Valentine request sparks poet outcry nationwide
A letter to the editor from Moses Gage Shirley of Manchester New Hampshire asks the Post to send him a Valentine postcard with poetry and seasonal imagery. He laments that lonely poets receive Christmas cards while others demand a symbolic summer to banish winter.
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Moses Gage Shirley
Sweet Singer
Manchester
N. H
New Bedford
Anacreon Clifford Hawes
Cupid
Valentine
Lovers Twain
Bleeding Hearts
Manchester, N. H
Famous War Nurse Dead Sister Mary Ellen Riordan Dies After 55 Years in City
Sister Mary Ellen Riordan a renowned Civil war nurse and famed Sister of Charity died yesterday at the Home for Destitute Catholic Children in Harrison avenue. She served 55 years in the city and was among the first hospital camp nurses in Virginia during the war. Her care touched thousands of officers and enlisted men in hospital camps and later in civilian relief.
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Mary Ellen
Riordan
Virginia
Doctor's Boy Killed by Pills
Herbert Packard, four year old son of Dr. George Packard of 70 Salem Street Medford, died after eating pills found on his father's desk while the doctor was away Tuesday afternoon. He died at his father's private Medford hospital early yesterday morning.
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Herbert Packard
George Packard
Salem Street
Medford
Laxative Cough Syrup Claim of Quick Cures
An advertisement touts a home made cough syrup said to cure la grippe colds sore throat and chronic bronchitis within hours. It claims a pint costs under 80 cents and uses essence mentholaxene granulated sugar syrup and simple directions to produce a laxative tonic that eases coughing and aids pneumonia prevention.
Heath Denies Kisses in Cambridge Divorce Court
Nathaniel H. Heath emphatically denied charges of improper conduct with Mrs. Merriam in Fast Cambridge Divorce Court. Mrs. Heath sues Mrs. Nathaniel T. Merriam for 50,000 dollars alleging alienation of her husband’s affections. Mrs. Merriam, 73 and very deaf, watched intently but heard nothing said.
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Merriam
Cambridge
Nathaniel H. Heath
Heath Denies Affair Claims in Court Testimony
Mr Heath, 55, testifies at length denying wife and son's accusations against Mrs Merriam. He recalls staying three nights, denies kissing Mrs Merriam, and says he spoke loudly due to her deafness. He asserts no personal interest in Miss Anderson and disowns talk of shared meals with others.
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Mr. Heath
William
Merriam
Choate
Bell
Robert Nasan
Mrs. Merriam
Miss Anderson
Evelyn
Mr. Hanson
Falls 30 Feet Into Coal Pocket At Boston Yard
Patrick Malloy of 11 Vicksburg Street South Boston fell about 30 feet into a coal pocket while at work on a staging in the coal pockets at the Albany Street yard. His body caught by a turn in the chute, he was saved from a 100 foot drop. He was taken to City Hospital with a concussion of the brain.
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Patrick Malloy
Vicksburg Street
Boston
Albany Street
South End
Malloy
City Hospital
Missing postmaster in El Paso linked to Philadelphia man
A man matching Richard L. Ashhurst, the missing Philadelphia postmaster, checked into the St. Regis Hotel as R. Ashhurst on February 2. He received a telegram from Philadelphia and departed El Paso, giving the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles as a forwarding address.
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EL Paso
Tex
Richard Ll. Ashhurst
Philadelphia
St. Regis Hotel
R. Ashhurst
Jonathan Club
Los Angeles
Bid on Light Contract Seeks Satisfactory Offer
Commissioner of Public Works Rourke will again try to set a satisfactory bid for the proposed new 2 000 000 street gas lighting contract. He has prepared a new set of specifications and will have them ready Saturday.
Bass says no new party now based on principle
Governor Robert P. Bass of New Hampshire told City Club members that a national party change is not needed. He argued progressives and stand patters differ only in degree, not principle, and noted the current movement has aroused voters by highlighting real issues. He traced progressive roots to Churchill and described fights against old railroad power.
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Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Bass
City Club
Ie Said
Winston Churchill
James O. Lyford
Boston
Charles Adams
Melrose
Swift
Fraud charges against attorney spark bankruptcy probe arrest
United States District Attorney French led a bankruptcy probe amid fraud accusations by trustees. William Sharak of 27 School Street was arrested on conspiracy to conceal assets in bankruptcy cases. Robert Krensky, grocer on Humboldt Avenue Roxbury, also arrested as a fellow conspirator who bought a bankrupt estate from Sharak.
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United States
French
Trustees of Bankruptcy Estates
William Sharak
School Street
Robert Krensky
Humboldt Avenue
Roxbury
Sharak
Thaw Creditors Partly Allowed In Bankruption Report
Pittsburg February 9. In a bankruptcy report referee William T Blair allows some creditors claims in full others in part and dismisses some. Total claims about 300000 from his mother attorneys physicians detectives and storekeepers. Mrs Mary C Thaw mother gets 209674.21 in full. Evidence shows two promissory notes for loans.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William T. Blair
Mary C. Thaw
Thaw
Big Bill Keliher Briefs Filed in U S Circuit Court
Supplemental briefs for and against Big Bill Keliher were filed in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by Keliher's counsel and the United States district attorney. The filings address points not covered in oral arguments held on January 2. The record notes the court seeks new trial considerations.
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Keliher
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Attorney
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Praised By Natick Woman
Mrs Nathan B Greaton of Natick Mass credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing her change of life symptoms including nervousness insomnia and sensations of cold. She reports doctors warned of a tumor but the remedy helped her become well and urges others to try it. The ad claims testimonials are genuine and urges readers to publish similar letters.
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Natick
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nathan B. Greaton
N. Main Street
Ask Company to Arbitrate
Northampton February 9 The hands of Connecticut Valley Street Railway Company employees protesting the discharge of five were upheld by 500 Hampshire county citizens at a mass meeting in City Hall presided by Mayor Calvin Coolidge. Resolutions accuse company officials of unfair dealings and urge arbitration.
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Northampton
Connecticut Valley Street Railway Company
Hampshire County
Calvin Coolidge
Hearing on Foss Bill Proposes Public Utilities Commission
A state hearing examined Daniel J. Kiley’s bill to abolish the major state commissions and shift regulation to two three member public utilities panels. Travis S. Whitney of New York’s PSC described their system while noting cooperative efforts and protests over freight delays.
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Foss
Public Utilities Commission
State House
Travis S. Whitney
Public Service Commission
New York
Empire State
Daniel J. Kiley
Transit
Gas and Electric Light Commissions
Highway Commission
State Board of Health
Whitney
Public Service Corporations of
Admiral Terry Dies At Home
Rear Admiral Silas Wright Terry retired and prominent in Civil War naval operations died at his Washington home of pneumonia. Born in Wallonia Kentucky 68 years ago he fought at Richmond with Lincoln present and earned multiple honors including Red River service and the Poonah rescue off Cape Town. His daughter Eleanor married Lt Commander Camperio and they reside in Italy.
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Washington
Silas Wright ‘Terry
Wallonia
Terry
Richmond
Lincoln
Red River
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Eleanor
Camperio
Italy
Retired Sergeant Nau of Navy Receives Honorable Farewell
After over 30 years of faithful service, First Sergeant Robert Ss Nau United States Marine Corps was retired from active duty by order of the Secretary of the Navy and bids farewell to civilian life with best wishes from his fellow soldiers.
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Robert Ss. Nau
United States Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
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Shirley
Apy
Hull
Shington ST
Heath Denies
Maurice Ketten
Loony
Kole
Atty
Big Bill
Public Utilities Board
Navy
Nau
America
Milk Street
T. Howard Lewis
Boston, Mass
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Nassau Street, New York, N. Y
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