Street Car Rowdy Held on $4000 Bail
Albert W. Cedarquist, an 18 year old Malden youth, arraigned in Charlestown court on assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly trying to shoot conductor William Campbell on a Sunday morning street car. He was held for the grand jury in 4000 dollars and also held on a separate charge of carrying a loaded revolver for 100 dollars. Cedarquist says he served in the navy but was discharged some time ago.
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Albert W. Cedarquist
Malden
Pasengers
Charlestown Court
William Campbell
Cedarquist
Remedy for Catarrhal Deafness Promoted in Ads
An advertisement touts a home remedy for catarrhal deafness and chronic catarrh. It recommends Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar to be taken four times daily, claiming relief from head noises, improved breathing, and hearing as inflammation eases. The text warns against sprays and inhalers and frames the treatment as constitutional and inexpensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Constipation Relief
The Olive Tablet Company promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The sugar coated olive colored tablets claim no griping and act to normalize bowels and liver with one or two taken at bedtime. Available in 100 and 260 per box from all druggists in Columbus Ohio.
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Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Calomel
R. Edwards
The
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus, O
Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair
Soap should be used cautiously as excess alkali dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Ordinary malsified cocoanut oil is recommended for regular use, providing cleansing lather with minimal residue. It can be bought cheaply at pharmacies.
Society Ladies Embrace Liquid Silmerine Curling Method
Society women adopt liquid silmerine as the proper curling method replacing the damaging curling iron. The product yields natural looking waves, glossy hair, and is easy to apply with a clean toothbrush. It remains effective for weeks and costs little.
Man Kills Sweetheart Then Shoots Self in Providence
Cresswell P. Whittier, 21, of Edgewood, killed Melissa M. Budlong in Auburn after she refused to attend a charity ball with him. He then shot himself and died three hours later at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Providence
R. IL
Cresswell P. Whittier
Edgewood
Auburn
Melissa M. Budlong
Rhode Island
Tragedy Follows Love Quarrels End of Relationship
After a sequence of public quarrels the couple decided to end their friendship. Whittier bought a .32 revolver and shot Miss Budlong twice at her Auburn home before killing himself. Mrs Budlong had planned a New York trip with her brother Frank Budlong.
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Beatrice Davis
Fire at South End flats causes $500 damage
A blaze started from careless matches yesterday afternoon in a four story brick apartment at 309 Columns avenue South End. Fire spread from the second floor to the third and fourth floors, with $500 in damage from fire smoke and water. The building is owned by Neal McNeill and occupied by George Washington Hill, a colored resident.
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Carless
Columns Avenue
Neal McNeill
George Washington
Hill, Colored
Yes It Is Possible to Stop Rheumatism
Claim that rheumatism can be halted by Scott's Emulsion a blood enriching oil food. The ad asserts the product purifies blood by increasing red cells and helps the body remove uric acid to ease joint pain with no alcohol or drugs. Bloomfield New Jersey ad signature Scott & Bowne.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield,n.j
The Famous Players Studio Fire and a Miracle Safe
A blaze gutted the Famous Players studio on Twenty sixth street destroying reels and equipment while the Zukor family and staff anxiously watched. Though three reels of The Foundling burned, Peppina and most negatives survived and the safe remained fused to the wall for days before being lowered.
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Famous Players Studio
Foundling
Peppina
Famous Players Company
Mr. Zukor
Fifth Avenue
Twenty Sixth Street
Mary
New York
Astor Hotel
Twenty-sixth Street
Zukor
Hudson
Rosier I Wore a Wig in Madame Butterfly
The statement notes actress Rosier I wore a wig during the production of Madame Butterfly and did not darken her own hair because darkening hair is typically harmful.
Sketch of Mary Pickford and upcoming Daily Post talks
Helen C remarks on a portrait noting eye color and plans to keep the sketch. The note mentions Mary Pickford's Talks to appear usually five days weekly in the Daily Post and each Sunday in the Sunday Post.
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Mary Pickford
Daily Post
Sunday Post
No Clue Yet to Murderer Linked to Dodge Case
Mrs. FB Dodge of 152 Prospect Avenue Revere wife of the Animated Advertising Company representative in Boston reported no clues in the murder of her husband the company chauffeur found slain in the western city She had returned from St Louis where she visited him and is too ill to be seen at her father E G Cunningham’s home Dodge born in Portland Maine came to Dorchester two years ago to work for the firm
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St. Louis
FB. B. Dodge
Prospect Avenue
Revere
Boston
Dodge
Bostonian Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
E. G. Cunningham
Portland
Dorchester
Uneeda Biscuit Ad Claims National Favorite Snack
An advertisement extols Uneeda Biscuit as the best known and most popular food item, praising its soda cracker quality and nourishing value made from flour.
Annual whist and dance of Harrigan Avenue sodality
The Young Men’s Sodality attached to the Church of the Immaculate Conception hosts a whist and dance at Catholic Union Hall Worcester square on Thursday evening January 2. Proceeds fund a Boston College scholarship. Rev Edward S Brock S J directs. William E Green leads the 30 tables. Prefect Thomas A Holland guides the floor with James Molloy and William F E Lyons as assistants. Hugh J Gillespie heads the aids.
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Young Men’s Sodality
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrigan Avenue
East Concord Street
Catholic Union Hall
Worcester Square
Boston College
Edward S&s. Brock
S. J
Sodality
South End
William E. Green
Thomas A. Holland
James Molloy
William FE. Lyons
Hugh J. Gillespie
Boston Police Shift to Cash Payment for Uniforms
Boston police will pay cash to the property clerk for helmets caps and uniform cloth instead of salary deductions. Police Commissioner O Meara cites higher wool costs scarce indigo dyes and shrinkage from cutting as reasons for the change with yard rates set at 2.32 for summer 3.52 for dress and 3.78 for beaver overcoats with a promise of future price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
O’meara
Chinaman Ejected From Car
Harlie Chin a laundry proprietor at 581 Shawmut avenue is in City Hospital with a battered jaw and facial injuries after being put off a surface car near Dover and Washington streets by the conductor who refused his transfer.
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Harlie Chin
Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
Dover and
Washington Streets
Big jump in prices of cloth
The American Woolen Company, a dominant force in U S woolens, raises next winter prices by 50 percent. Mens suits and overcoats will soar, dealers in Boston recall this as the greatest rise ever. War orders and uncertain dye markets explain the shift.
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American Woolen Company
Boston
Woolen Cloth Prices Rise Again 60 Percent Increases Reported
Knowledge of the increase came yesterday with new price lists given privately by the American Woolen Company to its largest customers. The lists show rises averaging 60 percent as the firm sells cloth for next winter to clothing manufacturers and tailors nationwide. Other companies also raised prices, though one Boston merchant said none were as marked.
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American Woolen Company
Boston
Woolen Company executives hint at looming price rise
The American Woolen Company, flush with wartime orders, faces a murky dye market and warns of an upcoming big increase. Officials refused comment yet one observer noted that a 50 percent rise is not far off.
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American Woolen Company
Nonogenarian Dies Three Weeks After Wife
William Spottiswoode of Malden aged ninety nine died yesterday at his home 18 Fairmount Terrace. A Scot by birth he had lived in Malden 23 years and is survived by four daughters and three sons.
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Ella Malcolm Spottiswoode
William Spottiswoode
Malden
Spottiswoode
Scotland
Fairmount Terrace
How You May Throw Away Your Glasses
A claim urges readers to discard eyeglasses by using Optona in warm water as an eye rinse. It promotes the remedy for astigmatism eye strain cataract and conjunctivitis and warns that neglect harms vision. The piece urges immediate purchase and use to avoid dependence on glasses.
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Optona
Magpres
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S.D
Church OF the Immaculate Con
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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