Fall River Textile Strike Looms Over Wage Rule
In Fall River 23,000 textile workers threaten a citywide strike next Monday over the Borden wage rule and shop control. Manufacturers reject a 6 percent raise, citing margins and market conditions, with five unions set to meet Friday to decide on work stoppages after Oct. 7 if demands aren’t met.
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Fall River
Textile Council
Hathaway
Theanufacturers’ Association
Fall River Iron Works
Bourne
M. C. D. Bomden
New York
Textile Couneil
Boston Heiress Wears Male Dress to Lure Lost Love
New York reports tell how Caroline W. Hall, a Boston heiress and art student, lived eight years as the husband of her best friend Miss Giuseppa Boriani to pursue a hopeless romance. The companion recounts their travels in Italy and beyond, revealing Hall’s disguise in Milan and their life abroad before Hall’s illness.
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New York
Caroline Hall
Giuseppina Boriani
Miss Hall
Poe
Boston
Caroline W. Hall
Thrope
Giuseppa Boriana
Citta di Torino
Caroline
Milan
Italy
Migs Hall
Bostom
Breese
Dadarie
Algiers
Miss’ Hall
America
Gentlemen’s Soft Vicuna Fall Overcoats
We offer half weight overcoats for gentlemen in various lengths with black satin lined sleeves at 15 to 20 dollars. Fully lined and faced to edge of buttonholes with pure silk are priced at 25 dollars.
Inexpensive Zenalve Havana cigarros offered at 10 cents
Before the Spanish War the price was higher but now good stores sell six pack Zenalve Havana filled cigarros for 10 cents. The ad urges asking for Cuba "Big Brothers" as the only inexpensive high grade smoke.
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Cuba
Shamrock Wins Drift Race in Cup Contest
New York observers saw the Shamrock lead the Columbia before the race ended as drifting favored the challenger. Supporters say Shamrock’s speed in breeze, while the race was largely a drifting match, may portend a cup victory. Lipton remains confident amid uncertainty.
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New York
Columbia
Shamrock
Lipton
New York Yacht Race Fails To Finish In Light Winds
Crowds of 25 000 to 30 000 watch off Sandy Hook as two yachts drift for four and a half hours. Light variable breeze prevents the 30 mile course from being completed within the time limit. race postponed and continued on Page 4 Third Column.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Eeksian
Shamrock's Chances Not Bad, Wringe States
New York October 1 Captain Bob Wringe aboard Lipton's Shamrock says the chances are not better but they were never bad noting Lipton’s boat remains in contention.
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Shamrock
Wringe
New York
Bob Wringe
Thomas Lipton
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Vorenberg’s
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Sts
Fall River Mills
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Roessle
Roessle Brewery
Columbus Ave
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New Gland
Standard Clothing Go
Washington St
Franklin St
Erening
Comer's College
Ana Cingular
Washington ,Dt
Got
Beach
BOD
NWORK
Shamrock & Columbia
Ming Specialists
Columbia Shamrock Shamrock
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