Staffing Changes on B M Road Delays in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth New Hampshire November 27 the Portland division Boston and Maine announces staff changes effective December John Ll Shaw trainmaster at Boston will report to Superintendent A P Milliken and oversee traffic movements and related correspondence Y D Morey trainmaster based in Salem will supervise eastern route and all branches west of Jewett excluding Dover and Portsmouth A S Twombly trainmaster at Dover will supervise western route and branches Frank Barker passenger crew despatcher at Boston B Sykes assistant passenger crew despatcher at Boston I F Grant general agent at Portsmouth with jurisdiction over Portsmouth Electric Street Railway W E Dowdell general inspector at Portsmouth will supervise employees and operation of Portsmouth Electric under Grant
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Boston & Maine
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Boston
A. P. Milliken
Y. D. Morey
Salem
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Dover
A. S. Twombly
Frank Barker
B. Sykes
I F. Grant
Portsmouth Electric Street Railway
W. E. Dowdell
Portsmouth Electric
Grant
Boston Jewellers Rally to End Fake Auctioneers
A mass meeting of leading Boston jewelers gathers at Crawford House at 7 30 p m to urge stricter laws against fly by night auctioneers selling fake jewelry to Christmas shoppers Mayor Fitzgerald backs the move and E M Fife returns to urge reform The plan calls raising license fees to 200 and bonding to 3000, with enforcement by Police Commissioner O Meara.
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Crawford House
Boston Jewellers’ Association
Fitzgerald
E. M. Fife
Keystone Publishing Company
Fife
O'Meara
Deny Foss Engagement Report Reaches Governor’s Home
The engagement of Miss Helen Foss daughter of Governor Foss to William W Hobbs son of Franklin Hobbs of Brookline was denied at the Governor's home last evening. The Foss twins plan to spend winter in Dresden with Miss Emma Butler, sailing Tuesday on a German liner.
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Helen Foss
Paris
Follow the Cod Sign Idea for Cape Cod Route
Boston resident Klenry D. Smith proposes a "follow the Cod" sign system to guide autoists from Boston to Cape Cod towns. He notes heavy highway traffic and inquires Cape Cod travelers seek directions from Bourne to the canal area, suggesting the Highway Commission adopt his design.
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Massachusetts
Klenry D. Smith
Boarnedale
Smith
Highway Commission
Cape
Mr. Smith
Cape Cod
Bournedale
Canal
New England
Third Great Tenor Makes Debut Tonight
The Boston opera scene welcomes Giovanni Martinelli performing as Mario in Tosca with Marcoux as Scarpia. Miss Garden sings Tosca her season debut while the debut highlights the third new tenor in a week, signaling strong international talent in America this fall.
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Ap Scarpia
Mario
Giovanni Martinelli
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New York
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Covent Garden
Ernani
la Scala
London
Opera House
Metropolitan
Boston Opera
Italy
Monte Carlo
Brussels
Miss Destinn
Radames
Parma
Dick Johnson
Rodolfo
Pinkerton
Niessen-Stone to Sing Brangaene in Tristan at Boston Opera
Mme. Maria Niessen-Stone joins the Boston Opera Company to rehearse Tristan and Isolde. She will sing Brangaene in Saturday matinee and Monday evening performances, marking her first Boston appearance amid a roster of Russian contraltos. She praised Boston audiences for their taste and discrimination.
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Brangaene
Boston
America
5000 Mile Trip to Hospital
Thaddeus A. Thompson United States minister to Colombia and his wife arrived in New York aboard the Metapan after a long voyage from South America. They proceeded by train toward Baltimore for medical treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital where Mrs Thompson will undergo an operation.
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Thaddeus A. Thompson
United States
Colombia
South America
Baltimore
Thompson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fisherman rescues drifting market basket at Commercial Wharf
John J. Harrington found a half submerged basket floating in the slip at Commercial wharf during the afternoon tide. The drifting market basket carried him a meal of macaroni and Italian cheese as he and his improvised Thanksgiving dinner were secured.
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Commercial Wharf
John J. Harrington
Food in Flotsam
John J. Harrington, a Syracuse migrant nicknamed the hobo, wandered to the waterfront and sought warmth on the dock. At 1 p.m. he spotted what looked like wrapping paper but found a market basket in the water, sparking hunger and a plan to retrieve food from the floating cache.
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John J. Harrington
Syracuse
Salvation Army Basket Sparks Grateful Dinner Rescue
A man finds a waterlogged Salvation Army basket on the Charles Town bridge. He recruits a North End family with macaroni and Italian cheese to share the meal, hosting eleven people for a Thanksgiving dinner and expressing renewed gratitude.
Thanksgiving Dinner for 300 Newsboys at Newport
Three hundred newsboys and messengers attended a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt in Newport Rhode Island. It marked the 20th annual event. The boys rose with three cheers when Mrs. Vanderbilt entered the hall and she spent time mingling with them afterward.
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Newport
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Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Veteran theatre manager dies in New Orleans at 81
Henry W. Greenwall veteran theatre manager died in New Orleans at age 81. He represented the Actors' Fund in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Henry W. Greenwall
Actors’ Fund
Dying Gaillard Linked to Culebra Cut Rescue
In Baltimore physicians at Johns Hopkins reported Lieutenant Colonel David Gaillard near death after brain disease progression. The army engineer who helped dig the Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal grew suddenly ill in July. family noted Thanksgiving time was shared in Panama.
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Phipps
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Culebra
Panama Canal
Gaillard
David P. Gaillard
Panama
Underground Fire Puzzles Savannah Firemen
Savannah firemen battle a mysterious underground blaze burning for weeks on 10 acres south of the city. The fire consumes subsurface material at a garbage dump site a mile from the nearest fire plug, making water access nearly impossible and hampering efforts to smother the fire.
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Savannah
Death Flanders In Brookline
Rufus Arlington Flanders died in Brookline on November 27. Funeral services will be held at his residence 30 Auburn Street on Monday December 1 at 2 30 p m. Relatives and friends are invited. Burial is private at Mt. Auburn.
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Brookline
Rufus Arlington Flanders
Auburn St
Mt. Auburn
Fire at Amesbury candy factory causes extensive damage
A fire in the candy factory of Frank M. Hoyt at Main and Greenwood streets, caused by an overheated gas stove, damaged the building and led to an estimated $16,000 loss. Six workers were present. foreman Harry C. Feltham discovered the blaze as the fire spread briefly to stored automobile chemicals. Jank M. Hoyt, owner, heads the Amesbury Board of Trade.
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Frank M. Hoyt
Main
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Harry C. Feltham
Jank M. Hoyt
Amesbury Board of Trade
Personally Conducted Excursions to California
Advertising promotional copy describes specially selected conductors for weekly, comfortable rail trips to California. It highlights courteous, experienced agents and low fare parties under the Washington Router service in Boston, inviting readers to call or write for details.
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Jocks
Newnglan
Washington St
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