Help Call Saves Ship Abbie and Eva Hooper
The schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper of Boston, bound from South Amboy to Bar Harbor with coal, was towed to Provincetown by the revenue cutter Gresham after a week of storm damage. The Gresham picked the vessel up off Orleans where life savers signaled distress and wireless from Boston dispatched the cutter.
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Provincetown
Abbie
Eva Hooper
Boston
South Amboy
Bar Harbor
Gresham
Hooper
Orleans
Blizzard wreck report tests Gresham and Abbie & Eva Hooper
The Gresham towed the schooner Abbie & Eva Hooper within two hours of notification in Boston as the vessel suffered a broken foregaff, split mainsail, lost starboard anchor, and severe leaks after a blizzard. Captain Christopher described it as his worst experience at sea.
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The
Republic
Gresham
Boston
Abbie & Eva Hooper
Christopher
Cuticura Cured After Sixteen Years Of Suffering
A man describes sixteen years of a persistent skin disease starting behind the knees. After trying many doctors without relief he used Cuticura Remedies and reports a dramatic improvement, becoming able to live normally again. Leonard A. Hawter, 11 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, July 30 and August 8, 1909.
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Leonard A. Hawter
Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cuticura Remedies Promote Skin Relief for Babies
Advert says Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and pills relieve skin diseases from birth. Claims warm baths and gentle snointments ease children. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug Chem Corp Boston with free Cuticura Book.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Bole Props
Columbus Ave
Boston
New Year Rides In On Wine Waves
Eight bells marked the end of a watch a day and a year aboard the flagship and other Atlantic Squadron ships. Bells faded as lights went out and cheers roared from sea and shore greeting the New Year with church bells Trinity Grace Church and St Patrick's Cathedral chiming in.
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New York
Old Trinity
Grace Church
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New Year Revels Rule Fifth Avenue Restaurants
12 000 seamen decked ships with music and mock parades while New Year crowds bottle champagne in restaurants on Fifth Avenue and Broadway. Over 100 000 guests paid 10 to 50 dollars for meals and reservations topped 1.5 million in revenue for hotels and eateries. Some hotels offered silk masks and silent introductions as doors screened undesirables. Along the waterfront crowds roared with cow bells and horns while the poor listened to Trinity chimes.
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Fifth Avenue
Broadway
New York
Water Front
Trinity
Warren Dramatic Club Sleighing Party Fun Night Ride
One of the season’s first sleighing parties carried the Warren Dramatic Club from 98 Tyler Street to Norumbega Park. The new year was welcomed en route as the party traveled home after spending time at the Westminister Hotel.
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Warren Dramatic Club
Tyler Street
Norumbega Park
Westiminster Hotel
Doctor Lassar Endorses Birt's Head Wash For Scalp Care
German professor says daily washing is essential to stop hair loss and itching. Birt's Head Wash is presented as a scientifically prepared remedy with a printed formula and a 50 cent price, recommended for all hair and scalp troubles.
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Lassar
Birt
Boston Hosts Splendid New Year Celebration at Lenox
The Lenox hotel presented a grand New Year celebration with over 800 guests in its palm and rose gardens. An auto Father Time and an airship bearing a bright searchlight marked 1910, while pigeons tagged with 1910 rings delighted attendees.
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New York
Father
1910
Annabelle Whitford
Miss Whitford
Nassau
Long Beach
Couple Obtains Providence Marriage License Quietly
Augustus Wack and Catherine M. Gay eloped from Medford and Somerville to Providence where they applied for a marriage license at the city clerk’s office after a private social call at N. F. Larange’s home.
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Medford
Augustus Wackrow
Sanger Street
Catherine M. Gay
Moreland Street
Somerville
Providence
N. F. Larange
Boston man leaves 70000 to care for his pets
The will discloses generous bequests to several Back Bay churches and a long list of relatives and friends. John H Wright and Anna Wright Taylor each receive 100000, Eben Wright's children share 50000, and Mrs Harriet D Gannon gets 2000 for 15 years of service. Charles F Wright, a Harvard alumnus and prominent club man, died leaving an estate of several millions.
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Clark
Back Bay
Boston
Wright
Harriet D. Gannon
Devonshire Street
W. J. Wright
John H. Wright
Eben Wright
New York
Leta P. Wright
Anna Wright Taylor
New York City
Charles F. Wright
Harvard
Singer Saves Baby In Brookline Fire
A Brookline house fire injures Miss Woods the singer and shows a heroic act by Miss Penniman the housekeeper who after suffering severe burns rescued a baby from the blaze at the Rice mansion. Firefighters arrive as two alarms sound and the interior sustains heavy damage to paintings bric a brac and furniture.
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Johnson
Woods
the Baptist Church
Carruth and Hibbard Attacked in Skinner Statement
Vernon V. Skinner, ousted former penal commissioner, issues a strong statement defending his tenure after the Finance Commission hearing tied to Deer Island. He says persistent requests for island appointments by prominent figures and clergymen made his position intolerable.
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Hibbard
Skinner
Mr. Carruth
Carruth
City Hall
James C. White
Porcine Palace
Finance Commission
Tremont Street
Island
Herbert S. Carruth
George A. Hibbard
Vernon V. Skinner
Deer Island
President Lowell Speaks at Detroit Harvard Club Dinner
Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell president of Harvard University was the principal guest at a Michigan Harvard Club dinner in Detroit. Also present were Thomas W. Slocum of New York president of the Associated Harvard Clubs and Dr. Alfred H. Lloyd of the University of Michigan president of the Michigan Harvard Club.
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Lowell
Detroit
Mich
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Michigan
Harvard Club
Thomas W. Slocum
New York
Associated
Harvard Clubs
Alfred H. Lloyd
University of Michigan
Best in Fine Carmen at Boston Opera House
Miss Gay stars in Bizet Carmen at the Boston Opera House for the fourth performance with the same cast. The production earns high audience acclaim for ensemble finesse among soloists chorus ballet and orchestra. Constantino Baklanoff Lipkowska and the company deliver refined artistry with orchestral and scenic excellence.
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Gay
Bizet
Carmen
Boston Opera House
Miss Gay
Mr. Constantino
Jose
Constantino
Baklanoff
Toreador
Lillas Pastia
Miss Lipkowska
Micaela
New England Highlighted Features In Next Sunday Post
The upcoming issue promises a wireless club lesson Uncle Ben's Talks and prize winner lists for girls vacation letters plus ideas for girls pages.
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New England
Uncle Ben
Nagoya at Harvard A Japanese lad’s steadfast study and affection
A brief study chronicles Nagoya a Japanese youth who joins Harvard in the sixties. His graceful physique gentle voice and bright mind win friends among students and professors. He forms a close bond with Professor Bernardini and his family including Regina the lively 12 year old daughter. He loves Regina but faces cultural boundaries and heartbreak when marriage is deemed inappropriate. The tale ends with Nagoya’s quiet departure looming as the Sunday Post promises continuation.
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Post Publishing Co
Harvard University
Nagoya
New England
Harvard
Educa
Regina
Regina Bernardini
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