Burns agency and mayor scored over delays in dynamite cases
The W J Burns Detective Agency Mayor Higgins of Fall River and an unnamed Cabinet officer were scored as tardy during Captain Robert J Foster s talk Sidelights on the Dynamite Cases before the Master Builders Association Captain Foster former NY National Erectors Association chief investigator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Burns Detective Agency
Higgins
Fall River
Robert J. Foster
Master Builders’ Association
Foster
National Erectors’ Association of New York
Dynamiters and political intrigue cited by Chicago hearing
The address recounts a Detroit Chicago dynamiting plot investigation by the New York association. It claims Burns Agency shadowed suspects for four months, destroying over a quarter of a million dollars in property. It accuses Mayor Higgins and a Fall River mayoral rise, plus cabinet members, of biased actions and ties to the A F L in a national political frame.
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New York Association
United States
Anderson
Charles Miller
Chicago
Burns
McManigal
McNamara
Boston
Mike Young
Commonwealth
Higgins
Fall River
Frank Webb
George B. Davis
The Awakening by Henry Bordeaux in French to English
A review notes Henry Bordeaux's The Awakening in translation by Ruth Helen Davis, praising its clear French prose and psychological focus. It traces a husband’s affair with Anne de Sezery, his diary, and the wife Elizabeth’s awakening to a new self, leading to renewed marriage. The work is celebrated as a humane, precise study of love, loyalty, and personal growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bordeaux
France
America
E. P. Dutton & Co
New York
Ruth Helen Davis
Bordeaux
Victor Plarr
Ernest Dawson
Anne de Sezery
Nietzsche
Elizabeth
Boiled Oil Fire on Spectacle Island Endangers Woman
Mrs. James Hayes on Spectacle Island likely fatal after boiling kerosene instead of water caused a kitchen explosion. The city steamer George A. Hibbard, with Dr. Isadore Finklestein, responded to the blaze and transported her to Long Island hospital where Dr. William J. Curry reports she cannot survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hayes
Spectacle Island
George A. Hibbard
Mrs. Hayes
Isadore Finklestein
William J. Curry
Long Island
Finklestein
Tragic On Island: Woman Boils Water Jar Mistaken for Oil
Mrs. Hayes, wife of a rendering company employee on the island, goes to fetch water in darkness. She cannot tell water from oil cans and places the mistaken can on the stove to boil, framed by the island's water scarcity.
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Mrs. Hayes
Choir Boy Stabbed and Dies After Park Street Chase
A Boston choir boy was stabbed after a quarrel near Park and Beacon streets. He fled toward Tremont Street, pursued by an assailant, collapsed near Galvin the Florist, and died at Haymarket Relief Station. The other boy fled toward Tremont.
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Park and
Beacon Streets
Goodwin
Park Street
Brook Street
Brookline
Bertha D. Foster
Galvin the Florist
Edward Sperry
Watertown
George Cantor
Court Street
Tremont
Silas Waite
Haymarket Square
Burton Holmes Lecture Highlights Allied Powers War Images
Burton Holmes presented in Symphony Hall last evening focusing on the Allied Powers Belgium France Russia Servia Japan and England. The program included many motion pictures from those nations showing leaders and war scenes with London news noted as especially interesting. The lecture will be repeated this afternoon.
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Burton Holmes
Symphony Hall
Belgium
France
Russia
Servia
Japan
England
London
Medford Mayor Suspends Police Chief and Seizes Control
Mayor Haines of Medford walked into Chief William G. Ewell's office and suspended him, taking charge of the police department. The mayor declared a two week period to shake up the force and announced plans for a broad reshuffle.
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Haines
City Officials Clash as Police Chief Is Suspended
Last evening Mayor Haines suspended Chief Fwell on charges of alleged inefficiency inability and incapability. Shortly after 6 pm the Mayor assumed control of the police department. News that Chief Jewell was deposed and the Mayor took the reins prompted widespread city comment as facts spread. Chief Ewell says he will demand a hearing.
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Haines
Fwell
Jewell
Ewell
Sunday Talks At Tremont Temple And Other Church Notes
Professor Jay William Hudson of Missouri will speak Sunday afternoon at Tremont Temple on How the War Affects the Average Man. Universalist Church Weymouth hosts illustrated lectures with Cyrus Weeks discussing West mining methods titled Over Canyon and Crag. Stoneham Congregational Church Dean class plans its annual turkey supper for February 17. New England College members in the Episcopal Church invited to the 12th annual New England Student Churchman conference at Harvard February 21 and 22, with Harvard Churchmen hosting and Phillips Brooks House coordinating.
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Jay William Hudson
University of Missouri
Tremont Temple
Universalist Church
Weymouth
Cyrus Weeks
West
Canyon
Crag
Stoneham Congregational Church
New Eiggland Colleges
Episcopal Church
New England
Harvard University
Harvard
Phillips Brooks House
K. IL
Viall
Weld Hall
Cambridge
Runaway marriage shocking Newton and Brookline families
In New York on a Wednesday afternoon H Esmond Bailey 21 of Newton and Ethel Susanna Scannell 20 of Brookline wed. The elopement was kept secret until their return to Brookline. Both families forgave the couple and sent congratulations.
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Newton and Brookline Society
H. Esmond Bailey
Newton
Ethel Susanna Scannell
Brookline
New York
Elopers
Newton Couple Elopes and Marries in New York
The young man, son of Charles J. Bailey of C. J. Bailey & Co. rubber goods, and Miss Scannell daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Robert Scannell, eloped to New York on Wednesday and were married at the Little Church Around the Corner. They were later found at the bride’s Brookline home with the groom's father informed of the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Bailey
C. J. Bailey & Co
Rubber Goods
Boylston Street
Boston
Surrey Road
Claremont Street
Newton
Newton High School
Miss Scannell
B. Robert Scannell
Kenyon Apartments
Beacon Street
Brookline
New York
Belief James Byrnes Jr. Survives War After Death Reports
Wakefield residents James and Mrs Byrnes of 21 Lake Street refrained from accepting their son's death in France last December. They say Irish reports indicate he may still be alive and possibly captured in a German prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Byrnes
James Byrnes
Lake Street
Wakefield
France
Ireland
Labor unions push job plan for Wakefield workers
Representatives of Wakefield labor organizations met with the Selectmen to urge immediate street repairs to provide jobs for unemployed townsmen. John H. Thwaites, noted leader in the recent strike, is among the advocates supporting the plan.
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Wakefield
John H. Thwaites
The Awakening Translated by Ruth Helen Davis
A novel by Henry Bordeaux, translated for English readers by Ruth Helen Davis. Published in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co. at $1.35.
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Henry Bordeaux
Ruth Helen Davis
New York
E. P. Dutton & Co
My Heart s Right There by Florence Barclay
A brief patriotic story set in wartime Belgium and England follows a Boer War veteran husband and father facing duty after injury. He contemplates returning to battle or remaining home with his wife and child, with Lord Roberts appearing as a narrative device and the piece urging enlistment.
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Florence Barclay
Putnam
Tipperary
Tommy
Belgium
England
Lord Roberts
Florence L.parte
New York
G. P. Putsam
The Grand Assize by Hugh Carton
A review peels back the moral essays of The Grand Assize a collection presented as a novelistic courtroom vision. An unnamed English clergyman writes under the pen name Hugh Carton and the work aims to reach the public with themes of atonement and reconstruction.
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Winston Churchill
Hugh Carton
Yellow Press
Joy
New York
Doubleday, Page & Co
Our Mexican Conflicts reviewed by critics
The publishers praise the book Our Mexican Conflicts by Rev. Thomas B. Gregory as masterly though criticized for a weak closing. An inadequate review of past difficulties with Mexico leads to the editor's harsh remark that removing the flag would be the master crime of the ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Thomas B. Gregory
New York
Hearst's International Tibrary
American Pageantry by Ralph Davol reviewed in praise
The review lauds American Pageantry as a guide to the rise of pageants in the United States. It notes Davol’s reporting background, highlights books’ Part One on philosophy and education, Part Two on technique, and its over 100 illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Davos
America
Bease
English Synonyms Antonyms and Prepositions Review
Publishers praise English Synonyms Antonyms and Prepositions by James C. Fernald. The reference lists over 7500 synonyms with comparisons to define each term clearly. Aimed at writers seeking exact lucid usage. priced $1.50.
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Fernald
James C. Fernald
New York
Funk & Wagnalls Company
The Romance of Names Explores Surname Origins
A review notes Ernest Weekley of University College Nottingham discusses The Romance of Names. The book links surnames to colors and old word forms and traces how names reflected trades and traits in historical societies.
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Ernest Weekley
University College
Nottingham
England
Dutton
Disraeli
Blake
Rudd
Reed
Russell
Burnett
Murray
The Political Shame of Mexico reviewed by Edward Bell
A critical assessment of Edward I Bell’s The Political Shame of Mexico argues the book, though writing as history, advances clear criticisms of American policy. The reviewer lauds Bell as an eyewitness journalist and historian and urges public consideration of his conclusions on Mexico’s condition and its relevance to U.S. policy.
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Mexico
Europe
Edward I. Bell
la Prensa
Daily
Mexican
America
Bell
Edward E Bell
New York
McBride, Nash & Co
Sizing Up Uncle Sam by George Fitch
A short epigrammatic collection titled Sizing Up Uncle Sam by George Fitch gathers keen vest pocket essays on states cities prominent men fads and more. Published by Frederick A Stokes Company the volume favors pointed observations and quick reads suited for brief perusal rather than extended study.
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Uncle Sam
George Fitch
Ff. A. Stokes Company
Uncle Sany
George. Fitch
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Making Mary Lizzie Happy in Four Stories
Four tales show four girls using imagination sympathy desperation and disappointment to craft a Merry Christmas for themselves and others. The Brick House Books volume presents unselfish purpose in children’s fiction with a refined moral focus. Nina Rhoades authored the collection published by Lothrop Boston in an edition priced at $1.00.
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Mary Lizzie
Brick House Books
Cine Ile
Nina Rhoades
Boston
Lothrop
Tee'it
Shepard Mowpanye
The Blind Spot by Justus Miles Forman review
A critical look at The Blind Spot analyzes Arthur Stone as a reformer and the author’s message. The piece notes engaging characters Raoul Flambeau Brenda Halvorson and Linda Grey, yet questions the author’s true stance while praising thought provocation.
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Justus Miles Forman
Arthur Stone
Mr. Forman
Stone
Raoul Flambeau
Brenda Halvorson
Linda Grey
Copley Latimer
Latimer
New York
Harper & Bros
Heroes of Peace by F J Gould inspiring boys reading
A review praises Heroes of Peace by F J Gould for boys readers. It highlights brief, impressive accounts of red Cross work, the Atlantic cable effort, and British efforts against dirt and disease in Kashmir. The book is described as inspiring and thoughtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Gould
Harpers
Red Cross
Kashmir
Self Training for Motherhood
A review praises Sophia Lovejoy’s Self-Training for Motherhood from the American Unitarian Association. It highlights two sections on maternal development and child training, quotes authorities, and commends the book for its clear style and uplifting outlook.
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Sophia Lovejoy
American Unitarian Association
Samuel A. Eliot
Boston
A Text Book of Magic Elbiquet Reviewed
The book explains conjuring tricks from simple to difficult across six parts. Part one covers card tricks, part two handkerchief tricks, part three coin tricks, with an appendix well illustrated to aid serious students of legerdemain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbiquet
Dutton
The Sovereign People by Daniel Dorchester, Jr.
A review praises The Sovereign People as a Christian call to mobilize churches for moral and spiritual betterment. It highlights Dorchester’s plea for administrative ability and passion for humanity to spread the Christ idea among modern movements.
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Daniel Dorchester, Jr
Eaton
Mavns
Christ
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