Beautiful Costumes Shine at Boston Ice Carnival
A Boston Arena ice carnival showcased costumes from Uncle Sam to Miss Columbia and Dr. Cook with diverse roles. Prizes in eight classes were awarded to individuals from Boston and Somerville, including Miss R. N. Dunn and Miss Ethel I. Murray, for ornate and varied outfits.
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Uncle Sam
Columbia
Canada
Dr. Cook
Joseph
Boston Arena
Washington
Harold Wood Baker
Eleonora Sears
Herbert Jacques
Miss Columbia
William B
Cupid
J. J. Hallahan
Dennis Shea
William C. Frampton
W. A. Diedrick
New York
S. D. Abbott
Dorchester
William B. Wallace
Somerville
F. W. Sleeper
A. P. Bonney
Boston
R. N. Dunn
Ethel I. Murray
Daniel McCall
T. Burrows
Beatrice I. Varney
Daisy E. Smith
Lee Wade
T. A. Lavangie
Sarah Gordon
Oressa Hardy
J. P. Pever
C. M. Soule
Charles L. Weeks
R.E. Pfennig
A. J. Niven
Louis B. Wright
Weeks
Mr. Pfennig
Goodyear Welt Shoes Promise Durability and Value
Goodyear welt shoes are portrayed as highly durable and economical thanks to 500 stitches a minute welting machines. Advertisers urge buying only genuine Goodyear Welt products, noting long wear and dressy appearance at about one third the cost of hand sewn shoes.
Medford Man Attempts Suicide By Razor
Andrew Ellison aged 35 of 25 Main Street Medford attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat with a razor in his room. Mrs Mary Murphy neighbor reported the scene after he failed to come to dinner. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition.
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Andrew Ellison
Main Street
Medford
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ellison
Mary Murphy
Governor Enthusiastic Over Mechanics Building Airship Show
The airship exhibition in the Mechanics' building is called the greatest of its kind with over 20 machines filling the hall. Governor Foss toured the displays for more than two hours praising aviation prospects. Sam Perkins hosted naval officers with a demonstration from his Pennsylvania project and Augustus Post gave an illustrated lecture.
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Governor Foss
Sam Perkins
Pennsylvania
Augustus Post
Lawyer Weds His Stenographer in Union Square Church
Somerville attorney Albert E. Hughes married his longtime stenographer Clara Louise Marshall at St Joseph's Church Union Square. Rev Henry E. Murray officiated. Bridesmaid Miss Leonora Powers. Best man John L. Cameron. Ushers included Leonard M. Kiely Warren F. Sharpe Frank A. Horan and Edward A. Mahoney.
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Albert E. Hughes
Somerville
St. Joseph’s Church
Union Square
Hughes
Clara Louise Marshall
Henry E. Murray
Leonora Powers
John L. Cameron
Leonard M. Kiely
Warren F. Sharpe
Frank A Horan
Edward A. Mahoney
Germany population reaches 64,896,381 in census
Berlin February 22. The official census concluded in December shows Germany's population at 64,896,381. Figures for 1905 stood at 60,641,278, while Prussia, the empire's chief state, numbers 48,157,573.
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Berlin
Germany
Prussia
German Empire
Adamson's Balsam for that graveyard cough
An old advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as a sure cure for a rasping graveyard cough. The terse claim highlights quick relief and reliability in a period medicinal market.
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Adamson
Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Conferred at Faneuil Hall
Knights from across the Commonwealth and nearby states attended at Faneuil Hall where 274 members received the fourth degree. Master Dr. J. Hanrahan received many congratulations as did aides including George JH. Kelly and Daniel J. Murphy of Natick who acted as marshal. Assistants listed include Edward J. Brandon City Clerk Cambridge P A Kearns Dorchester Augustus Caldwell Boston Michael J. Fitzgerald Boston Michael F. Shaw Revere Louis Watson State secretary the Rev James J. McCarthy State chaplain and Christopher J. Fitzgerald Boston.
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Knights of Columbus
Commonwealth
Faneuil Hall
J. Hanrahan
George JH. Kelly
Daniel J. Murphy
Natick
Edward J. Brandon
Cambridge
P. A. Kearns
Dorchester
Augustus Caldwell
Boston
Michael J. Fitzgerald
Michael F. Shaw
Revere
Louis Watson
James J. McCarthy
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Malden gate tender halts runaway sleigh horse and train
Edward Hill, gate tender at the Main street crossing in Malden, saved a man driving a sleigh when a horse lost control and headed for an oncoming train. He waved a red flag as the locomotive neared, and the horse diverted to the left just before collision.
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Edward Hill
Saugus
Malden
Hill
Arrest of Two Boys as Liquor Store Burglars
Police arrested Henry R. Bungsner 20 of Amory Street Jamaica Plain and Guilford D. Wheelock 17 of Banks Street Cambridge after they were found with brass pipe lead pipe brass faucets and chewing gum at the Court Square station following an attempted break in at the BE J McGrady liquor store 308 Atlantic Avenue. They allegedly implied prior thefts from a Howard Street Cambridge stable and Cambridge Plumbing Company and a Main and Cherry streets Cambridge grocery.
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Court Square
BE. J. McGrady
Atlantic Avenue
Henry R. Bungsner
Amory Street
Jamaica Plain
Guilford D. Wheelock
Banks Street
Cambridge
Ives
Hale
India Wharf
Howard Street
Cambridge Plumbing Company
Main and
Cherry Streets
Mrs Harper Dead at 86 Civil rights lecturer Frances Watkins Harper
Philadelphia mourns Frances Ellen Watkins Harper aged 86 born 1825 Baltimore. She rose from domestic work to dressmaking teaching and abolitionist lecturing aiding the Pennsylvania Anti Slavery Society and temperance efforts before settling in Philadelphia with a daughter in 1860.
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Philadelphia
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Baltimore
Maine and
Vermont
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Oliver Ames
Mary Josephine Amory
Nathaniel Thayer
Frederick Lothrop
Henry Siegel Co
Goodyear West
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly
Massachusetts
United Shoe Machinery CO
Mass
Self
Mrs. Harper
New England
India
Fur Store
America
Copenhagen
al Ruffle
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