Irish Joan of Arc to Speak at Tremont Sunday Next
Miss Maud Gonne dubbed the Irish Joan of Arc arrives in Boston and will address a Tremont Theatre audience Sunday in aid of the Boers hospital fund. A reception, concert, and Boer war lecture follow with William Lloyd Garrison presiding and local officials in attendance.
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Maud Gonne
Joan of Arc
Boer Hospital Fund
Tremont Theatre
Joan of ‘Arc
Boston
Vendome
Miss Gonne
P. J. Timmins
D. J. O'Connor
P. J. Conlon
D. P. Sullivan
Martin J. Roche
D. C. Finnerty
Michael Cavanaugh
Michael Hughes
Catherine FE. Mullen
Mary McNeely
William Lloyd Garrison
P. A. Foley
Ireland
Kopjes
South Africa
Hub Theatricals at Boston University Draw Large Audience
Boston University seniors presented The Obedient Theologue in Jacob Sleeper Hall. The Theological School sent the largest delegation and rushed to front seats. The cast included Vernon Hancock Ernest Hamilton Alpha Ashburton Bertha Somerset and Cy Babb among others as the popular janitor who demanded lights out at the climax.
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Boston University
Jacob Sleeper Jiall
Theological School
Vernon Hancock
Ernest A. Hamilton
Alpha Ashburton
Elizabeth J.moulton
C. Timothy
Theologue
Tragic Flood Fatality in Manchester Worker
Almer H. Jackson, a second hand employed at Gerrish Wool & Leather Company, was swept to his death when he attempted to jump a small stream that suddenly overflowed. His body was not recovered.
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Manchester
N. H
Almer H. Jackson
Gerrish Wool & Leather Company
Harvard Aims for Relay Team at Sportsman's Show
Harvard will send a four man relay team with two substitutes to compete against Yale Princeton and the U of P at the Sportsman's Show. The team trains nightly at Craigie Hall under Henry Harrison. Listed trainees include A W Ristine D C Campbell A R Campbell J O Hellen W B Rogers 8S 8S Whitney F T Randolph G B E Blakely and G A Neves with more candidates expected. Races are February 22 23 and 24 with events of 40 or 80 yards per swimmer.
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Harvard
U. of P
Yale
Princeton
Craigie Hall
Henry Arrison
Northeast Harbor
A. W. Ristine
D. C. Campbell
A. R. Campbell
C. F. Wyman
J. O. Hellen
W. B. Rogers
Ethiopian Show Promises Grand Music Hall Cake Walk
Tonight in Music Hall the Ethiopian company stages the big cake walk with a Madison Square Garden style presentation. It features buck and wing dancers, a 20 voice chorus, a piano recital by the so called Black Paderewski, and Margaret Scott known as Black Geister performing selections. Local cake walkers vie against the national champions for the cake prize.
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Music Hall
Madison Square Garden
Margaret Scott
Pring Donva
Madison Sq. Garden
N. Y
Luke Pully
Music and Steinert Flalls
Vellaire Probes Money Puzzle in Chicago Tribune Fragment
A fragment shows Vellaire challenging a companion after a dispute over a dollar. The dialogue includes taunts about a “complete job” and a remark about two dollars as motivation, reflecting a rough street exchange from a Chicago Tribune clipping.
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Vellaire
Meath
Tufford Knott
Chicago Tribune
Ice Bursts Floods Sweep New England Rivers
Severe thaw and rain surge across New England after weeks of cold floods wash away ice and threaten harvests. Rivers rise along Nashua Merrimac Connecticut while Kennebec ice weakens portending losses to mills and transport. One girl 12 drowned in Nashua River at South Fitchburg as roads, bridges and rail lines suffer damage.
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New England
Boston
Nashua
Merrimac
Connecticut
Cape Cod
Boston & Maine
Manchester & North Weare
Liona Marion
South Fitchburg
Vermont
Maine
Bellows’ Falls
Champlin Valley
North Adams
Mass
Hoosac
Metropolitan Water Board
Clinton
Kennebec
Harbor Gales Slow Ship Movements and Tugs
A southeast gale and heavy rain slowed Boston harbor traffic. Ships including Turcoman Avona City of Macon Gloucester and the tug C W Morse entered or left. Parthian sheltered at Quarantine and Penobscot stopped at Boothbay. The three master Cox and Green broke loose and was towed back by Guardian.
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Turcoman
Liverpool
Avona
Louisburg
C. B
City of Macon
Savannah
Gloucester
Baltimore
C. W. Morse
Boston
Prince George
Yarmouth
N. S
Cambrian
London
Parthian
Philadelphia
Boothbay Harbor
Penobscot
Winterport
Rockland
City of Gloucester
India Wharf
Dingley
South
Cox
Green
Guardian
Boston Weather Provides A Damp Mixed Rainfall
A storm tracked from the south reached Boston causing two inches of rain and high winds up to 35 miles per hour. While some areas saw heavy downpours, waterfront tides caused no major damage and cooler conditions followed by lighter winds.
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Smith
Boston
Mr. Smith
Floods Flood Athol Mills As Ice Jam Breaks In Miller River
In Athol Ige Jam Breaks, a forty year flood floods Crescent street to two feet, bursts ice against factories, and floods streets along Miller River. The Exchange street bridge loses support and may collapse, delaying electric rail between Athol and Orange.
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Athol
Miller’s River
Crescent Street
Starette & Co
Bates Bros. Company
Northampton Freshet Inundates Mills And Tracks
Heavy rain triggers a Mill River freshet flooding cellars and washing out railroad tracks on the East hampton branch of the Boston and Maine line. Connecticut River rises four inches hourly breaking ice while Mahan River floods Easthampton mills forcing shutdowns and dam repairs by workers.
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Northampton
Mill River
Connecticut
Easthampton
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mahan
Nashawanuck
Glendale
Flooding Hits Nashua Rail Lines and Roads
The Nashua River rose since yesterday noon flooding the area near Nashua New Hampshire. The electric railroad to Lowell was submerged four feet near Hudson suspending traffic. A washout on the Worcester and Rochester line at Hempstead halted trains there.
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Nashua
N. H
Here
Lowell
Hudson
Worcester & Rochester
Hempstead
Flooding Forces Closures in Fitchburg Mills
Heavy rainfall caused the Nashua River to surge and Nashua overflow flooding basements and Punch Brook tunnel cellars. A young girl drowned in South Fitchburg as water rose to record levels, forcing closure of all mills and factories in the flooded district.
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Fitchburg
Nashua
South Fitchburg
Connecticut River Rises, Flooding Springfield Rail Lines
Heavy rains cause a marked rise in the Connecticut River at Springfield. Street railways suffer washouts with a suburban line to Westfield halted. Part of Westfield submerged, but water level is receding this evening.
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Springfield
Connecticut
Street
Westfield
Ice jam threatens Rockwell Woollen Mill dam
In Leominster on Feb 13 the Rockwell Woollen Mill dam is jammed by ice and in momentary danger of failure. Nearby streets are closed and bridges across the river face destruction from the flood caused by heavy rainfall.
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Leominster
Rockwell Woollen
New England Red Cross Ambulance Contingent Heads to New York
The New England Red Cross ambulance corps leaves Boston for New York to join others headed to South Africa to aid the Boers. Named men include Richard J. Barry Boston James L. Malloy Lawrence John Anderson Malden Jeremiah Leary Lowell Patrick McHugh Lynn John W. O'Brien Lowell Edward F. Shea Lowell James Herlihy Lawrence Thomas J. Herlihy Lawrence Thomas J. Tierney Brighton John P. Doherty Charlestown and two Springfield recruits join en route.
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New England Red Cross
Boston
New York
Ambulance Corps
South Africa
Richard J. Barry
James L. Malloy
Lawrence
John Anderson
Malden
Jeremiah Leary
Lowell
Patrick McHugh
Lynn
John W. O’brien
Edward F. Shea
James Herlihy
Thomas J. Herlihy
Thomas J. Tierney
Brighton
John P. Doherty
Charlestown
Springfield
Stageland notes on Broadway plays and theater figures
Boston readers learn of New York stage happenings headed by Nat Goodwin and Maxine Ishott in When We Were Twenty-one with strong work by Harry Woodruff. Millie Methot’s retirement amid a suit against Kirke La Shelle is discussed alongside Olga Nethersole at Wallack's and Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoyne's Tremont engagement delayed by March 5 preview in Washington.
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Princess Chic
New York
Christie MacDonald
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Ishott
Harry Woodruff
Millie Methot
Kirke la Shelle
E. I. Rice
National
Leslie Carter
Zara
Hartford
New Haven
Hollis
Alexander Ostrovsky
Tremont Theatre
Robert Rogers
Toutse Macintosh
Brookline
American Ambulance Corps to Aid the Red Cross in South Africa
Six from Holyoke, two from Worcester and one from Westfield join a few more at South Norwalk to form an American ambulance corps. They sail today at 10 under the Red Cross on the La Gascogne for Havre and then to Pretoria to assist the sick and wounded. Clara Barton praised the corps as the best she had seen.
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Holyoke
Worcester
Westfield
South Norwalk
N. Y
New York
Red Cross Society
la Gascogne
Havre
Lorenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Clara Barton
South Africa
John F. Finerty
Clan-na-Gael Guards
Chicago
Ruggles Street
Provisional Militia
James L. Malloy
Massachusetts
United States Service
Cuba
Boston
Malloy
Lawrence
Postoffice Square
Andersen
Malden
Jeremiah Leary
Lowell
Porto Rico
Patrick McHugh
Lynn
John W. O’brien
Edward F. Shea
James Herlihy
Second United States Artillery
Fort Winthrop
Mass
Thomas Herlihy
Thomas J. Tierney
Brighton
John
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James L. Molloy
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Nerman Perlet
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Rounders
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Boston Comedy Theatre
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