Services for Keith in Chapel
Funeral services for B. F. Keith were held yesterday in the Newton cemetery chapel. Prominent theatrical figures and public officials from across the country joined the immediate family in paying tribute to the vaudeville magnate. A eulogy by Rev. E. A. Horton praised his optimism courage and democracy. The body was placed in the receiving tomb pending burial in the Keith family lot with his mother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keith
Newton Cemetery
Keith
Ead
Ev. E. A. Horton
Eith
Funeral held for J. B. Keith founder of Keith Theatres
The body arrived from Florida at 6 45 am and was taken to the cemetery after services in the chapel. Attendees included Mrs Keith widow Paul Keith son E F Albee Keiths manager Mrs Albee Walter P Cook joint Boston staff Robert G Larsen and many notable figures from the theater world. The eulogy praised Keiths vision and philanthropy. The Meisteringers performed sons including Consolation and Nearer My God to Thee behind plants in the observatory. A long list of attendees from the vaudeville circuit politics and Boston society attended the services and floral remembrances filled the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Ack Bay
Keith
Paul Keith
E. F. Albee
Albee
Waler P. Cook
United States
Dr. Horton
Whitier
Harvard
Weber
Schubert
Vaudeville Omedy Club
New York
Ames J. Morton
John Johnson
Tomas Gray
Conessman Rinnock
Ohio
Martineck
Orpheum
Rank Vincent
Anager Orpheum
John J. Murdock
K. Hodgdon
Maurice Goodman
Iss M. Goodman
E. M. Robinson
Arry G. Jordan
Philadelphia
Proctor
F. *. Proctor
Charles P. Keith
Cambridge
Mrs. Stevens
George Billness
Boston
Finnegan
Sraten
Wardwell
Camridge
Pio de Luca
B. F. Keith
North Carolina
Wrom
Nho Chapel
Governor refuses pardon to save James Shrum
Jefferson City Mo March 30 Governor Major refused to pardon James Shrum who faced a 9 year term for the murder of Mont Hall. The ruling prevents the sheriff of St Franc is county from hanging Shrum despite the State Supreme Court having approved the execution.
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Jefferson City
James Shrum
Mont Hall
Major
St. Francis County
Schrum
Gint Gibson
State
Ourt
Chance at a Job for Every Man
The Rev. Henry A. Atkinson, social service secretary of the Congregational Churches of America, urged a new labor ideal at a ministers' meeting in Pilgrim Hall. He said the world owes every man a chance at a job and called for redefining efficiency to favor workers over profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Atkinson
Congregational Churches of America
Pilgrim Hall
Unemployed classes debated as nation seeks work and borders policy
The speaker divides the jobless into the flotsam and jetsam and the capable unemployed. He cites a hard winter and bank actions as factors and calls for government backed unemployment insurance and regulated government employment agencies. He also argues for selective immigration and adherence to American labor ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Fence Repairs Save Shuttle Car From Bay Fall
A Point Shirley shuttle car on the Ridgeway line left the rails and slid 50 feet before crashing into a fence, which kept it from plunging into the bay. Passengers Thomas Maxwell and William A. McLean escaped via a window, while conductor Lewis B. Briers and motorman Edward A. Berchtold were uninjured.
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Point Shirley
Winthrop Beach
Bay
Ridgeway Car Company
Boston, Revere Beach
Thomas Maxwell
Highland Street
Everett
William A. McLean
Clark Street
Somerville
Lewis B. Briers
Edward A. Berchtold
Fannie Belle Atwood Towed From Nantucket to Pori
The fishing schooner Fannie Belle Atwood, which tried to enter Boston harbor during the northeast storm Saturday, was blown off course to Great Point Nantucket. With a 70,000 pound cod and haddock catch, the vessel lost its main boom and carf and was towed to Vineyard Haven by the revenue cutter Acushnet. It will then be towed to Boston by a tug.
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Vineyard Haven
Fannie Belle Atwood
Boston Harbor
Great Point
Nantucket
Acushnet
Boston
Tango Bill Dies in House Vote
The tango bill died in the House by a 65 to 149 vote. Representative Lewis Sullivan of Dorchester led opposition to banning the tango and other modern dances but failed to win passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Sullivan
Dorchester
Police clash at dance sparks graft fears and bill debate
Reports from a state legislature session reveal sharp exchanges on a six day work bill and political representation. Critics warn a police graft risk if the bill passes while others challenge its constitutionality. Committees hear on centralizing boards and transit term extensions as experts defend and oppose various measures.
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Sullivan
First Corps
Catheron
Beverly
Cateron
Economy and Efficiency Commission
Cole
Roger Wolcott
State Board of Insanity
Walter E. Fernald
Waverley School
Templeton Colony
Grafton Colony
Commission On Economy and Efficiency
Samuel H. Pitcher
R. L. Fuller
Ernest V. Scribner
C. A. Tinker
Samuel M. Green
Springfield
Committee On Social Welfare
Stanislaw Romaniak
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Transit Commission
Great Lincoln Memorial Construction Begins in Washington
Actual work started on the Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park with a large workforce excavating for the foundation. The project is valued at $2,000,000 and marks the start of the national memorial in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
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Great
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Potomac Park
Baumgardt Lectures on Venice Dream City at Tremont
Mr. Baumgardt, a favored lecturer, will present next Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at Tremont Temple on Venice the City of Dreams. He will contrast the Queen of the Adriatic as she was with the Venice of today, touching on past and present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baumgardt
Tremont Temple
Venice
City of Dreams
Adriatic
Save Your Hair With Danderine Promises Quick Renewal
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a remedy for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims a 25 cent bottle restores luster, strength, and growth, producing wavy fluffy hair and new hair growing across the scalp after a few weeks of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Mfg. Co
New York
Ketcoutatatt
Knowlton
Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph Prompts Quiet Advertising
A magazine writer recalls a private Edison demonstration of the Diamond Disc Phonograph and a skeptic advising that the best promotion is to let the public hear it. The stance favors confidence in the instrument and invites listeners to judge its quality personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edison
Edison
Massachusetts
Demonstrations At Music Stores For A Musical Instrument
The item is showcased at multiple stores including Pittsfield Atherton Furniture Co and Plymouth W N Snow. Recitals occur daily inviting two musician friends to hear and form expert opinions. Stores listed span Quincy Rockland Webster Salem and more with contact addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Atherton Furniture Co
E Meyer Store, Inc
Plymouth
W. N. Snow
Main St
Quincy
W. G. Shaw
Cor
Hancock
Washington Sts
Revere
E. M. Copeland
Broadway
Rockland
Frank H. Mulcahy
Union Sx Webster Block
Salem
W. W. Ballard
Essex St
Framingham
Chas. A. Williams
Hollis St
Southbridge
E. D. Stone
Springfield
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E.A. Horton
London
Tito Mattei
New England
George Lincoln Parker
Boylston Street
Mass
Atwood
Pori
Tango Bill
RAPS
THE
F. H. Thomas CO
Exeter Street
Hotel
Lenox
Cihomor Q Edison
Orange
N. J
Amesbury
Fred. W. Peabody
Amherst
Charles Deuel
Pleasant St
Andover
Wam. Allen
Arlington
Ivers L. Wetherbee
Massachusetts Ave
Athol—Irving S. Purdy
Attleboro—Cushman Furniture Co
Railroad Ave
Walter J. Bates
Summer Linscott Sporting Goods Co
Hanover St
Office Specialty Co
Devonshire C. E. Osgood Co
Washington St
Boylston St
Shawmut Fur. Co
Tremont St
F.H. Thomas Co
Brockton
Brockton Sporting Goods Co
North Main St
L. R. Porter
Center St
Henry W. Berry & Co
Weymouth
Albert Wilder
Broad
Barned Williams
Central Sq. Fall River
W.D. Wilmot
Fitchburg
Fitchburg Hardware Co
Gardner
W. A. Hall
West Lynde St
Gt. Barrington
F. A. Minkler
Greenfeld
F. L. Stetson
Mills St. Haverhill
Clarence H. Seavey
Winter St. Holyoke
I. G. Heidner
Appleton St
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