Deaf immigrant girl baffles board for hours at Long Wharf
At the Long Wharf immigration station a Russian family awaits. The oldest daughter is deaf and mute, stumping the board after attempts in Yiddish Polish Russian Finnish Swedish Danish Greek Syrian Bulgarian and a dozen other languages. The languageless girl is identified by her parents using finger signaling.
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Rhaetia
J. W. Dolan
S. Abercrombie
L. J. Domas
Morris Silton
Olaf L. Root
Dolan
Mr. Root
Fern Weiss
Weiss
Feri Weiss
William Hartland
Martland
Commissioner Billings
Shere Fuy Moy
Congressman Bremner’s Radium Treatment Setback
Congressman Robert G. Bremner undergoing radium treatment in Baltimore experienced a slight setback today. He suffered considerably but remained conscious and able to speak with relatives.
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Baltimore
Robert G. Bremner
1000 Mile Sledge Trip for Two Small Girls
Two Polish girls aged 4 and 6 were brought to Boston aboard the Rhaetia from Hamburg after a 1000 mile trek over snowbound Russia by sledge and ox cart. They traveled in steerage to Boston en route to Sharon, Pennsylvania, to become American citizens.
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Boston
Rhaetia
Hamburg
Marya
Rebeka
Poland
Russia
Sharon
Penn
Grandmother Marya joins journey with young evacuees
Marya and Rebeka arrive with Grandmother Marya a 70 year old interpreter describes crossing land and sea to reach a free country. She notes the children left behind their mother and father who have not seen them for three years and Marya’s tiny appearance at departure.
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Marya
Rebeka
Siberia
Hamburg American Line Cuts Draft Rate War Steerage Fare
The Hamburg American Line announced a flat $22 steerage rate from Boston to the European continent, down from $27.50. The reduction lowers third class fares both east and west bound and undercuts rival pools.
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Boston
Europe
Boston to honor Forbes Robertson at Shubert Theatre
Major Henry L. Higginson Rev. George A. Gordon Robert A. Woods Professor George P. Baker will speak at a yesterday afternoon meeting in honor of Forbes Robertson at the Shubert Theatre. The Drama League of Boston arranged the event to mark his last appearances here with many notable locals attending on stage and on box seats.
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Henry L. Higginson
George A. Gordon
Robert A. Woods
George P. Baker
Shubert Theatre
Forbes- Robertson
Mark A. de Wolfe Howe
Drama League of Boston
Boston
Forbes-Robertson
Forbes-Robertson Company
Old Collier House Burns in East Weymouth Fire
A late night blaze in East Weymouth destroyed the Old Collier House, a 75 year landmark rented by Edward Earle. Fire began from an overheated stove. residents evacuated as the George F E Keith factory alarm bell caused a townwide turnout.
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Sunset Mountain
Asheville
N. C
Rockies
Biltmore Dairies
George W. Vanderbilt
Southador
Weymouth
George FE. Keith
Edward Earle
Keith
Protestant Church Noon Services Feature Week Speakers
King's Chapel noon services list weekly speakers: Sechrist DeBlois Roblin Sullivan with a Woman's Board meeting Friday featuring Miss Kyle Cowell and Rev. Ewing. February sermons by Rev. Conrad cover The Outside and Inside of the Cup Virtue and Valor in the Realm of the Real The Lure of Luxury and Leisure. Evening talks include Ventures and Victories of Christian Knighthood and The Fight That Fails Balm in Battle My Country and I Modern Pirates and Their Plunder. St Paul Cathedral noon talks list Dean Rousmaniere Alan Mel Taylor and H B Smith as speakers.
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King's Chapel
H. T. Sechrist
Meadville
Penn
A. K. DeBlois
Boston
S. H. Roblin
William Sullivan
All Souls’ Church
New York City
Woman's Board of Missions
Pilgrim Hall
Congregational House
Henry R. French
Alice M. Kyle
Abbie W. Cowell
Charles Ewing
A. Z. Conrad
Park Street
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dean Rousmaniere
Alan Mel. Taylor
H. B. Smith
New Haven Funds Allegedly Vanished in Morgan Ties
The World magazine asserts about 12 million dollars of New York New Haven and Hartford funds have vanished largely through manipulation by J. P. Morgan & Co. It promises facts and figures to support sensational claims tied to financiering of the New York Westchester and Boston Railway.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
World
New York, Westchester & Boston
Millbrook Company
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Millbrook
Thorne and Perry
New Haven
New York, Westchester
Boston
Thorne
Perry
W. H. Chesbrough
Chesbrough
Morgan firm denies profits from Millbrook Westchester deal
J Pierpont Morgan refutes charges linking his bank to the Millbrook Company and the New Haven Westchester project. He states the transaction was for the New Haven’s account, with no profits to Morgan men beyond standard interest on temporary advances. The account No 2 secrecy claim and related figures remain unproven publicly.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Westchester
New Haven
Thorne
Perry
Millbrook Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas Woman Seeks Kansas Supreme Court Bench
Topeka February 1 Mrs J A Sheldon of Lawrence announced her candidacy for associate justice on the partisan judiciary ballot. She has practiced law in Topeka and Lawrence for 26 years and is the greatest woman to seek a bench in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
J. 5 Sheldon
Lawrence
Supreme Court of Kansas
Kansas
Doctors face errors in treatment at top hospitals
Dr. R. K. Smith told Huntington Chapel listeners that even leading U S hospitals in cities like Boston have erred in care. He cited autopsy results showing 17 percent of removed appendixes were normal and warned that fashion often drives decisions on tonsil and appendectomy surgery. He praised Dr. Richard Cabot and Roger W. Babson for highlighting the issue and urged patients to demand greater physician care.
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Boston
R. K. Smith
Huntington Chambers
Smith
Richard Cabot
Roger W. Babson
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Suffragettes disrupt bishop during London services
Suffragists interrupted the bishop of London during a St Michael’s Church consecration to denounce alleged torture of women in Holloway jail. Police prevented access to the bishop as demonstrators cried for an end to prison torture.
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London
Holloway
St. Michael’s Church
Baby born with extra fingers and toes in Dillsburg
A baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wenger of Dillsburg Pennsylvania has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. The extra digits are attached at the base of the little finger and grow from the base of the little toe.
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York, Pa
Edward Wenger
Dillsburg
Jewish Order In Session in Springfield Convention
Three hundred Jews representing a million and a half members of the Independent Order of Bnai Brith District No 4 are in Springfield for a two day annual convention. Last year's officers were re elected for 1914 including Rev Dr Joseph Silverman Herman Asher Judge A M Cohen Solomon Sulzberg Reginald E Zunder and Herman Schabiols. A class of four candidates was initiated this morning by the Springfield lodge degree team. Traffic delays mark Baltimore derailments today as two freight trains and a mail train derail.
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Springfield
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
A. M Cohen
Boston
Solomon Sulzberg
New York City
Reginald E. Zunder
Herman Schabiols
Springfield Lodge
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Hamburg-American Line
East Weymouth
Orange
PEKOE
Chase & Sanborn's Teas
India
Ceylon
Formosa
Morgan
Westchester Road
Boston Electric
J.P. Morgan & Co
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Marsden J. Perry
Trust Company of America
Swift
Orna
Womahood
Morrison J. Swift
Humanist Forum
Franklin Union
B’nai B’rith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
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Filene’s
Filene
Pilene
Crest Brand
Gray
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