Cucumber Champions Claim Large Harvests Across New England
Readers report giant cucumbers from Unity Maine and Goff’s Falls New Hampshire. Paton treasurer of Lyceum Theatre notes three monsters with lengths up to 14 inches and weights near 4 1 4 pounds. Letters describe several specimens from Brant Rock and North Saugus, boasting sizes around 19 inches and diameters near 10 inches.
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Unity
A. E. Paton
Lyceum Theatre
Samuel Coldwell
Goff’s Falls
N. H
M. J. Robinson
Brant Rock
the Post
Joseph ST. Pierre
Linwood Road
Walnut Street
North
Saugus
Left Rich by Uncle's Death
Victor Delamere a Neponset cobbler departs with wife and two sons for England to claim 200000 from the estate of his late Northamptonshire uncle Edward Tarry. Aged 53 and long a Neponset resident he had hoped to travel after a solicitor in England advanced funds. He once worked as a gate keeper for the New Haven road.
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Victor Delamere
Nepanget Avenue
Neponset
New York
England
Edward Tarry
Northamptonshire
Delamere
Irgland
New Haven Road
Hog Prices Rebound to 1903 High in Chicago Trade
Chicago reports hog prices rising to 7.20 dollars per hundredweight yesterday the highest quoted since 1903 reflecting strong demand and market activity across the pork trade.
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Chicago
361-Pound Williams Faces Larceny Charge in Cambridge
A 361 pound man identified as Henry S. Williams alias Hart sits in Cell 18 Station 2 Cambridge on larceny charges. Judge Aimy will hear the case with Inspector Neilan presenting. Williams, wanted by Cambridge police, was caught by Boston officers after alleged coal order solicitations and cash theft. Further complaints involve Williams in Central Square and elsewhere.
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Station 2
Cambridge
Aimy
Neilan
Cambridge Police
Williams
Hart
Henry S. Williams
Central Square
Boston Police
Winthrop on Swampland Dispute With Gerrish and Narrow Gauge
A truce ends a three way clash over swampland from Sunnyside avenue to Thornton station. The town, the Narrow Gauge railroad, and J. H. Gerrish of the Eastern Dredging Company seek ownership and possible development. Hearings delay action as courts determine title and plans to restrict land use unfold. Gerrish proposes filling and developing while denying corporate intent.
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Winthrop
Railroad
J. H. Gerrish
Eastern Dredging Company
Sunnyside Avenue
Thornton Station
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Gerrish
Melvin O. Adams
Actress Lola Merrill Receives $5000 Abroad Study Grant
Miss Lola Merrill, a rising Boston stage actress, was presented with a $5000 check by her brothers-in-law George M. Cohan and Sam H. Harris of Cohan and Harris to fund a vocal and dramatic study trip abroad next season.
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Lola Merrill
Boston
George M. Cohan
Sam H. Harris
Cohan & Harris
Miss Merrill Shines In Cohan Comedy At Hollis Street
Miss Merrill plays a key role in The American Idea which opens tonight at Hollis Street Theatre. The play premiered in Buffalo last Monday where her performance drew praise from Mrs. Cohan and Mrs. Harris who urged her toward a great comedienne future.
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Miss Merrill
Mr. Cohan
Hollis Street Theatre
Buffalo
Doctor Drowns Self in Monongahela River
The body of Dr. Joseph B. Clifford aged 44, a prominent physician missing since August 31, was recovered from the Monongahela River. Letters to his wife and brother on the body indicate suicide.
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Pittsburg
Joseph B. Clifford
Monongahela River
Boston colored Masons plan new temple costing 100000
A proposal advanced yesterday calls for a new Prince Hall Masonic temple in Boston funded by colored Masons nationwide. The project honors Prince Hall with a memorial hall and tablets listing influential Masons. Col James Lewis of New Orleans proposed the plan.
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Boston
Prince Hall
Grand Lodge
Prince Halli
James Lewis
New Orleans
Copps Hill Burying Ground
Hamilton N. Smith
District of Columbia
William Lloyd Marshall
Newtonville
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
William T. Boyd
Ohio
Labor Men Nominate E Gerry Brown to Oppose Draper
Organized labor urges the Democratic State convention to nominate E Gerry Brown of Brockton for governor to defeat Eben S. Draper. The AFL leadership is praised and calls for unity, local labor clubs, and study of injunctions to uphold common welfare.
New Haven railroad clerks seek working agreement talks
The New Haven railroad board of adjustment meets in executive session to discuss a system wide working agreement for clerks. Members include Stearns, Simms, Knapp, Raymond, Murray, and Zander. The clerks seek recognition equal to other crews and plan friendly relations with management. The notice also covers union meetings, elections, and upcoming events across Boston and surrounding areas.
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Board of Adjustment of the
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
R. G. Stearns
Boston
W. H. Simms
New York
A. F. Knapp
Danbury
Labor leaders urge antiinjuction drive and political unity
A Massachusetts State A F of L executive board and committee meeting at Fanueil Hall outlined tactics for the fall campaign. They backed Gerry Brown as gubernatorial candidate against Eben Draper, urged unity to oppose injunctions in labor disputes, and called for local clubs to study injunction laws. They also mobilized funds and set dates for the Lowell convention and Labor Day protections.
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Massachusetts
A. F. of
Faneuil Hall
Philip H. Sweet
Henry M. Whitney
John ©. Crosby
Richard Olney 2d
Eben S. Draper
Gerry Brown
Brockton
Gompers
Executive Council
Samuel Gomperly
A. Bor
Organized Labor
National Executive Council
Commonwealth
Organized Labor of
Friends of Labor
General Court
Senate
Charles B. D. Fiske
Brighton
William O. Faxon
Stoughton
Elmer C. Potter
Worcester
Unemployed Plan A National Society Formed In Boston
The meeting at Morgan Memorial last night organized Boston unemployed workers to form a national society with a right to representation at an upcoming unemployed convention in New York. The movement aims to unite the unemployed in five major cities to seek federal aid and harness the unemployed vote as a political force.
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Boston
New York City
Morgan Memorial
Washington
Unemployed Delegates Nominated For New York Convention
J Eads How of New York urged sending a Boston delegate to represent the unemployed at a national convention inviting candidates Bryan Taft Hisgen Debs and Chafin. B J Helms was chosen as the delegate with an alternate to follow. How cited 25 000 men supperless in one night and argued against exhausted resources while calling for broader worker organization.
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J. Eads How
New York
National Committee For the Unemployed
Boston
Bryan
Taft
Hisgen
Debs
Chafin
United States
B. J. Helms
Morgan Memorial
Mr. How
American Federation of Labor
America
West
A C H Ladies Auxiliary to Meet at Revere
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Suffolk county holds a county board meeting at Hibernian Hall Revere on Sunday Sept 27. County President Mrs Ellen M Murphy of South Boston presides. Members report large membership gains since the last meeting and officers for the ensuing year will be elected.
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Hibernian
Drowned Man in Taunton River at Pall River
Manuel M. Rego a 28 year old farm hand from Pottersville drowned while bathing at the Taunton River in Pall River Massachusetts He could not swim and went beyond his depth His body was recovered today.
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Pall River
Mass
Manuel M. Rego
Pottersville
Taunton
Rego
Just The Time To Go To Sea For Fall Excursions
The article urges a sea trip now as the best season with Fall Excursion tickets on sale until September. It notes busy Plant Line sailings from Commercial wharf on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Saturdays as fogs lift along the coast toward autumn.
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Nova Scotia
Low Rates to Pacific Coast From Boston and East
Mild priced travel from Boston Worcester Springfield to California and Northern Pacific points August 31 to October 30 1908. Personally conducted tourist cars with comfortable service at nominal cost depart every Monday Wednesday and Friday. For full information contact E H Boynton N E P A Grand Trunk Railway System 860 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Pacific Coast
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
California
Northern Pacific
E. H. Boynton
Grand Trunk Railway System
Washington Street
Mass
Bryan Bars Sunday Talk in Deer Park Protest
William Jennings Bryan opposed Sunday political speech making as residents near Mountain Lake Park gathered 1200 people to hear him. He refused to speak then accepted a handshake after a three mile drive, while locals applauded despite a pledge of no hand clapping. He heads to Baltimore that night for a busy week ahead and arrives at 7:50 the next morning.
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Deer Park
William Jennings Bryan
Mountain Lake Park
Bryan
Baltimore
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Goffs' Falls
MR. Coldwell
Dorchester Cobbler
Miss Lola Merrill
Doctor
Washburn
Crosby's
NEW Temple
Colored Masons
Prince
E. Gerry Brown
Draper
Samuel Gompers
Michael, White
John Malone
Etary Alexander Ryan
Roughan Hall
Old Colony Lodge 143
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Adjustment Board
Paine Memorial Hall
Dennis D
Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Vine Street
Roxbury
Neponset Coal Company
Dorchester
Néponset
Quincy
Milton
Robert J. Lynch
John J. Fenton
A. F. of L
Boston C. S. A
Teamsters’ Unions Joint District Council
Teamsters’ Union
Sanitary and
Joseph FE. Laycock
New England
Waiters, Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union
New Bedford
Fall River
Lowell
Washington Steel and Copper Plate Printers’ Union
Edward L. Jordan
Terrence V. Powderly
Jordan
Riley
Scheuster
Shaw
Spaulding
Stevens
Treadway
Richardson
Wheat
LABOR
Massachusetts State
Associate Hall
Merrimac Street
Merrimac House
Fitchburg
Boston Stonemasons’ Union 9
Harrison Avenue
James J. English
John W. Conley
M. J. Quinn
Robert J. McCormack
James J. Connors
Boston Bartenders’ Union 7
Thomas L. Durnin
Holyoke
Boston Waiters’ Union 80
Boston Longshoremen's Provident Union
Longshoremen’s Trade Council
Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Assembly 5572
Charlestown
A. C. H. Ladies’ Auxiliary
Revere
St. Charles
Weybasset Street
Providence
Main Street
Williams Street
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
London
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