Chicago Mayor Thrashes Out New Libel Damages
Mayor Thompson filed praecipes in multiple libel suits seeking 500000 from the Chicago Tribune and 250000 from the Chicago Daily News and publisher Victor Lawson. He also seeks 200000 from former Secretary of War Jacob Dickinson and 200000 each from National Security League officers H H Merrick and Arnold Joerns. The prior day he sued the Chicago Herald and publisher James Keeley for 250000. The total damages claimed reach 1600000.
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Chicago
Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Victor Lawson
Jacob M. Dickinson
H. H. Merrick
Arnold Joerns
National Security League
Chicago Herald
James Keeley
Sailor Held for Attack on Child in Charlestown
Edward George a U S sailor connected with S America was arrested last Sunday night for attacking a 9 year old girl in a Warren street Charlestown house. He appeared before Judge Wentworth of the Charlestown Municipal Court and was held in 2000 dollar bail for the grand jury.
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Edward George
U.S. S
America
Warren Street
Charlestown
Wentworth
Mayor Cliff Declines Candidacy for Fifth Term
Somerville Mayor Cliff announces he will not seek another term leaving Senator Charles W. Eldridge as the sole Republican candidate. Eldridge has served in the Senate for four years and is the remaining name on the ticket.
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Cliff
Somerville
Charles W. Eldridge
Senate
Banker Quits For Artillery Service In Civil War Era
David M. Osborne of Boston and Manchester by the Sea resigns as vice president of Merchants National Bank to join the First Heavy Maine Artillery at a pay of thirty dollars a month. His father, Thomas Mott Osborne, is a reform warden at the naval penitentiary in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Boston
Maine
David M. Osborne
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Osborne
Merchants’ National Bank
Naval Penitentiary
Portsmouth
N. H
Strike Hits Newmarket Manufacturing in New Hampshire
One thousand workers at the Newmarket Manufacturing Company began a strike for higher wages. Union leaders declared a wage increase ranging from one to twenty percent unsatisfactory after it was posted by management.
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Newmarket
N. H
Entir
Newmarket Manufacturing Company
Three Wards Vote on Old Age Pensions in State Election
Voters in Wards 6 12 and 17 will decide on non-contributory old age pensions. Petitions with over 200 signatures were filed with the Secretary of State asking that the question appear on the ballot.
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Secretary of State
Autobiography reviews and wartime book round up
Reading columns praise Hamlin Garland’s A Son of the Middle Border for its portrait of American pioneer life and ambition. They also survey memoirs by Blathwayt and Younghusband, wartime manuals for soldiers, and lifestyle guides, with notes on poets Ledwidge and Riley and Hall Caine’s rise in England.
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West Indies
London
England
United States
Japan
India
South Africa
Tennyson
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Hardy
Hall Caine
Raymond Blathwayt
Hail Caine
Mr. Blathwayt
Brookline Exemption Appeals Weigh in Draft War
Brookline district 4 board reopened 14 exemption cases including J Randolph Coolidge III as a head of a forestry and lumber business seeks relief for dependents. Other Brookline names listed include Guffy Phillips Bauer and Leary among others as exemption and appeal actions proceed.
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Brookline
District 4
A. K. Cohen
J. Randolph Coolidge
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas W. Guffy
James J. Phillips
Albert J. Bauer
Herbert E. May
Owen J. Rowley
Jeremiah A. Leary
Thomas V. Nors
John J. Corcoran
Everett D. Phillips
Christopher Cosmos
David C. Jenkins
Patrick J. Driscoll
Joseph Vichey
Two Wives Sue In Same House In Cambridge Courts
Two wives living under one roof filed divorce suits in Fast Cambridge courts. Annie Fitzpatrick of 32 Manning Street Medford seeks a dissolution from Daniel J. Fitzpatrick, a police officer, claiming cruelty and requesting custody of two children and $10,000 in attached property. Emmeline Champion, married last February, seeks divorce from John H. Champion for cruelty with $2,000 in property attached.
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Fast Cambridge
Annie Fitzpatrick
Manning Street
Medford
Daniel J. Fitzpatrick
John H. Champion
Champion
Boy Captured After Pursuit in East Boston Chase
Frank Pello aged 3, said to be from New York City, was captured yesterday afternoon by East Boston police at Maverick Square after firing at a pursuer. Residents joined the chase as the boy, who resisted, was finally subdued and charged with breaking and entering and larceny.
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Frank Pello
New York City
East Boston
Maverick Square
American Sailors Parade in Brazil on Independence Day
Rio de Janeiro September 7 American sailors from the Atlantic patrol joined a 22 000 strong troop parade in Brazil as part of Independence Day celebrations. The Americans were met with wild enthusiasm along the route.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Atlantic Patrol
Wakefield Rifle Range Opens for Public Use
The Wakefield range, leased by the Navy Department and directed by Lieutenant Elmer Harrington under Major William C. Harllee, will welcome rifle clubs, groups, and individuals on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. The Navy furnishes free rifles markers and coaches. the public provides its own ammunition.
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Wakefield
Navy Department
Elmer Harrington
William C. Harllee
Navy
Three Thousand Meat Workers Strike in Omaha
About 3000 employees in South Omaha packing houses walk out as government interference is awaited. Workers seek a five cent an hour wage rise while management offers a 2.5 cent increase and both sides hope federal action ends the strike.
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Omaha
Omaha, Neb
South Omaha
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