Carmen Seek Pay Increase From Boston Elevated Railway
The Boston Street Carmen's Union wage committee has asked officials of the Boston Elevated Railway Company for a conference to discuss a wage increase. The request arises from wartime strains, with no plan to break the current agreement which runs to May 1, 1910. The union seeks frank talks on the daily pressures workers face to ease tension.
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Boston Street Carmen's
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Willys Heads Big New Fund
John N. Willys of Toledo appointed to lead a national drive to raise a wartime recreation fund of three dollars per soldier or sailor. The Willys-Overland president will work with national figures in most cities to fund wholesome hospitality near training camps, per a war department commission announcement and a letter from President Wilson.
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Washington
John N. Willys
Toledo
Willys-Overland Company
Willys
Commission
War and Navy Departments
Wilson
Constipation as a Penalty of Age Adverts
An old age health note claims constipation worsens with age and hinders vitality. It warns against harsh purgatives and promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, physician endorsed laxative sold by druggists. A fifty cent bottle is offered with a free trial sample by writing Dr. W. B. Caldwell at Monticello Illinois.
W D Richards Dies After Sudden Illness in Winchester
William D Richards prominent Boston steel firm member and Winchester charity figure dies at 68 after apoplexy on way from railroad station. Former Selectman and social leader at Winchester Golf and Calumet clubs. Funeral services pending.
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William D. Richards
Boston
Winchester
Richardson
Houghton & Mitichards
Oliver Street
Winchester Golf Club
Calumet Club
Fall River Spiritualist Church Donation Record
Historical clipping lists donations collected on Edwin Street Dorchester by Josephine McCarthy and Florence LeClercq. Names include Kathleen Wholly Edith Crowley Henry Jewett Pauline Mason and groups Two Friends of Orphans Grafton Fellsway Theatre Medford with amounts 3.50 18.90 2.00 25.00 totaling 25 501 09 dollars.
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Fall River
Peculiar Dorchester widow amid will contest
Grace Parkman of Train Street Dorchester sat daily on her piazza in a bathrobe with bare feet on the balustrade. Neighbor Roberta Bacon testified of the widow’s odd behavior, spiritualist talks, and decline in memory as her will for a $100000 estate faces Superior Court scrutiny before Judge Fessenden and a jury.
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Grace Parkman
Train Street
Dorchester
Fessenden
Roberta Bacon
Watertown
Joseph
Sherman II. Whipple
Father John’s Medicine Origin Traced to Lowell Drugstore
A Lowell history feature notes the 1827 Merrimack Street apothecary shop and the 1855 Father John O’Brien prescription that gave rise to Father John’s Medicine. The article recalls the tonic’s nonnarcotic formula and its promotion by Father O’Brien’s parishioners as a safe family remedy.
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Lowell
Mass
Merrimack Street
Father John
John O’brien
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