Boston Horse Show dazzles with record 5000 spectators
Five thousand Bostonians from business and society filled Mechanics Building for the fourth Horse Show evening. Thomas W. Lawson and Eben D. Jordan led in Class 40 with Glorious Whirling Cloud and Gloriously Cloud. Mrs. John Gerken won saddle tandem, while Lord Brilliant captured the open class. Lawson repeated victory in multiple events as crowds roared for each blue ribbon.
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Boston
Allen
Thomas W. Lawson
Eben D. Jordan
P. J. Cronon
Mr. Lawson
Mr. Jordan
Glorious Lying Cloud
Tom Naddy
Lord Brilliant
John L. Wentz
Lawson
Sheepshead Bay
George Keene
T. G. Frothingham
Stevenson
Amory
Park
A. Henry Ginson
Aggie Chel
Charles M. Loeffler
Francis Peabody, Jr
C. B. C. Mather
Victor Aer
Cjean Eweep
Imp
Mathers
John R. Macomber
Wirling
Willie
Jordan
Scarlet Letter
Doris Lawson
Cloud
Evening Cloud
George B. Hulmes
Aurel Batonyi
Batonyi
Batonyl
Copper King
Ortrude
C. L. Ratley
Kentucky
My Lady Dainty
John Gerken
Flying Cloud
B. D. Jordan
Lord Beaufort
Lord Belfast
Plymouth
Elegance
E. D. Jordan
Chestnut Hill Stock Farm
Wahr
Glory
Neuhart
Miss Mather
Anna Rice
Belle Beach
Howland Russell
Lady Bellwood
Lord Brillant
Lora Golden
Dr. Wentz
Mrs. Gerken
Gladys Law
Glorious Conjurer
Glorious Oreezer
Thayers Dominant at Horse Show Family Attendance
At the Horse Show the Thayer family garners top attention with Mrs John C Fairchild as guest in an elegant black dress and violets. Catherine Thayer wears brown cloth and blue trimmings while Busan Thayer opts for blue and white foulard with lace. Carrie Thayer appears in a continuing display of the family's fashion presence.
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Thayers
John C. Fairchild
Catherine Thayer
Busan Thayer
Carrie Thayer
Fashionable party guests fill Thayer boxes in Boston
A list of attendees and outfits from a Boston party details Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and Mrs. E. V. R. Thayer in lace and white bodices, hats with veiling, and guests like Miss Madeleine Boardman in black velvet, Mrs. Eben D. Jordan with violets, and Miss Katharine Fay of Wellesley in black. The crowd includes many named locals and visitors at the Thayer residence.
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Nathaniel Thayer
E. V. R. Thayer
Harry Smith
Ecru
George FB. Crowninshield
Gardner Prince
Madeleine Boardman
Rebecca Jackson
Miss Warren
Samuel D. Warren
Eben D. Jordan
Katharine Fay
Wellesley
Holiar Abbott
Hislen Warding
Helen Sears
J. Montgomery Sears
Constance Lippett
James W. Kenney
May Kenney
John B. Osborn
Fred L. Emerson
C. H. Washburn
Miss Lippett
Mire
Kenney
Miss Kenney
Osborn
Lees
Grace Dabney
Thayer
Anna Thayer
Lena Stevenson
Margaret Fay
John Caswell
Phyllis Robbins
Bryce J. Allan
Richard Rice Barrett
HH. D. Burnham
The Jordan and Law son Blue Ribbon Contest Ball
The 11th annual Tammany Associates ball will be held this evening in Bethesda Hall, South Boston.
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Tammany Associates
Bethesda Hall
South
Boston
Plea for New Subway: Community Urges City Ownership
A statement on the Washington street subway argues for public ownership and a 20 year lease, opposing long corporate control. It cites Governor Crane’s veto message, Mayor Collins, ex Mayor Hart, and Lt. Governor Bates, urging passage of a bill through the House to let Boston’s transit commission build owned subway with 4 percent rent, dated April 16, 1902.
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Washington Street Subway
Washington Street
Stpp
Elevated
Elevated Railroad
Boston
Ashington Street
Crane
Collins
Boston Papers
Hart
Bates
Charles 8Mlin
Associated Board of Trade and Publi Franchise League
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Associated Board of Trade
Publo Franchise League
Magee Collins
Board of Trade
Public Franchise League
Edward R. Warren
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Andrew G. Webster
Mulvey
Building Trades
B. Driscoll
Fedration of Labor
Tronton
Marathon runners prepare for sixth annual B A A race
About fifty top long distance runners from the United States and Canada enter the sixth annual Marathon under the Boston Athletic Association. Notable entrants include John Caffrey of Hamilton Ontario winner in 1899 and Ronald J. McDonald of Antigonish Nova Scotia who won in 1898. The start is noon from Ashland and finish at the B A A clubhouse on Exeter Street with Massachusetts militiamen and Ambulance Co members escorting the field.
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Counmry
Canada
Boston Athletication
John Caffrey
Hamilton
Ont
Jon
Ronald J. McDonald
Antigorish
N. 8
Ashland
Exeter Street
J. McDermott
N. Fse
Ronald McDonald
Lawrence Brignol
Seeseenee
Soraennssay
H. H. Holton
PB. A. A
Norman de Venive
Jamaica Plain
John L. Flynn
Boston
Wiese Sullivan
I. Quigley
Roxbury
H. A. Potter
J. J. Lemphier
H. F. Riley
Louis Mo
A. C
New York
J. A. Doyle
W. A. Behrobonim
A. A. Yonkers
J. A. Meller
A. A
Yonkers
N. Fl
Mit
Con
William J. Moeirr
William H. Korb
Dorchester
Babcock, Jr
Milton
McQueeney
Amdge
G. Moody
Brighton
D.rowey
Keefe
South
McDonald
Natick
Frank Lynch
Cambridge
John Lorden
Massachusetts
Ambulance Co
John Cafifrey
Ontario
Caffrey
Anti-Injunction Bill Sparks Convention Action
Indianapolis April 17 The manufacturers convention opened with a vote on the Lovering drawback tariff bill resolution. The body referred the issue to the legislative committee as the anti injunction bill resolution drew stronger opposition than a prior report. The resolution, adopted without debate, warned that such legislation would be revolutionary and anarchic, threaten property values and workers interests, and risk mob violence if legalized.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Manufacturers’ Convention
Wood
Pennsylvania
Legislative Committee
Resolutions Committee
Piha
Gates Kinois
Resolutions Committees
Lation
Anerf
Water cure details emerge in Philippines hearing
Senate Philippines committee hears further testimony on the water cure. Edward J. Davis of Greenfield, a former sergeant in the Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, recounts administering the torture at the convent in Igbarras on November 27, 1900, under Captain Glenn, with details of retention, eye bloodshot effects, and subsequent imprisonment. He corroborates Lyons’s role and notes two local police officers were subjected to the method. Davis also describes the burning of Igbarras ordered by Glenn, leaving about 10,000 people displaced and most buildings destroyed.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Edward J. Davis
Greenfield
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Igbarras
Glenn
Presidente
Davis
Riley
Lyons
Conger
Lloto
Ighbarras
Douglas ses Great Day Celebrates Douglass Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Edward B Douglass of Chelsea celebrated their wedding anniversary at 4111 Broadway with more than 200 guests attending. Their son Arthur F Douglass and his wife hosted a marriage reception after a ceremony at 5 o clock. Frances E Barrett (Richard Barrett of Chelsea) was the bride. Ina B Douglass was maid of honor and Harry C McFarlane the best man. The couple were married April 17 1877 in Charlestown. Delegations from social and fraternal groups attended along with numerous presents.
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Edward B. Douglass
Chelsea
Broadway
Arthur F. Douglass
Frances E E. Barrett
Richard Barrett
R. Perry Bush
First Universalist Church
Ina B. Douglass
Harry C. McFarlane
Marri
Charlestown
Mrs. Douglass
Dancing pe purty third annual held at Historic Hall Roxbury
The third annual dancing pe purty under Fr McCarthy ran last night at Historic Hall Roxbury. It drew a large crowd from nearby mercantile houses on and Tremont streets.
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Fr. McCarthy
Historic Hall
Roxbury
Tremont Streets
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Horse Captures Society
Russia
Pitts-Kimball
Old Colony
Uneeda
Orchestra
Grenoble
France
Y.h.c. H.o
B.D
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E ‘Ray
C. Y
Hunt
South Boston
B. Genobs
T. F. Coohe
Eeaeion
H. F. O'Brien, Jr
Sophiatas
Bea Brighto Ie Manson
Cambridge Cc
Sweeney
Tance
G. H. Russell
Roger Walcott
John Babset Blake
Beckford
Ronald J. MacDonald
Herman DE Veuve
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Douglasses
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