Woman faints during plea to restore pension in City Hall
Mrs. Louisa F. Burroughs 65 fainted in the Mayor's office after asking City Council to restore a $10 monthly cut from her soldier-husband Isaac N. Burroughs pension. The couple rely on Grimman relief funds while awaiting action. council to reopen the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Commission
Louisa F. Burroughs
Grace Hospital
Burroughs
City Hall
Secretary Field
Fitzgerald
Mr. Gilman
Wield
Rouge Moulin opening performance thrills with Parisian flair
The show features a whirlwind style dance, acrobatics, and a mainly clean tableau. Phil Ryley stars as Lavourette with Mlle Lichter delivering standout acrobatic numbers, while Helen Collenan and Juliette Dika headline in vivid costumes. The production, set in a Quartier Latin mood, lasts two weeks with bright music and handsome scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bal Quartz-Arts
Phil Ryley
Lavourette
Mlle. Lichter
Helen Collenan
Juliette Dika
Paris
Osgood's Spring Furniture Sale Opens With Deep Cuts
Thousands flocked to the C. E. Osgood Company on Washington street for the opening of a major spring sale. With a $125 000 stock reduced one third to one quarter, the five floor store offers extensive bargains and free storage until delivery. Credit terms remain a feature of the sale.
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C. E. Osgood Company
Washington Street
Osgood
House of Osgood
New England
Roosevelt Welcomed Home After Equatorial Expedition
Crowds of hundreds of Britons and Americans cheered Colonel Roosevelt as he arrived with Kermit at the landing. They toured the palace briefly before a private family reunion, with Roosevelt joking about Professor Starr’s prediction and his hunting costume.
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Starr
University of Chicago
Tam
Roosevelt Returns Home After Long Hunting Trip
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in KUARTONM on March 14 looking healthy after a year on a hunting trail. Thousands gathered to glimpse him and his familiar smile as he left the train. Colonel Roosevelt admitted a touch of homesickness during the reunion with wife Edith and children Kermit and Ethel at the station in Shar toun.
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Roosevelt
Kermit
Miss Ethel
Sxhartoum
Home Beauty Remedies Spurmax Lotion and Canthrox Shampoo
Simple home formulas promise skin whitening and healthful hair. Spurmax lotion blends spurmax with glycerine for a pink youthful complexion, while canthrox shampoo cleanses scalp and fights dandruff. A quinine hair tonic and almozin face cream complete the set for glossy hair and softer skin.
Roosevelt and party reach Khartoum after 1300 mile Nile voyage
Mrs Roosevelt and daughter arrive in Khartoum aboard the Dal as Colonel Roosevelt and companions travel from Gondoboro Uganda. The ex president, in khaki and white helmet, receives official welcomes from the Sirdar and Gordon’s Tree, tours the palace, and reflects on hunting in the Sudd with a notable bag of nine rhinoceroses and three giant elands. The Sudan mine visit is postponed.
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Roosevelt
Nile
Khartoum
Gordon's Tree
Sudd
Uganda
Sudan
Gas Fatality Reported From Closed Room In South Boston
John N. Fitzgerald was found unconscious in his room at 862 Second Street South Boston with the gas jets on and the windows closed. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors believed he would recover.
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John N. Fitzgerald
Second Street
South
Boston
Amesbury Man’s Shootout Sparks Mob Fear
George Smith employed at Hamilton Woolen Mills went on a rampage in Amesbury’s principal square on March 14. Police arrived to stop him, saving him from an enraged crowd. Painter Michael Roach, 55, was seriously wounded along with two youths, Frank Smith 20 and John Jennelle 18, who received minor injuries after George Smith fired at them.
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Amesbury
George Smith
Hamilton
Michael Roach
Frank Smith
John Jennelle
Jennelle
Greek instigated street fight ends in shooting and mob pursuit
About 7 PM a crowd on Main street confronted John Jennelle a lampmaker. Smith a Greek instigated a fight at the Boston & Maine depot then called reinforcements. Smith shot at Jennelle missing, then fired into bystanders as he fled through Market and Friend streets pursued by 500. Michael Roach was grazed a Greek was captured by Frank Smith and mob violence halted by police arrest. several others were rounded up in a boarding house raid.
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John Jennelle
Gray & Davis
Main Street
Smith
Jennelle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Market Square
Friend Street
Michael Roach
Roach
P. Z. Mullen
Frank Smith
Patrick Ryan
Clark's Court
Ex Captain Swan Dead Dorchester Police Veteran
Clarence A. Swan former Police Captain of Station 11 died at his Dorchester home after months of illness. Born July 8 1845 in Dorchester he joined the force in 1877 rose to lieutenant in 191 he captained at Station 1 and the city prison, later returning to his original district. A Civil War veteran he was active in G A R circles and survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Clarence A. Swan
Rosseter Street
Dorchester
Captain Swan
Pyramid Pile Cure Trial Package Offered by Mail
A promotion offers a free plain wrapper trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure to any sufferer who sends name and address. The ad claims the remedy cures piles without further treatment and notes many successes. It lists Pyramid Drug Co. at 161 Pyramid Building Marshall Michigan and says the product sells for fifty cents.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Harvard student Daniel Field profiles as Brockton shoe magnate
Daniel Field, a Brockton millionaire and president of several shoe companies, attends Harvard Business School as a special student in corporation finance. He travels from Montello three times weekly to Cambridge for courses taught by Professor Sprague, while his Frank Field Jr. remains in Brockton.
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Daniel Field
Brockton
Harvard Business School
Cambridge
Montello
Sprague
Mr. Field
Harvard
Frank Field, Jr
Guanata Energy
New England
Field
FB. A. Filene
TH. F. J. Porter
H. L. Gantt
J. E. Sterrett
James O. Fagan
Roosevelt
New Pupil Struggles In 10 Foot Natatorium Tank
A novice swimmer was pulled from a 10 foot tank at the natatorium after doubting the depth. The attendant responded that the water was not over his head when he asked, highlighting a brief exchange during the incident.
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Isaac N. Burroughs
United States
Hen Burroughs
John K. Gilman
Soldiers’ Relief Department
Gilman
Soldiers’ Relief Committee
Board of Aldermen
Louisa Burroughs
Winter St
Manufacturers Outlet Company
Mfgs
Chambers Street
New York
Mass
Traymore
Atlantic City
N. J
Traymore Hotel CO
D. S. White
Marquetter
Minard
G. W. D’vys
Minard’s Liniment Co
Framingham
Col
Teddy Roosevelt
Underwood and Underwood
N. Y
Ethel
Colonel Roosevelt
Huntsman
Associated Press
Gordon
Africa
Palace
Rudolf Baron Slatin Pasha
P. R. Phipps
Khartoum North Station
Watkins
America
Chirapodist
Richman Harvard
Brockton Magnate
Natatorium
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Green Trading
Siegel
Children’s
Eeonomy
Cobb, Aldrich & CO
Washington St
D. Swain & CO
A. G. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
Tel
Charlestown
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