Explosion at Newton plant kills one and injures two
A fusee explosion at the Vulcan Manufacturing Company plant in Newtonville killed Antonio Bosselli, 49, and seriously injured Frank Zezan, 26, and James Cafarello, 34. The blast damaged a small tamping room and rattled nearby houses while ten coworkers aided the injured before Bosselli’s death at Newton Hospital. Cafarello and Zezan remained hospitalized but were not listed as in danger by late night.
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Antonio Bolselli
Quirkstreet
Newton
Frank Zezan
James Cafarello
Newton Hospital
Vulcan Manufacturing Company
Newtonville
Cabot Street
Bosselli
Caffarello
Zezan
Petition for Fence Around Death Wharf
South End residents push to fence the unused Albany Street wharf opposite Union Park after multiple drownings this summer. A nine foot petition signed by hundreds seeks City Council action and warns of legal steps or private funding if the owner does not erect a barrier.
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Albany Street
Union Park Street
Ward 9
Fitzgerald
Joseph IE. Ferreira
Pelham Street
Albany
Union Park
Thomas Kelley
South End
Floating Hospital Saves Babies Lives in Boston
Nurse Martha H Stark praises the Floating Hospital as it ferries infants to safety. The 1%th annual report notes 108 babies helped, with stories of urgent rescues, grieving parents, and triumphs of care aboard the steamship.
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Floating Hospital
Martha H. Stark
Boston Floating Hospital
Death by own action ruse tied to Belmont Park foreman
William B. Weilbrenner, Belmont Park racing tracks foreman, faked a suicide on the Brooklyn Bridge. He is under arrest in Saratoga, N Y, on abandonment charges after a note in his suitcase claimed life insurance and remarriage plans.
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New York
William B. Weilbrenner
Belmont Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Queens County
Weilbrenner
Saratoga
N. Y
Child Dies From Burns in Central Falls
Flora Brown five year old daughter of Mrs Annie Brown lived at 72 Garfield Street. While visiting 144 Summer Street she played with matches and was fatally burned. Her mother extinguished the flames with blankets and took her to Memorial Hospital where doctors reported she would not survive.
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Central Falls
R. 1
Flora Brown
Annie Brown
Garfield Street
Flora
Summer Street
Memorial Hospital
Brother and Sister Reunite After Forty Years
William Cogswell of Moriah Centre Essex County New York arrived in Lee to meet his sister Mary Ritchie for the first time in 40 years. A Great Barrington native he served in Company I L Thirty first Massachusetts Regiment under Captain B F Morey of Lee. After the war he moved to New York State and had not left Mt Moriah for four decades.
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Lenox
Wiliam Cogswell
Moriah Centre
Essex County
N. Y
Lee
Mary Ritchie
Great Barrington
Cogswell
Thirty-first
Massachusetts Regiment
B. F. Morey
New York State
Mt. Moriah
New Haven Stockholders Back Bond Issue with Proxies
The New Haven stockholders' committee reports 320000 shares represented by proxies and plans to vote in favor of a bonds issue totaling 67000000 at the August 22 meeting. No action yet on directorate representation. a move is expected before the October annual meeting.
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New Haven Stockholders’ Committee
Stationary Firemen Open Biennial Convention
The 11th biennial convention of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen opened in Pittsburg Pennsylvania with strong delegate turnout. John L. Lewis of the AFL gave welcomes and the president Timothy Healy of New York delivered the annual address.
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Pittsburg
Penn
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Timothy Healy
New York
Woman Who Passed By staged at Keith's Theatre in Chicago
The Boston dramatist Vincent B. Lawrence presents The Woman Who Passed By at Keith's Theatre Chicago for the first time on any stage. The plot features Harvey and a resourceful woman before Detective Sullivan, with musical numbers by Cecil Lean and a bill including Josephine Dunfee and the La Bauens plus the Pathe Weekly.
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Keith
Boston
Vincent
Lawrence
Harvey
Sullivan
Chicago
Montreal
Jimmy Valentine
Arle Ryder
Mr. Harvey
Lilliaan Neiderauer
Frank Monroe
Eaton
George Ernst
Cecil Lean
Moving Picture Man
Josephine Dunfee
P Rima Donna
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Bison City
Ricé
Bowdoin Square Theatre Hosts 40 Merry Maids of Violet Mascotte
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented the 40 Merry Maids of the Violet Mascotte yesterday with T. F. Thomas and company in A Trip to Funville. The lineup featured Dolly Clifford Gertie Zola Nellie Zola Ferguson sisters Pearl Watson May Butler Kitty Coler Eva Marr Daisy Gallagher May Cripps Arline Joy Babe Evans Alice awards Meredith Wagner Nona Davis Gladys Lloyd, plus other performers. Orville and Frank equilibrists offered live specialty while Krammerer and Howland contributed. Carmen hoop roller and Ted Snyder's SerenSberg provided clever acts. A moving picture program accompanied the show. Cabaret Night promised next Friday.
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Merry Maids
Violet Mascotte Company
Bowdoin Square Theatre
T. F. Thomas and Company
Funville
Dolly Clifford
Gertie Zola
Nellie Zola
Ferguson Sisters
Pearl Watson
May Butler
Kitty Col‘er
Eva Marr
Daisy Gallagher
May Cripps
Arline Joy
Babe Evans
Alice Awards
Meredith Wagner
Nona Davis
Gladys Lloyd
Buster Bandy
Mildred Winton
Orville
Frank
Krammerer
Waldron's Casino Launches Season With Garden of Girls Follies
Waldron's Casino opens for the season presenting tarney Gerard's Follies of the Day company in a musical comedy revue titled The Garden of Girls. Led by Gertrude Hayes, the cast includes Mildred Stoller Joe Barton Charles Wilkins Dan Manning Harry LeVan Rosa Alarcon H Richardson Hall Jere Delaney and other noted performers.
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Waldron
Tarney Gerard
Steamer Dorothy Bradford Popular for Provincetown Trips
The steamer Dorothy Bradford, making daily Provincetown runs, has become a favorite with excursionists. It departs Bay Line Wharf each weekday at 9 a.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
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Dorothy Bradford
Provincetown
Bay Line
Howard Athenum Opens Season With Burlesque and Variety
The Howard Athenum opened its season with a High Life Girls burlesque show featuring live comedians and vaudeville acts. Notable performers included Margie Pennetti as Miss Van dergilt and Ambark All as Bumpsy, with a full chorus and numerous specialty acts. The Alpha Troupe novelty keep rollers and Eugene Adams the hoop juggler drew praise along with Daniels and Conrad on piano and fiddle and the Caits brothers as tailors made popular appearances.
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Howard Athenaeum
High Life
Margie Pennetti
Miss Vandergilt
Ambark All
Daniels
Conrad
Caits Brothers
Tailor Made Boys
Faust
McGarry and
Revere
Eleanor Revere
Lightning Weston
Wolfe
Ted Snyder
Kiss Me Quick Opens Second Week At Shubert Theatre
The Shubert Theatre began the second week of Kiss Me Quick with a large audience that laughed heartily. A prologue by Helen Lowell leads to a moving picture troupe in the country performing a melodrama, with a strong cast led by Arthur Aylesworth Louise Drew Frederic Santley Robert Kelly and Laura and Sadie Harris.
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Philip Bartholomae
Shubert Theatre
Helen Lowell
Arthur Aylesworth
Louise Drew
Frederic Santley
Robert Kelly
Richard Taber
Laura
Sadie Harris
Globe Theatre Crowd Enjoys Sturdy Wakeful Show
The Globe Theatre featured the Kendall Trio of Instrumentalists Homer Barnetti with character songs Daly and Reno as comedy acrobats Montgomery and Mclain singing and dancing skit Will Carpenter performing roller skate tricks and a program of fine pictures. The pictures will be changed Thursday.
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Globe Theatre
Kendall
Homer Barnetti
Daly
Reno
Montgomery
Mclain
Will Carpenter
Tremont Theatre Quo Vadis Ninth Week Draws Boston Crowds
Tremont Theatre continued its run of Quo Vadis as it enters its ninth week with strong audience interest. Tonight marks the 100th Boston performance, with the film’s depiction of early Christian struggles drawing broad appeal across classes.
Fremont leads St. James Theatre bill with Lewis J. Cody
At the St. James Theatre this week Lewis J. Cody and his company headline a comedy called Fremont. The program includes Fisher and Green, the Oberitta sisters in a dancing oddity, Sect and Wilson in a rustic sketch, Kitty Flynn the singing comedienne, Wilson and Washington, and other acts. Loew's Weekly previews last week’s Knights of Columbus convention and offers a sample of current photo plays.
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Lewis J. Cody
St. James Theatre
Fremont
Fisher
Green
Oberitta Sisters
Sect
Wilson
Rubes
Kitty Flynn
Washington
Loew’s
Knights of Columbus
Majestic Theatre Opens Season With What Happened to Mary
Saturday evening will launch the Majestic Theatre season with What Happened to Mary an Owen Davis love story starring Olive Wyndham and the original metropolitan cast box office tickets go on sale today
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Majestic Theatre
Mary
Owen Davis
Olive Wyndham
Metropolitan
Will Claim Her Fortune
Mrs. Thomas H. Smalley of Brockton plans to travel to Cincinnati to claim a fortune of at least $20,000 left by her father. Six years ago she was Miss Laura Foster from Cincinnati, long missing until Brockton Chief Morey located her. She learned her father died July 4 from sunstroke and had left the estate to be given to Cincinnati if she remained unfound.
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Brockton
Thomas H. Smalley
Spring Street
Cincinnati
Smalley
Laura Foster
Massachusetts
Hanged for Murder of 18 Year Old Girl in Arkansas
Odus Davidson age 30 from a prominent family was hanged in Harrison Arkansas for the murder of Ella Barham 18 whose mutilated body was found in a field last November. He maintained his innocence to the end.
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Harrison, Ark
Odus Davidson
Ella Barham
Davidson
Grand Opera House Opens With Progressive Circuit Attractions
The Grand Opera House opens next Monday featuring Progressive Circuit attractions. Ladies’ matinees occur alongside Thursday wrestling under George Touhey and Friday night amateurs. Tickets go on sale Thursday.
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Grand Opera House
George Touhey
Boulevard Theatre Presents Once Again Farce
Matthew Ott's musical farce Once Again plays at the Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre. Comical misadventures clever dancing and pretty women delight patrons this week.
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Matthew Ott
Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre
Gaiety Theatre Opens Season With College Girls
The Gaiety Theatre launches its new season Monday August 18 with The College Girls led by Abe Reynolds as the opening comedian.
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Gaiety Theatre
Abe Reynolds
Paragon Park Cabaret Show Features Noted Dancers
The Paragon Park cabaret this week showcases Rosita Mantilla and Mr. Lloyd with tango and variety acts including the Church sisters and Edith Hutton. Other diversions in the park include acrobats, trapezists, and the Egyptian dancing Sabrina among many acts.
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Paragon Park
Rosita Mantilla
Mr. Lloyd
Church Sisters
Mile
Mighty Mite Maree
Edith Hutton
Sabrina
Aquatic Park
Norumbega Park Vaudeville Lineup Headlines Night Show
At Norumbega Park the covered open air theatre presented a vaudeville programme featuring Edith Raymond the wire cycling girl Colonel Holdsworth the 80 year old tenor the Bert brothers Kennedy and Farnsworth the four Kings and the Weber family society acrobats in a lively night of acts.
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Norumbega Park
Edith Raymond
Wire
Colonel Holdsworth
Bert Brothers
Kennedy and
Farnsworth
Four Kings
Weber Family
Lexington Park Nature Hosts Rustic Theatre Night
Lexington Park Nature drew a large crowd yesterday to its historic site. The rustic theatre showcased notable acts including the Judges acrobats Claude and Marion Cleveland Blondel and Tucker Foley and Kelley and Theodore Tenney and others of merit.
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Lexington Park
Claude and Marion Cleveland
Blondel and Tucker
Foley and Kelley
Theodore Tenney
Na hant Tine Steamers Offer Harbor Sails
Visitors to the rocky promontory enjoy the harbor voyage aboard the Na hant Tine steamers and view a vaudeville and moving pictures program at the Relay Theatre this week.
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Relay Theatre
Tremont Temple Previews Travel Lectures on Europe
Tremont Temple featured a Biblo travel lecture last evening with Italy as the opening focus. The series continues today with Africa tomorrow Scotland Thursday Austria Friday Dalmatia and Saturday The Rhine in this concise cultural program.
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Tremont Temple
Italy
Biblo
Africa
Scotland
Austria
Dalmatia
Rhine
Vanishing Gosain: American Engineer in India
An American electrical engineer in India faces a tense encounter with a fakir in a tale of wit and danger. Michael White builds suspense around cultural contrast and clever problem solving in a near-tragic adventure vignette.
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India
Gloves and the Man
A department store story recounts how colored silk gloves rose in popularity due to a clever ad campaign and the ensuing romantic outcomes. Vera Edmonson delivers a humorous narrative with a punchy, bygone newspaper voice.
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Vera Edmonson
Die A Career. Robert Carlton Brown
A fragmented sketch traces Robert Carlton Brown’s varied roles from stenographer and reporter to silk salesman and newspaper distributor. It notes his continual learning amid shifts, culminating in a reflection on a life spent pursuing diverse work and growth.
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Jill
Robert Carlton Brown
Taking the Enemy's Part by Wolcott LeClair Beard
A concise summary notes a literary series entry by Wolcott LeClair Beard titled Taking the Enemy's Part, praised as entertaining and informative. The fragment references Opie Read and a narrative blending romance moonshine and canine bravery, plus a closing note Feet ON OUR COAST.
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Wolcott LeClair Beard
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Howard Atheneum
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
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Biltmeyer
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