusted before July first. He describes a prior 5 percent voluntary cut proposal backed by employees, delays in response, and a plan to drop the matter until conditions improve by July. The conference was intended as confidential.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Tuttle
Former Boston almshouse head ends tenure at Long Island
Superintendent James English of the Boston almshouse on Long Island leaves his post after two months of vacation pay and a clean health bill from the Board of Pauper Trustees. He criticizes board interference and politics in care of the institution as Dr. Charles Donlan assumes office.
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Jim” English
James English
Boston Almshouse
Long Island
Hibbard
Charles Donlan
Post
English
Island
Finance Commission
Charges Against Officer Lin ton and Yee Wah in Chinatown Case
The bill of exceptions filed by lawyers for nine Chinese men convicted of first degree murder alleges officer Lin ton and assistant Yee Wah tried to bolster the government's case. It cites a bribery attempt to influence witnesses and contends most witnesses were biased against Hep Sing Tong Society. Judges Brown and Pierce will rule on the exceptions, with appeals possible to the Supreme Court.
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Linton
Yee Wah
Wah
Chinatown
Linton and
Warry Charles
Yee Wat
Leong Gong
Wong Duck
Joe Gueh
Hep Sing Tong Society
Harvey Pratt
Charles Bartlett
Brown and
Pierce
Superior Court
Supreme Court
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Derd
Grays
Henry Siegel Co
Romance OF the
Two Loving Hearts
Rita W. Harlan-Brummell
Henry Siegel, Co
Guimpe
Bertha
Finglish
Madras
Anderson Ginghams Silk
Mayor's
Victors
Ball Grounds
Long Island Almshouse
Danderine
Miss Carroll
Knowlton
Knowlton Danderine CO
Chicago
Sghenck
Schenck
Houghton & Dutton CO
Tremont and
Beacon Sts
Markell
Tremont St
Park St
Chelsea
Woodward's
Lewis & Co
Washington St
Portland St
Wm. H. Knight
Court St
Sawyer & Co
Cor. Hollis
Klein's Pharmacy
Washington and Essex Sts
Cor. Boylston
Choate Drug and Chemical Co
Bowdoin Sq
FE. Woodward Co
W. B. Hunt & Co
Cambridge
Malden
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Macdonough
Washinton
Mass
Bryan’s
Bryan
Jaynes Drug Co
Lewh & Co
W. B. Hunt Co
Bryan's Drug House
Rochester
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