Boy Dies in Fire at Fitchburg Home
Seven-year-old Carl Harry died after being rescued from a burning tenement in the Sprague block. Fireman G W Sullo way, Thomas Rude, and reporter Ernest A Stolba pulled him from the flames and he later died at Burbank Hospital. The boy was alone when his mother Maria Harjy left for work. doors were locked. He was found tucked in bed with his pet dog.
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Carl Harry
Sprague Block
G W. Sulloway
Thomas Rude
Ernest A. Stolba
Burbank Hospital
Maria Harjy
Bookbinders vote for 44 hour week and $6 weekly rise
New York reports more than 2500 bookbinders granted a wage increase of 6 dollars a week for a 44 hour workweek after printers sought 14 dollars and a 44 hour schedule. The pact begins May 1 next.
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New York
Worcester recruits sparse as Boston Police seek new members
Worcester reporters say only one applicant joined the Boston Police Commission recruitment drive with names including McGreevy and Murphy listed. nearly a half-hundred officers report for duty as intown stations receive their quotas for the first time since the new force recruiting began.
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Worcester
Boston Police Department
Boston Police Commission
Boston police strike delegation at Worcester convention
Former Superintendent Pierce led a recruitment party at the State armory as four Boston Policemen's Union pickets arrived. Three to four applicants were interviewed and most left after hearing the union talk. Worcester officers found no wrongdoing and asked the pickets to move. At Alhambra Hall the Boston strikers were cheered by Massachusetts Police Relief Association delegates and Mayor Holmes spoke on police pay and recognition.
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James O’neal
Burling Skillings
William H. Sheehan
State Armory
Boston Policemen’s Union
Pierce
Worcester
Shorty
William P. Wills
Michael Ll. King
Edmund J. Burke
John P. Whittin
Boston
Massachusetts Police Relief Association
Alhambra Hall
K. of C
J. F. McInnes
Holmes
Mass Civil Service tests Boston Police hopefuls after walkout
The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has notified 199 men to appear Friday for the mental examination for the Boston police force. About 403 of the 673 applicants since the police walkout are expected to qualify, including those already certified. Recruitment visits yielded five applications in Pittsfield and two in Springfield. Since October 3 changes to weight height and age requirements, the commission has received 2 non-competitive and 24 competitive examination applications.
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Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Boston
Commission
Police Selection Board
Pittsfield
Springfield
Verdict Sustained in Park Police Case Gap
The Metropolitan Park Commission upheld guilty verdicts against 19 park policemen who refused to replace striking officers. They are discharged without further appeal. Listed discharged men include Harry Barrows James Brennan Gunnar T. Carlson Arthur B. Coffin William P. Dempsey and others.
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Metropolitan Park
Metropolitan Park Commission
Harry Barrows
James Brennan
Gunnar T. Carlson
Arthur B. Coffin
William P. Dempsey
William F. Dwyer
Michael J. Flaherty
Joseph W. Fruth
Charles F. Haskins
William V. Hennessey
Frederick V. Healey
John P. Larelle
John J
Dr Kuno Meyer Dies in Leipsic
Berlin announces the death of Dr Kuno Meyer professor of Celtic language and literature at the University of Berlin in Leipsic born December 20 1858 in Hamburg He was a widely known lecturer in the United States and authored Our War Aims in Enemy Eyes in 187 He wrote about Germany losing U S friendship after the Lusitania sinking and was in America during the disaster.
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London
Berlin
Leipsic
Kuno Meyer
University of Berlin
United States
Hamburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Germany
Dr. Meyer
America
Lynn Police Raid Seizes Jamaica Ginger and Alcohol Supplies
Deputy Chief Edward Callahan led a Lynn raid on the Charles Crompton & Sons extract plant, capturing a large stock of Jamaica ginger and alcohol. Police reported 1222 bottles of Jamaica ginger, 172 gallons of alcohol, and 52 gallons of ginger stored at the station.
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Edward Callahan
Lynn
Charles Crompton & Sons Company
Jamaica
Burleson Defends Administration Before Hardware Groups
Postmaster General Burleson addressed a joint session of the National Hardware Association and the American Hardware Manufacturers Association in Atlantic City New Jersey on October 2 offering the first public account of his cabinet tenure.
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City
N._J
Burleson
National Hardware Association
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
Burleson Defends Policies Amid Bitter Attacks
Postmaster General Burleson outlined why he faces fierce opposition from express firms, newspapers, labor, and tube-system owners over parcel post, second class rates, and mail pay. He defended the espionage act and warned against a November recess leaving reforms undone as Congress debates Wilson era measures.
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Burleson
Express
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Capitol
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