Chauffeur Killed as Auto Flips in Middletown
A car overturned near Walden killing chauffeur Alexander Ebbel. Injured are John E. Roosevelt a Roosevelt cousin T Sill financier and J H Robinson of Mount Vernon New York with multiple fractures and cuts.
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Middletown
N. Y
New York
Ean Automobile
Walden
Alexander Ebbel
John E. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Doin T. Sill
H. Robinson
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
Sill
Robinson
Draper to Speak Tonight in Malden for Final Rally
Malden expects a record vote Tuesday as Governor Draper and Republican speakers mobilize voters for a final rally. Both parties claim they will win.
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Draper
Malden
London Tramway Leader Clifton Robinson Dies on Street Car
Sir Clifton Robinson, head of London United Electric Tramways and director of London underground railways, died suddenly tonight on a Lexington Avenue street car in New York.
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London
New York
Sir Clifton Robinson
London United Electric Tramways
Underground Railways of London
Lexington Avenue
Man Kills Wife Then Attempts Suicide In Street
McNanley shot and killed his wife and, after finding her dead, fired at himself but only wounded. He roamed the street waving the revolver until a patrolman halted him. He again tried to shoot at the box, but officers seized the weapon. McNanley, 44, lived in Amesbury previously and worked in local metal and stove firms.
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Ing. McNanley
McNanley
Gertrude McNanley
Papes Cold Compound claims cure for grippe and colds
The ad promotes Papes Cold Compound as the result of three years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars. It asserts the product contains no quinine and will end grippe or severe colds when taken every two hours until three doses. It promises rapid relief from neuralgia pains, headaches, nasal congestion, feverishness, and rheumatic twinges with a 25 cent package.
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Pape
Labor Meeting News Foresees General Express Strike
New York November 6 a climax in the express drivers and helpers strike is expected to trigger a general walkout. Daniel Tobin Samuel Gompers and Valentine Hoffman met with Heil leaders to decide on a general strike while express company reps offered no statement. Gompers warned of broad disruption but hoped no serious consequences.
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New York
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Valentine Hoffman
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood
Gompers
Express Companies
Jersey City
Messrs. Gompers
Tobin
Hoffman
Washington
Smithers Seek Better Wages in Boston and Arsenal Shops
Smithers of Boston press for higher pay from the city and wage boards at Charlestown navy yard and Watertown Arsenal. An overflow meeting at 45 Eliot Street approved a committee to aid organizing efforts at the Charlestown yard, the Watertown Arsenal, and other Boston shops.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Watertown Arsenal
Boston
Knife Battle on Street Car Leaves Two Wounded
A street car brawl between two foreigners and railway workers ends with McLean gravely wounded and Crane fighting off a second attacker. The assailants fled into nearby woods. one, Giuseppe Peti of Haverhill, is captured and jailed in Methuen. Crane, 21, assisted police in the pursuit.
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McLean
Crane
Haverhill
Hale Hospital
Lawrence
Pasengers
Lawrence Square
Thomas Collins
Howe Road
the Hare Hospital
Guiseppe Peti
Methuen
Salem
N. H
Road
Organizing N E Car Workers in Readville This Christmas
John J. Massey reports the New England railroad car workers in Readville will be thoroughly organized before Christmas. International Organizer John J. Gallagher praised local officers and sent a diamond pin to George Brest and Daniel J. Collins. Twelve Lithuanians joined the union as music by Massey, Watson, Brest, and Klund accompanied the meeting. By-laws change referred to January meeting.
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New England Railroad
Readville
John J. Massey
Bay State Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
John J. Gallagher
George Brest
Daniel J. Collins
James B. Watson
George J. Brest
John Klund
Drawtenders Seek Wage Increase After 20 Years
Bridge and Drawtenders Union executive board met to press for restoring four weeks of 1907 wage rates. The committee has worked since February 1907 with no definite result. Members lament how city workers have gained raises elsewhere while drawtenders have not. They will seek support from the Boston C S U and local unions and request a conference with Mayor Fitzgerald.
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Union Executive Board
Boston C. S. U
Fitzgerald
Trouble Fixed in One Yard
The Lumber Teamsters and Handlers Union held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to adjust a trade matter at one yard. Five new members were admitted and officers were elected for the anniversary ball tonight at Berkeley Hall including President Carr as marshal and William H. O'Brien as floor director. International Organizer John M. Gillespie attended as guest and speaker.
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Lumber Teamsters and Handlers Union
Carr
William H. O’brien
James Morrison
Daniel Cavanaugh
Fred Kattan
Berkeley Hall
John M. Gillespie
Union Labor Seeks Union Labor Lights Contract Clause
James R. Crozier of Carriage and Wagon Workers Union 9 was elected treasurer of Boston C. S. U. at yesterday's meeting to fill the vacancy caused by Philip H. Sweet's death. Delegates from Bartenders Roxbury Textile Workers Union 737 Dorchester Carpenters Union 386 and Bakers Union 124 joined, while a clause favoring union terms for the Edison Electric Light street work was urged for the city contract.
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James R. Crozier
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union 9
Boston
Philip H. Sweet
Mr. Sweet
C. Th. U
Electrical Workers’ Union
Hnemen
Edison Electric Light Company
Bartenders
Roxbury, Textile Workers’ Union
Dorchester Carpenters’ Union
New Bakers’ Union 124
Caring for Sick Brothers at Boston Lodge 97 Meeting
Boston Lodge 97 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen held a meeting at 3 Boylston Place to initiate 10 applicants and pass on 15. The lodge announced a statement praising fraternal benevolence for sick and disabled brothers and reported sick benefits paid since Jan 1 totaling $1950.
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Boston Lodge 97
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Boylston Place
Boilermakers Endorse Roberts For Congress in Lodge Meeting
Boilermakers' Lodge 431 executive board endorsed Congressman Ernest W. Roberts praising his eight years in Congress and his work securing navy yard shipbuilding and repairs. The lodge to host its third annual smoke talk and entertainment Thursday night at 724 Washington Street.
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LODGE
Roberts Boilermakers’ Lodge 431
Executive Board
Ernest W. Roberts
Roberts
Navy Yards
Boston Navy Yard
Congress
Washington Street
Labor Notes: Capmakers' Union 9 Receives Campaign Notice
Julius Friedman, international label agent, said he would start a label agitation drive in Maine and New Hampshire tomorrow. Morris Rosenfeld, longtime officer, will take a position in New York. Hyman Goldman gave the presentation. A special Newspaper Drivers' Union meeting delayed action until tonight at 724 Washington Street.
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Capmakers’ Union 9
Julius Friedman
Maine
New Hampshire
Morris Rosenfeld
New York
Hyman Goldman
Washington Street
Democratic Senate Possible After Landslide Vote
Washington reports odds against a Democratic Senate but a large post election turnout could yield control of the Senate as well as the House. Of 30 Senate seats up for election 24 are Republican, creating unusual opportunities for gains.
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Municipal
Columbia Road
Court House
Dorchester St
Flood Square
Maynard Hall
Clan-Na-Gael
D and Silver Sts
Deacon Hall
Washington St
Franklin
Tyler St
Oak and
Harvard Sts
Ward
Armory Building
Quincy Club
Orient Heights Improvement Association
Bennington St
Chelsea
Grand Army Hall
Bunker Hill St
Cauley Hall
Abbotsford Hall
City Square
Jefferson Club
Charter St
Ward Room
Blossom St
Washington
Senate
House
Senators Facing Expiring Terms and Senate Shifts
The piece lists Republican and Democratic Senators with terms expiring by March, noting the strong Republican edge and the Democratic effort to gain control. It discusses retirements, appointments, and deaths affecting the 56th Congress, including Swanson replacing Daniel and Money's successor Williams.
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Culberson
Texas
Frazier
Tennessee
Money
Mississippi
Raynor
Maryland
Swanson
Virginia
Taliaferro
Florida
Daniel
Senate
McEnery
Saunders
Thornton
Messrs
Aldrich
Hale
Flint
Piles
Warner
Burrows
Michigan
John Sharp Williams
Democratic House
Broward
Brownard
Auto Driver Weds Heiress After Parental Rebuff
Miss Ethel Robbins of Rhinelander wed Edward Zabel a chauffeur after years of disapproval from her millionaire lumberman father Howard Robbins. The couple, who had been taught to operate a gift car by a Wisconsin manufacturer, left for Milwaukee following the failed attempt to win parental forgiveness.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Ethel Robbins
Howard Robbins
Wisconsin
Edward Zabel
Milwaukee
Mr. Robbing
Zabel
Hartigan Named West Point Candidate in Boston
Edward M. Hartigan, chosen by Rep. Joseph F. OConnell, seeks admission to West Point. A South Boston figure, he graduated 1906 from Bigelow Grammar and South Boston High, and is a Boston College senior. While in high school he served as lieutenant and adjutant of the battalion.
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Edward M. Hartigan
Joseph F. O'Connell
Military Academy
West Point
Hartigan
South Boston
Bigelow Grammar
Boston College
Ball Planned by Rail Freight Handlers Union
The Freight Handlers' Union 70 announced plans for its annual Thanksgiving Eve ball at Paine Memorial Hall. John J. Higgins elected floor director with Cornelius Wiley as assistant and Jeremiah Murray, David Mahoney, Timothy Donovan, Goodie White, John J. O'Keefe, and Timothy Calnan on the arrangements committee. Wharf and Bridge Builders' Union to elect officers tonight for its Berkeley Hall anniversary on November 17.
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Union 70
Paine Memorial Hall
John J. Higgins
Cornelius Wiley
Jeremiah Murray
David Mahoney
Timothy Donovan
Goodie White
John J. O'Keefe
Timothy Calnan
Wharf and Bridge Builders’ Union
Berkeley Hall
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