Wife-headed waist factory owner in lawsuit over notes
Myer Reinherz of New York testifies in Superior Court about debts total $8560 from notes made by his ex wife Etta Reinherz. He describes stock trading, financial strain, alleged coercion, and actions at the Ideal Waist Company in Boston and Kingston Street.
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Myer Reinherz
New York
Etta 5
Reinherz
Brookline
Ideal Waist Company
Boston
White
A. S. Leland & Co
Postoffice Square
C. A. McDonough
Hayden, Stone & Co
Bowen & Co
Chapin & Co
Leland & Co
Old Metropolitan Stock Exchange
Matthews
Kingston Street
Mr. McDonough
Waist Factory
McCarthy
Frugal Wardrobe Advice and Letters on Fashion Debts
The author argues against debt for clothing, praising simple, well kept attire and saving. A letter from Alabama discusses borrowing for wedding clothes, while a 12 year old in Arkansas describes earning money by killing flies for spending on shows. Mary Pickford flies inspire appreciation of thrift and independence.
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Alabama
Hills
Arkansas
Mother
Aileen
Mary Pickford
Answers to Correspondents on Dress and Mourning
A St Paul department store worker asks about dress colors for working girls. Black wears best, gray fades less, navy blue is reliable and serge lasts. A Philippines inquiry asks if a widow should mourn. the author says no, mourning is heathenish and pointless when the family treasury is low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Philippines
Mary Pickford to Appear Five Weekdays in Daily Post
Mary Pickford will deliver talks usually five days per week in the Daily Post and will appear each Sunday in the Sunday Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Bengough Advocates Single Tax Before Massachusetts Tax Officials
J. W. Bengough of Toronto argued for single taxation at the Boston City Club before about 200 attendees, mostly Massachusetts Tax Collectors Association members. He claimed current hodgepodge methods widen landlord and tenant divisions and urged legislatures to apply a natural law to end the inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bengough
Toronto
Canada
Massachusetts
Boston City Club
Tax Collectors Association of Massachusetts
Bengough
Two Men Held on Indictment for Assault in Chelsea
Mario Elchuk and Antone Biechuk were indicted for assault with a dangerous weapon on Calman Haloon in Chelsea. Both defendants were held for trial at $1500 bail each by Chief Justice Aiken in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday afternoon and remained jailed on Charles Street when bail could not be posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario Elchuk
Antone Biechuk
Calman Haloon
Chelsea
Aiken
Superior Criminal Court
Charles Street
Mary Pickford in Sunday Post Feature Pictures
Mary Pickford appears in the Sunday Post with a special department and photos of her in roles including Madame Butterfly. The issue also reprints David Belasco's story describing how he showcased Pickford as a child actress before her film career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
The
Post
Miss Pickford
Sunday Post
David Belasco
Mary
Kept Records of Rainfall and Temperature Loaned to Harvard
Mrs. Julia Rodman of New Bedford loaned an unbroken record of rainfall and temperatures to the Blue Hill meteorological observatory at Harvard. The log begins in 1812 with Samuel Rodman and passes to his son Thomas R. Rodman, later maintained by the New Bedford city engineer after 190. The steel fireproof case was built for the Rodman collection, valued for climatology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Hill
Blue Hill Observatory
Rodman
Weather Bureau
Patriotic Instructors to Hold Public Meeting in Boston
The Greater Boston Association of Patriotic Instructors will hold a public meeting at Faneuil Hall on November 15. John J. Murphy will discuss Immigration and Miss Eleanor Colleton will speak on Americanization of the Immigrant as an asset in preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Schooner Charles W. Alcott Loses Sails in Gale
The schooner Charles W. Alcott sailing from Stockton Maine to New York with lumber lost her sails and began leaking after a gale off Cape Cod. Coast Guard cutter Acushnet towed her to Vineyard Haven Massachusetts.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Charles W. Alcott
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Alcott
Stockton
New York
Recipe to Stop Dandruff Promises Hair Health
An advertisement offers a home remedy for dandruff using Bay Rum glycerine and simple drugs store ingredients. Mix into a half pint of water, apply daily for two weeks then weekly, to reduce dandruff, relieve itching, and improve hair growth and gloss.
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Exeters
Tanes
Lenore Ulrich
Charles Cherry
Famous Players Film Co
Charles,Cherry
Frohman
Paramount Theatres
Maxine Elliot
Mary Mannering
Henrietta Crossman
Ethel Barrymore
Lord Lumley
Humming Bird
Cherry
Paramount Pictures
Quality Pictures
Paramount
Bella Donna
BE. A. Whitman
Myer
Etta
A.S. Leland & Co
Children’s Bank
Benjamin
Winter ST
Shepard
Winte
INMAN
Cambridge
Jakawiuunt
Marguerite Clark
McClure
Ess
Stoddard
Washington ST. Pris
Harvard Observatory
Tuxedo
Summer Or
Avon Street
Jordan Marsh Company
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