Mrs Ruffin May Stay Home From Los Angeles Club Meeting
Massachusetts delegates to the General Federation of Women's Clubs plan to travel to Los Angeles for the biennial convention as the color question dominates the agenda. Mrs Josephine St Pierre Ruffin contemplates attending only if her presence aids the admission of Boston's Woman's Era Club, otherwise she will stay home. She notes the issue is a conflict between white northern and southern clubs and expresses weariness with the controversy and prejudice surrounding the matter.
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Massachusetts
General Federation of Women's Clubs
South Terminal
Raymond & Whitcomb
Los Angeles
Cal
Woman’s Era Club
Boston
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Massachusetts Federation
Colored Clubs
Bra
North
South
Milwaukee
Era Club
State Federation
Colored Ladies of
National Confederation
Mrs. Ruffin
Mobs March on King Oscar Palace in Sweden
Mass meetings for universal suffrage were held across Sweden. In Stockholm a disorderly mob tried to reach King Oscar's palace and was charged by police with several wounded and arrests made. Troops guard palace approaches as Malmoe hosts about 15,000 attendees.
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King
Oscar
Stockholm
Sweden
Malmoe
First Mass Held in New Dorchester Catholic Parish
Father McGoldrick celebrated the first masses in the new Dorchester parish at Harvard and Ris mond streets with three services at 7, 9, and 10:30. Mass will be at Greenwood Hall until a temporary church is erected, and daily services start at 7:30. Confessions will be heard Saturday at the parochial house. marriages baptisms and sick calls continue at St. Peter's Church until May.
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Thomas C. McGoldrick
Harvard
Rismond Streets
Dorchester
Esmond Street
Father McGoldrick
Florence J. Halloran
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Greenwood Hall
Glenway Street
Plummer Attacks Christian Science In Cambridge Church
Reverend Morton W. Plummer denounces Christian Science at Broadway Baptist Church Cambridge, labeling its teachings unscientific and un-scriptural. He challenges its denial of death and resurrection and criticizes Mrs Eddy for alleged logical fallacies while defending traditional Christian doctrine and mind over matter.
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Broadway Baptist Church
Cambridge
Morton W. Plummer
Dynamite Kills 00 Soldiers in Nicaragua Barracks Blast
A massive explosion at a two story barracks in Managua on April 16 killed about two hundred officers and soldiers and injured many others. Nearby buildings including the National Hotel and National Palace were damaged. President Zelaya returned from Miassaya and blamed conspirators while noting vast stores of dynamite and powder at the site. Authorities warned residents to evacuate briefly as fires and aftershocks continued.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Hotel
Central Telegraph Station
National Palace
Zelaya
Miassaya
Explosion toll and damage estimate in monetary terms
Among the many dead not blown to atoms, a burial is planned. The current lowest damage estimate from the explosion covers houses, furniture, cannon and war materials totaling 2 500 000 dollars.
Readville Nominations For 16th Annual Breeders' Meet
The Readville nominations list for the New England Breeders Association 16th annual meeting includes J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston with Azema and several offspring from notable sires, along with entries from Maplecroft Farm Northbridge and Maplewood Farm Portsmouth. Notable names include Thomas W. Lawson Boston and J. H. Quinn Worcester with multiple horses entered, reflecting a strong field for the September event.
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New England Breeders' Association
Readville
J. Malcolm Forbes
Boston
Azema
Br. F
Bingen
Vina Belle
Winaka
B. m
Norval
Naomi
Onward
Red Tape
Prodigal
Brown Silk
Baron Wilkes
James Golden
Medford
Invader
B. G
Bon Bells
Eufaula
Sentinel Wilkes
Frank Kenney
Ch. G
Boreal—Arie
Pantheon
George W. Leavitt
Armilla
Wilkes
Dam
Almark
Baroness Mabel
Christabel
St. Bel
Achille
Br. H
Starlight
Electoneer
Red Cliff
Honor
Monroe
Maplecroft Farm
Northbridge
Ethelwyn
Br. m
Spurlock
Glenarm
Maplewood Farm
Portsmouth
Katrinka G
Stelinway
Katie G
Flectioneer
Pay Bells
Bow Bell
Palena
Strathmore
Colonel Carter
B. H
Nutwood Wilkes
Spry Ruth
Boodle
Mariposa Farm
Lincoln
R. I
Readspring
Annie Wilton
Wilton
Jeane Tell
C. m
Axtell
Jane Look
Look
Naradad
Sable Wilkes
Narada
Simmons
H. Nelson
Waterville
Geiger
Wake Bell
Winnie Davia
Gagnant
Re. G
Jay Bird
Dexter Prince--Linnott
Eblectiloneer
Tadcaster
Alfred G.carslet
Lord Russell
Walter Learned
Edgemark
Peace terms to be presented by Boer leaders around Transvaal
Pretoria April 20 General Dewet moved to Heilbron General Botha to Vryheid and Delarey with Mthayen ex president of the Orange Free State to Klerksdorp. They plan to meet burghers at various rendezvous to submit the British terms. Transvalers are believed to accept them as they seek no winter campaign though Orange Free State supporters may resist.
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Pretoria
Dewet
Heilbron
Orange River Colony
Botha
Vryheia
Transvaal
Delarey
Mir. Mteyn
Orange Free State
Klerksdorp
Orange Vree
Boston fretted over strict noon closing laws
The article notes enforcement chaos as shops close by 10 a.m. under noon restrictions. Parks remain dry, bakeries shut pre noon, while coin-operated slot machines thrive, selling gum and candy. police fail to curb the devices, even as Roxbury druggists host machines outside their doors and profit continues all day.
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Roxbury
West End drug stores refuse candy and soda sales
In Scollay and Bowdoin square pharmacies clerks refused to sell candy or soda by order of police. Signs stating no confectionery or soda were placed in windows. Customers expressed disbelief and some mocked the policy with cartoons and remarks about the rationality of the rule.
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Scollay
Bowdoin Squares
Scollay Square
Back Bay Dry as Semicolon Law Challenged
A Post reporter and a hotel proprietor tour Back Bay druggists on a Sunday to test the new blue law. They find soda sales barred, with clerks joking about the restrictions and a fashionable lunch spot offering doughnuts and tea instead. The druggists vent frustration at the new rules and the hotel men smile at their predicament as they navigate the city’s soda ban.
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Boylston Street
Beck Bay
Ice cream forbidden on prescription under blue laws in Charlestown district
A Charlestown district tour reports druggists and fruit dealers closing on Saturday afternoon under blue laws. Police delivered notices. all stores complied and refused soda, candy, or ice cream without a physician’s prescription. Yesterday proved a soda day for few in heat.
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Charlestown
WANTS LAWS REPEALED BY ASHMONT GROUP
The Ashmont Improvement Association pushes repeal of Sunday blue laws in Dorchester. President Charles P. Anderson plans a meeting with local business leaders to enact repeal measures and urged speedy legislative action on House bill 628 to Governor approval.
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Ashmont Improvement Association
Charles P. Anderson
Dorchester
Association
Berry
Legislative Committee On Probate and Chancery Yeanentad
Anderson
Retention Factions Debate Statute Law Proposals
Lawmakers split on keeping existing statutes as critics urge repeal while supporters advocate continuity. Debates hinge on maintaining regulatory framework amid calls for modernization and public interest safeguards.
Law Bans Candy Machines Spark City Defiance
Law openly violated as penny slot candy machines operate at drug stores, elevated stations, and restaurants. Despite warnings and police talk of seals or court action, violations are widespread with no arrests. Drug customers defy the ban, prompting possible repeal or legal moves next Sunday.
Woman Arrested Over Sunday Sales In Dorchester District
A Sunday sales incident in Dorchester led to the arrest and $10 fine of Mrs. Margaret Coffey, with her daughter Evalyn Coffey recounting that sales had been customary when the corner Edwin Street shop was vacant. Patrolman Spargal testified, saying the druggist’s friend was involved, and the case raised broader questions about enforcing blue laws.
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Marret Coffey
Dorchester Avenue
Hunt
St. Patrick's Day
Perraes
Margaret Coffey
Dorchester
Spargal
Inday
Vield’'s
Ehoo
Mourning Over Soda and Candy Ban Hits Local Drug Stores
Drug stores across the South End observed a police injunction restricting soda and candy sales on Sundays. Shoppers jeered at clerks who refused service while shops displayed mourning decor such as crepe and blackboards. A Brookline and Washington corner store posted the fountain is at rest as sales halted.
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South End
Shawmut Avenue
Brookline
Washington Streets
Gardner’s Drug Store
Owever
West Newton Street
Washington Street
Aecard
Bartlet Leads Druggist Fight Over Blue Law
President William H. Bartlet of the State Pharmaceutical Association fronts a campaign against the Boston blue law as druggists press a pending Legislature bill. A March 28 hearing by probate and chancery covered sale of candies and sodas with a hoped 11 word amendment to ease access amid opposition from Rev. M. D. Kneeland and the Sabbath Protective League.
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William H. Bartlet
State Pharmaceutical Association
Bartlet
Boston
Dorchester
Committee On
Probate and Chancery
M. D. Kneeland
The
Sabbath Protective League
Fire claims seven lives in Hackney blaze
A fire in Hackney last night killed seven people including a man two women and four children. Emergency crews found the victims at the scene and authorities opened an inquiry into the cause of the blaze.
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London
Hackney
Eastern Steamship Co schedules from Boston and Portland
Boston and Portland steamers depart daily or on specific weekdays from India Wharf and Union Wharf. Routes connect to Portland Eastport Lubec Calais St John and provincial points with returns via Eastport Portland and St John. Agents include Gardiner Larcher Jones and Calvin Austin.
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India Wharf
Boston
Portland
Interior
Commercial Wharf
Eastport
Lubec
Calais
St. John
Union Wharf
Bath
Richmond
Gardiner
Hallowell
Augusta
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Lanstage
Gardhr
KB. Larchler
International Division
A. Jones
Kennebec
Calvin Austin
Atlantic Ave
Georgia
Savannah
Lewis Wharf
New York
City of Savannah
Simmons & Marsters
Washington St
Price
N.E.A
E.H. Downing
Agt
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Co
Norfolk
Baltimore
Newport News
Providence
A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Washington Street
Summer Street
W. P. Coria
R. I
Boston and
Philadelphia Steamship Line
Philadelphia
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
E. B. Sampson
State St
Fiske Building
Frank R Stockton Dies in Washington
Prominent American writer Frank R Stockton dies in Washington after a long career noted for humor and variety. Born Philadelphia April 6 1834 he worked for Scribner's and St Nicholas before publishing acclaimed juvenile and adult works including The Lady of the Tiger and The Great War Syndicate. He spent summers in Charlottesville Virginia and produced many popular stories and histories.
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Frank R. Stockton
Philadelphia
Champagne
Scribner's
the St. Nicholas
Mr. Stockton
Charlottesville
America
Great War Syndicate
Rudder Grange
Pomona
Schurz on Barbarities at Liberty League meeting
April 20 Washington report on Lexington anniversary events at Lafayette Square Theatre under Liberty League. Roosevelt pledged support in a letter to Dr. W. C. Croffitt. Senator Teller presided. remarks from Cochran Indiana Robinson Missouri De Armond Missouri Feely Illinois Shafroth Colorado Vandiver Missouri. Carl Schurz sent regretful letter condemning Philippine barbarities and Weyler comparison.
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Washington
Lexington
Lafayette Square Theatre
Liberty League
Roosevelt
W. C. Croffitt
Teller
Colorado
Cochran
Missouri
Robinson
Indiana
de Armond
Feely
Illinois
Shafroth
Vandiver
Carl Schurz
Philippines
Weyler
Cuba
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Christian Science
Mrs. Eddy
Eddy
W.f.smith
Ummer
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Smith
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J. E. Smith
East Dixfield
Maine
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New England Breeders’ Association
West End Drug Stores
Back Bay
Globe Wernickel
Federal ST
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Showalter
Representative Showalter
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Blue Law
For All
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Eng
Canal Street
Dominion Line
Liverpool
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Commonwealth
New England
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Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
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Ivernia
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Ultonia
Alexander Martin
Mass
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren Line
Sachem
Michigan
Warren & CO
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Kansas
125 Mile Street
Eastern Steamship CO
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Camden
Belfast
Searsport
Bucksport
Winterport
Hampden
Stonington
So. W. Harbor
No. BE. Harbor
Seal Harbor
Bar Harbor
Kennebec Division
JOY Line
Ton ST. Tal
Atlantic City
W. Va
Stockton
Hosford & Williams
Tremont St
S. R. Knichts & CO
Walk Hill Street
Patten, Rodman, Wachusett, Nathan and Bourne Streets
Eldridge Road
Forest Hills Station
Patten Street
M. E. Church
Forest Hills
Hosford W Illiams
Dudley Talbot
James J. McCaffery
Elizabeth McCaffery
Dorchester Cooperative Bank
Suffolk
City of
Leonard Street
Said
Oston
W. O. Badger
Leonard Place
Sald Leona Place
Dorchester Co-operative Bank
Frederick W. Porter
George P Clark
Cohasset Savings Bank
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Richfield Street
County of
Billings
Ketsree
Columbia
Olmey Streets
S. R
J. H. Pierce
Bradford & Badger
N. M. Jewett
Q. S Lothrop
Herald Building
ATASA
Couasset Savings Bank
Caleb Lothrop
S. R. Knights & CO
Holyoke St
Columbus Av
S. R. Knights &C
Broadway
Jordan Place
ss.—Superior Court
In Equity
George Benda
Boston Post
Henry EF. Bellew
Henry E. Bellew
Schurz
Angel of Mercy
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