Referendum Likely as Teamsters End Strike Soon
Chicago June 19 The teamsters strike may end this week with a self deciding referendum on whether to call off without conditions or continue The plan calls for a joint council meeting tonight and a days long vote While wage talks proceed with freight handlers union and railroads over 4000 members seek a 10 percent rise The dissent widens as many strikers seek former jobs at lumber yards without waiting for an offical end Geo E K Wenig notes former workers apply while deliveries to boycotted firms halt
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Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Geo. E. K. Wenig
Wenig Teaming Company
Lewis & Clark Fair attendance tops 245 thousand
Portland June 19 245 382 people have passed gates of the Lewis and Clark fair since opening per admissions department official statement through June 16. Over the past seven days total admissions were 101 420. Wednesday Flag day marked the largest attendance since opening.
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Portland
Ore
Mystery death of May Young in Nova Scotia inquiry
Digby N S June 19 authorities probe the death of six year old May Young adopted daughter of Mrs Hope Young of Boston. The child gagged and found in woods near Plympton with an 18 month old baby alive. An inquest continues while Mrs Young and Kingsley Melanson are held. Autopsy planned to check poisoning. guardian Elmer E Young Boston attorney.
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Digby
N. S
May Young
Hope Young
Boston
Plympton
Digby County
Young
Kingsley Melanson
Elmer E. Young
Nova Scotia
Melanson
Chelmsford Ladies Aid Society Semi Annual Meeting
Semi annual meeting of the Chelmsford St Johns Ladies' Aid Society devoted to social enjoyment and church business. Reports show success. new dining rooms costing 1550 with half raised by the society. 42 active members with plans for a fair and sale. A hearty thanks to John Upton and guests from Tyngsboro.
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St John’s
John J. Shaw
St. John’s Church
St. Michael's Church
Lowell
Dominick
St. Michael’s Church
Fr. Schofield
Charles Cornell
F. E. Varney
Ladies’ Aid Society
John Upton
A. R. Webster
Somerville
D. A. Hudson
W. H. Godfrey
Wakefield
F.E. Varney
Boston
Edmund T. Schofield
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Roosevelt
United States
John M. Farrell
Columbia Park
Mount Pleasant Street
Patrick T. McMahon
Dracut Grange to Hold Meeting with Public Lecture
Dracut Grange schedules its regular gathering this evening with the lectur ers hour opened to the public. State Lecturer Rice of Leominster will discuss the value of a grange to community education and other entertainment will be provided by the grange under its charge.
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Dracut Grange
Rice
Leominster
Telephone Association Meets in Chicago Convention Opens
Chicago June 19 Delegates to the National Interstate Independent Telephone Association convention arrive expecting about 1000 delegates and exhibitors to attend during the week Topics include potential independent company in New York City and uniform toll rates for interconnecting telephone plants as key discussions.
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Chicago
National Interstate Independent Telephone Association
New York City
Chelmsford Freight Trains Halt Indefinite Crossing Block
Freight trains in Chelmsford will no longer block road crossings indefinitely as officials announce new scheduling practices. Local transit agencies and freight operators reached an agreement to limit blocking times and improve traffic flow, with penalties for violations and monitoring by city inspectors.
Selectmen Protest Crossing Blockade Assurance
Chelmsford residents hear of protests over west bound freight blocking the railroad crossing between 10 30 and 11 a m. Walter Perham reports assurance from Supt. Marshall that crossings will not be blocked more than five minutes. The band and graduation notices fill a busy Chelmsford week with a high school class of 05 graduation at town hall and a June 26 picnic at Long-Sought-For pond.
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Chelmsford
Walter Perham
Board of Selectmen
Supt
Marshall
Bertha G. Bartlett
Ena Macnutt
Williams College
Lakeview
Chelmsford High School
Town Hall
Lowell Council
R. A
Orients
Sullivan
Lowell
Cheney
McKinley
Orieins
Courier-Citizen
McCoy
W. H. Blaisdell
Alice Gould
Nora Brooke
Zora Feindel
Tax assessor linked to Masons Odd Fellows and Grange dies
The deceased held the office of tax assessor for the past two years and belonged to the Masons Odd Fellows and Grange. Funeral services will be at the Orthodox church Monday afternoon at 2 30 p m with the several orders he belonged to in attendance.
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Masons
Odd Fellows
Grange
WIGGINVILLE Good Templar Lodge Organized in Social Hall
A Good Templar lodge was organized Friday in Social hall under Mr McKillop. A follow up meeting is planned Monday at Kenneth McKinnon’s residence to complete the setup and elect officers. Also notes include visits, street work, and local infrastructure updates.
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Good Templar
McKillop
Kenneth McKinnon
Boutilier
Nova Scotia
Norman McKinnon
Roper Street
George Whithed
Woburn
Charles Parker
Willard G. Parker
Bunker Hill
William Atkinson
Alfred’ Dixon
Lawrence Street
Davis Corner
Rockingham Street
Albert Berkett
Methuen
Thomas England
Whitehead Street
Concord
Alanson Pickles
State Hospital
Tewksbury
Almonts Defeat State Hospital Team 12 to 4 in Tewksbury
Almonts won a Saturday ball game 12 to 4 against the state hospital team. Walter Baldwin pitched effectively while hospital batters produced long hits. Umpire William Kelly officiated as Rev George A Gutterson spoke at the Congregational church last evening. Funeral services for Thomas Graham were held Saturday with bearers James Fairgrieve Joel Phelps Augustus M Shedd and Joel Baldwin.
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George A. Gutterson
American Missionary Association
Congregational Church
Almonts
State Hospital
Walter Baldwin
William Kelly
Albert Carley
Brockton
Thomas Graham
W. J. Minchin
James Fairgrieve
Joel Phelps
Augustus M. Shedd
Joel Baldwin
I. M. Locke
Tewksbury
Congregational Sunday School
Edith Hoyt
Lowell
Unity Club
Robert Munro
Rosedale
West Tewksbury
Buffalo set to host grandiose Elks reunion in July
Secretary T E Boucher received Buffalo lodge N Y official program for the B P O E reunion the week of July 10 in Buffalo. Generous city welcome, 4000 in cash prizes for visiting lodges, a week of excursions and events including lake boat ride, grand lodge session, parade with 50 000 to 75 000 expected, Niagara Falls excursion, and trips to Chautauqua lake Olcott beach and more. Park Lake picnic and Lackawanna steel plant visit also planned. Decorations and illumination will be of high order.
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T. E. Boucher
Emmet Fleming
Buffalo Lodge
N. Y
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Elks
Grand Lodge
Automobile Club
Lake Erie
Teck Theatre
Gov. Higgins
Buffalo Orpheus
Park Lake
Great Lackawanna
Niagara Falls Lodge
Chautauqua Lake
Olcott Beach
Great Gorge
Toronto
Clergymen mishap and flower Sunday at three churches
In Billerica a Missed train made Rev Wier late to his Unitarian sermon on Peace as Sunday school closed. Rev Evans spoke at the Baptist on And when they wanted wine. Orthodox Church held Flower Sunday with daisies and wildflowers as daisies were given to youngsters. John Symmes left Parker's store to drive for Lexington and Boston Street Railway. Obituary notes the death of Albert Andrews from appendicitis born in Maine and resident of Billerica for six years.
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Unitarian Church
Griffin
South Billerica
Wier
Wiers
Ohio
Mr. Evans
The
Baptist
Harry Wright
Marion Wilkins
Edna Baker
Mary Blackey
John Symmes
F. H. Parker
Lexington & Boston Street Railway
Albert Andrews
Maine
Billerica
Vesper Crew At Henley Impresses British Oarsmen
The Vesper crew from the Club of Philadelphia arrived in Southampton aboard the New York and are housed at Maitland cottage. They are in good shape for their first Henley row this afternoon despite choppy waters and a heavy wind. Their strong paddling drew favorable attention from British oarsmen who admire the Americans as a fine athletic group.
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Henley
Club of
Philadelphia
Southampton
New York
Maitland Cottage
Kidney cure ad promises relief for many ailments
The Frye & Crawford and Ellingwood drug firms advertise Hindipo as a universal kidney and nervous system remedy. They claim it cures Bright's disease, diabetes, rheumatism, gout, gravel, dropsy, bladder inflammation, and bad blood. Mail order guaranteed, six boxes for $2.50, prepaid with risk-free promise.
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Bright
Frye & Crawford
Merrimack St
Falls & Buskinshaw
Middlesex St
C. E. Carter
Westford St
Ellingwood & Co
Davis Square
A. E. Moore
Before His Honor Fifteen Pack Alcohol Offenders
In a brisk Lowell court session Judge Pickman sentenced or paroled a group of drunken offenders. Bernard McCluskey received two months for intoxication with a head wound from a street accident. Margaret Egan and others faced state farm terms or appeals, while several fines were levied for drunkenness and profanity. Alphonse Lacombe’s case was reset on $400 bond, and drug sale cases went to a later date. Margaret Egan appealed her state farm sentence after claiming unfair treatment.
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Slattery
Pickman
Bernard McCluskey
McCluskey
Margaret Egan
State Farm
Margaret
John Flynn
Grinnell and
Crowley
Grinnell
John
Davy Robinson
Jane Whalen
Stephen Shaughnessy
Thomas F. Daly
Joseph Massey
Joseph Cloutier
Thomas Dean
Richard Sullivan
John H. Quill
Commonwealth
Stanislaus Dudeck
Stanislaus
John Porter
Lowell
Bohemia
Alphonse Lacombe
Frank H. Be
Tragedy Ends Holiday Trip Near Glendale
Los Angeles June 19. C E Thaisis, Pasadena drug store manager, and his wife were found dead in a ranch house near Glendale after a holiday trip. Appearances indicate the woman did the shooting. The couple quarrelled and fought, but no motive is clear.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. E. Thaisis
Pasadena
Glendale
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows At Lowell
The Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows bring a rare wild animal collection to Lowell with 108 cages housing rhinoceros giraffes elephants polar bears and more. About forty elephants perform in groups with Pearl Saunder guiding routines from mimic war to music and drills. Two performances at 2 and 8 pm on Wednesday June 28 with tickets sold at Ellingwood Co. drug store at circus ground prices.
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Ringling Brothers
America
Ringling
Lowell
Ellingwood & Co
Tess and Jess Comment on Mrs Fourtey’s Age Concealment
Tess and Jess joke that Mrs Fourtey seems young despite her troubles. They quip about how she has hidden her age rather than reveal it, in a brief Philadelphia Press exchange.
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Tess
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Chicago Teamsters
Lewis & Clark Fair
India
Calcutta
Malta
Ireland
NO. Chelmsford
St. John’s Auxiliary
Dracut
Telephone Association
REX Bistilling CO
Staniford St
Glearance
Sale
Basion
Reea
New England
Chris, Holmes
Merr’k
Wigginville
Tal
B. P. O. Elks
Vesper
Iter
Edward E. Dammers
Alexander Strausssen Siig A Shor As
Central Street
Wild Animal Wonders
W. T. S.~bartlett
Bay State Dye Works
Prescott Street
P. F. Devine
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