Vast Song List Advertisement for Minstrelsy and Sheet Music
A long listing of songs, marches, waltzes, religious tunes, and dance pieces offered by Dockstader’s Minstrels and various publishers. Includes titles like Old Black Joe variations, Down Yonder, Dixie, The Sail ride, and Uncle Sammy March. Mentions Von Tilzer, McKinley era tunes, and music folios with prices and order notes.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Dixie
Celestial City
Dixie Land
Old Black Joe
Melody Divine
The
Boys In Blue
L’armour
Little Coney Isle
von Tilzer
Old Missouri
Eliza Jane Sammy
Bedelia Navajo
Little Daisy Donohue
Marie
Maine
Henry Ki-Yo
Mame
Dixie Girl
Colorado
Stadium
Harvard
Stein
Princess of Kensington
Uncle Sammy March
Marie Cahill
Cole & Johnson
Harris
Stern
Broadway
Ladies and Kids Footwear Prices and SizesListed
A catalog snippet lists Ladies shoes from $2.00 to $3.50 grade in broken sizes including size 8. other items show Ladies Pat leather lace trims and Pat tip styles from $1.00 to $1.25 grades with assorted sizes. misses and boys footwear such as high cut skates priced around $1.98 to $1.98.
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Boston
Woonsocket
GLOVERS FIGHT OVER THE BABY
Two year old Mildred Glover daughter of Albert R Glover and his former wife Mildred Parker faces custody litigation in Probate Court as her mother seeks custody. The child, living with caretaker Mrs Sadie Hazlewood at 48 Lambert Avenue Roxbury, was placed there after Glover's divorce actions named L C Page as co respondent. Guards at the Hazlewood entrance refused to admit reporters.
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Mildred Glover
Albert R. Glover
Mildred Parker
Sadie Hazlewood
Lambert Avenue
Roxbury
L. ¢. Page
Mildred
Grover
Hazlewood House
R. D. Ware
Damon Quartet Comes to Union Hall for B Y Y M C Union
The Damon Quartet led by Harriet T Richards with Dora P Damon Elfreda Damon and Mary O Damon plus J F Hansue tenor performed a pressing concert last night at Union Hall 48 Boylston street for the members of the B Y Y M C Union.
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Damon
Harriet T. Richards
Dora P. Damon
BE. Elfreda Damon
Mary O. Damon
J. F. Hansue
Union Hall
Boylston Street
B. Y.Y. M. C. Union
Odd Fellows Ball dazzles 600 couples in Halk event
The Patriarchs Militant I O O F ball drew nearly six hundred couples with a grand march led by General M A Raney and his wife. Raney awarded chivalry decorations to Brigadier-General Freeman O Emerson and five others as Canton Malden staged an exhibition drill. The hall glowed with gold braids, varied colors, Old Glory banners, and vivid ladies outfits.
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Odd Fellows
M A. Raney
Iowa
Raney
Freeman O. Emerson
Canton Malden
M. A. Raney
E. Welch
W. M. Clarke
A. R. Hooper
Cambridge Health Inspectors Re-Elected
The Cambridge Board of Health re-elected inspectors for public and parochial schools. Drs. Clancy Fleet Nelligan Leahy remain in place, with Drs. C M Hutchinson and Byron Z King replacing Crowley and Fitzsimmons. Dr Arthur Moll was elected to oversee French Parochial School.
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Cambridge Board of Health
Court petition seeks removal of Cambridge police chief
William J. O'Donnell, counsel for Henry J. Cunningham, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts asking for a writ of mandamus to reinstate Cunningham as police chief and remove Fred B. Pullen from authority. The petition was filed in Boston and returnable next Tuesday. Mayor Daly and Chief Pullen received notices.
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Cambridge
Henry J. Cunningham
Fred B. Pullen
William J. O’donnell
Cunningham
Supreme Court
Daly
Pullen
Boston
Lawson Loses 2500 Bulldog Glen Monarch Dies En Route
American dog Glen Monarch, a champion bulldog owned by Thomas W. Lawson of this city, died while en route to Dreamwold kennels in Scituate. Purchased for 2500 from W. C. Codman of Providence on March 4, 1902, the dog had won numerous titles including the Boston show championships in 1902 and 1903.
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Thomas W. Lawson
New York
Dreamwold Kennels
Scituate
Mr. Lawson
W. C. Codman
Providence
R. I
Dreamwold
Boston
Iron Ox Tablets Promise Cure and Prevention of La Grippe
An advertisement promotes Iron Ox Tablets as a preventive and curative remedy for la grippe. It claims the tablets aid digestion, regulate bowels, purify blood, and strengthen nerves, liver, kidneys, brain, and muscles. The copy warns against quick acting remedies and alcohol-based products, noting slow, steady health building and a price of 25 cents per case with Detroit based Iron-Ox Remedy Co.
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Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
W R C Plan Big Assembly At National Encampment
The National G A R Encampment executive committees of ladies met at the Old South building to plan the August assembly. Mrs Mary E Knowles of the Woman's Relief Corps was named secretary. Tre Mont Temple was secured for meetings, lunch arrangements were discussed, and several committees were announced including accommodations badges entertainments and emergencies. The ladies citizens committee title was changed to ladies honorary committee.
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Old South Building
Mary E. Knowles
Woman's Relief Corps
M. Susie Goodale
Tremont Temple
Dorcas H. Lyman
Lidzabeth A. Turner
Wheeler
Ladies’ Citizens Committee
Mary E. Elliot
Sub-Coure
Moody Defends Plea for Larger Navy at Rubber Club
Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody defended calls for a bigger navy at a Rubber Club dinner in New York. He warned that nations with superior navies threaten peace, citing U S history on sea power from Yorktown to Cuba and the Pacific. Congressman DeArmond and Governor Bates followed with brief remarks on civil service and welcome tributes.
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William H. Moody
Rubber Club
Hotel Somerset
Far East
Japan
Russia
Moody
United States
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Confederacy
Cuba
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
Philippines
Bates
de Armond
Brookline Tots Found After Wide Search
Two Brookline children Helen Schneider and Florence Landen aged 15 and 19 percent street roamed yesterday prompting a large search. Police and townspeople scoured the area after the girls visited Jamaica Plain to Mrs Doucett's home where they were later found asleep and exhausted at their aunt's house.
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Brookline
Somerville Universalist Church Semi-Centennial Celebration
An anniversary service marked the semi centennial of the First Universalist Church in Somerville. Rev. Charles A. Skinner and Rev. L. M. Powers attended as former pastors. Rev. E H Capen spoke on Charles Tufts and Rev. John F. Ayer gave an historical address with other church representatives present.
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First Universalist
Cross Street
Somerville
Charles A. Skinner
L. M. Powers
E. H. Capen
Charles Tufts
John F. Ayer
Francis A. Gray
William Condon
P A Z O P I N T M E N T Piles Cure Guarantee
An advertisement proposes a guaranteed cure for piles including itching and bleeding with PAZO OINTMENT. It promises a refund if it fails to cure in fourteen days and notes price of 50 cents.
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P.les
Fire destroys three story building in West Lynn
A noon blaze on Market square West Lynn engulfed a three story wooden building. The post office, E B Stillings hardware, and Mrs Fabins millinery store on the first floor burned out. Mail saved. Loss estimated at $20 000. Building owned by Mrs Wellman Osborn.
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Lynn
Market Square
West Lynn
E. B. Stillings
Fabin
Wellman Osborn
President revokes McKinley order on duty free gifts
The President issued an executive order revoking the McKinley era policy that allowed gifts from officers of the army and navy and the civil establishment in territories such as Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines to be admitted into the United States free of duty.
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Washington
McKinley
Army
Navy
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Boston Gets Monument Placed in City Custody
Governor Bates transfers the Washington Heights monument at South Boston to Boston. Mayor Collins accepts, directs the public grounds superintendent to guard and repair the site, and to carry out the state agreement for protection. The monument is now formally in city custody.
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Washington Heights
South
Boston
Bates
Collins
Common Council
Harvard Men Please Chesbro on Canditates at Harvard Field
Big Jack Chesbro drills candidates at Harvard in snowy Soldiers Field as he demonstrates grips for inshoot slow curve and out drop. Captain Walter Clarkson stresses batting as key to winning games and building a slugging Crimson lineup under coach Frantz.
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Harvard
Big Jack Chesbro
Harvard Square
Soldiers Field
Chesbro
Clarkson
Crimson
Frantz
Public land fraud arrest in Washington D C
The grand jury for the District of Columbia indicts John A. Benson and three associates for conspiracy in wholesale land frauds across Western states. Indicted are Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco attorney Henry C. Dimond and Tucson agent Joost H. Schneider who was arrested late this afternoon. Bench warrants issued.
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Washington
Grand Jury
District of Columbia Today
John A. Benson
San Francisco
Frederick A. Hyde
Benson
Henry C. Dimond
California
Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
Tucson
Ari
Schneider
Secret Service
William J. Burns
Elimira Fears Water Famine From Frozen Mains
In Elmira New York on February 17 experts warn that persistent cold has frozen ground to depths that threaten six inch water mains and shut off supplies. The city already faces difficulty as mains lie four and a half to six feet below the surface and may ice up unless weather moderates. Electric experiments are being tried to avert the shortage. Gas pipes also freeze moisture, blocking gas flow in many cases.
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Elmira
N. Y
Boston Retail Grocers' Dinner Discusses Trade Topics
At the 23rd annual Boston Retail Grocers' Association dinner held last evening in the United States Hotel over 300 members attended. Speakers included Mayor John W. Weeks of Newton the Honorable R. F. Irwin of the Governor's Council and A. T. Faunce president of the Old Colony Retail Grocers' Association.
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Boston Retail Grocers’ Association
United States
John W. Weeks
Newton
R. F. Irwin
Governor's Council
A. T. Faunce
Old Colony Retail Grocers’ Association
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