Funeral for Mrs. Ellen H. Richards Apr 2 at Trinity Church
MIT announced that the funeral for Mrs. Ellen H. Richards of Jamaica Plain will be Sunday at 2:30 PM at Trinity Church, Copley Square. Honorary pallbearers include MIT president Dr. Richard Cockburn Maclaurin and other tech leaders. Multiple organizations will send pews in her honor. she requested cremation.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ellen H. Richards
Jamaica Plain
Trinity Church
Copley Square
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin
The
Institute of Technology
Roger S. Williams
Arthur A. Noyes
Chemical Research Department
Alfred E. Burton
A. L. Merrill
American Home Association
Richards
Technology’s Woman Association
Boston
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Vassar College Alumnae of
Wolf's My Clothier offers free garment alterations
A notice suggests Wolf's corner Hanover and Portland streets advertises free alterations on women s garments. It notes that many shops would charge two to three dollars per garment, and implies the savings add up, highlighting how small benefits matter in total.
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Womers
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Curious feature in news of the day
Albert Adams a 44 year old varnish maker died of pneumonia after kissing his dead wife who died last week of the same disease. Industry wealth and labor disbursements are discussed with output projections for the year near 1910 levels.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Albert Adams
Life pensions for Iowa teachers proposed in Jackson County bill
A Des Moines report notes a bill by Representative Ellis creating the State Teachers Board to regulate a new State Teachers Retirement Fund. It would require annual salary withholdings, allow retirement after 25 years, and cap the annuity at 500 dollars or half the last five years’ withheld amounts, or half the salary.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ellis
Jackson County
State
Boy Finds Largest Illinois River Clam Pearl
In Peoria Illinois a 72 grain clam pearl valued at 2250 dollars was awarded to Harry Cudahy a Chillicothe boy by a Circuit Court jury. B J Wood who held the pearl must relinquish it or pay the amount. Several clam fishermen had claimed the jewel in a series of minor suits. The pearl is noted for its unusual color and lustre.
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Peoria
Ill
Harry Cudahy
Chillicothe
B. J. Wood
Wood
Cudahy
Vast timber wealth fuels Inland Empire economy
Spokane report states nearly 110 million dollars invested in timber holdings, plants, equipment, logging roads and offices across the Inland Empire. The industry directly supports 100000 people and indirectly 200000 more.
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Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire
Officials Seek One Cent Balance in Placerville
Placerville officials complete a long chase to balance city books after a decade. A persistent one cent discrepancy between the city clerk and city treasurer arose when interest was paid on improvement bonds ten years ago. Past trustees dismissed the issue. current officials insist the difference be resolved promptly.
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Placerville
Woman murderess begs to bring cat to jail in Harrington
Mrs. Margaret Davis, life sentence for Ira Churchill’s murder, pleaded with the county sheriff to allow her pet cat into her cell. She cried that the cat has been her closest friend for six years and asked what she would do now, but was refused as against penitentiary rules.
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Harrington
Neb
Margaret Davis
Ira Churchill
Triangle Waist Factory Fire Safety Ban Ordered
New home of the Triangle Waist Company at 144 Washington Place area banned by the building department after four rows of machines block the fire escape. Company resumes on top floor of a six story non fireproof building near the disaster. Relief funds total 65 571 with thirteen bodies unidentified. Grand jury probe promised a strict inquiry.
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New York
Triangle Waist Company
Washington Place
University Place
Ex Captain Hunt Dead Dorchester Police Leader Dies at 74
Charles W. Hunt former captain of Station 11 Dorchester died at his son’s Dorchester home after a shock last Saturday. A Dorchester native born, he joined the police in 1873, rose to sergeant in 1877, lieutenant in 1888, and captain in 1890. He retired Feb 1908 and is survived by his wife, three children, a brother, and a sister. Funeral plans pending.
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Arthur M. Hunt
Minot Street
Dorchester
Station 9
Roxbury
Rachael Crosby
Charles Cutter
Henry Mi'drem
Brookline
Henry W. Hunt
Ellen L. Hunt
Neponset
No Jurisdiction Over Umpires Pay In Baseball Case
The National Baseball Commission dismissed J J Kellys claim for 232 dollars, contending it lacked clear jurisdiction over umpires pay while disabled. It noted players might receive full pay, but umpire status differs. the court recommended the New York State League settle with Kelly for the full disability period.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission Today
J. J. Kelly
New York State League
Kelly
Supreme Court of Baseball
New York League
Love suit questions bog down Kendall refusals to answer
Fay B Kendall an attorney at 18 Tremont street answered part of Miss Mildred M Eliot’s suit for 50000 dollars for alleged breach of promise. He declined to discuss personal actions and hotel registrations, admitted some meetings and a Bangor trip in 1909, denied introducing Miss Eliot to Miss Marion Porter as his wife, and gave an income of about 5000 dollars yearly with no real estate or personal property.
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Fay B. Kendall
Tremont Street
Mildred M. Eliot
Mr. Kendall
Holyoke Street
Boston
St. Botolph Street
Mountfort Street
Bangor
Waterville
Kirk
Miss Carter
Marion Porter
Miss Eliot
Linden Street
Royal Street
Allston
New York
Eliot
Lawyer declines to answer fourteen personal questions
The man, age 39 and a lawyer with an office at 18 Tremont Street, refuses to answer fourteen personal questions. He says he met Miss Eliot in the summer of 1906 at the office of William B. Sprout and confirms the meeting though details remain undisclosed.
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Tremont Street
Eliot
William 3B. Sprout
Next Week at Y M C A Union Shows Lectures and Talks
Upcoming Y M C A Union week features Dr A L Gunderson Arnold Arboretum delivering Natural Science in Leisure Hours with stereopticon views on Saturday April 1. Rev A W Littlefield Brookline opens April Sunday afternoon conferences on What Do We Owe Ourselves with music by the Commonwealth Maid Quartet. Wednesday at 8 A T Kempton Lunenburg Mass recounts Hunting and Fishing in the Land of Evangeline with colored stereopticon views.
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The
Christian Union
A. L. Gunderson
Arnold Arboretum
A. W. Littlefield
Brookline
Commonwealth Maid
A. T. Kempton
Lunenburg
Mass
Land of
Evangeline
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