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If warmth is health and health is wealth then you will be doubly rich by buying your overcoat here. Every overcoat we sell will keep you warm and wear for winters. Every overcoat we sell costs less than elsewhere. There is no pos sible chance of losing money when you buy of us. The goods are always as represented and the prices are without comparison. REMEMBER OUR GUARANTEE. Too many men buy a suit hurriedly. They rush to the nearest store, buy without consideration and then wonder why they are dissatisfied. Ours is one of the few stores where you don't have to look hard to find satisfactory suits. Each one is full of satisfaction. We are sure to please you-both your pride and your purse.
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Boston
Record Foxes in Two Days Hunt at North Grounds
The Boylston hunting meet on the North grounds produced a notable tally of five foxes over two days, a score rarely equalled in recent years.
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Boylston
King Ed wards birthday honors list announced in London
King Edward's birthday honors include a baronetcy for retiring Lord Mayor Frank Green and knighthoods for Chief Justices Little and Gray, plus G A Critchett and George Hussey. Sir Francis Plunkitt becomes a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, while Clinton Dawkins gains a companion of the Bath.
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London
Edward
Frank Green
Little
Newfoundland
Gray
Bermuda
G. A. Critchett
Ocalist
George Hussey
Southampton
Francis Plunkitt
Bath
Clinton Dawkins
Wadleigh to be promoted to rear admiral at Navy Yard
Captain George H. Wadleigh of the Wabash at Charlestown Navy Yard will be detached on the first of next month and placed on waiting orders. He is expected to be promoted to rear admiral within weeks and receive a new command likely at sea. He may make his home locally in Pensacola Lexington, where a sister resides. Captain George W. Pigman named to succeed at Pane and may arrive to relieve Wadleigh at the appointed time.
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George H. Wadleigh
United States Navy
Wabash
Charlestown Navy Yard
Wadleigh
Lexington
George W. Pigman
Navy Department
McGuire of Camden Appears on Carpenters Shortfall Charge
P J Mc Guire former secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Carpenters faced a warrant for allegedly being short 10000 dollars. He waived a hearing before a Philadelphia magistrate and was released on 5000 dollars bail. Mc Guire was suspended by the general executive board and locals vote on permanent suspension.
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Philadelphia
P. J. McGuire
Camden
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters
F McGuire
General Executive Board
Union Label Magazine reports New England label conference
The November issue covers the cigar industry union in the East and features articles on Workingmen in Politics by George G. Cutting and Give the People a Voice by Henry Sterling. It notes special East Coast editions, including the Springfield Holyoke edition aiding the union label movement in western Massachusetts.
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Union Label
New England
George G. Cutting
Henry Sterling
Springfield- Holyoke
Massachusetts
Founders' Day exercises open at Mt Holyoke College
Founders' Day observances at Mt Holyoke College opened in Mary Lyon Chapel at 10 30 this forenoon with Dr S Parks Cadman of Brooklyn as speaker. A 120 member vested choir conducted by Professor William C Siamond performed amid a program of choral works and hymns. The opening prayer was led by the Rev Judson Smith D D.
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Holyoke
Mt. Holyoke College
Mary Lyon Chapel
S. Parks Cadman
Brooklyn
William C. Siammond
Alumnae Meeting and Tea Held with Notable Guests
Read by Rev Henry Stimpson alumnae gathered in Shattuck Hall this afternoon for a meeting and tea in Assembly Hall. Official guests included Mr and Mrs Woolley of Pawtucket RI Rev and Mrs S H Lee president of the French American College Dr Goodspeed Mrs Jacobus J Hartford and several other local residents and families.
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Henry Stimpson
Shattuck Hall
Assembly Hall
Woolley
Pawtucket
R. I
S. H. Lee
Goodspeed
Jacobus
J. Hartford
Bridgeman
Hitchcock
Indictment of Murder in First Degree Returned
The grand jury in the Superior Court at 5 o clock issued an indictment of murder in the first degree against George Greenleaf, inmate at Merriman county farm, arrested on suspicion of killing Mrs Charles Folsom of Boscawen recently.
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Concord
N. H
Superior Court
George Greenleaf
Merriman County
Charles Folsom
Boscawen
Schley court of inquiry to use McLean building offices
The Schley court of inquiry will convene in the McLean building at Vermont avenue and H street. The court will request clerical help and a stenographer from the Navy Department to assist with proceedings.
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Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
McLean Building
Vermont Avenue
H Street
Navy Department
How the Credit Clothing Business Began
The article traces the origin of credit clothing in Boston. George F. Washtum, then Assistant National Inspector of the Sons of Veterans, noticed members could not pay cash for uniforms. He started supplying uniforms on credit, expanding to the general public and forming the Sons of Veterans Supply Company at 13 Tremont Row. This grew into the Washburn Credit House, a world famous leader in the credit trade.
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George F. Washtum
The
Sons of Veterans
Tremont Row
Boston
Credit Clothing House
America
Sons OF Veterans Supply Company
Great
Washburn Credit House
First in Credit Clothing: A Historic Boston Promise
The firm claims to have originated the credit clothing business in America, coining “Clothing on Credit,” selling No Money Down early, adopting the Union Label in Boston, advertising No-Money-Down to all, and creating a great credit department store. It touts payment at office, in-shopping-district access, sales on approval, and money refunds for any reason, positioning as industry pioneer.
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America
Boston
UNION
British Rail experts study Boston rail yards and methods
Charles W Bayley chief traffic manager and O Winder assistant superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company spent three days here inspecting Boston facilities including the Nantasket Beach branch. They noted American freight yard switching and praised the South Boston terminal while proposing a central turntable system for easier car handling and commenting on high yard land values. They departed for New York last night en route to New Haven to meet Consolidated Road officials.
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Charles W. Bayley
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railroad Company
O. Winder
Nantasket Beach
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Great Merchandise
Boston
Bayley
Winder
New York
New Haven
Consolidated Road
Waltham worker falls from roof reports fatal neck injury
Charles K. Bennett of Waltham fell while repairing the Waltham Crayon Company factory roof. He landed on gravel, breaking his neck. He was hospitalized and not expected to recover, with officials attributing the accident to a weak roof section.
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Waltham
Waltham Crayon Company
Charles K. Bennett
Bennett
Watch as Tool of Trade in Bankruptcy Ruling
Judge Lowell in United States District Court ruled in the Coler bankruptcy case that a watch used by a cabinet maker qualifies as a tool of his trade and is exempt from attachment under the public statutes. Any value beyond the necessary tool belongs to creditors, with ten dollars cited as a suitable price for such a watch.
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Lowell
United States District Court
Fredericks. Coler
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Morgan
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M’guire
the Union Label Magazine
MT. Holyoke
Boston Railways
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Riley
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