Veteran Wells School teacher Dimick retires after 49 years
Orlando W. Dimick, longtime head of the Wells School, retires after 49 years of service in Boston. A Dartmouth alumnus and Civil War veteran, he began teaching in 1869 after stints in the treasury and in southern schools. He lives in Watertown and will be fondly remembered by pupils, parents, and colleagues.
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Orlando W. Dimick
West End
Wells School
Boston
Dartmouth College
New Hampshire Volunteers
Mr. Dimick
South Braintree
Lyme
N. H
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
Dartmouth
Dimick
United States Treasury Service
Macon
Savannah
Charleston
S. C
Columbia
Newton
Chapman School
Blossom
McLean Streets
Dena H. Roumberg
Dora I. Laurie
Schriftgeisser
Dorchester
Washington
Watertown
Russell Avenue
Hardy
Orlando W- Dimick
The
Wells School For Girls
Brooklyn Man Arrested in Hotel Murder Case
William J. Duffy of Brooklyn was arrested and charged with complicity in the February 17 hotel killing of Frederick Devlin at the Waverly Hotel. Devlin was shot after handing over 10 cents. clerks were assaulted and robbed as the gunmen fled.
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New York
William J. Duffy
Brooklyn
Frederick Devlin
Waverly
Devlin
James Wesmond
Duffy
Long Island City
Sulu Sultan Seeks Sale of Pearls to Aid People
The Sultan of Sulu plans a trip to America to sell a pearl collection valued near 250000 dollars. Proceeds will fund improvements for his people. He will be accompanied by 14 prominent Moros.
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Manila
Sulu
Alice Roosevelt
America
Doctor Answers Health and Beauty Questions Column
Readers submit health and beauty inquiries with home remedy formulas and prescriptions. The column cites personal names and addresses for follow up, offering various tonics, tonics, and topical pastes to treat conditions from dandruff to scrofula and liver disorders.
Explosion Claims Two Workers At Chignecto Coal Mine
Amherst N S June 20 Two lives are thought lost after an explosion at the Chignecto Coal Railway and Power Co mine in Chignecto. Examiner William Stevens and a boy named Tom Woods entered the mine for inspection before the blast.
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Amherst
N. S
Nations seek united note on Hankow loan in China
Great Britain asks France America and Germany to present an identical note to China urging immediate ratification of the Hankow Szechuen loan. The $50,000,000 railroad loan was signed in Paris May 24 by agents of American French German and British financial groups. China shows considerable opposition to accepting the loan.
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China
Paris
Great Britain
France
America
Germany
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Tired Feet
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ as an instant remedy for tired aching feet and related conditions. It claims to treat sore feet sweaty odor corns callouses and bunions without powders clogging pores. A testimonial from A F Dreymer of Chicago endorses its effectiveness.
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A. F. Dreymer
Chicago
Mike
Umbrella and Raincoat Guard State House Switchboard
Miss Margaret Gill, a State House switchboard operator, stayed at her post as a burst water pipe flooded the room. She donned a rubber coat and used an umbrella while the flood surged, later aided by janitors who covered the switchboard with a rubber blanket. Estimated damage from the flood is $50.
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Margaret Gill
State House
Miss Gill
Gill
Whose Child Is This Identify Photos of Local Schoolchildren
Fourteen photographs of school children were identified yesterday after visiting the City Editor. Each child and parent received a bright five dollar gold piece. listings include Hattie 13 Dorchester George Putnam School seventh grade under Miss Gilbraith and Anna 14 Dedham Ames School eighth grade under Miss Bulliver. The long list names several other children with ages from 6 to 18 and their schools and teachers in Dorchester Malden Somerville Roxbury South Boston and Boston.
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Sunday Post
Hattie
David Robertson
Montello Street
Dorchester
George Putnam
Gilbraith
Anna
Thomas Hanlon
525 High Street
Dedham
Ames School
Bulliver
Doris
George E. Johnson
Ferry Street
Malden
Centre School
Laplant
Gladys
Herbert Morrill
Tufts Street
Somerville
Davis School
Backus
Eva
Charles Ekwall
Faulkner Street
Gibson Street
Dorchester Avenue
McNary
Miriam
Angels
Joseph R. Fisher
Linden Place
South Boston
Gaston School
Desmond
Florence Rody
Market Street
Thomas Gardner
Rica
Dorothy
Nell McPhee
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Orborn
Jay Helen
Walter I, Tilton
Baldwin
Charlestown Students Named by Local Schools
In Charlestown a third grader at Chestnut School is under Miss Corbett. Gussie Pennan, nine, of 8 Margaret Street Boston, attends Hancock School in the fourth grade with Miss Spratt. Genevieve Murphy, eleven, of 79 Gore Street East Cambridge, attends Gore School under Miss Cotter. Mary Greeman, fourteen, of 79 Pearl Street Brookline, attends Parochial School in seventh grade under Sister Frances Louisa. Viola Heslop, twelve, of 44 Lynde Street Boston, attends Washington School in the fourth grade with Miss Rebling.
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Charlestown
Chestnut School
Miss Corbett
Gussie
Joseph Pennan
Margaret Street
Boston
Hancock School
Pearl Street
Brookline
Frances Louisa
Viola
Thomas Heslop
Lynde Street
Washington School
Miss Rebling
Thief Snatches $288 Roll in Saloon Office Chase
Patrolman Cunningham of the Court Square station captured 16 year old John Donovan after a chase along Columbus avenue. Donovan seized a roll of $288 from John L Gebhardt’s saloon office at 1464 Columbus avenue and fled. The money was tossed into a yard during the pursuit and later recovered by Gebhardt.
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Cunningham
Court Square
Columbus Avenue
John Donovan
John L. Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Donovan
Custom House
Andrew Carnegie Arrives in Boston Aboard Numidian
A fellow Scotsman named Andrew Carnegie arrived in Boston yesterday aboard the steamship Numidian from Glasgow. He is not the famed Andrew Carnegie of libraries and Skibo but a compatriot heading to the Canadian Northwest to forge his own fortune and fame.
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Andrew Carnegie
Boston
Glasgow
Andrew
Peace Palaces
Skibo Castle
Canadian Northwest
Father John's Medicine Relief for Asthma and Hay Fever
An old advertisement describes asthma hay fever and catarrh as results of a run down system and promotes Father John's Medicine as a tonic food remedy. It claims nourishment from the medicine aids the body and soothes throat irritation while boosting strength and health.
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Miss W
Wendell T
Father John
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