Rally for the Missions Opens at People's Temple
The Epworth League Workers congress and missionary rally met at People's Temple starting at 2 p.m. Bishop W. F. Mallalieu presided. Welcoming talks came from Rev. W. T. Perrin Rev. J. H. Mansfield D. D and Rev. E. R. Thorndike D. D. Mr. Randall offered the response for the first general district urging church leadership on wages and labor. Dean Buell spoke on educational opportunity. Rev. Thirkield discussed racial religion classifications. Soloists Mrs. George E. Atwood and Alexander Heath were heard before Bishop David B. Moore of China lectured on China. Evening services closed with remarks on convention work and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress and Missionary
Epworth League Workers
People’s Temple
W. F. Mallalieu
W. T. Perrin
J. H. Mansfield
D. D
E. R. Thorndike
J. O. Randall
General Conference
Attleboro
Mass
Randall
Dean Buell
Boston University Theological School
W. P. Thirkield
New York
Irish Milling Industry Driven by American Investment
Washington reports Consul General H. Clay Evans in London forwarded a clipping about Irish corn milling. A group of American financiers may invest one to three million sterling to revive the Irish milling trade. Foreign flour imports have dominated, but the plan envisions new mills in major Irish centers to stimulate local production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. Clay Evans
London
State Department
Ireland
America
Princess Born to Queen of Italy in Rome
Queen Helena gave birth to a daughter this morning in Rome. The child will be Mafalda, and the birth is noted as not an heir to the throne. The King expressed relief that mother and baby are doing well, while diplomats, including Ambassador Meyer, congratulated the sovereign.
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Rome
Helena
Mafalda
Meyer
Sider
Italy
Yolande Margherita
Plans to Fortify London Against Possible Attack
London reports a major mobilization effort to defend the capital in war. New fortifications are rising along the Thames and batteries guard key routes to the south coast. Woldingham in Surrey has been prepared as a mobilization centre, revealed after Lord Roberts examined London’s defenses as inadequate.
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London
Woldingham
Surrey
War Office
Lord Roberts
Thames
Bertillon System Adopted for City Laborers in New York
New York City Civil Service Commission adopted the Bertillon system to verify identities of street cleaning department workers after discovering two cases of impersonation. Outsiders used cards under genuine employees and non citizens were among substitutes planned to sell employe cards for other work.
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New York City
New York
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Commis
Sion
Oliver Houghton 81 in Weymouth Police Chief Retires
Oliver Houghton age 81, longtime Weymouth police member since 1867 and former chief 1882 until recently, observed at a Washington street home family reunion. He remains in good health and active, receiving congratulations from friends and neighbors.
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Weymouth
Oliver Houghton
Washington Street
Suffrage Advocates Improve Conditions for Women in England
Mrs Perc y Wid drington of London told Brookline Woman Suffrage Association that woman suffrage would raise labor standards. She cited 14 hour days in dangerous trades for $1 to $1 25 weekly and urged voting rights for better hours sanitary conditions and factory inspectors. Intelligent English workers support suffrage. six new committees were formed since the last meeting.
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Percy Widdrington
London
Brookline Woman Suffrage Association
England
Mary Schlesinger
Mary Hutcheson Page
Rockefeller Gift for Salvationists in Cleveland
The Salvation Army plans four citadels in Cleveland at a cost near 90000 dollars. Thirty thousand dollars has been paid to date and an appeal to John D Rockefeller secured a pledge that if eighty thousand dollars is paid by May 1 he will provide the final ten thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Salvation Army
John D. Rockefeller
Read Page Nine And Tell The Children
A terse instruction urges readers to consult page nine for details and then inform the children. The note implies a school or community bulletin directing guardians to share information from a specific page. No additional context or names are provided.
Actress Emma Carus Seeks Missing Father in New York
Emma Carus of The Defender company now in Boston arrived in New York Monday to search for her father Carl Carus who has been missing from his home at 261 Floyd Street Brooklyn since November 3.
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New York
Emma Carus
The
Defender’ Company
Boston
Carl Carus
Floyd Street
Brooklyn
Blood Wine Promoted as Grip Cure by Manchester Man
An elderly promotional tale touts Blood Wine as a cure for the grip or influenza like illness. The claimant, M A Cronin of Arlington Street Manchester New Hampshire, reports dramatic relief from recurrent colds after using Blood Wine and urges others to try it.
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M. A. Cronin
Arlington St
Manchester
N. H
No separation of miners says Mitchell
Scranton Pa Nov 19. President Mitchell of the Miners Union testified before the anthracite strike commission for four and a half days. He opposed splitting bituminous and anthracite workers into two organizations and said independent unions have come and gone. Dr. Roberts described regional conditions, wages by car, and coal measurements, noting past strikes and labor immigration. The commission urged faster testimony and rules for evidence.
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Scranton
Penn
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Erie Company
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Peter Roberts
Mahanoy City
Simon F. Wolverton
Reading Company
Anthracite
Roberts
Gray
Counsil
Darrow
Wolverton
Mr. Darrow
Watkins
New York
United States
Schuylkill County
Wight
Mr. Wolverton
Mr. Mitchell
Boston Stage Treasures and Upcoming Attractions
A busy Boston theatre scene with Stange and Edwards rehearsing When Johnny Comes Marching Home at the Boston Theatre. The Climbers at Grand Opera House, Aunt Jeannie with Mrs Patrick Campbell, Magda, and The Second Mrs Tanqueray announced. Multiple venues list matinees, revivals, new productions, and notable performers including Frohman, Fitch, Hawtrey, and Mascagni with concert plans at Symphony Hall and Chickering Hall.
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Messrs Stange and
Edwards
Johnny
Boston
Grand Opera House
Jeannie
Patrick Campbell
the Colonial
Magda
Columbia
Jesie Tilbury
Bess
London
Bowdoin Square Stock Company
Metropolis
Park Theatre
Lord and Lady Algy
Castle Square
Richard III
Lafayette
Music Hall
Kirke la Shelle
Arizona
Magee
Francis Wilson
Christie Macon
Steinert Hall
Charles Frohman
Keith's
Colonial Theatre
E. F. Benson
Madga
Tanqueray
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Candy Cathartic
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Epworth League
Evans
A Garton
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Ge
Court St
Opp
Sudbury St
Tremont St
Eliot St
Meridian St
E. Boston
Broadway
Chelsea
Market St
Lynn
Helene
Houghton & Dutton’s
Commission
Theatres
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
Met
Fair Rae
Whitney Opera Co
Stance & Edwards
Symphony Hall
L. H. Mudgett
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Klaw & Erlanger
Rogers Bros
John J. McNally
Harvard
Charles FR
Charles
Mars
Tel
Oxford
Korse Payton
Famous Stock Co
Papinta
Williams
Tucker
Austin & Stone's
Doss
Edith Clifford
Larkin and Patterson Colored Company
Grand Theatre
Fred Irwin
Palace
Lewis and Edwards
Nickelodeon
Tremont Theatre
Templer Saxe
Creatore
Kocian
Carnegie Hall
Songy Club
Chickering Hall
Mark Hamburg
Mascagni
Sig. Mascagni
Boston Theatre
First Regiment
Amy Whaley
United States Marine Band of Washington
Charles Chapman
Howard
John H. Clahane
Technology
Julia Grosby
Charles E. Gould
the Theatrical Mechanics
Rogers Brothers
Neeman and Smith
H. Gittus Lonsdale
Arthur Cameron
Henry Pugh
Four Shannons
Moung Toon
TREMONT _ E
Willard
Middleman
Henry Arthur Jones
Tom Pinch
Charles Dickens
Mr. Willard
Yale
Irwin
Yale Field
Mechanics Building
Wright & Ditson’s
Washington St
the Defender
Steinert
Opera House
Dover ST
Matinee
George
Y. Magee
Lessee & Mer
Tremont
Elia
Bingham
John E. Keller
Clyde Fitch
Fis
Kirke
Shelle
Telephone Music Hall
Pugno
Raoul Puono
Henry Wolfsohn
Baldwin
Eocian
Weber
Bowdoin
Racarre
Howard Janice
Joe Carroll
Joe Welch
Midgley and Carlisle
Flying Rabhbuns
Margaret Ashton
Hines
Remington
Wilma Sisters
Cor
Dover Street
Larkin and Patterson Co
Jungle
Berg
Atre
Lord and Lady Alcy McHarditt
Castle
Austin & Stone’s
Palace Irwin
Haymarket
Walthour
van Bill
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