Shackleton Dies Aboard Quest on Polar Voyage
Sir Ernest Shackleton died from angina pectoris on the Quest off South Georgia Island after a brief illness. Captain Hussey and attendants cared for him as the body was transferred to a Norwegian steamer and brought to Montevideo for return to Europe with Captain Hussey accompanying. Government and military honors were paid. the body will be shipped to England aboard the Anders with plans for Feb. 11 departure.
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Sir Ernest
Captain Hussey
Hussey
England
Andes
Montevideo
Europe
L. Hussey
Quest
Shackleton’s Antarctic Expeditions and Final Voyage
Sir Ernest Shackleton led three major Antarctic journeys from 1901 to 1914 and began a fourth voyage in 1920. He reached within 97 miles of the South Pole in 1907 and commanded the Quest voyage to study oceanography and geology, aiming to circumnavigate the continent and rescue a petrified forest. He died during the 1920 expedition, leaving a legacy of courage and scientific devotion.
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South Pole
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Pole
South Atlantic
Pacific
Sir Ernest
England
London
Tuanaki
Gough's Island
Africa
America
Antarctic
R. F. Scott
Ecouth
South Magnetic Pole
Coat’s Land
MacMurdo Sound
Elephant Island
True's Elixir Laxative Ad Highlights Natural Remedy
Advertises Dr True s Elixir claiming a natural plant extract laxative that relieves constipation and strengthens health. Mentions 71 years of popularity and a price range from 40c to 1 96. Promotes safety and efficacy versus harsh metallic cathartics.
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Dr. True
Cardinal O Connell a Great Figure at Rome
The article weighs papal succession options and argues Cardinal O Connell emerges with broad international support. It notes divisions among cardinals in Rome, possible Italian candidates, and O Connell's favorable reception in England, Ireland, France, and the press. Boston trumpets his strong standing abroad.
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Cardinal O’connell
Rome
Cardinal von Rossum
Sunday Times
Ireland
England
Dublin
London
Cardinal Bourne
Cardinal Gasquet
France
Cardinal Gasparri
Cardinal Merry del Val
Pius X
Italy
O’connell
Pope Benedict
Pope Pius X
Cardinal Laurenti
Vatican
Europe
Boston
Explorer’s Arctic Mission and Honors Highlight Career
The account recalls an explorer who reported an island sighting in ice nine years ago and planned air current studies using an airplane during the Arctic summer. He departed London for a two year expedition near the southern continent and earned a Royal Geographical Society gold medal along with top honors from American and European learned societies. He served as a major in the British Army in northern Russia during World War I.
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London
Royal Geographical Society
Learned Societies of
America
Europe
Russia
Root Beer Barrel Used In Roxbury Hold Up
Two alleged holdup men used a root beer keg as a blackjack at Christy Nardone's store on 1497 Columbus Avenue Roxbury. They attempted to rifle the cash register, striking Nardone who was rushed to City Hospital with a compound nasal fracture.
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Yeggman
Christy Nardone
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Nardone
Middlesex Hockey Faces Strenuous Week
Middlesex School hockey team from North Concord prepares for a tough week with a busy schedule and multiple opponents on the horizon.
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Concord
Middlesex School
North Concord
Local team set for three hard games next week
The squad will play New ton High tomorrow afternoon and Noble and Greenough on Wednesday. On Saturday they travel to Southboro for a game with St. Marks.
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Newton High
Noble and Greenough
Southboro
St. Marks
Annual Dance of Olympia Associates Set for Tonight
The second annual Olympia Associates dance occurs this evening at the Municipal Building in South Boston. James F Buttomer, the president, leads the event with many novelties and surprises promised. Committees and young women named as organizers and participants are listed, highlighting local club activity.
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Olympia Associates
Municipal
East Broadway
Boston
James F. Buttomer
James J. Connors
Aids
Mary Geran
Mae Murphy
Ethel Murphy
Catherine Doherty
Sadie McDonough
Annie McCarthy
Alice Lyons
Rose Murphy
Dorothy Whittmore
Margaret Doyle
Margaret McDonough
Bald Headed Real Johnnies Not Gone Yet on Tremont Street
Dan Haley speaks backstage on Tremont Street about stage door Johnnies, noting fewer young visitors lately while the old bald headed regulars remain active. He suggests high entertaining costs and bashfulness as reasons for fewer young men, but vows the longtime bald head gents will stay.
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Dan Haley
Tremont Street
Dan
Te yop a Cough Quick take nave PALING HONEY
A cough remedy promises to stop tickle heal the throat and cure the cough for 3%c. Each bottle includes a free box of Groves Open-Trace Salve for chest colds and croup.
Sister of Guatemalan minister among Knickerbocker victims
The body of Mrs. Virginia Farrand sister of Julio Bianchi Guatemalan minister to the United States was identified tonight among the Knickerbocker Theatre victims.
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Washington
Virginia Farrand
Julio Bianchi
United States
Knickerbocker Theatre
Vermont man arrested for Searsboro mail bag robbery
Burnell Dandrow 38 of Whitingham Vermont was taken from an east bound train in Greenfield and charged with robbing a first class mail bag from the Searsboro Vermont post office on January 13. He was to be arraigned in Springfield tomorrow before U S Commissioner Rice. He allegedly fled with his wife and child after learning inspectors were on the case and was found with about 3580 in twenty dollar bills.
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O’connell
Pope Benedict
Pope Pius
Cardinal Gasparri
Rome
Gasparri
Merry del Val
Cardinal O’connell
Cardinal Merry del Val
Saeee O’connell
Greenfield
Burnell Dandrow
Whitingham
Searsboro
Springfield
U. S
Edwin Leyden
Rice
Dandrew
N. J. Lawler
Dandrow
Boston
Onset Cottage Fire Hits During Gale
A heavy gale and fire destroyed the Mulhair cottage on Waban avenue near the Oxford Hotel. The family escaped as firefighters focused on preventing spread to adjacent houses and the hotel. Embers blown by the wind endangered nearby structures but were quickly contained.
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James Mulhair
Mulhair
Waban Avenue
Oxford Hotel
Release calls for Sacco and Vanzetti supporters rally
Socialist leader Joseph M. Coldwell urged enlisting fighting Irishmen to strengthen the radical movement and advocated freeing Sacco and Vanzetti who are seen as innocent and railroaded to the electric chair for their political views. Other speakers included P. P. Cosgrove and Carlo Tresca at a Grand Opera House mass meeting.
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United States
Joseph M. Coldwell
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Mr. Coldwell
Grand Opera House
Sacco
Vanzetti
South Braintree
P. P. Cosgrove
Boston
Carlo Tresca
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South Georgia Island
Shackleton
Ernest
Raymond
Cecily
Kilkee
Dulwich College
South
Cardin Merry del Val
Holland
Spain
Maffi
Bourne
Pisa
Cardinal Ratti
Milan
Cardinal la Fontaine
Venice
Middlesex Hockey
Paine
Learance Price
Royal Wilton
Lyons
Mohnaany Ranlkeace
Vermont
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