Notables Arrive on Steamer Winifredian
After a summer voyage from Liverpool the Leyland Line steamer Winifredian arrived in the lower harbor late Monday night and docked yesterday. John Singer Sargent and sister Emily return from England with plans to touch up murals at Harvard Widener Library. Mary McDonald of Arbroath comes to marry David F. Caird of 231 South Common Street today. Mrs. Bessie E. Richards returns from Cardiff with infant Josephine Peggy Richards to Brockton.
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Liverpool
Leyland Line
Winifredian
Lower Harbor
John Singer Sargent
Emily
England
Widener Memorial Library
Harvard
Mary McDonald
Arbroadh
David F. Caird
South Common Street
Caird
Bessie E. Richards
Cardiff
South Wales
Brockton
Josephine Peggy Richards
District society helps family escape street begging
After the Family Welfare Society backs police plans to curb begging, a woman and her elderly father visit the office seeking alternatives to begging. The society will pursue the deserting husband and find legitimate livelihood options for the pair.
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Family Welfare Society
Post
Society urged to support police plan new members drive
It notes this instance may come to society’s notice as police department plans proceed and stresses public support is needed to recruit additional members.
Vast Boston Voting List Surges With 490 326 Names
Nearly 10 000 new additions were added from April 1 over six days, boosting Boston's voting list to 490 326 people over 20. Years. No gender split yet, but sponsor predicts more women than men. Station counts show Fields Corner leading with 63 419, Dudley Street 57 774, East Dedham Street 43 362, others listed by station.
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Boston
Fields Corner
Dudley Street
Roxbury
East Dedham Street
South End
Hanover Street
North End
City Hall Avenue
Joy Street
West End
la Grange Street
Athens Street
South Boston
Mayor veto blocks $100000 playground loan in South Boston
Mayor Curley vetoed the $100,000 loan order for improvements to the Christopher J. Lee Playground in South Boston. He cited the council's failure to rescind a $340,000 loan for the South Boston municipal gymnasium, saying it hampers essential playground upgrades for the greatest good of the public.
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Christopher J. Lee
South Boston
Curley
Fisherman Missing After Fog Envelops Dory Pickup
The schooner Sadié A. Nunan from Gloucester reported 60 miles south of No Man's Land that crew member William Donahue disappeared after a dory incident in sudden fog. The crew searched the area but found no trace, and Captain Charles O'Neill remains hopeful he may reach shore.
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Dory
New Bedford
Sadié A. Nunan
Gloucester
Charles O'Neill
William Donahue
No Man’s Land
O'Neill
Donahue
Nantucket
Chestnut Hill Engagement Announcement
Mrs John Richardson of Hammond Street Chestnut Hill announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Charlotte Blake Richardson to Wyman Richardson son of Mrs Maurice Howe Richardson of 224 Beacon Street and the late Dr Richardson Harvard man 17 now in his third year at Harvard Medical School Harvard 1908 brother John Richardson and sister Miss Louisa C Richardson are named in the notice
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John Richardson
Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill
Charlotte Blake Richardson
Wyman Richardson
Maurice Howe Richardson
Beacon Street
Dr. Richardson
Harvard
Miss Richardson
Louisa C. Richardson
Harvard Medical School
Boston Health Units Face Financing Dispute
Boston officials clash with life insurance executives over funding two health units in congested districts. The mayor proposes units funded by late George R White’s will, while insurers cite 1918 influenza costs of eight and a half million dollars. Initial units likely in South Boston and East Boston with a medical director earning $5000 yearly.
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Curley
George R. White
Boston
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Washington Street
Bedford
Winter Street
America
Josephine Peggy “Richards
United States
Bessie E.richards
Rockton
Poiret Twills
Charlotte Richardson
Ye Craftsman Studio
Tricotine
Poiret
West Oxfords
Gilchrist CO
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