Boston Union Bookbinders Strike Seeks Eight Hour Day
More than 400 members of Local 16 walk out for the eight hour day on government work. District Attorney Mor an urged to prosecute firms defying the law as a mass meeting in Paine Memorial Hall drew 7 000 attendees and saw many firms join the strike. Several Cambridge shops previously open shop agreed to the shorter day, with other Boston and Norwood shops also affected.
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John B. Moran
Boston Bookbinders’ Union
Local 16
Paine Memorial Hall
McNamee and
Kenney
Cambridge
Harcourt, McDonald & Sons
Burlen, Sanford
Boston Leather Binding
Dudley & Hodges
Engineers Win Fight In Boston Harbor
A statement from F. G. Wright, chair of the wage scale committee of the Hub Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, says engineers in the area have their demands granted by all but two lines serving the port of Boston.
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F. G. Wright
Hub Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Boston
Engine wrecks house on Chatham branch railroad
The Chatham branch railroad engine ran wild today crashing through the engine house and tearing away the front. Overhead water tank demolished, estimated loss about $500. Trains delayed about one hour.
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Chatham
Chatham Branch
Narrow escape as engine slides on turntable at Harwich Junction
Three carpenters on a high roof were nearly killed when the New York New Haven Hartford line engine from Harwich Junction ran onto a turntable. The crew escaped as the mogul derailed, with the forward truck buried. The 9 15 Boston passenger train was due at 12 52.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Harwich Junction
Boston
Gillman
Har
Sana
Exchange Trust Company Opens in Worthington Building
The Exchange Trust Company, a new Boston bank with a $250 000 capital, opened at 33 State Street. John J. Martin is elected president with John Collamore Hatch and ex-Governor John Q A Brackett as vice presidents and G Wallace Tibbetts as secretary. Directors include Henry N Clark and others from real estate and banking.
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Exchange Trust Company
Boston
Worthington Building
State Street
John J. Martin
Merchants’ Club
The
John Q. A. Brackett
A. Parker Brown
F. H. Odiorne & Company
Exeter Gag Light Company
Henry N. Clark
H. N. Clark Company
John B. Dore
Herbert S. Frost
John Collamore Hatch
Roxbury Fire Threatens Building on Ruggles Street
A brisk blaze at 63 Ruggles Street Roxbury started in an unoccupied basement once a cobbler shop. Mr and Mrs Walter Walker woke to heat and smoke, alerting tenants. Two top floor children were rescued. Mrs Walker smelled oil and suspects arson. Loss listed at 190 dollars.
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Ruggles Street
Roxbury
Walter Walker
Williams
Moffett cites rebating by other firms in Whiting
Chicago October 1 James A Moffett president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana testified before the federal grand jury that firms other than Standard Oil had engaged in rebating with railroads at Whiting Indiana He said his public statement charged multiple concerns with the practice and explained the broader scope of the rebating charges.
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Chicago
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
De Meyer Reed wedding ties class of 05 members
The marriage of Maud A Reed of Greene Maine to John E De Meyer superintendent of schools for Scituate North Scituate and Duxbury was held at Miss Helen J Sanborns residence Somerville. Rev H P Rankin officiated. Best man Henry F Doe. Maid of honor Mary Thompson. Ushers Meredith G Williams and Charles Pendexter Durrell. After a wedding tour they will reside in Egypt Massachusetts.
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Bates College
Maine
Helen J. Sanborn
Broadway
Winter Hill
Somerville
Maud A. Reed
Greene, Me
John E. de Meyer
Scituate
North Scituate
Duxbury
H. P. Rankin
Flint Street M. E
Henry Franklin Doe
Hingham
Mary Thompson
Portland
Meredith G. Williams
Arlington
Charles Pendexter Durell
Egypt
Mass
Insurance chiefs summoned to face indictments in New York
Noted officials from major life insurance companies were summoned by District Attorney Jerome to appear before the criminal branch of the New York State Supreme Court to plead to indictments returned by the grand jury.
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New York
Jerome
New York State Supreme Court
Insurance executives summoned in forgery case
Officials named include Charles S. Fairchild and George W. Perkins from major firms, along with John R. Hegeman Frederick A. Burnham George A. Burnham George D. Eldredge Walter Gillette Robert A. Grannis and Thomas D. Jordan. They face multiple indictments for forgery and perjury and are ordered to appear in court next Monday.
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Charles S. Fairchild
United States Treasury
New York Life Insurance Company
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
John R. Hegemand
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Frederick A. Burnham
George A. Burnham
George D. Eldredge
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert A. Grannis
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hungry boys at Station 10 seek food and shelter
Charles Palmer, 16, of Skowhegan and Joseph Routhier, 17, of Livermore Falls wandered into Roxbury Station 10 begging for meals. They fled the State School for Boys in Portland after three years there. After a cross state journey ending in Boston they found warmth at the firehouse and will be taken into custody by the State Board of Charities.
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Charles Palmer
Skowhegan
Joseph Routhier
Livermore Falls
Portland
Routhier
New Hampshire
Saco
Sanford
Nashua
Old Orchard
Maine
Boston
Westford
Mass
Fessenden
State Board of Charities
Roxbury Boy Missing After Leaving Home
Thomas Shea a 15 year old Roxbury resident has not been seen since Sunday. He reportedly left 283 Dacia Street with two other youths and may be in New York after boarding the steamer Harvard. Shea is described as short and stout in a mixed suit with patent leather shoes and a checked cap.
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Thomas Shea
Dacia Street
Roxbury
The
Post
Young Shea
Boston
New York
Harvard
Young Shéa
Fire in Harvard Law School Threatens S Tangdell Hall
A basement fire at Harvard Law School’s S Tangdell Hall was discovered by an Italian watchman who alerted authorities. Cause listed as spontaneous combustion. damage estimated at 250 dollars.
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Harvard Law School
Tangdell Hall
Catholic Total Abstinence Union to Meet in Cambridge
The semi annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Boston archdiocese will be held Sunday October 13 at Aquinas Hall Norfolk Street Cambridgeport. Delegates to the national convention will submit their reports.
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the
Archdiocese of
Boston
Aquinas Hall
Norfolk Street
Cambridgeport
The Mastery of Fear Explains How to Face Dread
Dr Josiah Marge guides readers on confronting personal fears in The Mastery of Fear a feature noted for Post Magazine next Sunday The piece highlights a quote about dread threatening manhood and suggests practical paths to resistance through courage and discipline.
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Josiah Marge
Post
G. Stanley Hall
Man killed on Charlestown elevated tracks near Thompson and City squares
A unidentified man was ground to death on the Charlestown elevated tracks between Thompson and City squares last night. A foreign language letter found on his clothing bore the name J. Poulsen of Fitchburg 104 Kimball street, suggesting contact but leaving his identity unknown.
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Poulsen
Kimball Street
Fitch
Thompson
City Squares
Charlestown
J. Poulsen
Fitchburg
Main and
Monument Streets
John Polson
Alvah Johnsen Machine Works
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