Barnum and Bailey Circus Brings Greatest Show to Town
Tomorrow crowds in Boston will wake early as Barnum and Bailey's circus arrives. The traveling city includes 1200 performers, 700 horses, and hundreds of other animals with five railroad trains delivering the spectacle. Dorothy Hanneford headlines bareback riding with a grand Aladdin pageant, while the outfit runs its own postmaster, blacksmith, barber, and wagon shops.
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Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Dorothy Hanneford
Aladdin
Angry crowd wrecks cafe in Birmingham
A crowd of several hundred attacked the Thompson restaurant in Birmingham after the company refused to join other city eateries in cutting wheat products. Manager Wood was chased. a three-person citizen committee escorted him to police headquarters for protection as police cleared the site and stationed guards.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thompson
John R. Thompson, Inc
Chicago
Wood
Olice
Swig Highlights Patriotism as Two Sons Serve Abroad
Representative Simon Swig spoke at the Oslandale Theatre urging support for the Red Cross and government efforts. He noted two of his sons are in the service, Edward in the army and Hirsch in the Marines, emphasizing sacrifice.
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Simon Swig
New Oslindale
Theudience
Red Cross
Edward
Hirsch
Marines
Rescue at East Boston Docks Averts Tragedy
The Glastonbury mate rescued Captain Henry F. Letson and Gustaf Hagerman when their sloop capsized near the piers at the Cunard line docks in East Boston. The mate swam with a rope, and the Delhi crew pulled all three to safety. Letson and Hagerman, returning from Winthrop, were unharmed and later returned home.
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Glastonbury
Cunard Line
Boston
Henry F. Letson
Gustaf Hagerman
Delhi
Letson
Hagerman
Winthrop
Cunard
Soft coal price cut announced by government
Washington May 24 A 10 cent per ton reduction in government fixed prices for bituminous coal was announced by the fuel administration. The cut, effective tomorrow at 7 a m, follows an agreement with railroads to pay the fixed price and drop preferential car service to mines supplying railroad fuel, totaling about a 5 percent drop and roughly $60 million in public savings.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Boston breach of promise suit ends with $1 judgment
Miss Michelina Benincasa of Boston sued Reny Goduti for $25 000 claiming mutual marriage promises in 1916. The Suffolk Superior Court docket shows a judgment for the plaintiff of $1 with no costs, while Goduti, then a minor, was serving in France with the 101st Regiment.
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Michelina Benincasa
Boston
Reny Goduti
France
101St Regiment
Suffolk Superior Court
Benincasa
Allied Confidence Grows as German Drive Fails in France
Washington reports American military opinion confident that the German offensive in France will be repelled with losses. Officers note weakening German positions, greater Allied manpower, and the arrival of Italian troops under General Foch's command, while some foresee a possible end to the war this year.
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Washington
France
Lloyd George
Mili
Berlin
Foch
Germany
Russia
Picardy
Flanders
Hindenburg Line
Amiens
Ypres
Mary E. Smith Author and former Redpath editor dies
Mary E. Smith, a prolific novelist with a 12 book output and former editor of Redpath's Magazine, died yesterday at her Brooklyn home after a long illness.
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New York
Mary E. Smith
Redpath
Brooklyn
Tonight at the Pops Symphony Hall Programme Summary
A program at Symphony Hall features Verdi arias, Puccini scenes, Dvorak New World excerpts, and a Violin Solo. The running order includes La Forza del Destino Overture and Dream of Love, plus selections by Massenet and Wieniawski. Additional pieces include The Star Spangled Banner and Lucia di Lammermoor excerpts.
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Erture
Verdi ‘Altz
Fahrbach Rrr
Aa Dibselee Redway-Rissland Misaig
Puccini Cenes Pittoresques
Masseneta
Air de Ballet
B. Angelus
C. Fete Boheme
Arizona Legislature Ratifies Prohibition Amendment
The Arizona lower house adopted a joint resolution ratifying the federal prohibition amendment by 29 to 3. The Senate had passed the resolution unanimously the day before, moving the state toward a dry status.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
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George M
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