Paine Furniture to Move to Million Dollar Boston Building
The Paine Furniture Company plans a new brick and steel nine story plus basement building on Arlington street extension in Boston costing over a million dollars. The site will cover 286000 square feet with eight elevators and a complete power plant to serve the expanding business nationwide. Construction by Densmore and LeClear aims for completion in January 1914.
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Perspi-No promises dry fashion with new powder
An in ad style pitch touts Perspi No a powder to stop underarm sweating and staining. It claims no matter clothing weight or heat wearers stay dry and odor free while avoiding staining and color running. The ad notes a pad included with each box and offers 250 a box with mail order from Perspo Co. Chicago.
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Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Night Before Fires Illuminates Boston Area
As clocks strike twelve in Boston, numerous bonfires ignite across the region to mark the annual night before celebration. Major gatherings include Orient Heights with a railroad-ties pile, Forest Hills in Galvin's Meld Forest Hills, Locust Street grounds, Beachmont, Savin Hill, Tenean Beach and other sites in Quincy Lynn Neponset Nonantum. Some towns like Arlington Wakefield Melrose Malden skip fires this year.
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Percy the Mechanical Man Promises Cruel Comic Scene
In the Sunday Post comic section Percy the mechanical man is described as a holy terror with brains he has mix. He then acts against his inventor and Professor Wagner in next Sunday's installment, described as too cruel to tell.
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Sunday Post
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Head of City Parks Dead
John A. Pettigrew, superintendent of the Boston park department since 1897, died yesterday at his home in Franklin Park Jamaica Plain after months of heart disease. He led Franklin Park improvements and was a renowned park official consulted by city, state, and European authorities. Survived by wife three daughters and a son. He was a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society the American Association of Park Superintendents the American Forestry Society and the Appalachian Club.
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Salvation Army Opens Canton Fresh Air Camp
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army will formally open the Fresh Air Camp for poor mothers and children at Canton on Saturday and will deliver several addresses during her stay.
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Barron Sues Morse Over Mal lory Stock Deal
Clarence W. Barron filed a 75000 suit in Norfolk Superior Court at Dedham alleging Charles W. Morse delegated him to buy 2000 shares of Mallory Steamship stock and would later purchase them back. Barron says Morse failed to honor the agreement.
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Charles W. Morse
New York
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Mallory Steamship Company
Weymouth Residents Challenge Water Board Fishing Ban
Weymouth residents seek a writ of mandamus to stop the water board from interfering with their boating and fishing rights in Weymouth Great Pond. The case, assigned to Judge Lor, will be heard Friday.
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Cort Plans New First Class Theatre in City
John Cort of New York will construct a new first class theatre at the corner of Columbus avenue and Providence street. Agreements were drawn up by Laurence Minot for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and Cort. Work starts after Providence street widening. Site reportedly cost 320000 dollars.
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New York
Columbus Avenue
Providence Street
Laurence Minot
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr. Cort
Oakdale Principal Harris Dies at Home in Dedham
Elmer Eastman Harris Harvard graduate and Oakdale Grammar School principal since last March died yesterday at his home on Dartmouth avenue Oakdale.
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Elmer Eastman Harris
Oakdale Grammar School
Dedham
Dartmouth Avenue
Oakdale
Special Hot Weather Menus and Recipes for Week
The cooking page outlines a set of hot weather menus and recipes arranged for every day of the upcoming week. Shaded by seasonal notes, readers will find lighter dishes and beverages designed for daily meals.
Infant survives third story fall near Wakefield home
Marguerite De Rosa ten months old, daughter of Mrs. Margaret De Rosa of 909 Albion Street, Wakefield, nearly died after tumbling from a third story window yesterday. Isabel Goldberg, 11, a neighbor, saw the infant fall and braced the impact to save the child.
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Albion Street
Wakefield
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Thought He Gave Five Thousand to Democrats
George F. Peabody testified before the Senate committee on campaign expenditures claiming he "thought" he contributed $5000 to the 1904 Democratic campaign. He said Assistant Treasurer Charles R. Hall and the committee’s executive members Thomas Taggart William F. Sheehan and August Belmont handled the contributions.
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George F. Peabody
Democratic National Committee
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Charles R. Hall
Thomas Taggart
William F. Sheehan
August Belmont
Gas Shutoff Leaves Reading Without Fuel
Reading faces a gas outage after the People's Gas and Electric Company cut off supply pipes yesterday. Wakefield stands ready to provide gas but requires official orders from Reading before distributing fuel.
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People’s Gas and Electric Company
Wakefield
Overturned boat sparks search for missing Kansas City agent
An overturned boat found on Cobbosseecontee Lake Monday prompts a search for Albert Best a Kansas City real estate agent who disappeared Sunday evening Divers will aid in the hunt tomorrow with crews on scene in Augusta Maine authorities report
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Albert Best
Kansas City
Magazine Preview Promises Shorty McCabe Story Treat
The upcoming magazine issue next Sunday highlights a "Shorty McCabe" tale described as a treat, adding to the issue’s notable features and content lineup.
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