Fire engulfs inn as three firemen rescue others at Standard Wine Co
A basement fire at the Standard Wine Company sent smoke through a four story inn with 28 rooms. Fireman Connelly rescued Andersen and Riley while others escaped or were aided by ladder crews. Mrs Keefe fled to a neighboring roof. three canaries and a cat were saved. The Dew Drop Inn housed about 25 lodgers amid heat and flames. overheated furnace blamed for the blaze.
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Standard Wine Company
Joseph Cochran
Riley
Andersen
Connelly
Mustaches 10 Go Says Girls at Chicago
University of Chicago coeds ban mustaches among students instructors and professors in a boycott threat. If any teacher wears a mustache, the women vow to withhold attendance and elect no courses from him.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Mustaches Ban Emerges at Beecher Hall Co-ops
Residents of Beecher Hall dormitory unanimously decree facial hair removal after a suggested remark by Professor David J. Lingle of the physiological department about mustaches filtering nostrils. The reason remains undisclosed.
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Beecher Hall
University
David J. Lingle
Physiological Department
Man Injured When Car Hits Buggy in Roxbury
Thomas McMahon of 19 Langdon Street Roxbury was seriously injured when a Squantum car from the Old Colony company struck his open buggy on Hancock Street near Neponset Avenue. Motorman J McKenna says McMahon attempted to cross the tracks and could not be stopped in time. McMahon was taken to his Roxbury home.
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Quincy
Thomas McMahon
Langdon Street
Roxbury
Old Colony Company
J. MckKenna
McMahon
Hancock Street
Neponset Avenue
Dorando Pietri Wins Marathon In Dramatic Finish
Dorando Pietri the Italian marathoner surged past Johnny Hayes of New York in the final laps, breaking away to win by 60 yards after trailing for 26 miles. The time 2 41 35 was within 45 seconds of the record.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorandi Pietri
Johnny Hayes
New York
Elektra Sparks New York Fervor with Morbid Opera Preview
New York awaits Strauss Elektra as Oscar Hammerstein plans New York premiere next Tuesday. Rehearsals spark feverish curiosity over morbid plot and brutal stage imagery while critics note extreme orchestral effects and sensational reports of bloodthirsty in its depiction.
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New York
Elektra
Richard Strauss
Oscar Hammerstein
New
Simon Legree
Bloomers Hidden From Boys at Wellesley Games
Wellesley college faculty banned male spectators from the athletic field outskirts during games or practice to avoid cheering the girl athletes in bloomers. The edict follows an appeal from some of the players.
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Wellesley
Wellesley Field Cuts Off Men From Field Day Sides
The Wellesley College athletic field will restrict male spectators by a quarter mile from each open side during spring practice. Two police officers will be stationed on the east and west sides to enforce the rule while north and south approaches remain unchecked due to the ditch and woods.
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Wellesley College
Tewksbury Near Death After New Orleans fall
In New Orleans on January 30 Lewis Tewksbury of New York, who proposed a $3,000,000 hotel project here, lies in a dying condition as a charity patient after a fall from a bootblack stand that fractured his skull. His meteoric financial career in New York is noted.
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New Orleans
Lewis Tewksbury
New York
Tewksbury
Millionaire broker Tewksbury linked to long vanished fortune
Tewksbury, once a Manchester drug clerk turned Wall Street broker, faced a wife’s $250000 fortune theft charge after disappearing in 1890. Last seen in Mexico as Lewis Thorne, he later resurfaced in London in 1904 as Violet Aubrey’s husband, then returned to America.
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New York
Tewksbury
Manchester
N. H
Wall Street
Consolidated Exchange
Mexico
Lewis Thorne
London
Violet Aubrey
America
No License Delays Hubbardston Wedding Plans
In Hubbardston on January 30 a planned wedding was postponed after a groom could not obtain a marriage license. Rupert Morse and Miss Ida M. Peck awaited a clerk’s call from Wellesley as they prepared to wed, with Niagara Falls as their intended ceremony location.
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Hubbardston
Wellesley
Rupert Morse
Ida M. Peck
Niagara Falls
Fire Gutts John H. Lawson House in Melrose Highlands
Fire gutted the interior of John H. Lawson's unoccupied three story residence on Franklin street Melrose Highlands. The blaze started from spontaneous combustion amid paints and oily rags left by painters and raged about two hours. Estimated loss 8000 to 10000 dollars. Stable at rear escaped damage. The Lawsons were living with their son in law W L Shepard while renovations were completed and furnishings stored.
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John H. Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Copper King
Franklin Street
Melrose Highlands
Lawsons
W. L. Shepard
Wood Heights
Fitzgerald stays in Dorchester despite Back Bay rumor
Mayor-elect John F. Fitzgerald dismissed reports he planned a Back Bay move saying he would remain in Dorchester and would not relocate unless offered a house on Commonwealth Avenue. He laughed off the speculation as untrue.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Back Bay
Commonwealth Avenue
Clock Face Loses Hands In Fenway School Building
Residents in the Fenway section plan to ask the school committee about a clock missing its hands on a Normal group building. The hands were removed some time ago and the clock faced time despite the lapse.
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Fenway
Menway
Feasts Mark Observances At Local Cathedrals
This week the Catholic church observes the Purification of Candles on Wednesday and the feast of St Blase on Thursday with candle blessings at the Cathedral Immaculate Conception Church and Mission Church following high masses. Additional blessings occur at 4 30 pm 7 20 pm and 7 30 pm respectively for those unable to attend.
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St. Blase
O'Connell
Immaculate Conception
Mission Church
Immaculate Conception Church
Town and Bank War Over Notes
A dispute between Southbridge town and the Southbridge Savings Bank over who bears the $21,000 loss on two notes tied to the larceny case against John A. Hall, former bank treasurer, now under $50,000 bail, seems to loom as a pending issue.
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Southbridge
Southbridge Savings Bank
John A. Hall
Bank and town clash over notes amounts in dispute
Bank president Calvin E. Paige says the town must reimburse $21 009 for notes while the Selectmen say the bank must pay the town $21 690. The notes, issued by Hall as town treasurer and paid by him as bank treasurer, were $20 000 and $1 000. Hall, in control of two offices, faces an alleged bookkeeping manipulation. Tomorrow experts will review the bank books, with an accountant Robert Campbell expected to issue a statement.
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Calvin E. Paige
Hall
Robert Campbell
Passionist Mission to Start at Cathedral in Lent
Priests of the Passionist order will conduct a mission at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross beginning Sunday February 13, the first Sunday of Lent.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Free merchandise or cash for filled Legal Stamp books
A local offer from Wolf's My Clothier at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets promises a free merchandise value of 2.50 or 2.00 in cash for every completed Legal Stamp book brought in. The ad targets residents to redeem filled books at the shop.
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Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
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