Miss Wells Wins Fifty Dollars in $4500 Suit
Miss Lesa W Wells of San Francisco testified in Suffolk Superior Court against Charles A Gaines of Brookline for 4500 damages recounting a train meeting with Mrs Withcomb and Gaines. Judge Stevens and the jury awarded 50 dollars for board and lodging costs from Sugar Hill. Gaines and companions were elsewhere.
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Lesa W. Wells
San Francisco
Cal
Charles A. Gaines
Brookline
Stevens
Suffolk Superior Court
Albany
Mr. Gaines
Mrs. Withcomb
Miss Wells
Boston
Mrs. Gaines
Sugar Hill
N. H
Withcomb
Gaines
Charles Withcomb
Europe
Withccombb
New Orleans
Robert Ek. Harding
Mayor Receives Engraved Walrus Tooth Gift
Mayor Curley received a carved walrus tooth from Alaska presented by Al C. Dowling U S Marshal at Valdez. Dowling said the gift symbolized victory in the mayoral election and Governor Walsh’s election. The tooth shows a native carving of the town and surrounding region in southwest Alaska.
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Alaska
Curley
al C. Dowling
U. S
Valdez
Marshall Dowling
Walsh
Staging Collapse Hurts Painter in City Auditor’s Office
A staging collapse in the City Auditor’s office yesterday afternoon caused three painters to fall to the floor. Michael Curran, 44, of 470 Medford Street Charles Town, sustained internal injuries and was removed to the Relief Station. His coworkers escaped by grabbing a bookcase.
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Mitchell
Michael Curran
Medford Street
Charlestown
Curran
Laughing Audience At Boston Symphony Premiere Of Schoenberg
Yesterday in Symphony Hall the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Karl Muck gave the eighth rehearsal concert. The first performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra in Boston drew polite laughter from a portion of the audience. The remaining four pieces elicited general wonder and bewilderment. About ten isolated supporters applauded at the finish.
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Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Arnold Schonberg
Europe
Schonberg
Germany
Fionzaley
Chicago
Controversial Schonberg recital unsettles Chicago crowd
Dr Muck conducted a controversial Schonberg program amid curiosity and protests. The performance featured brutal rhythms, harsh polyphony, and uneven reception. Miss Hinkle delivered superb singing while Wagner and Bruch pieces offered dramatic counterpoints.
Fines Imposed for Short Weight Coal Sales in Municipal Court
In a Municipal Court session Indie Dowd denounced abuse of poor buyers as three defendants were fined for short measure coal sales. Israel Merachovsky paid $10 for selling 100 pounds of coal as 0 extra pounds to Hannah Lawless. Nuncio Centoni was fined $15 for 98 pounds claimed as 100 to Cornelius Santoni. James Morrison paid $10 for selling 80 pounds as 100 to Annie Hamilton.
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Indie Dowd
Israel Merachovsky
Dover Street
Hannah Lawless
Compton Street
Nuncio Centoni
Shawmut
Funeral Services for Captain William H. Jackson
Captain William H. Jackson was honored at a funeral held yesterday at the Church of the Advent. Civil War veterans and Masonic members attended. The service included Episcopal rites and a Grand Army of the Republic ceremony by Edward W. Kinsley Post 113. Pallbearers and Masonic representatives attended, with multiple lodge and commandery members present.
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William H. Jackson
Church of the Advent
William H. van Allen
Edward W. Kinsley
Harvard Reception for French Dramatist Eugene Prieux
Harvard students honor Eugene Prieux the noted French dramatist and philosopher with a reception tonight by the Harvard Cercle Francais in Grays Hall club rooms in the college yard. Graduate members of the Harvard French organization faculty and the Harvard Dramatic Society will be present.
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Harvard
Eugene Prieux
Harvard Cercle Francais
Grays Hall
College Yard
Harvard French
Harvard Dramatic Society
Every Woman We Can Use Remedy for Debility
A brief note describing how women suffer headaches backaches languor nervousness and depression caused by debility and poor circulation from indigestion or constipation and suggesting remedies to use occasionally.
Beecham’s Pills Said to Purify Blood and Strengthen Health
The passage praises Beecham’s Pills as safe and convenient, claiming they clear the system and purify the blood. It asserts a general tonic effect that supports all organs doing their natural work without causing suffering, noting that thousands of women have tried them and found them effective.
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Beecham
Witnesses conflict in larceny case involving Menimon cousins
Witness testimony worsened the case for John J. Menimon who was convicted of larceny for taking a package from an American Express wagon on Congress street South Boston and sentenced to six months in the House of Correction. He appealed. Judge Logan also issued a bench warrant for Joseph Menimon on perjury charges and he is held for the January Suffolk county grand jury in the sum of 500 dollars.
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Dr. Muck
Schonberg
Europe
Richard Waegner
Joseph Menimon
John J. Menimon
American Express Company
Congress Street
South
Boston
John
House of Correction
Logan
Joseph
Suffolk County
Adams Nominated Again as Provincetown Postmaster
President Wilson sent John Adams's postmaster nomination to the Senate after a recess appointment. Lodge opposed, Thatcher supported, with renewed local debate on patronage. Adams remains acting postmaster pending Senate action amid party lines.
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Provincetown
John Adams
United States Senate
Wilson
Adams
Thatcher
Senator Lodge
Senate
Lodge
Postoffice Department
White House
Washington
Cape District
Mr. Adams
Christmas Bathing Ban at L Street Baths
Mayor Curley and park officials order the annual Christmas morning bath halted at the L Street baths. Brownies and others will bathe in tubs instead, with Dillon confirming the setback and Curley endorsing the move.
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L’ Street
Curley
Dillon
Park and Recreation Department
Probe rate charges at state pier
An investigation of discrimination in the switching rates on the new Commonwealth pier will be conducted by Mayor Curley through the Boston Industrial Board. The probe follows a restraining order issued this week by the Public Service Commission.
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New
Commonwealth Pier
Public Service Commission
Curley
Boston Industrial Board
Mayor Curley to probe Commonwealth pier conduct
The mayor seeks to resolve confusion among lessees at wharves along the Commonwealth pier. Petition argues steamship lines’ switching charges amount to discrimination against other wharf occupants. John N. Cole, chairman of the Industrial Board, tasked to investigate and report the quickest way to straighten the tangle.
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Curley
Commonwealth Pier
Public Service Commission
John N. Cole
Industrial Board
The Tables Turned or Santa Claus Christmas Presented by 40 Children
Forty children performed The Tables Turned or Santa Claus Christmas in Players Hall West Newton yesterday afternoon before a large and enthusiastic audience.
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Players’ Hall
West Newton
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Rochester
N. Y
Caroline Withcomb
Walrus
BY Olin Downes
Maurice Ketten
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Daaioe
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Hinsley Post
Masons
Rameses
State Pier
Scott
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