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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1915
Page
4
Mayor Curley with Building Commissioner O gl?rn and police led a raid on Chinatown gambling dens to enforce fire laws and close secret passages fan tan rooms steel doors peep holes and sewer openings. About a dozen houses were visited and the mayor vowed to demolish barricades and erase evasion schemes.
The Boston Theatre resumed the legitimate stage with Ben Hur after a movie run. Audiences swelled despite bad weather, marking 16 years since the drama first appeared and 14 years since it opened the Colonial Theatre. Applause ran fervent as on opening night.
Klaw and Erlanger present the famous drama on its western journey ahead of a Boston stop en route to the Golden Gate. Richard Buhler stars as Ben Hur with a full cast. the chariot race and scenic pictures are praised as part of a strong production. The engagement is limited.
Houdini brother Hardeen accepts a challenge from a major brewery to escape from a giant beer keg tonight at Bowdoin Square Theatre. He says the feat is dangerous since breathing is nearly impossible inside the cask and he must work swiftly to free himself.
An advertisement offers a free trial of a new asthma treatment at the publisher's expense. It claims to relieve breathing difficulties for all forms and ages, urging those with chronic or hopeless cases to apply without sending money and to mail the coupon today.
Funeral services for Ruth M. Pomeroy were held at 11 o clock at her North Weymouth home. Jessie Pomeroy received a pastoral visit as his mother was remembered in a private observance due to quarantine. The Pilgrim Congregational Church clergyman led Scripture readings and prayers outlining Mrs Pomeroy s life.
A wreath from her sisters rests on the grave of Jessé, a Worcester nun, at North Weymouth cemetery. Charles Poierdy attended the service and burial.
Alice Brown’s play Children of Earth opens at the Booth Theatre New York winning a $10,000 prize offered by Winthrop Ames. The New England town tale centers on a woman’s struggle between hereditary Puritanism and forbidden love with Effie Shannon and Herbert Kelpey in leading roles.
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