Expert Dreier Denounces Blonde Superiority Theory
Thomas Dreier of the University Press and editor of the Associated Advertising Clubs challenges Dr. Katherine M. H. Blackford's claim that blondes are superior to brunettes. Dr. Franklin B. Dyer and George W. Coleman object to the theory, arguing color does not determine worth.
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Thomas Dreier
The
University Press
Associated Advertising Clubs
Katherine M. H. Blackford
Franklin B. Dyer
Boston Public Schools
George W. Coleman
Ford Hall
The Blond Brainteaser in a Western Salesman’s Views
A Western salesman and physiognomy proponent surveys blondes and brunettes in department stores and homes. He links temperament to hair color, advises marriages by an alleged electro magnetic scale, and claims brunettes are steadier while blondes are quicker to attract customers. He contrasts behavior of blonde and brunette women in work and private life.
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Dreier
West
Sheldon School of Salesmanship
Chicago
Mr. Dreier
Lord Byron
Andes
Army worm invasion reaches New England coast
The army worm, after devastating vegetation in New York and Pennsylvania, has invaded Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Reports indicate serious infestations in parts of the Cape district and Boston public grounds officials report millions of worms on Long Island as the infestation spreads along the harbor.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Cape District
Boston
Public Grounds Department
Long Island
Harbor
Boston Publ ic Grounds Fight Army Worm In City
Public grounds officials deployed spraying machines to Long Island to combat a rapid advancing army worm infestation. Workers describe battalion sized worms ten to twenty feet long and thirty feet wide, colored yellow with black bands, threatening to destroy all grass in the Public Garden within hours if unchecked. Authorities aim to prevent spread to other city areas.
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Boston
Public Grounds Department
Long Island
Fireman Faces Lobby Charge On Dermody Hearing
Boston Fire Commissioner Grady held a hearing for Lieutenant Francis J. Dermody of Ladder 14 Fort Hill square on charges of conduct unbecoming a fireman. The charges stem from a Finance Commission probe into a 3400 note tied to delaying meal-hour costs and Dermody’s uncertain testimony.
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Boston Finance Commission
Grady
Francis J. Dermody
Ladder
Fort Hill Square
Boston Fire Department
John R. Murphy
Finance Commission
Police and Fire Department
Dermody
Laundry Marks Point to Pair of Thugs in Dedham Attack
Boston police trace two men via laundry marks on shirts after they attacked Earle Thompson, a Boston Tavern chauffeur, on a Dedham road with a heavy iron pipe. Police suspect New York crooks sought the car for a quick return to New York.
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Boston
Earle Thompson
Dedham Road
New York
New Salem Sets Building Rules After Fire
The rebuilding commission adopted precautionary plans to prevent another conflagration in Salem. No wooden buildings taller than two and a half stories may be built in the fire district. Even at that height, structures require armored roofs metal cornices and gutters and cellars protected from fire hazards.
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Salem
Salem plans debated on city upgrades and fireproofing
City Hall session reviewed plans to make Salem busier and safer with new fire houses and a school in the burned district. A temporary roof was approved for St. Joseph's Church on Lafayette Street with possible parochial school use pending wall safety checks. Subscriptions to the Salem Relief Committee totaled 598745.87 dollars.
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City Hall
New Salem
St. Joseph’s Church
Lafayette Street
Gardiner M. Lane
State Street
State Salem Relief Committee
Mid ocean collision shocks transatlantic lines
News of a mid ocean collision reaches both sides of the Atlantic. The Red Star liner Zeeland bound from Dover and Antwerp to New York and the Missouri of Atlantic Transport line on a Baltimore to London voyage met, bumped, and continued to their destinations.
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New York
Atlantic
Red Star
Zeeland
Dover
Antwerp
Missouri
Atlantic Transport Line
Baltimore
London
City to Acquire Foss Property by Eminent Domain
Boston City Council approved a second reading of an order to appropriate 125000 for purchasing land owned by ex Governor Eugene N Foss. The site beside the Forsythe Dental Infirmary will be taken by eminent domain.
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Boston
Eugene N. Foss
Forsythe Dental Infirmary
Diver Drowns in Mystic River Near Somerville Beach
James W. Hemingway, 62, of 8 Oakland Avenue Somerville, drowned near the Somerville Beach bath house in the Mystic River about 3 30 yesterday afternoon. An expert swimmer and diver, his death is thought by Medical Examiner Thomas M Durell to result from a faulty plunge from the raft at the beach, installed last Thursday.
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James W. Hemingway
Hermon
Hemingway
Oakland Avenue
Somerville
Somerville Beach
Mystic River
Thomas M. Durell
Doctor Who Was With Farragut Fleet Dies
Dr. James Forster Alleyne Adams aged 70 died at his Pittsfield home. Born in Boston on March 20 1844 he earned a Harvard medical degree and as a Civil War medical cadet served with Farragut’s fleet commanding surgical and medical units for a period. He later led the Rutland State Sanitarium trustees as president for several years.
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Pittsfield
Mass
James Forster Alleyne Adams
Boston
Harvard
Farragut
Rutland State Sanitarium
Boston Tavern plot ends in assault on Thompson
Thompson, 28, of 1112 Joy Street, was injured when two men hired his machine at the Touraine and pursued a planned abduction to Dedham on a Sunday night. A blow with a two foot iron pipe struck him as he resisted, leaving him seriously hurt. Police seek suspects linked to clothes in suitcases bearing New York marks.
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Young Thompson
Boston
Touraine
H. B. Thompson
Revere
Thompson
Dedham
New York
Cambridge
Joy Street
Reward for Canal Service Officers Named in Bent Bill
Washington July 27. Representative Bent’s bill favors a congressional thanks to Isthmian Canal Commission officers who led Panama Canal work. It would extend gratitude to Col. George W. Goethals Brig. Gen. William C. Gorgas Col. H. F. Hodges Lt. Col. William L. Sibert and Cmdr H. H. Rousseau and would authorize the President to appoint Goethals and Gorgas as major generals.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Bent
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
George W. Goethals
William Oo. Gorgas
H. F. Hodges
William L. Sibert
H. H. Rousseau
Navy
Goethals
Gorgas
Graves' Grain Alcohol Ad Promotes Value Offer
Local advert touts Graves' Grain Alcohol as unbeatable value. The message claims the product is not made elsewhere and emphasizes price efficiency to attract shoppers.
Mayor Curley Recommends 48300 Transfer to City Hospital
In a special meeting yesterday afternoon Mayor Curley urged the City Council to approve a 48300 transfer from the reserve fund to the Boston City Hospital. The council found the mayor can authorize the transfer without council input, and returned the order. The action follows discussions with the hospital trustees and exceeds their request by 2000.
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Curley
City Council
Boston City Hospital
Receivers Declare Another Dividend for Walpole Tire
Judge Dodge of the United States District Court authorized the receivers of Walpole Tire & Rubber Company to declare a further dividend of 4 percent amounting to about 350,000 dollars. This marks the third 4 percent distribution to creditors, bringing the total authorized to 171,000 dollars.
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Judge Dodge
United States District Court
Walpole Tire & Rubber Company
Boston Park Purchase Aims For Light and Open Space
The city plans to use 1914 tax levy funds to buy land for a permanent public space within the Boston park department. The goal is to keep houses from blocking light near the dental infirmary and improve surroundings. Mayor Curley backs the project. Mr. Foss won’t sell within roughly 125000. A court showdown between the city and the ex Governor is anticipated.
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Boston Park Department
Dental Infirmary
Curley
Foss
Teen Girl Tries Suicide After Family Disapproval
A 15 year old girl entered Relief Hospital Haymarket in a faint condition with a one inch wound on her breast. She said she attempted suicide due to her father forbidding her from seeing a young man and provided the name Anertina Griaco of 4941-2 Commercial Street.
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Haymarket Square
Anertina Griaco
Commercial Street
Fire at Bourbon Stock Yards Destroys Sheep Pen
A blaze at the Bourbon Stock Yards in Louisville Kentucky damaged an estimated 160000 dollars by 10 o clock. Hundreds of sheep burned and around fifty Louisville and Nashville railroad cars were destroyed some loaded with freight. The fire was still spreading.
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Louisville
Bourbon
Louisville & Nashville
Tango Dancer Not On Beach Amid Police Warning
Amelia Burnham the tango dancer denies dancing on Nan tasket beach with LeRoy Young and says she has not worn bathing costume this year. The Post reported a warning by police, which the police corroborate.
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Boston
Amelia Burnham
Nantasket
LeRoy Young
Miss Burnham
Revere man jailed after Dorchester burglary escape
Mark Shapiro 35 of Revere was captured in Dorchester after a fleeing burglary at James Rose’s 29 Bourneside Street suite. He blamed recent restaurant robberies for his crime, and a high speed chase ended with Lind and companions helping police arrest him at the Christopher Gibson playground.
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Mark Shapiro
Malden Street
Revere
Dorchester
James W. Rose
Bourneside Street
Field’s Corner
Cambridge Street
West End
Mr. Rose
Shapiro
Christopher Gibson
Rose
Stewart Morris
Poplar Street
Frank Mannix
Faulkner Street
Olaf Lind
Park Street
Chase
Lind
Alleged Burglar's Wife Not To Be Held
Mrs Mark Shapiro wife of the alleged burglar was brought to Dorchester police station by Special Officer Williams from her home in Revere. She says she has no connection to her husband’s alleged burglaries and the police believe her. She wore a $100 diamond ring she turned over as possibly stolen property.
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Green Street
West End
Crowley
Williams
Shapiro
Revere
Mark Shapiro
Dorchester
Lodging House Fire Traps Two on Roof in South Boston
Two lodgers trapped on the roof of a lodging house at 102 West Springfield street last night were rescued by firefighters after climbing to a ladder to a dormer window on the third floor. The occupants were John McCarthy of Kieth shoe factory South Boston and his roommate John Kent. Other lodgers escaped to the street. The house owned by Mrs Georgiana Johns sustained about 100 dollars in damage.
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Springfield Street
John McCarthy
Kieth Shoe Factory
Boston
John Kent
Georgiana Johns
Dalton's Wife May Recover from Double Tragedy
Grace Dalton, wounded by her husband Thomas H. Dalton at their East Boston home, faces recovery while their 5 month old baby Priscilla is killed and the father dies by suicide. Son Joseph, also shot, is at Deaconess Hospital with bullet near the brain base. burial plans for Dalton and child underway.
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Grace Dalton
Thomas H. Dalton
East Boston District Court
Trenton Street
East
Boston
Priscilla
Joseph
Boston Relief Hospital
Deaconess Hospital
Mr. Dalton
Dalton
Joseph H. Barnes
Massachusetts
William C. Maguire
Maguire
Fire Alarm Branch Wins Share in Relief Fund
Judge Josiah Dean ruled in favor of the Boston fire alarm branch in a suit over rights to the firemen's relief fund and trusteeship. The fire alarm operators previously shared in the fund, which paid $2.50 daily for illness, but were barred from voting last fall.
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Josiah Dean
Boston Fire Department
Superior Court
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