Holiday Craze Offers Boston Post Fortune Novelty
The Boston Post advertises a holiday fortune novelty titled Witch, with directions and a key to movements. Readers may obtain by mailing an advertisement copy in an addressed envelope plus three cents postage to WIFCH P O Box 202 Boston. The item will be mailed if desired and is described as a popular holiday giveaway.
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Boston Post
Post
the Post
WIFCH
P. O
Boston
New England
John Burns Arrives in New York Amid Warm Labor Welcome
John Burns M P and English labor representative lands from the Etruria. Samuel Gompers and local leaders greet him. a crowd cheers on the dock as Burns pledges to foster British American labor fraternity. He travels to the Colonnade Hotel with David Holmes en route to Denver for the AFL Congress.
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New York
John Burns
M. P
Amalgamated Labor
England
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Etruria
Burns
Mr. Burns
Mr. Gompers
United Trades Unions of America
United Trades Union Reception Committee
Gompers
Dumar
Typographical Union No
City of
New World
America
London
Colonnade
West Street
London Docks
John
David
Holmes
Messrs. Burns
Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee
Denver
Gaiety Girl Company Vaccinated Before Boston Visit
New York stage troupe the Gaiety Girl company arrived in Boston with its members vaccinated after fears of varioloid infection spread. Harry Monkhouse remained ill but improved, with W Louis Bradfield substituting in his role during illness. Health officer advised precautionary vaccination for all cast before travel.
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Harvard
New York
Boston & Albany
Hollis
Harry Monkhouse
Harlem Opera House
Forty-ninth Street
Monkhouse
Doty
J. A. E. Malone
W. Louis Bradfield
Mr. Monkhouse
Boston
Board of Health
Subways Plans Show Thorough Engineering Progress
The Rapid Transit Commission reports extensive preparation for the subway. Surveys, borings, and measurements determine ground, building foundations, pipes, and sewers while cross cuts reveal subsurface obstructions. Engineers study car dimensions routes and roof and wall designs with cost estimates as work advances.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Tremont House
Pemberton Square
Winter Street
Boylston Street
Pleasant Street
Tremont Street
Shawmut Avenue
Park Street
Park and Tremont Streets
Park Street Church
New Washington Street
Hanover
Elm Streets
Electric Light Companies
Tremont
Boylston Streets
Saugus Sheds Burn at Franklin Park Race Course
Fire at Franklin Park race course in Saugus destroyed several sheds about 8 pm. Saugus, Revere, and Malden fire departments fought the blaze, fifteen stalls were lost, and owner J O Gray faces about 600 dollars in damages. Workmen had been repairing operations the day before and may have left matches.
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Franklin Park
Saugus
Revere
Malden
J. O. Gray
Father and Son Reunited After Twenty-One Years
Michael Higgins of Quincy and his son Thomas were joyfully reunited after twenty-one years apart. Michael left Ireland for Brooklyn years ago, while Thomas settled in Quincy a decade ago, believing his father to be dead until a chance meeting in New York led to their discovery and reunion.
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Quincy
Michael Higgins
Thomas
Michael
Old Country
Brooklyn
N. Y
Higgins
New York
Thomas Higgins
Woman Attempted Suicide In Brockton Home
Mrs Patrick Condon of 264 Crescent street tried to kill herself with rough on rats at six tonight. She had been drinking for weeks but did not drink today. The act followed trouble with her husband and she fought anti poison. She is now out of danger.
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Brockton
Patrick Condon
Crescent Street
Collision near East Cornfield sinks risk to schooner Julia A Warr
The Fall River schooner Julia A Warr bound for New York was struck by the Providence line propeller Pequot in dense fog on Long Island Sound near East Cornfield. The jibboom and foremast were damaged, the vessel began leaking, and it was towed to harbor where a diver repaired the leak.
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New London
New York
Providence
Warr
Boston Tin Smith Henry Collum Attempts Suicide in Charles River
Henry Collum 49 of Leverett street Boston seeks death by jumping into the Charles River on the Cambridge side but calls for help after entering the water. Patrolmen Neilon Cassidy and Alton hear him and two coal barge sailors rescue him. He is taken to the station after city physician Bryant attends him.
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Henry Collum
Leverett Street
Boston
Charles River
Cambridge
Collum
First Street
Neilon
Andrew Cassidy
Michael Alton
Bessie
Bryant
A Bell Boy Vanishes After Clubhouse Robbery
Walter Pyther, a Brookline Country Club bell boy, disappears between 1 and 2 AM while a theft is found at the Steward Medtey desk. Jewelry and about $150 are missing. the clerk saw Pyther flee through a rear window. Pyther, once at Langham Hotel in Boston, was recently discharged.
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Walter Pyther
Brookline
Steward Medtey
Thomas
Pyther
Bell Boy
Langham Hotel
Boston
Foul play suspected in Norwalk train death
George Lowndes an 18 year old from Noroton was found dead beside a train near South Norwalk after returning home from Norwalk with a companion. Deputies consider foul play while an inquest is pending as the body lies in Gregory's morgue.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
George Lowndes
Noroton
Lowndes
Burke
Gregory
No Wreck 10 Found After Nahant Snow Storm Rumor
A report circulated that a passenger steamer bound for Boston went ashore on rocks at Nahant during the severe snow storm. A reporter's search and a drive over the peninsula failed to locate any wreck or confirmation of the tale.
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Lynn
Boston
Nahant
Peninsula
Snowy New England Forecast With Cold Northwest Winds
Forecast for Monday calls for snow in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with colder temperatures and strong northwest winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut also see snow and colder conditions with northwest coastal gales.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Great Patriotic Demonstration Set for nationwide echo
The Venerable Dr. Smith attends the event as author consented to by Americas. Arrangements for the celebration are advanced to ensure a nationwide echo from coast to coast.
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Dr. Smith
Dr Samuel F Smith Talks of America Song and Testimonial
In Newton Centre Dr Samuel F Smith author of America greets a Post reporter and consents to a proposed patriotic testimonial in Music or Mechanics Hall. He recalls how America was written in 1830 31 using German school song books and Lowell Mason with Dr Mason guiding English adaptation.
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Newton Centre
Samuel F. Smith
America
Ason
Mason
Massachusetts
Lowell Mason
Post
Holmes
Smith
Trowbridge of
Troy
Germany
Dr. Mason
Andover
Ballington Booth Ill in Chicago Amid Prayer for Recovery
Commander Ballington Booth head of the Salvation Army in the United States is stated to be critically ill in Chicago from nervous prostration and typhoid fever. He has stayed in his room for more than a week and physicians have conferred. Salvation Army members observe a day of special prayer for his recovery.
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Chicago
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Great Assignees Sale at Reinstein Co. 81 Summer Street
Oscar Reinstein & Co. assigns assets to liquidate a large clothing stock at once. Ground floor showroom open nightly with drastic cuts from 8 a.m. tomorrow. items include boys wool suits 2c, men wool pants 73c, suits from 1.92, coats 3.33, frieze ulsters 3.87, dress pants 2.32, business suits 6.32. No reserves, no favors, stock to be sold.
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Summer Street
Italian Father Dies Saving Daughter in North Square Fire
Luigi Roma a 35 year old Neapolitan hairdresser and his nine year old daughter Concetta perished in a North Square house fire. The blaze started from an oil stove in Dr E Ferrari's room on the first floor. Roma dashed through flames to reach Concetta, but both were overcome by smoke and burned bodies found after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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North Square
Luigi Roma
Roma
Fleet Street
Nicola Cella
Concetta
D. I. Callahan
Engine 8
E. Ferrari
Quincy
Station
Chelsea
Mich
Glazier
Strong Oil Stove Company
Ferrari
North Street
Concetta Roma
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Oscar Reinstein & Co
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