Burned theater agents in Brewster curry blaze tragedy
About a dozen theatre agents were burned alive in a Brewster cafe last evening during a cremation described as informal. The fire started after a curry dish with 400 spices was served. Listed victims include agents and managers from Ruth St Denis, Lew Dockstader, John Drew, and Adeline Genee productions.
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Brewster
Ruth St. Denis
Clarence Jacobsen
Morris Uri
Bright Eyes
Fred Bishop
Manuel Klein
Dick Whittington
John P. Toohey
John Drew
John H. Mears
Robert Hood Bowers
Fire in Atlantic Avenue building causes heavy damage
A blaze at 397 Atlantic Avenue consumed costly lumber and caused about 5000 dollars in damage last night. No injuries were reported. Firefighters contained the flames and investigated the cause.
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Atlantic Avenue
Society Urges Aid for New York Shirt Waists Strike
A mass meeting in Fanueil Hall on Saturday night, under the Boston Women's Trade Union League, aims to rally Boston society women to support the New York shirt waist workers strike. Two young strikers will speak about the battle for better conditions in New York.
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Faneuil Hall
New York
Boston Women's Trade Union League
Boston Society
War on Freak Shoes Aims to Curb Bizarre Footwear
New York January 12 Retailers expected to raise shoe prices by 10 to 12 percent by year end as President John H. Hanan spoke at the National Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers convention. The group urged price readjustment due to higher materials costs and vowed to fight abnormal styles such as college books soles and three story toe uppers. The push to curb freak shoes targets the West and South more than the East.
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New York
John H. Hanan
National Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Hanan
Runaway Horses Cause Spectacular Lynn Incidents
Two dramatic runaways in Lynn ended in a fatal crash and a halted horse. A horse struck an electric car on the boulevard after leaping from a sleigh near the Relay House at Nahant injuring Mrs. Bertram M. Breed and a companion, while another horse was tripped by a rope across a street in West Lynn after Joseph Phelan tied the line to a telegraph pole. No one in the car was hurt.
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Lynn
West Lynn
Joseph Phelan
Nahant
Bertram M. Breed
Boston
Chelsea
Revere
Boston and Northern Street Railway
Porter Ordered to Pay 29176 in Superior Court Verdict
The Consolidated Rendering Company won a $29,176 verdict against Isaac H. Porter in Superior Court yesterday. The suit arose from two notes Porter gave in payment for stock in a hide company.
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Consolidated Rendering Company
Isaac H. Porter
Porter
Boston Man Arrested for Wife Desertion in New York
Boston police reported Henry F. Whittredge, 34, formerly of 1 Andrew Place, was arrested in New York on a charge of abandoning his wife Gertrude L. and their two children. He allegedly claimed to be Benjamin Schwartz and a former Massachusetts state senator.
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Boston
Henry F. Whittredge
Andrew Place
New York
Gertrude L
Whittredge
Benjamin Schwartz
Massachusetts
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CME
Anno Tute
Ile
Summer St
Sheinwald
William Porter Sons
Weiren
Everstick
Thabe
Luddy & Gurrier's
Tom Barry
Brockton
Wien
W.L. Douglas
Astracht
Loggins
Crockett
North End
Back Bay
Sterling Ale
Rueter & Company
Freak Shoes
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Wilson’s Cafe
Chauncy Street
Gfooop
Foonp
Wolf's
Hanover and
Nab
Lra F. Clarke Co
Portland
Maine
Talbot Company
Hanover Street
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