Plan for Her Museum in Back Bay Fenway
Mrs John Lardner seeks to build a stone backed Fenway museum to benefit Boston, arguing steel frames are unnecessary for strong walls and lamenting US tariff laws on imported art. She plans talks with the building commissioners, may move abroad if blocked, and hopes Boston residents can view her European treasures locally.
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America
Agmean
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Hanna May Favor Long For Second On Ticket
Washington reports say Senator Hanna favors Secretary Long as the vice presidential candidate, with Long Westward where he cannot be reached for comment. The plan aims to placate anti imperialist sentiment in New England and lend war prestige to the ticket.
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New England
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Bliss
New York
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Woodruff
The Alvin Joslin heir in Detroit widow tells tale
Pittsburg April 1 Charles L Davis owner of the Alvin Theatre left most of his estate to Margaret Schreiver later Mrs Edward F Simpson. She explains a romance begun in childhood with Davis who offered marriage in 1894 then wooed to leave his company. She married Edward Simpson and now recalls gifts and kindness while others claim cousins and a signed will may exist.
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Margaret Schreiver
Humboldt Street
Detroit
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Edward F. Simpson
Gebble Publishing Company
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Nothme
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Disaster in Vineyard Sound sinks schooner Abraham Richardson
The Bangor schooner Abraham Richardson, captained by Pomeroy from South Amboy to Rockland, was sunk in Vineyard Sound off East Chop after a collision with barge Alaska. All crew were saved. the uninsured vessel carried 213 tons of coal and was owned by F. W. Ayer & Co. of Bangor. The accident occurred when steering gear failed, steering the vessel into the barge, causing a rapid sinking.
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Rockport Lime Company
Mark Hanna’s Double Draws Shaves in Chicago Barbershop
In a Chicago barbershop Julius Koester, a portly Teuton, portrays Mark Hanna so closely that patrons flock for shaves to study his features. Republicans react with surprise at the resemblance while Democrats remark Marcus Aurelius would be pleased where Hanna’s boss seems to belong, and Koester goes about his day unbothered by politics.
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Julius Koester
Koester
Ohio Statesman
McKinley
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Boiler Explodes on French Torpedo Boat at Cherbourg
During forced draught trials at Cherbourg on April 1 a boiler exploded injuring five crew members severely. One sailor died and another leapt into the sea to escape the agony, drowning as a result.
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Cherbourg
France
Salvation Army to stage realist tableau show in New York
Under Mrs Booth Tucker and Lt Col Alice Lewis the Salvation Army presents a dialogue free stage series depicting workers daily life. About 500 New York headquarters workers perform in eleven tableaux with colored lights to aid East Indian fundraising. Ballington Booth reportedly seeks to change his son's name while Mrs Booth Tucker explains the family naming.
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New York
New York City
Booth- Tucker
Duchess of York Gives Birth to Fourth Child at York Cottage
London April 1 H R H Duchess of York has given birth to another son at York Cottage Sandringham. Mother and baby are doing well according to court physicians. This is the fourth child of the Duke of York eldest son of the Prince of Wales and heir to the crown. The first two were boys then a girl. The Duchess is a daughter of the Duke of Teck who married a daughter of Queen Victoria.
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the of Wales
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Life Guards
South Africa
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