Ned Gagan Dies Suddenl y Boston Politician and Charlestown Businessman
Edward Gagan a prominent Boston political figure and Charlestown businessman died at his home 2 City Square of heart disease after six years of illness. Born 1847 in Charlestown he ran a liquor store at City Square and Chelsea Street and was active in Democratic politics serving in the State Legislature in 1888 and as a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention in St Louis. He was a bachelor living with relatives and will likely be a beneficiary of his will. Funeral at St Marys Charlestown Tuesday at 9 AM.
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City Square
Mr. Gagan
Chelsea Street
Gagan
St. Louis
James Donovan
P. A. Cains
John L. Sullivan
North River
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
William E. McDonald
Alice Connor
Elizabeth McDonald
St. Mary’s Church
Labor Meeting Discusses Reducing Accidents and Compensation
MIT Professor Carroll W Doten chief investigator for the Massachusetts Commission on Compensation for Industrial Accidents spoke at the Boston Central Labor Union urging reforms to reduce injuries and expand compensation. He compares English and German models and notes widespread support from employers workers and the public.
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Carroll W. Doten
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Commission On Compensation
Boston Central Labor Union
Commission
Labor union urges stronger powers to enforce factory laws
The Boston Central Labor Union adopted a principal resolution stating the state labor commissioner should have the powers to enforce laws protecting workers in factories workshops and general industry.
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State Commissioner of Labor
Boston Central Labor Union
Blacksmith Union Growth Highlighted by Dougherty Address
Boston Blacksmiths Union 209 heard First International Vice-President William J. Dougherty discuss rapid growth of the international in two months. He cited new locals in Buffalo Pittsburg Mechanicsville Pa and Columbus O and reported organizing Buffalo carriage and wagon blacksmiths. He plans to unite Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts with stronger district organization.
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Eliot Street
First International
William J. Dougherty
Buffalo
International
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Galleton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Keene
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Fitchburg
Boston
Edward J. Ryan
New Zingland
David Langley
James McNally
Boston and Vicinity
Boiler makers seek license for boiler repair work
Daniel B. McInness and Fred Dauber were chosen by Boston Boiler Makers' Union 9 to push a law licensing boilermakers who repair stationary boilers for public safety. The movement notes many repairers lack practical boiler knowledge, while engineers, firemen, plumbers, pipefitters and machinists often perform such work. The international union and the International Association of Boiler Manufacturers will be urged to cooperate.
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Daniel B. McInness
Fred Dauber
Boston
Union 9
International Union
International Association of Boiler Manufacturers
Freight Handlers Leader Visits Boston for Union Talks
P. J. Flannery international president of Freight Handlers and Interior Warehousemen's Union spoke in Boston to address New Haven Railroad Freight Handlers' Union 70 members. He will stay in Boston for two weeks. The union educational committee announced Father McGuire S J will speak at the October hour.
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P. J. Flannery
Union Meetings Highlight Boston Trades Activity
John J. Kearney to speak on education hour at East Boston Painters Union meeting. Lamp Lighters Union calls noon special meeting to hear contract reports. Metal Ceiling Workers urged to attend Boston Sheet Metal Workers Union 17 session. International President John J. Barry guest in Boston with Charles C. Shea remaining for a month. George G. Tagen named delegate to A F L State Branch convention in Worcester Oct. 10. Teamdrivers Union 879 signs with John T. Scully Co. and Joseph Connell Roxbury. James P. Timilty signs wage contract. D Samuel Jones calls a 1 pm meeting at 446 Tremont to admit new members and elect delegates to the Massachusetts State Branch. Eastern Massachusetts Painters District Council affiliates with Boston OG L A Building Trades Section and names Cashman, McCarthy, Moorehouse, Walsh, Welsh, Abercrombie as delegates. Delegates elect Cashman painters’ representative on board of governors. Boston Building Trades Section to elect officers and business agent Friday. John J. Fenton invites address by Albert C. Betterly at Wells Memorial building next Sunday. Kearney’s executive board receives a special commission from international organizer for district waiters and cooks. praised as capable.
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John J. Kearney
Boston Waiters’ Union 80
East Boston Painters’ Union
Lamplighters’ Union
Boston Sheet Metal Workers’ Union 17
International
John J. Barry
Theatrical Stage Employees
Charles C. Shea
New York
Boston
George G. ‘Tagen
Union 843
A. F
Worcester
Joseph Connell
Roxbury
John T. Scully & Co
Cambridge
Union
James P. Timilty
D. Samuel Jones
Union 223
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
Painters’ District Council
Boston OG. L. A. Building Trades Section
John T. Cashman
William H. McCarthy
Frank Moorehouse
Boston Painters’ Union 11
James A. Walsh
West Boston Painters’ Union
John F. Welsh
Sign Writers’ Union
James G. Abercrombie
Brookline Union
Mr. Cashman
Boston Building Trades Section
John J. Fenton
Boston Coal Teamsters’ Union 68
Albert C. Betterly
Goal Exchange of
Wells Memorial Building
Greater Boston
The
Kearney
New Emollient Treatment Eyed for Diabetes Recovery
Early results suggest people age 60 and over may recover in high numbers with Fulton’s Piapette pin. Outcomes vary by age with better recovery in older patients and poorer results below age 50. The treatment is sold in Boston by Riker Jaynes Drug Co and promoted by Jno. J. Fulton Co of San Francisco.
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Boston
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Jno. J. Fulton Co
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San Francisco
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Charter Watch Association Formed Under City Reforms
A City Charter Association led by Mayor Henry L. Higginson and others from Boston’s reform ranks forms to scrutinize proposed amendments before adoption. Members include Laurence Minot Bernard J. Rothwell and noted civic activists aiming to inform the public on forthcoming changes and oppose rapid changes like Civil Service Commission abolition or altered council representation.
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Henry L. Higginson
Laurence Minot
Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston
Charter Association
Association
Civil Service Commission
Fitzgerald
H. L. Higginson
Arthur F. Estabrook
James Richard Carter
March G. Bennett
C. W. Amory
Max Mitchell
Benjamin C. Lane
B. Capen
C. F. Adams
Labor union push for centralized factory inspection department in Massachusetts
The Central Labor Union urged placing all factory and labor laws under a new Department of Labor with a practical commissioner. They criticized current enforcement, called for coordination with state parties, and backed labor leaders Murphy and McCarthy for the national AFL convention in St. Louis.
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Massachusetts
Central Labor Union
Factory Inspection Commission
Draper
Department of Labor
State Branch
Woman strike leader visits Boston union
Pauline Newman of New York, famed for leading the shirtwaist strike, attends a Boston Central Labor Union meeting and engages in local organizing work.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Pauline Newman
New York
Sunday Lectures at Art Museum Highlight Classical Sculpture and Rodin
The Museum of Fine Arts began Sunday docent services with two talks in separate sections. Sidney N. Deane discussed Greek sculpture from the fourth and fifth centuries BC, followed by Assistant Professor Seaver's discourse on Auguste Rodin.
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New Museum of Fine Arts
Sidney N. Deane
Seaver
Auguste Rodin
Italians Celebrate Saints Feasts in North End Festivities
The North End marked the Feasts of St. Rocco and St. Anthony with a day of parades band concerts church services and banquets. A solemn high mass at St Leonard of Port Maurice Church led by Rev Father Giovanni Vitale opened the day. Afternoon processions moved through the North and West Ends ending with a reception and banquet at a Battery street hall. The Avellino Band performed a concert in a lit North square stand.
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North End
St. Rocco
St. Anthony
St. Leonard of Port Maurice
Prince Street
Father Giovanni Vitale
Battery Street
Avellino Band
North Square
British steamer Saxon Prince quarantined at Rotterdam
The British steamer Saxon Prince arriving from New Orleans has been quarantined in Rotterdam after the death of its cook and illness in three crew members.
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Rotterdam
New Orleans
Centennial fete winds down in Laredo street pageant
Laredo Texas September 18 1910 the continuation of Mexico's independence centennial celebration was nearly completed by a street pageant showcasing local groups and scenes ending the city event with a festive display.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Webster 10 Aid Cotton 1910 Endorsement Letter
The Hon. Walter A. Webster endorses D. Dudley Cotton Jr. for Congress in the eleventh district. In a Sept. 17, 1910 letter he praises Cotton as a progressive Republican, lauds his tariff reform stance and opposition to Cannonism, and urges voters to support his nomination and reveal his public convictions before the election. He notes Cotton’s contrast with opponent O Meara and praises his rejection of machine politics.
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D. Dudley Cotton, Jr
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William Dudley Cotton, Jr
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