20th Century Dept Stores Sale Ad in Boston Area
A long advertisement for a two day Monday morning sale by 20th Century Dept Stores Inc at 43 and 45 Hanover Street Boston. Offers include suits and overcoats at about one third to one fourth of regular prices with many specific items listed, money-back guarantees, and delivery options. Also notes Holyoke branch and out of town purchaser perks.
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Rochester
N. Y
Dept. Stores, Inc
Hanover St. Fach
Boston
New York
Pept. Stores, Inc
Hanover St
Holyoke
Main St
Big Fire Destroys Buildings in Pugwash
In Pugwash Lan, a large blaze consumed Mr. Rice's buildings, reducing them to ashes. Mrs. Rice, ill at home, was evacuated to a neighbor's house. The town lacked fire apparatus, so residents fought the flames with hand buckets. Pelkey suffered $2000 in losses with $1000 insured, while Rice faced $3000 in losses with $1000 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conthbiucu
Rom Page Ley
Forest fires in Plymouth and Carver threaten bogs
A large crew, over 100 volunteers, battled fires in Plymouth and Carver as high winds spread flames from a Vaughn brothers brush burn. More than 2 acres in Plymouth and 7% acres in Carver burned. Winds shifted, fighters were doubled, and by five o clock control was reported on Ellis road toward the cranberry swamp. The blaze destroyed substantial timber.
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Plymouth
Carver
Vaughn Brothers
Plymouth Woods
Ellis Road
Italian Tenants Flee Small Roof Fire on Worth Street
About 100 Italians from 20 families in the A. Divino block at 364 Worth Street were briefly panicked by a small roof fire at 8:38 yesterday forenoon. Alarm boxes 14 and a second call brought firefighters. occupants evacuated and returned as smoke proved minimal.
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A. Divino
Worth Street
Fire destroys Noyes & Ray store at Prospect Harbor
A kerosene lamp upset in the Noyes home room started a fire that leveled the general store of Noyes & Ray in Prospect Harbor, Ellsworth, with the Noyes family escaping. Losses include $8,000 for the building, $6,000 on stock, and $1,000 in household goods. insurance unknown.
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Ellsworth
Noyes & Ray
Prospect Harbor
Noyes
A. R. Joy
Household Goode
Fire in Malden destroys wood storage building
Fire on Commercial street owned by O B Hall used by Libby and Coombs for kiln dried wood storage caused 2000 dollars in contents loss and 2000 dollars in building damage. A separate fire on Acorn street in a house owned by John Johnston caused another 2000 dollars in property loss.
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Malden
Commercial Street
O. B. Hall
Libby & Coombs
Acorn Street
John Johnston
Regiment Band Delights Boston Theatre Audience
A large audience at the Boston Theatre last evening heard the first Regiment Band. Encore after encore celebrated performances by the sisters Howard Lane H Cla hane Annie Goldie Master Berrill Fisher a boy vocalist Sig Antonio Panfillo euphonium soloist and Frank I Dodge xylophone virtuoso.
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Boston
First Regiment
Howard
Lane H. Clahane
Annie Goldie
Berrill Fisher
Sig
Antonio Panfillo
Frank I. Dodge
Perkins Band of 59 Performs Enthusiastically at Columbia Theatre
An enthusiastic Columbia Theatre audience enjoyed an evening by Perkins’s Band of 59 pieces. Soloists Zelda Rotoli Favér Ida Lawrence and Henry Meyers performed with piano by William Kendall Hallowell. The programme featured Union Peace and Liberty Tampa Florodora Tannhauser The Lion and the Mouse and Olivette.
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Columbia Theatre
Perkins
Washington Tragedy Affects Department Officials In Jail Cell
Mrs Lola Bonine a 34 year old mother of two and wife to L I Bonine awaits murder trial in a Washington jail cell. The case centers on the death of census clerk James Ayres, 22, with 76 government witnesses and a sharp legal fight ahead led by Ashley Gould and Hugh Tageart. The Bonines have ties to the Kenmore hotel and a history of self defense with a revolver in Florida and Columbus.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Lolanda Henry Boniie
Guiteau
Washington
National
Census Bureau
James Seymour Ayres
Hugh T. Tageart
United States Attorney’s Office
Bonine
Messrs
Macon
Sinesa
Hamilton
Richmond
Kan
Brunswick
Scrano
Fla
Columbus
Florida
Kenmore
Asbury Park
Boniie
Post Office
Ohio
Hillman House
Kansan
Ayres
Death By Own Action In One Foot Of Water
The strange death of Mrs. Charles A. Kennason of Somerville occurred Saturday morning in Basin 1 of the Metropolitan water works at South Framingham. The body was found by school children at 11 o'clock in only a foot of water, suggesting she laid on the bottom to drown herself. She was 50, leaving a husband and daughter. The case puzzles relatives and police.
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Charles A. Kennason
Somerville
Metropolitan Water Works
South Framingham
Inventor Everett Pope Dies After Failed Machine Quest
Everett M Pope, famed for patents and a near monopoly in brass shoe catches, killed himself after unrelenting work on a new machine at Tubular Rivet and Stud Co. designs, redrafts, and nightly labor failed to yield success. Family prestige noted. late breakthrough never completed.
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Quincy
Everett M. Pope
Tubular River and Stud Company
Everett Pope
Pope
Tubular
Mr. Pope
Fireman Hurt as Hose Truck Overturns in Roxbury
Fireman John F. Mitchell barely escaped being crushed when Hose Truck 4 overturned while rushing to a small Roxbury fire yesterday forenoon. The wagon wheel caught a car track at Roxbury street and Kent street, sending Mitchell and fellow firemen sprawling. he suffered a badly sprained ankle.
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Roxbury
John F. Mitchell
Albany
Northampton Streets
Roxbury Street
Kent Street
Mitchell
Umilian Hopes for Reprieve in Massachusetts Death Case
Francesik Umilian faces execution at Charlestown State Prison this week unless a reprieve is granted. He has occupied a death cell since Friday, adjacent to Luigi Storti’s cell, as a potential first double execution in recent Massachusetts history. A prior respite paused the case while court questions on electrocution were reviewed. now the clock runs toward a possible midnight Saturday execution.
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Francesik Umilian
Charlestown
Umilian
Luigi Storti
Kazimerz Jedrusic
Granby
Bridges
Amilian
Storti
Massachusetts
North End
Warden Bridges
Jedrush
Hampshire County
Alleged Mistaken Identity Case In Holbrook Randolph
In Holbrook and Randolph a Canadian youth, Arthur Roberg of Rockland, faced charges from women and girls alleging terrorizing conduct. He was sentenced to nine months and fined 45 on three complaints after a positive identification. His Rockland friends posted bail on appeal, claiming Roberg was in Rockland at a shoe shop the nights in question and that a double may have committed the acts.
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Quincy
Holbrook
Randolph
Arthur Roberg
Rockland
Holbrook and
Roberg
Holbrook Or
Receiver Wing Acts in Thayer Bank Ruptcy Case
Clarence E. Thayer of Wayland faces involuntary bankruptcy at the request of Daniel G. Wing, receiver of Globe National Bank, for 549.06. The action stems from a note of hand on a bank loan, with Wing uncovering a transfer of property. Wing declined further comment but promised a later statement.
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Clarence E. Thayer
Wayland
Daniel G. Wing
Globe National Bank
Thayer
Wing
West Newton
Garney Hospital Festival Opens with Diverse Attractions
The festival committee for Carney Hospital met at the hospital for the final pre fair gathering in Mechanics Building. A large turnout heard committee reports noting nearly $1000 in ad value and donated privileges. President McDonald outlined a full program with 50 trained dancers led by Rose O Brien, plus vocal and instrumental acts. Mrs W H Murray donated Lawson carnations and Mrs William Quinn and helpers will serve them. The festival runs from 10 in the morning to 10 at night.
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Carney Hospital
Mechanics’ Building
BE. A. McDonald
Rose O. Brien
W. H. Murray
Women's Press Club
Lawson
Murder suspect Lanfair kills self in Pittsfield rooms
Horace Lanfair, 68, shot himself in his Pittsfield room after emerging as a suspect in the Henry Reed and Blanche Reed murder case of 1897 in North Adams. The inquest tied Lanfair to the crime via motive money owed and a mallet with a corner knocked off, while acquaintances placed him at the scene and in the Reed yard before the killing.
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Pittsfield
Horace Lanfair
Lanfair
Henry F. Reed
Blanche M
North Adams
Reed
Reed Yard
Clarksburg
Miss Reed
Alexander K. Grant
Sgiter
Grant
Dixon on Race Problem at Ruggles Street Baptist Church
The Rev A C Dixon spoke on current events praising Booker T Washingtons dinner with President Roosevelts invitation but calling it the most stupendous political blunder of the last decade for reopening the race question in the South. He warned the South is aroused and promised to roast the citys people for intolerances toward the colored.
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Ruggles Street Baptist Church
A. C. Dixon
D. D
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt
South
Dixon
Booker Washington
Firebug gang in Cumminsville to be busted soon in Woburn
In Woburn Massachusetts detectives and State fire marshal deputies have hunted a 14 month series of arson on the West side called Cummins ville. A $700 reward spurs arrests as six youths undergo questioning and one missing boy may hold crucial information. The fires mainly struck unoccupied buildings including plants and the Cummins mill, damaging local industry and prompting police to intensify efforts to end the terror.
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Woburn
Cumminsville
Gofd
Cummins
West Side
Irving
Tde
Woburn Fire Department
Five-Masted Schooners Race Toward Bangor From Rockland
The five masted schooners Van Allens Boughton and Arthur Seitz built and owned by Captain John G. Crowley left Baltimore for Bangor coal laden racing bow to bow toward Camden then with a lead reported Seitz about two miles ahead higher up the bay. Crowley’s vessels, racing on a Bangor wager, drew hundreds of shipping men awaiting Bangor’s race result.
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Rockland
van Allens Boughton
Arthur Seitz
John G. Crowley
Camden
Baltimore
Bangor
Star
Seitz
Aggressive Aldeiman Young Fights Chelsea High Site
Alderman Aldeiman Young announces a plan to block Chelsea High School’s Broadway lot via Supreme Court injunction. He follows failed referendums to alter or relocate the project while city opponents cite traffic noise and road plans. The city-owned Broadway site could fund alternate estates, with legal costs to be covered by supporters.
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Aldeiman Young
Chelsea
Hurley
Salem
New
Chelsea High School
Broadway
Alderman Young
Post
Supreme Court
Gould
City of
Library Street
Crescent Avenue
Lukban Refuses Surrender Talks in Samar Gandara Valley
Dispatches from Caitbalogan report Lukban, the insurgent leader, vowing no surrender while Americans remain in Gandara valley. General Smith orders all American soldiers in Samar and Leyte armed at all times, demands nonstop scouting, and destruction of captured rice and hemp. He predicts Lukban will be captured soon.
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Manila
Caitbalogan
Samar
Lukban
Smith
Gandara
Leyte
Woman Pastor Resigns at Chelsea Unitarian Church
The Rev. Margaret B. Besnard, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Chelsea, resigned by letter to a parish meeting held yesterday afternoon. The resignation was accepted without debate. A committee of Pryce T. Edwards, Fred Whiton, and Mrs. M. A. Johnson was appointed to draft resolutions for presentation to Miss Barnard.
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Margaret B. Besnard
Unitarian Church
Chelsea
Pryce T. Edwards
Fred Whiton
M. A. Johnson
Plan to end Boer War outlined in London report
London reports Major General Ian Hamilton sails for South Africa to serve as Lord Kitchener's chief of staff. A revived London plan aims for a vigorous campaign to end the war before the coronation. The Daily News notes Hamilton's appointment fits a broader scheme prepared after the king's return, dependent on Kitchener's acceptance, with action expected early next year.
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London
The
Daily News
Ian Hamilton
South Africa
Lord Whitchener
Hamilton
Clothing Prices Highlight Men and Boys Suits On Sale
A fragmented ad lists men's overcoats twelve dollars, men’s suits ten dollars, ladies raglans twelve ninety eight, boys’ suits two ninety eight, boys’ overcoats four eighty? eight, and girls coats and jackets at low prices, indicating a broad mid century sale.
Snow and deaths mark day across towns
News briefs report brisk snowfall and freezing temperatures in Troy New York. Secretary Root visits Hamilton College with a captured 300 pound brass cannon. Miner deaths from a powder keg explosion in Davy Washington state. A former divorcee dies in Ellsworth Maine. Smallpox cases rise in St John New Brunswick. A lobster pot drowning near Chebogue Harbor. Paul Revere Jr. dies in Morristown New Jersey. A bank robbery confession ties John Callahan to a 1909 Turon Kansas heist.
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Troy
N. Y
Doa
War Root
Hamilton College
Philippines
Davy
Wa. Va
John Isaacs
Homer Frowbell
Nes
Tom Coleman
Ellsworth
N. H. Higgins
ST. John
N. B
Halifan
N. S
Ernest Ring
Cheboggue Harbor
New York
Paul Revere
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Morristown
N. J
Joseph Warren Revere
ST. Louis
John Callahan
Union Iron Foundry
Turon
Reno County
Kansas
Gun accident on battleship Royal Sovereign kills six
Athens Nov 10 A terrible gun accident aboard the British battleship Royal Sovereign off Astako Harbor. An artilleryman forgot to close the breech before firing. One officer and six artillerymen were killed. The captain and 18 sailors were seriously injured.
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Athens
Royal Sovereign
Astako Harbor
Barcelona
Constantinople
Erzercum
Baron de Calice
Porte
Turkey
Austria-Hungary
Havana
S. P. McGivney
R.T. Rockeby
Jersey City
Madrid
Spain
Bilbao
Lorimer Preaches Ethical Message at Madison Ave Church
The Rev Dr George C Lorimer new pastor at Madison Avenue Baptist Church declared a settled success as he preached both morning and evening on The Ethical Message of Jesus denouncing no religion yet praising the ethics movement. He discussed moral duty, the role of Christ, and the need for church reform to elevate moral teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George C. Lorimer
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Lorimer
Madison Avenue Church
America
Europe
Guyan
Nt. Sheldon
Society For Ethical Culture
Christ
John Stuart Mill
Arthur
God
Jesus
Gaelic Football Thunder: Emmets of Chelsea Meet Kickhams NY
Arrangements are set for a Thanksgiving morning Gaelic football match between Chelsea Emmets and New York Kickhams. The Kickhams, champions at Pan-American Exposition events, are favored. Emmets boast New England title claims and challenge for any disputed title before Thanksgiving. Also, Young Irelands of Worcester meet Boston Rangers at Worcester Oval Thanksgiving day for full gate receipts.
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Emmets
Chelsea
Kickham
New York
Kickhams
Emmet
New England
Young Irelands
Worcester
Boston Rangers
Worcester Oval
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Francs Bonine
IL. S. Bonine
James Ayres
Adams, Taylor & Co
State St
Tir
Tims Taylor & Uyistiliers
Louisville
Kentucky
Te Shermer
Garney Hospital
Crowley
New Chelsea High School
South End
Washington St
News of the World
Telegraph
CABLE
Ashbur
Jordan's
Ghee Hev
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