Boston Hosts First Egg Rolling Contest At Common
Over 500 children gathered on Boston Common for the premier egg rolling event. The Sojourner Truth Club organized the contest with eggs on grassy slopes and a rule where a touch by the girl’s egg shared the prize. Also featured were an egg on a spoon race and an egg hunt.
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Monument Hill
Boston Common
Boston
Sojourner Truth Club
Northampton Street
B. O. Crosswaite
Washington
Alexander Wright
Jennie Good
Charley Stephenson
Frank Johnson
Police hail Mossessohn arrest in home burglary case
A Boston broker Mossessohn was arrested after police traced a trunk linked to a home burglary to his store at 16 Pleasant Street. Detectives joined Pinkertons to follow stolen property descriptions and Mossessohn was later bailed by friends.
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Pinkertons
Martin
Mossessohn
Pleasant Street
Armistrong
Joseph ‘Thompson
Shawmut Avenue
Massachusetts
Back Bay
Mary Berman
Baltimore
Common Council Adjourned Owing To Absence Of Quorum
The Common Council did not meet last night as no quorum was present when the meeting time arrived. President Barrett declared the council adjourned for a week.
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Common Council
Barrett
Simple at home Kidney remedy prescription
An eminent authority on kidney diseases and rheumatism promotes a home mixture of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Syrup Sarsaparilla for after meals and bedtime use. A local druggist confirms ingredients are harmless and easy to mix, claiming it soothes the kidney urinary tract and eases backache and bladder weakness, while removing blood disorders and rheumatism.
Vanity, Love and Hate Make Women Figure in the News
In a divorce suit from St. Louis, Mrs. Emilie Langton allegedly sought beauty by wearing black tights in California last summer. Depositions describe her dressing, including a room scene with a pink kimono. Concurrently New York society eyes a $2,000,000 townhouse on Fifty-second Street and Fifth Avenue linked to Mrs. Edward Harriman after a $650,000 site purchase.
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ST. Louis
Emilie C. Langton
John J. P. Langton
California
Felicidad Carrells de Kirby
Bonnie Brae
Los Angeles
Mrs. Kirby
New York
Edward H. Harriman
Fifty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Divorced by Court Over Intriguing Letter Exchange
In Chicago on April 4, Mrs Selma O O Gerts sought a divorce from Oscar Gerts. When asked the cause she cited a letter from a woman signing as Your Sweetheart Florence. The judge, Judge Gibbons, admonished and granted the decree citing the affair as sufficient grounds.
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Chicago
Selma Oo. Gerts
Oscar Gerts
Judge Gibbons
Blind heiress remarries blind news boy in hush marriage
In St Louis Amanda Burr Bailey, twice-divorced from a blind husband, married Charles Reevey known as Shorty, a City Hall newsboy. Reevey, listed in Bailey’s divorce petition, obtained a license with a deputy clerk. The couple wed quietly and left for their honeymoon.
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ST. Louis
Amanda Burr Bailey
Charles Reevey
Shorty
City Hall
Reevey
Bailey
Grace Baptist member shaving husband for church funds shocks Trenton
In Trenton at Grace Baptist Church an aid society member revealed she shaved her husband to raise church money. She claimed to shave him three times weekly at 15 cents a shave for over four months. The husband was treated as a martyr by congregants though his face bears few scars.
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Trenton
N. J
Grace Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Women barred from full membership in Long Island Automobile Club
In Brooklyn on April 4, the club adopted a resolution granting women only garage use and pennant rights. Mrs F Curtis sought membership to store a car near S T A C house at 860 Cumberland St and was added as member in good standing after deliberation. The proposal to give Elizabeth C Seaman full rights sparked the club crisis.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Long Island Automobile Club
Walter J. Pierson
Curtis
Elizabeth C. Seaman
Nellie Bly
Midget Charley Arrested After Bold Water Can Stunt
Charles F. Gilmore, 3 feet tall, claims acting career in freak shows and is the smallest man ever arrested in Boston. He was picked up in the West End after flashing a large can at a tall man on Court street and taunting a crowd before being taken to Joy Street station for the night.
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Charles F. Gilmore
West End
Boston
Charley
Howard Street
Fisher
Joy Street
Court Street
Stracciari and Wife Sightsee in Boston
Signor M Stracciari and his wife toured Boston with an afternoon automobile ride before visiting Humbert Tosi at 124 Cross Street Somerville. This was Stracciaris first Boston visit and he was impressed by the city. Madame Stracciari also praised Boston and its park system.
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Signor M. Straccilari
Metropolitan Opera Company
Humbert Tosi
Cross Street
Somerville
Boston
Tosi
Signor Stracciari
Madame Stracciari
Prevent the Grip Laxative Ad
To prevent the grip laxative bromio Quinine removes the cause call for full name and look for EK W Grove signature. 25c.
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EK. W. Grove
Merrill Leaves Jerusalem for Georgetown Demarara Post
Dr. Selah Merrill of Andover Massachusetts will leave his United States consular post in Jerusalem to take a new assignment in Georgetown Demerara British Guiana South America. The move raises his salary to 3000 dollars annually and he plans a visit to Andover before leaving. Other changes in the New England consular ranks include Roger S Greene moving from Wladivostock to Dalny the former Russian port now under Japanese control.
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Washington, D. C
Selah Merrill
Andover
Mass
United States
Jerusalem
Georgetown
Demerara
British Guiana
South America
Merrill
New
Bitlis Hit by Devastating March Quake in Armenian Turkestan
From Bitlis in Turkish Armenia a report says the March 29 quake, the strongest in 40 years, struck at 10 in the forenoon with 14 shocks on day one and 28 total. More than 4000 houses fell or were seriously damaged, with 50 to 500 dollars needed per home for repairs. Eight deaths are reported but unnamed. many churches mosques and government buildings were damaged. Russian officials and American missionaries were among foreigners in Bitlis.
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Constantinople
Royal M. Cole
Bitlis
Armenia
Erzerum
Charlotte E. Ely
Mary A. C. Ely
Lizzie Cole
Nellie A. Cole
Cloak Makers Strike Forces Boston Firm to Move
Due to a strike by the Boston ladies skirt cloak and suit makers unions and firm resistance, the Boston Atlas Manufacturing Company will discontinue business in Boston and relocate to New York, announced by union officers last night.
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Boston
Boston Atlas Manufacturing Company
New York
Chief J B Litchman Dies in Marblehead Depot
Chief J B Litchman of the Marblehead police died after suffering apoplexy at the depot while catching a 6 o clock train. A crowd rushed to aid him and an ambulance rushed him to Relief Hospital but he was pronounced dead.
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J. B. Litchman
Marblehead
Relief Hospital
Gans and Lewis Decline Nelson Bout Offer
Light weight champion Joe Gans and Harry Lewis of Philadelphia agreed to a 1338 pound bout, to be fought within three months for the best purse. Battling Nelson, present at the signing, was given preference by Gans but declined, saying he had enough money to retire.
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Chicago
Joe Gans
Harry Lewis
Philadelphia
Battling Nelson
Gans
Three Candidates for Turner's Place
Three candidates enter the field to replace Samuel H. Turner as assistant superintendent of the water department. Henry V. Macksey, James F. Anderson, and John Lally contend for the $2000 year position. Macksey has prior roles under Mayor Collins and various schoolhouse posts. Anderson is a water department foreman and Lally an inspector. All are Charlestown residents. Mayor Fitzgerald will announce the selection within days.
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Samuel H. Turner
Water Department
Henry V. Macksey
James F. Anderson
John Lally
Macksey
Collins
Whelton
Fitzgerald
Anderson
Lally
Charlestown
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Troy
Litchman
Dane
H. Newman
Shington
Turner
Jargedon & Lynch
Hargedon & Lynch
Washington St
Globe Theatre
Hanover Street
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