Bankruptcies Hit Brokerage Firms in New York
Involuntary petitions filed in Federal Court target Hmaguel Varcoe & Co with claimed liabilities of 100000 and assets of 20000. The tally of distressed houses rises to 61 since last November. Varcoe is a member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange. Judge Mack named Robert C. Wood receiver for Ettinge & Wall, with bond set at 5000. Louis Jersacht named receiver for IL B Mullins & Co, bond 7500.
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New York
Hmaguel Varcoe & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Mack
Robert C. Wood
Ettinge & Wall
Hie
Louis Jersacht
IL. B, Mullins & Co
Miss Rosanna Fiske to Wed Lloyd B Sanderson Jr
Miss Rosanna Fiske will marry Lloyd B Sanderson Jr of New York on April 29 at Christ Church Cambridge. She is daughter of Charles H Fiske and Mrs Fiske of 382 Commonwealth Avenue Weston and active in the Vincent Club shows and the 1919 Sewing Circle. His parents are Lloyd B Sanderson and Mrs Sanderson of New York and he is a Harvard senior.
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Rosanna Fiske
Lloyd B. Sanderson, Jr
New York
Christ Church, Cambridge
Miss Fiske
Charles H. Fiske
Commonwealth Avenue
Weston
Lloyd B. Sanderson
Harvard
Clergy Nominate Candidates for Coadjutor Bishop
Episcopal clergymen from across the diocese gathered at St. Paul Cathedral Chapel to discuss and propose candidates for the coadjutor bishop. Between ten and fifteen names were offered for consideration, with a laymen’s meeting to follow later this month before both bodies convene to make a selection.
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St. Paul Cathedral Chapel
Patroness of Art highlighted in Adams Boston feature
The next Boston Sunday Post Magazine will publish more on The People in Our Square focusing on A Patroness of Art by Samuel Hopkins Adams, adding detail and context to the celebrated profiles.
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Our Square
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Boston Sunday Post
Quit Meat If Your Kidneys Act Badly Advertisement
An old advertisement urges readers to protect kidney health by taking Jad Salts, a lithia lemon grape acid drink. It claims uric acid from meat clogs kidneys and offers four ounces daily in water to flush and stimulate function, promising relief from back pain, cloudy urine, and urinary disorders.
Youngsters Rescued From Cold Sea After Near Drowning
A man carried a boy and another child to shore as bystanders formed a human chain to pull them from the icy water. The dramatic rescue left the youngsters safe while witnesses stood by.
Man Rescues Two Children From Icy Channel Edge
Gore of 6 Central Street heard cries from shore as two Fisher children fell through thin ice on the pond. He crawled onto the unstable surface despite warnings, reached the girl and boy, and, with others forming a human chain, pulled all three to safety. The children were placed to bed that night. Gore warmed up at home after changing and eating.
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Michael Fisher
Central Street
Gore
Gove
Boston Tax Limit Fixed At $12.25
The committee on municipal finance voted to report a bill fixing Boston’s tax limit for the current fiscal year at 12.25 dollars per 1000, exclusive of State and county taxes and debt requirements. Representative Lane of Boston dissented.
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Lane
Boston
City of
Reckless driving leads to Moriarty arrest in Tremont misadventure
Cornelius Moriarty of South End with prior auto theft cases drove through Tremont Street into Scollay Square. Officer McGrady Logan boarded his running board and arrested him for driving while intoxicated. Police later linked Moriarty to a recently stolen Albany Milling Company car.
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Cornelius Moriarty
South End
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
McGrady Logan
Moriarty
City Iall
Winter ‘Street
Albany Milling Company
SLEIGH UPSETS FORDING CREEK. TWO DROWN IN BEAVER CREEK
Mrs Gunder Midbee and four children drowned when a sleigh drawn by two horses overturned in Beaver Creek near Caledonia. Her husband and neighbor George Wesland escaped. Midbee tried to save the children but could not, Wesland clung to the lines and reached shore.
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Winona
Minn
Gunder Midbee
George Wesland
Beaver Creek
Caledonia
Midbee
Wesland
Opposition to Money Lenders Bill Faces Hearing
The Massachusetts Senate bill 218 would raise the interest cap from 36 to 42 percent. The Credit Union League led by Frederic E. Cox opposes the change saying current rates are adequate amid falling prices and wages. All unions will attend to protest, with Boston Mayor Curley backing opposition and signing counsel for the city.
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State House
Senate
Massachusetts
Credit Union League
Frederic E. Cox
Curley
Boston
Phones urged for Leviathan
Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board urged installation of radio telephone gear in 700 first class cabins of the Leviathan reconditioned for transatlantic service so passengers can talk with friends ashore. The push follows yesterday's successful wireless talks between New York and the steamer America about 350 miles at sea.
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New York
Associated Press
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Leviathan
Mr. Lasker
America
Noted artist Robert Brandegee dies in Farmington at 74
Robert Bolling Brandegee a portrait and landscape painter and longtime friend of Hartford artist Charles Noel Flagg died at his Farmington home late yesterday aged 74. He leaves two sons and two sisters.
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Farmington, Conn
Robert Bolling Brandegee
Charles Noel Flagg
Hartford
Kellogg's Bran Ad Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement urges regular use of Kellogg's Bran to relieve constipation permanently. It claims the product cleanses the intestinal tract without discomfort, replaces pills, and improves health for all ages. It suggests two tablespoonfuls daily and highlights flavors and uses.
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Kellogg ’S
Kellogg’s
Prohibition Chief Heads Florida Rum Smuggling Campaign
Col. L. G. Nutt, chief of the narcotic division of the Internal Revenue Bureau, left tonight for Miami to take charge of the prohibition authorities campaign against rum smugglers along Florida's coast.
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Washington
Col. L. G. Nutt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Miami
Florida
Ex-Officer Held in Illegal Surgery Case
Charles Flynn formerly Boston policeman faces Central Court on February 25 charged as an accessory before the fact to an illegal operation on a Shelburne Falls girl. Proctor of Dartmouth Street is also under two pending cases.
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Charles Flynn
Boston
Central Court
Shelburne Falls
Margaret Proctor
Dartmouth Street
Hays Begins Work as Movie Executive in New York
Former postmaster general Hays starts duties as executive president of the Motion Picture Manufacturers and Distributors of America in New York. He spends his first day in lavish offices, receiving congratulatory telegrams and bouquets from leading producers.
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New York
Will WH. Hays
Motion Picture Manufacturers and Distributors of America
New Toothpaste Promises Film Free Teeth in Ten Days
Leading dentists endorse a new method for cleaning teeth using Pepsodent. The ad claims it fights the film on teeth that causes tartar and decay, offering a ten day test to reveal whiter cleaner teeth and healthier mouths.
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Kirst
Domi
American Sugar Refining Company
Max Engel
Fifth Avenue
Eugene E. Collins
New Bedford
Mass
Arnold St
Wincarnis
Mr. Collins
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Edward Lassere, Inc
Dept
West 23d Street
Hays
New York State
Grippe
Dr. True
Dent
Dent's
Dent’s
C. S. Dent & Co
Detroit
Pepsodent Company
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Post
Boston, Mass
Davy
Brookline
Cambridge
Brockton
Allston
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