Grant Day Observed Across New England For Grant Birth Centennial
Boston declares April 27 1922 Grant Day to honor Ulysses S Grant hero of the Civil War and 18th president. Schools, posts and clubs plan programs with readings at military posts and ceremonies led by General Edwards and local officials.
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Boston
Army Base
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
New England
Curley
General Grant
Middlesex ‘Club
Newton
American Legion
G A. R
Cox
Grant
Edwards
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Military Academy
West Point
Lincoln
MacGregor
America
Walter Scott medals fund honors Boston bravest
Walter Scott established a fund through Mayor Curley to buy gold valor medals for the Boston Police and Fire departments. Two $10 bonds were donated by Mr. Scott, intended for annual medals, with a judge panel including the Mayor, fire commissioner, and police commissioner.
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Boston
Walter Scott
New York
Curley
Levett
Scott
Montreal
Fire Department
Hartford Case Details Wife Leash Incident and Trott Link
Testimony opened in a Hartford support petition case describes alleged intimate relations between Mrs Helen C Hartford and John A Trott. Witnesses place Mrs Hartford and Trott at the McAlpin Hotel New York and detail financial ties and prior separations.
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Helen C. Hartford
John A. Trott
Ezra Co. H. Hartford
McAlpin
New York
William S. Payne
Hurlburt, Jones and Hall
Trott
Sawyer, Hardy and Stone
Hartford
McAlpine Hotel
Grace Ll. Wayland
Clark Read
Brookline
Mrs. Hartford
Fiery Eczema Healed Quickly by Mentho Sulphur
A skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur as a quick fix for fiery itchy eczema. The sulfur preparation is said to destroy germs, ease irritation, soothe and heal the skin, leaving it clear and smooth. Sufferers are urged to obtain a small jar from a druggist and use it like a cold cream.
Famous Old Prescription for Rheumatism
Coast to coast the famed rheumatism treatment is credited with 559000 bottles sold annually. A licensed physician quotes the formula and urges long term use for constitutional blood treatment. The note suggests 5 grain Luthol tablets for acute pain and immediate relief, then continued use for lasting effects.
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United States
City Council Budget Shows Big Parks Cut for Mt Hope Burial Lots
Mayor Curley’s $34 million budget for the year reduces $5,000 from Park Department funds intended for Mt Hope burial lots. James H. Shea, Park Commission chair, laments the cut as burial plots were to be offered at $25 each, a lower rate than other cemeteries. Public Works gets $7,426,620.17 for bridges ferries lighting paving sanitation street cleaning oiling and water service, with water at $1,290,715.91 drawn from department revenue.
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Curley
Park Department
Mt. Hopelands
James H. Shea
Park Commission
Mt. Hope
Shea
Getty
Public Works Department
Daring Cincinnati steeplejack paints tall structures
Miss Myrtle Kennett of Cincinnati Ohio earns a reputation as one of the Middle West’s boldest steeplejacks. She has painted some of the tallest steeples and smokestacks in Cincinnati.
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Myrtle Kennett
Cincinnati
Middle West
Treasury Officials Say No Counterfeit Bond Circulation
Prompt denial by high Treasury officials stated Secretary Mellon’s bureau of engraving found no truth in reports of widespread counterfeit government securities circulating.
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Treasury
Mellon
Bureau of Engraving
Johnson Assertion Triggers Senate Debate On Bond Duplicates
Representative Wingo of Arkansas denounces a Johnson statement as calculated to cause unrest. Johnson claims there were hundreds of millions in duplicate government bonds printed, citing J W McCarter and Leffingwell documents from the Wilson era. He says prior administrations suppressed inquiry and that McCarter was dismissed for raising the issue.
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Mr. Johnson
Mr. Wingo
Mellon
Department of Justice
Apven
Wingo
Washington
New Willard
Johnson
Arkansas
House Banking Committee
J.W. McCarter
the Treasury
Wilson
Bureau of Engraving of the Treasury
McCarter
United States
Congress
Leffingwell
Kellogg’s Bran Promises Health Benefits for Families
An advertisement touts Kellogg's Bran as a cure for constipation and a builder of energy for the aged and children. It urges daily use as a cereal or additive, claims it wards off disease, adds years to life, and improves complexion while promoting robust growth and normal organ function.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Police Help Not Wanted by Wall Street Bond Holder
In New York on April 26, a half million dollars in Liberty bonds disappeared. The holder advertised the loss and refused police help, saying it is none of the police's business. Detectives face two mysteries: who stole the bonds and who lost them.
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New York
United, News
Wall Street
Benefit Concert for Unemployed Veterans at Symphony Hall
A concert on April 29 at Symphony Hall funds unemployed veterans of the war. Pianist Rene Viau, violinist George Jordan, and soprano Lauril li Baillargeno perform a Chopin to Wieniawski program. Mayor Curley backs the effort. Brigadier General John H. Dunn chairs the funds disbursement. Arthur LaBerge manages the event.
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Symphony Hall
Rene Viau
New England
American Federation of Music Clubs
George Jordan
Laurilli Baillargeno
Curley
John H. Dunn
Board of Street Commissioners
Chopin
Alkan
Ravel
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Grieg
Grainger
Rogers
Watts
Bleichmann
Leroux
Beethoven-Auer
Schubert-Eiman
Wieniawski
Arthur LaBerge
Boston Chamber forms committee to place veterans in jobs
A special Boston Chamber of Commerce committee will seek employment for World War I veterans in metropolitan Boston. Led by Irving Bullard Brigadier General Charles H. Cole and James B. McConnell, the panel will contact large employers and forward information to Legion Headquarters for distribution. Employers may apply to the Chamber Employment Bureau and applicants go to Legion headquarters.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Irving Bullard
Charles H. Cole
American Legion
James B. McConnell
Legion
State House
General Cole
Legion Headquarters
Dorchester Child Struck by Auto Injures Four Year Old
Four year old Margaret Ramsey of Hallam Street Dorchester lies in City Hospital after being struck by a car on George Street Dorchester yesterday afternoon. Owner operator Frederick E Marshall of Robinhood Street Dorchester says the child ran into the path of his car and was knocked down and run over.
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Dorchester
Margaret Ramsey
Hallam Street
City Hospital
George Street
Frederick E. Marshall
Robinhood Street
Marshall
Child
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