Strike Ordered On Harriman Lines Including Illinois Central
On Sept 22 Chicago reports a 10 o’clock strike start on Harriman lines as five unions order a walkout. More than 99 percent expected to quit. clerks also strike on Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi. Freight handlers quit in New Orleans and Georgia and Florida firemen join over wage raises. Missouri Kansas Texas reports 200 plus out.
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Chicago
Harriman
Illinois Centrals
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi
New Orleans
Georgia & Florida Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Leaders in contest 10 down Foss
The Republican National Committee plans an active campaign for Lieutenant Governor Louis A. Frothingham against Governor Foss. Top national Republicans will stump for Frothingham, aiming to influence Massachusetts elections and the upcoming presidential race.
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Republican National Committee
Louis A. Frothingham
Foss
Frothingham
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Republicans rally behind Taft protection stance
Massachusetts GOP leaders frame national implications of state politics as a test of Taft’s tariff policy. They credit his veto of the cotton and woolen bill with protecting Massachusetts jobs and warn that Governor Foss’s election could bring a Democratic president and hard times. The campaign opens with a Lincoln Club smoker at the American House featuring Frothingham White and Walker, with Senators Lodge and Crane among the anticipated attendees.
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Massachusetts
Frothingham
Taft
Senator Lodge
Foss
American House
Lincoln Club
Frothingham, White
Walker
Lodge
Crane
Death claims Watertown writer Mrs Mary Rand
Mrs Mary F Rand widow of Rev hk A Rand died at her Watertown home after a one day illness. A writer of short stories and poems she authored two children books Holly and Mistletoe and Home Spun Yarns for Christmas Stockings. Born November 18 1840 in Thomaston Maine she moved to Watertown in 1881 and was active in the WCTU and church groups.
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Mary F. Rand
Hk. A. Rand
Garfield Street
Watertown
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Pablo Overcoat Ad Promises Best Health Protection
Pablo overcoat promoted as health protection gear with a bold claim of value. F Gray Co located on Washington and Hanover streets touts the item as the best coat in the world with a price drop from 20 to 9.96 dollars and urges purchase.
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Pablo
Best
F. Gray Co
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Ancients Depart on Bermuda Rip
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company with over 300 members marched from Faneuil Hall to South station and boarded the Commonwealth for Fall River and then New York. From there the Oceana would carry them to Bermuda for a two day stay with Governor Kitchener to greet them and planned entertainments.
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South Station
Faneuil Hall
Fall River
New York
Bermuda
Everett C. Benton
Harvey Hamilton
Wilbur F. Adams
Fred McDonald
Commonwealth
Oceana
F. W. Kitchener
Additions Planned at South Station Boston
Announcement of extensive additions and changes to South Station in Boston, costing 500,900 dollars, will expand offices to handle rising demand. The Boston Terminal Company notes the New York New Haven Hartford system will relocate a larger staff to the rebuilt complex, with space across floors for the Boston & Albany and railroad executives.
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South Terminal
Boston Terminal Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston & Albany Road
New York
Boston
Bos
Summer Street
Dorchester Avenue
Boston & Albany Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Louisiana Stirred by Killing in Opelousas Parish
Louisiana wakes to shock after Allan Garland is shot by Mrs. Zee McRea inside the McRea home on Sept. 21. Residents describe the parish as quiet and sleepy as authorities investigate the shooting, set against historic Louisiana scenery along the Gulf to the Arkansas line.
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Opelousas
Gulf
Arkansas
Louisiana
Allan Garland
Zee McRea
McRea
Evangeline
Mystery and murder in Opelousas court case unfolds
In Opelousas a community debates a fatal shooting of Allan Garland by Zee Runge McRea. District Attorney R Lee Garland cites evidence of a liaison between Allan and Mrs McRea, while defense insists a self defense claim. The case moves toward grand jury and trial.
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Allan Garland
Opelousas
R. Lee Garland
Garland Dupree
Garland
J Garland
Administration
Zee Runge McRea
John W.wis
Young Garland
Allan
Rumored visitor pressures woman's reputation in past incident
A woman recalls a man named McRea asking if her husband would be home that night and saying he could ruin her reputation by visiting. The exchange shows his insistence on visiting to safeguard his own standing.
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McRea
Dix to Pardon Hains Today
Governor Dix announced he will grant executive clemency to Captain Peter C. Hains Jr., the slayer involved in the Bayside Yacht Club float incident near Long Island, after reviewing additional affidavits. He said a pardon was expected the next day.
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Albany
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Dix
William 8. Annis
Bayside
L. 1
Captain Hains Barred From Army
Washington dispatch reports Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. is barred from the army after his resignation was accepted by the President while confined at Sing Sing. Governor Dix may seek a pardon for the killing of William Annis, but War Department says only Congress can restore him to the army roll.
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Washington
United States Army
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Dix
William &. Annis
Hains
Sing Sing
War Department
Congress
Chester Arrives at Gibraltar for Coaling then Malta Voyage
The American scout cruiser Chester arrived at Gibrlaltar today and began coaling. She will sail on Monday for Malta and then likely proceed to Derna, a sea port in Africa about 149 miles northeast of Benghazi.
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Chester
Gibraltar
Malta
Derna
Africa
Benghazi
Wise Fails to Arrive in Hub After Release
Edward Wise the former Roxbury baseball player was pardoned by Governor Dix of New York and telegrammed to say he would arrive in Boston at midnight. Relatives waited at Back Bay Station in vain. Wise, who spent 33 years in Sing Sing, was freed thanks to three men who believed him innocent: John A. Kelcher, John A. Sullivan, and Miah Murray. Wise left Sing Sing yesterday morning for Boston.
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Edward Wise
Roxbury
Dix
New York
Boston
Back Bay
Wise
Sing Sing
John A. Kelcher
John A. Sullivan
Boston Finance Commission
Miah Murray
Palmer Guilty of Perjury in Superior Court
Jackson Palmer a Middlesex county lawyer and son of former Lowell mayor was found guilty of perjury by a jury in the Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge before Judge McLaughlin. Sentence was suspended until the November sitting and an appeal to the Supreme Court was announced. Earlier the judge denied a request to remove the case from the jury.
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Jackson Palmer
Middlesex County
Charles D. Palmer
Lowell
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
McLaughlin
Burke
Palmer
Supremes Court
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Rip
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Sol Busch
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Mrs. McRea
Mr. Smith
Mrs. MccRea
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Madison Street
Canal and
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J. E. Brittain
Washington Street
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