Biggest Boston Dog Disgrace Reveals Don the Dane
Sergeant Irwin of East Dedham police found valuable jewelry on a man entering a South End pawnshop yesterday. The secret guarded by Mrs. Margaret Driscoll and her daughter Miss Alice Driscoll of Everett 356 Main Street becomes known to admirers of Don, a Great Dane claimed as Boston's biggest dog.
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Irwin
East Dedham Street
South End
Margaret Driscoll
Alice Driscoll
Main Street
Everett
Don
Boston
Driscoll
George Purrington
Pearl Street
Dog Named Don Aides Burglars In Woman’s Home Loot
Mrs Driscoll and daughter left Don the dog in a locked house. Burglars forced the front door, ransacked rooms, and took jewelry valued at 350 dollars. The dog appears to have aided or witnessed the intrusion, possibly drugged with chloroform. A pawnshop suspect carried similar jewelry. two other nearby homes were also hit.
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Jimmy
Don
Bay State Street Railway Fares Face Fresh Opposition
City Solicitor Arthur G Wadleigh of Lynn challenged the Bay State street railway fare rise before the Public Service Commission and urged delaying new stock issues until the fare dispute settles. The company seeks 7357 preferred shares plus 490000 and 200000 bonds to cover floating debt and property needs. A cabinet ad for Adamson's Balsam appears at the end.
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Bay State Street Railway
Arthur G. Wadleigh
Lynn
Public Service Commission
Bay State Company
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Evacuation Day Parade In South Boston Commemorates Legacy
Crowds braved frigid weather as troops scouts and cavalry joined the Fighting Ninth under Col Edward Logan in a long parade. Navy sailors, a St Vincent’s Boys Brigade and Knights of Sacred Heart marched past open houses while officials rode in carriages and a drum major from St Vincent’s received flowers.
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M'Call
Boston
Coast Artillery
Cole
Ninth’ Regiment
Edward Logan
St. Vincent's Boys’ Brigade
Knights of Sacred Heart
Wahights
South Boston
Edward PD. Hurley
Fourth Street
Hurley
Florence Walsh
William ST. Devine
Broadway
Barry
Thomas Park
Charles Tf. Slattery
Paul J. Jakmauh
McCall
Cavalry
State House
E. Fourth
P Streets
Charles H. Cole
Curley
Keating
Colorado
Ninth Regiment
South
St. Vincent
Raymond Benoit
Mayor Curley
Holy Name Society Irish Night at St James Church
The Holy Name Society of St James Church hosted an Irish Night at Municipal Hall Oak and Tyler streets. Rev Robert Lee led the event featuring ensemble numbers by the sanctuary and boys choir with soloist Miss Eleanor Francis, plus performances by the Joseph Daly songsters and sketches by the White Hussars.
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Holy Name Society
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
Municipal Hall
Oak and
Tyler Streets
Robert Lee
St. James’ Church
Eleanor Francis
Joseph Daly
White Hussars
Secret marriage rites read by two churches shock Boston area
Jenny Larsen and Leo Orr wed secretly twice within two years first in Charlestown on March 18 1914 then again Feb 27 in a Catholic ceremony using the same license. The couple kept the union hidden from the bride's mother until yesterday. An elder brother witnessed both ceremonies. Meanwhile St Patrick observances filled Catholic churches led by Cardinal O Connell at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with special masses across the archdiocese.
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Jenny Larsen
Tilly L. Larsen
Felton Street
Waltham
Leo If
Orr
Lexington Street
Charlestown
Edward Marsh
Wood Street
Timothy Bresnahan
St. Mary's Church
St. Patrick
Ireland
Cardinal O'Connell
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Father James
C. P
William Conroy
Neil A. Cronin
John W. Culhane
William B. Finigan
Augustine I. Hickey
Order of Hibernians
Sou nd Social and Benevolent Club Holds 81st Dance
The 81st annual dance was held last night at Odd Fellows Hall Berkeley and Tremont streets with about 1000 attendees. Charter members John J. Cotter T I Keohane and Jeremiah Mahoney attended while James P Calnan served as floor director.
Gaelic School Society Holds Fourth St Patrick Night Teis Rinnce
The Boston Gaelic School Society staged its fourth annual St Patrick's Night and Teis Rinnce at Paine Memorial Hall on Appleton Street. A Trish music concert preceded late dancing with Irish dance exhibitions by Annie O Flaherty and Callahan McSweeney. Thomas G. Collins directed the floor. Over a thousand people attended.
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Boston Gaelic School Society
Paine Memorial Hall
Appleton Street
Annie O'Flaherty
Callahan McSweeney
Thomas G. Collins
President Wears Green Tie Sent by Redmond
President Wilson marked St Patrick's Day by wearing a green necktie and a Shamrock sprig sent by John Redmond the Irish Nationalist leader in Parliament. Green sprigs were worn by White House staff Cabinet members and other officials.
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Washington
Wilson
St. Patrick's Day
John Redmond
White House
Boston man struck by illness in Newburyport
Walter Morris a travelling salesman for Western Electric Company of Schenectady with Boston home address Adams House was overtaken by an acute indigestion while walking on Pleasant Street near City Hall Newburyport March 17. He was carried to Anna Jacques Hospital unconscious but revived enough to return to Boston.
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Newburyport
Walter Morris
Western Electric Company
Schenectady
Adams House
Boston
Pleasant Street
City Hall
Anna Jacques Hiospital
Services Held for Mrs. Violet Mooers Murder Victim
Mineral services for Mrs. Violet Mooers killed by Irving Olmstead were private at her Somerville home 199 Broadway. Rev. S Leonard Luce of Christ Church Hamilton officiated. No singing or pallbearers. Service began at 10 and lasted about an hour. Body buried at Forest Hills.
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Violet Mooers
Irving Olmstead
Broadway
Somerville
S’. Leonard Luce
Christ Church
Hamilton and Wenham
Forest Hills
Boys Spring Clothes at Wolf's My Clothier
Prudent mothers buy boys spring outfits now as Wolf's corner Hanover and Portland Streets stays busy in the Boys Department. Pretty suits at 2.98 include extra trousers and come with LEGAL stamps with every purchase.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Bunker Hill Foresters Celebrate St Patrick Day Ball
The Bunker Hill Branch of the Irish National Foresters held a St Patrick Day concert at Hibernian Hall Union Street Charlestown drawing about 800 attendees. Miss Mazie Cook headlined as soloist with the crowd joining in on Irish chorus. high chief ranger Martin E Joyvee led the grand march with his daughter Miss Mary Joyce. dancing continued late with a brief intermission for refreshments.
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Bunker Hill
Irish National Foresters
St. Patrick’s Day
Hibernian Hall
Union Street
Charlestown
Mazie Cook
Martin E. Joyvee
Mary Joyce
Autopsy Sought in Anthrax Death of Winchester Man
State Health officials asked Medical Examiner Kelcher of Woburn to order an autopsy for John Tiernan of Winchester who died late Tuesday under unusual circumstances. Authorities suspect anthrax from hides at local tanneries caused several recent worker deaths in Winchester and Woburn.
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State Department of Health
Kelcher
Woburn
John Tiernan
Winchester
Recital Triumph for Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Boston
Ossip Gabrilowitsch closed his sixth historical piano recital at Jordan Hall amid a full house and standing room only. The program featured exclusively modern works, and the audience repeatedly called for encores before the pianist briefly thanked the crowd, noting Boston's exceptional warmth.
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Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Jordan Hall
Loth
Gabrilowitsch
Boston
Gabrilowitsch Concert Astonishes With Familiar Works and Avant Garde
The audience listened intently as Gabrilowitsch presented a program mixing revered classics with experimental pieces. He defended modern music while offering bold readings of Franck, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, and Schonberg. The crowd, and critics, reacted with amusement at the controversial pianistic sketches.
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Gabrilowitsch
Cesar Franck
Grieg
Rubinstein
Rachmaninoff
Paderewski
Mozkowski
Schiabine
Gabilowitsch
Arnold Schonberg
Mr. Gabrilowitsch
Leo Ornstein
Mrs Ellen Kiley Burned in Gas Stove Fire at Home
Mrs Ellen Kiley, 60, of 41 Davis Street Revere, suffered severe burns to the body and head when flames from a gas stove ignited her clothing during lunch preparations. She was taken to Trost Hospital Chelsea on the dangerous list.
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Ellen Kiley
Davis Street
Revere
Trost Hospital
Chelsea
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Theresa Burkman
Marshal Jakmauh
Lithuuanian Young Men's Club
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Gaelic School Society
Redmond
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