Woman paints silk dress and dares public display in Boston
Boston artist Mrs. L A Greyer wore a hand painted silk dress worth about 300 to walk through Tremont and Park streets as a $50 wager with artist W M Crown. She plans another stroll through Boston and two other New England cities and will donate the money to soldiers relief.
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Mrs. L. A. Greyer
Warren Avenue
Boston
Post
W. M. Crown
Tremont
Park Streets
Fund For the Relief of Soldiers
Greyer
Tremont Street
Court
Washington
Newspaper Row
School Street
Parker House
Worcester
Providence
Boston artist wins wager for war relief fund
A Boston artist wearing a hand painted dress walked through Tremont and Park streets yesterday to win a wager of zero dollars. She plans to donate the money to a war relief fund.
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Boston
Tremont
Park Streets
Nat Goodwin Visits Mayor Curley For Merchant of Venice Fund
Nat Goodwin celebrated his yesterday by calling on Mayor Curley and securing permission to let The Merchant of Venice be staged for three performances. Proceeds will aid families of Massachusetts National Guard men stationed in El Paso and Columbus.
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Nat Goodwin
Curley
National Guardsmen
Massachusetts
el Paso
Columbus
Edison
Mr. Edison
America
Nat Goodwin Perched Between Theater Plans and Personal Birthday Talk
The interview shows Nat Goodwin with Phillips discussing plans to bring actors to Boston for performances at the Arena, prepping Shylock duty, and his birthday visit to his Roxbury family. He recalls Shakspere, Australian premiere memories, and hints at future projects including a U.S. Senator role.
Scully Wins Pittsfield Postmaster Nomination
Edward T. Scully named postmaster of Pittsfield defeating Joseph Bastion and John McQuade. A Williams and Columbia Law graduate, he led a Wilson club since 1912 and succeeds John G. Orr, former postmaster.
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Pittsfield
Edward T. Scully
Wilson
Joseph J. Bastion
Democratic City Committee
John McQuade
Northampton
John G. Orr
President Wilson Reveals Campaign Plan
President Wilson and his cabinet outlined preliminary strategy for the 1916 contest. They agreed to begin active campaigning only after Congress adjourns, with Maine holding an election on September 11.
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Washington
Wilson
Maine
Congress
President plans Maine campaign and Shadow Lawn events
The President will campaign in Maine by letters and delegations, with speakers including Wilson Daniels Redfield Glynn and Senator James. After Congress adjourns he will travel to Shadow Lawn New Jersey for formal notification ceremonies.
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Maine
Wilson
Daniels
Redfield
Glynn
New York
James
Kentucky
Congress
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Doremus
Michigan
Democratic Congressional Committee
White House
Saulsbury
Delaware
Funeral for Peter Forant Held at St William's Church
The funeral for Peter Forant former head of Waverly Council Royal Arcanum and longtime community worker will be held at 9 am today at St. William's Church Dorchester. He died Monday at his home 169 Savin Hill avenue Dorchester.
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Peter Forant
Waverly Council
Royal Arcanum
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester
St. William's Church
Arrested Autoist Avoids Court
Edward F. Gillon of 61 Park Street Lynn aged 50 was arrested by Metropolitan Park police at Revere Beach for operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor and failed to answer when his name was called in Chelsea court yesterday.
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Edward F. Gillon
Park Street
Lynn
Metropolitan Park
Revere Beach
Chelsea Court
Sharks Common In Bay Say Chelsea Fisherman
George L. Hutchinson of Chelsea writes to the Post claiming bay waters are full of sharks. In June off the Black Buoy he and John J. Brannen of Onset caught a three foot shark and 11 tautang off rocks in the outer harbor while others said sharks were plentiful and spoiled fishing.
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George L. Hutchinson
Chelsea
the Post
Sir
Tautang
John J. Brannen
Onset
Mr. Brannen
Shawmut Street
Boy Held for Death of Girl in Illinois Inquest
Roy Hinterliter was held without bail by a grand jury after a coroner's inquest into Elizabeth Ratcliffe a 17 year old visitor from Paoli Indiana who died Friday night. An autopsy showed no operation or poison and a medical commission cited embolism as the cause though it could not determine why.
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Miss Ratcliffe
Hinterliter
Heat Prostration Fatalities Rise In Montreal And Quebec City
The extreme week’s heat caused over 250 child deaths in Montreal with temperatures reaching 93 degrees at 3 pm, the hottest in five years. In Quebec City, 28 children have died since Sunday due to the heat.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Mayor Sees Likely Tax Cut for Boston
Mayor Curley voiced confidence yesterday that Boston’s upcoming tax, due to be announced in the second week of August, will fall below the current rate of 18 dollars. He cited reduced state expenses and higher realty values from extensive building as factors and noted an 80 cent increase during his two years in office. He added, I have strong hopes that a pretty decent reduction will be made this year.
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Curley
Boston
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