Life of Murder Suspect Reveals Shocking Family Tangle
In Haverhill the police investigation into the murder of 18 year old Minnie Graham Bamforth and her mother Martha Ellen Graham uncovers a tangled life. Joseph E Bamforth, 41, the husband of Minnie, was arraigned in district court and committed to Lawrence jail without bail to await the Essex county grand jury.
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Minnie Graham Bamforth
Martha Ellen Graham
Joseph E. Bamforth
Lawrence
Essex
Promiscuous pairings tied murder trio to Lawrence past
The article traces how Bamforth and Mrs. Graham fled Blackpool in 1911 to Boston with two children then settled in Lawrence with Mrs. Graham's sister and her husband. Bamforth later moved to Haverhill with Mrs. Graham and their daughter, while the surviving babies and father face charges at the city poor farm.
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Lawrence
Haverhill
England
Blackpool
Mrs. Graham
Fred Taylor
Vinestreet, Lawrence
Mrs. Taylor
Taylors
Bamforth
Best Kidney Remedy Swamp Root Ad Promotes Proven Benefits
advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder remedy with claims of broad efficacy. sworn statements and testimonials from customers are cited to support results and a sample bottle offer via parcels post is mentioned along with home delivery and tile sales at drug stores.
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Binghamton
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Boston Daily Post
Bamforth confesses to killing wife and mother-in-law
In Lawrence a man identified as Bamforth admits killing his wife Minnie Graham and her mother after a history of moving between homes and by rumor. Medical examiner notes a hatchet strike killed the mother instantly while the daughter struggled to defend herself.
Nan Halperin Headlines Keith's Week Show
Nan Halperin stars as the headline performer at Keith's this week with a novel act and growing popularity. The bill includes Williams and Wolfus in Hark Hark Hark, Sweeties, an all star cast of dancers and singers, Frank Gaby, the Haley sisters, Espe and Dutton, Larne and Dupre, Karl Emmys pets, the Marmein sisters, David Schooler in a dance and music reveal, and the Pathe Weekly.
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Nan Halperin
Keith’s
Williams
Wolfus
Hark
Sweeties
Frank Gaby
Haley Sisters
Espe and
Dutton
Larne
Dupre
Karl Emmy
Marmein Sisters
David Schooler
The
Pathe Weekly
Leave It to Jane at Majestic Theatre Ends This Week
The Majestic Theatre closes its stay this week and next amid excellent patronage. Juanita Fletcher and Oscar Shaw lead the popular organization touring the show here.
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Jane
Majestic Theatre
Juanita Fletcher
Oscar Shaw
Lombardi Ltd Opens Strong at Plymouth Theatre
Lombardi Ltd has a fast start at Plymouth Theatre with high patronage since opening. Leo Carrillo shines in the title role and Grace Valentine supports a capable company cast in the production.
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Lombardi, Ltd
Plymouth
Leo Carrillo
Lombardi
Grace Valentine
Alma Ter Stars In The Eyes of Youth At Wilbur Theatre
Alma Ter leads the cast in The Eyes of Youth at the Wilbur Theatre drawing large patronage and generating much comment. The drama attracts repeated viewings with growing interest.
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Alma Ter
Wilbur Theatre
The Crowded Hour Draws Strong Favor at Park Square Theatre
The Park Square Theatre play The Crowded Hour gains strong local favor as audiences embrace its appealing theme. Vilette Kershaw delivers a standout impersonation consistently praised by theatergoers.
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Park Square Theatre
Vilette Kershaw
The Kiss Burglars Opens Second Week at Shubert Theatre
The second week of The Kiss Burglar opened last evening at the Shubert Theatre. It is a merry affair intended solely to divert and, in this respect, eminently successful. Marie Carroll Louise Mink and Denman Maley play the leading roles.
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Shubert Theatre
Marie Carroll
Louise Mink
Denman Maley
Virtuous Wives Headline With Anita Stewart At St James
The St James theatre presented Virtuous Wives starring Anita Stewart and a star cast. The show featured five vaudeville acts Pathe and comedy. Mabel Normand is scheduled for Mickey on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Houdini appears in The Master Mystery with new vaudeville and Pathe comedy.
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Anita Stewart
Mabel Normand
Mickey
Houdini
Pathe
Fenway Theatre Week At Fenway With Nazimova And Pauline Frederick
The Fenway programme offers Nazimova in Eye for an Eye and Bryant Washburn in The Way of a Man With a Maid in the first half. On Thursday Friday and Saturday Pauline Frederick appears in Out of the Shadow and Robert Warwick with Elaine Hammerstein in The Accidental Honeymoon. Burton Holmes Travels News Weekly and a comedy draw the bill.
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Nazimova
Bryant Washburn
Pauline Frederick
Robert Warwick
Elaine , Hammerstein
Burton Holmes
Week’s Cinema Feature Schedule Includes Norma Talmadge
The first half week presents The Heart of Venona with Norma Talmadge and Jane Goes a-Wooing with Vivian Martin. The remainder showcases William A Brady’s Stolen Orders along with Pathe News Weekly and comedies.
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Norma Talmadge
Venona
Vivian Martin
William A. Brady
Pathe News
Copley Square
Dane
Shadows at Modern Theatre With Geraldine Farrar
Geraldine Farrar stars in Shadows at the Modern Theatre set in Alaska and shown this week. The second feature Under the Top follows Fred Stone in a circus life narrative. Both programs draw strong applause and entertainment.
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Geraldine Farrar
Modern Theatre
Alaska
Fred Stone
Codman Square Theatre Weekline with Oklahoma Four Acts
The first half of the week features the Oklahoma Four Rae Eleanor Ball and brother Thompson and Berri and Helen Namur on the vaudeville bill. Screen program includes news pictures a comedy and Gladys Brockwell in The Strange Woman. A complete change of pictures and vaudeville is set for Thursday.
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Codman Square Theatre
Oklahoma Four
Rae Eleanor Ball
Thompson
Berri
Helen Namur
News Pictures
Gladys Brockwell
Gordon's Olympia presents The Great Romance hit
Harold Lockwood delivered the standout performance of his career at Gordon's Olympia in The Great Romance. The vaudeville show drew wide appeal among all ages and featured the Melody Quintet Scamp and Scamp Billy Kincaid Deeley and Kramer Fred Weber and company Back to the Stage Door the Olympia News Weekly and several comedies.
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Harold Lockwood
Gordon’s Olympia
Melody Quintet
Scamp
Billy Kincaid
Deeley and Kramer
Fred Weber
Olympia News
Upam s Corner Strand Presents Two Lead Pictures
The Up ham s Corner Strand features Why I Would Not Marry as the leading photo. Bryant Washburn stars in The Way of a Man With a Maid as the second picture. The bill includes comedies Strand News Weekly and Arthur Martell selections at the organ. For Thursday to Saturday the programme features Lila Lee in The Secret Garden and William Farnam in For Freedom.
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Upham’s Corner
Bryant Washburn
Strand News Weekly
Arthur Martell
Strand Organ
Lila Lee
William Farnam
Franklin Park Theatre Double Bill With Jane Goes a Wooing
Vivian Martin stars in Jane Goes a Wooing at Franklin Park Theatre with vaudeville by Judge and Gaile Wilkie Bird Hawaiian entertainers and Decrees Imperial quitet. Bert Lytell leads The Spender with Pearl White's The Lightning Raider serial for Thursday to Saturday alongside usual vaudeville acts.
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Vivian Martin
Jane
Franklin Park Theatre
Judge and Gaile
Wilkie Bird
Decree
Imperial Quitet
Bert Lytell
the Spender
Pearl White
English Drama at the Copley Theatre review
Alfred Sutro's The Walls of Jericho staged by the Henry Jewett Players at the Copley Theatre offers a vivid portrait of late prewar English society. Cameron Matthews and E. E. Clive play the two Australians as the cast, with a confident ensemble led by H. Conway-Wingfield and others. next Monday brings The Doctor's Dilemma back.
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Copley Theatre
Mr. Sutro
Walls of Jericho
Henry Jewett Players
London
Antipodes
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E. E. Clive
H. Conway-Wingfield
Mr. Permain
Craske
Leslie
The Better Ole stag es third week at Hollis Street
The Better Ole continues at Hollis Street Theatre as Edmund Gurney Percy Jennings and Leon Gordon portray three war era musketeers with Captain Bairnfather's drawings inspiring a steady stream of humor.
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Ole
Hollis Street
Mrs. Coburn
Edmund Gurney
Leon Gordon
Percy Jennings
Maude Starts Final Tremont Week in The Saving Grace
Cyril Maude opened a final Tremont Theatre week in The Saving Grace drawing Bostonians to assess why he has endeared himself to English playgoers and why his artistry is lauded as the season advances. Fritzi Scheff in Glorianna follows January 27.
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Cyril Maude
Tremont Theatre
Fred Stone Plays Jack o Lantern at Colonial Theatre
Fred Stone continued the third week run of Jack o Lantern at the Colonial Theatre drawing capacity crowds. The article hails him as the world’s greatest entertainer and notes his popularity and versatility.
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Fred Stone
Colonial Theatre
Mr. Stone
Roseland Girls Open Week at Gayety Theatre
The Roseland Girls began a week at the Gayety Theatre led by Sally Ward with support from Harry Coleman Esther Irving Wood Kitty Mitchell Dolly Fields Beatrice Darling and the Harmony singers Hun ter Lewis and Cooke. James Cooper directs the ballet chorus with a chic wardrobe. The Pirate Midnight Chorus closes the first act and Esther Irving Wood stands out as a new burlesque talent with a fine voice.
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Sally Ward
Harry Coleman
Esther Irving
Wood
Kitty Mitchell
Dolly Fields
Beatrice Darling
Hunter, Lewis and Cooke
James Cooper
Esther Irving Wood
Virtuous Wives triumphs at Scollay Square Olympia
Anita Stewart completes a Boston week in Virtuous Wives at Scollay Square Olympia. The film is praised as among the best ever shown. Vaudeville features the Four Nutmegs and acts by Dyer Crawford Wade sisters Carr Latell Preveeni es.
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Anita Stewart
Boston
Scollay Square
Olympia
Dyer
Crawford
Wade Sisters
Carr and Latell
Olympia News
Beacon Theatre Showcases Fred Stone and Geraldine Farrar
This week at the Beacon Theatre features Fred Stone in Under the Top a story of circus life with athletic feats and his companion photoplay Shadows starring Geraldine Farrar.
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Fred Stone
Beacon Theatre
Geraldine Farrar
How ard Atheneum Burlesque Stuns Audience
The Grown Up Babies burlesque company performed at the How ard yesterday delivering top class entertainment this season. Frank X. Silk and Jack Callahan delighted the crowd. Jean De Lisle Ethel Johnson Rose Kelly Harry Mandell Dick Vanderbilt Miss Sheppard and a talented chorus rounded out the cast with a continuous bill featuring Cooper and Lacey Ajax and Emilie Scott and Kane Mann and Marr Mike Scott and Bob Carlson.
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Babe
Frank X. Silk
Jack Callahan
Kiddo
Jean de Lisle
Ethel Johnson
Rose Kelly
Cooper and
Lacey
Ajax
Emilie
Scott and Kane
Mann and
Marr
Boston
Bob Carlson
Mike Scott
Anniversary Week at Loew's Orpheum Features Major Acts
Loew's Orpheum marks anniversary week with Rube Marquard the pitcher who also acts as a musician and pitcher. Hudson and James perform On the Bridal Path, Gordon and Company The New Yorker, Manning and Hall Always Late, and Estelle Sully with Morillo sisters. Screen offerings include News Pictorial, His Parisian Wife starring Elsie Ferguson, and a new photo play. Thursday adds Clayton Lennie Ray Huling seals Leonore Simonsen Scanlon Denno The Big Punch one act, plus fresh news and Who Cares Constance Talmadge.
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Loew's Orpheum
Rube
Marquard
Hudson and James
Gordon and Company
New Yorker
Manning and Hall
Estelle Sully
Morillo Sisters and Company
Columbia Theatre Week Lineup With Hart Bennett and Pearl White
The Columbia Theatre shows W S Hart in Branding Broadway and Enid Bennett in Fuss and Feathers in the first half of the week. The Lightning Raider with Pearl White screens as the third episode. The Squaw Man and Bood-By Bill are listed for the last half of the week.
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Broadway
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Pearl White
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Gaby Deslys Stars In Infatuation At Boston Theatre
Gaby Deslys appears as the star in Infatuation at the Boston Theatre. She portrays a French dancer and headlines a bill that also features Orth and Cody in Let's Take a Walk, Frank Bartley plus other acts, and the Pathe Weekly.
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Boston
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Orth and Cody
Frank Bartley
Pathe Weekly
Bowdoin Square Theatre Screens The Squaw Man and More
Cecil B. De Mille's The Squaw Man led Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday with Elliott Dexter Ann Little Katherine McDonald and a large cast in a highly praised screening. Dorothy Dalton stars in Quicksand while Paramount Mack Sennett comedy Her First Mistake with Louise Fazenda and Chester Conklin and The Iron Test continued. Vaudeville featured Thelma Lawrence Mab and Weiss Harry Downey Howard and Forest and Al and Mae Lorella. Bargain acts planned for Friday night.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Elliott Dexter
Ann Little
Katherine McDonald
Theodore Roberta
Jack Holt
Thurston Hall
Tully Marshall
Herbert Standing
Edwin Stevens
Dorothy Dalton
Louise Fazenda
Chester Conklin
Thelma Lawrence
Boys
Mab and Weiss
Harry Downey
Howard
Forest
Mae Lorella
Theda Bara Stars in The Light at Park Theatre This Week
The Park Theatre presents Theda Bara in The Light, a drama about a young girl rescued from worldly snares by a devoted artist. Ethel Barrymore appears in Lady Frederick, detailing a sacrifice in marriage to uplift a family’s social standing. Edward Downey sings as Boston’s favorite tenor.
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Ethel Barrymore
Lady Frederick
Hearst Weekly
Edward Downey
Boston
Izzy the Diamond King Heads Waldrons Casino Week
Ben Welch and his Big Show bring entertainment to Wal dron's Casino this week with Izzy the Diamond King as the opening act followed by Izzy at the Movies. Supporting cast includes Pat Kearney Frank P Murphy Eddie Lloyd George B Alexander Dolly Morrissey Evelyn Cunningham and Frankie Martin.
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Waldron
Izzy
Diamond King
Pat Kearney
Frank P. Murphy
Eddie Lloyd
George B. Alexander
Dolly Morrissey
Evelyn Cunningham
Frankie Martin
Globe Theatre Presents Barrymore Ferguson in New Week
The Globe Theatre features John Barrymore in Here Comes the Bride and Elsie Ferguson in His Parisian Wife. Also showing are The Pathe Weekly and the comedy Impropaga nda.
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Globe Theatre
John Barrymore
Elsie Ferguson
Pathe Weekly
New Flags
Cigar Par Excellence Delights Soldiers and Civilians
Soldiers and civilians alike enjoy the old reliable C. C. A. cigars praised for consistent quality and satisfaction across diverse readers. The piece highlights broad appeal and the dependable nature of these cigars in everyday life.
Boston College Track Teams Seek Dates and Signings
Boston College tracks has issued challenges to Trinity and Williams for meets with word expected from both institutions within days. The squad trains at Boston College High gym under Captain Henry Barry showing strong progress as hockey winds down. Newton plans a meet with Tufts as Medford College faces BC in baseball and football, with players like Phil Corrigan Jim Fitzpatrick and John Lyons set to join after hockey.
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Trinity
Williams
Maroon and Gold
Boston College High
James Street
Henry Barry
Newton
Tufts
Medford College
Phil Corrigan
Dorchester High
Jim Fitzpatrick
John Lyons
Lancaster Theatre Presents Trio of Features This Week
The Lan caster Theatre opens with Til I Come Back to You and Madeline Traverse in The Danger Zone for the first three days. Later the week showcases Harold Lockwood in Pals First Enid Bennett in Fuss and Feathers and Houdini in The Master Mystery.
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Lancaster Theatre
Madeline Traverse
Harold Lockwood
Enid Bennett
Feathers
Houdini
How To Clean Discolored Cooking Dishes With Salt
The guide instructs rubbing damp salt on discolored cooking dishes to remove stains. It emphasizes repeated gentle scrubbing until the surface returns to its original appearance and advises rinsing afterward for a clean finish.
Newton High Track Names Stephen Palmer New Leader
Newton High track announces Stephen Palmer as Nutting’s successor after Nutting resigns from leadership. Manager Raymond Ford seeks Greater Boston high school meets on open dates as the schedule lists events from Jan 24 to Mar 22 including interclass, city and state relay meets.
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Newton High
Greater Boston
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Nutting
Stephen Palmer
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East Armory
Boston English
Newtonville
Medford
Greater
Commons approves second reading of women’s right to sit
The English House of Commons passes the bill’s second reading, extending the right of women to sit in the chamber alongside male members. The move marks a significant step toward gender inclusion in Parliament.
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