Jane Cowl to Perform in Brand New Boston Play
Jane Cowl, famed emotional actress, arrives in Boston to star in a new comedy at Selwyn's Park Square Theatre. The production, titled Smilin Through, features Miss Cowl as an Irish girl in a blend of laughter and pathos written by Canadian playwright Allan Langdon Martin.
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Jane Cowl
America
Boston
Selwyn
Park Square Theatre
Miss Cowl
Allan Langdon Martin
Canada
Park and Beacon mansion and the Ticknor legacy
The corner Park and Beacon streets house, home to George Ticknor the Spanish literature historian and Boston Public Library benefactor, is tied to famed residents and a rich library. Ticknor’s dining rooms and the Bart on Ticknor room reflect his social standing and library donations including 2400 volumes with 2000 non circulating and his Spanish collection bequest.
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Boston
Park and
Beacon Streets
George Ticknor
Boston Public Library
Thomas Amory
Malbone
Lafayette
Christopher Gore
Massachusetts
Samuel Dexter
Ticknor
Sir Walter Scott
Girl impostor preys on Back Bay and Cambridge residents
Dor othy Morrison, a 19 year old woman, canvassed Back Bay and Brookline areas posing as a representative of the Ruth Fielding Child Players League of Cambridge. She convinced seven hundred fron holders and others to buy items at inflated prices to aid a December 4 bazaar at Parkway Bungalow, Larch Road, Cambridge. Police notified. Mrs Lewis Aaron, league president, reported the scheme after a furniture dealer’s wife bought items in good faith.
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Back Bay
Brookline
Ruth Fielding
Parkway
Larch Road
Cambridge
Boston
League
Lewis Aaron
Lundgren Leonard Nuptials Celebrated
Miss Mary G Lundgren daughter of Captain Alfred J Lundgren U S S N of Rosemont road Dorchester married John Leonard of Ashmont a longtime Boston newspaperman The ceremony was at St Mark s Catholic Church with a nuptial mass by Rev John A Daly The couple then had a wedding breakfast at the bride s home and left for an automobile tour of western Massachusetts
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Mary G. Lundgren
Alfred J. Lundgren
Rosemont Road
Dorchester
John Leonard
Ashmont
Boston
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
John A. Daly
Mrs. Leonard
Massachusetts
Labor League Co operative Grocery in Chelsea Seeks Bankruptcy
The Labor League Co operative Grocery Company at 182 Arlington Street Chelsea in bankruptcy. Referee Charles K Darling held a hearing where 50 percent cash offered to creditors was reviewed. Alexander G Gould appointed receiver to assess adequacy. The 185 founders formed the voluntary group for a grocery business, now run by assignee Joseph Bearak who reports profits under the assignment. Creditors warned that members may be liable for losses amid rising living costs.
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Chelsea
Labor League Co-operative Grocery Company
Arlington Street
Charles K Darling
Federal Building
Alexander G. Gould
Joseph Bearak
Labor League
Boston and Maine Receiver to be discharged by judge
Judge Morton in federal court plans to sign a decree discharging Boston and Maine from the receivership. The railroad has been under Receiver James H. Hustis since August 1916 and is expected to have lands enough to pay all debts after reorganization with federal aid.
Double Launching At Hog Island Plant
Thanksgiving celebration marks two ship launches at Hog Island Philadelphia with the Coolleda and the Kenowis sliding down the ways. Kenosha, Wisconsin social figure Mrs Charlotta Cooper Lance christened the second vessel, named for Liberty Loan efforts. Both ships are 7800 ton standard steel negro carriers.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island
Coolleda
Charlotta Cooper Lance
Kenosha
Wis
Liberty Loan
Famous Cobalt Miner Drops Dead at Table
Benjam in Hollinger, famed prospector who discovered Hollinger Mines at Cobalt, Ged, suddenly died at the breakfast table in Penbrookee Ontario. The notice highlights Hollinger’s mining prominence and notes Bulgarian embroidery seen on spring blouses.
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Penbrokee
Ont
Benjamin Hollinger
Canada
Hollinger
Cobalt
Beauty specialist shares home-made gray hair darkening mix
Kansas City beauty expert Mrs. M. D. Gillespie explains a simple hair treatment to darken gray hair at home. Mix half a pint of water with one ounce bay rum a Barbo compound and a half ounce glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the shade is reached. it won t color the scalp and leaves hair soft and glossy.
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M. D. Gillespie
Kansas City
Dodge Car Opens New Boston Home and 5th Anniversary
Dodge Brothers dealers at 989 to 997 Commonwealth avenue celebrate their fifth anniversary with a grand two day exhibition of passenger and commercial Dodge vehicles. The event marks Boston’s seventh move to larger quarters as more than 100 cars, including exchange vehicles, are on display. The showroom features a 40 foot column span and a full line of stock and custom bodies, with a focus on the new sales and transportation departments and a vast floor space. The Nov 28 29 opening coincides with the first Dodge car in New England on Boylston Street five years ago, and the factory assembled line highlights models from four door sedans to Imperial Coupes and tourings.
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Henshaw Motor Company
Dodge Brothers Car Dealers
Commonwealth Avenue
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Boston
Henshaw
Transportation Department
Exchange Car
Boston Dodge Brothers
New England
Henshaw Company
Boylston Street
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Jane
Cowl
BY William Justin Mann
Child Players’ League
B. M
Dodge Car
Tremont and Boylston Sts
Georgette
Georgette Crepe
Nada
Laine
Paulette
Cienm Ann
Bolivia
Zephyr
Hudson
Meyer Jonasson & CO
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