Wage Board challenges NAM over minimum wage report
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission accuses the National Association of Manufacturers of false statements in a so called Preliminary Report on the Legislative Minimum Wage. The commission cites four alleged findings claiming wage gains for women in the brush industry and reduced low pay without harming the industry.
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Massachusetts
National Association of Manufacturers
State Commission
Minimum Wage Commission
Labor men enter campaign in Massachusetts
Organized labor in New Bedford outlines plan to form political labor leagues in 37 cities with AFL Massachusetts branch. Leaders anticipate influence when a delegation visits the State House to urge Governor Walsh to veto the Boston dry dock contract and readvertise for bids.
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New Bedford
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
State House
Walsh
Boston
Labor federation votes to launch labor party in 1916
Delegates demand a temporary political vehicle until the labor party forms. They urge the Governor to reject the current contract as it lacks labor protections. Ig nat is McNulty of Boston attacks McSweeney and Cush ing over a drydock plan valued at 4 million dollars. The federation bans officers from taking appointive offices and holds its annual election, naming Joseph Hunt president and Martin Joyce re elected secretary treasurer. Springfield wins to host the next convention amid a push on fraternal ties with farmers groups.
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Federation
Ignatius McNulty
Boston
Gaston Banking Syndicate
Edward F. McSweeney
McNulty
Grafton D. Cushing
Arthur M. Huddell
McSweeney
Edward S. Alden
Joseph J. Hunt
Boston Teamsters’ Union
Edward S.S. Alden
Holyoke
Hunt
John J. Kearney
Waiters’ Union of
Martin T. Joyce
J. Walter Mullen
George H. Miller
George H. Wrenn
Springfield
Arthur N. Harriman
New Bedford
Charles E. Anderson
Lowell
Henry Sterling
John P. Meade
Brockton
John MacDougall
Haverhill
Lynn
Alden
Massachusetts
Dennis D. Driscoll
Executive Council
Five Hundred Dollars Given Away Mystery Prompts Curiosity
A Sunday Post feature teases a sensational giveaway of five hundred dollars, inviting readers to read the magazine to learn how the event unfolds and whether the tale proves true. It hints at a fairy tale like promise and a motivating prize.
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Sunday Post
Seven Bodies Recovered After Subway Trench Collapse
Emergency crews combed a Seventh Avenue site where a trolley car with 79 aboard plunged into a massive trench. The disaster left a smashed car, wrecked timbers, and dozens of injured while investigators, including District Attorney Perkins, seek negligence clues amid gas leaks and explosive dynamite stored nearby.
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Perkins
Seventh Avenue
Woods
Adamson
National Cloak and Suit Company
Seymour Paper Company
John Maher
Consolidated Gas Company
Butler
Maher
Claim 80 Percent of Submarines Are Lost
The article reports that more than 80 percent of submarines have been destroyed, causing a collapse in undersea warfare. It alleges Britain’s navy conducted four months of operations and would have succeeded sooner if mechanical devices had been suitable.
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Germany
Tts
Great Britain
France
United States
Boy Dies After Collision With Car during School Run
Quido Della Piano, 6, of 82 Ferry Street Everett was killed when he ran into a slowly moving car on Irving Street near Union while fleeing a pursuer after school. Driver John T. Roberts, 131 Harvard Street, Everett, reported a sudden swerve by the child and a skull fracture.
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Quido Della Piano
Ferry Street
Everett
John T. Roberts
Harvard Street
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Irving Street
Union
Submarine War Tactics and British Netting Strategy
British naval actions have reduced German submarine losses by using large galvanized wire netting with 15 foot mesh set between oil burning torpedo boat destroyers. Submarines lose periscopes in rough seas, limiting visibility to about a mile, undermining U boat effectiveness and harming morale among German crews.
German Admlty Denies Sinking Hesperian Submarine
Berlin issues a semi official statement contradicting British claims about the Hesperian attack. It describes net defenses and destroyers guiding subs into submerged nets, notes many submarines escaped, and claims British output of freighters outpaced losses while German crews remain unsuccessful in halting transport lines.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Sargol Flesh Building Cure Promises Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement touts Sargol as a gentle enhancer for digestion that helps the body absorb fats to build weight. It claims rapid cheek fullness and firm flesh, with a money back guarantee from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and others.
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Hungary
America
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Medical writer endorses Bisulated Magnesia for sour stomach relief
A noted medical writer prescribes Bisulated Magnesia first for hyperacidity and sour stomach. A teaspoon in hot water provides instant relief. Sold by druggists in powder or tablet form at 60 cents per bottle.
Submarine warfare costs and sunk U boats dated
The article notes over 7,000,000 spent in the war effort against German submarines with 2,000,000 spent in the United States. It lists the latest torpedoes range and confirms sunk boats including U 9 U 15 U 16 U 18 U 22 U 93 U 24 U 6 U 2 U 7 U 4 and several unnumbered Augsburg and Nuremburg types since April 1.
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Ting
United States
Augsburg
Nuremburg
Wallace arrested at prison gate after parole release
William Wallace was arrested at the gate of Auburn prison in Auburn New York after his parole release. The incident occurred shortly after the prisoner left the facility.
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Auburn
N. Y
William ©. Wallace
Wallace Charged With Forgery in Boston Case
From Boston, Wallace is charged with forgery and grand larceny. Officers carried requisition papers but he began habeas corpus proceedings to test his arrest while under a New York State parole after serving 14 months for forgery in Rochester.
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Boston
Wallace
New York
Rochester
Fluid Enserol Advertisement Promises Hearing Relief
An old style ad claims Fluid Enserol cures deafness and ringing in the ears. It instructs mixing one ounce with warm water, using two drops nightly in the affected ear, and gargling with a tablespoon in warm water for throat and nasal relief, promising catarrh and head noises vanish after weeks.
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Riker Jaynes
Doctor's Advice by Dr Lewis Baker
Anecdotal letters request remedies for anemia nervous fatigue and weight concerns. The doctor prescribes three grain hypo-nuclane tablets for weight and vitality and five grain arborone tablets for reducing size. Other readers report kidney issues dandruff and general ill health with suggested balmwort and yellow mingol tonics.
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Saire
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Ginter Co
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Essex Tunnel
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