Labor Lost Millions by Voluntary Idleness
New York reports 165000 idle workers reducing daily earnings by 660000 and weekly profits by 3960000 amid strikes and union disputes. In Newark a 2400 worker Edison plant strike cripples output, idling 500 women and risking other sites. Machinists seek higher union wages while employers refuse.
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New York
New York City
Nere
Edison General Electric Company
Harrison
Fort Wayne
Lynn
Schenectady
Edison
International Association of Machinists
Emerson Birthday Observance in Concord Honors Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord marks the 100th anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a town wide celebration. The day features forenoon school programs and an afternoon program at First Parish with speakers from Harvard and local leaders, plus student recitations and choral pieces.
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Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord School
Emerson
Thoreau
Alcott
Samuel Hoar
Loren B. Macdonald
Wm. L. Eaton
Edward J. Bartlett
Thomas Hollis
le Baron Russell Briggs
Harvard University
Charles Eliot Norton
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
William James
Harvard
United States
George Frisbie Hoar
Worcester
William Lawrence Eaton
Town
Fashionable Little Men Wear Bare Legs With Oxfords
A column extols exposing children’s legs to the knee and pairing with tan or patent leather oxfords. Cites Scotch Highlanders as healthiest, urges Lowell to adopt the fashion for boys to strengthen growth and health, offering bare legs and suitable shoes.
O Sullivan Bros Feet Fitters at City Hall
O Sullivan Bros firm operates as feet fitters near City Hall offering repairing and fitting services. Local notices indicate activity surrounding the business and its address.
Eleven Drunks Paraded Through Court With Lenient Sentences
In a Pawtucketville Boston court scene eleven drunken defendants faced judges. Five first offenders were released after remarks by Judge Pickman and Mary E Bowles. The Bowles couple received probation with the husband’s six month sentence suspended. Five children, oldest 14, were sheltered by neighbors since their parents’ arrest for beer drinking Saturday night. Also fined were William Mulligan known as the Kid five dollars and Mary Welch five dollars after a drunken arrest on Walnut street. Two youths, William Breen and Hugh Riley about 12, faced the court for past schemes involving stores and theft of bread and pies, with probation extended and guidance offered.
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Pickman
Jas. E. Bowles
Mary E. Bowles
Charles Street Court
State Farm
Twain
Bowles House
William J. Mulligan
Kid
Mary Welch
Walnut Street
Tewksbury
Breen
Hugh Riley
James H. Hardan
Pawtucketville
Hodge & Stevens
Dracut
Kelly Bros
Market Street
Riley
Dracut Forest
Frank Fox
Capias
War Famine in Kwang Si Causes Deaths Among Thousands
News from the Orient reports war preparations in Japan and large guns arriving via the Trans-Siberian Railway for New Chwang. Hong Kong charity missionary Hess cites three crop failures causing mass starvation in Kwang Si with thousands perishing without aid. He details families starving and women and children sold into slavery for rice. Pirates Loot a fishing junk near Hong Kong. The Norwegian bark Prince George wrecked off Basilan. crew rescued by US cutter Tablas.
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Victoria
B. C
Indravelli
Orient
Pekin
New Chwang
Japan
Kwang Si
Hong Kong
Hess
Wu Chow
Straits Settlement
Manila
Basilah
United States Coast Guard
Tablas
Zamboanga
Englishwoman fined for false birth declaration in London
Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford, arrested on May 16 on the Umbria's arrival, pleaded guilty to falsely declaring a child's birth. She admitted adopting a non hers child and kept the baby as her daughter. She was fined 50 dollars and retains guardianship of the child.
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London
Gunning S. Bedford
Queenstown
New York
Cunard Line
Umbria
Bow Street
Bedford
England
Paris
Isleworth
Margaret Carnette
Mrs. Bedford
Byres sue Lowell and Boisvert over obstructed brook flood damage
Patrick and Ann Byrne sue the city of Lowell and Jacques Boisvert claiming their premises were flooded by the regrading of Hildreth street that obstructed a brook. Boisvert’s land allegedly contributed via embankments. D. J. Donahue and A. F. Howard represent the plaintiffs.
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Patrick and
Ann Byrne
Lowell
Jacques Boisvert
Hildreth Street
Mr. Boisvert
D. J. Donahue
A. F. Howard
250th Anniversary of Manhattan Charter Observed
In New York on May 25 the 250th anniversary of Manhattan’s first city charter was marked with patriotic services in churches and continued today with special exercises in Roman Catholic schools.
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New York
Manhattan
Tornadoes Ravage Pauline and Norman Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska May 25 A Hastings Nebraska special reports a tornado strike on Pauline 14 miles south of Hastings early today killing six in Pauline with a relief train sent. The storm also hit Norman killing several people and caused many farm houses to be destroyed west and south of Hastings with communications down.
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Lincoln
Neb
The
Star
Hastings
Pauline
Here
Norman
Fairfield
Reverend Hillis Repeats On Negro Question Debate
In New York May 25 Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn again discussed the Negro question. He warned of nationwide reaction and sorrow among the colored race, citing editorials and Southern views. He noted Beecher’s 1866 suffrage stance and said a leading black orator could now draw large pay, urging endurance and liberty.
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New York
Newell Dwight- Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Beecher
South
Liberty
Libery
Anglia Lays Pacific Cable Near Malate Guam Voyage
The cable ship Anglia departed Manila for Guam to continue laying the Pacific cable. The voyage is expected to take eight days and the cable end has been landed at Malate.
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Manila
Anglia
Guam
Malate
Mystery at Ardsley as Stranger Fires on Man
In Ardsley New York a man is shot near the Ardsley club with fatal injuries. A girl companion is held for investigation while the shooter remains at large. The couple had paused on a stone wall when a stranger demanded surrender and fired twice.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Ardsley Club
Ardsley
Dobbs Ferry
Cy H. Hale
Mr. Hale
John Hefferman
Hefferman
Death from glanders in Newark stableman case
Simon Wilson a Newark stableman died after glanders, a disease of horses, infected him. This marked the second human case in the city, following Alfred Meyer who was in the late stages of the illness. Wilson fell ill in January, initially treated as cancer of the nose, then rapidly worsened and died after hospital treatment. The outbreak occurred amid a local glanders epidemic in a city stable.
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Newark
N. J
Glanders
Simon Wilson
Alfred Meyer
Wilson
Insurgents Massacred Near Presba in 80 Hour Battle
A Salonica despatch reports about 120 Mace donian insurgents killed at Smerdesh near Presba on May 21. Turkish troops attacked after the insurgents, armed with dynamite, sought refuge in the village. The 80 hour fighting left all houses burned or blown, with 150 bodies found among the ruins.
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Vienna
Smerdesh
Presba
Monastir
Neue Frei Press
Salonica
Friends of James B Cahill Ill at Aunt’s Home
The friends of James B Cahill report he is dangerously ill at his aunt's home located at 12 Blinkhorn avenue. Mrs. Fritz Borjes from New York City visits Mr and Mrs Emil Borjes at Bridge Street. her husband, a Metropolitan Opera cello soloist, will join them after traveling.
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James B. Cahill
Blinkhorn Avenue
Fritz Borjes
New York City
Emil Borjes
Bridge Street
Metropolitan Orchestra
Transatlantic Arrivals Noted From London and New York
New York notes May 25 records the arrival of the steamship Minne tonka from London and Plymouth before the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse reaching from New York. The brief item lists two vessels and their routes in a compact harbor update.
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New York
Minnetonka
London
Plymouth
Mammy Bales Buried as 104-Year-Old Former Adams Monroe Servant
Eva Bales known as Mammy Bales a former slave in the Adams and Monroe households was buried from Lincoln Hospital in New York. She would have turned 104 on September 1. Born in Flushing she served the Adams and Monroe families across her long life.
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New York
Mammy Bales
John, Adams
James Monroe
Lincoln Hospital
Eva Bales
Flushing
John Adams
James Mouroe
Wanted Housework by Experienced House Girl
Wanted notices indicate a private family seeks an experienced house girl with ref. Address Ad Citizen office. Another line: Experienced nurse Mrs Walsh available. call or address 467 Merrimack Street Suite 4. Also a sale notice offering a small wheel for a little girl at 18 Andover Street. Lodging house of fourteen rooms offered for 250 dollars if taken at once. address W1 Citizen office.
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Citizen Office
Walsh
Merrimack Street
Andover Street
Law on Original Packages of Wasted Liquors Debate
Lawyer Donahue argues a national act is needed to close a loophole in Massachusetts law allowing sale of imported liquor in original packages. The piece outlines conflicting federal and state rules, potential importers’ hurdles, and calls for prompt legislative fixes to prevent foreign Brewerage from dominating no license and license districts.
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Lowell
Leo Blackfin
Canada
Dawes
Montreal
Leo Balcktin
The
Boston Journal
D. J. Donahue
United States Supreme Court
Massachusetts
United States
Donahue
Congress
Senate
Washington
Novelties in Walking Suits From Merrimack Co
The Merrimack Clothing Company unveils new Women's Department suits featuring sturdy fabrics, tailored cuts, and the popular instep length. Scotch mixtures, ciclian and mohair blends promise comfort and cooler wear for sunny days, paired with shirt blouses for a stylish, practical look.
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Fhe
Merrimack Clothing Co
Women’s Department
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Z.vatiics
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Lief
Hillis
Marine News
Ardsley, N. Y
Lothrop’& Cunningham
Stephen D. Millin
Union National Bank
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