Beware of Liquid Catarrh Cures Endorsed as Alcohol Free
An early 20th century caution against liquid catarrh remedies that rely on alcohol, warning they intoxicate mucous membranes and worsen symptoms. It promotes Smith's Triple Cure, alcohol free, a four-part treatment including tablets and a local cream, claiming cure of all catarrh forms. Sold for 50 cents, with mail order option via W F Smith Co Boston.
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Smith
W. F. Smith Co
Summer St
Boston
Mass
Whitney Whitney Whitney estate wealth in 78 million figure
The Whitney estate is valued at about 78 million across real estate mining banking and other interests. Executors note the will hides details by dividing assets into tenths and avoiding public inventories or accounts for executor Harry Payne Whitney.
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New York
Metropolitan Traction
C.c
Vian Sd
Skbas
Seslveselves
William C. Whitney
Mineola
Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Former Brown baseball manager defends athletic board action
Clinton C. White writes to the Providence Journal defending the athletic board's move at Brown University. He proposes three eligibility rules: no compensation for athletes while in college, maintain current academic standards, and be a man of clean character. He argues Brown should field honest professionals rather than dishonest amateurs.
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Clinton C. White
Brown
Providence Journal
Athletic Board
War on the saloon urged by Dr O Callaghan temperance sermon
Rev Mgr Denis O Callaghan told the Cathedral audience that the war upon the saloon is urgent and tied to freeing his race from intemperance. He warned drink ruins and cited Ireland’s bottle as a Saxon tyranny. He urged temperance members to act as missionaries among their companions. Te Deum closed the meeting.
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Mgr
Denis O'Callaghan
D. D
Holy Cross
St. Veronica
O'Callaghan
John F. Mullin
St. Paul
Kingdom of Heaven
Ireland
Temperance Societies
Ladies of St. Veronica League
West Newton to Support Missionary in Japan
West Newton Feb 28 The West Newton Congregational Church Society voted to assume the support of the Rev Dr De Forest of Sendai Japan. Dr De Forest has labored in Japan for over 30 years as a missionary.
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West Newton
Sandford and Dowie Cranks Targeted at Baptist Church
At Warren Avenue Baptist Church last night Rev. Herbert S. Johnson denounced Sandford as a crank and accused him of forcing children to fast and compelling clergy to poor attire. Johnson also railed against Dowie and Sandford, critiquing their religious enthusiasm.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Herbert S. Johnson
Holy Ghost
Us Society
Sandford
Tower of
Shiloh Temple
Johnson
Dowie
Hosiery to Usurp the Purse at St Louis Fair
New York reports a novelty in women’s hosiery pocketed stockings showcased as St Louis fair souvenirs. Stocks feature bright silk pockets 3.5 inches long and 1.75 inches wide, adorned with Stars and Stripes designs. Vendors claim pockets safeguard railroad tickets and predict future buttoned pocket stockings to hold money and trinkets.
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New York
Milady
Quarrel Over Manual Threatens Daughters of the Faith
New York February 28. Dissensions over a new manual governing behavior threaten the Daughters of the Faith, a Catholic society of prominent women. Debates center on divorcee ostracism, dress codes, and public conduct, including fashionable gambling. The group sought a patron saint with aristocratic lineage, asking Jesuit support, which was refused, leading to the appointment of Rev Father Myhan as chaplain who has not served.
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New York
Daughters of the Faith
Catholic Church
Father Myhan
St. Ann’s
Marion Robbs Celebrates First Birthday At Allston
Eight year old Marion Robbs of Allston will celebrate her first birthday today with a mammoth party at 139 Cambridge street. More than 25 guests attend as Marion stars in a small scale theatrical with a Shoestring role in Emily Swift among her young friends performers.
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Marion Robbs
Allston
Cambridge Street
Marion
Emily Swift
Methodists Leave Walnut Street Church in Chelsea Sale
An all-day farewell at Walnut Street Methodist Church in Chelsea marked its sale to the Hebrew congregation Agudas Hladin. They will take possession on March 7 after a morning love feast and a 10:30 service led by Presiding Hitler Joel M. Leonard of Lynn.
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Walnut Street
Chelsea
Agudas Hladin
Hitler Joel M. Leonard
D. D
Lynn
Mystery over Louis XVII burial place
Paris February 28 A question troubling French historians is where Louis XVII is buried. Many contend the Dauphin's body lies in the cemetery of St Marguerite, which is slated to vanish, prompting renewed efforts to settle the question.
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Paris
Louis XVII
Dauphin
Louis XVI
St. Marguerite
Liquor Seized in Four Police Raids on City Homes
Police raided four Edinboro Corning and Keyes street premises, seizing large quantities of lager beer and whiskey. Entoon Looka 33 Edinboro produced 13 gallons of lager, 3 gallons of whiskey and 48 empty bottles. 31 Edinboro yielded 28 gallons lager, half gallon whiskey, 43 empties. Jenny Percy 35 Corning had 3 gallons lager and one pint whiskey. Mary A Kelley 17 Keyes street found with 15 14 gallons lager in bottles.
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Division 4
Entoon Looka
Edinboro Street
Edinnboro Street
Antonio Latto
Jennie Percy
Corning Street
Mary A. Kelley
Keyes Street
Birthday for ex Alderman Barry in Boston
Ex Alderman David F Barry celebrates a birthday in Boston. Born 58 years ago, he has spent his life in the city and notes he does not get opportunities like others to celebrate each year as his age advances. He gained distinction for service in city government.
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David F. Barry
Boston
Barry
Longest-serving Boston official in common council history
The passage notes a longtime Boston official with 14 years in the Common Council and five in the Board of Aldermen, including five years as Common Council president and one year as Board of Aldermen president. It compares him to Philip Marett, who served seven years in the Common Council with four as president.
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Ment
Boston
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Philip Marett
Unitarian Guild Meeting Highlights Gospel Spread
A union gathering of Unitarian young people linked to Boston churches met at Bulfinch Place Church last evening. J. M. Sanderson, back from a West and Canada missionary tour, described the striking spread of the gospel where Unitarians recently arrived.
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Boston
Bulfinch Place
J. M. Sanderson
West
Canada
Big Capture of Gamesters at Lord's Day Gaming Ring
Hanover street crowds watched Patrolmen Hall and Munroe seize a fire escape entry at No. 14 where they burst in and pitched helmets through a window. Seventeen men were arrested for gaming on the Lord's day as police subdued an inside escape attempt and seized dice money a pool table cards and furniture. Names include Arthur B. Smith David Smith Frank McKenna Thomas Kronin John Shaw Russell Shattuck Frank Mack Frank Russell William Hanlon Fred Smith Frank Stone Joseph Scott James Daley George Morris Peter Johnson Lewis Kauter James Austin. At 83 Phillips street later William Jones Allen Harvey and Harry P Buxbaum were arrested for gaming and Cornelius Oliver and Harry Anderson for presence.
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Hanover Street
Hall
Munroe
No. 14
Taylor
George Morris
Peter Johnson
Lewis Kauter
James Austin
Phillips Street
William Jones
Allen Harvey
Harry P. Buxbaum
Cornelius Oliver
Harry Anderson
East Boston Catholic Association Ball Chooses Easter Monday Date
East Boston Catholic Association plans its annual Easter Monday ball on April 4. The group started four years ago with 25 members, now boasts about 200 and a top clubroom near Fulton School. Committee leaders include John H. Hart as chair and R. A. McDonnell as secretary with subcommittees for hall music catering decorating printing and press.
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East Boston Catholic Association
Fulton School
John H. Hart
R. A. McDonnell
On Hall
M. L. Lyons
J. D. A. Toomey
Joseph Carr
Charles Riley
John Hart
Charles Andrews
J. H. Ryan
R. A. McDonald
W. H. Anderson
J. A. Brant
W. A. Andrew
J. T. O’nell
D. J. Foley
W. J. Ferguson
W. J. Dunn
Matthew L. Lyons
John A. Brant
John H. Ryan
Roosevelt praises Payne in postal fraud crackdown letter
In Washington on February 28 President Roosevelt sent a letter to Postmaster General Payne praising the Postoffice Department and the Department of Justice for their work against postal frauds. He commends energy and courage in punishing corruption and warns that corruption, if unchecked, imperils government by the people.
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Washngton
Payne
Postoffice Department
Department of Justice
Cor
Theodore Roosevelt
Bed Clothes Catch Fire From Sleepy Smoker
Niles Land of Chelsea woke at 2 a m Sunday as his bed clothes ignited from smoking in bed. He threw open a window and tossed the burning bedding outside. The burning mass landed in a new sleigh in the yard, setting it and the house briefly alight before Lund, scantily dressed, alerted the nearby firemen who quickly put out the flames.
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Niles Land
Chelsea
Lund
Hanover Street Gaming Raid Nets Eight Men
Sergeant Nagle and a detail from Hanover Street Station with a warrant searched 369 Hanover Street last evening. Eight young men were rounded up on gaming charges as 300 cards were seized. Suspects named Costello Oteri Cangiano Griasafi Griasafi Rooney Simone Di Pisa.
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Nagle
Hanover Street
Frederic Costello
Antonio Oteri
Alphonso Cangiano
Michael Griasafi
John Griasafi
Frank P. Rooney
Giusephi Siomne
James di Pisa
Heroic switchman Quinlan dies saving train passengers
Timothy Quinlan, a Lake Street switchman in Cleveland, gave his life at Lake Shore yards to save more than 100 aboard passenger train No. 15. He leaped from a yard engine to the open switch, collapsed across the lever, and was killed as the train passed safely. Funeral arranged by Switchmen's Union No. 11 with epitaph honoring his sacrifice.
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Quinlan
Cleveland
Timothy Quinlan
Lake Street
Lake Shore
Switchmen's Union No. 11
Mystery Woman in Morse Dodge Case Captivates New York
The central figure is Mrs. Clemence Cowles Dodge Morse wife of Charles F. Dodge and Charles W. Morse. Courts, lawyers and investigators confront a powerful unseen influence allegedly sealing records and funding bail. Dodge fled after perjury indictments, posting 10,000 in Houston and later being arrested in Alice Texas on a case spanning New York and Mexico.
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New York
Clemence Cowles Dodge Morse
Charles F. Dodge
Pullman
Charles W. Morse
Dodge
Dodge-Morse
Morse
Houston
Tex
Mexico
Alice
Davis& Sanford
Clement Cowles Dodge Morse
Chicago Women Use More Tobacco Says Dentist
A Chicago dentist in a downtown office says women are increasingly smoking cigarettes. He cites a society woman who admitted smoking harms her teeth and notes many women who bridge or whist play, and younger women, casually dabbling in smoking. He argues beauty outweighs habit and that his patient plans to cut down.
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Chicago
Nina Farrington Weds English Captain in Folkestone Paris
Nina Farrington of New York, noted as a variety actress, secretly married Captain John L. Gordon of London at Folkestone. They traveled to Paris where a breakfast was ordered from Cafe de Paris. The ceremony occurred on the bride’s birthday with a 25 candle cake, though she is over 50.
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Paris
Nina Farrington
New York
John L. Gordon
London
Folkestone
Cafe de Paris
Funeral for Captain Flynn at Sacred Heart East Boston
Captain William J. Flynn, superintendent of the Boston Tow Boat Company, was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden after a funeral at Sacred Heart Church East Boston. The service was led by Rev. Father Cregan with many company captains and delegations from the Boston Pilots Association, Charitable Irish Society, and the Marine Engineers Association attending amid numerous floral tributes.
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Sacred Heart Church
Boston
William J. Flynn
Boston Towboat Company
Father Cregan
Boston Pilots’ Association
Charitable
Irish Society
The
Marine Engineers’ Association
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Grattan Branch Extends Sympathy to Russia
At a Henry Grattan Branch meeting of the Irish National Foresters' Benefit Society in Music Hall Field's Corner yesterday afternoon more than 200 members attended from Cambridge Waltham Malden Melrose and Somerville. Resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with Russia.
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad With Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old ad promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists. It claims a refund if it fails and notes B W. Grove's signature on each 25 cent package.
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W. Grove
Public gathering expresses sympathy for Russia war
Members unanimously adopted a resolution praising Russia and condemning the press for favoring Japan. A social session followed with addresses by Chief Ranger P. J. Mullin, Past Chief Ranger J. J. Byrne and John J. Shea on the Russia Japan conflict. A musical programme and collation concluded the event.
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Russia
Japan
P. J. Mullin
J. J. Byrne
John J. Shea
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