Had No Right To Uniform In Revere Barber Shop Incident
Harold Ellis, a young man, shot at his reflection in Thomas Candella’s barber shop in Revere injuring none, was held in Chelsea court on a charge of attempting to kill Candella. He wore a sailor’s uniform without legal right prompting federal attention. Ellis faces trial after municipal proceedings on September 12 for the Wild West stunt, witnessed by scores who mistook Candella’s pursuit and imagined a razor in his hand.
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Thomas Candella
Revere
Candella
Chelsea Court
Ellis
Stranger With Throat Cuts Found in Woods at Salisbury
An unidentified man was found with multiple throat wounds in woods at Salisbury Plain. He was taken to Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport in critical condition.
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Salisbury
Salisbury Plain
Anna Jacques
Newburyport
Thinks Railroad Wages Should Be Discussed
A reader asks for public discussion of railroad wages citing editorial bias and listing pay figures for engine drivers brakemen and yardmen. The letter argues brain workers deserve recognition and notes engineers and foremen earning from 8 to 125 dollars monthly, urging balanced reporting.
Public concerns over railroad worker pay and investor rights
George W. Reed argues that net weekly earnings of doctors and lawyers pale beside railroad worker compensation after expenses. He questions public access to pay data and stresses investor, widow, and orphan interests, noting dividends depend on controllable operating costs.
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George W. Reed
Wales Street
Dorchester
British Charitable Society to mark 100th anniversary
At its first fall meeting the British Charitable Society named a committee to organize the centennial celebration. A centennial banquet at the Hotel Somerset will highlight the event with 40 members present and President Vaughn Jealous presiding.
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British Charitable Society
Hotel Bellevue
Hotel Somerset
Vaughn Jealous
Child Hurt By Fall While Swatting Flies
Four year old John J Sollker, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Solker of 10 Bellevue Ave Brockton, fell from a chair at a third story flat window and landed on concrete thirty feet below. He sustained a compound fracture of the right hip and internal injuries and is listed as dangerous at Brockton Hospital.
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Brockton
John J. Sollker
Peter Solker
Bellevue Avenue
Brockton Hospital
National American Woman Suffrage Association adopts campaign platform
In Atlantic City on September 7 the NAWSA adopts a campaign platform to push for submitting the federal suffrage amendment to state legislatures for ratification after a long session.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Suffrage Leaders Move to Nationalize Campaign in 1917
The 1917 convention plans a March gathering plus continued Washington lobbying and a nationwide campaign to educate, agitate, organize, and publicize for a federal suffrage amendment. A one million dollar campaign fund is to be raised by Oct 1917, with state groups needing national consent before pursuing campaigns.
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Washington
National Board of Executive Council
Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Howard Shaw
Democracy's duty to establish old age pensions urged
Worcester rally speech by General Charles H. Cole calls for immediate old age pensions and reform of poor laws after a transport tragedy. He links labor, eight hour work, and workers compensation to reducing human waste and boosting state efficiency. He warns against labeling labor as alien and urges respectful treatment of labor, viewing it as essential to national safety.
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Worcester
Charles H. Cole
Middleboro
Tewksbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Independents Under Fertilizer Trust Investigation
Washington news reports Sept 7 that investigators are probing the Fertilizer Trust's practices involving independent sellers. Officials say the inquiry examines price fixation and market manipulation affecting small producers across several states.
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Fertilizer Trust Washington
Fertilizer Firms Admit Hidden Ties to Big Companies
An FTC report reveals independents in the fertilizer industry are often controlled by larger firms. The involved companies have agreed to display their relationships on containers and letterheads to disclose ownership.
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Tion
Federal Trade Commission
Dorchester Man Dies After Electric Car Crash
John W. Crane 75 of 510 Oney Street Dorchester died at City Hospital after being struck by an electric car on Bowdoin Street near his home Wednesday evening. He passed away yesterday afternoon from the injuries sustained.
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John W. Crane
Bowdoin Street
City Hospital
Si Oney Street
Dorchester
Report Favors State Building Department Proposal Endorsed by Legislature Panel
Professor Charles W. Killam of Harvard, member of the Building Law Commission of 1915, urged the creation of a State building department. The proposal, headed by a $7500 commissioner, was favorably received yesterday before the recess committee shaping building legislation.
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Charles W. Killam
Harvard
Building Law Commission
Pelton held in $1000 bond on deriding support charge
Charles B. Pelton, who claimed to be an actor and a baby-food lecturer, is held in $1000 bond in Central Court on a charge of deriving support from Cath erine Campbell, a 20 year old who alleges Pelton beat her while drunk and forced her into the street last Sunday in Roxbury. She wore men's clothes and bore bruises including a head wound said to be caused by a revolver butt found loaded in a bureau drawer.
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Central Court Today
Catherine Campbell
Pelton
Killen
Casey
Washington Street
Roxbury
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