Fire wipes out Shawmut Furniture stock in Tremont Street blaze
A rear wing fire at Shawmut Furniture Company 267 and 269 Tremont Street overnight gutted five floors and destroyed over 25000 worth of stock including furniture rugs and lamps. The blaze likely started from rats and matches. two alarms were sounded as janitor Harry Elsner aided six families to safety. Insurance covers the loss and a big fire sale will follow once adjustments are made.
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Shawmut Furniture Company
Tremont Street
Harry Elsner
Shawmut Company
J. J. Morse
Irish School Plan to be Discussed at Night Meeting
A public meeting at 8 pm in St Patrick's Church South End will launch an Irish school plan. The first school aims for St Philip's parish with P J O Daly reading a paper on preserving Irish as a living language from Irish and American perspectives.
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St. Patrick's Church
Northampton Street
South End
St. Philip's Parish
P. J. O'Daly
McKinley Club Installs Officers in East Boston
The McKinley Social and Literary Club in East Boston held its first grand officer installation at 878 Chelsea Street. The 30 members are noted musicians and vocalists. officers installed include President Joseph Wolf and Vice President Paul Rome with other posts filled by Issael Cohen Bessie Swartz and Jack Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Social and Literary Club
Ray Smarkowitz
Chelsea Street
East
Boston
Edith
Dolly
Smarkowitz
Joseph Wolf
Charles Aronberg
Paul Rome
Max Henry Newman
Issael Cohen
Bessie Swartz
Jack Roberts
Anti tuberculosis society forms in Chelsea exhibition on treatment
An anti tuberculosis society was formed in Chelsea to promote relief and control of consumption. An afternoon exhibition at the old Episcopal Church on Hawthorn street featured Dr. David Townsend of Boston who lectured with stereopticon views and photographs illustrating outdoor life. Chelsea physicians attended and showed strong interest in the work.
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Chelsea
Old Episcopal Church
Hawthorn Street
David Townsend
Boston
Navy Bars Cigarettes for Enlisted Men Under Twenty One
Surgeon General Rixey recommends banning cigarette smoking on ships for enlisted sailors under 21. He argues cigarettes hinder exercise and health at sea. Sailors fear desertions and trouble if the rule is adopted, while Captain Swift declines to comment pending review.
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United States Navy
Rixey
Jackies
Swift
Charlestown Navy Yard
Cafe Noir Chase & Sanborns Seal Brand Coffee Ad
After dinner black coffee without cream or sugar gains appeal with Chase and Sanborns Seal Brand. Black its richness tempts one to eschew cream forever. Available in 1 and 2 pound cans for 35 cents a pound. Never in bulk.
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Chase & Sanborn
Archbishops to Celebrate Night Workers Anniversary Mass
Archbishop O Connell will preside at a low mass with benediction at the Night Workers Chapel 363 Washington Street next Sunday morning marking the third anniversary of the congregation. The chapel remains free to all night workers and a welcoming mat to men and women. The chapel choir will sing and a public notice is expected on efforts to make the work permanent and successful.
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Archbishop O'Connell
Washington Street
Pine Hill Pupils Run School. Teachers Worn Out
In Middletown New York on November 24, residents of Pine Hill Ulster County sought aid from the State Department of Education after boy pupils refused to follow lessons turning each day into a holiday. The parents failed to control them and the principal admitted physical inability to manage the School.
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Middletown
N. Y
Pine Hill
Ulster County
State Department of Education
Vintage Patent Medicine Ad for Cold Cure
An old advertisement promotes a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromosquinine tablets. It promises a money back refund if the remedy fails and features a box with a Groves signature and a 25 cent price.
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Crove
Rockefeller endowment fuels Rockefeller Institute research drive
Professor Theobald Smith of Harvard praised John D. Rockefeller for a 2.6 million dollar endowment to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York. The gift provides 200 thousand dollars annually to advance medical research including serum work against meningitis and studies at Harvard Medical School. Rockefeller plans further gifts as the institute expands to tackle major diseases and aims to explore all medical problems for humanity.
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Theobald Smith
Harvard College
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Harvard Medical School
Rockefeller Institute
Smith
Rockefeller
Mugridge Not To Be Annoyed In Ward 17 Political Row
Charles J. Kidney of Ward 17 charged James H. Mugridge, Ward 17 Republican chairman and recent second assistant assessor, with violating the Burrage ordinance by seeking re election. District Attorney Moran investigated but found no penalty for the ordinance violation, so proceedings ended.
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Moran
Charles J. Kidney
Ward
James H. Mugridge
Republican Committee
Ward 17
Mugridge
Fitzgerald
Kidney
Adele Rowland Joins Cast of The Little Cherub in Boston
Adele Rowland returns to Boston next week with Hattie Williams company at Hollis Street Theatre after a stint in Hurdy Gurdy Girl. The former Tre mont actor adapted swiftly to her role as a daughter of the Earl of Sanctobury and is praised for her lively football kicking song scene.
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Adele Rowland
Boston
Hattie Williams
Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Rowland
Richard Carle
the Tremont
Earl of Sanctobury
Young South Boston Parish to stage minstrel show
About 75 St. Peter and Paul parish youths in South Boston present a three night Thanksgiving minstrel festival at Congress Hall corner Broadway and C street. A 50 member chorus, local talent, and prominent residents participate under Rev. Timothy O Connor supervision with William A F Norris as interlocutor and a corps of tambos bones handlers listed.
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St. Peter and Paul Parish
Boston
Congress Hall
Peninsular
Timothy O'Connor
South Boston
Anna Halpin
Conley
Loughlin
Ambrose
Henessy
Costello
Leary
Foterelli
Edward Sullivan
John Shéa
Sheehan
William Sullivan
Braun
Bart Keaney
William A. F. Norris
John F. Collins
George A. Collins
William J. Haynes
J. Frank Snyder
P. J. Barrett
William J. Mahoney
SS. Peter and Paul's Parish
Freshmen Pay Tribute at Walker Funeral
Princeton University mourns James Tyler Walker Jr. a Indiana freshman killed by contact with a live wire. The campus gathers in Marquand Chapel and Dr. Henry Van Dyke leads funeral rites as each freshman lays a rose on the coffin.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
James Tyler Walker, Jr
Indiana
Marquand Chapel
Henry van Dyke
Six American terrapin guests star in London dinner plan
A Cleveland businessman visited London with six lake terrapin and placed them in a hotel servant’s care awaiting a planned soup tureen dinner. Newspapers labeled them as six interesting American guests and explained terrapin soup merits, drawing public interest.
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London
Cleveland
New York
Carlton Hotel
Fall River Papers Grant Printers Demands
The Typographical Union and Fall River's three newspapers reached a wage settlement of $2 per week for compositors, operators, ad men, and others. The agreement was ratified and takes effect immediately, while printers voted to strike at noon tomorrow as higher demands were not granted.
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Fall River
Typographical Union
Typographical
All Men Ungrateful Says the Rev C C Earle
Rev Charles C Earle at Ruggles Street Baptist Church delivered a Thanksgiving discourse on Jonah in the Whale He said men are ungrateful and forget to thank God in prosperity but appeal in adversity.
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Jonah
Charles C. Earle
D. D
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Drop in meat prices expected this week
ANOTHER DROP IN MEAT DUE OMAHA November 24 There will be a further drop in the prices of provisions and meats this week says R C Howe manager of the Armour packing plant at South Omaha Wholesale men and packers will quote a large decline in all packing house products in the cold storage food supplies The decline is already apparent in many lines Eggs butter poultry and cut meats will fall under the general decline The decline in the principal staples will not be as pronounced as in livestock but will be noticeable however The demand for the staples is more uniform than for livestock products and therefore the prices are firmer.
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Omaha
R. C. Howe
Armour Packing Plant
South Omaha
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