Constantino Sues Columbia for 200000 Over Fake Records
Boston tenor Constantino files a Suffolk County Superior Court suit against Columbia Phonograph Company alleging breach of contract and misrepresentation. He claims the firm sold records under the name Mario de Pasquale, using his voice, and attached the company funds in Eliot National Bank Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florencio Constantino
Boston Opera Company
Columbia Phonograph Company
New York City
Bridgeport
Constantino
Mario de Pasquale
Severoni
Italy
Columbia Phonograph
New York
Constantine
Eliot National Bank
Charles S. French
Boston
Globe
Conn
Edward D. Eastern
George W. Lyle
E. O. Rockwood
Pape's Cold Compound Claims Rapid Cure for Grippe
An advertisement asserts that taking Pape's Cold Compound every two hours can cure a severe cold or grippe within hours. It claims three years of research and no quinine, with a 25 cent bottle available from any druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Grippe
Duffy
Duffy Malt White Co
Rochester
N. Y
Washington trip for poor test finishers
Several navy officers who scored poorly on the 1910 physical test are being summoned to Washington to meet with the medical board. Captain Frank A. Wilner, commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard, has appeared and is expected to be retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Washington
Frank A. Wilner
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Owl in Boston’s King's Chapel a good omen says Scannell
Roger Scannell of 700 Huntington Avenue writes to defend the owl that has settled in King's Chapel burying ground. He praises the bird for warding off English sparrows and argues Boston should adopt the owl as a city emblem. He cites Poe and ancient Greece and casts the owl as a harbinger of peace rather than evil.
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Boston
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
New England Order of Owls
Senator Hoar
Worcester Papers
Lake Quinsigamond
King’s Chapel
Gray
Poe
Pallas Athene
Athens
America
Greece
Ireland
Roger Scannell
Huntington Avenue
Bequest To Former Nurse From Woonsocket Estate
Mrs. Kate Benson Wallis wife of Willie R. Wallis is to receive $6000 from the estate of Jonathan B. Farnum Woonsocket who died December 20 and whose will was filed for probate at Woonsocket. She served as a nurse in the Farnum household for five years before marriage and was notified of the legacy this forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Douglas
Kate (Benson) Wallis
Willie R. Wallis
Jonathan B. Farnum
Woonsocket
Reward Boy for Rescue Heroic Winthrop Drowning Save
Harry Abrams an 11 year old boy received a Massachusetts Humane Society silver medal for saving Helen and Beatrice Ingalls from drowning at Winthrop. While wading near Pequod avenue on July 26 he twice dived to rescue the girls sinking in a hole and kept them above water for 20 minutes until help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Abrams
Massachusetts Humane Society
Helen
Beatrice Ingalls
Winthrop
Jacob Abrams
Buchanan Street
Pequod Avenue
Ingalls
Abrams
Maryland Navy ship named champion shot in 1910 practice
The armored cruiser Maryland won the pennant in the Navy battle practice of 1910, beating all other battleship class vessels from both Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Tests simulated near combat, with Maryland hitting about 40 percent of turret gun fire at 10 000 yards under rough seas and with a small target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland
United States Navy
Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Wife Finds Husband Dead in Cellar
Homer R. Colman aged 56 of 6 Gannett Street Roxbury committed suicide last night by hanging in the cellar of his home. He was despondent over illness and his wife discovered the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer R. Colman
Gannett Street
Roxbury
Simple home remedy promises rapid waist reduction for all
A historical note touts Marmola Cascara Aromatic and Peppermint in water as a weight reducing tea, claiming safe, symmetrical fat loss without dieting or exercise. It warns against twisting and bending exercises and notes improvements to digestion blood purification and skin while permitting unrestricted eating.
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AQ Street
New England
William Sheinwald
Ehiss
Barry
Brockton
Crockett
W. L. Douglas
Snow
George
Europe
South America
Charles 8. French
Mcials
Marc Pasquale
Falk Photo Co
F. A. George
OWL Irish
Col
Scannell
of Winthrop
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