Are Children Born Liars in Early Age Debate
Amherst April 16 A Philadelphia teacher Karl Barnes told the High School Teachers Institute that children under 12 are liars and naturally vengeful. He cited English and American statistics showing about 70 percent of youths under 12 endorsed lying and vengeance when asked about a related story.
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Amherst
Karl Barnes
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Warnes
England
Song Shop Opens in Boston With Piano Display
Musical Boston sees the Song Shop at 591 Washington Street open delivering thousands of popular classics and operatic selections at popular prices. Jerome H. Remick & Co. own it and run another store at 12 Tremont Row. The $10,000 song I Wish I Had a Girl underscores their enterprise. Postcards and Billiken statues are shown.
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Musical
Boston
Washington Street
Jerome, H. Remick & Co
Tremont Row
Sullivan of Rifle Range Fame Found
The mysterious John Howard Sullivan, who sold the city rifle range land in Woburn and Wilmington in 1902 for 25000, has been located. He has been connected with the New England Dressed Beef and Wool Company for over 24 years and was found at 41 North street yesterday afternoon working on an adding machine.
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John Howard Sullivan
Woburn
Wilmington
New England Dressed Beef & Wool Company
North Street
Mr. Sullivan
Hearings Tie Name to Land Sale for Rifle Range
A witness denied recollection of involvement in a land sale to Boston for a rifle range nine years ago. Lawyer John W. Johnson, later identified as Sullivan’s conveyancer, said he handled several parcels including the Carter lot by deed and noted he was not closely acquainted with Sullivan.
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Lieutenant Portal
Sullivan
Boston
Carter
Six Die In San Francisco St George Hotel Fire
Six bodies recovered from the burned St George Hotel ruins in San Francisco where about 230 guests were present. Officials estimate fifty more may have perished with a woman among the bodies possibly identified.
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San Francisco
St. George Hotel
Heith Buys Boston Theatr e for Million Dollar Lease Pivot
Industrial magnate Keith secures Boston Theatre ownership amid a vaudeville and film era shift. He had earlier closed Keith's Theatre, rebuilt appeal at Boston, and navigated leases with Morton heirs while balancing rival bids from Klaw Erlanger Frohman Harris.
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Morton
Mr. Keith
Boston
Kian
Erlanger
Vaudevile
Tremont Theatre
Keith
Klaw & Erlanger
Frohman & Harris
Fred Niblos Africa Travel Lecture at Park Theatre
Fred Niblo opened a foreign travel lecture series at Park Theatre describing Cape Town Johannesburg Kimberly Durban and Cairo Khartoum with vivid notes on local peoples and savagery. He urged a simple rule mind your own business and hinted at radical views on civilizing natives to be repeated Sunday evening April 18.
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Fred Niblo
Park Theatre
Cape Town
Mr. Niblo
Johanessburg
Kimberly
Durban
Africa
Cairo
Khartoum
Niblo
Nibo
B M to Build 800000 Pier House in Charlestown
The Boston & Maine announces orders for 50 large locomotives costing about a half million dollars and plans to expand rolling stock. A new Charlestown pier house, 864 by 180 feet on Mystic wharf, wooden two stories, costing about 800000, will be ready by November, with more stations and traffic improvements planned nearby.
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Boston & Maine
Charlestown
Malden
Somerville
North Reading
Fitchburg
West Deerfield
Northfield
Boston
Mystic Wharf
South Channel
Charlestown Navy Yard
Merchants’ Line
Mystic Docks
Patten the Grain Baron of Evans ton and Crossroads Store Legend
James A. Patten of Sandwich Illinois rose from farm roots to run the Crossroads store and a grain brokerage that grew into a leading firm Bartlett Frazier and Carington in Evanston He built a vast marble house and became a bold market operator not avoiding clashes with Armour and Wall Street He never drinks or dissipates and lives in a tent outside his barn when not in town with his wife and two sons.
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James A. Patten
Sandwich
Dekalb County
Crossroads
Preparatory
Northwestern University
Henry Ja Patten
Evanston, Ill
Bartlett, Frazier & Carington
Evanston
Elijah N. Dowie
Patten
Armours
Chicago
Armour Bull
Wall Street
Livermore
Boston Wheat Corner Sparks No Local Alarm
Boston merchants deny a true wheat corner, attributing price rises to natural demand abroad and lower Argentine deliveries. Mark Schultis and Bernard Rothwell debate manipulation and gambling in wheat, urging cash trading and limits to prevent widespread hardship.
Coffee to Postum: a New Woman Physically
A New York woman credits quitting coffee with Postum for curing heart and stomach trouble. She describes a years long dairy diet, then nourishment through Postum, leading to restored health and appetite. The letter urges others to try a 10 day Postum trial, touting “There’s a Reason.”
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N. Y
Millet painting brings record bid at Martin sale
New York April 16 H S Henry of Philadelphia paid 50000 for a Millet work titled Going to Work in the auction of the late John T Martin collection. The 21 by 28 inch painting stood as one of the highest Millet prices in the United States.
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New York
H. S. Henry
Philadelphia
Millet
John T. Martin
Bakers on East Side Face Mass Closures and Market Turmoil
Over 50 bakers on the East Side have gone out of business with more preparing to shut down claiming no profit on sales. If price rises and smaller loaves spread to New York, an open revolt by foreign elements is feared. May wheat fell in Chicago to 1.25 7 8 from 1.27 5 8, while July rose on bulls buying. Patten attacked Secretary Wilson claiming 142 000 000 bushels of reserve wheat and questioned the report's accuracy.
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East Side
New York
Chicago
Patten
Wilson
Secretary Wilson Crushes Patten On Wheat Scarcity
Washington April 16 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said no one has cornered wheat like Joseph of old and dismissed Patten's claims of shortage. He accused Patten of spreading misinformation to push prices higher and asserted visible supplies are far larger than Patten reports, backed by agricultural experts.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Joseph
Patten
Chicago
Bruch Lectures On House Heating Boilers
About 3800 architects, heating engineers and contractors attended in Ford Hall to hear Louis Bruch of the American Radiator Company discuss boiler ratings and standards. He argued for clearer standards and highlighted the need to base coal pricing on heating value. The illustrated talk featured 100 color slides showing boiler manufacture from raw material to finished product.
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Daniel Sharp Ford
Ford
Louis Bruch
American Radiator Company
Bruch
Germany
Knowles Lecture Explores Fisher Folk of Europe
R G Knowles spoke at Tremont Temple on Fisher Folk of France Flanders and Holland describing Brittany Normandy and the Dutch coast. He showed fishing methods with motion and still pictures and shared personal anecdotes. The lecture repeats this afternoon and has made a favorable impression.
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R. G. Knowles
Tremont
France
Flanders
Holland
Brittany
Normandy
Knowles
Eliot Plea for Art Education at Harvard Alumni Event
President Charles W. Eliot urged stronger support for art in schools at a Harvard alumni gathering in Paris. He criticized underfunding and limited art study, calling for reform and longer art education in public schools. He argued drawing rivals language as expression and that nations should export refined materials via artistic education.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Massachusetts Normal Art School Association
Tuileries
Eliot
Express Jumps Rails Four Injured in Quebec Wreck
Four train hands were severely injured when the Intercolonial railway wreck occurred at Causapscal Quebec. The Maritime Express from Montreal to Halifax ran half an hour late and the locomotive derailed tipping over with two Pullman cars, a diner, baggage, express and postal cars leaving the track.
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Moncton
N. B
Interecolonial
Causapscal
Que
Maritime Express
Montreal
Halifax
City Health Panel Backs Public Playground Convenience Stations
The city council health committee, meeting yesterday, endorsed establishing convenience stations at all public playgrounds across the city, signaling support for improved public amenities and safety.
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City Council
Hardware Dealer Stocks Yale Locks In Stock
The local hardware dealer lists Yale locks available now for immediate purchase. Customers are advised to inquire about models and prices in stock for quick installation and security upgrades.
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Yale
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