Celebrate 600th Anniversary of Swiss Independence in Boston
Fully 700 patriotic Swiss and friends crowded Turn Hall at 29 Middlesex Street last night to mark Switzerland’s 600th independence anniversary and the Ruetli Oath. The night featured a tableau of the oath, Helvetia and the cantons, translated songs, and speeches.
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Turn Hall
Middlesex Street
Switzerland
Europe
Boston
House of Hapsburg
Walter Fuerst
Werner Stauffacher
Arnold von Merchthal
Alps
Ruetli
Austria
Cantons
Walter Zwahlen
Helvetia
Columbia
Fraulein
Maria Conza
Fraulein Emily Holzer
Louis Kelterborn
Dem Vaterland
Ferdinand Steinmuller
Ernst Tobler
William Conza
Emil Alther
Jacob Alther
Johanna von Huw
Elizabeth Fischer
Mina Ackermann
Albert Vollenweider
John Zollinger
Jacob Durr
Ernst Trachsel
Gaudenz Luzio
Arnold Etter
Porter praises Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as tonic
West Medway resident George D. Potter a Boston Fire Department veteran praises Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a stimulant and tonic. He describes a history of medical issues including rupture and fainting spells and claims the whiskey helps him recover and sustain work at age 72.
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George D. Potter
West Medway
Mass
Boston Fire Department
California
Duffy
George I. Potter
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey marketed as pure medicine
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as an absolutely pure malt distillate claimed to be a tonic and digestive aid. It warns against drugs, asserts health benefits, and invites buyers to seek the genuine product from sealed bottles with the Old Chemist trademark.
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Duffy
Daffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Fitzgerald to open campaign solo at Faneuil Hall
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald will start his campaign next Thursday at noon from Faneuil Hall with no other speakers. He will defend his administration and attack the city’s burden from state acts, urging the Republican committees to name a prominent defender of the Legislature’s burdens. He seeks a direct contrast with rival mayors of the past 15 years.
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John F., Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Republican State and
Republican City Committee
United States
Lodge
Boston school advocates commercial training at Young’s Hotel
Frank V. Thompson, headmaster of the High School of Commerce, spoke to the Charitable Irish Society in Boston praising commercial training. He argued it would counter industrial depression, produce skilled workers, and create a proactive trade mindset similar to Germany’s trained consular service.
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Irish Society of Boston
Young's Hotel
Frank V. Thompson
High School of Commerce
Boston
Thompson
Massachusetts
Germany
Caruso Opens Opera Season at Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Opera House opened its season tonight in New York as Caruso led the performance amid the usual brilliancy and society gathering that marks the annual grand opera premiere.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Adriana Lecouvreur Opens Metropolitan Run With Caruso
The new Italian opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea premiered in New York under a new conductor to a warm welcome. Enrico Caruso shared honors with Mme. Cavalieri in the title role, while Scotti also received repeated applause as the Metropolitan begins a 20 week season, the longest yet. Caruso performed Maurice, a role he originated in Milan, delivering his best work with assured familiarity.
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Adriana Lecouvreur
Francesco Cilea
Modern School of Composers
New York
East
America
Metropolitan
Enrico Caruso
Mme. Cavalieri
Caruso
Scotti
Maurice
Milan
Teacher Leaves Lyman School to Become a Nun
Miss Esther A. Kenna of 268 Cabot street Newtonville told East Boston fourth graders she is leaving to become a nun. The 24 year old instructor, a graduate of Our Lady parochial school Newtonville, St Elizabeth Academy Madison and Harvard Summer School, bade the class farewell with tears.
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Lyman School
Boston
Esther A. Kenna
Kenna
Cabot Street
Newtonville
Church of Our Lady
St. Elizabeth Academy
Madison
N. J
Harvard Sunmamer School
Harvard Celebrates 300th Birthday of John Harvard
The Harvard Memorial Society organizes a three day observance with delegates from clubs across New England and beyond. A lecture on John Harvard in England is planned at the Fogg Museum and a birthday dinner in Memorial Hall with President Eliot presiding and music from Commencement Week.
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Harvard
New England
Bangor
Chicago
Illinois
Keene, N. H
Manchester
N. H
Minnesota
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Rocky Mountain Club
Fogg Museum
John Harvard
England
James I. Hosmer
Washington University
Public Library
Minneapolis
Memorial Hall
Eliot
Cambridge School Board Referendum Sparks City Club Debate
About 200 Cambridge City Club members heard Edwin B. Hale discuss amendments to the city charter affecting the school committee. The measure would reduce the School Board from 15 to five, alter election method, and set school funding at $5 per thousand valuation.
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Julia Duff
Edwin B. Hale
Young
Cambridge City Club
School Committee
Cambridge
William Taggard Piper
John H. Corcoran
George H. Close
J. B. Hale
Hale
Duff
Mason Street
Boston
City Hall
Joseph H. Beale
Lawrence G. Brooks
J. H. Corcoran
Charles H. Morse
Pittsburg Wins Supreme Court Battle for City Consolidation
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of consolidating Pittsburg and Allegheny. Justice Moody delivered the court's opinion, marking a victory for the city merger effort.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Supreme Court of the United States
Moody
Pittsburg Gains Big City Rank After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court decision approving the Greater Pittsburg bill boosts the city’s estimated population to 550,000. Pittsburg will outrank Cleveland and Baltimore and puts Boston in a tight race for fifth in size.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland
Baltimore
United States Supreme Court
Boston
Rob Car Barn Robbery at Wellesley
Thieves entered the Boston and Worcester car barn office in Wellesley between 2 and 4 am and took 400 dollars from the safe. They left 600 dollars uncollected, and escaped with canvas money bags containing cash and tickets gathered by conductors the previous day.
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Wellesley
Boston & Worcester Car Barn
Dr Morton Prince Backs Hibbard for Mayor Endorses Honest Administration
Dr Morton Prince Democrat and former Good Government candidate endorses Postmaster Hib bard for mayoral race. He blasts Fitzgerald administration as wasteful and dishonest, urges nonpartisan, efficient government to aid the poor and curb machine influence. Prince urges Hib bard to uphold transparency and benefit all voters.
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Morton Prince
Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Boston
John F Fitzgerald Club Formed At Large Meeting
At a large meeting of printers last night the John F Fitzgerald Club was formed with Edward M. Martin as president BE A Riley as secretary and P F McAnnany as treasurer Temporary officers were elected The club plans rallies in the coming weeks to support Mayor Fitzgerald's candidacy and canvass every ward in the city A permanent organization will be established at the next meeting with broader plans.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Dward M. Martin
BE. A. Riley
P. F. McAnnany
Fitzgerald
Emperor and Empress depart Windsor for London
The official visit of Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria to King Edward and Queen Alexandra concluded this morning at Windsor. The journey resumes to London with lingering reports of royal progress and public interest in the royal visit.
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London
Emperor William
Empress Augusta
Victoria
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Crowds at the Butler Sale Draw Wide Shopper Interest
Crowds packed Butler's Thanksgiving sale with bargains on ostrich feathers silks and coats. Prices ranged from 69 cents for 12 inch plumes to 2.98 for 50 inch black thibet coats, with brisk demand across millinery gowns gloves and belts as shoppers rushed the counters.
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Butler’s
Wayne
Gore
Hold Stanford as Yegg Leader
John Stanford alias Pawtucket John ny alleged leader of the automobile gang of yeggs arrested in Troy New York. He implicated in the Winchendon safe blowing where about $5000 in stamps and postal funds and a letter with $19000 in negotiable securities were taken. An effort will move him to Boston after the Troy case.
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John Stanford
Pawtucket
Johnny
Veggmen
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Troy
N. Y
Postoffice
Letherman
Stanford
Winchendon
Boston
Alderman Berwin Chosen Permanent Board Chairman
An alderman defeated in the renomination bid used a personal privilege moment to strike at the Good Government Association and the Finance Commission. He praised Chairman Berwin, and with the backing of six Republicans, Berwin was made permanent chairman of the Board of Alderman.
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Board of Aldermen
Ods
Good Government Association
Finance Commission
Berwin
Alderman Berwin
Aldermanic Vote Sets Sherwin as Chairman After Deadlock
The Board of Aldermen elected Sherwin as chair after a 10 month stalemate. Voting breakdown shows Aldermen Bangs Bell Battis Draper Clark Republican and Woous Democrat for Sherwin. Baldwin Curley Flannagan and Jeary for his own ticket. Finigan for Whelton. Ward 23 representative for the Ward 23 candidate. Woods defended his defeat and criticized the Good Government Association and its two alleged leaders.
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Sherwin
Aldermen
Bangs
Bell
Battis
Draper
Clark
Woous
Baldwin
Curley
Flannagan
Jeary
Finigan
Whelton
Berwin
Woods
Boston
Finance Commission
Good Government Association
Minot
Billings
Mrs Duff Acknowledges Truth of Her Statements
Julia Ev Duff accuses Frank V Thompson of lying about a Commercial High School event before the primary. She says Thompson’s denial hides behind other lectures and that she and pupils heard a two part talk including Mr Carruth on South America. Duff claims witnesses saw the master misstate the facts.
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Commercial High School
Frank V. Thompson
Carruth
South America
High School of Commerce
Thomas Kenny
Thompson
Duff
Julia Ev Duff
Genuine Syrup of Ties and Elixir of Senna Advised
The text promotes a health product as a world approved laxative. It praises Syrup of Ties and Elixir of Senna as an ethical remedy and urges purchasing the genuine product made by the California Fig Syrup Co. from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Emily
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Duffy’s Pure
John
Harvad
Grn
Starvard Memorial Society
DR. Prince
NEW Fitzgerald Club
Kaiser
Hold
Ed Appe Eels
Cole
Petts-Vocel Company
Owashington St
Wridavy
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