Siegel Ball a Big Success at Copley Hall
A high turnout greeted the Henry Siegel Company Employees Mutual Benefit Association ball at Copley Hall. More than 1000 danced, netting about 700 to 1000 dollars while company leaders and many buyers attended.
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Copley Hall
Henry Siegel Company
E. G. Kramer
M. H. Meyer
H. Sacks
James Fay
William J. English
William Hanley
Joseph Wilson
H. L. Tannenholz
Harry Hollander
J. Willard Hayden
Kramer
Mollie Dick
Edith Galvin
Lillian Walsh
Agnes Friel
Elizabeth Wight
Hazel Cortel
Margaret Doherty
Emma Peters
Annie Keenan
Annie Kendall
May Day
Kittle Doherty
Alice Norton
Cophia Donovan
Grace Cogswell
Ethel P. Bradbury
Nellie Downey
Pearl Hodgkins
Sadie McNeil
Alice Carberry
Helen Grinnell
Rose McLaughlin
Estha Freedman
Mary A. Aronson
Bertha Driscoll
Elizabeth Leahy
Ruth Arlong
Gertrude Walburge
Misses Hamelberg
Carrie Snelling
Barbara Coughlin
Ethel Ladd
Edna Roope
Margaret Hoar
Katherine Bolger
D. B. Bryant
BE. E. Riceman
Estha Smons
M. Ensey
Rose Calahan
Mabel Powers
Louise Hayward
May
Blood Medicine Promoted For Spring Health
An old time advertisement urges readers to mix a blood cleansing tonic using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsa parilla, claiming it strengthens kidneys and purifies blood to fight rheumatism nervousness skin issues and other ills. The copy asserts safety and low cost from any local pharmacy.
Mercantile Agencies Fear and Profit Highlighted in Letter
A letter argues mercantile agencies wield power over men’s names to ruin reputations and claim vast yearly profits. The writer claims fear among businessmen would vanish if agencies did not hold sway.
Wakefield A OH annual concert and ball draws 1200
Division % A O H of Wakefield held its annual concert and ball in Town Hall. The hall was prettily decorated with ferns and palms. About 1200 people attended the event.
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Wakefield
Jerome Probes Jurors In Thaw Case Inquiry
New York April 18 District Attorney began probing a report that a juror in Harry K Thaw trial was approached by a policeman during the proceedings Henry C Brearly, a juror, met with the DA at his office and others were to be summoned for testimony about the incident The policeman allegedly spoke to jurors while the jury walked from the Criminal Courts building to the Broadway Central Hotel.
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John Edward Roberts
Shaw
Robert
Edgar Dickinson
Roberts
New Mexico
Mud Lake
Wis
Newport
Old Town
Bridgewater
Monticello
Smyrna
Ed Dickinson
Dickinson
William Sewall
Smith Brook
Sewall
Dickingon
Island Falls
Maynard
Knight
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Henry C. Brearly
Jerome
Thaw
Criminal Courts
Broadway Central
Kan
Parker Denies Thaw Defence Report
Ex Attorney General Herbert Parker denies reports he will lead Harry Thaw's defence at an October new trial. Parker's office issued the denial after noon yesterday.
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Herbert Parker
Harry Thaw
Parker
Dance Hall Closed by Dedham Police Action
John Williams' dance hall in the Columbia Theatre building was closed by Acting Captain Ritter of Dedham street station after weeks of surveillance by special officers. Reports prompted the summary shutdown of the venue.
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John Williams
Columbia Theatre
Ritter
Dedham Street
Harvard and Lehigh Lacrosse Tie After Extra Period
In Bethlehem Penn today Lehigh and Harvard finished tied five goals apiece after an extra period of 32 minutes. The prolonged overtime left the score still even and the contest unresolved.
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Harvard
Lehigh
Bethlehem
Penn
How Women Figure in News of Day
In Pittsburg, R M Gulick fights a $3100 dress creation dispute after separation. In Detroit, Matilda Schnepper testifies in divorce court that her husband spanked her, while he claims her temper caused his misery.
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Detroit
Mich
Matilda Schnepper
Mothers mishap ends in accidental broken arm
In Almont Michigan on April 18 Mrs William Manning attempted to spank her son Harold but he wriggled free. The intended blow struck her own arm between the elbow and wrist resulting in a broken arm.
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Almont
Mich
William Manning
Mamma Manning
Harold
Prank Causes Ill Woman to Collapse in Wilkes Barre
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a practical joke left Mrs John Berkstrasser an invalid for years prostrate at home as police search for the culprit. A telephone threat claimed her son was fatally hurt at local car shops. he was found at work unharmed.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
John Berkstrosser
Berkstrasser
Mirrors banished at government printing office sparks revolt
In Washington on April 18 Public Printer Stillings orders removal of all mirrors from the government printing office. He argues women workers waste time looking at themselves and bans mirrors along with calendars and engravings, triggering unrest among female staff and concerns for Mr Stillings.
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Washington
Stillings
Insurance bill seeks to form Mutual Direct Life Society
The House insurance committee reported a bill to incorporate the Mutual Direct Life Assurance Society of Boston with authority for over the counter life insurance business. Incorporators include Henry L. Higginson Thomas L. Livermore Edward D. Codman Louis A. Frothingham Laurence Minot Charles F. Adams 2d and John P. Reynolds Jr. Paid up capital set at 200000 dollars.
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Legislative Committee On Insurance
House
Mutual Direct Life Assurance Society of Boston
Henry L. Higginson
Thomas L. Livermore
Edward D. Codman
Louis A. Frothingham
Laurence Minot
Charles F. Adams
John P. Reynolds,Jr
Newton and West Roxbury Seek Trackless Trolley Line
A petition will be presented to the Aldermen in a few weeks asking authority to establish a trackless trolley line between Newton and West Roxbury. There is no current trolley between these points and officials say the trackless system could save about 12000 dollars per mile in construction costs.
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Newton
West Roxbury
Clark's Hotel License Sought by Grant Nephews
Rumors of Clark's Hotel closing after proprietor death are dispelled as William Grant and Charles Grant apply for a license for the coming year. Billy Grant, a longtime patron favorite, and the nephews of the late M. C. Clark, will run the hotel in the same popular style.
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Clark’s
William Grant
Charles Grant
Billy Grant
M. C. Clark
Mrs Micah Dyer Heads Charity Club Again
Mrs Micah Dyer, founder of the Woman s Charity Club, was re elected president for the twentieth time at the annual meeting in Sewall Hall New Century building.
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Micah Dyer
Woman’s Charity Club
Sewall Hall
New Century Building
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Houston
Maine
Mrs. Dickinson
Perle
Bessie
Mercantile Agencies
A. O. H. Ball
Gauses
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
Bell and Poole
Clude
Boston
Pittsburg
R. M. Gulick
Gulick
Cluett, Peabody 4 CO
Cluett Shirts
Clark’s Hotel
U. S
VU. S
Washington St
Mearm State Street
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