Sealers' Fund May Be $12,000 Seafarers Aid Campaign
The Newfoundlanders' fund for widows and orphans of seal fishers will meet at Intercolonial Hall tonight. Reported totals suggest the statewide collection may exceed $10,000 and could reach $12,000. Boston now cites over $6,500. Local donors include First Universal Society Everett and Rev. A Judson Hughes. Additional contributions and lists of donors appear in the narrative. The article also notes South American trade contrasts and promotes The Panama Canal book at Riker Jaynes stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Newfoundlanders’ Fund For
Intercolonial Hall
Boston
First Universal Society of Everett
A. Judson Hughes
First Baptist Church of
Jamesoe
John Brown
South Bos
James A. Gallivan
Congress Hall
South Boston
First Universal Society
Everett
George A. Patterson
First Baptist Church
Judson Hughes
Charles W. Greenwood
Michael Cushing
Edward Lane
Mr. Whitmore
Mary A. Kelly
Maurice Devine
Walter Hoover
F. Ingraham
Frank Weizener
Michael O'Brien
Michael Smart
Annie O’brien
City Point
Sarah Manning
Ellen K. O'Brien
John Cavanaugh
Thomas Fowler
W. J. Fowler
Rennie River
John D. Quill
James F. Dwyer
Rp, Mulcahy
W. J. Cronin
W. Bagley
Joseph Sullivan
M. McDonald
H. Battcock
Mark B. Hook
James
North America
South America
United States
Europe
Panama Canal
Middle
New York
San Francisco
Frederic J. Haskin
Riker-Jaynes
New England
OH DEAR I’M ALWAYS IN TROUBLE
A lighthearted column by J. Henderson humorously chronicles a recurring misstep or mishap, tracing the narrator’s frenzied attempts to dodge trouble while reflecting on everyday life and small personal amuses. The piece leans into playful self deprecation and timely domestic observations.
Ten Dead Six Hurt In Explosion At Detroit Plant
Ten men most of them chemists were killed when acid and chemicals exploded in the mixing room of the Mexican Crude Rubber Company on Detroit's West Side. Four others pulled from debris were hospitalized with possible fatalities, two were less seriously hurt. The one story concrete building was obliterated and nearby structures sustained damage up to a mile away. Loss estimated at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
How You Can Gain Flesh and Strength
Those who are weak and run down should begin at this time of the year to regain flesh and strength. Physicians prescribe Father John’s Medicine as a tonic and body builder because it is composed of pure wholesome nourishing food elements. It strengthens and builds up the body and is free from dangerous drugs or stimulants. Get a bottle today and it will make you strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Deadly Rubber Plant Explosion Kills Ten at Factory
Ten men perished in a rubber factory blast when a molten rubber vat erupted, demolishing the mixing room and scattering cement and debris for blocks. Victims include Edward Christopher and Victor R. Burns. four of the dead were Mexican. John H. Evans and John C. Treadwell survived. The nearby Commerce Motor Car Company plant suffered damage amid reports of ether and other explosives.
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Edward Christopher
William McCoy
C. Larsen
al Hodgkins
Victor R. Burns
William F. Niles
Jose Casso
Gorton Latta
Emon Aman
George Gleggoria
Gleggoria
John H. Evans
John C. Treadwell
Commerce Motor Car Company
Exhibition at Posse School of Gymnastics Ends 25th Anniversary Week
The Posse Normal School of Gymnastics marked the close of its 25th anniversary week with a gymnasium exhibition. Last night features included folk dances, games, club swinging, fencing, and vigorous work on the muscle building apparatus as a gallery of enthusiastic spectators looked on.
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Posse School of Gymnastics
Posse Normal School of Gymnastics
Epworth League Day in Quincy Tomorrow
Epworth League Day will be observed tomorrow at Hall Place M. E. Church in Quincy to mark the league's silver anniversary. The morning service will feature a sermon by Rev. P. S. Neldon and at 7 p m the league will hold commemorative exercises in the church hall.
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Epworth League
Hall Place M
Quincy
P. S&s. Neldon
Eame
Bronze tablet honors First Methodist in Boston on Hanover Avenue
Bishop John W. Hamilton presided at the ceremony placing a bronze tablet on the site of the First Methodist meeting house in Boston. The 1796 chapel began with 42 members and faced debt, later finishing in 1800 after help from Jesse Lee and others. The gathering remembered founder Jesse Lee as 50 Methodists stood with bared heads.
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Boston
Hanover Avenue
James Mudge
W.F. Warren
Bishop Hamilton
George L. Small
Everett O. Fiske
Dean Birney
C. C. P. Hiller
BE. H. Allen
W. A. Cooper
Dillon Bronson
North End
John W. Hamilton
Hamilton
Jesse Lee
John Harper
George Pickering
Middle States
John Murray
Universalist Church
England
Bear dies after fight at Franklin Park Zoo
Hannah the cinnamon bear injured in a fight with a cage mate at Franklin Park Zoo Monday afternoon died at Franklin Park refectory early yesterday morning. The incident prompted zoo officials to review enclosure safety and animal housing policies.
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Park Zoo
Hannah
Franklin Park Zoo
Franklin Park
Man Falls 26 Feet From Staging in Quincy
Spencer K. Cook of Standish Street Quincy fell 26 feet yesterday from a stage at 51 Warren Street as the staging parted. He was placed under physician care with fears of a serious back injury.
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Spencer K, Cook
Standish Street
Quincy
Cook
Warren Street
Ward for Children Fund Approved at City Hospital
Mayor Curley instructed City Hospital trustees to begin immediate improvements including a new ward for children's diseases costing $195,000. Bids will be sought for the ward which, once completed around March 1 next year, will provide ample space to treat contagious cases without resorting to other hospitals.
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City Hospital
Curley
Mayor orders glass corridors in new children's hospital
The mayor directs glass walled corridors in the new children’s hospital so parents can view their children from a safe distance. He cites German hospitals as a model, but the text notes parents are now not allowed to see children, who are taken to the south department.
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Children's Hospital
South Department
The
Mayor Curley Announces Major City Salary Cuts
Mayor Curley will use an official axe next Monday to implement drastic salary reductions across several city departments. Many more workers are expected to be dropped as departments are told to trim expenses to meet appropriations and reduce running costs.
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Curley
Man pleads not guilty in attempted murder case
Portland Maine May 11 John H Grendin of Waterville pleaded not guilty and waived examination at Superior Court arraignment on a charge of attempting to murder his wife on New Year’s Day 1913 in Portland He will be tried next week His wife was reportedly suffocated by gas in Los Angeles last October
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Portland
John H. Grendin
Waterville
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrs Callahan of Brookline Dies at 83
Mrs Joanna Callahan widow of Daniel J Callahan and mother of Joseph A Callahan a Boston newspaper man died yesterday at her residence 88 Coolidge Street Brookline She was 83 years old
Parmenter to lead reorganization of Mechanic Arts High
Charles W. Parmenter will stay as headmaster and direct a radical reorganization of Mechanic Arts High School toward an industrial foreman training model. Opposed by some for not converting fully to a trade school, he supports the plan and will present it to the school board Monday after briefing elementary schools masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Parmenter
Mechanic Arts High School
Parmenter
Plan would shift Mechanic Arts toward industrial foreman training
The School Board favors keeping him as head while a proposed plan places the Mechanic Arts school in a relation to the Boston Industrial school similar to the High School of Practical Arts to the Girls Trade School. It would prep boys for industrial foreman and superintendent roles, requiring a large pupil reduction and ending preparatory work for Technology and Worcester Polytechnic.
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Mechanic Arts School
Boston Industrial School
High School of Practical Arts
Girls’ Trade School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Technology
Worcester Polytechnic School
Boy Dies After River Fall in Rumford
In Rumford Maine on May 15 five year old Peter Rhophirtis, son of William Rhophirtis, rolled from River street embankment during noon. Swift Androscoggin waters swept him away before bystanders could react and his body disappeared toward Knapp's Pitch. If recovered, it will be far downstream.
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Rumford
Peter
William Rhophirtis
Knapp
Androscoggin
Funeral Cruiser Reaches Portsmouth
The cruiser Montana carrying fallen sailors and Marines from Vera Cruz arrived in Portsmouth N H on May 1 for docking. It met the collier Mars as the repair ship prepared to coal at Lambert’s Point for Mexican waters. The item notes a general medicinal claim about Adamson's Balsam and a cough remedy.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Montana
Vera Cruz
Mars
Lamberts Point
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Greater
Alexander H, Hill & CO
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