Rescue at Sea: Wreck of the Florizel Ends in Heroic Salvage
A Newfoundland gale left the Florizel wrecked on rocks with 44 aboard. Naval gunners shot a line to the vessel while Propero and other steamers fought the breakers. Dory crews and fishermen rescued 42 men and two women, including John Shannon Munn and his daughter Betty, as dawn broke.
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Morizel
Prospero
Newfoundland
John Shannon Munn
Bowring Brothers, Limited
Betty
Munn
New York
Florida
Seventeen Crew and Passengers Rescued From Florizel Wreck
The Red Cross liner Florizel wrecked near Cape Race. Seventeen passengers and 27 crew members were saved, leaving 92 dead of 136 aboard. Official lists name survivors including Aleck Ledingham Miss Kitty Cantwell Ralph Burnham Major Sullivan and Captain William J. Martin among others.
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New York
Red Cross Line
Florizel
Cape Race
Florizes
Bowring & Co
Line
Aleck Ledingham
Miss Kitty Cantwell
Ralph Burnham
W. N. Dauphinee
J. P. Kiely
Major Sullivan
William Parminter
Arch Gardner
William Dodd
J. C. Sparrow
Thomas WaHalen
David Griffith
Minnie Denieff
A. G. Fagan
G. Maloney
John Cleary
Joseph Stockley
Second Officer King of Florizel Dies in Cape Race Wreck
Second Officer John R. King of the steamship Florizel perished in the Cape Race wreck on Sunday along with the crew. He was 67, had served 12 years with the company, and lived in Arichat Nova Scotia. He was the father of Benjamin L. King of Cambridge and left two Cambridge sisters Mrs. John Boudreau and Mrs. Louis Benoit.
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John R. King
Florizel
Cambridge
Cape Race Sunday
Benjamin L. King
Montgomery Street
John Boudreau
Walden Street
Louis Benoit
King
Steamship Company
Arichat
N. S
Boston to ease opening and closing rules for fuel relief
The Boston fuel committee plans to lift restrictions by end of next week as spring brings daylight and warmer weather. Steamers Sioux Kiowa Anglesea and San Francisco deliver about 21000 tons of army coal for government contracts, with attempts to supply Central Vermont Boston & Maine and Maine Central railways. Stores may stay open Monday nights if restrictions persist.
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New England
Washington
Storrow
Sioux
Kiowa
Anglesea
San Francisco
Boston
Army
Goethals
Vermont
Maine
Boston Fuel Committee
Dinorah Revival Delights Chicago Opera Association
Mme Galli-Curci starred as Dinorah in Meyerbeer’s revival for the Chicago Opera Association benefiting her. The coloratura soprano delivered superb voice and taste, while Arnoldo Conti conducted with authority. Rimini and Dua provided comic relief and notable performances.
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Meyerbeer
DinOrah
Chicago Opera Association
Mme. Galli-Curci
Hoel
Corentino
Rimini
Dua
Arnoldo Conti
Boston Opera Company
Bromine Quinine Tablets Marketed For Cold Relief
An advertisement touts LAXATIVD BROMO QUININE tablets claiming to remove the cause of colds and headaches. The packaging mentions a single Bromo Quinine formula and references VW GROVE'S.
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GROVE
Lisbon girl says army sweethearts should not flirt at home
A Lisbon New Hampshire girl declared yesterday that girls with sweethearts in the army should not flirt with men at home during wartime. The remark underscores wartime social expectations and personal conduct.
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Lisbon
N. H
New England Girls in France Warn Against Flirting
Miss Alice Buck of Lisbon New Hampshire says New England girls in France should not flirt with other men while in the trenches or risk their lives. She notes many girls at home and abroad are thinking a great deal about this matter during their business trip to Boston.
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New England
France
Alice Buck
Lisbon
N. H
Boston
Buck
Man and Music in a War Time World Article
The piece blends home front morale with a stage review. It highlights New Hampshire girls Hooverizing by knitting for soldiers abroad, plus portraits of performers Miss Vix Mr Muratore and Mr Dufranne in a Manon Lescaut production.
Basement Store Bacon Stock Sale At Jordan Marsh
Salespeople describe the Bacon stock sale as exceeding expectations and closing today February 26. Items include a sheer lawn collar for winter dresses, dainty mauve and champagne stockings, wool yarn embroideries, spring-like smocks for girls ages 6 to 18, military goods from jackknife to overcoat, and lace trimmed silk camisoles in white and flesh at 95 cents.
Miss Vix Debuts in Manon at Boston Opera House
Massenet's Manon was staged by the Chicago Opera Association last night in Boston. Miss Genevieve Vix appeared in the title role for the first time in Boston. Muratore sang Des Grieux with Dufranne Lescaut and other principals under Mr Charlier's baton.
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Miss Vix
Manon
Des Grieux
Mr. Muratore
Mr. Dufranne
Muratore
Massenet
Chicago Opera Association
Boston Opera House
Genevieve Vix
Boston
Dufranne
Lescaut
Huberdeau
Comte Des Grieux
Dua
Guillot
Defrere
de Bretigny
Mr. Charlier
U S Band Makes Big Hit in Rome
The American military band drew 100000 spectators at the inter allied concert in Villa Borghese Rome. Officials, including T N Page and American officers, witnessed the performance. The band also played at the King Victor Emmanuel monument where it received ovations.
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Rome
Villa Borghese
T. N. Page
Victor Emmanuel
Wool agent accused of acting for German interests
New York February 25 Eugene Schwerdt a wealthy New York and Boston wool merchant was arrested as an enemy alien suspected of seeks to corner the world wool market and will be interned in the United States
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New York
United States
Eugene Schwerdt
Boston
German-Wood Plan Exposed in Wool Stock Case
New York authorities disclosed Schwerdt and associates sought to seize U S wool stocks for Germany after the war. A 1917 letter to H F Albert outlined plans to control wool in America and ship it to Germany, with Schwerdt calling France the enemy. Two cargoes worth hundreds of thousands reached Germany early in the war, with possible $2–3 million of wool stored in the U S for this purpose.
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Schwerdt
New York State
Hugo Schmidt
Alfred L. Becker
H. F. Albert
Muenster
Germany
Belgium
United States
Antwerp
America
Becker
Albert
France
Schmidt
Bolo Pasha
Eugene Schwerdt, Jr
Charles F. Webb
Philadelphia
South America
Webb
Deutsche Bank
Mrs Isabel Hornblower Dies in Arlington
Mrs Isabel Hornblower stepmother of Henry Hornblower of Hornblower & Weeks bankers in Arlington died at 28 Academy Street Arlington after a six week illness. Born in Bangor Maine in 1835 she moved to Arlington in 1874 and was deeply involved in town affairs.
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Isabel Hornblower
Henry Hornblower
Hornblower & Weeks
Academy Street
Arlington
Bangor
New York Doctor B F Roller Faces Londos in Drawn Match
Dr. B F Roller of New York and Jim Londos of Dayton wrestled a one hour and thirty minute match without a fall in Lowell. Roller outweighed Londos by about two pounds and pressed the action most of the bout.
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Lowell
B. F. Roller
New York
Jim Londos
Dayton
Roller
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