Fire department dismisses two men for aiding escape
Penal Commissioner Gore notified Mayor Fitzgerald that fireman John S. Flanders of Ward 8 and engineer James Shea of Ward 1 were discharged for allegedly aiding two prisoners to escape from Deer Island. The commissioner charged the two men helped John Smith of Hyde Park and Joseph Long of Cambridge, with one serving in the boiler room and the other in the engine room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Gore
Fitzgerald
Johns. Flanders
James Shea
Deer Island
John Smith
Hyde Park
Joseph Long
Cambridge
Flanders
Shea
Desperate thief sentenced to prison for robbery
Harry Elor, age eight, robbed Kedian a Sharon Hotel proprietor of a watch farm and stick pin on Columbus venue steps, nearly severing a finger while attempting to remove a diamond ring. He was sentenced yesterday to State Prison for six to eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Elor
Kedian
Sharon Hotel
Columbus
Protone Flesh Builder Promises Quick Body Gains
An old advertisement touts Protone as a safe, non injurious nutrition aid that increases cell growth strengthens nerves and builds muscle and figure. It offers a free 50 cent sample with instructions and a booklet to prove its effects. The Detroit based Protone Company invites readers to send name and address for a free package and booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protone
Protone Company
ROS2
Protone Bldg
Detroit
Mich
Frick Art Collection at Boston Museum on View
The Boston Art Museum opens a loaned Frick collection of about fifty Old Master paintings valued between two and three million dollars. H. C. Frick of New York lends the works, including pieces by Rembrandt Titian Van Dyck Velasquez Corot Daubigny Turner and Millet. Public admission runs for two weeks starting tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Art Museum
H. C. Frick
New York
New England
Art Museum
Rembrandt
Titian
van Dyck
Velasquez
Corot
Daubigny
Turner
Millet
H C, Frick
Hatchett
Gainsborough
Women Force Venus Removal On Prudence Island
Providence, Nov 30 The statue of Venus on Prudence Island’s Providence Park has been torn from its pedestal. Island women suspected of the outrage. The Venus statue was found on the steamboat wharf caught between the steamer and the dock and hauled back to its pedestal after locals complained. The Island Venus, a replica of Blottt’s famous statue, was a gift from Latimer Mott of New York about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Providence Park
Prudence Island
Venus
Latimer Mott
New York
Blottt
Park Figure Stands On a Little Eminence
A figure stands in the park on a small rise midway between the fountain and the bandstand, described as taking a vantage point within the public space.
Mayo Association Election At Vernon Hall Tonight
The Mayo Association will hold its annual election of officers this evening at Vernon Hall 1208 Tremont street. All members are urged to attend by p m as important business will be transacted including final plans for the grand ball on Jan 19. New officers to be elected are president vice president recording secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Association
Vernon Hall
Tremont Street
Curious Features in a Day s News
Mrs Lucy Belknap Baldwin of Spencer says her ambition is to ride in a balloon before she dies. She recalls early experiences with the locomotive steamboat and automobile and notes a past incident of violence involving an Italian man in Mount Carbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Lucy Belknap Baldwin
Mount Carbon
Beatrice Hoffman
Kimberly
W. Va
Grubs Found Alive on Snow In Connecticut Snowstorm
Abram C. Shelley a temperance party member in Winsted Connecticut observed hundreds of live grubs on a snowy Torringford street. He collected a handful to verify his claim and noted the grubs revived indoors as if summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted, Conn
Abram C. Shelley
Temperance Party
Torringford Street
Winsted
Fish Declared Animals in Wagons Advertising Case
In St Louis on November 30 Judge William Jefferson Pollard ruled fish are animals, opposing City Attorney Levy who declined to prosecute Louis Kram a peddler accused of cruelty for tying a live fish to his wagon as advertisement. The judge and Levy argued over the animal status. Levy won dismissal of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
William Jefferson Pollard
Levy
Louis Kram
Nolle
Pollard
Kram
Gallo in Jealous Rage Reported in West Virginia
Montgomery West Virginia November 30 Giuseppe Gallo reportedly acted in a jealous rage triggering a disturbance. Police reported the incident and investigations continue as details emerge about motive and consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
W. Va
Guiseppeil Gallo
A Mothers Love Endorses Safe Laxative Remedy
A message urges mothers to use only wholesome remedies and favors Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna when a laxative is needed. It claims the California Fig Syrup Co. manufactures the genuine product and stresses safety and pleasantness for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Denver sociologist arrested in Houston lodging house sting
Irwin A Brown of Denver posing as "the man without a dime" was arrested last night in Houston while pursuing sociological investigations. He was dressed as a tramp and claimed his only offense was the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Irwin A Brown
Denver
Col
Man Seeks Bed as He Says He Has No Money
A man asks for a bed while explaining he has no money. He is released later after being identified by a local newspaper man.
Hobble skirts hinder trolley riders in New Jersey
In Trenton Nov 80 residents of Madison County protest Public Service Corporation trolley cars as hobble skirts fashion aids low steps. Assemblyman Davidson of Hudson plans a formal complaint to the Board of Public Utilities urging steps be lowered to six inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Madson County
Public Service Corporation
Assemblyman
Davidson
Hudson
Board of Public Utilities
Dynamite Planned to Clear Mountain Obstruction for Cutoff
A large dynamite blast will detonate to remove a mountain blockage near Stanhope New Jersey to permit the new Lackawanna cutoff. A tunnel seventy five feet long with two branches is under boring as several tons of explosive prepare to open the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branchville
N. J
Lackawanna
Stanhope
Rock blast to shatter 40000 cubic yards expected
The plan calls for an explosive charge to break 40000 cubic yards of rock. Officials anticipate a massive shock wave felt up to 60 miles away as the rock is shattered.
Ex Governor Folk Misses Train In Snowbound Lecture
Ex Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri was to speak to open the library course last night but missed his train at Erie due to snow. Officials arranged a frequent passage by rail for Folk after snowfall blocked an auto trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Penn
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Erie
Pensylvans
Quail Challenge and Beer Bet Go To Ten Weeks
In St Louis area Edward J Spiesbach bets he can outdo Col Abe Slupsky by eating two quails nightly for 60 nights while Slupsky aims to drink 20 bottles of beer daily for 20 days. Strops of Belleville joins the wagers as money changes hands in a public playful dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Edward J. Spiesbach
East St. Louis
Abe Slupsky
Spiesbach
Abe
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Protone Co
Boston
Riker-Teynas Drug Stores
Boughton & Mutton C O
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Sts
Woodward
Srement
W. B. Hunt Co
Rebington St
Mass. Ave
Pleasant St
Malden
Frick
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
Franklin Street
FOLK
Ind
Longfellow
The
Boughton
Boston Post
Miles Standish
Pilgrim
Christy
Priscilla
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