Fireclaims hundreds in Acapulco Flores Theatre disaster
A blaze destroyed the Flores Theatre in Acapulco after moving pictures sparked flames. The wooden venue packed with 1000 spectators had only three exits causing a deadly stampede. Reported casualties range from 200 to 300 killed with many more injured. The telegraph line to Mexico City was knocked out as the fire raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Acapulco
Flores Theatre
Damian Flores
Guerra
Arsenic Found in Four Bodies Tied to Kelleher Family
Dr William Whitney of Harvard Medical School reports arsenic in four Kelleher family deaths. District Attorney Higgins plans grand jury indictments March 3. Purchases of poison traced, with varying gaps to deaths. some fires investigated at 5 Durham Street. Beieget-Isnowles and Stephen Kelleher bodies will not be exhumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelleher
Higgins
William Whitney
Harvard Medical School
White
Maguire
State
Somerville
Whitney
William
Mary
Annie Kelleher
Durell
Swan
Subway Car Crash Leaves Three Hurt
Thomas McMahon of Villa Lane Brookline had a crushed left leg and was taken to City Hospital in serious condition. George Murray, 79, of Longwood Avenue, suffered contusions and injuries to his left knee with cuts on his hands and was treated at Relief station before going home. John S Rand, 89 Galen Street Watertown, was thrown against a seat and slightly hurt, sent home unassisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McMahon
Motorma J
Villa Lane
Brookline
City Hospital
George Murray
Longwood Avenue
John S. Rand
Galen Street
Watertown
Massachusetts G A R encampment opens in Boston at Faneuil Hall
The 43d annual Massachusetts G A R encampment begins at Faneuil Hall with joint sessions of affiliated groups including the Women’s Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A R. Delegations arrive by train as officials plan elections and guard duties for the two-day gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Department
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Sons of Veterans and
Daughters of Veterans
G A. R
Alfred S. Roe
Worcester
John L. Parker
Lynn
Massachusettts
J. Willard Brown
East Boston
Albert A. Carleton
Melrose
Granville C. Fiske
Allston
James A. Perkins
Everett
Frank C. Danforth
Charles H. Pinkham
Guggenheim in Danger as Heart Condition Spurs Move
In Mexico City a despatch reports Daniel Guggenheim of New York, head of the American Smelting and Refining Company, seriously ill due to high altitude. He is being rushed by special train toward sea level for his life to be saved, after worsening heart dilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Aguas Calientes
Daniel Guggenheim
New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
Guggenheim
New York Florida Special Advertised by Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Cuba Nassau highlighted in a travel ad for the New York Florida Special train service. Atlantic Coast Line promotes routes with connections to Nassau and Cuba via its Washington Street station listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cuba
Nassau
Atlantic Coast Line
Washington St
Woman Proclaims Faith at Tremont Temple Altar
A tremont Temple revival scene ends with a young woman nearly prostrating herself at the altar rail. She tearsfully pledges allegiance to Christ and is supported by workers as Rev Roland Grant urges calm, calling some souls to Christ by shock rather than gentleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Tremont Temple
Roland Grant
Christ
Protestants protest naming East Boston school after Bishop Cheverus
A protest by the Nonsectarian Society and Carrie E. Gibson of the Woman's Protestant League against naming the new East Boston school for Bishop Cheverus was tabled by the School Board. Dr. David D. Scannell opposed granting a hearing, citing Protestant historian Griggs on Cheverus's esteem across faiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie E. Gibson
Woman's Protestant League
New East Boston
Cheverus
David D. Scannell
Griggs
School board backs Bishop Cheverus name for new school
David A. Ellis, chairman of the School Board, praises naming a new school after Bishop Cheverus not for clerical status but for national pride. He cites Phillips Brooks and Ellis Mendell as prior clerical honorees and argues Cheverus deserves recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Ellis
Cheverus
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Ellis Mendell
Protest Over East Boston School Name Petition
The Non-Sectarian Society protested naming the new East Boston school after Catholic Bishop Cheverus. Board action tabled last night dated January 31 and signed by B. B. Alling and Carrie IX. Gibson Roxbury Cedar Park. The group objects to sectarian clergyman names. Continued on Page 12-Fifth Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New East Boston
Cheverus
B. B. Alling
Carrie IX. Gibson
Cedar Park
Roxbury
Knox Bill Passes House After Rules Committee Action
The House passed the Knox bill removing Senator Knox from disability for Secretary of State by 173 to 117 after a rules committee rewrite. Earlier, a first vote under suspension of the rules failed 179 to 123, not reaching a two thirds threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Rules
Knox
House
House Rules Committee Ends Debate as Bill Passes 173 to lly
The Rules Committee moved a rule enabling a majority vote to pass the bill after a 25 minute roll call on the previous question. Critics questioned constitutionality while Olmstead urged no evasion, Caulfield called it legislative favoritism, and DeArmond urged passage. Massachusetts reps McCall Roberts OConnell opposed suspension. Peters sided with the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Rules
2Alzell
House
Mr. Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Senator Morrill
Vermont
Clark
Missouri
Congress
Tim Campbell
New York
Campbell
Caulfield
DeArmond
Massachusetts
McCall, Roberts and O'Connell
Peters
Statehood Bill Passed for Arizona and New Mexico
Washington February 15 with no dissent the House passed the bill granting separate statehood to Arizona and New Mexico. The chamber also approved a bill for uniform car equipment with safety appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Is Baldness Doomed
Baltimore February 15 The work in hair restoration led by William Chas Keene president of the Lorrimer Institute draws heavy interest. Baldness and faded hair are said to improve with Keene’s hair food now distributed from his Baltimore laboratory. Free trial outfits mailed prepaid offer to try it and learn about hair care from Branch 205 Baltimore Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William Chas
Keene
Lorrimer Institute
Poison mystery widens as Kelleher case target widens
Somerville police, medical examiners and the district attorney pursue evidence in a suspected arsenic poisoning case linked to the Kelleher family. Mrs Mary Kelleher remains under observation in Cambridge jail after multiple examinations. A sister in law and a potential past employer are examined for connections to the medicines and fires at a Somerville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kelleher
Cambridge
Utley
L. L. Bryant
W Kelleher
Carter
Somerville
Kelleher
Michael Knowles
Nowles
Frank W. Ramsey
Bow Street
Elizabeth O’brien
Woman leaps to death from fifth floor hotel window
Miss Blanche Ensign, known as Blanche Dunn after marriage, eluded watchers at the Hotel Chatham 68 West Concord street Boston and leaped from a fifth floor window to the sidewalk. She died in an ambulance en route to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Dunn
Frank FE. Dunn
Boston
Blanche Ensign
Chatham
Concord Street
Miss Ensign’s Tragic Descent From Mental Strain
Miss Ensign daughter of a New York carriage salesman aged 28, and a Notre Dame Academy graduate, suffered mental derangement believing an imaginary pursuer. After a troubled marriage to F K Dunn of Boston, she grew morbid while staying with Mrs. C M Marr at Hotel Chatham, eventually dying after a distressing episode as her mother hurried to bring her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
New York
Notre Dame Academy
Forest Hills
F. Kk. Dunn
Boston
C. M. Marr
Chatham
Mrs. Marr
46 Die In Sea Collision Near Alboran Island
An unknown sailing vessel rammed the Belgian steamer Australia during a Mediterranean storm February 12 near Alboran island, about 100 miles from Gibraltar. Both ships sank with 46 dead and 320 aboard the sailing vessel. Captain Norman and nine Australia crewmen were rescued by the German steamer Liberia and brought to Algiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Australia
Alboran Island
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Norman
Liberia
Magnates Gather in Chicago as Crew Rivalry Ends
Chance and Murphy meet and shake hands signaling deescalation of the Pulliam Murphy war. Cutler elected Harvard crew captain with Severance as vice. Attell and Driscoll scheduled for Friday night bout at 66 pounds. Post bowling tourney draws great interest. Matthewson begins work with Harvard battery candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chance and Murphy
Pulliam
Cold Medicine Ad Promotes John’s Treatment
An advertisement touts Colds-Fr as the best remedy from John’s Med, claiming it heals throat and lungs. The fragmentary text suggests personal endorsement or brand claim with uncertain wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. John
Transport crashes injure three as city transit cars collide
Two rear end accidents on city transit last evening injure three and smash rolling stock. An elevated crash near Public Garden leaves three hurt and many shaken while a Newton Cottage Farms car is badly damaged. Motorman Thomas McMahon suffers a severe leg fracture and may require amputation. the wreck site is at the incline to the Public Garden exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Mt. Bowdoin
Dorchester
Public Garden
Allston-Longwood Avenue
Thomas McMahon
City Hospital
Fleet Is Half Way Across the Atlantic
A wireless despatch from the flagship Connecticut reports the American battleship fleet about halfway across the Atlantic with the Connecticut at 34.17N 48.03W and course 63 degrees west, while the Maine notes position 32.45N 58.17W awaiting the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
Atlantic
Maine
Weather forecast for New England and steamship winds
Forecast for New England calls for snow Tuesday and probably Wednesday with little temperature change. Northeast to north winds will be moderate to brisk. Steamers leaving Tuesday for European ports can expect northeast to north winds with rain or snow mainly off the Grand Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Grand Banks
Also Mentioned on This Page
HUB
Wirs SS
WHR
CS Lly
Alefred
S. Rowe
the Grand Army
Ning Nae Sa
Wiliaia Ocotler
WOWCE _COOWNAN
Relief Corps
Life IN
Aide World
The
Boston Post
Broad Ford
Bond
U.S
Ll, Cohn
Haverhill St
Haymarket Sy
Committee On Rules
Girl
Ici
Vicinity
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!