East Boston Jews Lay Corner Stone of New Synagogue
The Hebrew community of East Boston celebrated the laying of the corner stone for the Ohel Jacob synagogue. Mayor Fitzgerald officiated as diverse clergy and residents attended, traffic halted on nearby streets, and a bench incident sparked brief panic with no injuries.
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East Boston
Hebrews
Hebrews of
Ohel Jacob
Twitzgerald
Charles Berman
John F. Fitzgerald
New Chel Jacob Synagogue
East
Missing Branford woman leaves note before disappearance
Laura Ella Brown of Branford, Haverhill, vanished from her home of H. W. Page after leaving a note indicating she might harm herself. Police and Mr. Page conducted a search along the Merrimac River with no success.
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Haverhill
Laura Ella Brown
Branford
H. W. Page
Merrimac
Miss Brown
Nellie
Taft Not Threatened On Nippon Voyage
In Nagasaki on the steamer Minnesota Taft and his party faced a drunken Japanese passenger confined to his cabin. He was turned over to police as the incident was blown up into an alleged attack on Taft.
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Nagasaki
Minnesota
Taft
Kobe
Woman Drowns After Falling From Houseboat on Quinsigamond
Mrs. Mabel Stevens, 46, a domestic servant from Shrewsbury, fell from the Whistler houseboat near the Anglers' Club on Lake Quinsigamond and drowned. Her body was recovered in six feet of water. A Providence undertaker's daughter, she was last seen seeking refuge in the boat on her way home.
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Worcester
Mabel Stevens
Harry F. Patterson
Shrewsbury
Quinsigamond
Anglers’ Club
Lusitania Doing Better Ready for New York Run
The Cunard liner Lusitania sailed from Liverpool for New York Saturday night and reached Queenstown faster than expected, averaging 24 knots on the passage to port. Wireless reports from Crookhaven put the ship 41.28 knots from Daunts Rock at noon with a 19.92 knot per hour run, under hazy west winds.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Liverpool
New York
Crookhaven
Ireland
Daunts Rock
Death of Rev Calvin Cutler in Auburndale
The Rev Calvin Cutler aged 74 died suddenly at his Fern street Auburndale home as his long time church prepared to rededicate its remodeled building. Born February 19 1833 in Holliston Massachusetts he leaves three daughters Alice D Mary H Harriet M and a son.
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Newton
Calvin Cutler
Fern Street
Auburndale
Mr. Cutler
Holliston
Mass
Alice D
Mary H
Harriet M. Cutler
Union condemns Brockton boot and shoe workers plan
The Boston Central Labor Union denounced a Brockton effort to form a dual boot and shoe workers group as contrary to trade union principles. It reaffirmed support for the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union and urged affiliated unions to aid striking bookbinders. A reply to Senator Lodge on the Public Opinion Bill will be delivered at Faneuil Hall on Oct 27.
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Brockton
Boot and Shoe Workers
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Robert Ince
Somerville
Henry Cabot Lodge
Faneuil Hall
Arthur M. Huddell
Patrick Maloney
Co. L. A
Dennis D. Driscoll
State Branch
Fitzgerald
Pettigrew
Park Department
Huddell
C.L. A
A. F. of L
Norfolk
Rhine Makes Record Boston Arrival With Ten Stowaways
The Rhine, an East to West Indies trader, anchored at Boston after a Cardiff departure on August 30. Ten stowaways, five claiming American citizenship, others from Nova Scotia Ireland and Norway, were found aboard and put to work before quarantine. The ship proceeds to join the N W Rice fleet for Boston South American trade. A gale near Newfoundland tested the voyage but the Rhine arrived in good order.
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Boston
East
West Indies
Cardiff
Bergman
Nova Scotia
N. W. Rice
South American
Newfoundland
New Detective Society Formed in Paris modeled after Pinkerton
In Paris on October 6 authorities report the creation of a new detective society. The group aims to combat the growing problem of thugs and highwaymen that has drawn wide attention in the French press and follows the model of the Pinkerton bureau.
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Paris
Pinkerton Bureau
Machinists Score Draper at District 19 Convention
Lieutenant-Governor Eben S. Draper faced strong labor criticism at the District 19 Inter national Association of Machinists meeting at 724 Washington Street. Delegates from New England voiced disapproval over his actions in Hopedale, urging organized labor to oppose his candidacy for lieutenant governor.
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Seben
S. Draper
International Association of Machinists
Washington Street
Eben S. Draper
Hopedale
New England
Massachusetts
Bookbinders Confident as Union Leaders Address Boston Meeting
Robert Glockling of Toronto president of the International Bookbinders Union told Boston members at 724 Washington Street that U S and Canadian bookbinders are in exceptionally good condition from a trade union standpoint. He praised local officers for handling the strike. Norwood strikers' women reps said they will stay out until eight hour day is granted.
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Robert Glockling
Toronto
International Bookbinders’ Union
Boston
Washington Street
Glockling
United States
Canada
Norwood
Boston Printing Pressmen's Union
Ellis’ Hall
John J. Barry
Boston ‘Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
A. SF. of
First International
Aa Eenue
Frank J. Linehan
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Hols Halls
Louis R. Sullivan
A. I. of
Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Lincoln Hall
Concord Street
Matthew J. Cummings
Thomas H. Cunning
Knights of Labor
Box Makers and Lawyers’ Union
George M. Gumther
International
Cornelius P. Shea
Plot to Burn Garage Discovered in North Adams
In North Adams on October 6 a man plotted to destroy I L Rand’s garage and ignite a fire that could have burned nearby homes. Harry Rand Jr detected a burning fuse near a stash of gunpowder in hay filled boxes and prevented catastrophe by extinguishing the sparks. Over two pounds of gunpowder were found in the bottom of the box after hay removal and the fuse to the powder was partially burned.
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North Adams
I. L. Rand
Harry Rand
Mr. Rand
Mr. Rand, Jr
Labor lodge initiations and union actions reported
Trimountain Lodge 486 admitted 12 applicants at a Sunday initiation. Boston Building Laborers' Union 225 approved helping the Building Trades Section maintain jurisdiction in new construction as 14 applicants joined. Foundry Employees' Union 23 planned a smoke talk and entertainment. Several unions announced meetings, elections, delegate appointments, and contributions to strikes and testimonials. Lamplighters' Union to hold a special meeting this afternoon.
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Trimountain Lodge
Frank BR. Bates
H. S. Stiles
J. J. Fitzpatrick
A. W. Lindsay
Building Trades Section
Central Labor Union
Bos
Foundry Employees’ Union 23
Washington Street
Ing
John J. McLoughlin
New England
Electrical Workers’ Unions
New York
Boston
Peter J. Donaghue
Teamdrivers’ Union
A. IF. of
Gilbert Frey
Cement
Asphalt Workers’ Union
A. FI. of L
Milford
Lamplighters’ Union
Deacon Hall
ELOPERS CAN NOT BE FOUND IN NEW YORK
No word has reached the Maloney home in Spring Lake New Jersey on the whereabouts of Miss Helen Maloney and Samuel Clark son who left last Tuesday for a shopping trip to New York City It is denied that they were married at the Church of the Transfiguration and it is believed they may have been married in a Catholic church in New York with a dispensation The couple's Catholic faith is noted and their families fear a Protestant ceremony may have occurred
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New York
Maloney
Spring Lake
N. J
Helen Maloney
Samuel Clarkson
Miss Maloney
Mr. Clarkson
Church of the Transfiguration
Twenty-ninth Street
Joe Houghton
Missing Clarksville man found on Dead Diamond Island
After a day and night search involving many men and boys, Elbridge Hurlburt of Clarksville was found on Dead Diamond Island. He was exhausted and had no food since Thursday.
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Colebrook
N. H
Elbridge Hurlburt
Clarksville
Dead Diamond Island
Teddy Omits Church at Stamboul Camp
President spends day at Tensas bayou camp near Stamboul Louisiana preparing to begin hunting with Latta reporting no contact from Washington. The camp features seven tents including a 15 foot square private tent a large mess tent and a cooking tent. Manager Shields presents a Bay horse the President will not use on the hunt.
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Stamboul
Tensas Bayou
Latta
Shields
Parker Plantations
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Laura Brown
Rev
Home Furnishers Ass’n
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Lafayette Square
Cambridgeport
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W. U
Rhine
Pape
Gartlitt
Pinkertons
France
Organized Labor
Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
North Station
Haymarket Square
Callahan-A-Whiskey
House of
John F. Callahan & Co
Federal Street
Posse
Teddy
Axminster Rugs
Bigelow Axminster
G. O
Complete House Furnishers
Tremont ST
Cor. Eliot ST
Sige
Carters
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