Charitable Irish Society Celebrates 19th Anniversary
The Charitable Irish Society marks its 19th anniversary at the Hotel Somerset with dignitaries including Governor McCall and Mayor Curley. Cardinal O Connell, Congressman O Shaunessy, and Dr. James J. Walsh are among speakers. James A. Dorsey serves as toastmaster. Assistant District Attorney Daniel V. Melisaac is to be elected president at Young's Hotel meeting.
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Irish Society
Somerset
McCall
Commonwealth
Curley
Boston
Cardinal O’connell
George F. O’shaunessy
Rhode Island
United States of America
James J. Walsh
New York
Lucien H. LaRue
St. Jean Baptiste Society
James A. Dorsey
Daniel V. Melisaac
Young’s Hotel
Game Birds May Make Dinner for Invalids
The fate of 24 prize gamecocks seized at a Lexington cock fight on Washington's Birthday will be decided today by Judge Prescott Keyes in Concord District Court. The judge will order the birds killed, but the disposition of the remains is awaited. one possibility is delivery to a hospital for a Sunday dinner for the sick.
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Lexington
Washington
Prescott Keyes
Concord
Keyes
Red Blood Boost Through Diet and Pepto-Mangan Pill
The article extols red blood as the source of vigor and resilience, arguing thin blood saps energy and achievement. It urges a balanced diet, exercise, proper breathing, rest, and a Pepto-Mangan course as the path to restoring health.
Pepto Mangan Promotes Blood Health and Appetite
Pepto Mangan builds red blood cells supplying needed elements to carry oxygen to all body tissues. It tones the system, increases appetite, and improves color. It is easily digested and pleasant to take, with imitations and counterfeits common. Genuine Pepto Mangan sold only in the pictured sealed bottle marked Gude, at drug stores. M. J. Breitenbach Co., New York.
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Gude
M. J. Breitenbach CO
New York
State House Guards Expanded After Court House Blast
After yesterday's court house bombing disaster, the State House received its heaviest police guard in history. Sergeant-at-Arms Pedrick had long kept the building under extra protection, and following a conference with Chief Plunkett an enhanced plan was finalized. The Boston police department was mobilized to provide the additional guards.
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Court House
State House
Pedrick
Plunkett
Boston Police Department
Explosion in courthouse to be studied by police expert
State police bomb expert W. L. Wedger concluded last night that the courthouse blast involved only one explosion. He said the bomb was home made and that a second report heard by witnesses was an echo of the first.
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Wedger
W. L. Wedger
State Police
State House Under Heavy Guard After Overnight Searches
Police officers gathered at the State House with every corridor staffed through the night. Watchmen in the sergeant at arms department were on duty, instructed to detain anyone not personally known until identification was confirmed. Pedrick ordered a comprehensive search from dome to boiler room for suspicious bundles.
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State House
Pedrick
State Capitol
Narrow Escape At Scene Of Courtroom Blast
Chief Deputy W. J. Leonard narrowly missed the explosion as it detonated beyond the doorway he just passed. Debris and blood covered the corridor walls while Officer George McCaffrey attended a victim near the entrance to the newly formed charnel house. Leonard summoned court officers and established a guard to control the growing crowd.
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W. J. Leonard
Equity Merit Session
George McCaffrey
Explosion Rocks Pemberton Square Building
Mail carrier John W. Caldwell described a blast on the second step of the main stairs at Pemberton square. He and others were knocked off their feet by a great shock. women shrieked and panic spread as the building rattled and visitors fled. Caldwell escaped with only temporary nerves shaken by the blast.
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Pemberton Square
John W. Caldwell
Jury Deliberations End Abruptly After Explosion
A jury locked in a room above the lavatory where an explosion occurred pounded the door and demanded release. Court officer Oscar Strout unlocked the door, consulted Chief Justice Aiken, and dismissed the jurors who had been deliberating since yesterday morning. Acrid smoke filled the building as this occurred.
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Oscar Strout
Aiken
New Government Deals With Food Situation
London dispatch reports that rail service continues through the revolution as idle cars rush grain to starving centers. The government may requisition grain stores at fair prices and seize estates above 125 acres temporarily, urging peasants to bring forward grain to relieve the food crisis.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Home Made Bomb Thought To Be Professional Job
Police and State investigators worked through the night on a case involving a home made bomb found in Boston. The device was packed with a high explosive and enclosed in steel, with fragments scattered around the blast site. Officials refused to identify the explosive or confirm materials, citing fear of alerting perpetrators.
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Wedger
Boston
Bomb Seen in Courthouse Lavatory Before Suffolk Explosion
William F. White, a Summer Street clerk, testified the object in the courthouse lavatory at 2:30 pm appeared to be a steel bomb with a glass tube on top. He noted the item, described as a round steel ball with a three inch glass gauge-like tube, and said smoke billowed from the lavatory after the blast at 3:46 pm.
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Suffolk County
William F. White
Summer Street
City Hall Security Tightened After Courthouse Explosion
Police at City Hall will double precautions following the courthouse blast. After Mayor Curley’s return from Pemberton Square, officers were told to exercise unusual care with visitors. Front doors may stay closed earlier, with rear doors watched by two officers at all times.
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City Hall
Curley
Pemberton Square
City Council
Musterole Advertisement Promises Quick Cold Relief
A wartime style ad urges keeping a jar of Musterole handy. Rub it on the chest before bed to loosen congestion and ease severe colds and coughs. The clean white ointment uses oil of mustard and claims to relieve sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches and rheumatic pains.
Sheriff Faces Bomb Threat Near Suffolk County Court
Sheriff John Quinn, guarding the Suffolk county courthouse, spoke with City Councillor Attridge across Pemberton square when a bomb exploded, initially leading him to fear the State House had been struck.
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Sherif John Quinn
Suffolk County
Attridge
Pemberton Square
State House
Courthouse Scene After Blast Seals Boston Court House
Sheriff reports a blast at the courthouse sending debris and smoke through the second floor. Zeilinger and an unknown man killed. Judge Loring remains cool as Court Officer Ryan is injured and hospitalised with possible tetanus. Boston police take over courthouse security. night access to be restricted and the law library to close.
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Sheriff Gallagher
Judge Loriney
Zeilinger
Ryan
Iyan
Alexander Winthrop
Boston
Law Library
Bomb blast at courthouse shocks Boston crowd
Superintendent Crowley of the Boston police said at midnight the unidentified body at the City Hospital morgue is likely the man who brought the bomb into the courthouse. He noted the coal hod carried by Zeilinger near the lavatory was flattened and riddled, suggesting a shrapnel type bomb rather than a timed device.
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Crowley
Boston Police
City Hospital
Zeilinger
Zellinger
Weed Scores Railroad Men At Boston Bar Meeting
President Charles F. Weed of the Boston Chamber of Commerce warned that railroad workers striking now would stab their country in the back while addressing 420 Boston Bar Association members at the Harvard Club about public safety. A bar committee was formed to assist the committee, with nine members named to cooperate.
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Charles F. Weed
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Bar Association
Harvard Club
Weed
Bar Association
Committee of Public Safety
Edward W. Hutchins
Association
Damon Hall
Nearly Dies in Market Fire at Quincy Market
A blaze at Quincy Market late last night damaged the Nathan Robbins stall among others and nearly claimed Peter J. Dawson. Andrew Cavanaugh acted quickly to extinguish flames that caught Dawson’s clothing from blazing woodwork. Sparks from steel wool and a bare electric wire ignited inflammable paint remover used on the woodwork.
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Quincy
Andrew Cavanaugh
Tower Street
Forest Hills
Peter J. Dawson
Prescott Street
Somerville
Nathan Robbins
McVey Receives Testimonial Dinner After Honeymoon
John R. McVey, president of the Old Fourth Trust Company, returned from his honeymoon and was feted at a testimonial dinner at the Copley Square Hotel. Directors and a few close friends presented him with a magnificent chest of silver.
Wheat Signs With Dodgers On Terms From Ebbets
Word from Hot Springs Arkansas states Zack Wheat the Brooklyn outfielder has accepted the terms offered by President Branch Rickey. The report notes the Brooklyn club reached the agreement through Ebbets.
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New York
Hot Springs
Ark
Zack Wheat
Brooklyn
Ebbets
Man Takes Own Life In Lynn Home
Zas silios Lacopoulos aged 45 ended his life last night at 68 Centre street Lynn by severing an artery above his right elbow with a razor. He was found by his wife on her return from work at a shoe factory and was despondent over illness.
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Zassilios Lacopoulos
Centre Street
Lynn
Fight over 400 salary rise in mayor budget review
The City Council debated a proposed 400 annual salary increase for Edward McDonough, son of Fire Chief McDonough, as part of Mayor Curley’s 25 million budget, turning the session into a storm centre of controversy.
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Edward MceDonough
McDonough
Curley
Fire Commissioner Denies McDonough Pay Boost Driven by Influence
Fire Commissioner Grady flatly rejects any link between his recommendation to raise McDonough’s salary and outside influence. He insists the decision was merit based and not tied to the Hotel Lenox fire heroics. Grady notes the longtime practice of a fire chief’s aide at lieutenant rank, contrasting McDonough’s hoseman pay of $1400 with the lieutenant’s $1800.
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Grady
Finance Commission
McDonough
Hotel Lenox
Boston
Hunt Men Near Radio Station On Foot Patrol
Two unidentified men walked along Highland Light near the radio station and marine observatory, claiming a doctor ordered the walk for health. Marine corps guards pursued but found no trace as they disappeared, while observatory personnel monitor ships entering Massachusetts Bay.
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Highland Light
Marine Observatory
Marine Corps
Coast ‘Guard
Marine Guard
Massachusetts Bay
Europe
Boston Woman Found Dead in Hotel Martinique Room
A well dressed woman registered as Florence Gray of Boston was found dead in her Hotel Martinique room in New York. The medical examiner had not released a cause of death, with early indications suggesting suicide. The woman, about 38, stood 5 feet 6 inches, weighed 140 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. A wedding ring engraved EH. L. C. and H. H. H. dated November 9, 99 hinted at a fictitious name.
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New York
Florence Gray
Boston
Martinique
EH. L. C
Only Real Skellig Mohr To March In Boston Parade
Colonel John J. O'Brien of St. Vincent's Brigade claims proof that his goat is genuine and compares it to Colonel Scannell's imitation Skellig Mohr. The real Skellig Mohr will lead A Company of St. Vincent's Cadets in Evacuation Day festivities, with St. Vincent's Brigade drum corps and five cadet companies marching.
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Roger Scannell
Skellig Mohr
Museum of Natural History
Boston
St. Vincent's Boys’ Brigade
John J. O’brien
St. Vincent’s Brigade
Scannell
O'Brien
South P
St. Vincent’s Cadets
New England
St. Vincent's Boys
Funeral for Captain Gillocly Draws City Leaders
Mayor Cliff and the Somerville Board of Aldermen attended the funeral of Captain John Gillocly of Engine 4 yesterday at St. Clement's Church South Medford. A permanent fire department delegation escorted the body from 88 Winslow Avenue to the church and later to St. Paul's Cemetery Arlington.
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Cliff
Somerville Board of Aldermen
John Gillocly
St. Clement's Church
South Medford
Fire Department
Rich
Winslow Avenue
St. Paul's Cemetery
Arlington
Foresees Second Irish Revolution by England
Mrs Hannah Sheehy Skeffington told St Johns Council in Cambridge that Ireland is being goaded into another revolution by England. She warned that Irish on St Patrick's Day should stay indoors or soldiers may kill those who venture out. She criticized England for supporting Russian revolutionists abroad while show ing harshness toward Irish rebels at home.
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Hannah Sheehy Skeffington
St. John’s Council
Knights of Columbus
Cambridge
Ireland
England
U. S. On Verge Of War Says Gerard
Former ambassador Gerard warns the nation is on the brink of war with Germany and urges universal military training. He defends his Berlin departure, says any conflict would come after every diplomatic option is tried and stresses US military preparation.
Gerard's Speech Urges Universal Service to Prevent War
Ambassador Gerard warns New Yorkers at City Hall that the U S stands near war and urges universal military service or universal training as the path to national defense. He emphasizes loyalty of German descent citizens, calls for public support, and cites comparisons with Germany's armed forces.
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New York
Gerard
City Hall
Stanchfield
Germany
Department of State
Washington
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Berlin
New Jersey
Twelfth
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