Scannell Plans Return to Boston School Board Bid
Dr. David B. Scannell announced at a City Club dinner that he has withdrawn from the Boston school board temporarily and intends to run again. He praised the work of the board with Mr. Magenis and noted support from educators including Harvard President Lowell and Massachusetts Education Commissioner Snedden.
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City Club
James P. Magenis
Seannell
Magenis
Lowell
Harvard
David Snedden
Massachusetts
James J. Storrow
David Elis
Samuel B. Capen
Dr. Scannell
Boston
Juarez Placed Under Martial Law By General Navajo
General Navajo declared martial law in Ciudad Juarez closing all businesses saloons and keno. He seized the Mexican Northwest Railway and will run it from Juarez for a few days. Four arms laden wagons were seized by U S troops while crossing the river near Falsens El Pato Hight Mexicans and two American guard accompanying the wagons were arrested but later escaped.
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Tex
Navarro
Ciudad Juarez
Mexican Northwest Railway
Juarez
Uited States
Falsens
el Pato
Opera Stars Attend Employees Ball at Horticultural Hall
Boston Opera House employees host a second annual ball at Horticultural Hall tonight featuring a prize beauty contest judged by Mme Lydia Lipkowska with a Paris millinery prize. A concert runs 8 to 9 with Mlle Fely Dereyne, Mile Rossi, Howard White, John Mogan and others. notable stars from the company attend.
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Boston
Polese
Tevecchia
White
Megan
Gantvoort
Huddy
Devaux
W Lassalle
Mmnes
Melis
Nielsen
Roberts
Fisher
Dereyne
Savage
Lassalle
Swartz
Severoni
Claessens
Hooley
Boston Opera House Orchestra
Pilgrim Fathers Faced High Cost of Living Rules
A Boston News Bureau piece recalls 1633 Massachusetts Bay colonial measures to curb living costs. The General Court limited profits and set price caps on provisions clothing and other goods to four pence per shilling above English cost. Wages were cut to curb extortion and waste.
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New England
Winthrop
Plymouth
Holden
Boston
England
Massachusetts Bay
Pope Pius X Suffering From Influenza In Bed
Rome February 15 Pope Pius X is confined to his bed with influenza affecting his throat and bronchial tubes. Dr Giuseppe Petacci reports a temperature around 100 and a satisfactory general condition. Audiences are suspended as a precaution and recovery is hoped in a few days.
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Rome
Pope Pius X
Giuseppe Petacci
Petacci
Cambridge Girl Weds Harvard Man
Miss Ruth Witherel Bunten of Cambridge wed Fred Forrest Field Jr of Brockton Harvard 09 in Cambridge Third Universalist Church. Rev F W Hamilton of Tufts College officiated. Best man Harold Coleman of Boston Harvard 09 and maid of honor Mildred Young of Cambridge. Bridesmaids were twins Marjorie and Catherine Field. The couple will reside in Brockton.
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Frederick R. Bunten
Upland Road
Cambridge
Fred Forrest Field, Jr
Brockton
Harvard
F. W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Harold Coleman
Boston
Mildred Young
Marjorie
Catherine Field
F. F. Field, Jr
Poet of Sierras In Critical Condition In Oakland
Joaquin Miller known as the poet of the Sierras is seriously ill in a Oakland hospital. Doctors diagnose his condition as a general breakdown on February 15.
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Oakland
Cal
Joaquin
Cincinnatus Heiner) Miller
The
Sierras
Boston Opera Company Delivers Manon With Mixed Critique
Massenet's Manon was staged by the Boston Opera Company last night with Frances Alda as Manon and Edmond Clement as Des Grieux. Andre Caplet conducted. critics praised the ensemble and orchestral playing while noting uneven vocal performances and casting misfits in key roles. Tomorrow's bill features La Tosca with debutant tenor Gaudenzi as Cavaradossi.
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Manon
Boston Opera Company
Frances Alda
Des Grieux
Edmond Clement
Lescaut
Rodolfo Fornari
Guillot
Leo Devaux
de Bretigny
Pierre Letol
Jose Mardones
Poussette
Ruby Savage
Javotte
Jeska Swartz
Rosette
Anne Roberts
Fornari
Letol
Gaudenzi
Cavatadossi
South Boston Holds Town Meeting on District Improvements
Mayor Fitzgerald and city officials met about 150 residents at South Boston High School to discuss needs including a gym at McNary Park a new municipal building and extending car tracks along Fourth Street. They debated the Cove street bridge with proposals to lower the grade and start at Broadway and Dorchester Avenue. McNary highlighted long term property devaluation in the lower district.
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Kenny and
Smith
Fred H. Fay
South Boston
South Boston High School
Citizens’ and Trade Associations
McNary Park
J. Street
Fourth
First Street
Cove Street
Edward J. Powers
Citizens’ Association
William S. McNary
Broadway
Dorchester Avenue
McNary
Queen Alexandra Reported Ill in London
In London on February 15, reports say Queen Alexandra shows illness but physicians state the indisposition is not serious.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Fitton High School Alumnae Hold Memorial Meeting
Fitton High School alumnae meet tonight at the hall on London Street East Boston for a midwinter gathering honoring the late Rev Lawrence P McCarthy PR. Public attendance invited.
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Fitton High School
London Street
Boston
P.R
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Erie Woman
A Erie Pennsylvania woman reports five years of female troubles relieved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the treatment, cites numerous cures, and urges other women to try the remedy for conditions like inflammation ulcers, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities and back pain.
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Erie
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. P. Endlich
Pinkham
If I Had Eczema Use D D D Trial Bottle
Ad copy claims D D D can wash away eczema and other skin troubles. It promotes a mild soothing liquid that cleanses impurities and clears the complexion, urging use at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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D. D. D. Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Trippe Torpedo Boat Destroyer In Dry Dock At Charlestown
Uncle Sam is testing the Trippe torpedo boat destroyer in dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard. Official speed trials begin February 24 over the Rockland Maine course to set a potential world record. Built to U S design with speed improvements, trials will use a special crew.
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U. S. S. Trippe
Charlestown Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
Trippe
Rockland
United States
Pedo Boat
Vermont murder suspect acquitted after 14 hours of deliberation
In Woodstock Vermont the Windsor County Superior Court returned a not guilty verdict for Pompilio Saccobuccii accused of murdering Domenico Schictini after a jury deliberation of about fourteen hours. The defendant was discharged.
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Woodstock
Pompilio Saccobuccii
Domenico Schictini
Windsor County Superior Court
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