New Trial Sought for Hillstrom in Utah Case
Boston speakers defend Joseph Hillstrom the I W W poet sentenced to firing squad in Salt Lake City as Swedish groups and others press for a new trial. Ettor argues for a fair trial not commutation urging telegrams to Governor Spry and President Wilson to influence Utah courts and halt the execution.
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Joseph Hillstrom
Salt Lake City
Leo Frank
Boston
Franklin Union Hall
Joseph Ettor
Hillstrom
Utah
Ettor
Giovannitti
Etter
Spry
Wilson
Washington
Georges Overcoats Offer Value Beyond Price
The ad argues buyers should seek quality over price, praising Georges for better cut and value. It claims Georges offers Overcoats at $15, $20, and $25 with equal prices but superior design, asserting the investment yields longer use.
Fr Culhane Talks on Seven Sacraments to 900
The Rev J W Culhane spiritual director of the Holy Name Society spoke to about 900 members at the Cathedral parish monthly meeting yesterday afternoon in the basement. He explained the seven sacraments and gave a brief address on the sin of scandal.
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J. W. Culhane
Holy Name Society
Father Culhane
Booker T. Washington Dies at Tuskegee Institute
The funeral will be held at Tuskegee Institute at 10 o'clock Wednesday. Washington, born a slave in Virginia in 1857 or 1858, rose to lead Tuskegee Institute, earning praise from presidents and securing vast support. His life story from salt furnace worker to famed educator and author includes decades of travel and honors.
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Tuskegee Institute
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Hale’s Ford
John Burroughs
Washington
Jane Ferguson
Malden
W. Va
West Virginia
Faris Ruffner
New England
Hampton Institute
Virginia
John H. Washington
Richmond
Hampton
Wayland Seminary
Washington, D. C
Death of Booker T. Washington Draws Wide Condolences
Across public figures and religious leaders, mourners in Boston and beyond paid tribute to Booker T. Washington. Governor Walsh lauded his educational leadership and race progress. William Lloyd Garrison Jr praised his rational, practical influence and conciliatory stance. Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson emphasized his uplift of the colored race and speaking prowess. Rev. Aaron W. Puller called him an international and interracial bridge. Attorney Butler R. Wilson noted the complex reception among African Americans and his enduring national impact. Mayor James M. Curley highlighted his Tuskegee legacy and American loss. William D. Brigham of the Wendell Phillips Memorial Association framed Washington as the era’s foremost Black leader with a lasting Tuskegee story.
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Walsh
Booker T. Washington
William Lloyd Garrison, Jr
America
South
North
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Aaron W. Puller
People’s Baptist Church
Butler R. Wilson
Washington
James M. Curley
Tuskegee
William D. Brigham
Wendell Phillips Memorial Association
Booker Washington
Booker Washington's Advice to His Race
Booker T. Washington urges constructive progress and calm self control as keys to advancement. He calls on African Americans to start from the bottom, build through hard work, and create their own opportunities, learning liberty is a conquest not a bequest.
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America
Boston Church Honors Booker T. Washington in Resolutions
The People's Baptist Church passed resolutions praising Booker T. Washington after his death. They thanked God for sending a leader of Black heritage to represent their race and affirmed his methods. Plans for a mass meeting of Boston's colored people were announced to act on his death.
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People’s Baptist Church
Booker T. Washington
Aaron W. Puller
Colored People of
Boston
Dr. Washington
Union Men Organize to Fight No License
Secretary Dennis D. Driscoll of the Trade Union Liberty League calls a conference of business agents from each union at Sars Field Hall on Dudley Street Friday afternoon. A $5 fine will be imposed on every union waiter who fails to vote on election day, as unions mobilize to enforce registration and turnout amid no-license sentiment.
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Dennis D. Driscoll
Trade Union Liberty League
Sarsfield Hall
Dudley Street
John J. Kearney
Boston Bartenders’ Union
Chelsea Central Labor Union
Driscoll
Michael J. Hynes
Massachusetts Trade Union
Liberty League
Sub-Foremen’s Association
Paving Division
Public Works Department
Boston
Barbers’ Hall
Washington
Dover Streets
Curley
Labor notes from New Haven unions report strikes and budget clash
Old Colony Lodge freight clerks at 694 Washington street voted an appropriation to aid striking freight handlers with more funds if the strike lasts. Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters oppose extending the contract system in suburban garbage and ash collection and started work on the 1916 budget with a resolution against such contracts. New England Brotherhood of Electrical Workers district council opposed international officer elections and proposed constitutional amendments to be decided at the St. Paul convention referendum.
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Old Colony Lodge of
New Haven
Washington Street
New England Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
St. Paul
Salvation of World Up Ten Rich Men at Boston Convention
Nearly 3000 attendees at Tremont Temple as Bishop Lawrence and other speakers urged wealthy Americans to fund Christianizing efforts abroad. They called for a $50,000,000 annual foreign mission fund and a push to build churches schools and hospitals through 25,000 missionaries. Dr. Poteat outlined the modern businessman’s duties emphasizing abstinence wealth as trust and partnership with God.
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Lawrence
Lloyd
United States
White
Bishop Lawrence
Booker T. Washington
Tremont Temple
Frederick W. Dallinger
Edwin M. Poteat
Notable university leaders gathered at interdenominational event
J Campbell White of Wooster University, Bishop A S Lloyd of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and Dr E M Poteat of Furman University were listed among attendees at a regional educational gathering.
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J. Campbell White
Wooster
Ohio
A. S. Lloyd
The
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church
E. M. Poteat
Furman University
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