International Union Will Meet Here This Morning
The International Coopers' Union holds its tenth annual convention at Naomi Hall on Washington Street opening at 10 o'clock. Welcome addresses will be given by local and city union leaders, with about sixty delegates expected from major U.S. cities. President Joseph B. Hammer of New York will preside. committees will be formed before a 2 o'clock adjournment.
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The
International Coopers’ Union
Naomi Hall
Washington Street
Matthew Coady
Kneeland
Boston Central Labor Union
Joseph H. Post
Building Trades Council
John F. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
United States
Joseph B. Hammer
New York City
Delegates Sail for Harbor With Intl Organization Officers
Delegates and their friends will enjoy an afternoon sail down the harbor. Officers of the international organization are President Joseph B. Hammer of New York, Vice-President Patrick J. Donnelly of Boston, Second vice-president Henry Fuhry of Milwaukee, Third vice-president James Murphy of South Omaha, and Secretary-Treasurer James A. Cable of Kansas City, Kan. They have established headquarters.
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The
International Organization
Joseph B. Hammer
New York
Patrick J. Donnelly
Boston
Henry Fuhry
Milwaukee
James Murphy
South Omaha
James A. Cable
Kansas City
Kan
Headquar
Delegates Rally at Quincy House During Union Convention
Delegates secured quarters at the Quincy House as committees at the two union depots welcomed them and escorted delegates to headquarters. The convention, in session for one week, will consider arbitration improvements, abolishing annual conventions, increasing defensive revenue, and adopting a broad referendum to broaden member input.
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Ters
Quincy House
Labor unions push eight hour day and wage laws
Central Labor Union and affiliated unions endorsed workers labels and called for eight hour days and a two dollar per day minimum wage for municipal contractors. Franks McCarty elected to represent at the AFL convention in Louisville. Nominations for offices were made and the next meeting will finalize elections. Edward N. Nockels spoke on the recent Chicago strike, noting 4500 still on strike from an initial 42,000.
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Central Labor Union
Garment Workers’ Union
Lumber Teamsters’ and Handlers’ Union
Frank McCarty
American Federation of Labor
Louisville
Kvy
Edward N. Nockels
Chicago Building Trades Council
Teamsters Installed at South Boston Hall
At a regular meeting of the United Brotherhood of Teamsters in Towti Hall South Boston officers were installed including President M J Buckley vice president W P Walton recording secretary F F Gallagher secretary treasurer Thomas F Brown conductor Joseph Sager and warden W J Howardly A mass meeting will be held in the same hall next Sunday.
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United Brotherhood of Teamsters
Towti Hall
Boston
M. J. Buckley
W. P. Walton
F. F. Gallagher
Thomas F. Brown
Joseph Sager
W. J. Howardly
Valerie Bergere at Boston Expo and Sousa Concert
Valerie Bergere of the Naughty Anthony company attends the Merchants and Manufacturers Twentieth Century Exposition at Mechanics Hall with the full cast. A banquet follows in the main dining hall before the Sousa concert in the press boxes, then a performance by Prince Ishmael. An automobile parade is planned for next Monday morning with auto owners invited.
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Valerie Bergere
Naughty Anthony
Boston Museum
Merchants’ and Manufacturers
Prince Ishmael
Hindoo Fakir
Boston
Sousa
Band of
Merry Makers
Morris Murch Butler Showrooms In Boston Display Large Chamber Line
Advise those who have not yet visited to inspect Morris, Murch & Butler at 42 Summer Street Boston. They present an exceptionally large line of chamber furniture and a highly complete stock in the United States. Recent additions include ag ann and refined dining room designs at unusually low prices. Their show rooms are touted as a Boston sight.
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Morris, Murch & Butler
Summer Street
Boston
United States
Wyman Hospital Relief Station Planned in Haymarket Square
Boston City Hospital to break ground in Haymarket for a relief station memorial to Thomas T. Wyman of South Boston. The 3 story brick building will house ambulances, operating rooms, sunstroke wards, nurse living quarters and a roof garden. It aims to serve North End Charlestown and East Boston with rapid ambulance response.
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Boston City Hospital
Haymarket Square
City Hospital
Thomas T. Wyman
South Boston
Wyman
Boston & Maine
Charlestown
East Loston
Canal Street
His Opinion It Was a One-Horse Town With Only a Nine-Hole Golf Course
A columnist opines that the town felt provincial with a single nine-hole golf course shaping local life. The piece frames the locale as limited in amenities while hinting at broader regional contrasts and nostalgia.
One Horse Town Yet Nine Hole Golf Shocks Visitor
A Chicago Times-Herald piece mocks a prominent Denver citizen by contrasting census gains and grand civic buildings with the blunt verdict that the city remains a one horse town. A visitor notes fine post office, City Hall, parks, and schools, but is met with the line about a nine hole golf course.
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Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Times-Herald
A Penny Problem Sparks Outburst in Glasgow Evening Times
A reader’s math riddle prompts a sharp reply from Jimmy who imagines sharing pennies but warns the other boy would be spanked unless he returns the remainder. The remark appears in the Glasgow Evening Times.
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Jimmy
Glasgow
Evening Times
Kite on the Sabbath and a weather bureau mix up
A comic fragment contrasts a Reverend scolding a boy for kite flying on Sunday with a witty exchange about temperatures. The boy defends his Sunday kite made from the Christian Globe with tract tails. A separate weather bureau miscue ends in a humorous misunderstanding about numbers.
Ayer's Medicines Promises in Old Advertising Pages
Refreshing a candid view of medicinal ads, the piece contrasts many cures with the trustworthy Ayer’s line. It notes Ayer's Sarsaparilla Pills Ague Cure Hair Vigor Cherry Pectoral and Comatone as tested products from J C Ayer Company Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
J. C. Ayer Company
Practical Chemists
Lowell
Mass
Dream of Colonel Patten Wins at Track
A Pittsburgh Post item recounts a sequence at the race track where a woman dreams of a two word winning horse name and later learns the horse Colonel Patten, ridden by Burns, won. The overheard tale ties presentiment to the win amid beefsteak and onions supper chatter.
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Colonel Patten
Patten
Burns
Pittsburg
Unanimous Opinion and a Nickel Laugh at the Depot
A Denver Times piece recalls a September wedding moment and a humorous episode in a Union depot ladies room. Two boys with a nickel discover a phonograph. a generous tourist helps them learn to operate it, turning the moment into shared joy despite the machine’s price.
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Union Depot
Mither
Man envies nerve of soloist, not voice
A witty Tit-Bits quip contrasts admiration for a singer with the singer's nerve rather than vocal ability. The man envies the performer's confidence, while the woman questions the quality of the voice, revealing humor about stage presence.
Assault on West Boston Bridge Arrest on Cambridge Man
Police arrested John J. Tobure aged 47 of 685 Main Street Cambridge after an assault with a knife on Peter McCabe on the West Boston Bridge. McCabe was cut on the jaw and treated by Dr. Andrews and kept as a witness.
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Division
John J. Tobure
Main Street
Cambridge
Peter McCabe
West Boston
McCabe
Br. Andrews
Mrs Fiske to Return for Tremont Theatre Engagement
Mrs Fiske returns to Tremont Theatre next Monday week with Becky Sharp after a highly praised previous season. Attendance praised the production and the actress drawing top playgoers as she revived Thackeray’s tale with noted ensemble and lavish staging. Seats for the engagement open next Thursday morning.
Egyptian giant Hassan Ali to perform in Austin and Providence
The article notes Hassan Ali, a 23 year old Egyptian giant from Cairo, will appear at Austin & Stone's on October 15 and then move to Providence. Ali refuses camera interviews, citing superstition, though requests for photos pour in from Boston fans after his appearance in The Cadet Girl and other engagements.
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Boston
Austin & Stone’s
Hassan Ali
Chang
Cairo
Egypt
Providence
Tremont Grace George to debut in Her Majesty in Boston
Tonight at the Tremont Grace George makes her first Boston appearance as a star in Her Majesty with the SOmp RE supporting. The engagement lasts one week. E H Sothern begins his second and last week at the Hollis in Hamlet. The Lyceum stock company arrives Oct 1. Monte Cristo continues two more weeks at the Boston with strong business. Theta Delta Chi at Tufts attends Naughty Anthony night at the Boston Museum. The Choir Invisible draws large audiences at the Park. The Rays at Grand Opera House show promise of prosperity. Nick of the Woods returns to the Bowdoin Square Theatre with a stronger production. The Cadet Girl enters the second week at the Columbia with heavy advance sales. No Wanderers and vaudeville headline the Grand Theatre. George Clarke heads Keith's bill. The Dainty Duchess burlesquers top the How ard lineup. The bill includes Monroe and Mack and others. Paul Armstrong presents My June at Boston Music Hall, a one act drama about Philippines campaign. This is the last week of McCusker the champion swimmer at Austin Blea's.
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Columbia
Dan Daly
George A. Schiller
Charlie Cox
Marie Dressler
Isaac B. Rich
Hollis Street Theatre
Somerset
Commonwealth Avenue
Francis Wilson
New York
Malabar
Boston
Castle Square Theatre
Adelphi Theatre
London
Boston Museum
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Julia Bennett Barrow
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Hilda Spong
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Paris
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Andrew Mack
New York Academy of Music
Wilson Barrett
William Greet
Charles Dalton
John McCullough
Marcus Superbus
Lillie Thurlow
W. E. Bonney
Maude Warrilow
Joseph Jefferson
Julia Arthur
Pauline Hall
Anna Held
James O'Neill
Keith’s
Jelix Morris
Josephine Gassman
Jess Vernon
John W. Albaugh
Tremont
Grace George
E. H. Sothern
Hollis
Hamlet
Lyceum Stock Company
Anthony
Theta Delta Chi
Tufts College
Rays
Grand Opera House
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Grand Theatre
George Clarke
Augustin Daly
Keith
the Howard
Monroe
Mack
Nellie Lawrence
Bartell
Morris
Russell
Tillyne
Fish and Quigg
McBride
Goodrich
Flatow
Dunn
Paul Armstrong
Boston Music Hall
Armstrong
Philippines
McCusker
Austin Blea
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Denver Times
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Daly’s Theatre
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Charles Walcot
William Courtenay
Philip Cuningham
Jameson Lee Finney
William F. Owen
Grant Stewart
John Findlay
H. S. Tabor
William Eville
Albert Howson
Fred Courtayne
Elizabeth Tyree
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Beatrice Morgan
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Isabelle Bowman
Mary Davis
Annie Mifflin
May Arthur
Nora Dunblane
VESS
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Hamilton Place
Winter Street
John W. Ransom
Bert Coote & Company
George Thatcher
Raymon Moore
Haynes & Redman St. Onge Bros
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Belasco
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Boston Theatre
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Mgr
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Liebler & Co
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Virginia Harned
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Geo. W. Mehaffey
Joston Young Men's Christian Association
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Henry Jewett & Creat Co
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Letta Meredith
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