Cambridge police weigh murder theory in Bresnahan death
Cambridge police study a family supported theory that Dennis Bresnahan died by drowning after leaving home to join the Railroad Trackmen's Union. Medical Examiner Swan saw the body and found no violence signs, noting decomposition and possible fall overboard near North Station after crossing the Dizzy Bridge.
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Cambridge
Dennis Bresnahan
Charles River
Young Bresnahan
Swan
Littlefield
Bresnahan
Boston & Maine
Prison Point
Boston
North Station
Weither
Seligman alimony raised to forty dollars a week
In Suffolk County Court Judge Fessenden increased Zipporah Seligman’s alimony from 25 to 40 dollars weekly in the divorce case Zipporah Seligman versus Joseph Seligman. The husband testified to limited cash on hand despite investments in the Spiers Hat Company and a patent venture, while Mrs. Seligman, a manufacturer's agent, argued higher support is needed to educate and maintain the three children.
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Seligman
Suffolk County Court
Fessenden
Zipporah Seligman
Joseph Seligman
Miss Spiers
Spiers Company
Freemantle Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
Charles W. Bartlett
Zipporiah Seligman
Suffolk County
Want stores closed by 10 p m Saturday
The Church Alliance for the Advancement of Labor plans a plan this week to close all Boston stores by 10 p m Saturday. The delegation includes Dean Hodges, Rev Dr Kimball, and Messrs Winslow and Esdaile. They pursue a humanitarian aim to shorten women's Saturday work hours in stores and mobilize public opinion. Affected cantants were obligated and $90 was donated to sick members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Alliance For the Advancement of Labor
Boston
Dean Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Dr. Kimball
St. Stephen’s Church
Florence Street
C. A. Winslow
James N. Esdaile
Sheet Metal Union Workes Hope for Eight Hour Day
Sheet Metal workers hear that Alger McFarland signed the eight hour day agreement and Bradley & Chapman may follow. Current wage sits at 2.75 for eight hours while nine hours is the prevailing day. The new contract sets 3 for eight hours. Initiation fee drops from 25 to 5 for two weeks. One hundred and fifty members? (text uncertain) voted to back striking bakers.
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Union 17
Frank Faulkner
Alger McFarland
Bradley & Chapman
B. M. Freight Handlers Move to Larger Quarters
Boston & Maine Railroad Freight Handlers' Assembly 5572, K. of L., will meet at Schwartz hall 25 Levérett street West End on the second and fourth Sundays each month due to rising membership. Ten appli-
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Assembly 5572
K. of L
Schwartz Hall
Levérett Street
West End
Appli
Officer Beaten at East Boston Dance
Reserve Officer Sweeney of Police Station 7 was attempting to arrest a man for drunkenness at a Lyceum Hall dance on Sumner Street when he was attacked. He was knocked down and beaten, and both John Coakley and a man identified as Edward Curry fled before help could arrive.
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Sweeney
East Boston
Lyceum Hall
Sumner Street
John Coakley
Edward Curry
Pen Charged With Larceny Of Apparel In Loomis Case
A man was arrested last night and charged with larceny of wearing apparel from James J Shorty and wife William Le Sure of 1 Harrison Avenue. Police recovered two coats one pair of trousers one pair of shoes three suits of men s and three of women s underwear three wrappers and a skirt valued at 16.50.
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James J. Shorty
William le Sure
Harrison Avenue
Lagrange Street
Mosquito Club Dance Tonight in Bloomfield Hall
Dorchester hosts the Camp Mosquito Club annual dance this evening in Bloomfield Hall. Floor director Arthur Kenney oversees the event with assistance from George Zoiti and C Willard Stevenson as the jolly summer vacation crowd fills the hall.
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Bloomfield Hall
Dorchester
Arthur Kenney
Kenney
George Zoiti
C. Willard Stevenson
Belgian cigarmaker Victor Huymens buried by Boston union
Victor Huymens a Belgian cigarmaker was buried yesterday at the expense of Boston Cigarmakers Union 97. He died at City Hospital carrying a Belgium trade union card and had no relatives in the United States. The Boston local voted to defray his funeral expenses and sent President William Cullen, Vice President Hugh J. Colgan and Michael Parks as escort to the cemetery.
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Victor Huymens
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Boston
William Cullen
Hugh J. Colgan
Michael Parks
Boston unions hold mass meeting and new lectures
Non union engineers in Boston invited to mass meeting at Engineers Hall on Washington Street with Professor Abrahams speaking on Pumps. Several unions report recent activities including charity resolutions, delegates to Ottawa, strike benefits, and efforts to buy only union labeled goods.
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Boston
Boston Stationary Engineers’ Union
Abrahams
Engineers’ Hall
Washington Street
Plate Printers’ Union
J. P. Higgins
J.R. Holland
Ottawa
Caremakers
AngusDonald
Boston Stablemen's Union
Bakers
Cooks’ Union
Eliot Street
John Lampert
Peter Giberin
John O. Kernall
Boston Stationary Firemen’s Union
Hallett
United Garment Workers’ Union
Young Woman Rescued From Jump Into Charles River
A young woman living at Catherine O’Leary Roxbury was found by Officer McArthur ready to jump from West Boston bridge into the Charles River shortly after 10 pm. She was taken to Station 1 and refused to provide further details about herself.
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Catherine O’leary
Roxbury
McArthur
Charles River
West Boston Bridge
Station 1
Machinery Replaces Striking Bakers In Big Allegheny Mills
Master bakers announced new mixing and kneading machinery will replace many striking workers. Eight large machines ordered, first to run next Friday. machines in use elsewhere reduce labor needs and allow unskilled operation. Debate over hiring women paused for further discussion while some old employees may be rehired. Bread surplus noted with 200 loaves sent to Worcester charity.
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Middle West
Committee On Statistics
South
Shepard
Worcester
Somerville
Pickets Impose Fallout in Master Bakers Strike
Master bakers meeting at the Board of Trade condemned the new picketing system used during the Boston strike. They cited 125 nonunion bakers driven out of town and described impostors using the scheme. One New York drummer allegedly used a free ticket home and charged expenses to the firm after borrowing clothes from a janitor.
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Board of Trade
Boston
New York
Carlotta Lima Immigrant Sent to Danvers Asylum
Carlotta Santos Lima a 24 year old Portuguese immigrant from the Azores spent a night in a padded cell at Danvers Insane Asylum after landing in Providence on the schooner Sarah E. Lee with others allegedly brought here illegally. Police inspectors then kept her from jumping from the train to Boston, and she was moved to the House of Detention as her case was reviewed. Doctors later examined her and indicated the state institution would likely be her permanent home.
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Carlotta Santos Lima
Azores
Danvers Insane Asylum
Providence
Sarah E. Lee
Boston
Carlotta
Danvers Asylum
Michigan Mayor Praises Peruna Medicine Co
Hon Nelson Rice mayor of St Joseph Michigan writes praising Peruna as a reliable tonic for worn out systems and catarrhal difficulties. He notes many grateful patients in the county who have used Peruna and been cured, offering his heartiest good wishes.
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Nelson Rice
St. Joseph
Michigan
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
St. Joseph, Mich
Peruna
British Veterans Receive Portrait of Queen Victoria
At the British Naval and Military Veterans meeting at Park Square last evening Commander W F Grant presided. Colonel Courtenay reported Captain Hawkins died in Kansas and presented a portrait of Queen Victoria owned by Hawkins for the association. A condolence letter to Hawkins’ widow and three months of charter draping were ordered. A Portland visit on July 4, invited by Vice-Consul J B Keating, was discussed with expectation of good turnout.
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Park Square
W. F. Grant
Courtenay
Kansas
Hawkins
Queen Victoria
Portland
J. B. Keating
British 10 Move On To Lhassa Reported By Daily Mail
London May 10 The Daily Mail reports a British advance on Lhassa is now inevitable and preparations for the operation are progressing.
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Lhassa
London
The
Daily Mail
Dentist Robbed in West Newton at Night
Dr A H Bourque's dental office in the Nickerson block Washington street West Newton was entered by false keys during the night and a large amount of gold and silver used for fillings was stolen.
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West Newton
A. H. Bourque
Nickerson
Washington Street
$100 Reward Offered for Missing Daughter of Italian Organ Grinder
Brighton resident Car mine Colaluca pledges $100 to anyone who locates his daughter Maddalena believed to be missing. His wife tempts death with worry as Colaluca faced a prior stabbing incident and a $200 civil judgment from Macini.
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Carmine Colaluca
Brighton
Post
Colaluca
Macini
Maddalena
Everett Aldermen Reject Mayor's Appointments
The Republican majority on Everett's Board of Aldermen rejected Mayor Boynton's nominees for city solicitor and sealer of weights and measures by 5 to 2, and for registrar of voters and assessor by 4 to 3. The mayor then named Charles C. Long city solicitor, Albra W. Kincaid assessor for three years, and J. C. Howard registrar of voters.
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Everett
Board of Aldermen
Boynton
James J. Irwin
Olity Solicitor
Alex. McRae
Sealer
Joseph C. Howard
John
Cate
Charles C. Long
Albra W. Kincaid
J. C. Howard
Acts While You Take OrangeiiPowders Aid Health
An advertisement promotes Orangeii Powders as a quick helper for incipient ailments and early sickness. It claims the product acts with the body to support natural defenses and prevent illness. The copy highlights immediate relief and preventive benefits.
Peruna Spring Tonic Promises Health Restore
The ad claims spring illnesses arise with sun’s northward cross and presents Peruna as a natural tonic to strengthen circulation, calm nerves, and regulate bodily functions. It urges readers to write Dr. Hartman for free medical advice if results are not prompt.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Ae Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Readers invited to contribute inscriptions for Johnny's Slate
The Post invites readers to submit inscriptions on topics of general interest for Johnny's Slate. After bright ideas in recent freak headlines and war poems, the paper seeks witty readers to win newspaper fame through this new opportunity.
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The
Post
ééJohnny
Dodge and Shea Confirmed As City Officials
James H. Dodge was confirmed as city auditor and Dr. Thomas B. Shea as a Board of Health member by the Board of Aldermen in a vote of 11 to 1. Dorchester residents protested poles on streets as applications moved to the committee on electric wires. Standard Oil’s permit to store and sell petroleum on Freeport street was delayed and then withdrawn per committee vote.
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James H. Dodge
Thomas B. Shea
Board of Health
Board of Aldermen
Dorchester
Standard Oil Company
Freeport Street
Chicago Typographers Stand Against Open Shop Threat
The Chicago Typographical Union declared a labor war risk by serving notice on city printers as a reply to the Chicago Typothete not renewing closed shop contracts with bookbinders. The printers’ agreement runs to July 1, 1905, with 30 days’ notice to reopen. The union says an open shop move would violate the contract.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Typographical Union
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