Great Fire Tears Through Chelsea and Boston Area
A blaze scorched 350 acres nearly a quarter of Chelsea and Boston area, displacing about 10 000 people and causing 8 million dollars in damage. Militia and marines guard ruins as officials fear broader losses. several hundred injured, some trampled by chaos while aid and relief efforts mobilize across Boston.
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Boston
Chelsea
Cypress and
D Streets
Eeos
Boston & Maine Railroad
Stony Albany
Second Street
Broadway
Essex
Middlesex
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Swedes to Thank Sweden With Gift to King Gustav
A party of Swedish residents of San Francisco prepares to sail to Europe to present King Gustav with a silver and gold loving cup, crafted by the Swedish-American Patriotic of California, as thanks for Sweden’s aid after the city’s disaster.
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San Francisco
Europe
Patriotic of
California
Gustav
Mrs Thaws Home for Rent in Cresson on Allegheny Peaks
Mrs William Thaw advertises Elmhurst Grange in Cresson for summer rent after illness. She plans a European trip with her daughter, the ex Countess of Yar mouth, possibly abroad a year or more to avoid Thaw trial notoriety. Mrs Thaw currently stays in Pittsburgh.
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Prrrsevec
William ‘Thaw
Elmhurst Grange
Cresson
Allegheny Mountains
Europe
Yarmouth
Harry K. Thaw
Additional troops to Pensacola as rioting strikes streetcars
Pensacola troops arrive amid street railway employee rioting. Guards patrol the city while officials try to run cars under strike-breaker guarantees. The report notes heavy patrols and ongoing tensions linked to the transit strike.
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Florida
Pensacola
Unemployed spurn 81 a day offer from relief committee
In Puitaperpara on April 13 a Citizens' Permanent Relief committee proposed 6,000 to provide temporary work at one dollar a day for the unemployed. A majority denounced the plan saying it would lower American workers standards and invite future exploitation. Some members cautioned restraint, but a resolution was adopted condemning the suggestion and urging union men not to accept the offer.
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Puitaperpara
Citizens’ Permanent Relief Committee
Permanent Relief Committee
Theaters This Week Show Busy Vaudeville and Melodrama
The Orpheum features The Fifth Commandment a vaudeville sketch with Julius Steger and Mme Czinka Panna plus Kennedy and Looney and Dorothy Kenton. Grace Hayward stars in Dora Thorne at the Auditorium with strong supporting cast. Lost in New York at Gilliss and The Merry Maidens present burlesques at Century. John Drew opens at Willis Wood with My Wife. Shupert shows A Bachelor's Romance. Grand presents Little Dolly Dimples.
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Orpheum
Julius Steger
Mme. ‘Czinka Panna
Auditorium
Dora ‘Thorne
Llassic
Grace Hayward
Dora Thorne
Auditorium Theater
Lady Charteris
Grace la Mont
Vera de Vere
Allie Earl
Henry Temple
Ronald Earl
Mitty de Vere
Richard D’acre
Heniy W. Rowell
Stephen Thorne
Silvers
Egan
Billy” Burke
Ferdinand Gottschalk
John Drew
Willis Wood
My Wife
Empire Theater
New York
Shubert Theater
Dolly Dimples
the Grand
American Heiress Darling Bargain Duke Romance
A playful dialogue from The Condition hints at a lighthearted bet between an American heiress and a titled duke. The heiress asks for fair treatment while the duke promises steadfast affection as long as she stays by his side.
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Baltimore American
Salon of Beaux Arts Opens Amid Mixed Masterpieces
Paris critics report nearly 1,200 paintings on view with many works judged commonplace and sensational. The show features pieces by Zuloaga, Abbii, Ullman, Friant, Weber, Gourtis, De Monville, Raffaeilli, Beraud, Boldini, and American artists Mi nerva Chapman, Clarence Ghion, Harrison, Mrs. Lee Robbins, MacMonnies, Melchers, and Julius Stewart. The overlook highlights airship imagery and a visionary peacock in the final gallery as viewers weigh merit versus spectacle.
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Paris
Salon of Beaux Arts
Weonnesday
Grand Palais
Rodin
Orpheus
Guillaume
Verbrand Villett
Zuloaga
Edwin Abbii
Lear
Henry VII
Eugene Ullman
New York
L’ Mermille
la Guadara
Friant
Hotel de Ville
Jean Weber
Tenier
Gustave Gourtis
Venice
Mills
de Monville
Bois
Levy D'Harmer
Aman Jean
Shannon
Raffaeill
Jean Beraud
Boldini
Davis
Caro del Valle
Minerva Chapman
Chicago
Clarence Ghion
Alexander Harrison
Lee Robbins
MacMonnies
Gari Melchers
Julius Stewart
Mesdames
North Sea
Two Kennett brothers lose boat accident on Meramec River
Stephen H. Kennett son of W P Kennett vice president of the German American Bank was drowned when a canoe overturned on the Meramec River. He and his brother Press Kennett rode the capsized craft for two miles clinging to the hull before Stephen exhausted and sank. Press barely escaped.
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St. Louis
Stephen H. Kennett
W. P. Kennett
Meramec River
Press Kennett
Stephen
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Patti Carney
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