Children Saved By Pulmotor In Gas Leak Incident
In Brockton on September 29 three Gruntmeyer children ages 4 3 and 18 months were revived after gas exposure in a locked home. A pulmotor from a nearby station aided by an officer restored them. soon after, Dr George Austin was found unconscious from inhaled gas in his room.
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Brockton
Paul Gruntmeyer
North Montello Street
Mary
Witold
Yadwither
Jin
George Austin
Old Lady Drowns In Pawtuxet River
Mrs Nicholas Seidel aged 68 drowned when she pitched head first from the Pawtuxet River bank while drawing water. Her body was found later after the family returned from work at a mill in Fiskeville Rhode Island.
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Pawtuxet
Fiskeville
R. I
Nicholas Seidel
An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be Strong
An old advertisement touts Sargol as a safe simple method to gain 10 to 20 pounds by boosting digestive absorption. It claims the powder regenerates digestive organs, feeds every cell, and produces hollow-cheeked before and after results with a money back guarantee.
State Board Reaches Agreement on Slater Mills Labor Row
Webster Sept 29 The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation began addressing the labor dispute at Slater mills where 500 weavers walked out a week ago causing a shutdown.
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Webster
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Slater Mills
Labor Board Ends Tie In Loom Workers Dispute
State Board members announced an accord as 800 workers gathered at the hall. The strike committee grew to 15 members and demanded a 58 hour week a single loom and a one loom price. Mill officials agreed to a month trial of the 58 hour week with permanent adoption if 60 hours are worked in 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board
Industrial Workers of the World
Girl Charged With Larceny Of Diamond Ring
Eva Hessler of 73 Revere Street West Oppd was arrested by Lagrange Street officers for larceny of a diamond ring valued at 100 dollars from Joseph Devicco of 193 Endicott Street North End.
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Eva Hessler
Revere Street
West
Opd
Lagrange Street
Joseph Devicco
Endicott Street
North End
Mrs Tatten Advocates Bulk Buying For Lower Living Costs
Brookline mother of Alice and Josephine Tatten promotes bulk purchases and prime markets to cut expenses. She cites savings on sugar coffee butter and produce, notes home canning baking and sewing as further economies, and mentions her children’s prizes and the Temple of Childhood inquiry. The Exposition awards total 150000 in prizes with photographs enlarged or framed for San Francisco.
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Jasper Tatten
Josephine
Alice
Henry Havelock Pierce
Webster Street
Brookline
Tatten
Ireland
America
Borden
Temple of Childhood
San Francisco
Dr Williams Pink Pills Aid Teen Anemia
An article urges mothers to treat pale thin teens with Dr Williams Pink Pills for anemia. It compares the pills to quinine in malaria and warns neglect could harm the daughter's health.
Mayor Fitzgerald Heads West On Weeklong Trade Tour
Mayor Fitzgerald and his two daughters left Boston for a seven day trip through the West. He will address chambers of commerce in Cleveland St. Louis Kansas City Omaha and Cedar Rapids with possible visits to Detroit and Chicago. He plans to study stockyards in Kansas City and Omaha for a Boston project and review lighting practices in each city before returning next week.
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Fitzgerald
Rose
Agnes
West
Chambers of Commerce
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
Corey Held in $8000 Bail for Concealment in Bankruptcy
Asad Corey, a Whitefield New Hampshire dry goods dealer, was arraigned before Judge Dodge in the United States District Court and held in $8000 bail on an indictment charging concealment of assets in bankruptcy. He was arrested in Astoria Oregon after a cross country chase by Special Agent Kirt W. De Belle.
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Asad Corey
Whitefield
N. H
Dodge
United States District Court
Corey
Astoria
Ore
Kirt W. de Belle
Department of Justice
Portland
Sophomores Triumph in Harvard Dormitory Night
Harvard's Bloody Monday night ended with sophomores subduing freshmen in four of five dormitories. The yard policeman interrupted the gatherings and used argument and action to end the affair, marking a dramatic student clash and police intervention.
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Harvard
Freshmen Triumph Over Sophomores in Perkins Dorm Fight
Freshmen resist sophomores planned beer party at Perkins dormitory and win the contest. Sophomores parade to Harvard Square with freshmen in colored pajamas, drawing a crowd before Cambridge police disperse the gathering and end Harvard’s serious Monday night.
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Perkins
Sophs
Harvard Square
Cambridge
College Yard
Harvard
Stamps for Zionist Fund Move to Aid Palestinian Home
Hundreds of Jews in this city and thousands worldwide buy national fund stamps to support the Zionist movement and the goal of a legally recognized Hebrew home in Palestine. The stamp features Dr. Theodore Herzl and carries the inscription Return to Palestine. Stamps are sold in local department stores with greeting cards.
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Palestine
National Fund
Theodore Herzl
Zionist Movement
Quincy Assessor Johnson enters mayoral race
Principal Assessor Charles H. Johnson filed Republican nomination papers for Mayor of Quincy. Mayor Stone poised to decide on a third term. Possible candidates mentioned include ex Mayor Shea John S. Miller Progressive Joseph L. Whiton City Council President, and James H. Penniman Democrat. Ward 3 Councilman Ross also filed papers.
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Quincy
Charles H. Johnson
Stone
Shea
John S. Miller
Joseph L. Whiton
James H. Penniman
Ross
Ward 3
Supreme Court Finishes Constitution Revision in Vermont
The Vermont Supreme Court completed its revision of chapter 2 of the state constitution after a month of work. The Legislature had authorized the revision last March but the court proceeded when it could devote full time to the task.
Women’s unions gain independent local control at AFL convention
At the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers convention plans were adopted to separate women’s unions from men’s locals. Women will have their own quarters to conduct local business and authority over all local affairs, including telephone operators and all women workers in electrical shops. The women’s department of the international union will be abolished and women given greater power.
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Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A. F. of L
Women’s Department
The
International Union
Women and men wire workers weigh per capita tax changes
The convention considered reducing women’s per capita tax to 30 cents monthly from 40 cents and set minimum death benefits at 100 dollars for women while men receive 1 to 200 dollars with higher taxes and annual death assessments. Women locals will be Class A and Class B to keep unified rules, with final decisions by a full membership referendum. Nominations for the 1915 convention site favored San Francisco as the vote nears. Several officer reelection contests and an executive board race between Arthur J. McCarron and Frank J. Kelley were noted.
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International
San Francisco
Arthur J. McCarron
Boston
Cable Splicers’ Union
New England
Executive Board
Frank J. Kelley
Boston Union No 108
Chelsea Y M H A Installs Officers
More than 260 people from Greater Boston attended the installation of officers of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Chelsea at its Broadway headquarters. Elected for the 1 year term were President Joseph Rottenberg Vice President A Sol Cohen Recording Secretary David J Cohen Assistant Secretary Morris A Friensilver Financial Secretary Harry Rosenberg Assistant Financial Secretary Meyer Price Treasurer Samuel Wasser Sergeant-at-Arms Joseph Levine Board of Directors Samuel Markell Abraham H Klubock George E Gordon Samuel Cohen Harry B Smith Louis Eldridge Delegates to the Providence convention were also elected.
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Greater
Boston
Young Men's Hebrew Association of
Chelsea
Broadway
Joseph Rottenberg
Vicce
A. Sol. Cohen
David J. Cohen
Morris A. Friensilver
Harry Rosenberg
Meyer Price
Samuel Wasser
Joseph Levine
Samuel Markell
Abraham H. Klubock
George E. Gordon
Samuel Cohen
Harry 8. Smith
Louis Eldrige
Providence
Sails for China 10 Wed Girl Sails for China
Harry Yee Quinn a Salem Boston chop suey expert plans a trip to China to marry a 19 year old girl he has never seen. He announced the voyage to a Post reporter in Boston as his face lit with smiles. The wedding is set for October first with the bride never met.
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Boston Celestial
China
Harry Yee Quinn
Salem
Boston
the Post
Boston Chinatown mayor linked cousin speaks on wedding travel
Harry Yee Quinn says Yee Wah, dubbed mayor of Boston's Chinatown, planned to join him in China for the wedding festivities but could not due to an unpostponable engagement. The bride’s father, a successful silk and satin dealer in Canton and Shanghai, awaits the travel outcome.
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Harry Yee Quinn
Yee Wah
Boston
Chinatown
Wah
China
America
Canton
Shanghai
Resignation Accepted of Lynn Overseers Secretary
George H. Higgins, secretary of the Lynn overseers of the poor, resigned after a board investigation into his ownership of property formerly owned by an inmate of the City Home. The overseers accepted his resignation last night.
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George HH. Higgins
Lynn
Coupe Driver Thrown From Seat in Gas Explosion Incident
James H. Higgins, driver of a coupe, was knocked to the sidewalk after a frightened bay horse attached to the vehicle bolted during a gas explosion. Higgins sustained a concussion and was listed on the dangerous list at Relief Hospital.
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Tremont Street
James H. Higgins
West Street
Higgins
Relief Hospital
Knowlton's Danderine Promises dandruff relief and fuller hair
An advertising notice extols Knowlton's Danderine for dandruff, itching scalp, and hair loss. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, and restores lustre and softness, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Norwood Police Chief Opens Safe With Papers In Pocket
Norwood police chief James W. Lavers under suspension for graft—alleged maladministration—promptly opened the police safe for the Board of Selectmen yet kept payrolls and department receipts in his pocket claiming they would be safer there. Affidavits contain the charges. a suit he filed against a man who publicized claims continues.
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James W. Lavers
Norwood
Board of Selectmen
Pyramid Pile Remedy Claims Fast Relief
An advertisement urges readers to buy Pyramid Pile Remedy to relieve piles without surgery. It promises reduction of inflammation itching bleeding and ulcers and offers a free coupon option or a 50 cent box at drug stores. The pitch claims thousands have found relief.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
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van Loon
Iome
John
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Slater
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Beacon St
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams, Mass
North Station
North Adams
Maine
City
Washington and
Court Streets
M. Burt
BNL Ene
Mrs
Matthews
Weld
Holyoke
Grays
Zionist Fund
Chelsea Y. M. H. A
Boston Decora
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