Wellington elected president of Daughters of Massachusetts
Mrs. Austin C. Wellington was elected president during a birthday reception and tea at the Hotel Brunswick. Other officers named include Mrs. Otis B. Brown as first vice president Mrs. Oliver Ames Sr as second vice president Miss Jennie G. Moseley as recording secretary Mrs. Albin L. Richards as corresponding secretary Miss Martha R. Prescott as treasurer and Mrs. Mary E B Rand Miller as assistant treasurer.
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Mary
Rand Miller
Wilson praised as statesman in Bridgewater rally
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth urged support for Woodrow Wilson at a Democratic convention event in Bridgewater. He framed Wilson as Jeffersonian in spirit, backing equal rights and opposition to special privileges, and cited Charles Sumner Bird praising Wilson's progressive record. Thacher urged Wilson's re election.
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Yarmouth
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Bridgewater
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
Charles Sumner Bird
Faneuil Hall
Mr. Bird
Colonel Corn Finds Politics Pay in Funny Sunday Page
The note hints at a humorous color comic feature in the Sunday Post, starring Colonel Corn and a political satire angle. It promises a loud, entertaining spread with vivid illustrations and a witty take on current events.
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Colonel Corn
Boston Elevated Railway Improves Medford Hillside Service
The Boston Elevated Railway Company will raise service on the Medford Hillside lines tomorrow. During normal hours trains with 68 seats run every 10 minutes, up from 16 minutes with 52 seats, boosting hourly seating from 28 to 408 and cutting gap times from 15 to 10 minutes. In rush hours, 68 seat cars run every 10 minutes on both the Arlington Centre and Gore Street lines, delivering five minute service and increasing seats per hour from 616 to 816, about a 60 percent gain.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Medford Hillside
Arlington Centre
Gore Street
Nephew to Contest Will of Somerville Benefactor
A nephew cut off in the will of Richard B. Sturtevant of Somerville plans a contest. A Probate Court hearing is set for April 24 in East Cambridge. Malcolm E. Sturtevant of Somerville filed an appearance yesterday. The late Richard H. Sturtevant was the city's heaviest taxpayer. his estate valued around $300,000.
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Somerville
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Malcolm E. Sturtevant
Richard H. Sturtevant
New trolley shelter nearing completion at Park Street exit
Work on the Park Street subway exit trolley shelter is nearly finished with men reaching the roof as of yesterday, signaling rapid progress on the project.
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Park Street
Arlington Street
Elevated Shelter Aids Suburban Commuters
A new shelter at the Elevated platform is planned to ease waiting for cars from the subway to suburban points. It will be ornamental, not encroach on the street, and sized to cover typical crowds even in stormy weather.
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Elevated
Harvard Alumni Bulletin lists 297 men in wartime service
The Harvard Alumni Bulletin reports 297 Harvard men engaged in war work in Europe in diplomacy relief or combat. It names their activities and notes many have earned bravery honors while eleven were killed in ambulance or soldier duties.
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Harvard
Europe
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Doctors Lose in the Senate
The Senate faced strong opposition from leading medical men and the Anti-Saloon League but moved bills forward. One bill would legalize the use of verbal drugs, a controversial practice tied to Pang Suey, a Chinese doctor denied a medical certificate by the State Board. Another bill would allow liquor license holders to appeal Licensing Board decisions to the Superior Court, staying removals and requiring annual license reissuance in Boston.
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Senate
Boston Licensing Board
Pang Suey
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Superior Court
Licensing Board
Boston
Meats and Produce Prices Rise in Boston Markets
Boston retailers reported higher meat prices and a general price uptick in green vegetables and sugar at wholesale. Asparagus sells at 25 to 35 cents a bunch with some varieties at 15 cents, artichokes 8 cents each, strawberries 25 cents per box, and tomatoes 12 cents a pound.
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Boston
Market Prices Show Varied Groceries Across Produce
Greens and spinach are 30 cents a peck with best greens at the same. eggplant 20 to 25 cents each. summer squash eight cents a pound. Lettuce 12 cents, Baldwins apples 50 cents a peck. Cod and haddock 8 cents. salmon 50 cents a pound. shellfish prices vary. Print butter 40 cents a pound. fowl 2% and chicken 30. Beverages and meat prices hover with France demand noted for pork. Navel oranges 37 cents a dozen. grapefruit cheap. rhubarb 9 cents a pound.
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Hennery
France
Morgan Art Auctions Add Three Collections
New York April 13 three more collections of art treasures assembled by the late J Pierpont Morgan have been sold bringing strong bidding from collectors and museums. Proceeds and buyers were not disclosed in the report but the sales continued as part of the Morgan legacy in fine arts.
Morgan Sale Includes Renaissance Bronzes and Limoges Enamels
The Morgan collection was sold by his son J P Morgan to Fifth Avenue dealers for 4 million dollars. The sale included 200 Renaissance bronzes 160 Limoges enamels and one Italian marble piece. More than 15 million has been realized from Morgan sales with most works still on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Fifth Avenue
Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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