100 Good Poets in U S Says Lindsay in Boston Visit
Vachel Lindsay of Springfield Illinois poet of the farmer arrived in Boston for his first visit amid high interest. He says there are 100 good poets in America today and argues poetry should be taught by chant and rhythm like vaudeville, advocating democratic poetry and peace. He plans readings with the Boston Authors Club and Wellesley College.
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Vachel Lindsay
Springfield
Ill
Boston
West
Literary
Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Joaquin Miller
Ilinois
America
William Jennings Bryan
Republic
Bryan
American Poets For Peace
Lindsay
Tennyson
Edgar Allen Poe
Boston Authors Club
Wellesley College
Illinois
Boston Mayor Targets Change of Venue in Civil Cases
Mayor Curley calls for a bill to bar civil cases from changing venue to Suffolk County. He argues Boston is harmed by cases shifted from Essex and Norfolk counties and cites a Cabot will contest now on trial as example.
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Curley
Boston
Suffolk County
Sullivan
Corporation Counsel
Toodles
Essex County
Cabot
Norfolk County
Study and Exercise for Healthy Growth in Children
An advertisement urges limiting study time to preserve outdoor exercise for children. It warns overstudy causes weakness, recommends two hours daily outdoor activity, ten hours sleep, and Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore color and appetite. The Dr Williams Medicine Co offers two blood and nerves books and a baby care book upon request.
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Dr. Williams
Barber freed from abduction charge after prosecution ends
Antonio Massaro, 20, was freed from an abduction charge by Judge Creed for want of prosecution. He married 11-year-old Clara Gordon of Union Park Street Monday night. her parents had objected but were reconciled yesterday. The author of works including The Wings of the Morning and Souls on Fire has written a new serial for the Sunday Post Magazine titled Flower of the Gorse, starting next Sunday.
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Antonio Massaro
Creed
Clara Gordon
Union Park Street
Sunday Post
Walker Arrested in Embezzlement Case at Defunct Company
Treasurer Charles F. H. Walker of the defunct New England Discount Company was arrested on four embezzlement charges. He is held on $10,000 bail as receivers anticipate additional arrests. The larceny charge cites $80,000, though receivers say much more disappeared over years totaling about $250,000.
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Charles FH. Walker
New England Discount Company
Tha Walker
Walker
A. I. Bicknell
Dennis D. Sulivan
Appeal for Falashas at Temple Israel in Boston
At Temple Israel on Commonwealth Avenue last night an appeal was made for the religious education of brown skinned Jews in Abyssinia. Dr. Jacob Feitloviten of Paris came to Boston to advocate for Falashas who have suffered for the Jewish faith in the past century. The Falashas origins are doubtful with ties claimed to Queen of Sheba, the ten lost tribes, Shalmaneser, and Roman dispersals.
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Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Abyssinia
Jacob Feitloviten
Paris
France
Boston
Falashas
Sheba
Solomon
Shalmaneser
How a Man Can Raise Children on $3 a Week
A widower from Thornton's Ferry New Hampshire writes to The Post asserting he has raised two children on three dollars weekly. He argues men can support a family frugally while criticizing women's franchise aims.
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Practical
Thornton's Ferry
N. H
Unknown motorist hits man at West and Tremont streets
Thomas J. Doyle a 63 year old resident of 657 Dudley street was struck by an unknown car near West and Tremont streets and is being treated at Relief Hospital for possible fatal injuries.
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Relief Hospital
Thomas J. Doyle
Dudley Street
West
Tremont Streets
Five Portland freighters head for war zone
Five freight steamships with grain cargoes totaling nearly 1,000,000 bushels have sailed from Portland for England and Scotland since February 6 and are due to reach war zone waters on or after February 18. The Zeeland is due in Liverpool tomorrow night, with Riverton, Verdun, Glenstrae, Cairntorr, and Nova all en route to Avonmouth or Glasgow and London.
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Portland
England
Scotland
Germany
British Isles
Zeeland
Liverpool
Riverton
Avonmouth
Verdun
Glasgow
Glenstrae
London
Cairntorr
Dunstan
Nova
Do You Suffer With Rheumatism Elmer Amend's 2851 Ad
An old advertisement promises relief from rheumatism with Elmer & Amend's 2851. It claims thousands endorse the remedy and that reliable druggists carry it.
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Elmer & Amend
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Rachel Lindsay
John K. Burgess
Lime Street
Mr. Lindsay
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Library Bureau
Federal Street
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Glo
Steinert
Victor
Hesitation {Cecile
Millicent
Castle
Utah
Tennessee
New Castle Dance
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Victor Distributors
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Boston Rubber Shoe Coo
Tremont Street
Oliver Ditson Company
Tremont ST
Near
West St
Teo Old Butler
AIDC
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
Victrola XI
OLD Butler
Victrolas
Victor Records
Parker Service
George Lincoln Parker
Boylston
W. & A. Bacon CO
Washington
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