Lieutenant Governor-elect Barry guest of Massachusetts Fire Chiefs Club
Edward P. Barry spoke at Clark's Hotel to Massachusetts fire chiefs on fire prevention and urged expanded inspection powers. He recalled covering fires as a reporter and discussed foreign fire department cooperation. New members W J Brennick and H J Montgomery joined. resolutions mourned Natick fire alarms chief John G Manuel.
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Edward P. Barry
Fire Chiefs’ Club of
Massachusetts
Clark's Hotel
R. Barry
William E. Cade
Wakefield Fire Department
Chief Mullen
Boston Fire Department
Mullen
Louis P. Webber
W. J. Brennick
Cohasset
H. J. Montgomery
North Adams
John G. Manuel
Natick
Democratic Leaders Confer on Christmas Recess
Democratic leaders in Congress met to discuss a Christmas recess contingent on the currency bill. If the bill clears conference and passes the House before holiday recess, sessions would resume around January 10th or 12th.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Crude counterfeit $10 note circulates
Washington reports a new counterfeit ten dollar U S Treasury note has appeared, the Secret Service says. The bill is very crudely made and printed on ordinary bond paper with silk fibers faked by pen and ink.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Secret Service
Secret of Sculptor Disclosed in Boston Advertisement
George Guest a Boston and New London sculptor to wed Mrs Bessie R Williams a New London divorcee had planned a secret marriage. The under study of Bela Pratt filed a marriage intention at the Bureau of Vital Statistics and news of the plan was revealed by a newspaper man inquiry.
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George Guest
Boston
New London
Conn
Bessie R. Williams
Bela Pratt
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Guest
W. H. Guest
George
Mrs. Williams
Boston sculptor George Guest to wed nurse in quiet ceremony
The sculptor George Guest and nurse Mrs. Williams plan a private Boston wedding after rekindling a childhood friendship. Williams, 26, from Montville Conn., is divorced and has worked as a clerk and nurse. Guest, Bela Pratt's former student, says the marriage will be low-key and likely in Boston.
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Montville
Conn
New London
Rogers
Williams
Black
Boston
West Newton Street
Guest
Bela Pratt
Suffrage Of No Use To Women Reported By Advocate
Mrs. B. L. Robinson of the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Association addressed the West Roxbury branch at 14 Rutledge street, West Roxbury, yesterday afternoon. She cited the small number of Boston women voting on school board questions and noted the limited participation in states with equal franchise.
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B. L. Robinson
The
Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Association
West Roxbury
Association
J. W. Rollins
Rutledge Street
Boston
Altman Art Treasures to Be Exhibited Soon
New York officials announce arrangements for installing Benjamin Altman’s legacy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Five galleries now used for musical instruments will display the Altman collection, open to the public early next spring. The Morgan collection becomes accessible next month.
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Altman
New York
Benjamin Altman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morgan
Senate Edges Toward Passage of Currency Bill Before Christmas
The Senate set Friday December 19 as the final passage day for the administration currency bill with 15 minute debate limits per amendment. The measure would inaugurate a federal reserve board and regional banks while adjusting gold reserves and note issuance. House leaders expect President Wilson to sign before Christmas as work on the new system begins.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Hitchcock
Democratic Conference Tonight
Kidney flush by Jad Salts remedy promotes kidney health
Article extols Jad Salts as a cheap, safe remedy to cleanse and stimulate kidneys. It claims meat consumption causes uric acid buildup, linking sluggish kidneys to rheumatism headaches and urinary issues. It advises four ounces daily in water before breakfast to purge acids and prevent bladder weakness.
West End Fire Trap Laid Bare
District Chief Fox exposed about 100 mattresses stored in the Palace House basement at 194 Commercial Street where nearly 100 lodgers sleep nightly. They came from the Arcadia ruins after a fatal fire. He ordered removal, inspecting the building from cellar to attic where double-deckers were in long files.
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Fox
West End
Palace House
Commercial Street
Hotel
Arcadia
Arcania
Nobel Prize for Literature May Yet Honor Thomas Hardy
London reports the Pall Mall Gazette's claim that the 1914 Nobel Prize for literature will be awarded to Thomas Hardy. Born near Dorchester, Hardy left architecture for writing, producing Desperate Remedies, Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and The Dynasts.
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London
Pall Mall
Thomas Hardy
England
Mr. Hardy
Dorchester
Wessex
Sir Arthur Blomfield
Meredith
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy at 72 Receives Royal Society Medal
On June 2 1912 Thomas Hardy marked his 72nd birthday at Max Gate Dorchester where he dwells in Wes sex. He became a Royal Society of Literature gold medalist joining a select circle including Scott Southey Irving and Meredith.
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Tennyson
the Brownings
Dickens
Thackeray
Charles’ Reade
Trollope
Lytton
Rossetti
Morris
Ruskin
Meredith
Thomas Hardy
Wessex
Max Gate
Gorsy Downs
Dorchester
Mr. Hardy
British Royal Society of Literature
Walter Scott
Robert Southey
Ae Irving
George Mereith
Intercollegiate Debate Team Chosen for Boston College
The Fulton Debating Society of Boston College announced the team to face Fordham and Georgetown. Debaters include Edward J. Farmer of Lynn and Edward A. Sullivan of Cambridge. Alternates named are Robert P. Barry of Newton and Patrick J. Higgins of Lawrence.
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Fulton Debating Society
Boston College
Fordham
Georgetown
Edward J. Farmer
Lynn
Edward A. Sullivan
Cambridge
Leo M. Murray
Revere
Robert P. Barry
Newton
Patrick J. Higgins
Lawrence
Blind Beggar Harnesses Three Lawyers for Release
A blind beggar known as Bernstein and Berkowitz of New York, arrested in Philadelphia on vagrancy charges during a street mendicant crusade, secured his release with the help of three lawyers. He used two Philadelphia attorneys and consulted a New York lawyer in custody relief efforts.
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Philadelphia
Bernstein
Berkowitz
New York
Cost of raising the Maine set at 792989 dollars
The War Department reports that raising the old battleship Maine from Havana harbor cost 792,989 dollars. The total appropriation for the project was 900,000 dollars.
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Maine
Washington
Havana Harbor
United States
House of Representatives
War Department
Gloriol Wavolene Promises Curl in Damp Weather
Advertisement touts Gloriol Wavolene a clear harmless liquid that turns straight stringy hair into curls and waves for days. It claims to replace hot curling irons and recommends weekly applications with a 50 cent bottle from druggists.
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Next Sunday
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In-Bond
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