Deserter Herman L. Armstrong Sentenced to Naval Prison
Herman L. Armstrong, jailed in Philadelphia, receives a three year term at Charlestown naval prison for desertion from the U S Navy. His wife, awaiting in Philadelphia, hopes Senator Penrose will help secure President Roosevelt’s intervention. Official papers delay his transfer to Charlestown.
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Herman L. Armstrong
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Naval Prison
Charlestown
Army
Philippines
Armstrong
United States
Navy
Senator Penrose
Washington
Roosevelt
Charlestown Navy Yard
Fall River Mill Wages Reported by Textile Council
The Textile Council released figures on mill wages in Fall River. Male spinners earn under 7 dollars weekly, average 11 to 13 dollars. loom fixers run 148 to 159 looms per section at 10.50 dollars weekly. slasher tenders average 11 dollars. weavers on eight looms earn 9.58 dollars for 5 percent cuts per loom weekly. Under a proposed cut, a weaver on 12 looms producing 5 percent could fall below 7.50 dollars weekly, effectively a wage reduction in 13 months with four more looms.
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Fals River
Textile Council
Brewers to Start Campaign of Education in Beer
Louisville November 2. A campaign of education in favor of beer as a beverage will begin in Louisville and other Kentucky cities. The aim is to show beer is healthful, temperate and non intoxicating. The campaign will be carried mainly through the press and seek to move beer from the intoxicating drinks class to that of family beverages.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Kentucky Brewers’ Association
Judge McKim 82 as Suffolk Probate Court veteran marks birthday
Judge John W. McKim of the Suffolk Probate Court celebrated his 82nd birthday at home in Jamaica Plain surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Born November 2, 1822, he studied at Harvard, practiced law, served as district attorney in Defiance County, and held multiple judicial posts including presiding judge of the West Roxbury Municipal Court and later probate and insolvency courts.
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John W. McKim
Suffolk Probate Court
Maple Street
Jamaica Plain
Judge McKim
Harvard
Washington
Ohio
Defiance County
Toledo
West Roxbury
Rice
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Radical Woman Speaker Stuns Chicago Audience
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman has created two sensations in Chicago woman's clubs in the last week during meetings in the city. Her talks have sparked strong reactions, drawing large attendance and lively discussion at the sessions.
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Chicago
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Woman Leader Opposes Domestic Felicity Scheme At Hull House
The speaker denounced a plan to segregate infants and run cooperative kitchens arguing homes are not suited for child care or boot making. She claimed municipal nurseries would offer better care than mothers. She compared widows letting children work to cannibalism driven by hunger.
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Hull House
Reception and Banquet for Edward C Fitzgerald at Unity Street
A reception was held at Edward C Fitzgeralds residence 6 Unity Street with Hugh F Cannon and Patrick Tansey as chief promoters. they presented Fitzgerald with a loving cup. A banquet followed attended by ex Representative P H Bradley Timothy F McGrath George Spencer James McLaughlin Michael Maynes Edward Tansey Edward J Moffatt Daniel McLaughlin and John Hasty.
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Edward C. Fitzgerald
Unity Street
Hugh F. Cannon
Patrick Tansey
Mr. Fitzgerald
P. H. Bradley
Timothy F. McGrath
George Spencer
James McLaughlin
Michael Maynes
Edward Tansey
Edward J. Moffatt
Daniel McLaughlin
John Hasty
Governor-elect Douglas Plans Reforms After Inauguration
Douglas moves to Hot Springs for recovery and will draft a landmark inaugural address. He expects to urge abolishing the Boston Police Commission and restoring mayoral direct control over the police, push for a businesslike state administration, and examine state finances and metropolitan commissions for retrenchment and efficiency. A Canada reciprocity stance and a new commission on the issue are likely.
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W. L. Douglas
Boston
W. R. Buchanan
John J. Flaherty
Democratic Organization
Hot Springs
Virginia
Canada
Massachusetts
Portsmouth Dry Dock to Be Tested on Monday
Navy Department orders set the Portsmouth New Hampshire dry dock test for November 28. The collier Lebanon will be docked during the test while carrying coal.
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Portsmouth Dry Dock
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Lebanon
Prisoner Pleads for Penitentiary Over Asylum
Thomas W. Smock of Indianapolis begs the judge for a hundred years in prison rather than ten days in an asylum. He pleaded guilty to forging many money orders and, after Sanity questions from Frank J. Lahr about his escape from an Indianapolis asylum, Judge Adams suspends the sentence.
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ST. Louis
Thomas W. Smock
Indianapolis
Adams
United States District Court
Smock
Mattoon
Ill
Frank J. Lahr
Coal price in New York to rise 25 cents a ton
In New York the retail price of thra cite coal will be advanced 25 cents a ton beginning December 1. A Post reporter found among Boston coal dealers that inquiries elicited a terse reaction and no clear explanation.
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New York
Post
Boston
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