Mysterious traveling salesman held on multiple charges
Joseph Hirshman known as the mysterious traveling salesman was arrested January 10 with jewelry furs and other goods worth 2000. A secret federal indictment and local larceny charges label him as a claimant by U S marshals for a Municipal Court hearing. Police connect him to Charles Kisloff linked to a Brockton store at 783 Main Street from which credit goods vanished.
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Joseph Hirshman
United States
Boston
Charles Kisloff
Brockton
Kisloff
Main Street
Hirshman
Dr Williams Pink Pills Aid Nervous Children
St Vitus dance symptoms in children include restlessness sleeplessness and irritability. Each meal aids recovery with Dr Williams Pink Pills as blood nourishes nervous systems and calms the condition. Pills cost 50 cents per box six for 2 50 from druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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St. Vitus
Dr. Williams
St. Vitus Unless the Blood Is Thin. Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Elena Gerhardt backs revival of American folk music
The singer urged reviving American folk songs and proposed a 1915 folk songfest at the San Francisco Exposition with prizes for collection arrangement and performance. She spoke after a recital at Symphony Hall.
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Elena Gerhardt
Miss Gerhardt
Symphony Hall
Lenox
Delight in German Songs Sparks Call for American Folk Revival
A letter urges backers to fund prizes at a San Francisco fair to promote native American music across diverse genres from cowboy ballads to Cherokee melodies. Elena Gerhardt and Vera Barstow delighted a Symphony Hall audience with German lieder and Violinist Barstow impressed with Paganini and Schubert pieces.
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San Francisco
Old South
Southwest
Northwest
pPrummond
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Natalie Curtis
Henry F. Gilbert
Boston
Edward S. Curtis
J. P. Morgan
Germany
Italy
France
Russia
America
Elena
Gerhardt
Vera Barstow
Symphony Hall
Miss Gerhardt
Schubert
Schumann
Brahms
Hugo
Wolf
Strauss
Miss Barstow
Paganini
von Kunits
Kreisler
Schubert-Wilhelmj
Dorchester Man Fatally Injured in Somerville Car Yard Accident
Jeremiah O Rourke 40 of 156 Howard Avenue Dorchester was fatally crushed between two cars at the Clarendon Hill car barns Somerville while repairing lights he jumped from the front of one vehicle into the path of another. He suffered multiple broken ribs and collarbones and other internal injuries and was taken to Somerville Hospital.
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Jeremiah O'Rourke
Howard Avenue
Dorchester
Clarendon Hill
Somerville
O'Rourke
Post Bank Loan Idea Promoted for Home Building
Henry Sterling of the Massachusetts Homestead Commission urged using postal savings deposits to fund wage earners. He spoke at Wells Memorial Hall on Washington Street, proposing loans to workers who want homes or start businesses instead of banks, at low rates.
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Henry Sterling
Massachusetts Homestead Commission
Wells Memorial Hall
Washington Street
Postal
Move to oust Dr Harrington denied by Boston school board
Boston school board members Joseph Lee and George E Brock denied any move to remove Dr Thomas F Harrington from the office of director of hygiene in the public schools The report cited Mason Street headquarters as the source and prompted concern among Harrington supporters He was appointed September 11 1907 from Lowell and earns 8756 a year.
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Boston School Board
Thomas F. Harrington
Director of Hygiene
Boston Public Schools
Boston
Dr. Harrington
Mason Street
Joseph Lee
George E. Brock
Harrington
Lowell
Sterling Suggests Government Loans to Postal Savings Users
At a conference Francis B. Sears explains currency and banking systems while Mr. Sterling argues the money system keeps wages low. He proposes the government loan back 28 million dollars to bona fide borrowers via postal savings, bypassing national banks to aid laborers and home buyers.
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Sterling
Francis B. Sears
National Shawmut Bank
Sears
Postal
Bakers
Morgans
Rockefeller
Postal Savings Bank
Four School Board Members Denounce Alleged Fake Story
Four members of the Boston School Board reject a circulating report as false and defend Dr. Harrington. David A. Ellis, board chairman, calls the story groundless and praises Harrington’s work. Dr. Thomas F. Leen adds Harrington is vital to child health and urban schooling efforts.
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Harrington
David A. Ellis
Thomas F. Leen
Boston
Coun
Work Horse Parade Association to Host First Smoketalk
The Work Horse Parade Association will hold its first smoketalk Friday at 8 PM in Kingsley Hall 100 Bowdoin near the State House. Dr D L Bolger will speak on practical horse care and W D Quimby will explain the model harness with stereopticon images. Tickets are free at 13 Beacon street.
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Work Horse Parade Association
Kingsley Hall
Bowdoin Street
State House
D. L. Bolger
W. D. Quimby
Beacon Street
Postoffice Clerks Pass Resolutions for Rogers Mother
Sympathies from the Boston District Postoffice Clerks for National President Frank T. Rogers on the death of his mother were approved at the annual branch meeting in Longfellow Hall. Secretary of State Frank Donahue and ex-Congressman John F. Mitchell spoke.
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Boston District Postoffice Clerks
Frank T. Rogers
Clerks’ Association
Longfellow Hall
Frank Donahue
John F. Mitchell
Marlboro
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief From Constipation Ills
Advertisement promises fast relief for constipation and biliousness with Cascarets. It asserts headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, and backache vanish after a single night’s cleansing of stomach liver and bowels with a 10 cent box. It also urges care for children’s digestion.
Aluminum hats proposed as cure for high cost of living
Boston writer John F. Benyon advocates aluminum hats to cut living costs claiming they would save millions annually. He says he will campaign for Congress or the Legislature on an aluminum hat platform.
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John F. Benyon
Boston
Mr. Benyon
Benyon
New England
Alice Stone Blackwell
Miss Blackwell
Teresa A. Crowley
Aluminum hats considered for compulsory use
A Boston Post report outlines a plan by Mr. Benyon to make aluminum hats compulsory for all women at a certain age. The hats would be supplied free by the state, be bendable and paintable, and designed to be inexpensive and durable. Proponents claim large yearly savings though local women doubt practicality and legislative approval.
Farmers urged to send sons to agricultural colleges
In Greeley Weld county Colorado January 19 191? W R McClellan secretary of the Weld County Farmers Club tells farmers at the institute that professions are overcrowded and sons should become scientific farmers by attending agricultural colleges instead of pursuing other fields such as medicine law teaching or preaching.
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Greeley
Colo
Weld County
W. R. McClellan
Farmers’ Club
Near Panic on Tremont Street Fires False Alarm
An eagle-eyed citizen sparked a near panic on Tremont Street opposite Winter Street when shouting fire drew crowds from Park Street subway exits. A muddy workman from the Dorchester tunnel site revealed the fake blaze to keep a cement mixer warm, ending the scare.
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Tremont Street
Winter Street
Park Street
Dorchester
Japanese Brides Make Up 14.2 Percent Of San Francisco Marriages
Sacramento Cal January 19 One seventh of all marriages in San Francisco are between Japanese subjects. George Leslie statistician of the State Board of Health says 1912 saw 6102 marriages with 867 brides of Japanese nativity, or 14.2 percent.
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Sacramento
Cal
San Francisco
George Leslie
State Board of Health
Expert explains nervous debility and tonic relief claim
English expert John Beazley Webb describes nervous debility as a functional nervous weakness from overtaxation. He warns sufferers imagine illnesses, lose confidence, and fear misfortunes. Webb endorses Tona Vita as brain tonic and vitality booster sold in Boston drug stores.
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John Beazley Webb
Boston
Guarantee rupture tester device for sixty day trial
An advertisement promises a device to prevent rupture with a sixty day test. It guarantees you can use it without risk and return it at no cost if it does not keep ruptures from occurring or bothering you despite hard work or strain.
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