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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1916

Page

4

Labor Parade Showcases Union Pride and Historic Floats

The parade features a Miss Margaret Jennings presenting flowers to the Mayor, thousands of flags, and a colorfully coordinated display by 200 Boot and Shoe Workers' Union members in white with blue accents. Union banners, booths, and floats highlight labor groups from telephone operators to milk wagon drivers, with dramatic placards on labor issues and a diverse roster of marching unions and bands.

Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union Margaret Jennings Marshal Jennings Edna Dowd Jennie Ewing Cigarmakers Union 97 Park and Recreation Department Mary Catherine McKernan Joseph McDonald Harold Land William Collyer Mary Mahoney Julia 5. O'Connor Union 77 Boston EK. T. Evans Boardman’s Plano and Organ Workers’ Union Hugh Garrity Salem Charles Holmes Haverhill John Farrell Ladies’ Waist Makers’ Union International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Electrical Workers of America Howard Allen Fogs's Vaand Cigar Makers’ Union Edward Broder Mary Blewett A. Wellerman A. FP. of L City of John F. McKernan Olive Building Cleaners’ Union Commonwealth Band

Trade Union Roster of Boston and Allied Bodies Listed

A long roster lists numerous trade unions and their officers in Boston. Names include Richard Garrity J J Doyle John Casey Dennis Driscoll Walter Brown and many others across bands, unions, and committees with details of commanders and locals.

Northeastern College Engineering School Ad Highlights Programs

The Boston YMCA Evening School of Engineering offers four year programs in Electrical Civil Structural Mechanical and Chemical engineering and chemistry plus courses in mathematics art architecture drawing interior decoration and industrial design. The next term begins September 21 and catalogs are available at 16 Huntington Ave Back Bay 4100.

Boston Young Men's Christian Association Evening School of Engineering America

Allied Building Trades and Union Councils List

A directory style listing of Allied Building Trades officers and numerous local union units with commanding members including J. F. Featherstone A. J. Howlett Edward Grady and many local carpenters and trade unions. The document reads like a roll of officers and locals across carpenters joiners plasterers painters glaziers and related trades with band and council affiliations.

J. F. Featherstone A. J. Howlett Edward Grady J. K Twohey W. N. Kelly John T. Walsh John Smith L. D. Chadwick William Gainey David Kirby John Fox Tony Spuria J. Cahill C. L. Evans A. P. Doyle Carpenters’ District Council Lynn Carpenters’ Union C. A. Carr Hebrew Carpenters’ Union Samuel Barishoff S. Grossman Peter Barwick KE. M. Curley J. A. Nicoll Carpenters and Joiners Ion Mc Tg¢glan George McKenzie Marlboro Painters’ District Council Fred McLeod P Paperhangers' Union James H. Templeton Glaziers’ Union Joseph Tarren Brotherhood Joseph L. Diggins Joseph Gibson Lynn Band William J. McDonough Warren Post G. A. R. Band Electrical Workers’ Union Martin T. Joyce Plasterers’ Union Joseph R. Williams Human Bloom International Association of Machinists A. I. Hormel Stiles’ Lynn Painters and Decorators’ Union D. H. C. Mactutire Clarke

Mayor Curley Receives Bouquet From Chief Marshal’s Daughter

A Labor Day parade review at City Hall featured 10-year old Marguerite Jennings presenting Mayor Curley with a rose bouquet. The child, daughter of P. Harry Jennings, chief marshal, also sat beside Mrs Curley during the march past.

Little Daughter Curley Marguerite Jennings P. Harry Jennings City Hall Miss Jennings Jennings Mayor Curley Margaret Jennings Marshal Jennings James M. Curley, Jr

Labor Day Parade Story Opens With Parade Details

A Labor Day parade begins with participants marching along the city streets. Spectators line the route as floats bands and civic groups participate in the event.

Casualties At City Route Prompt Ambulance Response

Several persons collapsed on the route and were taken to the Relief Station. Margaret Roheland aged 14 from Chelsea was sent by ambulance from School street with syncope. Elizabeth Till aged 27 from Charlestown was overcome at Dover street Elevated station. Horace Ballou aged 22 from Dorchester suffered acute indigestion at Relief Hospital. Minot Lynnfield aged 55 from Beacon street sustained a scalp wound and contusions on Beacon near Tremont street.

Margaret Roheland Marlboro Street Chelsea School Street Elizabeth C. Till Main Street Charlestown Dover Street Horace Ballou Barry Street Dorchester Minot Lynnfield Eliot Street Beacon Street Tremont Street

Mrs Ella Sims in Brockton Cycle Crash Likely Fatally Hurt

Mrs Ella F Sims 88 of 112 Newbury Street was thrown from a three wheeled cycle when it collided at Warren and Harvard streets with an automobile driven by Joel Ingles. She suffered broken ribs a punctured lung and head bruises and was taken to Brockton Hospital. Her husband James E Sims was only slightly hurt.

Brockton Ella F. Sims Newbury Street James E. Sims Warren Harvard Streets Joel Ingles

Fields at Hartford Slim as Grand Circuit Opens

Hartford Conn Sept 4 The opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting at Charter Oak Park drew small fields and notably slow times compared with prior years marking an underwhelming start to the meet.

Hartford Conn Charter Oak Park

Miss Harris M Dominates 2:08 Pace as Three-Heat Trials Open

In the feature, only three starters Miss Harris M J J M and Billy Dale. Miss Harris M wins the 2:08 pace in straight heats while How Constantine takes the 2:10 trot. Brisac eyes the experiment purse with Murphy driving as the brown stallion breaks early then recovers.

Miss Harris M Billy Dale McDonald Murphy Cox Constantine Brisac Rodney Dick Watts Humfast Harris M Id. la. Me J. L. Me Br. S Bingara B. m Murray Jess Y Pitman Br. G Constantine Oecee Ress Almah Carpenter Lore Ai E McCloskey Sweet Spirit Ackerman Peter Boy B. H Crossman Peter the Great B. Gg

Liquor License Suspended for P A Doherty Co

The licensing board suspended the liquor license of P A Doherty Co at 1 Bunker Hill Street Charles Town after a complaint of selling to an intoxicated person. Suspension spans 11 p m Saturday Sept 2 to 6 a m Wednesday Sept 6, effectively one day due to Sundays and Labor Day. This is the second suspension in four months for the firm.

P. A. Doherty & Co Bunker Hill Street Charlestown Licensing Board

Also Mentioned on This Page

Harry N. Dickinson J. Walter Mullen W. Franecke FE. McGrady J. J. Barry P. J. Murphy Mabel Gillespie William Kobs A. C. Langlois M. J. O'Leary James R. Crozier W. F. Kinder Michael Mckarland Central Labor Union Division John C. MacDonald John I. Stevens Anna T. Bowen James T. Moriarty J. J. Ward George F. Curran Chris Mallan J. Clark William P. O'Donnell T. Mattimoe John Keohane John A. McGarry Evans Fremk McCarthy H. B. Sullivan Frank O'Hare Charles J. Maynes Thomas Michael Burns Amalgamated Meat Cutters Philip J. Guest Transportation Division Thomas G. Doyle Ross Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees Liberty Band Teamsters’ Joint Council Abe Pearlstein Strachan’s Jeremiah Driscoll Boston Cadet Band Teamsters John Gillespie Teamsters’ Union F. Finnegan Teel Coal ‘Teamsters’ Union Thomas J. McCauley City of the Local 149 W. P. Graney Pressmen’s Union W. Gordon Spring Trade Union Liberty League Northeastern College School of Engineering Huntington Ave Back Bay G. C. Silsby Rockville N. Y Revinol Baltimore Allied Building Trades Division Sioner Frank J. Brennan Municipal Sanitary and Street Cleaners’ Union Viola Dana Daniel J. McDonald Typographical Union May Matthews Telephone Operators’ Union Central Labor Union Stenographers’ Union Natherine Lux Waist Makers’ Union G' S Sleeve Valve Willys-Knight Willys Knight Power Connell McKone Company Brookline Ave Worcester Branch Main St Worcester, Mass Beacon St Manchester Canal St N. H Willys-Overland Company Toledo, Ohio U.S.A Authority of Europe Next Sunday Post Edward Marshall Germany France U. S Marion Gibson Miss Gibson the Next Sunday Post
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