Wages Cut Hits 64,000 Textile Workers in New England
Wages of about 32,000 more cotton textile operatives were cut today, raising total New England reductions to 64,000 as Rhode Island mills adopt a 10 percent schedule. Fall River firms and others across Massachusetts and Connecticut also implement cuts, with most workers returning to work without serious protest.
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Boston
New England
New Bedford
Blackstone Valley
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Fall River Iron Works Company
Fall River
M. C. D. Borden
New York
Edwards Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Hebron Manufacturing Company
Hebronville
Dodgeville
Readville Mills
Hyde Park
Manchaug Company
Manchaug
Blackstone Manufacturing Company
Blackstone
Whitinsville Company
Whitinsville
Wauregan Manufacturing Company
Wauregan
Suncook
N. H
Amesbury
Providence
R. I
American Yarn Company
Pawtucket
Slater Cotton Company
Slater Company
Slater Mill
Dollar Underwear At Low Prices Promotes Truthful Sales
A store explains that so called all wool underwear often is Merino cotton and wool mixed. By buying direct from mills they offer lower prices and honest labeling. Customers are urged to view white, natural and camel’s hair shirts and the retail display of wing collars and large cravats at 50 cent.
Police Sergeant Saves Passengers In Chicago Car Crash
Snow and slick rails caused a collision between Ogien avenue Erie and Sangamon street electric cars in Chicago. Thirteen people were injured and Police Sergeant Thomas Meany was badly hurt after he leaped into the car to push back leaders and prevent a deadly platform crush.
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Chicago
Ogien Avenue
Erie
Sangamon Street
Thomas Meany
Negotiations Stir Over Boston Iron Workers Strike
J K Freitag of Hecla Iron Works says he is negotiating with 60 members of union No 59 on strike at Boston buildings with a fallback plan to bring New York iron workers if talks fail. The ongoing strike delays several large iron framework projects in the city.
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Boston
J. K. Freitag
New England
Hecla Iron Works Company
Housesmiths and Architectural Iron Workers Union No. 59
Cumana Frightened by Unexplained Sulphur Smoke
In Cumana Venezuela nearly 10 000 residents face three days of sulfurous smoke with no explanation found. A local committee investigates while earthquakes have repeatedly destroyed the city in the past and low pitched houses crown the landscape near the gulf of Cariaco.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Cumiana
Bermudese
Gulf of
Cariaco
Cumana
Mortally Wounded in City Theatre Shooting
Chicago reports a colored man possibly Albert Dennis was shot by Special Police Milano McNamara after an ejectment at the Great Northern theatre. The suspect police officer is under arrest following a fight in front of the theatre building.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Albert Dennis
Milano McNamara
McNamara
Making Better Cream In Maine Creamery Pay Plan
Waterville Maine November 36 according to a vote of Maine creameries managers the new system to pay producers a better price for good cream and less for poorer quality will take effect statewide tomorrow. In the past two weeks the cream standard has risen rapidly and managers are gratified by the improvement.
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Waterville
Maine
Mass Layoffs Hit International Harvester Plants Nationwide
International Harvester plans centralization and 7500 job cuts from its 19000 staff across Chicago Milwaukee Springfield and other plants. About 3000 of 7000 Deering division workers face layoffs including 1500 from Fullerton avenue and others at Irondale One Hundred Eighth Street and Calumet River. McCormick division to dismiss 1600 of 7000, with additional reductions in Milwaukee Springfield Ohio and Plano mills.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Deering
Irondale
Deering Division
Fullerton Avenue
One Hundred and Eighth Street
Calumet River
McCormick Division
Milwaukee
Springfield
Ohio
Plano
Howe Seeks Re election Cites City Care And Debt Stand
Daily Mail notes voters should re elect Mayor Howe citing his handling of fuel aid to the poor and a borrowing order as prudent finance. The piece asserts no strong challenger arguments and urges a two year continuation. Registrars plan hearings on charges against several names on the registration check lists, possibly Thursday.
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Howe
Lowell
Daily Mail
New Mexico coal mines could produce up to 20 million tons
Washington November 30 J E Sheridan United States mining inspector for New Mexico in his annual report says with ample transportation facilities and enough miners the New Mexico coal mines are developed to produce 5 million tons per year and could be expanded to 15 to 20 million or even ten times that with further development and equipment
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Washington
J. E. Sheridan
United States
New Mexico
Venezuelan court appoints new umpire in Franco-Venezuelan claims
Caracas Venezuela Nov 30 Senor Calvo a juris consult of Argentina has been named to replace Senor Leon y Castillo as umpire in the Franco Venezuelan claims after the Spanish ambassador at Paris declined to serve following press attacks on the Spanish arbitrators at Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Senor Calvo
Juris-Consult
Argentina
Senor Leon Y Castillo
Paris
Prevention of Pneumonia Endorses Father John’s Medicine
Edward M. Clifford of Buffalo New York endorses Father John’s Medicine as a body builder and cure for colds and coughs. He states after one bottle improvement and after three bottles cough gone and strength returning. He offers to recommend the remedy and notes money back guarantee for cures.
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Edward M. Clifford
Sandusky Street
Buffalo
Father John
Local Boston Grocers Directory Fragments
A fragmented listing names several Boston grocers and shop addresses including Middlesex Street Merr'k Street Bridge Street and Dutton Street locations. Firms such as FD Munn and Sor and Russell and Cynton appear with multiple street addresses.
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Boston
Middlesex St
Soear
Mammoth Road
E. Merr
K St
Bridge St
Munn & Sor
Bridge St. Rantott Grocery Co
Dutton Street
Broadway
Sorenson Held for Further Court Order in Larceny Case
In Montpelier court, Sorenson alias John M. Thompson pleaded guilty to larceny of $900, was found probable cause, and held $1000 bond to await further order. Mrs. Howland sat detached as the Dane faced judgment. others, including Kelleher and Corcoran, were jailed or bound over on related theft and drunkenness charges.
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Christopher Sorenson
John M. Thompson
Matilda Howland
Montpelier
Hadley
Sorenson
Savage
John Kelleher
John P. Corcoran
Annie Goldinberg
Eli. White
Boston & Maine
A. O. Hamel
Bernard McArdle
Edward Sweeney
German Servant Girl Burned To Death Near Church
In New York on November 30 Augusta Sioux a German servant girl burned to death while cooking dinner at her employer’s home on East Fifty first street. Fire set by clothing caught, she fled toward a church yard and rolled in grass. Worshippers could not reach her as windows were barred. The church sexton jumped from a second story window and wrapped the girl in a shawl. flames were put out but she died soon after.
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New York
Augusta Sioux
East Fiftyfirst Street
Sexton
Coast Defense Tests Show 3-Inch Guns Superior for Army
The board of ordnance and fortification reports that the 3-inch rapid fire guns meet or exceed foreign artillery in field use. Tests in Pensacola harbor lead to a coast defense fire control system, with future modifications. An estimated 100000 is needed next fiscal year for board work. Recommendations urge Congress to fund ammo reserves of 100 rounds per large caliber and 250 per rapid fire gun, plus full target practice for all except sub-calibre.
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Washington
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Pensacola
Coast artillery fire control needs and drills proposed
The board urges annual funds of not less than 2,000,000 for each coast to install proper fire control systems. It renews a recommendation for yearly practical drill and target practice with heavy guns under near-service conditions. Three ranges are advised for North Atlantic, South Atlantic and Gulf, and Pacific coasts.
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North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Coast Artillery
Question on blank signed complaint in Law arrest debated
In Montpelier Vermont on November 30 the legality of a complaint signed in blank and issued from the state attorney’s office during his absence in the arrest of F A Law is considered significant. Law faced intoxication charges and his case moved on with a nolle prosequi entry. The issue whether Law can be brought to county court on information signed in blank awaits higher court ruling.
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Nolle
Law
Engineering Plant Destroyed in Nova Scotia Fire
Sydney November 30. A fire destroyed the offices and workshops of the Pairig Engineering company at Sydney Mines delaying the Nova Scotia Steel plant project. The United States firm faces a heavy direct loss and a month or more will be needed to install a new plant.
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Sydney
C. B
Nova Scotia Steel Company
Pairig Engineering Company
Pairig
United States
Brooklyn Academy of Music Burns in Major Fire
The Academy of Music in Brooklyn, the boroughs largest theatre, burned rapidly on November 30. Fire began in scenery on the stage during preparations for Senator Patrick McCarren's testimonial dinner, destroying interiors and causing $300,000 in losses insured. No deaths reported, but surrounding properties and Brooklyn Library nearby faced danger as walls remained after the blaze. The McCarren banquet was moved to the Hotel St George.
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New York
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Patrick H. McCarren
Democrats
Kings County
McCarren
Academy
Financial District
Montague Street
Brooklyn Public Library
Senator McCarren
Hotel St. George
Snow storms threaten British coast and French fleet losses
Snow storms sweep across Great Britain and much of the continent with heavy frost in Scotland. Outdoor work halted and transport hampered while vessels seek harbor refuge. The Belgian storms disrupt telegraph and telephone links with Germany as a score of French fishing crews are reported lost.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland
Belgium
Germany
Fire in Councilman Worcester's Barrel
A telephone alarm sent firefighters to Councilman Charles H. Worcester's store on Central Street to a rubbish barrel fire with smoke but no damage. Earlier, a grass fire along the railroad near Wilder Street was quickly checked after sparks from a passing locomotive.
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Councilman
Worcester
Charles H. Worcester
Central Street
A. C. Wheelock
Wilder Street
Fire destroys Market Street home risk from rats and matches
At 6:12 sunday morning a dangerous fire broke out in a Market Street house owned by R. G. Bartlett. Rats and matches sparked the blaze in a rear closet, spreading through a partition to the roof while smoke poured from windows. Firefighters laid lines of hose, ripping plaster to reach the source, and the flames were eventually checked. a similar closet fire occurred six months earlier but was quickly subdued.
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Market Street
R. G. Bartlett
Ice melts as Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse reaches Cherbourg
Steamers arrived with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse bound for Cherbourg and Bremen. Ice in Greenland melts faster than it forms. Jacobshaven glacier edge has receded eight miles since 1850 and its depth has fallen 20 to 30 feet.
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Plymouth
New York
Cherbourg
Bremen
Greenland
Jacobshaven
Voters urged to back businesslike Patten for purchasing agent
The Lowell voters are urged to elect a business capable administration from top to bottom and to choose William T. Patten, a Republican with twenty years as a successful Lowell business man. He has worked at a large scale and knows the city’s business life, making him a strong purchasing agent candidate. Vote Patten on election day.
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Lowell
William T. Patten
Patten
O'Sullivan Bros Shoe Specialties Offers Winter Footwear
The O'Sullivan Bros. Company advertises footwear for all ages, featuring Dolge Pure Wood Boots and slippers at $2.00 and $1.25, Beaver Congress and lace fleece lined boots at $1.25, McKay sewn or Beaver boots at $1.00 with wool lining, slippers 50c and 75c, and fur trimmed Romeos from $1.00 to $1.75, promising warm options for cold weather.
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Dolge
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Bunco
Hugh Kieren
Chelmsford
Corrigan
Mooney
Kieren
Dennis Linnehan
State Farm
Frank Palmer
Palmer
Prempas
Jennie McClusky
Daniel Cronin
St. Lawrence Hotel
Thomas F. Gorman
Superior Court
Moise Sauvignac
John W. Jameson
Hannah Reddington
Louis Perigney
Patrick Fr. McGuirk
Dora McDonald
Coast Defense
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Anders Thomasson
Central St
Ayer
Dr. Ayer
J.C. Aver Co
Tammany’s
People’s Trust Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Theatre
Hyde & Behman’s
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O'Sullivan Bros
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