Eight Hour Day Rally at Faneuil Hall Advocates Labor Reform
Frank K. Foster led a packed demonstration at Faneuil Hall urging an eight hour workday for the book and job branch of the Typographical Union. Speakers from AFL and union groups argued contracts must guide hours, while urging broader support and funding for the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Typographical Union
Frank K. Foster
Faneuil Hall
The
Typographical Union
Francis J. Clarke
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Henry J. Abrahams
Boston Central Labor Union
Dennis D. Driscoll
State Branch
A. F. of L
Charles T. Scott
New England
Freezing Temps Grip Boston Suburbs and Rivers
Temperatures fell to 43 in Boston at midnight and dropped to 30 in Newton Watertown and Waltham with frost along the riverways. Water froze in shallow spots as Medford and Malden also reported low readings.
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Boston
Newton
Watertown
Waltham
Medford
Malden
North Danville Woman Found Dead After Disappearance
The body of Mrs. Harriet Merrick aged 85 was found in the woods near North Danville after she vanished from her home on August 23. Local authorities reported the discovery this afternoon.
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North Danville
N. H
Harriet Merrick
Man Goes on Rampage in Emergency Hospital
Police report a man who called himself James O'Brien of nowhere ran amuck at the Emergency Hospital last night. He assaulted a patient and two attendants, throttled another patient, and claimed he was a knight of the road with no home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O’brien
Niles Wins Harvard Tennis Championship
N. W. Niles, a freshman, defeated F. B. Sullo Way, a second year Harvard Law School student, in the final match of the university tennis championship. Niles lost only four games in 22, winning in straight sets 6-1 6-3 6-0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Niles
Sullo Way
Harvard Law School
Niles
Pointers and Bricklayers clash over pointing work injunction
In Boston 82 and Norcross Brothers sue to halt coercion by the Bricklayers Union to stop employing pointers. The Supreme Court heard both petitions yesterday before Judge Morton and reserved decision. Local unions 3 and 27 refused to work with pointers, insisting pointing is bricklayers’ proper work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Pickett Et al
Boston
Norcross’ Bros
Supreme Court
Morton
International Union
Boston Coppersmiths Union Joins International Metal Workers
Sheet Metal Workers' Union 17 says Boston Coppersmiths' Union affiliated with the International Sheet Metal Workers' Union. Business Agent John F. Kennedy reports a grievance with a large ventilation firm and a settlement path via the executive board. Members are to carry an October card and the union backs the Electrical Workers' Union 104 strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union 17
Boston Coppersmiths’ Union
International Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
John F. Kennedy
Executive Board
Electrical Workers’ Union
Paine Memorial Hall
New England Printers’ Conference
Alexander Irvine
New Haven
New England
Hr. O'Sullivan
Lowell
Man Reports Gold Watch Snatched by Unknown Woman
Leonard J. Rollins of Newton Highlands said a fair unnamed girl robbed him of a $150 gold watch and chain while he spoke with her in a doorway on Harrison avenue. He gave a vivid description but police found no matching suspect after interviewing him at Police Station 4.
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Leonard J. Rollins
Sagamore Street
Newton Highlands
Sagrange Street
Harrison Avenue
Washington Street
Leap Year Club Holds Private Dance in East Boston
The Leap Year Club, a social group of 15 East Boston girls, held its third private dancing party at Music Hall in East Boston last night. President Elizabeth F. Foley led the grand march with her brother, Daniel T. Foley. Officers include Foley president, Jennie M. Sadler recording secretary, Mary W. Hines financial secretary, and Anna L. Flynn treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leap Year Club
East Boston
Music Hall
Elizabeth F. Foley
Daniel T. Foley
Dismissal Sought in Ubero Plantation Receivership
Attorney H E Warner for the Ubero reorganization committee asked Judge Lowell in federal court to dismiss the receivership. A stockholders meeting favored reorganizing with $47000 subscribed. The judge, though opposed personally, took the matter under advisement and sought details on plantation locations and reorganization prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Warner
Ubero Plantation
Lowell
United States District Court
Warner
Hugh Ogden
Jeremiah Smith
Suffolk Divorce Decrees Granted In Judge Gaskill Court
Judge Gaskill granted decrees nisi in several Suffolk cases yesterday including Rose L. vs William B rounds Carrie D. Spear vs Wallace H Esther vs Louis Polack Carrie D. vs Wallace H Spear and Rosa L Bullard vs William H. The proceedings list multiple petitions for dissolution of marriage across local households.
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Suffolk
Gaskill
Rose Ll
William
Carrie D. Spear
Wallace H
Margaret Blais
Rosa L. Bullard
William H
Helen T. Reddican
George B
Esther
Louis Polack
Carrie D
Wallace H. Spear
Death of Mrs Georgie Harris Found at Home
The body of 63 year old Mrs Georgie Harris was found late tonight on the bathroom floor at 280 Melrose street Auburndale. Death is believed to be from natural causes. She lived alone and was visited this morning by friends who noted she seemed well. Neighbors discovered the body after seeing lights burning and no movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburndale
Georgie Harris
Melrose Street
Cooper on trial for alleged murder of Charles Northey Jr.
Sheriff Pinkham testified as the principal witness in Augusta at the trial of Mrs. Alice F. Cooper for the Oct 10 homicide of Charles Northey Jr. at her home. He said she confessed the boy was shot during a scuffle.
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Augusta
Pinkham
Alice F. Cooper
Charles Northey, Jr
Trial Testimony Details Revolver Incident at Mrs Cooper Home
Witnesses described October 10 events including Mrs Cooper buying a revolver in Augusta, meeting Northey at a prayer meeting, and a Tuesday visit where the weapon was wrested during a scuffle resulting in two shots. Autopsy findings and witness descriptions followed as the trial adjourned to Wednesday.
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Northy
Gasper S. Gray
Windsor
A. H. Sturtevant
Augusta
Henry W. Plummer
Peter Couillard
Cooper
Gray
Northey
Mr. Gray
Cooper Home
Sturtevant
H. W. Plummer
Drummer Recovers Watch Then Disappears in Rockland
A Boston travelling man claimed theft of eight dollars a gold watch and a gold chain in Rockland Maine. Constable Crockett traced the affair to a hotel parlor where a pretty woman produced the watch, proving it was a dollar piece and the chain brass. The drummer fled and has not returned for his baggage.
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Rockland
Boston
Constable Crockett
Watts
Two Boston Players Wed Cincinnati Bride in Opera House Marriage
Charles P. Sliney property man in Savage's Woodland wed Miss Helen O Neil chorus girl from Winthrop Mass in a quiet ceremony at a Cincinnati opera house. The couple will perform with the company tonight and continue with their engagements. Sliney and O Neil are both Boston natives.
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Cincinnati
Charles P
Sliney
Savage
Grand Opera House
Helen O'Neil
Winthrop
Mass
Pearl Street
Press golfers to open big tourney Monday
The national press golf championship begins next Monday and Tuesday at Fox Hills Golf Club in Staten Island New York. Entries have come in from Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and Chicago.
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Fox Hills Golf Club
Staten Island
N. Y
United States
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Woman Appeals Will After Probate Court Ruling
Mrs. Cora A. Poor wife of J. Edwin Poor and adopted daughter of the late Mrs. Nancy W. Groeschner of Watertown appeals a Middlesex Probate Court decision that allowed the will with codicil of Mrs. Groeschner. The appeal was heard in the Supreme Court at East Cambridge before Judge Hammond as Mrs. Poor claims Mrs. Groeschner was not of sound mind and alleges undue influence by Harriet A. Hinckley of Braintree.
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Cora A. Poor
J. Edwin Poor
Nancy W. Groeschner
Watertown
McIntire
Middlesex Probate Court
Groeschner
Supreme Court
East Cambridge
Hammond
Poor
Boston Policemen Return From Maine Hunting Trip
Six Boston police officers returned from a Fortnight hunting excursion in Maine. The group included Sergeant Fedbridge Patrolman George Farreoo Patrolman Wilson Cordiner Patrolman William Dunn Patrolman George Boothby and Patrolman Daniel J. Dynin. They brought back stories but no game or trophies.
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Boston Police Department
Maine
Sergeant Fedbridge
George Farreoo
Wilson Cordiner
William Dunn
George Boothby
Daniel J. Dynin
Offensive Catarrhal Powder Assertion From Dr Agnew’s
A Cookshire Quebec druggist F A Bot tom testifies he suffered twenty years with offensive catarrh. He states Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder gave instant relief and cured him completely, freeing him from all effects of the condition.
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F. A. Bottom
Cookshire
Que
Tragic Freemont Father Killed In Epping Train Crash
Oct 23 report from Epping describes Fred Hart of Fremont struck by a Boston and Maine train on the Worcester Nashua Port land division. His mangled remains spread along the track while six motherless children face sudden loss and destitution. Neighbors aided the bereaved family as two oldest children waited through the night for a father who never returned.
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Epping
Fred Hart
Fremont
Worcester, Nashua & Portland
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hoff Medicine Price Cut to 35 Cents a Bottle in Boston
Boston customers can now buy genuine Hoff medicine from Theo Metcalf Co at 35 cents a bottle, a reduction from 1 to 2 dollars. Physicians hail the price drop as expanding access to the Austrian remedy said to treat asthma bronchitis and other breathing illnesses.
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Hoff
Adolf Hoff
Vienna
Austria
Boston
Theo. Metcalf Co
Tremont St
Will of Boston liquor merchant Joseph Gahm filed
The will of Joseph Gahm, a well known liquor merchant with Boston ties and property in Massachusetts and Omaha, was filed in Suffolk Probate Court yesterday. He left $25 per year to be paid to the German Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gahm
Boston
Massachusetts
Omaha
Neb
Suffolk
Gahm
German Aid Society
Girls to Go 10 Boston School in Custody Dispute
In St Louis a settlement ends the custody fight of Thomas C. Young and his ex wife over Ruth Dorothy and Marjorie. Dorothy nearly 18 will attend a Boston school under her aunt Mrs Ellen Young after the divorce awarded custody to the mother. Young had charged his ex wife with unfitness.
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ST. Louis
Thomas C. Young
Webster Groves
Ruth
Dorothy
Marjorie
Boston
Ellen Young
Young
Riley Arrested After Saying He Wanted a Ride
William Riley alias Tony Francis, 24, homeless, was arrested by Station 6 officers in South Boston on a charge of unlawful seizure of a horse and carriage owned by B. Wilson of 779 Fourth Street. Wilson left his horse and cart nearby. Riley was found driving the vehicle down Broadway an hour later. He claimed he only wanted a ride.
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William. Riley
Tony Francis
Station 6
South Boston
B . B. Wilson
Fourth Street
Wilson
Riley
Broadway
Woman Dies After 35 Foot Fall From Window
After seven hours in the City Hospital ward, Mrs. Margaret Marietto 69, widow, died last evening from injuries suffered when she fell from her bedroom window at 4 Linwood Avenue Terrace. The death closes a case deemed an accidental fall by authorities.
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City Hospital
Linwood Avenue Terrace
Margaret Marietto
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Martin P. Higgins
International Printing Pressmen’s Union
Francis Maley
James Duncan
Court of Last Resort
Charles S. MacFarland
National Council of the Congregational Church
Washington Gladden
George E. McNeil
Alexander F. Irvine
People’s Church
Conn
Mrs. Merrick
Harvard
LABOR
Newton Man
Ubero
Lad
Henry Siegel
Washington & Essex Srs
Artists’ Materials Dept
Essex Street
F. R. Co
Winsor Newton
Fry’s
Lecroix
All China
Ideal
Higgins
Academy
Standard
WM. Rogers
Berlin
Diao Pan
Bequest
Boston School
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