Bay State Mayors Boom Their Cities
Six Massachusetts mayors from Boston Worcester Lynn Brockton Marlboro and Woburn spoke at the Boston Boot and Shoe Club meeting on city manufacturing strengths. Mayor Fitzgerald urged Boston growth and cooperation, while Kent Brockton highlighted free resources and competition. Duggan Barney Brown and Blodgett praised Worcester Lynn Marlboro and Woburn, with officers elected for the year.
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Massachusetts
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
John T. Duggan
Worcester
Charles N. Barney
Lynn
John S. Kent
Brockton
Edward F. Brown
Marlboro
William KE. Blodgett
Woburn
Brunswick
Fitzgerald
Gulf of Mexico
Maine
Atlantic
Duggan
Barney
Brown
Blodgett
Munyon 3 X Rheumatism Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Munyon 3 X Rheumatism Cure with claims of rapid relief and healing for rheumatic pain. It endorses no salicylic acid or narcotics, offers a money back guarantee, and lists additional remedies by Munyon for coldness, kidney, digestion, constipation, headaches, piles, vitality, and general ailments. The pitch urges readers to visit their drugstore for a bottle at $1.00, noting 160 doses and testimonials.
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Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Phila
Penn
Boston Lawyer Weds Ellen Beach Yaw Noted Singer
Boston lawyer and dramatic critic Mr. Goldthwaite marries Ellen Beach Yaw, famed soprano. The couple shared a long correspondence during her Europe sojourn, each returning to support the other. The wedding followed a romance rooted in artistic circles and adventurous early years.
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Boston
Ellen Beach Yaw
Miss Yaw
Europe
Goldthwaite
America
New York
Mr. Goldthwaite
Prince Albert
Wisconsin
Armours of
Chicago
West
Boston University
Robert Ingersoll
Great Mexican earthquake death toll rises after disaster
Details from Mexico City show the death list growing with many prominent families among the victims. Dwellings and factories across Guerrero and Pacific coast areas sustain enormous losses, including the Mexican Clay Manufacturing Company near Acapulco. Ayutla reports total destruction. jail and hospital collapse with all prisoners and patients rescued. Salesians College in Santa Julia collapses but all 70 students survive unharmed.
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Mexico City
Guerrero
Pacific Coast
Mexican Clay Manufacturing Company
Acapulco
Ayutla
Salesians College
Santa Julia
Three Severe Earthquakes Hit Europe Reported
Earthquakes struck Tortosa Maria and Constantinople with damage in Tortosa and Maria but no casualties reported. An undulatory quake occurred at Askabad in the Transcaspian Territory at 12 26 p m lasting five seconds. Constantinople area felt a shock at 4 30 this morning with strong activity in the Bosphorus region.
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Madrid
Tortosa
Maria
Askabad
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Boston Man Claims Parasitic Worms Cause Ill Health
A Boston promoter R T Cooper says internal parasites cause much illness and that his remedy will expel worms. Reports list 42 parasite cases at Jaynes drugstore with a 30 foot specimen cited. He touts cures for stomach, kidney and liver troubles and promises proof before leaving Boston.
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R. T. Cooper
Boston
Mr. Cooper
Jaynes
Washington and
Hanover Streets
Cooper
Plymouth Postmaster Weds Laura Holmes in Unitarian Church
Plymouth April 17 The town’s postmaster George V Bennett wed Laura Nelson Holmes at high noon in the First Church Unitarian. The ceremony featured the Masonic quartet with Lohengrin’s wedding march. Guests included maid of honor Ethel Hobart and best man Edward Holmes. The couple plan a two week honeymoon and will reside on Park Street.
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Plymouth
George Vernon’ Bennett
Bennett
Laura Nelson Holmes
John Duckson
Miss Holmes
Masonic Quartet
Unitarian Church
Ethel Hobart
Edward Holmes
Richard Holmes
Cobb-Drew Corporation
Plymouth High
Oberlin College
Kendall Hall
Lawrence Leatherman
Post Office Department
C. E. Jennings
Fire Threatens Faneuil Hall Meat Market
A fire discovered around 8 PM in meat burlap bags in the basement of Nos 6 and 8 Faneuil Hall, occupied by J S Weston as a meat market. Three pieces of apparatus fought the blaze, smoke filling the hall. Cause suspected as spontaneous combustion. Estimated damage about 500 dollars.
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Faneuil Hall
J.S. Weston
Chamberlain Says Health Returning After Telegram
London April 17 At the second sitting of the colonial conference Joseph Chamberlain ex colonial secretary acknowledged a telegram of sympathy and said he is promised complete restoration to health and hopes to resume public work soon.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Rengo touted as fat reduction breakthrough in Millington
Special correspondent reports a new remedy for obesity called Rengo. It allegedly reduces weight rapidly without drugs, citing Miss Lydia Reid of Millington who slimmed by about a pound daily while gaining energy. The mixture, flavored like chocolate cream, claims to force food assimilation and expel fatty deposits, restoring a youthful look.
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Millington
Mich
Lydia Reid
Rengo Co
Detroit
Rengo
Governor Guild Invited to Old Home Week Meeting
Governor Guild has been invited to attend the public meeting in Faneuil Hall next Tuesday afternoon for Old Home week celebrations. Speakers may include Coadjutor Archbishop O Connell Major Henry L Higginson and other prominent Bostonians with Mayor Fitzgerald presiding. The Dorchester Historical Society voted to cooperate with the general effort.
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Guild
Faneuil Hall
O’connell
Henry L. Higginson
Fitzgerald
Dorchester Historical Society
Seigel Employees' Dance at Copley Hall Tonight
Charming women in gowns and gallant attendants will attend the Henry Siegel Company's Employees' Mutual Benefit Association annual dance in Copley Hall tonight. It is the second annual party with a reception concert and dancing from 9 to 2 to benefit the sick fund. Chairman H. L. Tannenholf leads the committee, with William C. O'Connor directing the floor and Arthur E. Kramer assisting.
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Henry Siegel Company
Employees’ Mutual Benefit Association
Copley Hall
H. L. Tannenhola
William C. O'Connor
Arthur E. Kramer
Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds Laxative Remedy
An 1890s style advertisement notes headaches and neuralgia from colds and promotes Laxative Bromide Quinine, a world famous cold and grip remedy. The ad invites readers to call a full name and mentions a signature EB W Grove and a 25 cent price.
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W. Grove
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F. J. Bradley
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F. G. King
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Port
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Massedical Society
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Laura Holmes
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Midgley Block
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Suffolk
PLY CO
Brome Ld St
Rengo Company
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Joe Bona Tee
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Shinola Company
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Lexington Ave
N.Y
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Whitcomb
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