$500 May Save Life of Phelps in Death Penalty Fight
Governor Foss weighs commutation as new council prepares to take office. Attorney Davenport seeks writ of error while Phelps, jailed after a fatal night attack, awaits execution. Warden Bridges may delay the sentence to allow time for legal action and a possible reprieve.
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Davenport
Phelps
Supreme Court
United States
United States Supreme Court
Monroe Bridge
New Council
Executive Council
Foss
Luce
Keith and Schuster
Frothingham
McGregor
Warden Bridges
Bridges
Lfe
John Quinn
James H. Vahey
Wisconsin Woman Cures Chilblains with Resinol Ointment
Wisconsin resident Mrs George Gairncross of Pewaukee testifies that Resinol Ointment cured her chilblains after years of failed remedies. She recommends warm water soak and ointment with instant relief, noting Resinol helps eczema and other skin troubles, and is safe for infants. Trial samples available from Resinol Chemical Co. in Baltimore.
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George Gairncross
Pewaukee
Wis
Department 103
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Boston Tavern Adopts Booth Idea Enhances Dining Space
The Boston Tavern unveils twelve college named booths Harvard Yale Princeton Dartmouth Cornell Pennsylvania Carlisle Amherst MIT Williams Syracuse Holy Cross, plus four larger corner booths. Each booth includes a telephone, with space saved for linen. the remodel aims to attract alumni and guests for luncheon, dinner, or New Year’s Eve, without drawing undergraduates specifically.
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Boston Tavern
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Amherst
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Williams
Syracuse
Holy Cross
Hurlburt
Beethovenwork in Boston shows hints of genius at rehearsal
The Boston Symphony Orchestra rehearsed a Jena Symphony in Major now linked to Beethoven by Professor Fritz Stein who proposes it may predate his First Symphony. The performance also featured Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro overture, Mme Berta Morena in Fidelio aria and Gotterdammerung excerpts, with Enesco’s original suite praised as innovative and expertly crafted.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Stein
Stein
Beethoven
College of Music
Jena
Haydn
Mozart
Louis van Beethoven
Mme
Berta Morena
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mme. Morena
Mme. Moreno
Bernard Shaw
Cleopatra
Antony
Shakspere
Valhalla
Wagner
Georges Enesco
Lodger Charles Hannon In City Hospital After Gas Poisoning
Charles Hannon aged 28, a lodger at 117 Chandler Street, is in serious condition at City Hospital after being found unconscious with a gas heater cock open. He is expected to recover.
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Charles Hannon
Chandler Street
City Hospital
Notable Opera Cast And Elite Boston Society at Vernal
The performance featured Carmen Melis as Aida Maria Gay Amneris Zenatello Radames and Giovanni Polese Amonasro with minor parts by Florence de Courcy Jose Mardones A Lilli and Ernesto Giaccone Arnoldo Conti conducted The loges hosted by Knights and prominent figures included District Deputy James A Ryan Mrs Ryan Eleanor Ryan James D Ryan Harvard 14 and many Boston social leaders Mrs Bernard Welch Mrs John T McNary Mrs William Day and others The article lists numerous Greater Boston guests and a University Club pre opera dinner hosted by District Attorney Joseph Pelletier.
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Carmen Melis
Aida
Maria Gay
Amneris
Zenatello
Radames
Giovanni Polese
Amonasro
Florence de Courcy
Jose Mardones
A. Lilli
Ernesto Giaccone
Arnoldo Conti
Verdal
Ecore
James A. Ryan
Allston
Joseph Pelletier
University Club
Thomas PD. Lavelle
Henry Fielding
Daniel V. McIisaac
Abraham Webber
Ralph Hallett
John Quigley
Marguerite Gilbride
Katherine Winn
Edward Moore
Minnie Callahan
John D. O'Connor
Fred J. Crosby
John T. McNary
William Day
Mary Sullivan
Rachel Morton
John Foley
Dennis Sheehan
Anna Lynch
Nettie Foley
Edwin Kelly
Katherine Mernin
Miss Margaret
Katheryn Gookin
William Spencer
Elizabeth Flynn
Delft
Walter A. Healey
Gertrude Welch
Philip J. McMahon
Alwyn F. Rose
William Therson
Thomas F. Good
Charlies J. Murphy
John Dpd. Whoriskey
Greater Boston
Thomas FP. J. Curley
C. KE. Stanwood
M. T. Carney
John J. Gallagher
Plan Union of Shoe Workers to Unite in Lynn
The amalgamation of the United Shoe Workers of America with the Knights of Labor will be completed in Lynn over Sunday and Monday, uniting about 25 000 shoe craftsmen and likely spurring similar mergers in other cities. The Boot and Shoe Workers may join later, with arbitration boards to settle wage disputes without strikes.
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Lynn
United Shoe Workers of America
Knights of Labor
Boot and Shoe Workers
Stephen M. Walsh
Cutters’ Assembly
United Unions
Brookline Town Meeting Approves mostly. two articles postponed
Brookline voters at a special town meeting last evening endorsed most warrant articles. The town approved a 41415,000 purchase of land behind the Town Hall for a possible town garage, while a motion to elect selectmen was postponed after a 193 to 74 vote. A motion to reconsider the postponement failed 169 to 118. Changes to building laws were also set aside for March.
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Brookline
Timothy Driscoll
Wood elected president of Cambridge Progressive Party
At a Young Men's Progressive Municipal party meeting in Cambridge ex Representative Russell A. Wood was chosen president. George A. Jennings became vice president Wayne K. Little secretary and W Enos Philips treasurer. The group plans ward committees and a full municipal ticket for the upcoming election with enough names certified for the ballot at primaries.
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Young Men’s
Progressive Municipal Party
Cambridge
Russell A. Wood
George A. Jennings
Wayne K. Little
W. Enos Philips
Registrars of Voters
Fire destroys King Edward Hotel as gale aids spread
Halifax Dec 29 Two hundred naval men from the Canadian cruiser Niobe aided Halifax and Dartmouth fire departments to battle a blaze that destroyed the King Edward Hotel. Embers blown by a 40 knot gale endangered surrounding properties within half a mile.
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Halifax
King Edward
Niobe
Dartmouth
Fire destroys five story hotel on Lockman street
About 150 guests and 50 servants escaped unharmed as a rapid blaze gutted a five story wooden hotel on Lockman street opposite the railway station. Loss is estimated at $100,000, partly insured, with origin on the second floor. Firemen and sailors battled frozen water and gale conditions, keeping the fire contained after evacuation.
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Lockman Street
Raitlway Station
Bezek Killing Confession Tied to Wife Plot
Frank Maley, sentenced to death by Judge John A. Evans for the September slaying of his friend Frank Bezek, confessed to ambushing Bezek on a Moon Run township road and firing five times. He said Mrs Bezek planned the crime and offered $500 of her husband's savings. Deputies later returned him to his cell.
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Phelps
Fhelps
Tie
Brooks
Pittsburg
John A. Evans
Frank Bezek
Frank Maley
Bezek
Moon Run
Edison Co. Plans Major Rate Cut in Boston
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co of Boston will cut its maximum net rate for electricity on March 1 to 1 cent per kilowatt hour from 11 cents. The reduction should save customers more than $200,000 and affects about 75 percent of those paying the maximum rate. The move follows discussions since last September sparked by commissions and public interest.
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
Boston
Adamson
Electric Light Commission
Shriners Honor Leader at Aleppo Temple Festival
About 4000 Shriners gathered in Mechanics Hall Huntington Avenue to honor Ilustrious Potentate George A. Shackford as Aleppo Temple began a new year. Officers were elected and installed, more than 100 new members joined, a musical Vaudeville program followed, and Aleppo Temple’s membership nears 6000 with finances in satisfactory condition.
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Ilustrious
George A. Shackford
Aleppo
Mystic Shrine
Mechanics
Huntington Avenue
Rabban
Walter W. Morrison
Francis H. Appleton
James D. Robertson
Joseph W. Work
Benjamin W. Rowell
Charles H. Porter
George H. Allen
Augustus C. Jordan
Alfred H. Hartley
Imperial Council
Will Fight Extradition in Middlesex Perjury Case
Attorney Daniel Harris challenged extradition of George A. Ferris arrested in Portland on perjury charges in the Middlesex county graft investigation. A hearing before Governor Foss is planned, with District Attorney Higgins' papers awaiting developments. Ferris, a former Lowell jail officer, testified before the Middlesex grand jury and was indicted with others for perjury.
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Daniel Harris
George A. Ferris
Portland
Middlesex County
Harris
Foss
Ferris
John J. Higgins
Greenhalge
Lowell
Middlesex
Superior Court
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