Consolidation proposed to form Boston grocers trust
Morris P Kaplan leads push to unite about 1600 Boston grocers into one big retail trust with twenty five distributing points. He claims higher efficiency and lower prices would benefit consumers though wholesalers doubt the plan and warn it may fail.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Morris P. Kaplan
Kaplan Grocery Company
Kaplan
Post
Yesteray
State Street
Unrequited Love Suspect Drives to Desperate Act
February 23 report says Clifford Ferris, 18, attempted suicide after being spurned by a girl named Mabel. After a party he returned home, shot himself on Lathrop street, aided by Eddie Jones and Albert Gardner who carried him to Barton street. He whispered Mabel’s name, later clarified as a sister by his father. Ferris, previously jailed for breaking and entering, had been trying to reform and was with a well known young woman. doctors feared blood poisoning but noted possible recovery if untreated complications do not arise.
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Saleim
Clifford Ferris
Ferris
Bridge Street
Lathrop Street
Eddie Jones
Salem
Albert G. Gardner
Beverly
Barton Street
Mabel
Concord Reformatory
Boston &Maine
Horses On Wild Trip Endangers Drivers In Brookline Collision
A team of horses owned by James J. O Day undertaker 101 Boylston street Brookline ran wild on Beacon street yesterday afternoon. They collided with a wagon from Armstrong Transfer Company at Arlington corner. John Dee, driver for O Day, was thrown foul side and seriously injured. He was taken home by cab.
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James J. O’day
Boylston Street
Brookline
Beacon Street
Arlington
Armstrong Transfer Company
John Dee
O’day
Portraitist compares Cecil Rhodes with the Czar in studio notes
Amalia Kussner recalls painting Cecil Rhodes in Kimberley and contrasts his intense vitality with the Czar of Russia. She describes Rhodes as a restless, dynamic force in contrast to a ruler who exudes peace and deliberation.
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Malia Kussner
New York
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Russias
Jacush
Czar
Brooks
Lathe Accident Injures John A. McGeorge at Work
John A. McGeorge, employed by George F. Day, was badly cut in the face yesterday afternoon while feeding a lathe. A fragment struck him, breaking his eyeglasses. he lives at 41 Carver Street.
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John A. McGeorge
George F. Day
Ihe
McGeorge
Carver Street
Gifts to the Library Highlight Poe and John Brown Manuscripts
Two major manuscript gifts enrich the Boston Public Library. Mrs. Rufus W. Griswold provides about 1200 items from her husband Rufus W. Griswold including nineteen original Edgar Allan Poe letters. Colonel T. W Higginson donates a John Brown manuscript volume with seventy letters.
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Boston Public Library
Rufus W. Griswold
Bangor
Edgar Allan Poe
John Brown
T. W Higgingon
Funeral Held For Mrs. Patrick Monahan In Watertown
The funeral for Mrs. Patrick Monahan who was killed in the subway Tuesday was held at St. Patrick's Church Watertown. The service featured a requiem high mass said by Rev. Father John S. Cullen with a grieving crowd at the home and parish church.
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Watertown
Patrick Monahan
St. Patrick’s Church
John SS. Cullen
Cambridge man faces two theft charges in Taunton cases
George F. Haworth of 14 Geacon Street Cambridge is jailed after inspectors Robinson and Abbott arrested him yesterday for stealing a mileage book and $20 from George A. Wood of Taunton. He also faces fraud charges from Daniel J. Leehan proprietor City Hotel Taunton for allegedly obtaining beard to the amount of 30 and then disappearing.
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George F. Haworth
Geacon Street
Cambridge
Robinson and
Abbott
George A. Wood
Taunton
Daniel J. Leehan
City
Leehan
Haworth
Beard
Postum Coffee Helps Woman Overcome Coffee Problems
A Minneapolis woman reports headaches and stomach trouble eased after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. She and her family notice health improvements and emphasize proper preparation requiring fifteen minutes of boiling and two heaping teaspoons per cup.
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L. W. Bell
Nicolet Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Dramatic Matters Draw Interest in Boston Theatre Testimonial
A Boston audience anticipates a Park Theatre testimonial for Rachel Noah a longtime Stock Company member. The program features scenes from As You Like It a Bit of Instruction Second Thoughts and Leah the Forsaken with noted actors and special recitations. Also noted is Aunt Flannah a new farce at Bijou Theatre and theater news from London and New York including Langtry and Nethersole reactions and upcoming Boston showings at Tremont Park and Museum venues.
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Rachel Noah
Boston Theatre Stock Company
Park Theatre
Frances B. Baury
Cecelia Merkel
William T. Belfort
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Dr. L. B. Fenderson
Allan W. Rowe
N.&. Kerr
Theo Carol
Linda Rosenfield
Frances Owen
Frances Baury
George E. Tebbetts
Leah the Forsaken
Lena Neideraurer
Leah
William Belfort
Rudolph
Clay M. Greene
A. C. Sloane
Flannah
Bijou Theatre
New York
Harry C. Miner
John Hare
Quex
Globe Theatre
London
Pinero
Tremont Theatre
Sarah Cowell LeMoyne
Boston
Bes
Edy
Boston Theatres Roundup of New Plays and Returns
Julia Marlowe returns to Hollis Street in Barbara Frietchie, portraying a younger Barbara Frietchle to great effect. The week features Shenandoah at Boston Theatre with a starry cast, The Cherry Pickers at Grand Opera House, and the final Bowdoin Square run of Fallen Among Thieves. Other highlights include The Firm of Girdlestone at Castle Square and The Rounders at Columbia, with Dangers of a Great City closing at Grand Theatre.
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Julia Marlowe
Hollis Street
Barbara Frietchie
Clyde Fitch
Barbara Frietchle
Miss Marlowe
Boston
Grand Opera House
Joseph Arthur
India
Bronson Howard
Robert Elliott
Estella Dale
Basil Booth
Louis Hendricks
W. A. Whitecar
J. B. Cooper
George A. Wright
Joseph Slaytor
Harry Keenan
Alice Neal
Conan Doyle
Firm of
Girdlestone
Museum
Merr! Osborne
Front Row
Rounders
Columbia
Tom Seabrooke
Dan Daly
Harry Davenport
D. L. Don
Mabel Gilman
Phyllis Rankin
Marie George
Park Theatre
Ethel Barrymore
Joseph Holland
Charlotte Crane
Ida Vernon
Junius Booth
Edward Lee
Newton Lindo
Frank Daniels
the Tremont
Grand Theatre
Providence
Park Square
Carl Johan Nilsson
Lfe
Christ
Howard
Manhattan Comedy Four
Elvin Crox Seabrooke
Burt Haverty
Bland
Marie Wainwright
George Thatcher
Arvello
Keith
Hassan Ali
Austin & Stone
London Olympia
John Drew
Hollis
Behind the Scenes Charm in The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post previews a twowoman rise to fame from Boston with untouched reputations. Portraits in the Dramatic Post promise a peek behind the scenes as readers are invited to join the novelty for three cents.
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Sunday Post
Boston
Dramatic Post
Maine
Notre Dame
Pachmann Delights Fans with Chopin Recital at Music Hall
Vladimir de Pachmann performed yesterday afternoon at the Music Hall in a Chopin only program. The pianist was at his best delivering a refined and expressive recital that pleased the audience.
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Vladimir de Pachmann
Chopin
Mr. Pachmann
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