Powerful Magnetite Street Lamps Trial in Back Bay
Boston conducts a test of Magnetite electric street lamps by Edison Electric Illuminating Co. Twenty one new lamps installed along Commonwealth avenue and Boylston street claim to emit two to three times more light. The GE designed carbon system uses an iron shell with Magnetite and other carbons. Boston claims first in the nation to deploy this latest street lighting.
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Boston
Back Bay
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Commonwealth Avenue
Berkeley
Dartmouth Streets
Boylston Street
Exeter
Massachusetts Avenue
General Electric
Dividends Topic in Boston Elevate West End Bill Debate
A legislative committee heard arguments on a proposed amendment to the Boston Elevated West End consolidation bill. Supporters urged increasing West End stock dividends from 7 to 8 percent after lease termination, while opponents and business groups urged no action or opposed the measure.
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Legislative Committee On Street Railways
State House
Boston
West End
John S. Bates
Charles A. Williams
Joseph B. Russell
Robert Luce
Merchants’ Association
James A. Mclxibben
Luce
Public Franchise League
West End Railway Company
John L. Bates
Theatrical Folk To Aid Firemen's Fund
Attractions from Boston theatres unite for a charity Sunday evening at the Boston Theatre to support the Boston Firemen's Monument Fund. The Mission Church Band of 190 players directed by James Fitzgerald will perform, with acts from Keith's Orpheum Howard theatres and John J. Quigley Vaudeville Agency. Fire scenes and life savers pictures will also be shown. tickets are on sale at the box office.
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Boston
Boston Firemen's Monument Fund
Boston Theatre
Mission Church Band
James Fitzgerald
Boston Fire Department
Seventh United States Cavalry
Keith's
Orpheum
Howard Theatres
John J. Quigley Vaudeville Agency
Universalist Pastor Accepts Call in Rockland
The Rev. James J. Tillinghast of Titusville Pennsylvania, who for eight years led Universalist churches in Pennsylvania, has accepted a call to the Universalist Church in Rockland Maine.
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Rockland
James J. Tillinghast
Titusville
Penn
Pennsylvania
Rexall Orderlies Offered For Constipation Cure
A drug store ad promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe, non irritating remedy for bowel disorders. It claims they cleanse the intestinal tract without purge or nausea and suit children, the elderly, and the weak. Price is 30 tablets for 25 cents or 12 tablets for 10 cents at Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Riker-Jaynes
Deserted husband sues for $300000 wife’s estate
Reuben Ross a government clerk admits deserting his wife years ago and living with a woman not his wife for 15 years. He seeks the late Mme Cooley’s estate, claiming a postmarriage agreement to leave him all she owned. Testimony showed a later will left property to sisters and nieces. case continued.
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New York
Reuben Ross
Justice Aspinall
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Mme. Cooley
Ross
Laura Smith
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
Sailors Ball Big Success at I S S Finis Banquet
Attendance exceeded 1000 for the I. S. S. Finis third annual banquet and ball held last night in Paul Revere Hall. The hall was decorated with flags and logs of nations, a model battleship Illinois featured prominently, and Lieut-Commander A. T. Long led the grand march with Mrs. Quigley. About 200 couples attended.
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I. S. S. Finois
Paul Revere Hall
Jackies
Illinois
A. T., Long
R. R. Quigley
George A. Hibbard
Hibbard
Changes in Opera Repertoire by Oscar Hammerstein in Boston
Oscar Hammerstein announces major shifts in the Manhattan Opera Company’s second week at the Boston Theatre. Le Jongleur de Notre Dame is set for Good Friday, La Navarraise and Pagliacci follow, with Labia and Zenatello in key roles. Debussy’s Pelleas and Melisande replaces Othello, Traviata resumes with Tetrazzini, and Thaïs is chosen for the final Saturday matinee after Boston preference.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera Company
Boston Theatre
Navarre
Mme. Calve
Mlle. Gerville-Reache
MM. Dufranne
Valles
Vieuille
Crabbe
Gianoli Galletti
Contessa Maria Labia
Nedda
Mr. Zenatello
Canio
M. Sammarco
Tonio
Debussy
Traviata
Mary Garden
Renaud
Athanael
Hammerstein
Boston
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Reefers
Heatherbloom
Hydegrade
Post
Brussels
Notion Dept
Iriday
Shantung
Williams
ST. John's
BN. F
Bealing
St. John’s
Florizal
Hagle
Maine
Augusta
Monument
Roxbury
Daniel O. S. Lowell
Roxbury Latin School
Theodore C. Williams
Conrad
Saginaw, Mich
Herman Traubedo
Troubedos
Washington
Illustrated
Washington Bulletin
W. A. Seward
Washington St
Mass
Seattle
Spokane
Portland
Oregon
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