Caledonian Club to Honor Bobbie Burns This Evening
The Boston Caledonian Club marks the birth anniversary of Robert Burns with a bas-relief presentation of Chief William A. Riggs by sculptor Hugh Cairns. The Grand Hall event features a concert and ball with performers from Scotland and New England, Highland dancers, and a pipe band.
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Boston Caledonian Club
Robert Burns
William A. Riggs
Hugh Cairns
Grand Hall
Mechanics’ Building
New England
Iona Robertson
Argyleshire
Scotland
Janet Duff
England
Thomas Henderson
Portland
James Singer
Grace Warnock
Highland Dress Association of
Massachusetts
Boardman
Caledonian Club
Mechanics’ Hall
House Votes Against Pension Agencies
Washington January 24 The House voted to abolish 18 pension agencies nationwide and centralize payments in Washington. An amendment restoring agencies to 18 was defeated 58 to 114, another to consolidate all agencies was adopted. The pension bill carried about 18 million dollars and the chamber adjourned at 2 30 in memory of Senator Alger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Gardiner
Michigan
Alger
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Walter A. Webster
John K. Berry
March G. Bennett
Guy W. Cox
Malcolm Nichols
House votes for one more Dreadnought battleship
Washington January 24 The House naval affairs committee approved building an additional Dreadnought class battleship costing 6.5 million dollars giving the US Navy two such vessels. The panel added 600 thousand dollars cash and a 2 million dollar contingency for submarines while a Mudd motion for two more ships failed. Improvements at Boston navy yard include 106 thousand five hundred dollars for buildings grounds and 180 thousand for naval magazine works.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
United States Navy
Representative Mudd
House
Navy Yard
Boston
Naval Magazine
Ben Hur chorus girl quits stage for convent transition
Grace Gibbs a 21 year old Boston theatre chorus girl says divine inspiration draws her from the Ben Hur production to enter the Convent of Hochelaga in Montreal. She left Indiana for the acting career and plans to join the convent after her Boston engagement ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Gibbs
Boston
Hochelaga
Montreal
Lew Wallace
Post
Miss Gibbs
Rome
Gibbs
Indiana
Morrison Jury Out All Day In Prison Guard Case
The jury in the John J. Morrison case, former guard at the city prison, deliberated from 10 a.m. and remained out all day without reaching a verdict. A verdict after 5 p.m. would be sealed, prompting Morrison and friends to leave the courthouse.
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John J. Morrison
City
Superior Criminal Court
John H. Glover
Morrison
Brockton Gaelic Society to Observe Anniversary
The Brockton Gaelic Society marks its sixth anniversary on February 1 at A. O. H. Hall with delegates from Whitman North Boston Taunton and two Boston societies. Taunton Mayor J. B. Tracey opens the event. Wolfe Tone Club will attend, W Matthew Cummings may come, Balfe Quartet soloists Gormley O’Brien Burke participate.
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Brockton
Brockton Gaelic Society
A. O. H. Hall
Whitman
North Boston
Taunton
Boston
J. B. Tracey
Wolfe Tone Club
W. Matthew Cummings
Balfe
Irish Choral Society of Boston
Miss Gormley
New England Conservatory of Music
Thomas F. O’brien
Helen Burke
Fishing Schooner Catherine G Howard Aground and Refloated
The fishing schooner Catherine G Howard with Captain Dicker ran ashore near Georges Island in thick fog yesterday before noon. The tug Irving Ross departed the city and, at high tide yesterday evening, refloated the vessel and towed her to a wharf.
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Catherine G. Howard
Dicker
Georges
George’s Island
Irving Ross
Record of ice coated shore trips and hodgepodge fish cargo
A cold day at the wharf sees a dozen shore trips return with ice coats. The mixed fish tally reaches 108,700 pounds including haddock 75,000 cod 13,400 hake 13,500 and pollock 6,800. The Spray brings in the bulk of haddock 37,000 pounds plus cod 500, flounder 800 and redfish 1,200. Prices stay high with haddock 5.5 cents, large cod 6 cents, hake 4-5 cents, pollock 4.3 cents. Several steamers report cargoes and passengers while four seamers arrive. four more ships expected today with heavy tonnage from Europe and the Caribbean on the way.
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Georges
Haddock
Cod
Hake
P'lock
Catharine Enos
Pend Sre
Frances P. Mesquita
Albert Gelger
Teresa
Alice
Oueph H. Cromwell
Liverpool
Wilcox
Providence
Vance Fitzgerald
John Green
Leyland Line
Philadelphian
Grand Junction
Gardiner
Rutherglen
Calcutta
Buuns Burns
Republic
James McAuley
Naples
Genoa
Azores
Shipping News Miniature Almanac January 25
The brief notes sun rise and set times, lengths of day, and moon phases. Arrivals include Steamers Republic and Bohemian with passengers and mdse, along with several other vessels reaching or departing, towing barges and moving goods between major ports. Cleared and sailed sections list ships and routes such as Marquette, Columbian, and Governor Cobb, with destinations from Antwerp to New York and Portland to Newport News.
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Republic
McAuley
Genoa
Napies
Ponta del Gada
Ndses
White Star Line
Bohemian
McCallum
Liverpool
F.leyland & Co., Ltd
Rutherglen
Calcutta
Bizerta
A. C. Lombard’s Sons
Philadelphian
Gardiner
London
F. Leyland & Co., Ltd
A. W. Perry
Hawes
Halifax
N. S
Boston
Mackenzie
Yarmouth
Santiago
Iolines
New York
Braddock
Norfolk
Swatara
Sebbick
Philadelphia
Langhorne
Merriam
Robesonia
Paoli
Kelly
Portland
Upton
South Amboy
Nottingham
Bennett
Port Johnson
Portsmouth
C. Pr.r
Newburyport
Vert Johnson
Hugh G
Knowlton
Parrsboro
Wind
N. W
Cobb
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Persian
Dominion
Newport News
Lucinda Sutton
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Bobbie Burns
House Committee
Boston Yard
Ben Hur
Sylvania
Consuelo
Hull
Eng
Glasgow
Iberian
Manchester
Cuba
Zanzibar
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Langfond
Havana
Shipping News
Howard, Chase
Baltimore
Merchants and Miners Co
Marquette
Antwerp
Columbian
Bethania
Hamburg
Eva June
Lunenburg
Queenstown
Ivernia
Saxonia
Ueenstown
Campania
Ucanita
Umbria
Carmania
New
Gibraltar
Adriatic
Carpathia
Slavonia
Catania
Ultonia
Vuannonia
The
Cunard Co
Cunard Steamship Co, Ltd
Cman
P. Sumner
Agt
Merchant and Miners Transportation Co. Steamship Lines
A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Washington Street
Jas. Barry
Provocese
R. I
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Dominion Atlantic BY. S. S. Line Llusion
Suunday
Long Wharf
Foot State St
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Washington St
J. F Masters
N. EH
Legal Loan Co
State Street
Colonial Loan CO
Milk ST
Bankers Loan Company
Mnyone Ese
Bankers Loan Gompany
Court Square
Gaston
Front Street
Worcester
Milk
P. S
Strong & CO
Devonshire St
Dewey & Co
Commercial Investment Co
Aldrich & Smith
Portland Street
Imperial Chocolates CO
Hampshire St
Cambridge
Tremont Tea CO
Portland St
Cor
Sean St
Daggett’s
Lewis Wharf
S. H
Bromfield St
Hazen Confection
ERY CO
St. North
Little, Brown & CO
Avery L. Rand
Binford St
Powell
Belvidere St. It
West St. Miss West
Excelsior Umbrella CO
Summer St
Wash
Tapestry CO
School St
Elizabeth D
Miss Mann
Fred
Woodbine St
Roxbury
Pembroke ST
Goodwin Pl
Media de Bia
Astrology
Marchand
Tremont St
Chiro
Graham
King of Life
Karana
Hess
Boylston St
Arthur
Fourth St
Chelsea
Mass
Satudary
Suffolk Supply CO. Inc
Desucl
Lenox Jewelry Co
Lenox Jewelry Coo
Round Watches& Co
St. Aliva
Russell
Music Hall
Winter Pl
Hamilton Pt
Stear
Coffin & Taber
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Back Bay
Criswell Mercantile Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Boston School OF Telegraphy
HUB Automobile School
Freeport St
Dorchester
Laconia Car CO
Laconia
N. H
Fore River Shipbuilding CO
Quincy
Robinson's
Alberts
Walworth Mfg. CO
City Point
P. O
Universal Press
Joseph Dooley
Plymouth Rubber CO
Plymouth
J. H. McNeil
Hesper St
East Saugus
the Post
Henry Siegel Co
ING Medical Supply CO
Cornhill
Farley
State St
Somerset St
Howard St
Warren ST
Savin St
P. O. Box
NEW England Law Bureau
Root
Water St
Atkinson Law Office
Beacon St
Awyer
W. L. Howard
d&Surf
Pearl St
Somerville
W. Frederick
Shorey, Notary
PR. O. Box
Boston Auto School
d&Suex
Haverhill St
James Coyne
M. E
d&Sutf
COYNE
Slaverhill St
West End
Cambridge St
Bowdoin Sq
Collins & CO
Coyne Trade
San Francisco
d&Su
Hancock & Old Southee O8
GANDY
Boston Gear Works
Norfolk Downs
Boston School of Piano
Walworth Mfg CO
Morocco
A. J. Foster & CO
Merrimack
Call Guerini Stone CO
Middleboro
Bay State
Putnam Hall
Brown
Ann A
Heinemann
Prof
Slye
Stamford St
Joe
Parksie
E. M. Parks
Warren Aves City
W. E. Martin
South
Whitman & CO
Dorrance St
Sullivan Sq
J. M. Hatch
Park Sq
Evans
WTC
Ae Exchange
Eterecsateaa
Mioney
R. Briggs Co
Franklin Loan CO
D. BH
Colman
Bromfield
CAS
HUB Loan CO
Spooner & Briggs
McNamara
Seeeene St
Workincmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Boston Security Company
Court Sq
N. E
Hotel
Chatham
Concord
Washington Sts
Quinn’s
Dudley St
Eee
Read’s Legal Agency
Devonshire Et
Grover
Suffolk
John Connors
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Boston-Queenstown
Cymric
Thurs
Bonton
Mediterranean Ardées Republic
Canopic
Company
Indian Building
Warren Line
Reston
Sagamore
Sachem
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Martin
Waltham Chemical CO
Waltham
W. H. Ricker
Broadway
Canbridge
Reig Science
Earth
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
J. Revere House
George Leo Killory
Old Reliable One Medical Instiute
Court St
Boston Medici
Scollay Square
Sun
Evatts Chemicalco
Cincinnati
U.S
Persian Med. Co
Arch St
Penn
Lortand St
Weinstein
Tremont Street
Touraine
A. Sawyer, M. D
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Boylston,st
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