Mayor Curley Appeals to Business as Boost Boston Grows
The Boost Boston drive surges with support as Mayor Curley reports daily fund gains and expects to reach the $1,000,000 target. State Treasurer Mansfield gifts $100 and backs industrial growth citing Boston as a future mill city with favorable climate and factory prospects.
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Boston
James M. Curley
City Hall
New Bedford
Frederick W. Mansfield
Boston” Fund
Reynolds Oi & Supply
Stephen H. W. Hidden
George J. Raymond
Fitelity Trust Co
Dorchester Trust Co
Joan BP. Lyman
Webster & Atlas Bank
Livenry Bo McDowell
Beacon St
Melvin O. Adams
Roo
Sts
Winthrop Vets Remember Maine At Naval Memorial Service
The Winthrop Spanish War Veterans Association holds a memorial service at the Empire Theatre in Winthrop to honor sailors lost in the sinking of the Maine. Senator E C R Bagley and Representative Beck will give addresses with special music on Sunday.
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Empire Theatre
Winthrop
Winthrop Spanish War Veterans’ Association
United States Navy
Uip
Maine
E. C. R. Bagley
East
Boston
Beck
Chelsea
Cascarets promise relief for bilious liver and indigestion
A period ad touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation, biliousness, and stomach misery. It claims a 10 cent box brings health and a clear head, urging use for adults and children with references to headaches, dizziness, nervousness, and gas. It notes all druggists sell Cascarets.
State bonds sale tops half. treasurer reports success
State Treasurer Frederick W Mansfield announced that more than half of the $6,325,000 bond issue was sold as the Friday the 13th sale closed. $3,500,010 in bonds were purchased, marking the first time the state sold bonds directly to the public. Predictions of weak public response proved unfounded.
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Frederick W
Mansfield
Bond Sale Reports Emphasize Tax Benefits and Local Purchases
The sale priced bonds at the highest broker bid, with direct buyers avoiding broker margins. Treasurer Mansfield stressed the $100 long term bond yields $3.58 income, tax exempt, equating to a higher taxed security. Notables like Mayor Curley and Lt. Governor Barry bought bonds for their families. Judge Riley bought the first bond for an oratorical prize. The oldest buyer was over 75, and the largest block went to Boston Five Cents Savings Bank for $759,000.
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Mansfield
James M. Curley
Paul
Curley
Edward F. Barry
Barry
Thomas FP. Riley
Malden
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Auto Truck Kills Boy in Somerville Street Accident
Charles F. Fuller, 15, of 23 Quincy Street Somerville, was run over and killed by an Armstrong Transfer Co truck at 6 10 yesterday afternoon in front of 109 Arch Street. He worked for Gilman Express Co. The driver Janes J. Ford of 2 Albany Street was questioned by police.
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Charles F. Fuller
Quincy Street
Somerville
Armstrong Transfer Company
Arch Street
Gilman Express Company
Woody
North Grove Street
Janes J. Ford
Albany Street
Newton Wins Triangular Track Meet At Newton High Gym
Newton High defeated Brookline High and Cambridge Latin School in a triangular meet led by Roberts who starred in all events. Team scores were Newton 691 and 2, Brookline 18, Cambridge Latin 21-9, with Newton claiming the victory.
Conspiracy Claim Tests Gore Defense in Bond Suit
Oklahoma City Feb 13 Initial testimony supported the defense claim that Senator Thomas P Gore is a victim of a conspiracy by disappointed job seekers. Witnesses testified contradicting plaintiff Minnie E Bond alleging indignities and threats, with defense figures like J W Laws Dr J H Earp Webster Spates and others describing plots to undermine Gore.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Minnie E. Bond
J. W. Laws
Oklahorma
T. EB. Robertson
Bond
Gore
Laws
Civil Service
Senator Gore
J. H. Earp
Earp
Webster Spates
Department of Justice
Robertson
Spates
Oklahoma
Howard B. Reed
Washington
James Jacobs
Kirby Witzpatrick
Bend
J. F. McMurray
Roxbury Youth Survives Suspected Gas Suicide Attempt
Albert Nyberg 18 of 5 Champney Place Roxbury appeared to attempt self harm by inhaling gas in his room yesterday afternoon. His sister Mary found him unconscious but he recovered before medical aid arrived. Authorities say he did not intend to die, only frighten his sister.
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Albert Nyberg
Champney Place
Roxbury
Mary Nyberg
Nyberg
Roxbury Crossing
Not Hot For Coxs Reforms
Republican leaders across Massachusetts show cool reception to Channing Cox from Lincoln Club speech advocating a constitutional convention biennial elections initiative and referendum and tax amendments. They note Walsh's inaugural proposals mirror Cox’s ideas, with limited appetite for immediate adoption.
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Republican Party
Channing Cox
Lincoln Club of
Boston
Cox
Anydeavor
Post
John J. Bates
Mr. Cox
Representative Cox
Walsh
Democratic Party
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Alexander McGregor
House
Suffocated Baby in Shack While Keeping It Warm
Mrs. Bates in a Haverhill case faced with a dead infant found in a bunk after attempting to warm the child in near freezing conditions. Neighbors and police report a cramped home, lack of food and fuel, and a spiritual companion complicating the family dynamic. Bates is sought for neglect, with possible charges forthcoming in Boston.
North Census Chief Warns on World Cost of Living
S N D North, director of the 13th census, spoke before the American Statistical Association at Copley Plaza. He linked rising living costs to fewer people in productive agriculture, predicted immigration and native sterility shapes population to 300 million by 2000, and urged action on old age pensions and workingmen's insurance. He framed statistics as a tool to resolve capital and labor tensions and warned immigration restrictions were overdue amid fears of foreign blood altering the continent. The session closed its 16th anniversary convention with a banquet.
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Mr. North
North
John Koren
Association
Blizzard Arrives Here On Schedule In Boston Toll
A severe cold wave grips Boston with three degrees below zero as Patrick McManus dies from the cold and W H Harris survives a fall from a freight train. Meantime a steady warming trend begins but low temperatures persist. Ships report ice encrusted hulls and crews suffer frostbite amid mounting frostbitten casualties and arrests.
Methodist Pastors Seek Higher Pay Highlight Boston Campaign
Rev John Lowe Fort of New York urged higher salaries for Methodist ministers before Boston Methodists at People's Temple. The assembly trained 500 delegates from 50 churches for a New England campaign starting next Monday to boost church membership over the next month.
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Methodist m
John Lowe Fort
New York
International Methodist Conference
Boston Methodists
People’s Temple
Boston
New England
Varions Cherebes
Hoodoo Day Claims Five in Boston
On Friday the 13th a string of accidents across Greater Boston left five dead or grievously injured. Notable victims include Sarkis Shaghalias a Boston candy maker killed at Melrose Highlands station, and Vincenzo Sorello of Charlestown who died when a wagon wheel passed over him. Wilmot Harris a Boston & Maine brakeman lay dying after a fall from a freight car amid freezing weather. Patrick McManus of the West End died from cold while visiting a friend. One unidentified man’s body was found in South Bay. another, Wilnot Harris, was critically injured in Somerville after falling from a moving car. The day’s toll also includes Patrick McManus aged 62 and Vincenzo Sorello, both declared dead after hospital and street incidents.
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Sarkis Shaghalias
Boston
Melrose Highlands
Wilmot H. Harris
Boston & Maine
Patrick McManus
West End
Vincenzo Sorello
Charlestown
South Bay
Wilnot H. Harris
Perkins Street
Somerville
Mystic Wharf
Tie
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cambridge Street
West Find
Patrick J. Mullen
Auburn Street
Water Street
Oliver Street
Sorello
Relief Hospital
No Work He Shot Himself in Somerville
Thomas Kasharis twenty of 87 Adle street Somerville shot himself in the left breast with a revolver last night. He later explained to Dr. George F. Hughes in Cros street that he had spent his money learning barber trade and could not find work. Two companions were in the house when the shot was fired and found him on the bed after the report.
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Boston
Forbes
City Hall
State Street Trust Company
Boston Herald
Christian Science Monitor
Boston Advertiser
Boston Transcript
Thomas Kasharis
Adle
Somerville
George F. Hughes
Cress Street
Kasharis
Rheumabath Promises Pain Relief From Rheumatism Magic
A historic ad touts Rheumabath a white crystalline bath product claimed to ease rheumatic and nerve pains by drawing toxins through sweat. It emphasizes travel to hot springs like Hot Springs and asserts widespread relief, urging 25 cents by mail from The Rheumabath Company in Minneapolis with a free book.
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United States
Minneapolis
Minn
Olive Tablets Claim Liver Aid for Stomach Troubles
An old ad claims Olive Tablets stimulate the liver and bowels to relieve indigestion and stomach upset. It asserts improvements in bad taste, poor appetite, low energy, and undigested food, presenting Olive Tablets as a gentle, non griping remedy from a Columbus, Ohio supplier.
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Edward
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Frederick Mansfield
State House
Yours Tuly Raymond
Edward P. Barry
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Revere
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Samuel Robertson
Winner & Amend
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A. W. Perry
Dustin G. Cressy
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