Financiers Pressure Fitchburg and B&A Rail Lease Debate
The Boston News Bureau reports broad financier support for leasing the Fitchburg to the Boston & Maine and the Albany to the New York Central. Opposition centers on Rutland and Central Massachusetts holdings, while large owners and trustees shape the board’s balance. Shareholder lists show major investors and state directors, with no clear bloc against the plan.
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Chicago Strike Expands As Union Walkout Grows
One thousand men joined the strike in Chicago with 3000 from the Building Trades Council out of protest against new Building Contractors' Council rules. Leaders predict the 46,000-strong union may be out by Monday, threatening to halt building work as contractors plan to hire non union labor. Pickets at railroad stations warn imported workers and deter replacements amid police protection doubts.
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Judge rules Burrillville killer civilly dead in Rhode Island case
Judge Douglas decides Martin Mowry is civilly dead and cannot sue Elisha Mathewson’s estate. Any recovery must be pursued by an administrator appointed for Mowry’s estate who will file the suit on his behalf.
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General Gus Bars Wives from Accompanying Troops in War
In Manila General Otis bans officers wives from joining regiments in Aguinaldo’s dominions. Mrs. Rice, wife of Colonel Rice of the Twenty sixth, was aboard to Iloilo but Otis refused permission, keeping her in Manila and signaling similar restrictions for other officers wives.
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Postum Cereal Coffee Cited As Headache Cure By Clergy Wife
A bishop described headaches alleviated by quitting coffee and embracing Postum Cereal Food Coffee. Mrs. Amy K. Glass, wife of a Rolfe Iowa Methodist minister, confirms her own relief after abandoning coffee and using Postum. She notes caffeine-free drinks keep her family healthy and asleep at night.
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Indian War Dance Featured At Sportsman's Show Opening
Opening night on Wednesday February 21 features an Indian war dance led by Chief Bugwuijjinene with dancers from Algonquin Ojibbeway Nipissing and Iroquois tribes. A King George III medal and Shingwauk drum are highlighted as part of the performance with additional acts including a canoe tug of war, basketball exhibition, calisthenics and more, showcasing varied athletic displays and demonstrations.
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Arch Proposed for Chattanooga Battlefield
The War Secretary sent a report to the House Military Affairs Committee on Representative Grosvenor's bill to erect a national arch at the Chattanooga battlefield. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission endorses the site and outlines bronze tablets listing all commands and their leaders for both sides.
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Stage Talk Promises Busy Boston Theatres This Week
The column notes The Rounders at the Columbia on Feb 19 with The Girl From Maxim's extended. Casts include Tom Seabrooke Mabel Gilman Harry Davenport Phyllis Rankin and Dan Daly. Christie MacDonald to star in The Princess Chic at Columbia Theatre tomorrow. Various concerts, new plays, and vaudeville acts listed with dates and venues across Boston theatres.
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Bertha Buckkin
Blanche Duffield
Herbert L. Clarke
Arthur Pryor
Countess Chiffon
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George W. Lederer
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London
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Norma Whalley
St. Valentine’s Day
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David Belasco
Mme. Butterfly
Parish Priest Charms Park Theatre in D L Hart’s Play
The Parish Priest by D L Hart for Daniel Sully is praised as a wholesome straightforward drama. It portrays mining district life in Pennsylvania and a home front story where love and ambition clash, drawing growing local audiences without sermonizing.
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New Orleans and Return,$27.50 Mardi Gras
The Southern railway will sell round trip tickets Washington to New Orleans at one fare of $27.50. Tickets on sale February 20 to 29, with final limit returning March 15. The route from New York offers double daily trains with dining and sleeping car service, thirty nine hours. For full particulars contact George C. Daniels, N. E. P. A., 228 Washington Street, Boston.
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LaGrippe Symptoms and Home Treatment Summary
Trea fac or LaGrippe lists symptoms including head and body pain, sore throat and nose membranes, sneezing, chills and fever. Treatment suggested mirrors a severe cold with rest and fluids. The text then instructs to put one tablespoonful of a remedy, though the exact substance is cut off.
Johnsons Anodyne Liniment Advertisement Cure Claim
A historical advertisement instructs using a lukewarm water gargle and nasal snuff for throat infection, quinine pills, siedlitz powder, and a sugar saturated Anodyne solution taken orally. It promises bowel movement maintenance and a free pamphlet on inflammation. Johnson & Co. of Boston sells two sizes, 25 and 50 cents.
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Valentine Day Lecture by Ernest Seton Thompson
Tremont Temple presents a Wednesday afternoon program on February 14 at 3 30 featuring Ernest Seton Thompson with his photographs and drawings Wild Animals at Home His lecture will follow a performance by Earl Gulick child soprano The event offers reserved seats 1 50 75 50 cents and 25 cents for children with adults at 60 cents Tickets available at the Temple J B Pond Manager.
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