Sunday Post A Ray Of Light In New England Mills
After weeks of idleness about 75 000 cotton mill workers in New England have found work resumed in many mills post Labor Day. States like Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island report reopening in several towns though Fall River remains shut with no wage reductions allowed. The rebound is cautious with 60 000 workers still unemployed and Fall River’s wages spared by protest.
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New England
Lawrence
Fall River
Military maneuvers at Manassas praised as training
The piece notes the impulse to mock the French and German army drills at Manassas but argues the exercises provide practical value. It says a general staff and lavish headquarters matter little next to gaining real experience for the national guard and that the cost is money well spent for citizen soldiery education.
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Manassas
Corbin
Pickled sheepskins taxed anew under tariff ruling
Massachusetts tanners protest a Treasury decision classifying pickled sheep skins as partially manufactured and subject to a 20 percent duty. Salem and Peabody tanneries fear higher costs for raw materials from England, arguing the pickle preservations do not add value. The piece frames the move as protectionist overreach benefiting Chicago meat interests.
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Massachusetts
Chicago Beef Trust
Treasury Department
Salem
Peabody
England
Chicago Trust
New England
Campaign Decision Looms as Winter Closes In Manchuria
The article notes dwindling time for a campaign decision in Manchuria as winter intensifies. It remarks on Japanese energy and the improbability of continuing warfare once winter fully sets in, suggesting limits to military actions in the harsh season.
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Manchuria
Japanese advance may end war quickly in Siberia
The text notes Japanese forces far from supply bases against a Russian army entrenched at Harbin along the Siberian railway. It urges swift action to end the conflict, while warning that, if Russia refuses defeat and peace proposals, the war could extend into another year. The humane hope is for a prompt Japanese victory.
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Harbin
Siberian
Russia
Prosperity era debated as New York reports rising deaths
The piece argues prosperity is endangered by rising New York City death rates and poverty. Officials blame higher prices for food and clothing, with wages not buying as much as years ago. It suggests Roosevelt’s policies are tied to addressing these hardships.
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Roosevelt
New York
Health Department
Tip or Not Tips Reflects Personal Motives in City Cafes
A series of reader letters from Boston area residents discusses tipping waiters, revealing mixed motives and tensions. Contributors explain principles, affordability, and perceived service quality, with opinions ranging from principled tipping to withholding tips due to poverty or perceived fairness.
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Bay
Boston
Tipper
Beacon Hill
Charlestown
Mass
Vermont Returns Show Narrow Republican Lead
Early Vermont election returns indicate a Republican plurality only slightly below the four year ago level. If trends hold it will stay above the feared 25,000 omen of national defeat, offering modest encouragement to Roosevelt amid limited Democratic enthusiasm. The side issue has passed and the real campaign should start in earnest.
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Vermont
Roosevelt
Observant Citizen Notes Ship Moves and Lectures
Mrs Agnes Booth Schoeffel sails home on the La Touraine, due Boston early next week then Brookline. Patrolman Preble suffers leg amputation after toe gangrene. Lectures in Old South Meeting House end with Dorothea Dix discourse by Rev Christopher R Eliot. course praised. Shepherd transfers from White Star Republic purser to Canopic. winter service Boston links. Labor Day crowd in Boston praised for calm. New York theatrical union delegates in labor parade. Peace Congress opens Oct 3 with preludial meetings and Handel Haydn Society concert. notable women listed. John J Sullivan's twelfth anniversary Waterloo vs Corbett. Fort Seventh Massachusetts reunion at American House on Labor Day with Lt J A Osgood keynote and Ladies Auxiliary honored.
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Old South Meeting House
Dorothea Dix
Christopher R. Eliot
Boston
Handel and “Haydn'Society
Baroness von Suttner
Austria
Sophia Sturge
Birmingham
W. P. Byles
Manchester
Frau Selenka
Munich
Countess Potting
Yamel Kin
China
May Wright Sewall
Anna Garlin Spencer
Jane Addams
Kek
Tforty Seventh
Massachusetts Volunteers Regiment Association
American House
J. A. Osgood
Los Angeles
Cal
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Charles A. Gay
Cambridge
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Newton Newkirk
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Brookline
Henry C. Preble
Jenet
Theatrical Protective Union
Actors’ Protective Union
Bert
John J. Sullivan
John L
James J. Corbett
Timothy Desmond
Dorchester
Business and Shorthand Colleges
Boylston, Cor
Washington St
Continental Clothing
Mt. Vernon St
Surdett College
America
Avon St
Harvard
Juno
Floor
California
Bigelow
Brussels
Bigelow Wilton
Soc
Crex
Kashmir
Smyrna
Napoleon Bonaparte
Admiral Sampson
L. M. F. Roslindale
Bates
Commonwealth
Maine
Remington
Boston & Maine Railroad
West Shore Railroad
Wabash Railroad
Francis
THE
Sahak
Little A of
Heaven
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Darling
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