Caledonian Club Burns Night Pageant at Mechanics Building
The Boston Caledonian Club marks Robert Burns 163rd anniversary with an 8 to 10 pm program at Mechanics Building featuring a Gathering of the Clans pageant. Attendees include Gov Cox and dignitaries. Colonel Walter Scott of New York to review the Walter Scott Bagpipe and Drum band. John Speirs leads arrangements.
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Boston Caledonian Club
Mechanics’ Building
Scotland
Cox
Suller
Peters
Walter Scott
New York
John Speirs
Caledonian Club
Weather Sleuth Chases Summer from Boston to Palm Beach
The Post weather critic treks through cities from Washington to New York as he seeks a genuine touch of warmth. He braves cold snaps and ice futures while lugging a palm beach suit and two ton ulster, aiming to find summer in the torrid zone.
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Phila
William Penn
City Hall
Baltimore
Boston
New England
Ice Trust
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Post
City appoints 24 officers to duty across divisions
Police Commissioner Crowley issued an order appointing 24 new patrolmen and assigning them to divisions 1 through 19 citywide. Names include Andrew Adair, Albert Barrows, James Brickley, Daniel Burns, Patrick Butler, John Cunniffe, John Dunn, Wilfred Gaudreau, Clyde Harvey, Seward Harvey, William Kennedy, Patrick Logan, Robert Lucy, William Mackey, Joseph Madden, Charles Moore, John Moriarty, James Murphy, James McLaughlin, George Nagle, Harold Paterson, George Smith, Thomas Shaw, and Thomas Troy.
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Crowley
Andrew K. Adair
Albert E. Barrows
James Brickley
Daniel F. Burns
Patrick J. Butler
John J. Cunniffe
John J. Dunn
Wilfred J. Gaudreau
Clyde B. Harvey
Seward T. Harvey
William ™. Kennedy
Patrick J. Logan
Robert Lucy
William J. Mackey
Joseph TR. Madden
Charles 3. Moore
John J. Moriarty
James J. Murphy
James R. McLaughlin
George Nagle
Harold W. Paterson
George F. Smith
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr
Thomas A. Troy
Fight Again Today Over Deputy Assessors' Bill
Boston Democrats in the Senate press another stand today against a bill to place deputy assessors under civil service. The measure stalled yesterday after Senator McDonnell of South Boston sought a postponement and an amendment tying the bill’s effect to mayoral and city council approval.
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Senate
Curley
McDonnell
South Boston
Friends of
Cox Denounces Lodge at Jackson Day Banquet
James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for president in 1920 and former Ohio governor, told Democrats in Dayton that the party remains ready for the next fight. He condemned Washington armaments policy and blamed Ledger Sinn for the current financial slump, saying Republicans now recognize leaders forsaking Lincoln for Lodge.
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Dayton
Ohio
James M. Cox
America
League of Nations
Geneva
Cox
Washington
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An advertisement promises a cure for a cold in one day using a fake laxative labeled BROMO QUININE with a signature of W. Grove and urges buyers to ensure the product bears the correct branding.
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W. Grove
Explosion at Gowdy Box Toe plant blamed on static electricity
In Frockton on January 9, a blast killed John O Halloran and destroyed the BE L Gowdy Box Toe Company plant. Deputy Fire Marshal Timothy C Murphy and state explosives expert Walter Wedger announced after investigation that static electricity caused the disaster.
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Frockton
John O'Halloran
Be, L. Gowdy Box Toe Company
Timothy C. Murphy
Walter Wedger
Clifton D Jackson Named Assistant to Connecticut President
Clifton D. Jackson of Springfield Massachusetts was appointed by the Connecticut Manufacturers Association board as assistant to the president. He has three years as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and previously led the Detroit Board of Commerce and Detroit Industrial Exhibition projects.
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Hartford, Conn
Clifton D. Jackson
Springfield
Maass
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit Board of Commerce
Regulation of Stock Dividends by Public Utilities Mentioned
In a special report to the Legislature the Department of Public Utilities opposes allowing lighting firms to capitalize premiums and urges that new stock issues be approved only if the department can impose dividend limits for a period it fixes.
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Department of Public Utilities
Utilities Department
Utilities panel splits on premium law repeal and stock issues
A heated session debated authorizing light and water firms to issue new shares below par with public utility oversight. Commissioners split with Henry Attwill, Henry Wells and David Ellis favoring repeal, while Alonzo Weed and Everett Stone warn against losing public control. The utilities department urges bills allowing discounted share issues and par value disclosures.
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Public Utilities Department
Henry C. Attwill
Henry G. Wells
David A
Department
Utilities Department
Ford Signs Muscle Shoals Contract
Henry Ford signed the contract for the proposed lease and purchase of the nitrate and water power projects at Muscle Shoals Alabama. The document was returned to the War Department by a Ford engineer tonight after receipt at the Detroit firm's office.
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Detroit
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Henry Ford
War Department
Ford
Traveling salesman collapses and dies near Gaiety Theatre
Leo Weiss of H. H. Hardenberg & Company New York City collapsed while walking by the Gaiety Theatre on Washington street last evening. He was taken to Brewster and then Haymarket Relief Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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H. H. Hardenberg & Company
New York City
Gaiety Theatre
Washington Street
Brewster
Haymarket
Musterole Ad Promises Quick Sore Throat Relief
An advertisement touts Musterole for raw sore throats applying a small amount with fingers, claiming it targets the spot and loosens congestion without blistering. It highlights oil of mustard and offers jar and tube sizes plus a hospital size.
Garland Exiled Lovers Face Immediate Arrest
Miss Lillian Conrad accompanies Garland as Chief Alden C. Sisson of Middleboro vows arrest for the forest exile act. Statutory charges based on convention-made laws are to be filed against the pair if their reunion occurs.
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Lillian Conrad
Alden C. Sisson
Middleboro Police
Garland Returns From Boston In Turmoil Over Lilian Conrad
Garland, wealthy Boston art student Lilian Conrad, and his wife Mary Wrenn Garland are at the center of a public tangle. He refused to confirm future relations with Miss Conrad, criticized public scrutiny, and warned he would not bow to laws yet hinted at arrest if needed. Local police chief notes Garland remains unaltered in reputation despite the uproar.
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Garland
Boston
Lilian Conrad
Miss Conrad
Mary Wrenn Garland
Dedham
George Wrightington
Minine
Conrad
Henry VIII
Middleboro
Local Official Threatens Arrest Over Adulterous Pair
A police chief vows to enforce laws regardless of Garland status, threatening arrest if a Conrad woman returns and lives with a man. William Boynton, Middleboro board of selectmen chair, endorses the hardline stance backing police action against the couple.
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Conrad
Garland
William Boynton
Middleboro Board of Selectmen
Sisson
Essex boy fractures arm in fall from streetcar
An 11 year old boy, Arseolt Blight of 7 Blackwood street, was injured entering an inbound Northampton and Washington streets line streetcar. He slipped between the door jambs as it moved, fell to the pavement, and suffered a fracture to the right arm and body bruises. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Essex Street
Northampton
Washington Streets
Arseolt Blight
Blackwood Street
City Hospital
Genevive Reynolds of Mantell's Company Dies in Chicago
Genevive Reynolds, a 30 year performer in the Grandes Dames troupe with Robert Mantell, died at the American Hospital in Chicago after a pneumonia illness that lasted only a few hours. The obituary notes her long association with Mantell and grave illness prior to death.
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Genevive Reynolds of
Mantell’s Company Dead
Chicago
United News
Genevive Reynolds
Grandes Dames
Robert Mantell
American Hospital
Seek Man's Relatives in Albany for Unclaimed Body
Boston police are asked by Albany New Jersey authorities to locate relatives of a man believed to be John Reynolds whose body lies in Albany awaiting identification.
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College of Business Administration
Boston University
Boston
Albany
N. J
John Reynolds
Better Than Calomel Olive Tablets—A Mild Laxative
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present a substitute for calomel with quick liver and bowel relief. The small olive colored pills aim to avoid teeth damage and gum irritation while curing sluggish feeling and brain fog. They are sold at 15 cents and up.
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Dr. Edwards
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