Two Socialist Labor Conventions Battle for Legality
Massachusetts faces a split in the Socialist Labor party as two factions contend the Paine Memorial Hall gathering was or was not their regular state convention. Secretary David Goldstein disputes its legality, while the Paine Hall meeting nominated a state ticket, adopted a platform, and elected officers amid a large delegate presence.
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Massachusetts
Paine Memorial Hall
Socialist Labor Party
David Goldstein
Post
Goldstein
Commonwealth
Boston
Walter J. Hoar
Leroy D. Usher
Homestead Hall
Music Hall
Faneuil Hill E
Jeremiah O’ Fihelly
J. H. W. Williams
Bomerville
Amos P. Jones
Everett
Fitzgerald
Lynn
Committee On
Thomas C. Brophy
Somerville
Spain
William McKinley
Senate
William J. Bryan
Philippine Islands
America
Morris E., Ruther
Holyoke
Alfred B. Jones
F. A. Nager
Springfield
Frank McDonald
Stoneham
A. A. Forstam
Worcester
Michael T. Berry
Haverhill
Kerner
National Party
New York
Shirt Waist Wedding in Camden Headlines Odd Fashion Union
In Camden on September 4, Miss Annie Jacobs wed Morris Blumstein in what is billed as the first shirt waist wedding. The groom and many guests arrived coatless after a shirt waist remark by the groom sparked the idea, drawing a crowd and blocking the sidewalk in front of the church.
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Camden
N. J
Annie Jacobs
Morris Blumstein
Mr. Blumstein
Miss Jacobs
Father Reunites With Daughter In Boston After Long Separation
Sadie Lazarus, twelve, learns she has a living father after years of believing both parents were gone. Joseph Lazarus and Mrs. A. I. Morris arranged a reunion in Boston after Sadie and her guardian traveled from San Francisco. In a missed moment at Back Bay station, Sadie recognized her father as they passed.
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Sadie Lazarus
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Miss Lazarus
Joseph Lazarus
New York
Mr.lazarus
Mr. Morris
Back Bay
Mrs. Morris
Sadie
Father Who Reunited With Daughter After Custody Battle
A Boston man, after a lengthy legal fight for custody, learns his daughter Sadie is in San Francisco. A chance introductions by Mrs. Morris lead to a tearful reunion in Roxbury. Sadie, now mature and well educated, says she is very happy with her father.
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San Francisco
Joan Haskell Butler
Lazarus
Abraham I. Morris
Mr. Lazarus
Phipps Avenue
Roxbury
Sadie
Morris Home
Post
Millionaire Wife Must Explain Cake Walk Scandal
New York reports Mrs. John William Mollenhauer faces charges over attending a cake walk with men of questionable reputation and heavy drinking. Her husband and relatives consider revoking social recognition as more details emerge from police and court hearings. Rose Halladay, the maid, describes events at Palace Hall and the stable incident on North Tenth Street. The wife alleges divorce proceedings against her husband, naming a dressmaker as corespondent who recently died.
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New York
John William Mollenhauer
Mollenhauers
John Mollenhauer
Addolph Mollenhauer
Emil Johnson
Schermerhorn Street
North Tenth Street
Blake
John Clark
Peter McGuire
Peter McDonald
South Fifth Street
McGuire
Bedford Avenue
Raymond Street
Rose Halladay
Rodney Street
Mrs. Mollenhauer
Rose
Boston Leads In Per Capita City Spending Across Nations
National census figures reveal Boston's 1900 municipal expenditures exceed Chicago’s despite smaller population, with $22,262,674 in total appropriations. The report compares park and boulevard spending, street cleaning, pavement types, and per capita costs for police, fire protection, and other services across major cities, highlighting Boston as a top spender in several categories.
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Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Leorwuls
San Francisco
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Denver
Toledo
Kansas City
Omaha
Baltimore
St. Louis
Belgium
Henry Sylvester Dead Prominent Editor for Youth's Companion
Henry H. Sylvester longtime head of the art department at the Youth's Companion and a familiar figure in New York and New England journalism died at his Brookline home. Born May 12, 1859 in Middleboro Mass he built a career across Provincetown Barnstable East Boston Brockton Boston and finally Boston before joining Youth's Companion in Boston. Survived by a widow and one son.
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Henry H. Sylvester
New York
New England
Harvard Avenue
Brookline
Mr. Sylvester
Middleboro
Mass
Barnstable
Provincetown Advocate
Boston
Brockton
Boston Record
Sunday World
A. Cockerill
Jusus Chambers
Ballard Smith
Sylvester
Youth’s Companion
Brooklyn
Second Unitarian Church
Longwood
Unidentified Sailor’s Body Found in Harbor
Harbor police recovered a tall sailor about 6 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds with dark complexion and features from a man-of-war. The remains were found in the harbor and taken to the North Grove street morgue by Undertaker Tinkham.
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North Grove Street
Tinkham
Husband Weyr in New York City Chokes Roommate’s Hostess
A man, Luke Schafer, broke into a West Ninety-first Street flat and strangled Miss May Purchas as she slept, after entering a fire-lit scene with a dark haired companion and a light haired observer. Police arrested Schafer, but the assailant faced a $10 fine claim. another man’s pistol kept bystanders from harsher action. The incident ended with Purchas recovering and Schafer jailed.
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New York
Po-iceman Murphy
Luke Schafer
West Forty-fifth Street
Schafer
West Ninety-first Street
Miss Purchas
Feller
Murphy
West One Hundredth Street
West Side court hears strange mistaken identity case
Lope Mors designers of Superior ready wear reported to police after a man, Schafer, claimed his wife had disappeared. He testified he mistook a woman in a West Ninety-first Street flat for his spouse, saying he entered the room and fled when the error was clear. Magistrate Mott imposed a ten cent fine for disorderly conduct as Schafer could not pay.
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West Side
Mott
Schafer
West Ninety-first Street
Newport Horse Show Opens With Strong Society Attendance
The fourth annual Newport Horse Show Association meeting opened at the Newport Casino with the best start in years as Newport society and wealthy families attended. In the ladies saddle-horse class Miss Gladys Mills and Mrs. Kotman vied for prizes with Mrs. Beach earning second for Mrs. Berwind, while T. W. Lawson won the park team prize over Robert Gerry. Oliver Belmont and Foxhall Keene were not present on opening day.
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Newport
Newport Horse Show Association
Newport Casino
Gladys Mills
J. B. M. Grosvenor
W. E. Kotman
Gladys Lawson
T. W. Pierce
Beach
E.i J. Berwind
Europe
Missionary leader completes world journey to boost Christian Endeavor events
The Rev. F. E. Clark, D. D., president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, arrived in Boston aboard the Cestrian after travels through Japan, China, France, Spain, Germany, and London. He described successful conventions, praised Major General Conger, and lauded missionaries as peacemakers. Clark crossed Siberia via the new all steam trans-Siberian route, noting delays and dangers, and highlighted the incomplete railroad’s strategic value to Russia.
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F. E. Clark
D. D
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Boston
Christian Endeavor
Japan
China
France
Spain
Germany
London
Pekin
Dr. Clark
Conger
Clark
Amur
Siberia
Blagovestchevsk
Siberian
Russia
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Eyiss Lazarus
Jos—Pa
Dupley
Mollenhauer
Mrs
Johnn W. Mollenhaver
Tolen
Mollenhaver
United States
Henry Sylvester
Boyle Bros. Green
Wash. St.—South End
Lawson
Mr Man
Lope Mors
Designers and Makers of
Washington and Brattle Sts
Christian Endeavorers
Bev
Beb. Clark
The
Christian Endeavor Society
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