Coolidge Honored by Boston Friends at Algonquin Club
A large, nonpartisan reception and complimentary banquet were given to Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, newly appointed minister to France, by Boston friends. Speakers included William A. Russell, President Eliot, W. C. Lovering, Rev. Hale, Rev. Gordon, and others. Regret telegram from Governor Russell was read.
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Algonquin Club
T. Jefferson Coolidge
France
Boston
Massachusetts
Messrs. E. Rollins Morse
Frederick Dexter
George W. L. Meyer
Frank Morison
W. T. Sprague
Henry Parkman
Edward M. Fenno
Charles S. Sprague
United States
Coolidge
Eliot
Harvard University
W. C. Lovering
Thomas Jefferson
Edward Everett Hale
George A. Gordon
M. Eugene Thiebaut
Old Offender Tracked After Burglary Escape
May 24 Lower James Flannagan known burglar entered the home of John J. Cluin and fled despite resistance from Mrs. Cluin and a nurse. An alarm triggered a chase through woods and swamps, over barbed wire, ending near London street where he was captured after discarding several diamond rings and a revolver. He has served thirteen years in prison.
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Lower
James Flannagan
John J. Cluin
Strike in Maine Does Not Yield Any Concessions
In RocokLane Maine on May 24 there is no change in the granite strike. Neither side shows movement toward an agreement and none of the workers or manufacturers indicate any concession. A number of men have left for work elsewhere in search of jobs.
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RocokLane
Seventy-Fifth British Charitable Society Festival Toasts Unity
Anglophone world ethos marked the British Charitable Society anniversary at the American House banquet hall. English born Americans joined in a toast to Her Majesty the Queen as Stars and Stripes met Union Jack, with speeches by Merrells Walworth Ernst Keeler Dean Taylor McGaw Ryan and a Field poem recital.
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Burmah
India
Australia
Cape Colony
Canada
United States
South America
Stars and Stripes
Thomas Merrells
Joseph Walworth
John Bright
Ernst
Germany
United Kingdom
British Charitable Society
Keeler
Dean
Henry Taylor
The
Ancient & Honorable Artillery
John McGaw
Scots’ Charitable Seciety
Thomas Ryan
Charitable
Irish Society
George Wilson
Museum Company
Eugene Field
George Spiers
George Fox
Steamer Caspian Disabled Off Haurrax
The Allan mail steamer Caspian, which sailed from Haurrax for Liverpool via St Johns, broke her shaft shortly after departure and was towed back to harbor. A boat from the first officer returned with news of the disaster, and a steam tug began search and towing. The Caspian carried passengers from Baltimore and Halifax and will be detained for several days for repairs.
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Haurrax
Liverpool
St. Johns
N. F
Altimore
Halifax
Lockout of Granite Cutters Persists in Massachusetts
The New England Granite Manufacturers Association remains firm as a lockout continues, with talks at the Quincy House revealing no concession. Union and non union workers report some returns to old terms while the union leadership notes expulsions and preparations to fill vacancies with new workers. Secretary Cheney and others emphasize the manufacturers will hold firm, even as strikers at No 16 Howard Street show optimism with some workers returning to jobs in Brighton.
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New England Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Quincy House
Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams Field
Cape Ann
Court House
Webster & Morse
Cheney
Howard Street
Roach
Ward
Brighton
New England Manufacturers’ Association
Big Boston clothing strike spreads over city
Indications point to a large walkout in the Boston clothing industry as pressmen and then others refuse work over demands for a signed price list and shop rules. Contractors refuse, citing impractical broad concessions while unions push for uniform terms across major cities.
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Boston
Pressmen’s Union
S. Carlisle
Motte Street
Carlisle
Weather Indications Forecast For New England And New York
Washington May 24 P M Forecast for Wednesday. For New England and eastern New York generally fair with light showers in northern New York and Vermont. Southwest winds, slightly warmer, temperatures on coast stationary. Signals displayed at Narragansett section and Woods Hall section.
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WashingTon
New England
New York
Vermont
Narragansett
Woods Hall
Edison Receives Albert Medal for Lighting and Telephony
London May 24 Thomas A Edison awarded the Albert medal of the Society of Arts for services in electric lighting the telegraph and telephone. Previous recipients include Faraday Luibig VeLesseps Bessemer and Helmholtz.
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London
the Society of Arts
Thomas A. Edison
Faraday
Luibig
VeLesseps
Bessemer
Clelmholtz
From A Great Teacher and Paine's Celery Compound Praise
The piece highlights former Dwight School pupils led by Principal L L Camp and a school superintendent William W Abbott praising Paine's celery compound. It recounts Abbott's recovery from illness after using the product and extols the medicine as pure, harmless, and effective for the weak, nervous, sleepless, and exhausted, especially in hot weather.
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L. L. Camp
Dwight School
New Haven
Conn
Camp
Hend
Naugatuck
William W. Abbott
Yale
Paine
City Hospital plans and street paving debate
The Mayor defends funds for the City Hospital development and urges larger appropriations for insane asylums. He criticizes street item allocations, supports key paving projects in Beacon Street and South Boston, and questions many suburban street items. He notes a $25,000 tugboat and concerns over Watertown bridge work and overall yearly paving totals.
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Board of Commissioners of Public Institutions
Causeway Street
Board of Street Commissioners
School Street
Washington Street
Chardon Street
Eliot Street
Boston
Beacon Street
Dartmouth
Gloucester Streets
West Chester Park
Columbus Avenue
Shawmut Aveue
Brighton
West Roxbury
Dorchester
Watertown
Street Department
India Street
Sir Alexander Campbell Dies in Toronto at 3 30 P M
Toronto Ontario May 24 Sir Alexander Campbell lieutenant governor of Ontario died at 3 30 this afternoon He was a former cabinet minister with Sir John Macdonald and for years served as the vice regal representative for the crown in the province
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Alexander Campbell
Toronto
Ont
Sir Alexander Campbell
Ontario
John Macdonald
Providence Woman Seeks Sleep with Paine’s Celery Compound
A Providence woman reports relief from insomnia and nervous distress after using Paine’s Celery Compound, praising its sleep aid and health benefits. Traveling salesman K L Libby also credits the remedy for renewed appetite, better heart function, and improved malaria-sensitive health after a year of ailments.
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George Simpson
Pekin Street
Providence
Paine
K. L. Libby
A. G. Moore & Co
Court Street
Boston
Libby
Phelps
Dartmouth
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Fin Commission
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