Inspection day at Dorchester home for destitute Jewish children
More than 5000 people filled the Home for Destitute Jewish Children in Dorchester to inspect the unfinished facility on Canterbury street. Floor directors included David Laurie, Max Robin, and Hyman Phillips. The home, slated to open occupancy by September 1, will house about 3800 children and absorb state wards. The dedication is planned for Labor Day. The organizing committee featured Samuel L. Dana as president and Levi Herman as vice president among others.
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Canterbury Street
Dorchester
David Laurie
Max Robin
Hyman Phillips
Samuel L. Dana
Levi Herman
Oscar Ginsberg
Mark Stone
A. A. Ginsberg
L. A.ginsberg
C. H. Hertz
Ladies’ Auxiliary
George Nyner
Lewis H. Levinson
Henrietta Stone
Seven Years of Misery Relieved by Pinkham's Remedy
Sikeston Missouri resident Mrs Demma Bethune details seven years of debilitating cramps backache and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health allowing her to work at home garden care entertain and travel. The ad claims wide cures for female complaints and urges others to try the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sikeston
Demma Bethune
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Women Need Sympathy and Help in Weakness and Suffering
The piece urges kind womanly friends to provide sympathy during depressions and ailments. It endorses natural support as the best correction and favors a safe well-tried family remedy for women facing suffering.
Vows and Vexed Love Piercing Warns of Foolish Deaths
Poet Walt Mason lampoons the trope of lovers dying for love urging practicality over romance. He mocks grand vows by asking a suitor to focus on daily chores like coal, washday, carpet beating, and table setting to prove commitment beyond dramatic declarations. The 1911 copyright is noted.
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Walt Mason
Minister rails against liquor in deadly bridge fall case
In Winsted Connecticut on May 30 the Rev. Otto Brand posted a churchyard placard blaming liquor and anti saloon voters for the death of H L Cooke who fell from a bridge into Hancock Brook. The note urges election day action against saloon licensing.
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Winsted
Conn
Otto Brand
Methodist
Waterville
H. L. Cooke
Hancock Brook
Ytre
Sworth
Sleepy Jag Warns Autoists With Lantern
Detroit police arrest Alexander Abrahams after he stole a red lantern to place beside him while he slept in the street near a gravel pile. He warned oncoming autos by the lantern during a before dawn nap.
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Detroit
Mich
Alexander Abrahams
Autos
Recipes and home cookery notes from the Sunday Post
A collection of kitchen guidance includes a rice and clam dish by Mrs. Alice Kendall, a potato fondant recipe by Mrs. M. H. Baker, and broiled kidneys with green peppers by Clar vie Palmer. The page also teases a forthcoming Shorty McCabe humor piece titled Hoarse on Hicks.
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Alice Kendall
George Street
Winthrop Centre
Potato Fondant
McCabe
Sunday Post
Hicks
Maine lifting effort fails as hulls sink in harbor
Havana reports a complete failure to raise the Maine as piling sits too deep for high tides to expose it. Engineers blame miscalculation while critics claim inefficiency. Pumps may fail to seal the caisson and let in water, prompting plans to duplicate piles and fill gaps with rock and cement.
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Havana
Maine
Locust Plague Seen Threatening Virginia Harvests
Virginia faced an anticipated invasion of 17 year locusts according to Agricultural Department charts. The dire outlook comes with reports of vast destruction including wheat grain and livestock losses across the region and tied to locust swarms from the plains.
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Richmond
Agricultural Department
Virginia
Glendovey
James W. Larkin
Argentine Republic
Liquor Raid at Lyceum Hall in East Boston
Police under Sergeant Sweeney raided Lyceum Hall during a Boston Lithuanian Benefit Society ball seizing 245 gallons of ale and arresting Kazimenes Lengwais and Frank Gristzkas for illegal liquor selling. The raid followed a crowd of hundreds and officers removed 36 key locks from the premises. Ball tickets cost a dollar and included beer.
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Boston
Sweeney
Lyceum Hall
Boston Lithuanian Benefit Society
Peters
Lithuanian Society
Kazimenes Lengwais
Frank Gristzkas
John Peters
The
Society
Auto hits buggy injures Dedham official and family
In Dedham on Washington street Frederic J. Grady town assessor and moderator at town meetings his wife and their eight month old baby were hurled from a buggy when an automobile owned by Edgar M. Smith Leominster collided with the conveyance. Grady suffered a bruised leg while Mrs Grady and the baby were badly shaken.
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Dedham
Frederic J. Grady
F C Warren Coal Co A Boston Firm Of 60 Years
The F C Warren Coal Company founded by Frank lin C Warren over six decades ago remains led by Warren as president. His grandson Frank T Hitchcock serves as treasurer after the 1897 incorporation. the duo hold all ownership with no outside capital. The firm cites a long reputation for conservative management and service, despite repeated relocations for city improvements.
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F. C. Warren Coal Company
Franklin C. Warren
Cor
Warren
Causeway Street
Old Eastern Railroad
Brighton and
Allen Streets
Charles Street
Mount Washington Avenue
South Station
Dorchester Avenue
Frank T. Hitchcock
Boston
Wife Sees Husband Drown in New Bedford Pond
Mrs William Parkinson Jr watched from a skiff as her husband William 23 and his brother Thomas 21 both drowned in Sassaquin pond. William was a New Bedford contractor and Thomas an Everett steam fitter. Both men could not swim and disappeared after going beyond their depth while swimming.
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New Bedford
William Parkinson, Jr
Sassaquin Pond
Thomas
William
Everett
Shoot Dog To Rescue Woman In Chelsea Basement Attack
Mrs William Coleman of 100 Chestnut street Chelsea was attacked by a bull dog in her basement. She escaped into a coal bin and cried for help before her son fetched police. Officer McCarthy shot the dog through a window as health officials examine for rabies.
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William Coleman
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
William
W.H. Gaillac
Francis McCarthy
McCarthy
Board of Health
Fireat Silvert on destroys blocks in Nelson
A blaze in Silvert on Nelson BC wiped out a block of businesses and killed at least four people all inside the Windsor Hotel. Names listed include Robert McTaggart of London and F L Fairgrieve with an unidentified man. Victoria Hotel also burned. Property loss set at 250000 dollars.
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Nelson
B. C
Silverton
Robert McTaggart
London
Robert Fairgrieve
F. L. Fairgrieve
Windsor Hotel
Victoria Hotel
Globe Trotter Fights Gang With Hatchet in Boston
Julius Rath a 28 year old globe trotter from St Louis known for 475000 miles of travel is held in South Boston after a Broad Street fracas. Frank Stanton 29 of 194 C street faces assault charges, Rath sustains injuries from a cane blow and loses an ear during the melee before police intervene.
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Julius Rath
St. Louis
Mexico
William Breen
South
Boston
Rath
Globe Trotter
Breen
Franconia
Revere
Lawrence Stafford
South Boston
St. Augustine Hall
Broadway
Jack
Cape Nome
Alaska
Board of Education
Washington
United States
Stafford
B Street
Kirby
Blair
Stanton
Miss Weyman Claims Damages From Mr Mellen
Miss Mary Weyman staying at the Red Lion Inn Stockbridge has filed a claim against Charles E. Mellen for alleged plaster and ceiling damage to her villa due to blasting at Mellen’s Council Grove estate a quarter mile away. Mellen, also at the inn, says he will adjust the claim. Weyman’s house was moved seven years ago to Main Street Stockbridge from Mrs. John Swann’s nearby brick villa site.
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Lenox
Mary Weyman
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
Charles 8S. Mellen
Mr. Mellen
Council Grove
Miss Weyman
Mellen
New Hampshire Boy Leads at Annapolis Graduation Standings
Annapolis Md May 30 The final standings of the seven star members of the graduating class of the naval academy show F B Hatch of New Hampshire leading with 706.16 points from four years of study while H H Bouson of South Carolina is second with 697.81 points.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Hatch
New Hampshire
H. H. Bouson
South Carolina
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Claribel
By Williams
Canina
Beecham’s
Beecham
George Matthew Adams
Dead Man
OF New England Housewives
M. H. Baker
Lexington Street
Pers
Clarrie Palmer
Greenville Street
Somerville
Lyceum
East Bos
Old Boston
F. C. Warren Company
Service
Paine Furniture Company
Canal Street
North Station
Haspiachet Square
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