Urges South America trip and export group plan
Frederick Brown of New York urged the Chamber of Commerce luncheon to back a spring tour to Latin American countries and called for Boston to benefit from the Panama Canal opening. He proposed forming a Boston export association led by a trade expert to provide tariff and local condition information and secure credit data for sales.
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Chamber of Commerce
American House
Frederick Brown
New York
Pan-American Society of the
United States
Boston
Panama Canal
Beauty Ads Claim Quick Facial Makeovers From Wax and Saxolite
An advertisement touts easy facial beautification using ordinary mercorized wax applied nightly and washed off in the morning, claiming it reveals fresher skin in less than two weeks. It also promotes saxolite for wrinkle removal, dissolving it in hazel and bathing the face to erase lines and crow's feet.
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Sally
Government and steam lines to equip ice patrol wireless
London February 4 The British government negotiates with principal North Atlantic steamship lines to equip a vessel with a powerful wireless installation for patrolling ice regions. The system would notify wireless stations on the American coast and Atlantic liners of berg locations and similar dangers with costs shared between government and companies.
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London
Atlantic
Mayor seeks $100000 for municipal horticultural building
Mayor Fitz gerald announced to the City Council a plan to appropriate about 100000 for a new municipal horticultural building. The project would house plants from East Cottage street greenhouses and host winter exhibitions and concerts. He prefers Back Bay Fens but may place the building in another city park if needed, funded from the $6000000 Parkman fund.
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Fitzgerald
East Cottage Street
Back Bay Fens
Parkman
Woman Dies from Burns in Lynn Kitchen Fire
Mrs. Ferlinda Crowley, 72, of 17 Whittier Street Lynn, burned to death when her clothing caught fire from a kitchen blaze she had started. Her daughter Elizabeth Patterson sighted the fire and called brother Thomas, who found their mother in a corner attempting to ring a bell in his room.
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Ferlinda Crowley
Whittier Street
Lynn
Elizabeth Patterson
Thomas
Paris Flood Prep As Seine Near Danger Level
Paris expects rising Seine to reach 4.76 metres, with 40 centimetres to go. Authorities marshal precautions, rescue parties organized, and boatmen told to stand by in suburban districts slated for earliest flooding.
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Paris
Seine
Styles of spring staged in Balkan chic gowns show
In Chicago on February 4 the Garment Manufacturers Association presents a three day style show at the Auditorium Hotel beginning February 6 featuring over 200 living models. The Balkan blouse Balkan skirt Turkish coat and Grecian drapery illustrate vibrant festive colors for spring fashion.
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Chicago
Ill
Auditorium Hotel
Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Spring fashion: draped gowns and vibrant colors anticipated
The coming season features a radical shift to draped gowns coats bodices and turbans in soft silks satins and chiffons. Black and white give way to bold color with green purple rose and yellow linings and trims. Bulgarlan Balkan Turkish Grecian styles appear in varied silhouettes and embroideries.
Mother's Day Association Seeks Incorporation
Washington Feb 4 Federal incorporation of the Mother's Day International Association was proposed in a bill today by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania. Mother’s Day was founded by Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman.
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Washington
Mother’s Day International Association
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Mother’s Day
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Play for Children, Recreation as Moral Teacher
Dr Woods Hutchinson urged Roxburgh Club to expand play for children arguing recreation develops body brain and spirit. He praised moving pictures as a social good and favored uniting Y M C A and Y W C A to provide wholesome outlets and curb gambling drunkenness and dance halls. He noted eight hour days extend productive years and that self chosen morals emerge when children think for themselves.
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Woods Hutchinson
Roxburgh Club
Moving Picture Houses
60 Cent Lunch Causes Suit
Mrs. Catherine Kenney of Dewey Street Roxbury testifies in the fourth Superior Court session that a 60 cent lunch at Jacot's on Boylston Street included steak and French fries and that the steak was bad. She says a woman grabbed her arms and back while she prepared to inspect the meal, causing injuries. An employee allegedly cut off a piece of steak and gravy spilled on her dress. She denies collecting knives or forks and says she only sampled the steak and drank a glass of sherry.
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Catherine Kenney
Dewey Street
Roxbury
Superior Court
Jacot
Boylston Street
Paul H. Jacot
Board of Health
Fire scare on Harrison Avenue prompts evacuation
A fire early last evening in the at risk tenement on the top floor of the three story brick building at 511 Harrison avenue caused a scramble of occupants to flee. The cause remains unknown and losses to tenants and owner David Vigoda are estimated at 500 dollars.
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Oscar Roskind
Harrison Avenue
David Vigoda
Red Cross Cough Drops Offer 5 Cent Box Ad
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross cough drops priced at five cents per box, claiming universal usefulness and value for relief.
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Red Cross
Head of Regal Shoe Co Dead
Leonard C Bliss long seen as a leading shoe man and Regal Shoe Company president died in Deland Florida in his 78th year The telegram to his son J Elmer Bliss confirms the loss His body to be taken to Brookline Massachusetts for services at 2 PM Thursday Born July 10 1834 in Rehoboth he married Eliza Crocker in 1863 He started shoe making in Brockton in 1881 and the Regal Company acquired his plant in 1891 Survived by wife two daughters and one son
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Leonard C. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
Deland
Fla
J. Elmer Bliss
Regal Company
Brookline
Englewood Avenue
Mr. Bliss
Rehoboth
Eliza Crocker
Edgartown
Brockton
Elmer J. Bliss
J. Miller Hinsom
C. Bertram Taylor
Hollis Bui Six Votes Short Now
Concord dispatch reports in New Hampshire Henry F Hollis a Democrat regaining the lead in the state Legislature United States Senate contest and closing to within six votes of election.
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Hollis Bui
Concord
N. H
Henry F’. Hollis
United States
Ballot results show Whittemore leading in party ticket
The tally lists 419 votes cast with Whittemore 210, Chalmers 4, Carr 4, Woodbury 6, Bass 22, Pearson 160, Hollis 155. A bill proposes sending the contest to a preferential town meeting vote March 11 with legislators pledging to back the top candidate. special elections would be needed only in cities.
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Arthur G. Whittemore
Sess Ieee Ee
Thomas Chalmers
Clarence E. Carr
Gordon Woodbury
Robert P. Bass
Edward N. Pearson
Repub- Tego
Henry IF. Hollis
Pearson
Hollis
Thomas A. Chalmers
Manchester
Bass
Fire In Tenement Fire Destroys Brooms Sparks Injuries
Mary Cotter aged 62 suffered severe burns while sweeping in her Roxbury tenement at 238 Highland street. The broom caught fire from a kitchen stove, leaving her in serious condition at City Hospital.
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Highland Street
Roxbury
Mary Cotter
City Hospital
When the River Went Out featured in Post Magazine
John Kenneth Turner contributes a noted short story “When the River Went Out” that headlines the upcoming Post Magazine. The piece is highlighted as one of the magazine’s specially good short stories for next Sunday.
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John Kenneth Turner
Post
Vermont Rejects Sterilization in State House Vote
Vermont House votes 150 to 31 to sustain Governor Fletcher's veto on an act for sterilization of a class of criminals and degenerates. The issue ends after a heated session in Montpelier on February 4.
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Montpelier
House
Fletcher
Poslam Skin Remedy Promises Quick Durable Heal
Dependable Poslam is advertised as rapidly curing eczema acne fetter pimples and scalp disorders. Poslam Soap purifies the scalp and improves skin and hair. Available at druggists for 50 cents and 25 cents for soap with free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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West 25Th Street
New York City
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