Campaign Urges Boston to Shop Early for Christmas
Mayor Fitzgerald and Lieutenant-Governor-elect Robert Luce back a campaign for early Christmas shopping. The mayor urges citizens to shop sooner to ease pressure on department store workers, mostly women, and to help keep prices lower and improve holiday joy. Luce calls the effort a practical blend of business and benevolence that harms no one and helps all.
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Fitzgerald
Robert Luce
Boston
Retail Trade Board
Chamber of Commerce
Greater
John F. Fitzgerald
Man Found Dead by Open Gas Jet at Lodging House
Arthur McArthur aged 30 formerly with Packard Automobile Company died by gas at his lodging house 161 Massachusetts avenue early yesterday morning. He was found seated with gas on the radiator cock open and entryways blocked. Letters to Edwin Donald and Herbert Donald of Seaview Prince Edward Island were found. The body was taken to City Hospital morgue for word from relatives.
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Arthur McArthur
Packard Automobile Company
Massachusetts Avenue
McArthur
Julia King
Leary
Packard Company
James Keefe
Edwin Donald
Herbert Donald
Seaview
Pp. E. I
Clara E. Donald
Malone
P. BB. I
City Hospital
Prince Edward Island
Empress Hosts Mrs Tower at Potsdam Lunch
Berlin dispatch reports Mrs Charlemagne Tower had lunch with the Empress at Potsdam today as Mr Tower arrived in Berlin to renew ties from his tenure as American ambassador.
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Empress
Mrs. Tower
Potsdam
Berlin
Charlemagne Tower
Tower
Sealed Air Tight Canisters Selling In Weights
A listing states prices at 60 cents per pound with options for half-pound and quarter-pound quantities, all contained in sealed air tight canisters.
Curious Features in News of the Day
In Cleveland on November 30 1918 a physician and city cleansing chief extolled lager beer as a fly killer and bait. He described counting swats and sending totals to officials while noting flies died ossified. A campus encounter led to a license to wed and a ceremony conducted by Rev Lewis Hess.
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Cleveland
Ohio
C. F. Ford
Maines
Graham
Lewis Hess
Christ Church
13th Child To Wed Gets License No 13
In Baltimore on Thanksgiving eve John W Livingston 18th child to wed drew license No 13 in Clerk Adam Pupert office. His father Constant Livingston paid the dollar and praised the odd number luck. The bride is Miss Amelia Bernard.
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Baltimore
Adam Pupert
John W. Livingston
Constant Livingston
Amelia Bernard
Mr. Livingston
John
Heir to 35000 Contests Death Finding in Jail
Charles Platt Van Wart, long jailed since 1906, is proclaimed heir to 35000 and has hired lawyers to pursue the money. He remains in Albany County Penitentiary after a police capture following a post election spree in Poughkeepsie. A surrogate had declared him dead in 1900, but he plans to prove he is alive with affidavits from officers in multiple states.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charles Platt van Wart
van Wart
Winter Quarters
Albany County
Westchester County
Union
Novelist's widow in scrap with Earle at Trenholme
Ferdinand Pinney Earle faced an intruding attack from W. D. Parmlee and Mrs. Kellogg Durland at Trenholme in Monroe. A writ of ejectment had ordered Durland out after his uncle Durland’s death. Parmlee and Mrs. Durland demanded entry. a scuffle ensued with Earle calling for help. Casper Hoffman and Mrs. Earle arrived to aid, forcing the pair to retreat. Mrs. Earle was left in a hysterical state.
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Gilbert Carpenter
Earle
Parmlee
Casper Hoffman
Glen Eden Seminary Elopement Shocks Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie on November 30, Glen Eden Seminary students learned Mae W. Zimmerman and George H. Maines of Flint Michigan eloped last night. The couple, schoolmates, began their romance at the seminary and reportedly sent a suitcase from a window during the escape.
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Poughkeepsie
Glen Eden Seminary
Mae W. Zimmerman
George H. Maines
Flint
Mich
Miss Zimmerman
Maines
Subov
Dog Mouth Disease Reaches Pittsburgh Women
Pittsburg reports a new disease dubbed dog mouth linked to kissing poodles. Dr D K Sable, police surgeon, says several women in the past year show similar symptoms traced to habit of kissing their dogs as Paris physicians identified.
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Pittsburg
Paris
D. KE. Sable
Sable
Sughrue Better Yet Wishes to Quit DeGraff Case
Attorney Michael J. Sughrue, recovering from a month long cold, asks Judge Aldrich to relieve him as counsel for DeGraff in the murder trial of Captain C. D. Wyman aboard the barge Glendower last May. Senior counsel Sughrue and junior counsel Daniel M. Lyons will be replaced if approved.
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Michael J. Sughrue
Aldrich
DeGraff
United States Circuit Court
C. D. Wyman
Glendower
Sughrue
Daniel M. Lyons
Offce
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair and restore youthfulness. It claims preventing dandruff promoting growth and stopping hair loss with money-back guarantee and price of fifty cents a bottle.
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Wyeth
Prominent Malden Men Escape Injury After Carriage Wheel Fails
Albert H. D. French of Malden and Charles B. Twombly of Medford, both Fellsway Driving Club members, narrowly escaped serious harm when a carriage wheel detached in Malden square. Twombly, driving, was thrown out as the carriage turned over. French was dragged along the street reins in hand. Both men suffer cuts, bruises, with Twombly sprained leg and arm and French a badly wrenched arm.
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Albert H. D. French
Malden
Charles B. Twombly
Fellsway West
Medford
Fellsway Driving Club
Malden Square
French
Twombly
Bell Recovering After Car Injury Outside South Station
Robert E. Bell of Whitman, injured by cars outside the South station, is recovering at Massachusetts General Hospital after begging an ambulance attendant to hide his injuries from his wife.
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Robert E. Bell
Whitman
South Station
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cuticura Clears Infant Eczema Said Simple
In a testimonial a mother from Eer ick Pennsylvania describes how eczema on her two week old daughter began as pimples and spread to the face neck and shoulders. After trying two doctors with little help she used Cuticura Ointment and Soap and reports complete relief. The ad notes Cuticura products as economical for skin and scalp with free samples on request to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
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Minnie Clutter
Eerick
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
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Ww. L. Douglas
Spark St
Massee
W. L. Douglas
Washington Street
Hanover Street
Summer Street
Cor
Lincoln
Court Street
Howard
Fire Sale Coal
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Case
Bell
N. K. Fairbank Company
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