Sunday Preacher Draws 25000 for New Jersey Dry Vote
Billy Sunday rallies 25,000 Jersey voters in Trenton and a huge tabernacle crowd push for a local option referendum. He urges Legislature to act and calls New Jersey among the nation’s driest states, aiming to end saloons and the liquor traffic.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Billy Sunday
State House
Jersey
State Senate
West Virginia
Colorado
Iowa
Billy
Pennsylvania
New York
Union
Man Dies After 40–Foot Fall At Shipyards
Peter Roselli of 58 Washington Street Chelsea fell 40 feet at Fore River Shipyards Quincy while at work. He died an hour after admission to Red Cross hospital from a crushed chest punctured lungs broken back and fractured skull.
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Peter Roselli
Washington Street
Chelsea
Fore River
Quincy
Red Cross Hospital
Venizelos Warns Greece Faces Bleak Future
Exiled former prime minister Venizelos, interviewed by a New York World correspondent in Athens, laments lost opportunities and fears a harsh future regardless of who wins. He blasts the king's unconstitutional acts, condemns current politicians, and warns of Bulgaria expanding and Turkey’s removal if Allies win.
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New York World
Athens
Venizelos
Greece
Marne
France
England
Russia
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Europe
No Worry Over Peaslee Suit
John F. Sherman defends Sherman Detective Agency in a $10,000 suit by Morrison H. Peaslee for conspiracy to injure. Sherman says no writ has been served, agency acted with NH prosecutors and NH officials during the Howard W. Peaslee murder probe, and Peaslee’s confession was not denied.
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John F. Sherman
Boston Post
Sherman Detective Agency
Morrison H. Peaslee
New Hampshire
Howard W. Peaslee
Murchie
Tuttle
Peaslee
Charity and the Danger of Fraud in Giving
Miss Pickford reveals how many charity letters she receives are fakes written by professional crooks. A duplicitous tale from Jennie prompted an inquiry showing four-fifths of her charitable gifts were undeserved, urging careful discernment in aid.
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Mary Pickford
Papa
Mamma
Jennie
Mary
Uncle Sam Has Jobs Waiting in Civil Service Exams
The Civil Service Commission sets April 1 for spring exams to fill government mech trades vacancies in Boston area. Draftsmen needed in Navy Department earning $2 to $3.28 daily. A field agent in marketing and organization is sought for the Pacific Northwest with $1200 to $1600 yearly. Bee handler needed at Pima Agency Arizona for $1000 yearly. Apply at once to the United States Civil Service Commission Room 145 Postoffice building Boston Mass.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Boston
Vicinity
Navy Department
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Pacific Northwest
Indian Service
Pima
Arizona
Postoffice Building
Mass
Pomeroy Views First Moving Picture at Charlestown Prison
Jesse Pomeroy watched The Battle Cry of Peace in the chapel of the State prison at Charlestown yesterday. He called the film marvelous and said it beats the magic lantern hollow, adding he had read about moving pictures in magazines but never imagined them like this.
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Jesse Pomeroy
George B. Woodward
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Students in Chinese Play in Boston
An all Chinese cast will present a single performance at Copley Hall on February 25. Harvard and MIT undergraduates will play male roles while Radcliffe and Wellesley girls take female parts. Profits go to the China fund committee.
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Boston
Orient
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radcliffe
Wellesley
Copley Hall
New China Fund Committee
Man Dies by Self Hanging in Police Station Cell
Emile Fortin aged 32 of 142 Johnson street North Andover hanged himself in a police station cell this afternoon after being locked up on a drunkenness charge. Day guard Charles R Herrick saw the belt looped around a cell door bar and Fortin was found dead with the belt tightened around his throat.
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Lawrence
Emile Fortin
Johnson Street
North Andover
Fortin
Charles R. Herrick
Herrick
Rap Mary Pickford Talks Daily Post Schedule
Fuer reports Mary Pickford will appear five days a week in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post, expanding her regular schedule.
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Mary Pickford
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Hundreds respond to White Mountain camp site offer
In Gorham New Hampshire hundreds of letters and telegrams poured into Forest Service headquarters after a Post story about low rate camp and cottage site leases in the White Mountain National Forest. Elmer E Fletcher said nearly 2000 messages arrived in three days with a flood after the initial publication.
Radium Price Soars If Supplied In Bulk
The United States Geological Survey reports that if radium were available in a pound quantity the price would exceed nine million dollars per pound. In late 1915 one and a tenth grams sold at 120 thousand dollars per gram, while total U S output last year was only six grams. The European war cut radium production sharply, down from 22 3 grams in 1914.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
United States
Multiple government vacancies listed for naval and public works posts
There is a vacancy for marine fireman and quartermaster steamer Anderson at Fort Warren. Salaries include 780 dollars yearly. other openings at the examination cover stationery fireman, marine oiler, mate on light house tenders, carpenter, assistant steam engineer, and various mechanical roles. Also 3840 dollars yearly for elevator machinist in Agriculture. Apprentice map engraver 16 to 18 in Geological Survey, Washington at 1 25 a day. Copyist marine engine and boiler.
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Anderson
Fort Warren
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Geological Survey
German Monoplane Forces British Plane to Land in 3000 Foot Air Fight
An eye witness report from the Western Front describes two British battle aeroplanes attempting to flee German artillery. A German monoplane engaged the remaining enemy, forcing a landing. The German pilot suffered a slight head wound while the observer was hit thrice in the left shoulder as both sides exchanged shows of bravery.
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Berlin
Sayville
Lokal Anzeiger
Chelsea man praised recovery from rheumatism by Var-ne-sis
W. D. Baker of Chelsea Massachusetts owner of a furniture store credits Var-ne-sis with curing his rheumatic joint disease after two years of stiffness pain and disability. He says ordinary treatments failed and urges others to try the vegetable preparation offering to send for more information and noting Boston and Lynn offices.
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W. D. Baker
New England
Washington Street
Chelsea
Mass
Mr. Baker
Boston
The
Elks
W. A. Varney
Lynn
Boylston St
Riker-Jaynes
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