Pursuit Ends With Gun Point Arrest In North End
An alleged auto thief was captured after a high speed chase in the North End. Policeman Chaisson leaped onto a moving car and threatened the driver with a revolver while Officer Widup fired a warning shot. The youth, identified as A. McCormick of Blue Hill Avenue, escaped after fleeing Endicott Street and Blackstone Street. The car was reported stolen Thursday from the Jeffrey Motor Car Company on Beacon Street.
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North End
Chaisson
Hanover Street
Widup
Endicott
Salem Streets
Endicott Street
Blackstone Street
McCormick
Blue Hill Avenue
Jeffrey Motor Car Company
Beacon Street
Fire destroys floors of Atlantic Avenue building
A blaze last night swept through the third and fourth floors of a seven story brick building at 421 Atlantic Avenue, causing about 50 000 dollars in damage. The logdon Brass Works occupied the upper floors and series of hot air explosions blew out windows on three floors. Spectators gathered as firefighters fought the flames from Atlantic Avenue side. The fire started shortly after 11 pm near the elevator shaft and a second alarm brought more crews.
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Atlantic Avenue
Logdon Brass Works
Purchase Street
Parishioners Attend Cohasset Priest's Funeral
The full St Anthony parish Cohasset attended the funeral of Rev Farragh A Brogan pastor for six years. Bishop Anderson presided at a solemn high mass of requiem and gave the final absolution. Mer George J Patterson P R rector of St Vincent's South Boston aided as celebrant. The Rev Thomas F Brannan St Edwards Montello was deacon.
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St. Anthony's Parish
Cohasset
Farragh A. Brogan
Bishop Anderson
Mer
George J. Patterson
P. R
St. Vincent's Church
South Boston
Father Brogan
Thomas F. Brannan
St. Edward's Church, Montello
Boy Coaster Fatally HurI In Malden Accident
William Harris a nine year old of Malden was killed when he coasted into the rear wheel of an automobile on Main Street near Orient. The driver Harold Bornstein of Allston took the boy to Malden Hospital and notified police.
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William Harris
Malden
Malden Hospital
Main Street
Orient
Harold Bornstein
Chester Street
Allston
Belgian Relief Ship Euphrates Sunk by German Sub
Official reports confirm the Euphrates a 5000 ton Belgian relief steamer was torpedoed by a new German naval policy. The ship carried relief cargo from the United States to Rotterdam and had a Belgian crew with no Americans aboard.
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London
United States
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Rotterdam
New York
Belgian Relief Commission
America
Pierre Mall
Norton, Lille & Co
Henry Mehlenberg
Mayor Curley Pushes State Takeover of Truant Schools
Mayor Curley told the State Board of Charity that truancy institutions should not exist and blamed poverty for their use. He argued the state should assume control of the Rainsford Island facility and warned that $200 000 to $800 000 would be needed for its modernization.
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Curley
State Board of Charity
Rainsford Island
Elevator leap proves fatal at Paul’s sawmill
James O Hara aged about 45 of 66 Compton street South End attempted to jump on a moving freight elevator at 365 Albany street Paul’s sawmill yesterday. He slipped fell about 15 feet striking his head and after being taken to City Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries died a few hours later.
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Paul
Albany Street
James O'Hare
Compton Street
South End
Burden Overwhelming Lloyd George Sees Victory
London Feb 2 Premier Lloyd George faced a hostile welcome in Criccieth his Welsh home saying the burden on his shoulders is overwhelming yet he expresses confidence that united effort and justice of the cause will confound the wicked.
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London
Lloyd George
Criccieth
Wales
Germans Claim Submarine Success Despite Small Losses
Paris reports Rear Admiral Lacaze telling the Senate that only about one half of one percent of tonnage entering French ports in the past 11 months was sunk by German submarines. He denounces German atrocities and vows Allied victory, saying fear tactics have failed.
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Paris
Lacaze
Marine
Senate
The
Hague
Plasterer Falls Into Lime Cradle in Ashmont Fall
Michael Kelly aged 65 of 20 Dewey Street Roxbury a plaster er on a building at 1700 Dorchester Avenue Ashmont was badly burned yesterday when he fell from a scaffold into a cradle of lime He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition.
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Michael Kelly
Dewey Street
Roxbury
Dorchester Avenue
Ashmont
City Hospital
Ex-Treasurer George Strench Dies in Jail
The funeral for George B. Strench former Holbrook town treasurer will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from Union Street Holbrook residence. Strench aged 64 died of heart disease in Dedham jail where he served a two year sentence for larceny of 18000 from Holbrook. He pleaded guilty in Norfolk Superior Court to seven counts of stealing town funds.
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George B. Strench
Holbrook
Dedham
Union Street
Edward Evans
Holbrook Congregational Church
French
Norfolk Superior Court
Pensions Granted to Massasoit Descendants Trio
Three aged sisters Teewelee ma Wontonekamuske and Zerlah Robinson of Lakeville will receive state pensions of 100 dollars a year each. The payments follow a long standing agreement between the Commonwealth and the Wampanoag tribe. The legislative committee on ways and means has reported favorable a bill funding the pensions.
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Massasoit
King Philip
Commonwealth
Teeweleema, Wontonekamuske
Zerlah Robinson
Lakeville
Legislative Committee On Ways and Means
Burton Holmes Lecture Traverses German Fatherland at Symphony Hall
Burton Holmes presented The German Fatherland at Symphony Hall last evening, tracing Germany from the Atlantic crossing to Munich Nuremberg the Black Forest Freiberg Heidelberg and the Rhine. Berlin before the war and Oberammergau Passion Play views closed the talk. the same subject repeats this afternoon.
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Burton Holmes
Atlantic
Germany
Munich
Nuremberg
Black Forest
Freiberg
Heidelberg
Rhine
Berlin
Prussia
Oberammergau
No Need of Publicity at Museum Shuns Promotion
Secretary Benjamin Ives Gilman of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts denounces publicity efforts as a hideous picture of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. The American Magazine of Art quotes him saying the public assumes every concerted effort must sing its own praises.
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Benjamin Ives Gilman
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
American Magazine of Art
Museums should not rely on mass publicity
Secretary Gilman argues against using modern advertising to promote fine arts museums. He says broad publicity yields little real understanding and invites contempt. Art should attract the interested directly. newspapers cannot effectively convey art’s value.
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Gilman
Webster Town Meeting Condemns Welfare Association Activity
Webster was nearly unanimous as 500 residents packed the town meeting to condemn the Welfare Association’s drive to curb vice. Only three votes opposed resolutions denouncing the organization, signaling likely cessation of its work.
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Webster
Welfare Association
Pensions for Women Prison Matrons Urged by Roxbury Writer
A Roxbury letter to the Post argues for pensions for Suffolk county house of detention matrons led by Mrs. White and assistants Mrs. Hall Baretti Kenney and Smith. The writer praises their humane work, notes they are widows, and says current pay lacks pension security when incapacitated. A bill is before the General Court but stalled by procedural delays.
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General Butler
New Orleans
Suffolk County
Somerset Street
Boston
White
Hall
Baretti
Kenney
Smith
The
Post
General Court
Balance of love and war in new novels reviewed
A roundup of recent titles highlighting Francis R. Bellamy and E. F. Benson with touches on W. H. Hudson, Henry Kitchell Webster, Zane Grey, Ivor Brown, W. W. Jacobs and others. Describes plots, themes, settings from New York to London, Melchester and Munich, noting wartime effect on readers and the range from romance to realism.
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d'Artagnan
Doubleday
Francis R. Bellamy
Tennyson
Mr. Bellamy
Sammy Tappan
Carrie Schroeder
Melchester
Sammy
New York
Carrie
Broadway
East Side
Thackeray
Baireuth
Munich
Michael
Herman Falke
London
Sylvia
Herman
Mr. Benson
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E. F. Benson
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Chastel
Isarte
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Henry Kitchell Webster
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Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Lucy Bostil
Ieve
Lin Slone
Wildfire
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Ivor Brown
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Isabel
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Little, Brown
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Mary
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