Cogswell and fortune vanish roving in social Boston
Roy S. Cogswell, once a famed Boston Brookline clubman, disappeared after borrowing $63 351 from his mother in law Rebecca D Smith. She seeks bankruptcy action in US District Court joined by James Gowenlock and John R Roche alleging unpaid wages.
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Lions
Boston
Brookline
Rebecca D. Smith
United States District Court
James Gowenlock
John R. Roche
Cogswell
Mr. Kennedy
Mr. Cogswell
Europe
Will Strike On Towboat Co
By a unanimous decision the Longshoremen Trade Council of Boston will not handle any freight from or to any Boston Tow Boat Company lighter until all captains joining the lighters are in the longshoremen's organization. The action takes effect today with enforcement by waterfront workers. Captains reportedly wish to join but are barred by the company. Stevedores will be notified they may not appoint captains pending settlement.
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Boston Tow Boat Company
Residence Bring Resignation of Fruit Company Engineer
Mr. W. W. Barnes United Fruit Company superintendent resigns to start a new business in New York City. He served 16 years with the company, the last five as superintendent, and supervised repairs on all steamers. He is well known at ports where the firm operates.
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W. W. Barnes
United Fruit Company
New York City
Barnes
United States
Eureka Woman Credits Duffy’s Malt Whiskey Cure
Miss Ella Agard of Eureka Greenwood County Kansas describes lung disease loss of appetite and sleeplessness ending after using Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. She recalls quick relief after prior medicines failed and asks for six bottles COD while promising to advocate its benefits publicly.
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Ella Agard
Eureka
Kane
Duffy
Miss Agard
Neuralia
Greenwood Co
Kansas
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Pure Medicine
An advertisement extols Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe medicinal tonic that strengthens heart action and purifies the system. It claims fifty years of purity, warns against other drugs, and urges buyers to seek genuine sealed bottles labeled with the Old Chemist trademark. Price listed at $1.00.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Liquozone Germicide Offer Promise and Free Trial
An advertising pitch promotes Liquozone as a new germicide that kills germs without harming tissues. It claims the product cures diseases, offers a $1000 germ-kill guarantee, and invites readers to request a free trial by sending a coupon for a full-size bottle with local druggist payment handled by the advertiser.
Liquozone Coupon Offer Promises New Product Trial
An old customer appeal offers to mail a coupon to The Liquozone Company in Chicago for a test of an Improved Liquozone. The note hints at physicians and hospitals being supplied for trial and promotes the product’s new Pure form.
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Liquozone Company
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Klatsch Collegium Dazzles Boston University Students
Boston University hosted the annual Klatsch Collegium organized by Gamma Delta. About 1000 attendees filled the 12 Somerset Street building with laurel decorations and two orchestras. Senior, junior, and freshman tables were hosted in the university chapel Convocation Hall Jacob Sleeper Hall and were run by numerous named hostesses and committees.
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Klatsch Collegium
Gamma Delta
College of Liberal Arts
Somerset Street
University Chapel
Agnes Barry
Lynn
Anna Gilman
Everett
Elizabeth Gilman
Evelyn C. Fischer
Arlington
Elizabeth Goodwin
Boston
Herbert Boyd
Convocation Hall
Helen 8. Travis
Cohoes
N. Y
Katherine O’brien
Nashua
N. H
Victoria Zeller
West Newton
Mary Poor
Wollaston
F. J. Zeller
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Ruth Eaton
Middleboro
Ethel Ham
Brunswick
James Geddes, Jr
Brookline
Véra Smith
Roxbury
Emily Larrabee
Revere
E. M. Hixon
Sharon
Olive R. Marshall
Helen Byrne
Alexander H. Rice
Cambridge
Charlotte Norton
Somerville
Ellen Harlow
Helen Gilmore
Louise Dorntee
Malden
Elizabeth C. O’connor
Woburn
Ruth E. Eaton
Margaret M. Cassidy
Lowell
Amy B. Baker
Lancaster
Edith Chadwick
Lena A. Smith
East Weymouth
Young Woman Sadie Belcher Found Dead in South End
Miss Sadie Belcher a 27 year old Pittsfield resident was found dead in her room at 38 Upton Street South End yesterday at 11 o clock. A chloroform bottle was found but Dr Honore Cote says death likely from epileptic convulsions. She worked in a downtown store and had a brother serving at Fort Warren whom police have not located.
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Sadie Belcher
Pittsfield
Upton Street
South End
Honore Cote
Warren Avenue
Elevator Inspectors Criticized By Union In Public Warning
The Elevator Constructors Union warns that elevator safety is at risk due to inexperience among state city inspectors and many company inspectors who lack knowledge of elevators and their mechanics. It urges that practical, knowledgeable inspectors examine elevators to protect the public.
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Elevator Constructors’ Union
15000 Shamrocks Arrive At Boston Postoffice For St Patrick Day
Over fifteen thousand small green pasteboard shamrock boxes from Ireland arrived at Boston's central postoffice as St Patrick’s Day mail. The boxes were packed in wet moss and wrapped in green paper with images of St Patrick. Another consignment is expected today along with souvenir postal cards and holiday greetings.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Simple home blood cleaner tonic for rheumatism and kidneys
An eminent authority states that rheumatism and kidney trouble stem from the blood. A home remedy mixes one half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion one ounce Compound Karyon three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime to purify the blood and support kidney function.
Patrolman Crehan Relates Bizarre Amnesia Escape Tale
Patrolman Thomas J. Crehan returns to 167 Chelsea Street Charlestown after vanishing for a week and offers a remarkable explanation based on recurring aphasia memory lapses and an uncontrollable impulse to travel. He cites uremia and a hospital stay as part of his confusion, claiming he wandered from Fall River to New York Boston transit before ending up home.
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Thomas J. Crehan
Station 1
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Crehan
Fall River
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York
Boston
Auty
Fitzgerald Storrow clash at hearing over school power
At a city committee hearing the Storrow School Board and the Fitzgerald Schoolhouse Commission clashed over control of school building priorities. Board chair James J. Storrow seeks to force the commission to preselect buildings, while Commission chair Sturgis objected to the petition and William S. Youngman spoke for the bill.
Tillman Club Plans Easter Monday Ball in South Boston
The Tillman Club of Ward 14 announces its first annual ball to be held Easter Monday night at Bethesda Hall in South Boston. The arrangements committee includes James F. Mullin, Thomas F. Kennedy, Daniel J. Cronin, William Toomey, William J. Connors, John F. Coyle, Edward White, James F. Connorton, and Walter Bryant.
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Tillman Club
Ward 14
Peninsular District
Bethesda Hall
South Boston
James F. Mullin
Thomas F. Kennedy
Daniel J. Cronin
William Toomey
William J. Connors
John F. Coyle
Edward White
James F. Connorton
Walter Bryant
Pittsburg Flood Recedes as City Recovers and Reopens
Pittsburg reports the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio rivers dropping to 29 feet by 9 pm as floodwaters recede. Bridges clear, streetcar service resumes, power restored, and downtown crowds thin. Estimated losses reach up to 10 million dollars with steel and other industries affected, while theaters and plants prepare to reopen.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Harriman Denies Losing Control of Union Pacific
E H Harriman announces a trip to Virginia to join family denying rumors that he lost control of Union Pacific during the stock market slump. He will not stop in Washington on the way or return trip.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Virginia
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Harriman
Lincoln Evening School Class Graduates In South Boston
Mayor Fitzgerald and city officials attended the Lincoln Evening School graduation on Broadway South Boston. A class of 33 boys and girls received diplomas as the Mayor praised the pupils industrial work and spoke briefly. Students named include Edith Allen Ida Purcell Talbot George Cooke and Frederic Pike.
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Lincoln School
Fitzgerald
Slattery
Charles M. Lamprey
J. Ll. Harbour
Lincoln Evening School
Broadway
Boston
Edith Allen
Ida Purcell
Miss Talbot
George Cooke
Frederic Pike
Passengers May Transfer at State Street Station
Boston Elevat ed riders can transfer from Atlantic avenue surface cars to elevated or tunnel cars at State street station instead of changing at Rowe's wharf station as now required in vogue.
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State ST
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
State Street
Rowe’s Wharf
Peruna Editorial on the correct composition of the remedy
The piece argues that the efficacy of Peruna hinges on precise proportion and harmonization of its ingredients. Dr. Hartman’s experience guides the balance to create a stable, universally usable catarrh remedy that preserves potency and taste. It asserts direct distribution to people lowers cost and has already helped thousands.
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Hartman
Che
Northwest
Tropics
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