Expressman Henry Prew Honored for Fifty Years of Service
Henry Prew renowned in New England as senior member of Earle & Prew, later part of Adams Express, was feted at a Boston Athletic Association dinner for 50 years as an express manager and his resignation as Adams general agent in Providence. Edward A. Taft spoke of Prew rising from Providence newspaper boy to expressman and boss. Prew also leads the New York & Boston Despatch Company.
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Henry Prew
New England
Earle & Prew
Adams Express Company
Boston Athletic Association
Providence
Mr. Prew
New York
Newport
R. I
Sarle & Prew
Boston
New York & Boston Despatch Company
Bangor Doctor Dr Atwell Swett Dies At 71
Bangor Maine January 17 Dr Atwell William Swett longtime physician in the city died this morning at age 71 after nearly five decades in medicine. A Dartmouth Medical School graduate class of 1863 he belonged to Penobscot County Maine and American Medical Associations and served as assistant surgeon in the 29th Maine Regiment during the Civil War reaching first lieutenant and brevet captain.
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Bangor
Atwell William Swett
Dartmouth Medical School
Penobscot County
Maine
Jewels For Two Officers Installed In Eastern Star Ceremony
The Undine Chapter Order of the Eastern Star installed officers at Grand Army Hall in Revere with 400 attendees from Greater Boston lodges. Miriam Watts and Alfred E. Wellington presided as installing officers with prizes and bouquets given to retiring officers and a reception featuring Miss Jennie McKay as soloist.
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Revere
Undine
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Army Hall
Greater Boston
Miriam Watts
Winthrop
Addie F. Hall
Neponset
Lucy A. MacEachern
Alfred E. Wellington
East Boston
Josephine F. Sanborn
Ernest W. Girard
Hugh M. McKay
Emily E. Miller
Co. F. Ff. Burchimore
Pauline C. Moore
A. M
Adelaide &. Burchmore
Lizzie Girard
A. C
Georgia Hill
Janet Firby
Florence Donath
Elizabeth Dorr
Ada
Rhoda Orr
Ruth
Katherine MacKinney
Esther
Jennie Babson
Martha
Nellie
Trask
Electa
Josephine Sanborn
Marshal
Lucy MacRachern
Civil Service Commissioner Answers Inquirer
Elmer L. Curtiss of the Civil Service Commission invites the inquirer “A Graduate” to visit Room 1651 at the State House for full details on the Massachusetts civil service stenographer examinations. The commission will provide accurate information. Boston, Jan 16, 1912.
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Massachusetts Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
State House
Elmer L. Curtiss
Civil Service Commissioner
Boston
Engagement News of Miss Eleanor Hibbard and Howard Lamkin
Miss Eleanor Hibbard of Dorchester announces her engagement to Howard William Lamkin of Dorchester. Daughter of Mrs. George A. Hibbard and the late Boston mayor, she met Lamkin after his sister-in-law, Albert Brown, lost both parents. Lamkin, 27, works at First National Bank and is son of the late William Lamkin of Lamkin & Foster.
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Marceau Boston
Eleanor Hibbard
Howard William Lamkin
Dorchester
98 Centre Street
Greater Boston
Miss Hibbard
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Lamkin
English Aristocrat Granted Divorce in Suffolk Court
Eugene R. Rosedale, claiming English noble ties to Lord Rosedale, sought a divorce from Clara Rosedale in Suffolk County Divorce Court. The uncontested case ended with a decree and alimony of 80 dollars monthly plus 500 dollars yearly for their daughter Marjorie’s education.
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Suffolk County
Eugene R. Rosedale
Lord Rosedale
White
Clara Rosedale
Rosedale
Marjorie
Opera Manuscript Destroyed in Fire
Emiliano Renaud of the Boston Opera Company fled a fire at his 84 St Botolph street home yesterday morning as his two year old opera manuscript burned. Four women fled down ladders. Mrs L Maney broke an arm escaping. Renaud could not save the manuscript. The blaze started in the cellar, ten suites escaped. damage estimated at $3000.
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Boston Opera Company
Emiliano Renaud
St. Botolph Street
Byron
Renaud
Heptorean Club Hosts Gentlemen’s Night Recital
The Heptorean Club of Somerville held its annual gentlemen's night at Unitarian Hall with about 350 attendees. An organ recital by Ernest W. Harrison, readings by Leland M. Powers, and violin solos by Jacques Hoffman opened the program followed by a reception. Notable guests included Lt. Gov. Robert Luce and Mayor Charles A. Burns.
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Heptorean Club of
Somerville
Unitarian Hall
Church
Ernest W. Harrison
Leland M. Powers
Jacques Hoffman
John Herbert
Robert Luce
Charles A. Burns
George H. Blake
Danderine promises hair revival and dandruff fade
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair cleanser that removes dust and oil, stops itching and falling hair, and regenerates new fine hair across the scalp after weeks of use. The claim urges buying a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Harvard Overseers Confirm Robert Bacon Appointment
Robert Bacon who resigned as American ambassador to France was confirmed as a Harvard corporation member by the Board of Overseers. He plans to move his family from Paris to Boston and make the city his permanent residence later this winter.
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Harvard
Robert Bacon
France
Harvard Corporation
Bacon
Paris
Boston
Day of Trouble for B M Men on Portland Division
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on January 17 trainmen on the Boston and Maine faced numerous mishaps. A brake beam tore from a North Berwick bridge and fell into the river while a snow plow carried brake rigging miles along the track. At Conway Junction a freight car center pin wedged in a frog and a westbound locomotive struck the pin smashing a cowcatcher.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portland
Boston & Maine Today
North Berwick
Newchwannock River
Oak Hill
Rigby
Conway Junction
Plan to Block Home Rulers in Belfast Demonstration
In Belfast on February meeting, Unionists plan to freeze out Winston Churchill by bivouacking 50 stalwarts inside Ulster Hall days ahead and guarding the hall against arrivals. Anti home rulers will travel by special trains for picket duty, with about 75 000 expected to cover approaches to Ulster Hall to block the meeting.
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Belfast
Ireland
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Ulster Hall
Surgeon General Torney to Review Morse Case Findings
Surgeon General Torney of the army was called in by Attorney General Wickersham to review army medical officers findings on Charles W. Morse and report to the Department of Justice. Much depends on Torney's report for a possible presidential commutation of Morse's sentence.
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Washington
Torney
Army
Wickersham
Charles W. Morse
Department of Justice
Morse
Hotel and Railroad News men elect officers
At the annual meeting of the Mutual Relief and Benefit Association of the Hotel and Railroad News Co held yesterday morning officers were elected for the ensuing year. President Ss. A. March vice president J. J. McGee secretary Roy Cottam treasurer C. K E. Gifford finance committee C. H. Sargent chairman H. C. Jackson and Robert H. Brown.
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Mutual Relief and Benefit Association
Hotel & Railroad News Co
Ss. A. March
J. J. McGee
Roy Cottam
C. K E. Gifford
C. H. Sargent
H. C. Jackson
Robert H. Brown
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St. Stephen’s Church
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Lebaron Bradford Colt
Andrew Weeks Anthony
S. Reed
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Miles W. Weeks
George McClellan Fiske
St. Stephen's
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St. Michael’s Church
Bristol
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Rhode Island
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Ridgeway
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Waterman Street
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Bellevue Avenue
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Howard Trask
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Undine Chapter
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