Mrs. Childs Dramatic Story of Sacrifices and Self Revival
Elizabeth Scott Child recalls a life split by love and divorce as she rebuilds a new identity at 59 West 76th Street. She narrates a Boston youth, a failing marriage to Richard Washburn Child, and how illness, motherhood loss, and a public divorce shaped her pivot to fashion, writing, and a planned adoption of Hilza.
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Rain Postpones Opening Game Between Lexington and Brookline
The opening baseball game between Lexington High School and Brookline High School scheduled yesterday at Brookline was postponed due to rain. The teams will reschedule for a later date if a suitable day is agreed upon.
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Lexington High School
Brookline High School
Brookline
Adamson's Balsam Promoted for Graveyard Cough
An advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as a sure cure for a graveyard cough, urged by a speaker addressing an aunt. The tone is sales pitchy and practical, aiming to reassure readers of relief from a lingering throat ailment.
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Adamson
Will Quit Mexico if Carranza Makes Good
The article reports on the White House and cabinet deliberations over Carranza’s note and whether to withdraw American troops. Secretary Lansing and Secretary Baker hint at talks with the de facto government, while officials weighCarranza’s actions against the pursuit of brigandage and Villa. The timing and terms of any potential withdrawal remain unsettled, with officials awaiting further reports from General Funston and General Pershing.
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International Line
Suffragist Couple Wed by Contract in New York City
A bride and groom entered a marriage by contract. Miss Anne Page and Robert Wolf, both active in suffrage work, publicly revealed the arrangement at the city clerk’s office. Wolf, from Cleveland via Harvard, and Page, a Radcliffe leader, planned their life together with family approval. The pair, who met in college, will reside in New York.
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Cleveland University
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Boston
Haverhill Doctor Hurt in Auto Crash
Dr. Hugh Donahue of 21 White Street sustained a severe scalp wound when the car he rode in collided with another vehicle at Water Street and Buttonwoods Avenue. He was en route to Hale Hospital to visit a patient and is hospitalized.
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Lawrence Not Liable In Suits Over Bath House Deaths
In Lawrence Superior Court Judge Dana sustains the city's demurrer in six suits arising from the 1914 Merrimack River bath house fatalities where 16 children drowned. City Solicitor Murphy argued the motion as damages totaling $100,000 were named in the suits.
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Dana
Merrimack River
Daniel J. Murphy
Militia Drill Planned for Cambridge High School Students
Cambridge High School students will receive military training after the school board approved Superintendent M. E. Fitzgerald’s plan. The program includes rifle practice and Boy Scout style training, with emphasis on close formation drill but limited attention.
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M. E. Fitzgerald
Cambridge School Board
Cambridge High Schools
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Mexican government pins limit on U.S. punitive expedition
Juan Neftali Amador, Mexico's sub secretary of foreign relations, tells AP that Mexico will insist that any armed U S expedition entering Mexican soil in punitive guise be restricted to 1000 service personnel only, cavalry.
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Mexico City
United States
Associated Press
Juan Neftali Amador
Mexican Foreign Office Rejects Broad Punitive Expedition Limits
Sub Secretary Amador in Queretaro outlined Mexico policy during General Carranza’s absence. He argued punitive expeditions must stay within 40 miles of the border, restricted to 1000 troops for at most five days, citing Parral as proof of US overreach and urging withdrawal to ease tensions with the United States.
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Mexico
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United States
Parral
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Boston Clean Up Campaign Mobilizes 60000 Fliers
The Boston clean up committee plans a May 1 to 5 campaign with sixty thousand handbills to be distributed citywide by public works members. The fliers inform the campaign's purposes and tie distribution to ash removal efforts in multiple districts.
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Public Works Department
Boston
Baker and Wilson Confer Overnight on Mexican Situation
Secretary Baker and President Wilson held a midnight conference on the Mexican situation. Baker later said he still had no official information about the Parral clash and that his late White House visit had no special significance, as he waited for the President’s return from the theater.
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Parral
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