Mill Treasurers Reject Wage Increase Demand Ultimatum
Lowell Massachusetts April 23 1902 a citizens committee sub group sought a wage rise for mill operatives after a prior Boston conference. Treasurers reply that business is more unfavorable now and no wage advance is possible, ruling out another interview. The letter lists several mills including Massachusetts Cotton Mills Merrimack Manufacturing Co Boott Cotton Mills Tremont Suffolk Mills Lawrence Mfg Appleton Co.
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Citizens’ Committee
Lowell
Boston
General Committee
Charles L. Lovering
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Eliot C. Clarke
Boott Cotton Mills
Hamilton Manuf. Co
Chas. B. Amory
Treas
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
A. S. Covel
Lawrence Mfg. Co
C. P. Baker
Appleton Company
A. G. Cumnock
Anna Held Delights Hollis Street in The Little Duchess
At Hollis Street theatre Anna Held solidifies her status as a favorite with The Little Duchess praised by The Globe for a lavish musical comedy. The cast includes Charles A. Bigelow Joseph W. Herbert George Marion Eva Davenport and Franz Ebert. Next week marks the finale of the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Held
Hollis Street
the Globe
Anna Hed
Miss Held
Charles A. Bigelow
Joseph W. Herbert
George Marion
Eva Davenport
Franz Ebert
Burkes Basketball Team Gifts Manager With Book Case
The Burkes basketball players gathered at Mr. John O Neils home last night and presented manager Mr. J J Redmond with a book case. O Neill delivered the presentation speech and Redmond replied graciously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkes
John O'Neil
J. J. Redmond
O'Neil
Redmond
First Ship to Sail World Round Under Stars and Stripes
The Columbia sailed from Boston in September 1787 becoming the first vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes completely around the world.
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Boston
Money Assault Objection Is Raised
Washington May 1 an unexpected move to nolle prosse the three assault cases tied to a street car altercation involving Senator Money of Mississippi Conductor Orpha Shaner and James E Hooper of the district fire department. Prosecutors moved to drop all charges. the court postponed ruling until Tuesday as to the district attorney’s power to nolle prosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nolle Prosse
Senator Money
Mississippi
Orpha Shaner
James E. Hooper
Mullowney
Kimball
Noile
Shaner
Hooper
Senator McLaurin
Money
Bell
No de Prasse
Paper Hangers Seek to Correct Misstatements
A delegation of the Paper Hangers and Decorators association met at the Courier editorial rooms to issue a formal correction. They deny that their members are suspended painters and say they formed a separate group after disapproving of the union’s methods. They plan a state charter and may join the American Federation of Labor, stressing no intent to antagonize their former union.
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Paper- Hangers and Decorators’ Association
Courier
Inia Morning Contemporary
Painters’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Benevolent Old Man Faces Sharp Street Talk
Fragment describes a street scene where an elderly man endorses police involvement in fights. A young boy responds with readiness to call a policeman. The dialogue reflects rough inner-city attitudes toward law enforcement on the beat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micky Welch
Dan
The Century in May: Parrish Frontispieces and Great Southwest Series
The May Century launches a Parrish frontispiece pair of desert and reclaimed Arizona land paired with The Great Southwest series by Ray Stannard Baker. Henry Loomis Nelson’s Capital of Our Democracy surveys Washington society with anecdote and pictures. The issue features Germany chancellors notes, humor by Mr. Dooley and others, two new science papers, and portraits and biographies. It highlights civic improvement, longevity study, and a broad array of art and music pieces, plus Western and commerce notes on the Great Lakes shipping, with Burroughs outdoors essays and McFarland maple illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxfield Parrish
Arizona
Great Southwest
Ray Stannard Baker
Mr. Parrish
Capital of
Our Democracy
Henry Loomis-Nelson
Washington
Che
Charlotte Harding
America
Wolf von Schierbrand
Maurice Francis Egan
Sexton Maginnis
Wallace Bruce Amsbury
Kankakee
Roger S. Tracy
Health Department
New York
Catherine Young
Glen
Jones
Weir Mitchell
Kate W. Hamilton
Mary Adams
Jerome
Spain
Stewart L. Woodford
United States
Soroila
Greig
Daniel Gregory Magon
Ray Stannard
Great Lakes
John Burroughs
J. Hil McFarland
The Pictur esque Aspects of Municipal Socialism
Mr Sylvester Baxter leads May Pilgrim with a piece on municipal socialism focusing on Boston’s outdoor recreation programs for the masses. The issue features illustrated articles by Milton B Marks Jas C Bartholf and a Paderewski sketch by William J Henderson plus low priced cottage designs and a Bond era column by James Creelman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Baxter
May Pilgrim
Boston
Milton B. Marks
Jas. C. Bartholf
Ignace Paderewski
William J. Henderson
James Creelman
Elizabeth Harrison
Chicago Kindergarten College
Carpentry and Building for May Issue Highlights
May issue of Carpentry and Building targets property owners with plans for modern houses. Features include Planning Small Houses and Rapid Office Building Construction, plus designs for an Odd Fellows Hall and a model kitchen. Correspondence answers typical owner questions.
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Odd Fellows Hall
McClures May issue highlights three prominent features
McClures showcases Mrs Stone’s account of capture and imprisonment by brigands, Mrs Price Henry’s impressions of America recorded by Admiral Evans, and George W. Smalley on English statesmen and rulers. Frank H. Spearman contributes a new detective tale, A Night with Whispers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure’s
Mrss Stone
Price Henry
America
Notable May Cosmopolitan contributions noted in brief
The May Cosmopolitan features a rich mix of fiction and non fiction with writers such as Clara Morris George Madden Martin and William D Williams presenting stories like The Conversion of Elving and The Devotion of John Dobbs. It highlights industry tributes to Morgan Wanamaker and Rhodes plus articles by Brander Matthews Lavinia Hart and Gustave Kobbe among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Smith
Clara Morris
Saran Siddons
George Madden Martin
Imy Lou
Elving
John Dobbs
William D. Williams
Arizona
Albert Sterner
J. George Frederick
Ellsworth Kelly
May Cosmopolitan
United States
Morgan
Wanamaker
Edison
Cramp
Hearst
Bennett
Pulitzer
John Brisben Walker
Cecil Rhodes
Brander Matthews
Lavinia Hart
Gustave Kobbe
H. G. Rhodes
London
W. C. Hollister
May issue of Woman's Home Companion highlights diverse features
The May number opens with Where the Circus Starts From by Eugene Wood and Behind the Scenes in a Department Store. It includes Ellen M. Stone, outdoor pieces Little Journeys to the Woods and Fields and The Month of May Days, plus five Schreyvogel paintings. Serial by Cyrus Townsend Brady, Woven With the Ship, and short tales by Harben and Flower. Black Cat May presents multiple stories and poems by various authors including Alden, Day, Black, Latham, Alexander, and Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wood
Ellen M. Stone
Charles Schreyvogel
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Will N. Harben
Eliot Flower
the Crowell Publishing Co
Springfield
Ohio
Loom Room Notice Unveils Union and Learner Hiring Rules
A city wide notice from mill management outlines hiring policy amid loom fixer strike over non union learners. Rules permit hiring non union learners, designate temporary substitutes, declare no permanent status for temporary hires, allow employer details bargaining, and require fixers to work full hours and support the employer. The notice cites the Merrimack loom fixers strike as context.
Forest Hills Pastor to Move to St Pauls Lowell
Rev. Geo. H. Dean of Forest Hills Mass will succeed Rev Mr MacDonald at St Pauls Lowell. Brown chairs the selection committee with Bishop Walden’s approval. Dean preaches first sermon in Lowell a week from Sunday. MacDonald’s tenure ends Sunday with farewell Tuesday. Dean is unmarried and has led Upham Memorial church project.
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Geo. H. Dean
Forest Hills
Mass
MacDonald
St. Paul's Church
Lowell
Chicago
William D. Brown
Walden
Dean
St. Paul
Patorate
Tueday
Upham Memorial
Literary and Publishing News from 1900s
Maxim Gorky is elected to the Russian Imperial Academy of Science as its youngest member. Maurice Hewlett may base a new romance on Mary Queen of Scots. D Appleton announces Heralds of Empire by A C Laut. Ginn & Co plan May releases including forestry and English composition titles. Kate Douglas Wiggin writes at her Hollis Maine home, Diary of a Goose Girl, with strict proofs. William H Carson to summer in Italy for Tito. Ellen M Stone pursues a biographical book Six Months Among Macedonian Brigands published by McClure, Phillips & Co.
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Maxim Gorky
Imperial Academy of Science
St. Petersburg
Ginn & Co
Filibert Roth
J. H. Gardiner
G. L. Kittredge
Sarah Louise Arnold
Otto Fuchs
C. A. Young
Albert F. Blaisdell
Kate Douglas Wiggin
England
New York City
Quilicote-on-Saco
Hollis
Maine
Ellen M. Stone
New York
McClure, Phillips & Co
McClure
Union Labor Meeting Pledges Textile Council Growth
Open Cotton Weavers meeting at Loom Fixers hall drawn large attendance as Textile council plans three months of meetings to organize textile crafts in the city. Weavers union seven members to attend next Textile council session. sympathy shown for Merrimack loom fixers strike. Also reports on Fish Grocers and Provision Clerks and Beer Drivers unions with initiations and store closing discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Council
Merrimack
Weavers’ Union
Beer Drivers’ Union
For Sale Two Acres Near Electrics With House And Barn
Two acres with a seven room house and a barn offering fruit and berries, near electrics. Ideal country home with garden and hens. Priced at 1600. Also six acre farm over the Lowell line with fruit and poultry potential near electrics and easy terms. Price 2700. Contact T. H. Elliott at 64 Central Street, telephone 908-2.
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Lowell Line
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
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Lowell, Mass
Massachusetts Cotton Mills, and Merrimack Manufacturing Co
Charles B. Amory
Hamilton Manufacturing Co
Clifton P. Baker
Lawrence Manufacturing Co
Alexander G. Cumnock
C. S. Lilley
A. G. Pollard
Messrs. C. S. Lilley
A. G. Pollard, Geo. W. Fifield, Humphrey O’sullivan
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Hollis Street Theatre
Mie
Nolle
Che Magazines
the Outlook
the Pilgrim
Cosmopolitan
St. Nicholas
Allen French
Tommy Tucker
M. W. Worstell
Agnes Louise “Provost
Marion Couthony Smith
C. C. Abbott
Laura E. Richards
Claire K. Alden
Holman Day
Alexander Black
Edith King Latham
H. B. Alexander
Mills
George H. Dean Coming
St. Paul’s Church
New England
Detroit
St. Louis
Pullman
MccBrain
N. E
Pass. Agt
H. Pannill
Washington St
H. B. McClellan
G. BE. Ag
Broadway
York
C. S. Crane
T. A. St. Louis
Maurice Hewlett
Mary Queen of Scots
D. Appleton & Co
A. C. Laut
Radisson
William Henry Carson
Hester Blair
Italy
Tito
Union Labor
Princess Catoma
Catoma
Princess Catomma
Gorham Street
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