Trade Board After Fur Man in Brookline Case
The Retail Trade Board of the Boston Chamber of Commerce investigated and reported complaints to Chief Corey of Brookline police leading to the arrest of Herbert N. Goldman of New York. Goldman was licensed to sell furs at Whitney Hall on Jan 1. Charged with fraudulent advertising and larceny, he posted a $300 bond and the case was continued to January 2.
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Retail Trade Board
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Corey
Brookline
Herbert N. Goldman
New York
Goldman
Whitney Hall
Perkins
Boston Mercantile Market Association Elects Officers
The Boston Mercantile Market Association held its annual meeting at Association Hall. Officers elected include President P. F. Lomasney and Vice-President J. Dustin, both reelected for a fourth term, Secretary P. H. Wall, with Lee D. J. Lee and directors M. J. Gallagher J D. Peabody R. P. Puffer D. P. Sweeney J. J. McNally and A. Hayden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Mercantile Market Association
Association Hall
Clinton Street
P. F. Lomasney
J. Dustin
P. H. Wall
Lee D. J. Lee
M. J. Gallagher
J D. Peabody
R. P. Puffer
D. P. Sweeney
J. J. McNally
A. Hayden
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promise fast relief for tired stomachs
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as rapidly easing indigestion, dissolving gas, and clearing tongue coating. It claims the tablets aid digestion by supplementing natural gastric juices, are harmless, and require no system-wide treatment. Trial packages and 50 cent boxes are offered by F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Debussy Opera Tonight in Boston Pelleas et Melisande
Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande receives Boston Opera Company staging tonight with Georgette Maeterlinck as Melisande and Jean Ridder as Pelleas. Yanni Marcoux makes American debut as Golaud. Maria Gay and Bernice Fisher sing Genevieve and the Queen. Edward Lankow and Jose Mardones alternate as Arkel and the Doctor. The work, hailed as a new epoch in music drama, features Debussy's revolutionary harmonic system and a score built from delicate motives and impressionistic sound.
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Europe
Genevieve
Little Ynnold
Golaud
Mmes
Maria Gay
Bernice Fisher
Edward Lankow
Arkel
Jose Mardones
Mme
Maeterlinck
Debussy
Patrick Campbell
Kneisel Quartet Premieres Smith New Work At Steinert Hall
David Stanley Smith's new quartet, a Yale associate of Horatio Parker, received its first performance in Steinert Hall as part of the Kneisel Quartet recital. The piece showed conventional form with a dramatic third movement and mixed reception. The program also included a new G major quartet by a young Russian, Kropylov, and Beethoven's E flat quartet Opus 74, delivered with notable vigor.
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David Stanley Smith
Horatio Parker
Yale
Steinert Hall
Kneisel
Smith
Kropylov
Knessels
City Club Opera Group Gathers For Boston Opera Support
A large Opera Club meeting of Boston City Club members was held with Joseph Smith presiding in place of William F. Fitzgerald. Businessmen urged backing a self supporting Boston Opera Company and a Jan. 16 dinner for about 125 Opera Club members was planned.
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Opera Club
Boston City Club
Boston Opera Company
William F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Joseph Smith
City Club
Rich Woman Weds Broker in Washington Ceremony
Announced today the marriage of Miss M A Gordon a 77 year old Brooklyn real estate heiress to P Barrington Jennings a 28 year old broker. The wedding was held in Washington several days ago and only now public. Mrs Jennings said she first met him when he sought to bargain for a plot she owned.
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New York
M.A. Gordon
Brooklyn
P. Barrington Jennings
Washington
Conductor Defends All Night Car Service
A Boston Elevated conductor replies to letters about overnight Mattapan car service. He disputes a claim of 130 riders and 15 missed fares, citing car seating limits and plausible passenger behavior. He argues the accused conductor is a valued employee and urges fair assessment of the issue.
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Boston
Adams Square
Mattapan
Dover Street
Boston Elevated
Chelsea Board to Seek Subsidy for Winnisimmet Ferry
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen will push a bill in the Legislature to subsidize the Winnisimmet Ferry Corporation. The move follows endorsements from businessmen and ex-Mayors Willards and Beck and Chelsea Manufacturers' Association leaders at a recent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Commission
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
City of
Chelsea
Winnisimmet Ferry Corporation
Chelsea Board of Alderman
Willards and Beck
W. G. Gleason
Chelsea Manufacturers’ Association
Ferris Pleads for Optimism at New England Dry Goods Meet
At the City Club annual dinner 115 members heard Charles C. Ferris of Gilchrist Company re elected president urge optimism in business, noted loss of treasurer Thomas M. Fitzpatrick, praised the Chamber of Commerce, and called for broader membership. Other speakers included J. F. McGrath on retailer protection, Amos T. Saunders on Employers' Liability, and William A. Brooks on Tangier and Egypt.
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New England Dry Goods Association
City Club
Charles C. Ferris
Gilchrist Company
Ferris
Association
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
J. F. McGrath
Woburn
Amos T. Saunders
Saunders
William A. Brooks
Tangier
Algiers
Old
Egypt
P. A. O’connell
E. T. Slattery Company
Walter A. Hawkins
Jordan Marsh Company
Wiliam G. Walker
Austin Walker Sales Company
Israel Caro
Caro’s Waist House
J. G. B. Smith
Smith, Taylor Company
Horace Bacon
W. & A. Bacon
Henry W. Poor
Henry W. Poor & Co
Henry C. Brine
William H. Brine Company
Charles C.caldwell
Walker Stetson Company
Demonstration of Department Store Salesmanship at YMCA
A Jordan Marsh & Co. sales force staged a four act demonstration of selling techniques at the YMCA hall. The display featured over $10,000 in millinery and wearables with lessons on handling objections, job interviews, and customer needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Y. M. C. U. Hall
Nathaniel C. Fowler
Sophie Grant
W. A. Hawkins
Jordan Marsh Company
Well Known Horseman Dies of Pneumonia
James Donnelly a famed trainer and handler of aristocratic horses died Monday night at Boston City Hospital after a seven day pneumonia illness. At 34 he faced a brief life end. Funeral set for Friday at St Marys North End with a requiem mass and burial at Calvary.
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James Donnelly
Boston City Hospital
Donnelly
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Calvary
Loving Cup Presented to Master Builder Sayward
A 16 inch sterling silver loving cup was presented to William H. Sayward secretary of the Master Builders Association by journeyman members of the Massachusetts Societies of Masters and Craftsmen. The ceremony took place at the Master Builders Exchange with many contractors and workers present.
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William H. Sayward
Master Builders’ Association
Massachusetts Societies of Masters’ and Craftsmen
Master Builders’ Exchange
Hay's Hair Health promises to restore color and youth
The ad urges young readers with gray hair to use Hay's Hair Health to return hair to its natural color and stay. It claims the product keeps one looking young and offers a trial bottle for 10 cents. Sold at drug stores or by mail from Philo Hay Spec. Co., Newark, NJ with price of $1.50.
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Hay
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
Ni J
Curious Features in News of the Day Will Marry a Blonde
Charles Corbin of New Britain, heir to $75,000 from his late father and $75,000 more on remarriage, plans a second marriage to a widow named Ward. Neighbors report her origin as New Bedford, Fall River, or Providence, with past meetings in Oak Bluffs. First wife Mrs. Lillian Blakesley Corbin lives in New York and is supported by their son.
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New Britain
Conn
Charles Corbin
Phillip Corbin
Corbin
Ward
New York
Plan Convention for Leap Year Bachelors and Maids
Savannah report details a January bachelor and maid convention at La Grange to boost leap year proposals. Mayor Elmundson will preside, Justices Gaffney and Young will perform marriages, and license cut rates will apply. County Commissioners donate the court house auditorium for two days.
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Savannah
la Grange
Georgia
Alabama
John B. Elmundson
J. D. Gaffney
Robert L. Young
Court House
Peruna Praised By Victims Of Grip In Letters
Mrs. Gentry Gates of East Lake Alabama says Peruna cured her grippe and helped her family. Mrs. Jennie W. Cecil of Big Cabin Oklahoma credits Peruna and Malin for improved health after systemic catarrh following grippe. Mr. K Esveld of Grand Rapids Michigan reports five bottles of Peruna revived his vigor after years of grippe related stomach and kidney issues.
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Gentry Gates
East Lake
Ala
Jennie W. Cecil
Big Cabin
Oklahoma
Indiana Reform School For Boys
Peruna
Manalin
Mr. K. Esveld
Michigan V. J
Hermitage St
Grand Rapids, Mich
Matrimonial Bureau Suggested by Minneapolis Officials
Minneapolisطرح a matrimonial bureau to aid Associated Charities and the probation office. The plan aims to match widows cared for by the charity with widowers who have children under probation supervision. A probation officer cites several widowers needing wives to manage homes and households.
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Minneapolis
Associated Charities
Probation Office
Father of 32 Children Dies at 79 in Virginia
John W. Guy of near Melfa Virginia dies at home aged 79 after three marriages that produced 32 children. He married Mary Ann Redfield Margaret Elizabeth Ayres and Lola Crockett. Of 32 offspring 23 survive with the eldest son aged 56. All sons reportedly have large families.
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Cape Charles
John W. Guy
Melfa
Guy
Mary Ann Redfield
Margaret Elizabeth Ayres
Lola Crockett
Mr. Guy
Snow Plow Destroys Mail Car Near Mathews Station
In Rochester New Hampshire on January 9 Train 6515 from Boston to Intervale was struck by a snow plow near Mathews station. Section foreman Jesse Lyman, in charge of the plow, was badly hurt. The plow lifted the rear mail car of the passenger train and pitched it into a ditch. the mail car was empty at the time.
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Rochester
N. H
Boston
Intervale
Boston & Maine
Mathews Station
Jesse Lyman
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