Italy Hit by Quake and Cyclone Across Regions
The earthquake devastates Avellino Ca litri Calitri and surrounding towns while Sardinia endures a violent cyclone. Dozens dead or injured with field hospitals set up as crowds aid victims. Queen Helena joins the king in relief efforts amid widespread panic and damaged villages across central Italy.
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Italy
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Sicily
Lanusei
Tortoli
Nicono
Elini
Jerzu
Calitri
San Angelo di Lombardi
Avellino
San Fele di Valetta
Catanzaro
Potenza
Benevento
Capua
Melfi
Cosenza
Castlebaronia
Cianchi
Sage of the Grange Professor Smith Dies at 87
Toronto reports Professor Gold win Smith, famed as The Sage of the Grange, died this afternoon at age 87 after a fall in February. He had remained mostly in his room since February 5, with a broken thigh bone discovered two days later. Surgeons declined to operate due to his advanced age.
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Toronto
Goldwin Smith
the Grange
Goldwin Smith remembered as a leading Canadian annexation advocate
The death of Goldwin Smith removes a premier proponent of US Canada union who for nearly four decades led annexation efforts. An Oxford professor and author of Canada and the Canadian Question, he shaped language, government, and history studies and advised reforms at Oxford while urging free trade and closer US relations.
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Goldwin Smith
Canada
United States
Oxford
Old University
Popular Education Commission
Regius
Dominion
England
Canadian Provinces
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Pacific Coast
Prince of Wales
Boston Parkman fund eyes music pavilion on the Common
The City Council Parkman fund committee backs using part of this year’s income for a memorial music pavilion on the Common in memory of George F. Parkman. The panel favors a handsome compact structure near the current bandstand and calls for irrigation and resurfacing funds as well.
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Boston
Parkman
George F. Parkman
Art and Music Commission
D. Henry Sullivan
Fog Blankets Chelsea Halt on the Chelsea Ferry
A thick fog settled over Chelsea last night from 10 to 11 o'clock causing the Chelsea ferry service to halt for an hour while ships and trains operated at reduced speeds. Pedestrians could not see lighted cars or signals, and crosswater ferries followed irregular schedules with whistles ahead.
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Chelsea
Revere Beach
Lynn
Boston & Maine
Cambridge youth triggers fire alarm with letter
Tony Mundi, 16, attempted to mail a letter to Italy from a fire alarm box at Hancock Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. The alarm sounded before help could reach him and he still has the letter to mail.
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Italy
Tony Mundi
Hancock Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Mundi
H. Nawn Contracting Company
Subway
Shea
Cambridge Fire Department
Mall
Results In Some Other Titled Marriages See Miss Shonts
The item notes marriages involving Miss Theodora Shonts and Miss Mary Lester, indicating different titled connections or social matches within local society. The brief hints at wedding or engagement news without further detail.
Drexel Heiress Weds Viscount Today In London
The Drexel heiress prepares for a high society wedding in London with bridesmaids including Mildred Carter and Sybil Fellowes. The ceremony features green myrtle and daisies, while jewels worth about 500000 dollars are guarded by Scotland Yard. The couple will honeymoon in a costly motor car and the bride gains half of the 60 million dollar Drexel fortune.
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Mildred Carter
Ridgely Carter
Gladys Finch-Hatton
Lord
Maidstone
Nellie Post
Lady Barrymore
Letty” Manners
Duke and Duchess of Rutland
Sybil Fellowes
de Ramsay
Rhoda Astley
Hastings
Constance Combe
Edith Wayne
Philadelphia
Upton
Vere Gunning
William Wayne, Sr
Waynesborough
Paoli
Anthony Wayne
Carter
Acheson
London
Balkan States
Jean Reid
Ambassador Reid
Miss Reid
John Hubert Ward
Miss Post
Charles Montague Eliot
Miss Drexel
Anthony Drexel, Jr
Margorie Gould
Drexel
Grosvenor Square
Scotland Yard
Peace Declared In Big Milk War
Statement thanks loyal men and directors for their service and the press for support. It notes sacrifice, hopes producers gain better prices and wider liberal policy from contractors, and a sense of loyalty and independence.
Milk Bottle Sealing Violation Fines in Malden Court
Ernest W. Savage of Malden and Joseph A. Sheridan of Melrose were fined 10 dollars each by Judge Bruce in Malden for using unsealed milk bottles not officially stamped by the Boston Department of Weights and Measures. They appealed. The defendants said the Hood Company exhausted supplied seals and forced use of unsealed bottles lacking stamps.
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Ernest W. Savage
Malden
Joseph A. Sheridan
Melrose
Hood Company
Bruce
Boston Department of Weights and Measures
Cadum claims eczema cure with rapid relief
A chemist developed Cadum as a skin disease cure after proving eczema is a skin issue, not blood related. The product allegedly stops itching immediately and restores skin in two to three weeks, with trial boxes available at 10c and large boxes at 25c for various skin conditions.
Quality over quantity in families, urged by Dr Gerrish
Dr Frederick H. Gerrish of Portland argues at the Massachusetts Medical Society meeting that small families yield better trained children and less parental injury. The two day program included open air schoolroom talks on tuberculosis and medical inspection of public schools. Officers elected: President Dr George B. Shattuck, VP Dr Henry B. Stetson, Secretary Walter L. Burrage, Treasurer Edward M. Buckingham, Librarian Edwin H. Brigham, Oracle Dr Maurice H. Richardson.
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Frederick H. Gerrish
Portland
Massachusetts Medical Society
Thomas IF. Harrington
Boston
J. G. Hanson
Northampton
George B. Shattuck
Henry B. Stetson
Greenfield
Walter L. Burrage
Edward M. Buckingham
Edwin H. Brigham
Brookline
Maurice H. Richardson
Arthur L. Cabot
Thomas F. Harrington
John Hawes
Henry Jackson
H. L. Chase
Alfred Worcester
Waltham
Fire and Loss Reports From City Boxes
At 5 10 p m anunto on 200 West Springfield Street John Conlon sustained damage 850 dollars. At 6 50 p m Box 93 47 Union Park Mary Frazer reported loss 210 dollars. At 10 30 p m still alarm 276 Dorchester Avenue South Boston Carey estate reported loss 825 dollars.
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Anunto
West
Springfield Street
John Conlon
Union Park
Mary Frazer
Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Carey
Sturgis resigns over Kennedy Schoolhouse appointment
Boston officials recount internal conflict as Commissioner Sturgis resigns after opposing Kennedy’s Schoolhouse Commission seat. He testified Kennedy lacks required professional qualifications and warned he would quit if confirmed. Mayor Fitzgerald weighs interim replacement and notes Sturgis’s authority on schoolhouse construction.
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Europe
Kennedy
Civil Service Commission
Schoolhouse Commission
Washington
City Hall
Post
Finance Commission
Schoolhouse
Maye. Fitzgerald
Logue
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Baron Halkett
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