Halley’s Comet Poised for its Great March to Brightness
A Columbia University astronomer calls the current month the most important in Halley’s 1910 return. The article traces the comet’s discovery on Sept 11, its slow brightening, planned perihelion on April 20, and a tail that will reach Earth by May 18 as it moves from morning to evening sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Alfred Mitchell
Columbia University
Max Wolf
Earth
Halley
Barnard
H. Mso
Fire razes Coffin Valve Co patterns plant in Neponset
A large one story building owned by Coffin Valve Co in Neponset burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Fire from two companies’ apparatus fought the blaze for an hour. The soft wood patterns were destroyed and the building gutted, with about a ten thousand dollar loss.
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Neponset
Coffin Valve Company
Double funeral for Mr and Mrs Thorndike at Church of Our Saviour
A large gathering of family and friends attended the noon service at the Church of Our Saviour Longwood for Mr Charles Thorndike and Mrs Thorndike of Commonwealth Avenue who died within a day of each other from pneumonia. Bishop Lawrence and Rev Reginald Heber Howe conducted the rites. The interment followed at Mount Auburn cemetery with the bishop and Dr Howe delivering the committal words.
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Church of Our Saviour
Longwood
Charles Thorndike
Commonwealth Avenue
Lawrence
Reginald Heber Howe
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Howe
Eckmans Alterative Promoted as Tuberculosis Cure
A testimonial from Amenia New York dated July 9 1909 claims Eckmans Alterative cured tuberculosis for E H Cowles after a Rochester LaGrippe illness. The letter asserts night sweats chills and weight loss ended, weight restored, and urges purchase via Riker Jaynes Boston drugstores or local druggists with booklet availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Amenia
N. Y
E. H. Cowles
Boston
Riker-Jaynes Stores
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Penn
Asquith Denounces Lords as Anachronism in Commons
In London on April 11 Prime Minister Asquith urged the government’s second resolution limiting the Lords veto and called the Lords a persistent anachronism. He said abolition remains aim, with the steps seen as first toward freeing the Commons from Lords’ thraldom.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Asquith
Asquith Replies on Sir Robert Anderson Admission
Premier Asquith answered questions in Parliament about Sir Robert Anderson's admission to writing the 1887 Times articles on Parnellism and Crime. He condemned the alleged breach of official duty but said an inquiry after 20 years would serve little purpose.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Robert Anderson
Home Office
Times
Sir Robert
O'Brien Refuses Quick Reply to Lloyd George Statement
William O'Brien MP for Cork City and leader of the Independent Nationalists says he will respond in the House of Commons to Lloyd George's repudiation of his statements on government plans for Irish support, rather than replying by telegraph.
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London
William O’brien
Cork City
John Redmond
A Simple Hyomei Inhalant Use For Catarrh Relief
Readers are urged to use Hyomei by inhaling from a steaming bowl at night for quick relief from nasal stuffiness. The ad promotes Hyomei inhalers and bottles priced at 50 cents with a complete outfit at one dollar. It claims cure guarantees for catarrh sore throat coughs colds rose fever asthma and croup.
Wild auto rams two carriages on Beacon Street
Rolland Hoeg a chauffeur at 826 Huntington Avenue crashed his auto into two carriages on Beacon Street demolishing both. The car mounted the sidewalk in front of 117 Beacon Street tearing through the iron gateway and stopping midway down the basement stairway.
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Rolland Hoeg
Huntington Avenue
Beacon Street
Unruly Auto Crashes Through Beacon Street Gate
Hoeg escapes unhurt after a wet road chase ends with his car smashing a carriage, tearing a side hole in a wagon, climbing a sidewalk, and wedging under a gate on Beacon street. Frank Chipman and John Colleff dodge injury as horses flee the wreck. Police plan a derrick to extract the machine.
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Hoeg
Dartmouth Street
Frank Chipman
Witho
Spring Street
John Colleff
Brookline
Beacon Street
Burns Fatal Risk From Playing With Matches
Chester Frank aged 3 of 69 East Newton Street was brought to City hospital in a dying state from burns after playing with lighted matches. Mrs. Mary Harrington nearby risked her own safety to smother the flames as a teamster passed by and carried the boy to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Frank
East Newton Street
Mary Harrington
Overwork and Study Cited in Dorchester Suicide
Ernest M. Hanford 22 Neponset avenue Dorchester died yesterday morning from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The act was not discovered until 7 30 when his mother entered his room. Officials attributed the death to overwork and overstudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Hanford
Neponset Avenue
Dorchester
Mrs Bertha F Smith Falls From Cliff Drowns
Bath Me April 11 Mrs Bertha F Smith wife of Professor Harold F Smith of Worcester Polytechnic Institute fell 20 feet into the sea while pursuing bird life and was drowned yesterday near Bath within sight of the coast guard station and rescue boats aided by local fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bertha F. Smith
Harold F. Smith
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
No Bids For Yerkes Home In New York Auction
No sale occurred at Fifth Avenue and Sixty eighth Street as investors offered no bids. Upset price of 1.4 million dollars led to adjournment for a week, with potential price adjustment sought by the court. Yerkes mansion, paintings, tapestries, and rugs brought 2.03 million dollars at auction.
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New York
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Sixty Eighth Street
Thomas F. Ryan
Charles T. Yerkes
Underground Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd
Calls Suit a Spite Affair
Miss Lorene S Speere, alleging a French vocal instructor Francis Archambault loved her and gave free lessons, testified in Municipal Civil Court that she learned he was married and cut ties. Archambault said he offered lessons to be fair and noted delivering up to three lessons in one day. case before Judge Parmenter.
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Lorene S. Speere
Francis Archambault
Miss Speere
Shen
Parmenter
Wedding Rings for Benedicts Form Society Group
Pittsburg April 11 under Mrs Edward Cavanaugh leadership elite Pittsburg society women formed a close corporation to urge husbands to wear plain gold wedding rings to deter flirting. Eighteen members plan to ask husbands to wear the band as a visible marital token.
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Pittsburg
Edward Cavanaugh
Soeuts Street
Northside
Greater Pittsburg
Pullman Tourist Cars Advertised by Grand Trunk Railway
Tickets on sale through April 14 for Pullman tourist cars every Monday Wednesday and Sunday on fast trains. Describes comforts and nominal costs. Send for illustrated folders. KE Boynton N E P A Grand Trunk Railway 256 Washington Street Berton.
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Pullman
KE. H. Boynton
Grand Trunk Railway
Washington Street
Berton
Fear Row Will Split Old Party In State House Clash
Wise Charlie Hatfield, chairman of the Republican State committee, urged President Allen Treadway of the Senate and Speaker Joseph Walker of the House to keep the party united. An armed truce held at the State House but the Walker Treadway feud continued over who will be the GOP lieutenant governor candidate, with no peace until a candidate is chosen.
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Charlie” Hatfield
Republican State Committee
Allen Treadway
Senate
Joseph Walker
House
Hatfield
Walker
Treadway
State House
Walker-Treadway
Cushing
Boston
Mr. Treadway
Joe
Allen
Cape
Charley Groves
Battle Over Walker Cushing Direct Nomination Bill Rages
In a statehouse clash Speaker Walker and Senator Cushing push a bill to submit direct nominations to voters in a district. President Treadway opposes the principle. row grows as leaders exchange threats and parties split between old line and insurgent views.
Finest Private Library Sale Prompts Public Interest
The sale of the world renowned private library founded by the late Robert Hoe is noted. O A Bierstadt of the Boston Public Library recalled inspecting the collection over 15 years ago, with Hoe adding thousands of volumes since.
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Robert Hoe
Hoe
O. A. Bierstadt
Boston Public Library
Post
Bierstadt
Enchanted 16 volumes form Hoe library of medieval manuscripts
The Hoe collection centers on manuscripts and illuminated works from the Renaissance. It includes Latin Bibles from 13th to 15th centuries, vellum pages with silver bindings, and a valued 1485 Caxton edition of Mallorys Morte d Arthur. A Burns Kilmarnock copy with Burns letter highlights binding as artistry. A Latin Bible once linked to St Louis, and Queen Elizabeths Prayer Book are noted.
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Hoe
Brierstadt
St. Jerome
St. Louis
Aigues-Mortes
Egypt
Holy Land
Cremona
Vibiani Sans
Visconti Famly
Milan
Joshua
Samuel
Martial
Ovid
Heroides
Louis Xil
Anne of
Brittany
Mallory
d’Arthur
Chaucer
Spenser
Gower
Langland
Heywood
Thomas Moore
John Evelyn
Queen Elizabeth
England
Burns
Kilmarnock
Hamilton
Dumfries
Robert Burns
Shepard Family Stores Celebrate Multidecade Providence Anniversary
John Shepard Jr of Providence held a banquet for 100 department heads from the Shepard Norwell and Providence stores marking 20 and 30 year milestones. Boston guests traveled by special train as Mayors Fitzgerald and Fletcher lauded New England growth and industrial training.
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Providence
John Shepard, Jr
John Shepard Company of
Boston
Shepard Norwell Company of
John Shepard
Shepard Norwell Company
John F. Fitzgerald
Henry Wletcher
Fletcher
New England
West
South
Fitzgerald
Germany
Texas
England
W West
New Hearing Set for Big Trusts
Washington April 11 The Supreme Court of the United States reassigned for argument the cases of the United States against the American Tobacco Company and the Standard Oil Company.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
United States
American Tobacco Company
Standard Oil Company
Mayor Blocks Reappointment of Fire Commissioner Parker
Mayor Fitzgerald told the Gaston Board of Fire Underwriters he did not approve of efforts to coerce the mayor into reappointing Colonel Samuel D. Parker as fire commissioner. He denied charges against ex Commissioner Wells and stated he would not name Mr Wrells.
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Fitzgerald
Gaston Board of Fire Underwriters
Samuel D. Parker
Wells
Y Wrells
Parker
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Glergyman
Barry, Beale & Co
Pell
O'Brien
Benedicts
California
North Pacific Coast
Bruce
Bobby Burns
Burnett
Joseph Burnett CO
India Street
Boston People
John Shepard Company
Com. Parker
Wer
Edward Nenning
Salina St
Watertown
Potter Dru@& Chem Corp
Bole Props
Columbus Ave
Massee
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