Philo matheia Club Ball Dazzles Boston Society at Copley Plaza
The second annual Philo matheia Club ball at the Copley Plaza drew about 1500 guests including Mayor Curley and prominent state figures. Mrs. Edwin A. Shuman led the club with fashionably dressed attendees and a 9 to 10 reception, as numerous committee chairs oversaw the grand event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomatheia Club
Boston College
Copley Plaza
Curley
Walsh
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Daniel H. Coakley
Coakley
Joseph A. Dennison
William F. Fitzgerald
Edwin A. Shuman
David I. Long
Connell Ward
C. H. Cronin
Williams. Fitzgerald
Denis H. Mahoney
James F. McGarry
Charles P. Mooney
Agnes Lonergan
Martha Moore Avery
David F. Long
John Whelton
John P
Secret elopement of Miss Mildred Smith and Elmer Bennett
An inadvertent remark revealed the September elopement and secret marriage of 18 year old Mildred J. Smith of Cliftondale and Elmer A. Bennett of Revere in Bellows Falls Vermont. The couple, once suspected by Mildred's mother, received parental forgiveness and plan to establish a home.
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Bellows Falls
Mildred J. Smith
Robert J. Smith
Laurel Street
Cliftondale
Elmer A. Bennett
A. A. Bennett
Oak Island Street
Revere
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bennett
Mrs. Bennett
Two Rescues From River Save Dorchester Children
Esther Hanson fourteen and her nine year old brother Theodore slipped into the Neponset River after stepping on ice. Fred O Neil a Mechanics Arts High School student and three friends used a boat hook and teamwork to pull them to shore. They reached Eli Pitonof store where first aid was given and both children recovered.
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Esther Hanson
Dorchester
Theodore
Neponset River
Fred O’neil
Mills Street
Mechanic Arts High School
William Flood
Arnold
William Rumph
Freeport Street
O’neil
Flood
O'Neil
Eli Pitonof
Boston Port Not Closed
Deputy Collector Eli Perry said no orders to close Boston Port to outbound shipping were received. The neutrality launch Dreamer patrolled the harbor and navy yard ships with steam up stood ready to halt any vessel lacking clearance papers.
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Eli Perry
Edmund Billings
Perry
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Boston Harbor
Navy Greyhounds
Waterfront Calendar Feb 1 Tide and Sky Notes
Waterfront column lists a Feb 1 calendar with sun and moon data, tide forecast, daylight length, and celestial observations. It notes 82d of year 916th day of war with 46 days of winter left, morning tide 9 ft 2 in and evening height, and mentions February 6 full moon and planets Venus Jupiter Saturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Temperatures in Other Cities
A list of temperatures across numerous cities including Albany Baltimore Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Eastport Galveston Helena Jacksonville Kansas City Montreal Nantucket New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Portland San Francisco Los Angeles St. Louis St. Paul Washington Seattle and others with varied figures, some showing negative values and others higher readings.
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Albany
Etlantic City
Bismarck
Buffalo
Charleston
Chicago
Denver
Eae
Des Moines
Eastport
Galveston
Esce
Hatteras
Helena
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Montreal
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Fortland
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
St. Paul
Washington
Seattle
Senna
Fish Pier Sees 10 Vessels In Day Of Activity
Ten ships docked at Fish Pier with two beam trawlers among them. The Ripple hauled a 300 pound sturgeon with 50 pounds of roe, valued at 15 dollars for the fish and over 100 dollars for the roe. Schooner Waltham posted strong earnings with seven shore trips totaling 6318 dollars for the crew and a recent 1500 dollar two day haul. Also noted are prices for haddock cod hake pollock and pollock and cargo figures for several vessels. A five mast schooner Van Allens Boughton faces attachment in Mobile over a disputed 48754 dollar freight payment. The Landsman.
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South Channel
Waltham
Merton Hutchins
Haddock
Lingan
Hochelaga
Furness, Withy & Company
Dominion Coal Company
Cape Breton
Boston
Portland
Canadian
Carrie E. Look
Perth Amboy
N. Dj
San Juan
Porto Rico
Rockland
Gilchrist
Margaret Thomas
Newport News
Pernambuco
Brazil
Thomas
Charles W. Gilbert
Estelle Kreiger
van Allens Boughton
Mobile
Pensacola
Italy
Margaret Haskell
Indignation meeting called by Eighth Regiment officers blocked
Lieutenant Colonel William A H Perry announced that any assembly by subordinate officers to criticize his administration would be considered a breach of discipline and would not be sanctioned. The meeting slated for Saturday evening risks prompting wholesale court martial actions.
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Eighth Regiment
William A H. Perry
Officers Meet Over Regiment Affairs After Graves Resignation
Notices go to company commanders urging a Saturday meeting to discuss regimental affairs. The Boston City Club is suggested as a venue for the discussion. Many officers, led by distrust of acting commander Lieutenant-Colonel Perry, refuse to attend. Some pledge to risk reprimand or court martial to speak their minds on the regiment’s situation after Colonel Frank A. Graves’s resignation in El Paso, Texas.
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Boston
Perry
Frank A. Graves
el Paso
Texas
Photographer fined for unwanted kiss in Charlestown studio
Louis Palacidio who runs a gallery at 174 Main Street Charlestown was fined five dollars in Charlestown District Court for an unwelcomed hug and kiss given to Miss Alice K Carter of 99 Bartlett Street Charlestown as she entered his studio for a portrait. Carter testified she went to Palacidio's studio and was embraced and kissed while preparing to sit for her likeness. Palacidio was found guilty and paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Palacidio
Main Street
Charlestown
Alice K. Carter
Bartlett Street
Carter
Palacidio
Maritime Movements and Tugs Sail From Key Ports
A list of steamers and tugs sailing from New York, Boston and nearby ports includes vessels such as Mercian, James Whitney, Ottar, Lingan, Louisburg, and numerous towing barges and lighters. The notices detail destinations to Sewalls Point, Lamberts Point, Philadelphia, Gloucester, Norfolk, and Newport News with multiple coal and lumber transports and assignments for Luckenbach, Coastwise, and West Point services.
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Boston
Crosby
Yarmouth
Walter D. Noyes
Calhoun
Sewalls Point
Melrose
Soderburg
Newton
Abbott
Norfolk
Arlington
Michelson
Baltimore
Cretan
Page
Philadelphia
H. F. Dimock
Crowell
New York
Calvin Austin
Strout
Portland
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Gloucester
Tacony
Wallace
South Amboy
Summit Hill
Haute
Lynn
H.S. Nichols
Pittee
Rockport
R. G. No
Herbert
West End
Charles T. Gallagher
Huey
Plymouth
W. P. Rose
Onward
Wilkie
S. T. Co
Honey Brook
Wentworth
Port Johnson
L. W. Co
Salem
Mercian
Liverpool
Weston
Montoso
James
Whitney
Ottar
Lingan
Louisburg
C. B
J. H. Devereaux
Harvey H. Brown
Mohawk
Chrome
N. J
Newport News
Meteor
Margaret Thomas
Pernambuco
Sea King
J. H. Winstead
Harry Hooper
Lamberts Point
Luckenbach No. 1
Old Dominion
West Point
Annie Perry
Typewriters For Rent And Sale In City Ads
Classified listings show multiple dealers offering typewriter rentals and sales. Offers include $1.00 monthly rents with eight months paid upfront, underwood and corona agents, and various payment plans with initial payments applying toward purchase. Listings mention addresses in Devonshire, Franklin, Congress streets and company names American Writing Machine Co and Office Appliance Co.
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Devonshire St
Malin
Model Typewriter Insp. CO
Corona Typewriter
Massachusetts Hearings Set on Bridges and Roads
The State House lists multiple hearings by committees on January 31 and February 5 6 and 9 1917. Items include H 238 to rebuild Charles River bridges H 239 to complete North Harvard Street road H 240 to finish Arsenal Street road S 52 on Charles River Reservation land Watertown H 536 shelter at Speedway playground H 859 North Beacon Street costs H 860 Charles River Boulevard improvements Arsenal Street Watertown H 10123 bridge reconstruction Newton to Wellesley H 1016 boulevard Melrose to Saugus 8 265 road in Charles River Reservation Brighton H 1180 public boat landing Melrose Brighton and H 1839 parkway Melrose to Lynn Woods. Also hearings on H 871 872 711s 312 plumbing and factory open-air concerns and more.
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Massachusetts State House
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Charles River
Harvard Street
Arsenal St
Charles River Reservation
Watertown
Speedway Playground
Beacon Street
Arsenal Street
Newton
Wellesley
Melrose
Saugus
Harvard
Cambridge Streets
Brighton
Parkway
Green Street
Lynn Woods
State House
Herbert A. Wilson
Addison P. Bearwwsley
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Committee On Public Health
Boards of Health
Fred Hart
Peter I. Adams
Committee On
Boston, Waltham & Western Electric Railroad Company
George M. Worrall
Robt. T. Kent
Obituaries From Boston Area Jan 30 to Feb 2
Funeral notices for Ellen Barron Jane Beazley Alexander Blackwood Farrah A Brogan Michael Carroll Mary Casey Abbie Chandler James Cotter Bridget Crowley Mary Cunningham Charles Danaher Caleboo Davis Margaret Desmond Eugene Dion Catherine Folan Frank Furbush Patrick Glynn Abbie Hasty John Hennessy Augustine Higgins Ellen Howe Daniel Keller Joan Knox Caroline Kohler Thomas Kydd Mary Latta Mary Leach Joanna Leary James Long Margaret Marston Albert McDonald Dennis Murphy Richmond Parkhurst Mary Reardon Nellie Richardson Ella Rogers Phoebe Rudolph Daniel Ryan Margaret Ryner Carl Schmitt John H Spencer Agnes Stevens Joseph Tattan Henry Templeton Ellen Tyndale Catherine Veazie plus union notices and memorials.
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St. Joseph's Church
Crowley
Dorchester
Freeman St
Bridget M. Crowley
Cunningham
Charlestown
Mary
John Cunningham
McGundy
Anna (Murphy) Desmond
Doherty
Magnus Ave
Dion
Malden
Eugene T
Yvonne
Jodoin) Dion
Madison Str
Appleton St
Folan
West Somerville
Catherine M
James J. Folan
St. Clement's Church
Furbush
Waltham
Frank E. Furbush
Elks
Lexington Sts
Glynn
Jamaica Plain
Patrick J
Catherine ’. Glynn
Butler
Green
Our Lady of Lourdes
Worcester
Graves
Arlington
Ralph C
William A
Margaret A. Graves
Harlow St
Hasty
Melrose
Abbie B
David S. Hasty
Staples St
North Easton
Hennessy
Brookline
John B
Annie Hennessy
Cronin
East Milton Rd
St. Mary of the Assumption Church
Higgins
Roxbury
Augustine Higgins
Catherine
Joseph Higgins
Queeney
Hampden St
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley St
Howf
Chelsea
Ellen F
John Howe
Casey
Broadway
St. Rose’s Church
Keller
Boston
Daniel
Delia Keller
Flynn
Gate of Heaven Church
Knox
Mt. Auburn
Joan Tr
Margaret
Jordan) Knox
Cushing St
Westford St
Weford St
Lowell
Latta
Mattapan
Mahel FE
Randolph Rd
Leach
Mary F
David Leach
Edward
Frank J
Anna L. Teach
North End
St. Andrew's Rd
Leary
Medford
Joanna A
John F. Leary
Fort Hill
Fellsway West
Immaculate Conception Church
James Hi
Marston
Margaret J
Joseph L. Marston
West Quincy St
M'Donald
Albert Mc Donald
Souris
P. E
Curtis’ Undertaking
North Station
Murphy
Cambridge
Dennis
Mary A. Murphy
Fighth St
Sacred Heart Church
St. John’s Court
Parkhurst
Richmond
W. D. Parkhurst
First Baptist Church
Mass
Ave
Portland
Reardon
Mary J
Dennis F. Reardon
Ryan
Daniel J. Ryan
Mr. John & Ryan
Ellsworth Park
St. Mary's Church
Ryner
Margaret A. Ryner
Ellis McCleary Co
Washington St
Soumitt
Carl Schmitt
Lamartine St
Spencer
John H
Emma H. Spencer
Pendexter
Cathedral
Paterson
N. J
Lynn
Tate
Fifty Club
Stevens
Agnes
Robert W. Stevens
Penfield St
Roslindale
Tattan
Joseph M
Mary Tattan
Walsh
Rindge Ave
South Sudbury
In Memoriam Notices for Morton Hughes and Grace
In loving memory of Annie M Morton who died Feb 1 1915. Gone but not forgotten by husband and children. George M Hughes died Feb 1 1916. Anniversary high mass for repose at Mission Church Feb 6 at 8 a m. Missed by Sadie J Hughes and children. Mrs Margaret A Grace died Feb 1 1916. Merciful Jesus grant her eternal rest.
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Annie M. Morton
Margaret A Grace
Jesus
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Waas
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Wwe
W. L. Douche
Stadee
Anctonmen's
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Court Street
Women’s
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Westminster Street
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Bowdoin Square Station
Sam Cohen
Louis Sorcho
Vernon
Vernon Castle
Gabriele D’annunzio
Maciste
Cabiria
Francis X. Bushman and
Beverly Bayne
Clara Kimball Young
Boylston ST
Tiyalte
Lincoln
Benjamin Chapin
Tremont Temple
ST. James Hall
Huntington Ave
Symphony Hall
Burton Holmes
Cenmanf Atherland
Jordan Hall
Maynard
Ross H. Maynard
Louise Allard Maynard
Olga Brilliant
Samaroff
Steinert Hall
Ruth Lavers
Symphony
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Tremont
GLOBE
Klaw & Erlanger
Kalman
Bolton
Ned Wayburn
Margaret Iing
Felix Adler
Creation
Joe Towle
Harry
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Hafford & Chain
Renee Florigny
Dunedin
Patria
Fay Templeton
Sir James Barrie
Chas. Frohman, Inc
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Morosco
Griese
Maud Fulton
Lewis Stone
Frolles
Winthrop Ames
Walter Knight
Pierrot
the Prodigal
U' Enfant Prodigue
Friends of Boston College
Lee
Annette Kellermann
William Fox
THE
Majestic Theatre
Elopers
Oliver Morosco
Anary “Ottage Trixie Friganza
Charles Nuggles
Herbert Cortell Beach
Madge Kennedy
Evangelist of Laughter
Tel. Beach
Lou
Lisa Ste
Ivan
Thurs
Frien
M. Alcott
Little Women
Winter Street
Vorenberg’s
Jerry
Mats
Emily Stevens
Anspacher
Messrs. Shubert
Euson
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Viola Dana
Francis X. Bushman
Exeter
Seiser
Jack Pickford
Louise Huff
Dorothy Dalton
Chas. Ray
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Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Peet
Mabel Taliaferro
Bill Changed
Amy Q. Nilsson
Blanche Sweet
Robert Warwick
Man
K. Lincoln
Ric Fecien
Lillian Walker
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Vaudevin Pictures
Ston Aitamura
Thoure
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Clarys
FX Comiay
Waldron
Haymarket
Gaiety
Dave Marion
Wash. St
Boylston
Burlesque 5
Howard
Allway
Jill Jr
Anita Stewart
Yolanda
Benjamin Christie
Mary Miles Minter
Dulcie
Mutual
Shubert Sei
Victor Herbert
9Th Reg
M.V.M
Pema
Hearts OF Erin
Henry Blossom
Vernon Stiles
Henry Jewett
Shaw
RPA
Vivian Martin
Waterfront
Elien & Marr
Commonwealth
F. S. Grueby
de Costa
W. M. Goodspeed
Mabelle B. Leavitt
Shipping News
U. S. Coast Guard
Gresham
Camden
Provincetown
L. J. Peabody
Congress St
Committee On Legal Affairs
Howard Perlbey
William J. Foley
Committee On Fisheries and Game
Fairhaven
Clark’s Cove
New Bedford
Charles Sumner Smith
Benj. G. Collins
Classified Department
Nativity Cemetery
Scituate
South Station
Carroll
Hough's Neck
Michael
Catherine Carroll
Quirk
Francis J. Murphy
Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Framingham
John Casey
Kelly
West Park St
St. Stephen's Church
Tucker
West Medford
Lizzie M
Thomas J. Tucker
Allston St
Turner
Braintree
Georgietta F
Azro ‘Turner
Ash St
Tyndale
Theodore FA
Church of the Disciples
Peterboro St
Veazzie
James Venzzie
Michael i. Coan
Lothrop St
Boston Postofficeh
Associalilom
John B. Hennessey
St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church
John J. Sheehan
Charles R. Armour
Darling
Penn
Tremont St
Flowerphone Beach
J. S. Waterman & Sons
Sun
DR. Roberts CO
Tremont St. Carney Building
American Tooth CO
Winter St
Filene’s
Vermont Morgan
Beacon St
Somerville
Inman Sq
Massachusetts
No. 1
Beacon
Biatene
Purc
Meade
Quartermaster
Virginia
Neweport News
I. BE
Ashaye
P. O. Sq
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