Prizes For Neat Stables In Work Horse Parade
The Work Horse Parade Association will continue this winter the stable inspection program now in place for six years. Entries from stables of all sizes are invited with no entry fee. Inspectors are retired experts paid by the association and share feedback with owners. Prizes are awarded in spring to owners foremen and night men. Last year about 3000 horses were in inspected stables including those of the Boston Ice Company and the City of Boston. Entry blanks available at 15 Beacon Street.
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Boston Ice Company
City of
Boston
Association
Beacon Street
The Cluthe Truss Revolutionary Rupture Cure
A 60 day trial promotes the Cluthe Automatically Massaging Truss as superior to elastic belts and springs for rupture. It claims military and medical endorsement, guarantees hold without operation, and offers a free 96 page book detailing why other devices fail and how to obtain the truss.
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Cluthe
Box 37 Cluthe Company Free Book Offer
Box 37 Cluthe Company at 125 East 23d Street New York City invites readers to request a free book and trial offer by sending name and address.
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Cluthe Company
East
New York City
Friends at Dock to Say Good-by to Wilson Girls
A crowd of school friends gathered at the New York dock to bid farewell to Misses Jessie and Eleanor Wilson daughters of President elect Wilson as they departed with their parents for a Bermuda vacation. Margaret remains in Princeton for the separation. A schedule of social events awaits the sisters in Hamilton.
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Dock
Wilson
New York
Jessie
Eleanor Wilson
Elect Wilson
Bermuda
Margaret
Princeton
Hamilton
Eleanor
Jessie Wilson
Train Lays Down Record Run to Save Rich Maine Man
In Phillips Maine Royal Blanchard a leading Northern Maine businessman died from gasolene burns after an ambulance train on a two foot line raced 146 miles to reach him with a physician. The run broke speed records despite heavy snow and delays.
Veteran B and M Conductor Charles Kennard Retires
Portsmouth New Hampshire November 17 Charles W Kennard one of the oldest conductors in Boston and Maine passenger service is placed on the pension list and will retire December 1 He has 52 years in railroading starting with the Eastern and the Portland Saco Portsmouth railroad A native of Eliot Maine he resides on Arlington Street Somerville
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles W. Kennard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Old Eastern
Portland, Saco & Porsmouth
Eliot
Arlington Street
Somerville
Edwin P. Meyer Acquitted In Navy Yard Fraud Case
Edwin P. Meyer former chief clerk at the Puget Sound navy yard was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the government in supplies purchases. The trial lasted three weeks with government losses estimated at about $50,000.
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U. S. Seattle
Wash
Edwin P. Meyer
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Miss Esther Cleveland to Debut in Princeton Tonight
Miss Esther Cleveland the eldest living child of the late President Grover Cleveland will debut tonight at the Cleveland home in Princeton New Jersey. The event follows reports of an engagement to Randolph D West son of Professor Andrew D West of Princeton. West is to be a guest of honor and the debut marks a social milestone for the young heiress and tennis and automobile enthusiast.
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Princeton
N. J
Esther Cleveland
Randolph D. West
Andrew D. West
Westlands
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
West
Green ribbons and caps rule at Oregon college
In Corvallis Oregon on November 17 upperclassmen at Oregon Agricultural College require all freshman men to wear green caps and all baby class girls to wear green ribbons in their hair. The order met with reluctant compliance from boys and strong objection from girls who threaten to defy the ruling.
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Corvallis, Ore
Oregon Agricultural College
Pastor Labels Negligence as Murder in Sermon
Rev. A. Z. Conrad of Park Street Church declared negligence in family and business life as murder in a sermon titled Is Capital Punishment Justifiable. Two women left in distress and a young woman was escorted from the balcony after he began the talk.
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A. Z. Conrad
Park Street
Opposed to Capital Punishment Says Dr. Conrad
Dr. Conrad denounces capital punishment as harmful and ineffective arguing life should be spared except in self defense. He urges reform through punishment by life imprisonment and accountability for those who cause harm beyond the courts. He states he would endure execution himself rather than order a death sentence.
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America
Dr. Conrad
Anarchy in Strike Zone in West Virginia Coal Fields
Charleston W V Nov 17 A second State militia unit was ordered to the coal strike district under martial law. Reports to Adjutant General Elliott and Governor Glasscock describe a condition bordering on anarchy in the Kanawha strike zone with hundreds of armed miners in control of isolated districts. Strikers hindered a special train crew, a handcar theft at Eskdale led to a militia arrest and a military court will convene tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
C. D. Elliott
Glasscock
Kanawha
Cabin Creek
Eskdale
Police raid Ritz-Carlton over Sunday work crackdown
New York police burst into the Ritz-Carlton ballroom as carpenters and decorators preparing for a Sunday event were ordered to stop work. Ten workers were arrested after escapes via rear exits. the crackdown targets Sunday labor along with shop closures citywide.
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New York
Ritz-Carlton
Rhinelander Waldo
Fee
Trolley Kills Two in Atlanta Auto Collision
Mrs. W. Richard Lyle and her 2 year old daughter Margaret were killed when catapulted from the tonneau of an automobile and hurled under a trolley car in Atlanta. Mr. Lyle escaped unharmed with another daughter as he attempted to back into the street.
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Atlanta
W. Richard Lyle
Margaret
Lyle
Cardinal Receives Gift at Brookline Dedication
Cardinal O Connell officiated at the dedication of the Church of St Aidan's in Brookline. During the high mass, Daniel L Prendergast presented the cardinal with a handsome pulpit on the gospel side of the sanctuary on behalf of the men of the parish.
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Cardinal O’connell
ST Aidan’s Church
Brookline
Cardinal O'Connell Leads Dedicatory Mass at Holy Cross
Preceded by crossbearer and acolytes, visiting priests and Knights of Columbus, Cardinal O'Connell and aides march to the church entrance. A solemn high mass follows with Monsignor Splaine as master of ceremonies and Father Maurice preaching on the beauty of Thy house.
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Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society
Cardinal O’connell
William J. Dooley
M. J. Splaine
D. D
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
KE. J. Moriarty
P. J. Supple
Monsignor
Moriarty
Joseph F. Coppinger
Edward F. Mcleod
St. Stephen’s
North End
Peter J. McCormack
St. Joseph’s
West End
John O’brien
St. Aidan’s
Father Maurice
C. P
Blessed Gabriel
Brighton
Father Coppinger
O’connell
Cardinal blesses new St. Aidan’s church in town ceremony
Cardinal OConnell praises the new temple as a vital moral force behind law and civil life. He blesses the parish, notes parishioners’ devotion, and thanks town selectmen. After the dedication, he confirms 100 boys and girls of the parish.
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St. Aidan’s
Church of God
Mearly
Cardinal O’connell
85 000 To Buy Wooden Limbs For Civil War Vets
Portsmouth New Hampshire report notes the army department expects 85000 to be spent on artificial limbs and related apparatus for Civil War veterans during the year ending June 1914. Last year orders included 94 legs five arms and one foot. Since 1870 the government provided limbs for 23527 disabled sailors and soldiers. Through June 1912 death claims 13851 retirees dropped and 571 rejected after payments. year end rolls show 8513 remain, a net loss of 893 beneficiaries.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Army Department
Passionist Fathers Open Two Weeks Mission at East Boston
Passionist Fathers from Hoboken New Jersey began a two weeks mission for the Church of the Holy Redeemer in East Boston. The first week targets the parish women, with the men to begin their mission the following Sunday night.
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Passionist Fathers
Hoboken
N. J
Church of the Holy Redeemer
East Boston
Believed Lost: Schooner E. B. Marvin Vanishes En Route
The 100 ton schooner E. B. Marvin missing since Oct 9 after leaving Perth Amboy bound for Halifax. Officials think it foundered off Nova Scotia in a gale three weeks ago with three crew plus Captain Cox aboard. Built in Kennebunk 1884. previously Mollie Adams.
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Halifax
N. J
E. B. Marvin
Gloucester
Moliie Adams
Perth Amboy
Marvin
Cox
New London
Marine and Fisheries Department
Nova Scotian
Mollie Adams
Sol Jacobs
New England
Kennebunk
Principal credits Grape-Nuts for health turnabout in California
A California high school principal describes years of indigestion and rheumatic pain then credits a physician's advice and Grape-Nuts with restoring health within two months. He endorses the Postum Company and urges readers to seek The Road to Wellville booklet in their grocery packs.
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Calif
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Work Horse Association
Work Horse Parade Association
U. S. Army
Navy
Hunyadi Janos Pills
Welsbach Company
New Jersey
Miss Esther
Underwood & Underwood
Life of
Jacobs
Postuim Cereal Co., Ltd
Pure Food Factories
Battie Creek, Mich
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