Halley's Comet Brightening With April Perihelion Near
Professor S Alfred Mitchell of Columbia notes this month is pivotal as Halley's comet, discovered Sept 11, will reach perihelion on April 20 at 54.5 million miles from the sun and then head on a 38 year voyage to 3 billion miles, with naked eye viewing possible soon after mid-April. The tail length grows from 5 to 14 million miles by late February, promising remarkable sky displays in coming weeks.
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S. Alfred Mitchell
Columbia University
Max Wolf
Earth
Halley
Barnard
Neponset Fire Destroys Coffin Valve Company Building
A large one story structure owned by the Coffin Valve Company in Neponset burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Firefighters from two stations fought the flames for an hour, but the soft wood patterns were ruined and the entire building gutted.
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Neponset
Coffin Valve Company
Double Funeral Held for Mr and Mrs Thorndike
A crowd gathered at the Church of Our Saviour Longwood for the double funeral of Mr Charles Thorndike and Mrs Thorndike of Commonwealth avenue who died within 24 hours of each other from pneumonia. Bishop Lawrence assisted by Rev Reginald Heber Howe officiated. The bodies were taken to Mount Auburn cemetery with clergy present for committal.
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Church of Our Saviour
Longwood
Charles Thorndike
Commonwealth Avenue
Lawrence
Reginald Heber Howe
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Howe
Clergyman's Son Praises Eckman's Alterative for Tuberculosis
A testimonial from Amenia New York 1909 reports recovery from tuberculosis after taking Eckman's Alterative. The writer E H Cowles, formerly in Rochester, credits the remedy with resolving night sweats chills weight loss and cough. He cites local availability in Boston and requests the booklet from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Amenia
N. Y
Rochester
E. H. Cowles
Boston
Riker-Jaynes
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Penn
Asquith Calls Lords Anachronism in Commons
In London on April 11 Prime Minister Asquith urged that the Lords as a second chamber are an anachronism. He defended the government’s second resolution limiting Lords powers and said it is the first step to emancipate the House of Commons from the Lords’ thraldom.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Asquith
Asquith Replies On Sir Robert Anderson Articles
Premier Asquith answered questions in the Commons about Sir Robert Anderson once an adviser to the Home Office and alleged author of the Times 1887 Par nelism and Crime articles. He condemned the admission and declined to convene a new inquiry after more than 20 years.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Robert Anderson
Home Office
Times
Robert
OBrien to Answer Lloyd George in House of Commons
Cork City MP William OBrien the Independent Nationalist leader says he will answer Lloyd George's statements in the House of Commons after he can confront him face to face. He telegraphs from London noting the government’s alleged stance on securing Irish support.
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London
William O’brien
Cork City
John Redmond
Lloyd-George
O’brien
Trish
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Hyomei for Catarrh and Colds Advised in Home Remedy
An advertisement promotes Hyomei as a simple inhalation treatment for catarrh sore throat coughs colds rose fever asthma and croup. It describes breathing vapors from a bowl of boiling water with Hyomei and notes prices 50 cents for a bottle or one dollar for a complete inhaler outfit with a money back guarantee.
Wild Auto Crashes Carriages on Beacon Street
Rolland Hoeg a chauffeur living at 826 Huntington avenue piloted an automobile on Beacon street last night crashing into two carriages demolishing both and mounting the sidewalk in front of 117 Beacon street tearing through an iron gateway. The car halted only when lodged halfway down the basement stairway.
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Rolland Hoeg
Huntington Avenue
Beacon Street
Auto out of control slams through street and carriage
Hoeg remains uninjured after a runaway auto skids on wet asphalt near Dartmouth Street. The vehicle crashes into a two-horse carriage, then hits another wagon, climbs the sidewalk at 117 Beacon Street, and becomes wedged under an iron gateway. Police plan to use a derrick to extract it.
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Hoeg
Dartmouth Street
Frank Chipman
Spring Street
John Colleff
Brookline
Beacon Street
Burns Will Prove Fatal: Chester Frank Dies From Match Burns
Three year old Chester Frank of 69 East Newton Street was brought to City hospital in a dying condition after burns from playing with matches. Neighbors credit Mrs. Mary Harrington for smothering the flames with her skirt. A nearby teamster rushed the boy to the hospital.
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Chester Frank
East Newton Street
Mary Harrington
Overwork and overstudy blamed in Dorchester death
Ernest M. Sanford of 22 Neponset Avenue Dorchester died yesterday morning by self inflicted gunshot. He shot himself in the head with a 38 2 calibre revolver. the deed was discovered at 7 30 when his mother checked his room. Overwork and study were cited as causes.
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Ernest M. Sanford
Neponset Avenue
Dorchester
Mrs Bertha F Smith Falls From Cliff
Mrs Bertha F Smith wife of Professor Harold F Smith of Worcester Polytechnic Institute drowned after falling 20 feet from a cliff into the sea during a bird life study in Bath Maine on April 11.
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Bath. Me
Bertha F. Smith
Harold Ff. Smith
Worcester Polytechnic Iukstitute
No Bids for Yerkes Home Auction in New York
A court ordered sale of the Yerkes residence at Fifth Avenue and Sixty eighth Street failed as no bids were offered. Upset price stood at 1.4 million dollars, prompting a one week adjournment and potential price adjustments. The art collection was auctioned separately, bringing 2.084 million dollars.
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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 Lorenee S Speere testifies in Municipal Civil Court that Professor Francis Archambault a French vocal instructor sued to collect for free lessons after she learned he was married. Archambault says he provided lessons as a fair arrangement and up to three in one day. Judge Parmenter presides. case continues today.
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Lorenee S. Speere
Francis Archambault
Miss Speere
Wedding Rings For Benedicts In Pittsburg
Pittsburg society women formed a close corporation led by Mrs Edward Cavanaugh to urge husbands to wear plain gold wedding bands to deter flirting. Eighteen women agreed to ask their husbands to wear rings as a token of marriage and hope the custom spreads.
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Pittsburg
Edward Cavanaugh
Locuts Street
Northside
Greater Pittsburg
Pullman Tourist Cars Advertised for Boston Fans
Tickets at 49 45 available until April 14 for weekly Monday Wednesday and Friday Pullman tourist cars on fast trains. Includes all comforts and nominal cost. Send for illustrated folders from E H Boynton at N E P A Grand Trunk Railway 236 Washington Street Boston.
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E. H. Boynton
N. E. P. A. Grand Trunk Railway
Washington Street
Boston
Fear Row Will Split Old Party in State
Wise Charlie Hatfield, chairman of the Republican State committee, urged President Allen Treadway of the Senate and Speaker Joseph Walker of the House to avoid breaking the grand old party. An armed truce at the State House followed, but the Walker Treadway feud continues over who will be the next Republican lieutenant governor candidate.
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Charlie” Hatfield
Republican State Committee
Allen Treadway
Senate
Joseph Walker
House
Hatfield
Walker
Treadway
State House
Walker-Treadway
Joe
Allen
Cape
Charley Groves
Speaker Walker
Mr. Treadway
Walker Cushing bill triggers row over direct nominations
A political clash at the State House centers on the Walker Cushing bill to submit direct nominations to district voters for approval. Speaker Walker and Senator Treadway clash over strategy as they spar over amendments and party leadership.
Finest Private Library Sale Reveals Hoe Collection History
The world’s finest private library founded by the late Robert Hoe is set for sale. O A Bierstadt of the Boston Public Library recalled inspecting the collection over 15 years ago as Hoe added thousands of volumes since then.
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Robert Hoe
Hoe
O. A. Bierstadt
Boston Public Library
Post
Bierstadt
Shepard Stores Celebrate 80th Anniversary Banquet
John Shepard Jr of Providence hosts a banquet for 100 department heads from the Shepard Norwell Company of Boston and Providence to mark the 80th anniversary of his Providence department store. Boston Mayor Fitzgerald and Providence Mayor Fletcher attend as toastmasters.
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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 Fletcher
Maryor Fletcher
New England
West
South
Fitzgerald
Germany
Texas
England
W West
New Hearing For Big Trusts Reassigned by Supreme Court
Washington April 11 The Supreme Court of the United States today 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
United States
American Tobacco Company
Standard Oil Company
Mayor Won’t Name Parker Fire Commissioner
Mayor Fitzgerald told a Boston Board of Fire Underwriters committee that he did not approve of actions to coerce reappointment of Colonel Samuel D. Parker as fire commissioner. He denied charges against ex Commissioner Wells and said he would not name Wells. Parker will not be reappointed.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Samuel D. Parker
Wells
Parker
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Joseph Burnett CO
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