Baby Boy Born on the Common in Boston Commotion
Mrs. Laura Smith of 152 Dorchester Avenue South Boston gave birth to a baby boy on the Common amid a crowd of hundreds. Policemen struggled to control the disturbance before women passersby aided, the mother and infant were taken to the women's quarters then to McLean Hospital for care and the newborn was expected to have a healthy start.
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Lagrange Street
Laura Smith
Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Tremont Street Mall
Nature Cures Constipation Through Internal Bathing
The article promotes internal bathing as a natural, thorough alternative to drugs for constipation and related ailments. It highlights the J. B. L. Cascade as effective and popular, claims doctors endorse it, and invites readers to ask for a booklet explaining why modern man is only 50 percent efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riker-Jaynes
New England
Stops Fatness New Prescription Eliminates Fat Formation
A described prescription claims to boost fat combustion and prevent new fat formation to return an over-fat person to normal. It contains Glycol Arbolene and Aromatic Elixir with directions to take after meals for 6 to 8 weeks, noting no dangerous drugs and home mixability.
Postoffice Clerks Plan Federation in Boston Area
Boston area postoffice clerks plan a federation uniting about 3000 workers within 20 miles of the city to improve service. A meeting at Intercolonial Hall drew over 700 men as John A. MacMann seeks a third term. John A. Leadbetter may oppose. The group backs eight hour days, compensatory time, Sunday work rules, and a parcel post trial through 1914. Communications from Postmaster Mansfield show cooperative ties with the clerk ranks.
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Postoffice Department
Boston
Intercolonial Hall
John A. MacMann
Dorchester
John A. Leadbetter
McMann
Thomas Murray
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
National Congress
Congress
Hitchcock
Mansfield
Y M C A President and Wife Host Informal Reception
President Frank L. Locke of the B Y M C U and Mrs Locke held an informal reception for union members and friends yesterday afternoon. The Union Walking Club served as a special committee, making the event an enjoyable social gathering.
Dorchester Dog Teddy Tells Time in Greater Boston
Teddy the dog owned by Charles Green of 1430 Dorchester Avenue is famed for telling time. Each noon and 6 pm he leaves Green's hardware store to dine on schedule, a loyal watchdog to Green and his delivery horse. Teddy survived a severe scalding years ago after skin graft surgery and is now 12, a hound bulldog cross.
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Dorchester
Greater
Boston
Teddy
Charles Green
Dorchester Avenue
Green
Mr. Green
Charles A. Green
Social gathering at local institution draws notable attendees
An hour was spent in the parlors of that institution with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. W. Rodman Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ainsley, Rabbi Fleischer, Professor Arthur N. Helcombe, Nathaniel Fowler Jr., and the Rev. A. W. Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Burrill
W. Rodman Peabody
John R. Ainsley
Rabbi Fleischer
Arthur N. Helcombe
Nathaniel Fowler, Jr
A. W. Littlefield
Patro lm en Prevent Panic in Jamaica Plain Fire
Patrolmen McCarthy and Sullivan calmed about 20 families in the Morton block Washington street and Hyde Park avenue during a basement blaze at Henry A Hatch 15 Hyde Park avenue. The bulkhead was forced, flames attacked, and the fire nearly out upon firemen arrival. Damages not to exceed 300 dollars.
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McCarthy
Sullivan
Jamaica Plain
Morton Block
Washington Street
Hyde Park Avenue
Henry A. Hatch
Concert Crowd Packs Symphony Hall for Kubelik Bonci Duo
A near 3000 strong audience at Symphony Hall heard violinist Jan Kubelik and tenor Alessandro Bonci in a long concert that required encores past 6 PM. The program featured Tschaikowsky, Bach, Saint-Saens, Hubay, Dvorak, Haydn, Gluck, Cadman, Rogers and DeKoven pieces with strong praise for both artists.
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Symphony Hall
Jan Kubelik
Alessandro Bonci
Kubelik
Bond
Tschaikowsky
Gavotte
Bach
Mr. Bond
Reception for Mgr Roche At Watertown Church Hall
Fully 900 parishioners and acquaintances attended a reception in St. Patrick's Church Hall Watertown honoring Rt Rev Mgr Ambrose F Roche. The hall displayed papal flags and Cardinal O Connell insignia. A 60 child choir sang as speakers lauded his work.
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Mgr
Ambrose F. Roche
St. Patrick's Church Hall
Watertown
Cardinal O’connell
T. N. Kenney
Mgr. Roche
John F. Keleher
John W. McAnarney
Quincy
P. H. Buttmer
Hingham
Michael Sullivan
William C. Shea
James H. Vahey
P. Sarsfield Cunniff
Massachusetts Federation of Catholic Societies
Brockton
Merry del Val
Pope Pius
Father Roche
Fire guts South Boston paper warehouse. horses saved
Five horses were rescued from the P. H. Graham & Co. waste paper warehouse at 12-14 Ewer Street, South Boston, after a blaze at 9 20 last night. Two alarms called firefighters who controlled the fire and prevented spread to the Johnson & Co. stable housing four horses. Patrolmen Monahan and Ridlon saved the horses. several wagons nearby were lost. A nearby one story ell of stacked paper bales burned. a similar structure on the lot had burned about 18 months earlier.
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P. H. Graham & Co
Ewer Street
Boston
Johnson & Co
Monahan
Ridlon
Body of James O Lind Found in Alewife Brook Ice
The body of James O Lind, four, missing since December 8 from 13 Farragut Avenue West Somerville, was found frozen in Alewife Brook behind the new Somerville athletic field. Residents RuBensstein and Simons broke the ice and recovered the body, which Mrs Lind identified by ring and watch.
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James O. Lind
Farragut Avenue
West
Somerville
Alewife Brook
Lind
Stops House
George Rubenstein
Raymond Avenue
Merrill Simons
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Postoffice Clerks Plan Federation
Lady
Ford
Mulhens
Glockengasse
Cologne
o/R. Ger
U. S
Mulhens & Kropf
New York
Bonci
Roche
Scar
Franklin Street
Chaldren
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