New Bedford Politicians Versus Paving Contract Rift
In New Bedford Massachusetts Mayor Charles S Ashley faced a citizen backlash after the Warren Bros company secured a large paving contract without competition. An injunction blocked part of the payment, leading to the mayor’s ouster and a political shakeup as officials sought to resume the project amid ongoing disputes over the contract and costs.
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N. Bedford
Charless. Ashley
Massachusetts
Warren Bros. Co
Hdward R. Hathaway
Gins Want To Be Good But System Makes Them Bad
A political editorial argues that corruption is systemic not personal, noting Connecticut practices like vote buying and jobs for influence. It condemns moneyed influence in elections and lobbyists, urging reforms to let politicians be as honest as they can be, and frames the paper’s campaign as fighting a bad system.
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Ae Uc
United States
Rene
Connecticut
Promi
Mainpe
General Assembly
How Girls Live On Six Dollars A Week
The report cites Esther Packard's Consumers League findings and factory commission records from New York, detailing underpaid women in New York and Connecticut. It notes many workers earn less than six dollars weekly, with examples of frugal spending and wage-related constraints, including no vacations and reliance on male partners for Sunday dinners.
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Tary
C Secre
I Peste Origne
Ee Orl
C. W
F. M
T. D
Tye
Ceuta
Packard
General Assembly
Special Commission
Connecticut
Calls for Connecticut minimum wage for women and minors
The editorial argues average weekly earnings are low with few reaching above six dollars, many at seven eight or ten, and almost no one over forty. It contends only a minimum wage law can protect thousands of women’s physical well being who are future mothers.
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Connecticut
Neptune Festival Once Honored Sea Gods Across Ages
A chronicle explains the ancient Roman Neptune festival on December 3 honoring the sea god. It traces sailors’ rites from Pillars of Hercules to the equator crossing, noting modern ceremonies as playful, with the notorious Johnny Raw shaves a relic of brutal past rites.
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Neptune
Moptune
Hercules
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Johnny Raws
Penuerass
Stohuny Hawes
Johnny Raw
Raws
General Otter Birthday Remembrance Highlights Canadian Hero
Major General Sir William Dillon Otter, a top Canadian military figure and former chief of the general staff, is celebrated on his 71st birthday. Born near Clinton, Ontario, he rose from private in the Queen's Own Rifles to command roles in the Fenian raids, Riel's Rebellion, and the Boer War, earning knighthood and the Order of the Bath. Lady Otter died last month, and Otter authored military guides. Meanwhile a Houston windstorm left one dead and many injured as rain battered the area.
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William Dillon’ ‘Otter
Canada
Clinton
Ont
Queen's Own Rifles of
Toronto
Upper Canada College
Queen’s Own
Lime Ridge
Riel
Otter
Battleford
Indias
Poundmaker
South Africa
Paardeberg
Cronje
Israel
Order of the Bath
King George
Marian Porter
Lady Otter
Gen. Otter
New York Expert Reviews Situation in Financial World
A Barron Financial News Service summary notes major institutions cutting renewal rates from 6 to 5 percent across the past two weeks, with some rare lenders at or below 6 percent. Fixed date funds trade around 4 1 4 to 4 1 2 percent, and call money loans hover near 4 1 2 percent depending on call status.
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New York
Barron Financial News Service
Aeclines
American Pipe
Jora
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Ohio Oil Company
Tillmeis Pipe Line Co
Ohio ‘Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Xfercules Powder Company
Sguesber Gubntas Ot
Ail. Mabe
Ithe
Spanish Pretender Under Close Guard
Paris reports the Belatr states Don Jaime of Bourbon, the Spanish pretender, asked his partisans to back Frazes in the war. Austrian authorities learned of the appeal and, since Don Jaime resides in Austria, he was placed under close arrest in his Hofsdorf castle. He faced two choices, remain a prisoner until war’s end or leave Austria, and chose to depart to Switzerland.
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Paris
Belatr
Don Jaime
Bourbon
Frazes
Jas Don Jaime
Austria
Hrohsdorf
Eee
Een Eaen
Simperor Leagptee Joseph
Jaime
Gnalty
Switzerland
Patents Issued to Connecticut Inventors Dec 1 1914
A Bridgeport list shows Alfred Abt Frank I Capps Thomas H Macdonald and others receiving patents for items like a mandrel for sound records, a display device, sewing machine attachments, a car buretor and more. Names span Bridgeport Hartford New Haven Waterbury Stamford Danbury and Torrington along with a noted Acme Shear Co trade mark Golden Beauty scissors. The piece also notes stock quotations and a remark about society girls knitting for Belgians as Congress ponders wartime prep.
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A. M Wooster
Bridgeport
Conn
Alfred Abt
Frank I. Capps
Thomas H. Macdonald
William S. Mills
Louis W. Wright
New Haven
Imeena N. Morden
J. Buchanhan
Waterbury
Charles A. Beaujon
Canaan
John W. Baker
Stamford
Score Board of Bulletin
Paul C. Richter
Lewis R. Heim
Danbury
William E. Russell
James Welch
Torrington
Acme Shear Co
Golden Beauty
Progressives vow to keep party active in 1916
Ninety one Progressives from thirty four states, meeting in Chicago, express confidence in Progressive principles and pledge to continue the party. The executive committee plans to fix time and place for the 1916 national convention by January 16, 1916, and to sustain the Progressive campaign amid tariff and political tensions. Jane Addams voices strong enthusiasm for the cause.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
George W. Perkins
New York
Progressive ‘Club
Jane, Addams
Executive Committee
Lie Sree
Ee Sreont
Netenat Perkins
Meestaro
Progressive National Committee
Qu mm
Colonial troops to aid Britons in Egypt
London reports that Australian and New Zealand contingents have disembarked in Egypt to assist in defense and complete training. After training, they will move to the front to join British forces in Europe.
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Egypt
London
Auéi
New Zealand
Absist
Seneree
Europe
Reserve Board Acts on Bank Directorates
The Federal Reserve Board ruled that interlocking a in banks and trust companies may serve out their terms if they do not extend more than two years after the final passage of the Clayton trust bill. The decision clarifies that the bill prohibits interlocking directorates in many cases and limits term duration accordingly.
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Washington
Eaew New ‘Clayton Trust
Federal Reserve ‘Board
Gift Room Expands Offering Double The Artful Furnishings
The Gift Room doubles its space this Christmas season to showcase a broader array of personal, artful pieces. Highlights include a solid mahogany eighteenth century style couch table, an English club chair with tapestry, a cedar chest, mahogany tea wagon, oak reclining chair, Sheraton nest of four tables, Colonial arm rocker, Kenilworth octagon library table, mahogany writing desk, varied racks and candlesticks, Lazy Susans, a Colonial lowboy, Sheraton corner table, miniature highboy, Adam lamp screen, and a Sheraton swing mirror. Additional items feature rugs, pictures, clocks, and imported crafts from Japan and Bombay, plus linen fabrics and travel accessories.
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Kenilworth Library
Sheraton
Japan
Maine
Bombay
Remember the Dolls of all sizes in wardrobes and hats
An advertising fragment highlights dolls of many sizes ready to dress, including unbreakable and character dolls. It mentions a wide array of accessories from wardrobes to furs, parasols, coats, and gowns, suggesting a retail display or catalog page.
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New Bedford
God OF the
Houston
Tex
Germany
Field Marshal von Hindendbur
Congress
Bull Moose
Reserve Board
Coats
THE
Alling Rubber CO
Che D
Read Co
D. M. Read Company
Radford B. Smith
W. E. Halligan
Broad Street
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
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