Charlestown Navy Yard to Estimate Supply Ship Cost
Engineers at the Charlestown navy yard will send a cost estimate to the Navy Department in Washington for the contract on the new supply ship authorized by Congress. The appropriation is 1 425 000 dollars. Edward C Baldwin chairs the Build a Ship at Boston committee which plans to seek Boston Chamber of Commerce support. Local boards and cities including Medford Cambridge Revere Quincy Malden have pledged cooperation to advance a shipyard effort in Boston.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Department
Washington
Edward C. Baldwin
State Board of Education
Boston
Maritime Committee
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber For
Pattern Makers’ Association
Medford Board of Trade
Cambridge Board of Trade
Revere Selectmen
Quincy
Malden
Perfect Biscuit Protected by Inter-seal Trade Mark
National Biscuit Company offers crackers cookies wafers snaps cakes and jumbles delivered in perfect condition. Products come in packages with Inter-seal Trade Mark tins or glass-front cans with a constant national distribution ensuring freshness to every part of the United States.
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National Biscuit Company
United States
Veteran 85 Marries Housekeeper After Singing Enchantment
William H. Haines an 85 year old Mexican and Civil War veteran wed his housekeeper Mrs Sarah E Drew after his desire for care combined with her singing voice led to a Saturday night ceremony performed by Rev Malcolm Taylor at Grace Episcopal Everett. Witnesses included Haines grandson William Haines of Baltimore. The bride a Civil War widow had been employed four weeks and the couple say they plan to live together for years.
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Sarah E. Drew
William H. Haines
Haines
Everett
United States Army
Wisconsin
Cold Harbor
Grant
Lee
Five Men Burned in Hot Metal Train Wreck
Five workmen were seriously burned at Cambria street works in Johnstown Pennsylvania when a hot metal train carrying molten steel derailed. Two cars left the track and toppled into the Conemaugh River causing a violent explosion as molten metal met water.
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Johnstown
Penn
Cambria Street Works
Franklin Plant
Conemaugh River
Freighter Captain Keeps Pet Toby as Port Arrival Curio
The Afghan Prince captain C. W. Whalley arrives from Japan and China with his Chinese Chow dog Toby. Reported to be the treasure aboard the freighter, Toby allegedly consumes a coal diet as a curious token of shipboard life.
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C. W. Whalley
Japan
China
Toby
Steward McPherson
Toby the coal eating dog on the Shanghai to Liverpool steamer
The five month old dog Toby eats coal and is kept from bunkers by a watch aboard the big steam ship. Captain Whalley plans to cremate him in a furnace to turn absorbed carbon into a diamond bead, a costly yet valued pet aboard.
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Toby
Whalley
Denies Guilt in Shooting Affray in Italian Quarter
Antonio Marino pleaded not guilty in Police Court to assault with a dangerous weapon against his brother Corrado who is hospitalized on the dangerous list. The case stems from a deadly Saturday shooting and stabbing affray in the Italian quarter that left Salvatore Cachina dead and three others seriously wounded.
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Lawrence
Antonio Marino
Corrado
Salvatore Cachina
Town Meeting Plan At Ford Hall For Democratic Training
An educational town meeting style program will be created at Ford Hall to teach real democracy. Organizers include Ford Hall Folks Boston School of Social Science and the City History Club with elected officers and discussion of timely political and industrial issues. Dr John Lovejoy Elliott warns of rapid social change and urges immediate action to prevent anarchy.
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Ford Hall
George W. Coleman
All
Fora Hall Folks
Boston School of Social Science
City History Club
John Lovejoy Elliott
Hudson Guild
New York
Episcopal Church Leader Reuben Nevius Dies at 86
The Rev. Dr. Reuben D. Nevius who founded more than 30 Episcopal churches in the Pacific Northwest died in Tacoma at age 86. He was a botanist and a plant named in his honor, Neviusia alabamensis, is grown extensively in England.
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Episcopal
Tacoma
Wash
Reuben D. Nevius
Pacific Northwest
Neviusia
England
Sex education urged by Boston physician at ministers meeting
Dr. De Witt Wilcox, gynecology professor and American Institute of Homeopathy president, argued for early sex education in schools and homes while linking long term relief from social ills to eugenics. He proposed age based classes taught by specialists, with gender separated instruction and biology basics for children ages six to seven.
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Pilgrim Hall
de Witt Wilcox
Boston University
American Institute of Homeopathy
Wilcox
Frank Goodwin
George Luther
Mrs Pultz to Get Divorce
New York December 15 A report by a referee in the Supreme Court suit of Hildegarde McKenna Pultz daughter of Supreme Court Justice McKenna for absolute divorce from John Leggett Pultz was filed today Hotel bell boys and clerks testified The Pults are a well known New York Newport family Their 1906 Washington wedding was witnessed by President Roosevelt Vice President Fairbanks Admiral Dewey and other public figures.
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New York
Hildegarde McKenna Pultz
United States Supreme Court
McKenna
John Leggett Pultz
Pultz
Supreme Court
Pults
Newport
Hildegarde McKenna
Washington
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
George Dewey
Prominent New Hampshire Promoter Files Bankruptcy
Isaac Van Horn of Holderness and Boston declares liabilities of 778677.51 and assets of 100 in a petition filed with the United States District Court clerk. A former governor’s staff colonel and promoter of Wyoming railroad and mining ventures, he owned a noted lake region country place.
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Concord
N. H
Isaac van Horn
Holderness
Boston
United States District Court
van Horn
New Hampshire Lake
Henry B. Quinby
Wyoming
New trial denied for Mazdaznan leader in Chicago
Judge Mack in Federal Court refused a new trial for Otoman Zar Adusht Hanish leader of the Mazdaznan sun worshippers. He was convicted of mailing objectionable literature by express and sentenced to six months in the Chicago House of Correction with a fine.
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Chicago
Mack
Federal Court Today
Otoman Zar Adusht Hanish
Mazdaznan Sun Worshippers
Express
Hanish
Chicago House of Correction
President Wilson Returns to Desk Amid Recovery
President Wilson, resting indoors at the White House, signed commissions and read official papers. He remains indoors to steady his health after a recent illness, with cabinet engagements tentative for tomorrow. The Hetch Hetchy bill is before him awaiting Secretary Lane’s report prior to signing.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Grayson
Lane
No Raises in Somerville Veto by Mayor Burns
Mayor Burns vetoes Aldermen action to raise pay for police, city laborers, and janitors in Somerville. Police increase would cost about 4500 dollars. other raises unsettled. Action dated from December 27, with mayor citing city finances and burden on incoming board.
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Somerville
Burns
Board of Aldermen
Holland Signs Peace Treaty First with European Nation
Washington December 15 Secretary Bryan and Chevalier Van Rappard Netherlands minister agreed on terms of a peace treaty embodying principles of the arbitration plan. It will be the seventh such treaty and the first negotiated with a European nation.
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Washington
Bryan Ar
Chevalier van Rappard
Netherlands
Big Appropriations for New York Harbor
Governor Glynn's harbor plans gain House support with three bills. Rep Bruckner and Rep Taylor seek 2 million dollars to deepen and widen Bronx Kill to link Long Island Sound with the Harlem River. Another 500 thousand dollars would finish the Harlem River ship canal, and 50 thousand dollars would complete the Bronx River improvement project in New York City.
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Washington
Glynn
New York Harbor
Bruckner and
Taylor
Bronx Kills
New York
Long Island Sound
Harlem River
New York City
Bronx River
Filene's Fourth Floor Winter Wear Highlights
Filene's Fourth Floor showcases a range of petticoats in silk and mer veined options from $2.15 to $5, plus underthings like messaline slips and crepe de chine at various prices. The listing includes pajamas, blouses, silk shirts, knit sweaters in multiple colors, long scarves, mufflers, and fur caps, all targeted to girls from six to college age.
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Filene
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