Protone Promises Big Weight Gains for Thin People
An advertisement extols Protone a weight gain treatment claiming dramatic results. A testimonial from a well known man swears he gained 30 pounds in 30 days, praising Protone as a powerful nutritive agent. The offer includes a free 50 cent package and a free book, with a coupon for name and address to Detroit based Protone Company.
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George
Protone Company
Protone Bldg
Detroit
Mich
Handsome Dahlia Display Feature of Flower Show
The autumn exhibition at Horticultural Hall opened yesterday and runs through tomorrow. Dahlias form the chief feature with awards to R. & J. Farquhar & Co. and J. K. Alexander for dahlias, plus merit certificates to several exhibitors. Grapes from Mrs. John C. Whitin’s Whitinsville collection top the fruit, while Taunton State Hospital showcases a bed of curly Kale among vegetables. Watermelons win prizes for Mrs. A. W. Blake and Joseph Thorp. Irish potatoes prize goes to Mrs. G. T. Hartshorn of Taunton.
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Horticultural Hall
R. & J. Farquhar & Co
J. K. Alexander
H. F. Burt
Bertha van Suttner
W. D. Hathaway
B. Hammond Tracy
W. A. Riggs
Herman T. Winter
John C. Whitin
Whitinsville
E. J. Whitney
Shrewsbury
A. W. Blake
Joseph Thorp
G. T. Hartshorn
Taunton
General Bartlett Back Home From England
The White Star steamer Cymric arrived from Liverpool with 888 passengers and 1800 tons of cargo. Notables aboard included General Charles W. Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett, plus Bernard O Kane, Edward B. Sheehan, and Professor Ira M. Price. A large group greeted them, including Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Major Talbot Aldrich, along with many Boston figures.
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Liverpool
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Talbot Aldrich
Robert H. Robertson
Ralph §. Bartlett
Walter A. Brown
George Marion
Mabel McCaffee
Thomas Cooper
Denio
William Gifford
A. N. Wood
William S&s. Richardson
DeWitt C. Eggleston
Fiske Draws Fire in Back Bay Circular War
In the fifth senatorial district race a three way Republican contest sparked mudslinging. Guy Murchie and March Bennett led the Back Bay circulars backing Representative Myron Pierce, while Senator Fiske urged votes for Pierce from Brighton.
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Back Bay
Guy Murchie
March Bennett
Fiske
Brighton
Myron Pierce
Photograph Halley’s Comet Captured At Harvard Observatory
The passing of Halley's comet, seen here for 75 years, drew intense watching last night at the Harvard College Observatory. Professor Pickering conducted observations as experts expect photographs of the phenomenon this week. Officials anticipate the comet remaining visible for nearly a year.
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Halley
Harvard College Observatory
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Noted Men At McKim Funeral In New York Church
A company of men prominent in art politics and business attended the funeral services for architect Charles F McKim at Old Trinity Church New York. Pallbearers included J Pierpont Morgan and Elihu Root, who paid final respects after his sudden death at his Long Island home Tuesday.
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New York
Old Trinity Church
Charles F. McKim
Long Island
J. Pierpont Morgan
Elihu Root
Threw Cat At A Woman In Avon Case
In Stoughton on September 17 Frank Littlefield of Avon faced a District Court hearing for assault and drunkenness after he hurled a cat at Ada Woodward. The cat clung to her back to avoid falling, witnesses said. Littlefield was fined ten dollars for assault and the drunkenness charge was placed on file.
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Stoughton
Frank Littlefield
Ada Woodward
Avon
Littlefield
Westside boulevard route chosen for New Hampshire trunk line
Concord New Hampshire Sept 17 The Governor and council selected the Westside boulevard as the third trunk highway. The road will start at the Massachusetts line and pass Hinsdale Keene Marlow Sempster Newport Croydon Lebanon Hanover Lyme Oxford Haverhill Littleton Bethlehem Lancaster and Colebrook. Other routes were considered but the chosen path was deemed the most direct and scenic.
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Concord
N. H
Massachusetts State Line
Hinsdale
Keene
Marlow
Sempster
Newport
Croydon
Lebanon
Hanover
Lyme
Oxford
Haverhill
Littleton
Bethlehem
Lancaster
Colebrook
Five Kelley Family Members Serve as Police Officers
Timothy J. Kelley has been appointed a reserve patrolman at Court Square police station, joining five family members who are officers. The group includes Timothy, his brother William, and Patrick Connelly's three sons Thomas F. Connelly John H. Connelly and William R. Connelly of 113 Warren Street Roxbury.
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Timothy J. Kelley
Court Square
Timothy
William Kelley
Patrick Connelly
Warren Street
Roxbury
Thomas F
John H
William R. Connelly
Editor Mitchell Dies A Death By Own Action
Lowell city records the death of James B. Mitchell publisher of an Elk welfare magazine. He died by inhaling illuminating gas at his Coral Street home in the early hours. Despondency from a long illness is blamed. He was born in Lawrence, 53, survived by his wife and one daughter.
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Lowell
James B. Mitchell
The
Elks
Coral Street
Lawrence
Woburn Student Honored for Rescuing Boy From Train
James W. Marrinan a Woburn High School junior received a bronze medal and button from the Massachusetts Humane Society for pulling a 6 year old boy from the path of an express train on Saturday June 12 in Woburn Massachusetts.
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Woburn
James W. Marrinan
Woburn High School
Massachusetts Humane Society
Irish Land Bill Passes Commons
The Irish land bill introduced March 30 by Augustine Birrell passed the House of Commons on September 17 by a 174 to 61 vote. The Lords are expected to pass the measure after likely clause modifications on compulsory land acquisition.
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London
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
House of Commons
House of Lords
The Beasts and the Jungle as urban graft warning
A Denver judge attacks a powerful service corporation over political manipulation and graft. He claims the state is run by the company to protect stockholders, urging readers to buy Everybody's Magazine detailing the case and its wide implications for cities larger than a certain size.
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Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Colorado
Lindsey
Beast and the Jungle
Everybody's Magazine
United States
Nurse Drops Out of Sight in Somerville Disappearance
Somerville police seek an 18 year old Polish nurse known as Lenny who vanished yesterday with 2 year old Ethel Goldman from 440 Medford Street. They were last seen at Magoun Square around 3 pm. Hospitals and surrounding towns joined the search as authorities pursue leads in a puzzling case.
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Somerville
Medford Street
Ethel Goldman
Magoun Square
Boston
Archbishop to Celebrate Mass at Cathedral This Season
Beginning tomorrow the Cathedral of the Holy Cross resumes fall and winter services with a solemn high mass at 10 15 Archbishop O Connell present to assist and to continue weekly Sundays thereafter.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
O'Connell
Big Store Outing To Point of Pines For Jordan Marsh
Jordan Marsh employees plan a day at Point of Pines with special cars on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn line. The East Boston train departs at 1 45 PM for games between shipping and auditing teams, plus events for all ages, dancing, supper, and a fireworks display.
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Jordan Marsh Company
Point of Pines
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
East Boston
Beacon Hill Tunnel Work To Start Monday
The Transit Commission decided to begin digging the tunnel under Beacon Hill on Monday. The tunnel will connect the Cambridge subway with Park Street station, run beneath the Common, pass Beacon Hill, and surface at Grove Street in the West End.
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Beacon Hill
Cambridge
Park Street
Transit Commission
Grove Street
West End
New Chinese Interpreter Starts at Local Station
Shere F. Moy, formerly Chinese interpreter in Philadelphia, began duties at the local immigration station yesterday, succeeding Moy Don Shing who resigned after the interpreter's salary was cut from 1490 to 1200 dollars annually.
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Shere F. Moy
Philadelphia Immigration Bureau
Moy Don Shing
West farmer luxuries outpace Queen Elizabeth era claim
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Department returns from Iowa farm four months to praise Western farmer prosperity and high East Coast wages. He says laborers today live better than Queen Elizabeth did and implies Eastern folks must go West to see true luxuries.
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Washington
Queen Elizabeth
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Iowa
Mrs Margaret McCarthy Dies In East Boston Parish Strong Voice
Mrs Margaret McCarthy aged 89, a prominent parishioner of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston, died at her home 8 Chelsea Street yesterday morning.
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Margaret McCarthy
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Boston
Chelsea Street
Clark Reenters Politics Backing Hayes in Third Plymouth
Cohasset Sept 17 Ellery H Clark formerly tied to Boston politics has reentered the field to back Richard B Hayes. Hayes leads the insurrection in the Republican ranks against John Smith of Hull who supports Clarence V Nickerson in the bid for the House nomination amid a hot third Plymouth district contest including Hull Hingham and Cohasset.
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Cohasset
Ellery H. Clark
Boston
Richard B. Hayes
John Smith
Hull
Clarence V. Nickerson
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Decoration Dahlia
Protone Co
Detroit, Mich
Gen. Bartlett
M’kim
Argyle
ARROW
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Mitchell
Service Corporation
Ridgway Company
Union Square
New York City
Clark
National Biscuit Company
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