No Change at the Empire Stock Company in Boston
Manager Morison announces the Empire stock company will stay at the Empire Theatre with new lessees taking over as an independent company led by Mary Hall and Howell Hansel. The group, praised for its work, will continue under Morison with plans for spring arrangements to keep the act among its many friends.
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Morison
Empire Stock Company
Empire Theatre
John T. Mitchell
Boston
Mary Hall
Howell Hansel
Empire Stock
Hollis Matinee Today for William Collier Play
A matinee at Hollis Street Theatre today offers Boston theatergoers another chance to see William Collier in The Heart of a Sparrow. The engagement is limited to this week with both Wednesday and Saturday matinees listed.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Boston
William Collier
Clarice to Open Week at Park Theatre in Boston
Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in Clarice at the Park Theatre for one week starting Monday January 22. The run marks the farewell week for the play in Boston with only one matinee on Saturday. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at the Park Theatre.
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Charles Frohman
William Gillette
Park Theatre
Boston
Mr. Gillette
Colonial Theatre
Malden Aldermen Seek Five-Cent Fares On Main Street Lines
Malden Aldermen, in a brief session, reappointed Fire Commissioner Huff for three years and elected city officials including Dr. McCarthy Health Board member, Laban Beal overseer of the poor, John Holden assessor, Dr. Cummings city physician, Chase and Davenport sinking fund commissioners, Wiggin city solicitor, Buckminster cemeteries trustee. The railroad committee was directed to confer with T rail and Boston & Northern officials to establish a five-cent fare on main street lines within Malden limits.
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Malden
Warren
Thomas W. Huff
Charles D. McCarthy
Board of Health
Laban Beal
John P. Holden
Morton KE. Cummings
Allan J. Chase
Charles N. Davenport
Joseph Wiggin
William B. Buckminster
Railroad Committee
T.”’ Road
Boston & Northern
Olive Partridge Hosts 91st Birthday Family Dinner
Mrs Olive Partridge observed her 91st birthday with a turkey dinner at her Franklin street home for 17 relatives and friends. In the afternoon several visitors called to offer congratulations. She remains remarkably active and in good health, attending church recently and speaking entertainingly with a strong memory.
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West Medway
Olive Partridge
Franklin Street
Dorchester Associates Set Third Annual Dance Tomorrow
The Dorchester Associates announce their third annual dance this evening at Bloomfield Hall on Geneva Avenue. The club consists of many well known young men of the district.
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Dorchester Associates
Bloomfield Hall
Geneva Avenue
Divorce Court Hears Passionate Plea From Despairing Wife
In Dorchester, Amy A. Bickford pleads “For child's sake, don’t get a divorce” as she reads a tearful letter to husband Eugene S. Bickford amid accusations of alcohol abuse and domestic strain. The case, noting prior incidents including a broken leg and past suicide attempt, continues as others seek desertion and separation rulings.
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Frank
Amy A. Bickford
Eugene S’. Bickford
Dorchester
Bickford
Boston socialite Mrs Dunbar writes new poem of sea and sky
Mrs Errol Dunbar formerly Miss Helena Sharpsteen a Beacon Street society girl with a $5,000,000 fortune has written a new poem that delights literary and society circles. The amateur actress and Browning student occupies 142 Beacon Street and has staged Shakespearean matinees for Boston society.
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Errol Dunbar
Boston
Helena Sharpsteen
Beacon Street
Dunbar
Shaksperian
Masonic Lodges Ban Liquor At Social Functions
Philadelphia January 16 The Pennsylvania lodges of Masons will bar intoxicating liquor from all social functions. Following a suggestion by M W Grand Master George W Kendrick Jr at the annual meeting no wine will be served at banquets in the Masonic Temple.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gas meters in New York overcharges reveal 2225 favoring firms
Albany January 16. Of 88,000 gas meters in use in New York City tested last year, 2,225 were found to run in favor of gas companies. State inspector Jastrow Alexander disclosed this in his annual report to the State Gas Commission. If the same percentage holds, about 300,000 meters enable companies to bill customers for gas never used.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Jastrow Alexander
State Gas Commission
Coffee linked to rare optic nerve damage, study claims
The Rockford Register-Gazette reports Dr Langhurst describes a Beach county patient, O A Leach, whose optic nerve damage is attributed to heavy coffee use. Leach quit coffee or risk total blindness, with Postum proposed as a safe alternative.
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Rockford, Ill
Register-Gazette
William Langhurst
Aurora
O. A. Leach
Beach County
Leach
Missing 14 year old girl and lodger sought
Rosina Consalvo of 136 Revere street Revere missing with Niola Chiullo 21 a lodger. Police issued a warrant for the girl over $400 alleged stolen from her mother’s hiding place. They were traced to South Union station Boston and believed to have gone to New York.
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Rosina Consalvo
Polino Consalvo
Revere Street
Revere
Niola Chiullo
Chiullo
Consalvo
Berlin
West Boylston
Mass
Curley
Chelsea Court
South Union Station
Boston
New York
Sharp tilts mark Swift trial for contract kickbacks
Former Assistant Custodian T. J. Swift faced a sharp, contested Federal trial before Judge Dodge on charges he took money for securing government contracts for Bourn & Hadley of Templeton Massachusetts. The proceedings featured fierce exchanges between Swift's attorney John H. Casey and Assistant U.S. District Attorney W. H. Lewis over additional contracts and documentary evidence.
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T. J. Swift
Federal
Dodge
United States Circuit Court
Swift
Bourn & Hadley
Templeton
Mass
John H. Casey
United States
W. H. Lewis
Lewis
Asey
Bourn & Hadley Company
Robert F. Bourn
Bourn
Federal Building
George A. Hibbard
Casey
Boston man charged with assault on elderly storekeeper
Kinney Harry A. of Boston was brought into Biddeford court on a charge of assaulting Charles O. Gould an aged crippled storekeeper. His attorney was not ready to proceed and Kinney was held on three thousand dollars bond for a hearing next Tuesday. He allegedly struck the old man on the head with a heavy stick during a robbery attempt and was arrested shortly after escaping from the store.
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Biddeford
Harry A. Kinney
Boston
Charles O. Gould
Kinney
Dispute over the Holy Jumpers ends in fine
A dispute sparked by the Holy Jumpers led to a courtroom clash between Michael J. Heaney, a boarder, and Flora Leighton, owner of a Seaver Street Charlestown boarding house. Heaney appeared in court and was fined ten dollars for assault and battery on Mrs. Leighton.
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Michael J. Heaney
Flora Leighton
Seaver Street
Charlestown
Heaney
Bargain Wrapper Prices Sweep Through Cooperativ Stores
A large sale listing dominates this page with steep discounts on nightwear, panties, dresses, coats, and shawls. It highlights 49e to 3.98 value ranges, including 2.00 all wool sweaters, silk opera bags, and assorted leather goods. The ad promises quality items at cut rates, urging readers to seize the wrapper bargain before stock vanishes.
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Wwe
Tailors’ Se
Deere Alon
Ieee
Warner
Sioe
Ieee Wes Bauer
Murr
Goa
Clara Barton Plans New First Aid Association
Oxford, Jan 16. Clara Barton declares she remains vigorous and ready for a larger mission with the First Aid Association of America. She seeks railroad cooperation, proposing each line keep a ready car with physicians and equipment to reach wrecks immediately, tending the injured at the scene.
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Clara Barton
First Aid Association
Oxford
Red Cross
First Aid Association of America
Gloves and fashion prices spark cross Atlantic envy
A fragment notes American glove prices versus England’s, claiming American goods offer more for less. It mentions ladies gloves in mocha, tan, gray, white, and black, with assorted sizes and styles, including wool mitts, all advertised with low terms and shop mentions.
Clothing Sale Prices and Coupon Offer
Readable catalog style list shows varied clothing items with discounted prices for men women and children including toques blouses angora tams winter caps knee pants and coats plus a money value coupon worth one hundred units of currency for shopping.
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Fie
Sellers list assorted textiles and equipment in old ad
The fragment lists various items for sale including Wammer 4x5 plates, a 1.50 three-part tripod, tiled rugs from Smyrna and Dundee, reversible tapestries, remnants, straw matting, and other home goods. Prices and conditions vary with references to damaged or imperfect stock.
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Wammer
U. Ae
Smyrna
Dundee
Hats Trimmed Free in Our Millinery Department
A grocery and meat ad promotes low prices with $1.00 delivery within ten miles and a range of staples for sale. It urges customers to visit the store to sample a 19 cent fried chicken dinner and touts cooperative growth and profit sharing with shoppers in a lively, promotional tone.
Mildred Champagne Talks on Love and Sentiment
A reader asks how to handle a dating dilemma with a gentleman who dates another girl. The columnist advises clarifying desires, stating you won’t accept divided interests, and warns that honesty can either lose or win him, depending on his response.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne Advice for a jobless suitor in love
A reader writes seeking guidance after two months of unemployment and social stigma. The answer urges immediate work, warns against loafing, and advises waiting to see the girlfriend until able to support a wife. It suggests honesty with the girl about sharing a difficult lot and earning respect from her and her mother when employment returns.
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John C. Lawrence
Martha A. Lawrence
Brookline
Miss Champagne
the Post
Champagne
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