Railroad Freight and Baggagemen Ball Draws Large Crowd
About 400 persons attended the ball at Roughan Tall Charlestown hosted by the Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggagemen No 11. Officials from other divisions and the road joined the event. Grand march led by Chief Marshal J M Kelliher and wife. Assistant marshal John Tiernan and chief of aids John T Y Fredo. Daniel E Cronin chaired the arrangements committee.
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Boston
No. 11
Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggagemen of America
Roughan Tall
Charlestown
J. M. Kelliher
John Tiernan
John T. Y Fredo
Daniel Er. Cronin
Katz
J. M. Krellther
Police Recover Missing Gold Tooth in Watertown Incident
Frederick Reynolds reported being assaulted after returning to a Water street house to hire a room. A man burst in, beat him, and knocked out a gold tooth he valued. Patrolmen searched the dark premises and found the tooth under a bed, the assailant having fled.
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Watertown
Frederick Reynolds
Water Street
Millmore
Burke
Rev Dr McKenzie Celebrates 75th Birthday Anniversary
The Rev Dr Alexander McKenzie, longtime pastor of Shepard Memorial Church in Cambridge, marked the fifth anniversary of his birthday yesterday. Parishioners visited his Garden Street home with congratulatory calls and gifts including a gold cup and saucer once given to former pastor the late John A Albro by Judge Joel Parker decades ago, presented by Annie Albro on behalf of the church.
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Alexander McKenzie
Shepard Memorial Church
Cambridge
John A. Albro
Nhew
Joel Parker
Annie Albro
Gentleman
Elmira Rector Rev. George H. H. McKnight Dies at 84
The Rev. George H. H. McKnight D D rector of Trinity Church Elmira since 1869 died today after an operation in a hospital. He was 84 and previously served in Madison Indiana and Springfield Massachusetts.
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Elmira
George HH. McKnight
Trinity Church
Madison
Ind
Springfield
Mass
Shipping Bill Reported by Senate Commerce Panel
Washington Dec 14 The Senate committee on ecommerce took up the shipping bill of the Merchant Marine Commission and after consideration ordered that it be favorably reported to the Senate No substantial change was made in the bill Senator Mallory signified he would prepare a minority report not against mail subventions to new lines but against the proposed subventions at the rate of five dollars per ton to tramp vessels steam and sail
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Washington
Senate Committee On Ecommerce
Merchant Marine Commission
Senate
Mallory
Republicans Back Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory
In a caucus the Republican members of the House voted 110 to 63 to admit Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as a single state and to admit Arizona and New Mexico as one state in one bill. The session ended with the conference reporting the action and opposing only the Arizona New Mexico pairing. One Wisconsin and one Minnesota member spoke against that pairing.
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Washington
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Adams
Wisconsin
Tawney
Minnesota
Missing Groom Letter Delays Wedding in Lynn
Miss Susie Gardner, 18, awaiting marriage to Harry Perry, 20, received a letter from Perry stating a return to Machias Maine. Perry resided in Lynn about a year and the couple began courtship in Machias. Gardner planned to return to Machias on Saturday for the ceremony.
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Lynn
Bec
Susie Gardner
Harry Perry
Machias
Mr. Perry
John Perry
Michigan Street
Woman Aided Jail Breakers Through Prison Bar Escape
A frail young Brooklyn woman helped escapees Treward and Carr by concealing saws and implements used to breach three heavy steel bars. The pair fled from the Charles Street jail after a staged marriage and a planter of tools hidden with the cake. Police linked the escape to a quiet premeditated plan continuing since Saturday, with reports of a moaning diversion in the basement and the pair carrying off bars as they fled toward an old kitchen roof and a wooden fence.
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Brookline
Roxbury
Watertown
Boston
Deniessey
Conway
Cronin
Bolster
Bridges
Bailiwick
Howard
Brooklyn
161
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Charles Wandless
Mary Coyle
Chambers Street
Father McLeod
161 Court Street
New York
Metropolis
Charles R. Hatch
Iselly
Hatch
Freedom
Kelly
Providence
Howard and
The Galloper Delights New York Audiences
Richard Harding Davis new farce The Galloper made its first stage appearance in Plainfield with Raymond Hitchcock in the title role. The production drew praise for Hitchcock as a war correspondent and featured E L Davenport T Daniel Frawley May Buckley and Nanette Comstock. The scenes unfold in Athens around life at the firing line. Curtain calls marked enthusiasm from a packed house, with a Baltimore stop and a Boston engagement planned.
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Tremont Theatre
Boston
Sale of Irving relics nets 12750 at Christie's
London December 14 Christie's opened the sale of Sir Henry Irving theatrical relics art works and library. Highlights included Garrick items a malacca cane $210 and Garrick ring $215 with Irving's sword and Peter the Great pistol each $155. The first day realized 12750.
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London
Sir Henry Irving
Christie’s
Alfred Charles de Rothschild
Ashmead Bartlett Bardett- Coutts
Garrick
Irving
Richard Till
Peter the Great
Milk mixing instruction urges proper agitation at each sale
The bureau of milk inspection stresses mixing milk at the time of each sale. If any portion remains unsold, it should be agitated again during later sales to ensure uniformity.
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Bureau of Milk Inspection
Harvard Sophomores Hold Beer Night With No Beer
Harvard freshmen faced a dry beer night as ginger ale replaced beer after authorities learned of the event. The tradition, revived informally to boost class spirit, produced a lively gathering with no alcohol and renewed tensions over enforcement in Cambridge.
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Harvard
Powers That Be
Cambridge
Boston
Merchant of Venice staged by Ben Greet at Jordan Hall
The Ben Greet company presented The Merchant of Venice replacing Much Ado About Nothing last evening. The performance ran three hours with seamless scenes and strong acting including a sympathetic Shylock. Music on archaic instruments enhanced the Elizabethan tone. Macbeth follows next week.
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Ben Greet
Jordan Hall
Greet Company
Greet
Mr. Greet
Shylock
Shakspere
Bassanio
Portia
Gratiano
Nerissa
Antonio
Gainsboro St
Huntington
Ben Creet
Merchant of Venice
Herrick’s
Copley Sq
Macbeth
Couple Found Dead by Gas In New Haven Home
John de Renan and his Bristol, Rhode Island wife were found dead of gas asphyxiation at 47 Putnam Street New Haven by a police officer tonight.
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New Haven
Conn
John de. Renan
Bristol
R. 1
Putnam Street
Shaun Rhue at Globe Theatre Delights Audiences
Joseph Murphy featured in Shaun Rhue at the Globe Theatre presenting old life in Ireland with charm. The production mirrors Kerry Gow in appeal with a simple, sometimes emotional plot and Celtic romance tones. Murphy's Larry Donovan and Mary Kermier receive praise while the company delivers solid support. The show runs through Saturday night.
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Joseph Murphy
Globe Theatre
Shaun Rhue
Kerry Gow
Ireland
Murphy
Larry Donovan
Mary Kermier
Dora Cavanaugh
Immense Lumber Lands Deal Closed in Bangor
In Bangor Maine on December 14 a historic New Brunswick timber deal will close December 31 with Miramichi Lumber Co taking over William Richards Co timber lands on the Miramichi River. The 160000 acre tract includes milling privileges at Chatham and Boiestown and forecasts 20000000 feet of spruce pine hemlock and pulp wood cut this season. A third large pulp mill will be erected.
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New Brunswick
Miramichi Lumber Company
Miramichi River
William Richards Company
Chatham
Boiestown
N. B
Wizard of Oz cast aids poor children with Christmas gifts
The Wizard of Oz company at the Boston Theatre organized a charity drive for the International Sunshine Society. Miss Allene Crater initiated the effort, with every performer contributing, and a collection of gifts arranged in the theater’s decorated property room for the society’s work with orphans and destitute people of all kinds.
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Boston Theatre
International Sunshine Society
Allene Crater
Fred Stone
Sunshine Society
Wizard” Company
Merchant of Venice at Hollis Street Theatre Impresses
The final Shaksperean entry at Hollis Street Theatre, The Merchant of Venice, impresses with Sothern as Shylock and Miss Marlowe as Portia. Bradley Buckstone, Kingdon and Coleman's replacements deliver strong comic and dramatic turns. Sets and costumes receive praise as the ensemble headlines the weeklong run with a Saturday matinee.
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Gobbos
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Buckstone
Coleman
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Kingdon
Prince of
Morocco
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Bassanio
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