Pearls and Old Lace in a Haywood Family Room
A first person narrator, Hortense Haywood, longs for pearls and lace as she frets over an engagement to Gilbert Haywood. She dreams of escaping an arranged marriage by planning a dramatic shift from roses to a church wedding, invoking Great-grandmother Hortense for guidance while recalling family portraits and a costly household.
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Fibbie
Haywood
Longwood
Gilbert
Hortense
France
Gilbert Haywood
Mme. Bonney
Ruth
Vibbie
Prince
Springfield bachelor congressman Gillett profile
Congressman Frederick Huntington Gillett, a leading Springfield bachelor, is profiled. Born October 16, 1851 in Westfield, he is Amherst College 1874 and Harvard Law School 1877, practiced law in Springfield, served as assistant attorney general of Massachusetts 1879–82, and was in the State Legislature in 1880 and 1891. His Washington tenure began with the 53rd Congress.
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Frederick Huntington Gillett
Springfield
Congress
Westfield
Gillett
Amherst
Harvard Law
Massachusetts
Washington
Boston
Carter Plans Purchase Of America Author's Home For Landmark
Horatio Carter of Wellesley raises funds to buy Dr. S. F. Smith's Newton Centre home to establish an historical landmark honoring the author of America. The will left the property to his widow, then dead, prompting renewed efforts by patriotic societies amid prior low offers. Smith’s hymns appear widely in Christian hymnals.
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Newton Centre
Horatio Carter
Wellesley
S. F. Smith
Carter
Dr. Smith
Newton
Lyman Begins A Third Term As Boston Port Collector
George H. Lyman was sworn in at his Commonwealth Avenue home to begin a third consecutive term as Boston port collector. He reappointed John M. Fiske as special deputy and received congratulations from department heads, telegrams, and letters.
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George H. Lyman
Boston
Mr. Lyman
Francis ©. Lowell
Commonwealth Avenue
John M. Fiske
McKinley
Roosevelt
Lyman
Pretty Maria Botmeister and Andres Fors Wed at Immigration Station
Pretty Maria Botmeister a 21 year old Finnish girl met her sweetheart Andres Fors about a year and a half ago at a dance in the old country. Fors had come to the United States in search of work and sent money for her passage. Maria arrived aboard the Saxonia, waited at Long Wharf detention, then he came on Sunday and they were married at the immigration station by Justice James Barnes before departing for New York.
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Maria Botmeister
Andres Fors
Long Wharf
Justice of the
James Barnes
New York
Maria
Andres
United States
America
Cunard
Saxonia
Talks on Love and Sentiment by Mildred Champagne
A reader asks about one sided love and lasting relationships. The columnist argues many loves are not one sided, cites social rules and fear of being left as causes of unhappy marriages, then advises a broken hearted woman to resist returning to a manipulative long courtship.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Dent
Senator Alger Seriously Ill at Hotel Brighton
Atlantic City reports Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan is seriously ill at the Hotel Brighton with a heart complication linked to a cold. Relatives have been summoned to his bedside.
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Atlantic City
Brighton
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Morse and Moran to Talk Insurance Today
Ex-Senator Morse requested a conference postponement between District Attorney Moran and Morse, who represents major New York insurance companies. The hearing was rescheduled to 10 o'clock this morning to hear the insurers' side before action on rebating charges pressed by Thomas W.Tawnson. Moran had set 3 o'clock but Morse cited illness for a further delay at 2 PM.
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William A. Morse
Moran
Morse
New York Insurance Companies
Mr. Moran
Thomas W. Tawnson
Postmaster Hibbard Regains His Health
Postmaster George A. Hibbard returned to Boston Sunday night with his wife and daughter after more than a month in Florida to recuperate from pneumonia contracted at his brother’s funeral in Brooklyn in January. Several post office departments sent flowers to his office yesterday and Hibbard says he has regained his health.
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George A. Hibbard
Boston
Florida
Brooklyn
N. Y
Post Office
Hibbard
Lincoln O'Brien Named Editor of Boston Evening Transcript
The Boston Evening Transcript announces the appointment of Robert Lincoln O'Brien as editor. He succeeds Er H. Clement who resigns from editorial duties to focus on the literary side. O'Brien, a long time Washington correspondent, graduated from Harvard in 1891. James T. Williams Jr. of Washington will assume O'Brien's duties in the city.
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Robert “Lincoln” O'Brien
Washington
Boston Evening Transcript
O'Brien
Er. H. Clement
Transcript
Harvard
James T. Wiliams, Jr
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