Chelsea Fire Relief Seeks Clothing and Funds Fast
Chelsea relief efforts push food clothing and money to hundreds daily with demand rising. Alfred J. Ash urges more clothing especially men’s trousers women’s skirts and children’s wear as more donations arrive. Donations flow from KB. A Filene and others coordinate aid at Chelsea High School and local churches.
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Chelsea
James J. Storrow
State Relief Committee
Alfred J. Ash
Post
Boston Theatre Relief Fund Concert Raises Over 4000
A charity concert by Boston theatre groups drew 3000 attendees and featured stars like Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske and Anna Held. The event, directed by Lothian and staged by multiple houses, netted over 4000 for Chelsea fire victims, with Orpheum and Bijou programs contributing as well. total proceeds exceed 5000.
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Boston Theatre Relief Fund
Ward
Voies
Anna
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Chelsea
Boston
Napier Lothian
Light Cavalry
Chelsea praises post plan for ideal city rebuild
Prominent Chelsea residents praised yesterday's Post article on how Chelsea may be rebuilt into an ideal city. Officials supported the architects plans, favoring a City Hall and municipal buildings in Bassett square, with streets widened and safety improvements emphasized.
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Chelsea
Post
Boston
City Hall
Bassett Square
Washington Avenue
Broadway
Bellingham Square
Harry W. James
John Beck
C. H. Black
Fifth Street
Worshipped Amidst Ruins in Chelsea Churches Hold Union Service
Religious services were held in Chelsea after a devastating fire. A union service at First Methodist Episcopal saw Mt. Bellingham and First Baptist join with the church, with Pastor F W Bakeman and Rev A H Nazarian leading. Pastor Joel Leonard urged resilience as 130 families burned out. Central Congregational Society met at Crescent avenue, where Rev J A Higginson encouraged unity and a later return of the church’s full flock. A collection aided the displaced families.
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Chelsea
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mt. Bellingham
First Baptist
F. W. Bakeman
A. H. Nazarian
Joel Leonard
Lynn
Central Congregational Society
Review Club
Crescent Avenue
J. A. Higginson
Thomas F. Cusack
P. R
Edward J. Welch
Henry F. Grady
Father Cusack
Second Street
Spencer Avenue
Thomas A. Quinlan
Walter A. Fegan
Father Jascieski
Father Millen
Horace Memorial
Spencer and
Webster Avenues
Knees Amidst Ruins
A continuation piece reports on knee injuries and recovery amid ruins, detailing affected players and ongoing rehabilitation efforts as teams navigate salvageable play.
Chelsea Fire Relief Sees Multidenominational Services
Citizens from Protestant, Jewish and Salvation Army groups worshipped in shared spaces as Chelsea faced its ashes. Militia and Boston police reinforced the scene while Medical Examiner Magrath and staff led a district-wide body search, with 15 recovered dead including Benjamin F. Knowles.
Another Body Found in Ruins of 34 Cottage Street
Remains believed to be Benjamin F. Knowles, 65, found yesterday in the ruins near his home at 34 Cottage Street. A pocket knife identified as his was found with the body. Knowles was Civil War veteran, ex press business man, and member of W. S. Hancock Command, Union Veterans' Union No. 1 of Chelsea. He leaves a widow living in Everett since the fire.
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Chelsea High School
KB. A. Filene
A. L. Filene
Max Mitchell
Meyer Bloomberg
Cary Avenue
Buck’s
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Williams Street
Benjamin F. Knowles
Cottage Street
Magrath
James O'Brien
Chelsea Street
Mr. Knowles
W. S. Hancock Command
Union Veterans’ Union No. 1
Chelsea
Mt. Bellingham M. FE. Church
Everett
Harvard Boys Walk 35 Miles to Buy Easter Clothes
Four youths from Harvard Massachusetts Lew Morse 16 Earle Turner 14 C R Sheehan 16 and Kent Royal 16 left Harvard at 5 am Saturday walked through West Acton Concord Lincoln Lexington and Arlington to Shuman corner Boston reaching Washington and Summer streets at 12 30 pm They bought Easter apparel at A Shuman Co noting their feat drew congratulations from onlookers.
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Weston
A. Shuman & Co
Harvard
Mass
Lew H. Morse
Earle O. Turner
C. R. Sheehan
Kent T. Royal
Shuman Corner
West Acton
Concord
Lincoln
Lexington
Arlington
Boston
Washington and
Summer Streets
Mass on Lawn Amid Chelsea Fire Sufferers
About 1200 survivors of the blaze joined a morning mass on the lawn of St. Rose parish rectory in Chelsea. The outdoor service began at 10 oclock under the open sky amid the fire ruins and roofless surrounding buildings.
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Crescent Avenue
Broadway
St. Rose
St. Rose Parish
Chelsea
C. E. A’hearn Undertaker
John Green
Eden St
Chelsea, Mass
Relief Fund Reaches 224026 31 For Chelsea People
A report announced that the Chelsea relief fund has totaled 224026 31. Additional contributions of 100 or more are listed from Thompson's Spa Charles R Lawrence Mrs Alexander Cochrane A G Van Nostrand and others including Citizens of Andover and Mr and Mrs Edward D Brandegee totaling several hundred dollars each with several 500s and 250 and 300 gifts.
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Chelsea
Thompson’s Spa
Charles R. Lawrence
Sccceesvsess
Alexander Cochrane
S.e
A. G. van
Springfield National Bank
Hipple, Ogden & Sears C.cveseeee
Citizens of
Andover
CDW
Taemati
Omnia
Edward D. Brandegee
Boy Hunter Dies After Fire Escape Fall
James M. O Malley aged 9 of 15 Cuarter Street North End died yesterday afternoon after plunging from a rear fire escape at 275 Congress Street. He struck his head and died instantly as two live squads he clutched fought for freedom. a watchman found the body.
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James M. O'Malley
Cuarter Street
North End
Congress Street
Samson and Delilah at Handel and Haydn Society concert
The Handel and Haydn Society presented Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah in the season finale with soloists Mme. Eleanore de Cisneros George Hamlin Emilio de Gogorza Willard Flint Harry Parmelee and Dr. Thomas J. Deacon. The production by Mr. Mollenhauer and the society was laudable and the chorus singing was fluent brilliant and rhythmically incisive. Mme de Cisneros voice adds the sensuous tone essential to Delilah.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Saint-Saens
Mme
Eleanore de Cisneros
George Hamlin
Emilio de Gogorza
Willard Flint
Harry Parmelee
Thomas J. Deacon
Mollenhauer
Society
Mme. de Cisneros
Coffee Eyes and the Postum Cure for Vision Problems
A Oswego Montana woman reports slow eye weakness and sharp light lines resolved after quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Cereal. She stopped coffee, brewed Postum longer at high altitude, and saw her eye pain disappear in about three months. A friend with coffee issues also improved on Postum. There is a Postum claim about a health reason and a Battle Creek company backing it.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Postum
Woman Struck by Auto in Cambridge Dies at Hospital
A woman crossing a Cambridge street stepped into the path of a passing auto moving at a fair speed. The driver Thompson stopped, aided the unconscious pedestrian, and left his name with police. She died at the hospital. the body remains unclaimed, clothing and features noting black attire and hair. Thompson resides at 608 Craigie Hall.
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Thompson
Craigie Hall, Cambridge
Malden man killed in Chestnut Hill automobile crash
A late night crash on Chestnut Hill near South street left William Gallagher dead and Joseph Shine severely injured, with William Flynn unscathed. Gallagher, 24, invited the others for a ride. their car struck a telegraph pole at high speed causing Severe injuries to all but Flynn.
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South Street
Boulevard
William Gallagher
Russell Court
Malden
Joseph Shine
Quincy Street
William Flynn
West and
Watts Streets
Gallagher
Shine
Flynn
Brighton
Tekol Tablets Promise Quick Uplift And Health Boost
An ad touts Tekol Tablets as a cure for discouragement confusion fatigue and despondency. It claims to improve energy nerve power brain function digestion circulation and hair health while reducing dark circles and wrinkles. Sold in Boston at multiple drugstores with free circulars from Colonial Tablet Co.
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Boston
Riker-Jaynes
Lewis & Co
Houghton & Dutton Co
Knight's Pharmacy
Court St
Thomas Hollis Co
Union St
W. B. Hunt Co
Cambridge
Malden
Colonial Tablet Co
Oliver St
Mass
Fire destroys Kedge cottage in Provincetown
An incendiary blaze in Provincetown leveled the summer cottage named Kedge. The property, once owned by the Misses Woodward and Johnson of New York, had been held by the Misses Helm of Ossining-on-the-Hudson for the past two years and was insured.
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Provincetown
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