North Shore society notes from a Boston season
Boston socialites prepare for summer escapes with plans to Fishkill Mt. Desert and Magnolia while entertaining guests at cottages and clubs. The piece tracks movements of Sargents Bremer Head and other prominent families sailing for Europe and hosting house parties in New England, New York, and Vermont.
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Winthrop Sargent
Commonwealth Avenue
Vendome
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
Sargents
Mt. Desert
New York
Roseton
Parker Bremer
Bay State Road
North Shore
William L. Putnam
Smith’s Point
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Charles Head
Beacon Street
Mary Head
Margaret Head
Ernest W. Longfellow
Egypt
Alexandria
Joseph Sargents
Helnan
America
Magnolia
Chandler Robbins
Union Club
Havre
Savoie
Elsie R. Boutwell
Newbury Street
Blake-Knapp
Violet
Miss Boutwell
Virginia Hot Springs
Oliver C. Stevens
Lincoln Grant
Fassifern Farm
Hot Springs
Boston
Joseph Storey Fay
Francis Welch
Dedham
William Power Wilson
National Polo Association
Metropolitan Club
Rudolph L. Agassiz
Myopia Hunt Club
Agassiz
W. Seward Webb
Fredericka Webb
Shelburne
Webbs
James Lawrence
Groton
California
John B. Osborn
Newton Street
Cambridge
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Ei. Rollins Morse
Morses
Wilsons
Newport Villas
Propose Marriage Honest Love Encouraged
The passage urges openly declaring honest love at the right moment to show sincerity. It argues that even if not returned, the person benefits from the experience and persuasion, while the recipient may feel flattered by a marriage proposal.
How to tell if a wedding date love interest likes you
A 17 year old seeks guidance on a 22 year old man she met after a wedding. The adviser urges obtaining father’s approval, inviting him to call, and observing his reaction. Advice emphasizes cordial behavior, not overwhelming affection, to allow mutual respect and potential future affection to grow.
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Miss Champagne
G. Dd. F
Easter Bonnet on Beacon Hill Priced at 175
A Boston milliner markets a Paris made deep violet Easter bonnet with ostrich tips seed pearl buckles and chains priced at 175. The feature hat draws envy and debate on $5 versus $50 bonnets while reflecting fashion’s vanity and social signaling.
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Paris
Boston
New England
Protesting Motto on U S Training Ship Hartford
A Boston mother objects to the engraved motto Damn the torpedoes go ahead on the training ship Hartford. She argues the line incites murder and calls on public figures to remove it and encourage a more noble inspiration for the cadets.
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United States
Artford
Marragut
Hartford
Morton
Admiral Farragut Utterance Cited By Veterans For Hartford Inscription
Members of the Kearsarge Naval Veterans Association avoid discussion of an inscription linked to Mrs. Sleeper. Inspector Andrew Houghton recalls Farragut spoke the line 49 years ago and notes the admiral will never say those words again. Veterans defend the inscription as harmless and claim critics overreact to long-standing public sentiment.
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Kearsarge Naval Veterans’ Association
Hartford
America
Coitlagge
Farragut
Mrs. Sleeper
Love and Slander Clash in Army Fort Romance
Mollie and Lieutenant Bobby Nickerson share flirtations at a fort while Mollie struggles with a revealing manuscript. Her father, a stern colonel, appears as Mollie contemplates burning the story to shield the station from scandal. Bobby presses for marriage and a future free of conern.
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Mollie
Genius
Bobby Nickerson
Nickerson
Bobby
Major Pasco
Judy O'Grady
Casey
Pasco
Reception to Army Nurse Association President at Cambridge
Charles Beck Relief Corps 2 hosted a reception for Mrs. Fannie T. Hazen national president of the Army Nurse Association at the Massachusetts Avenue Methodist Church Cambridge last night. Ushers were corps officers and members of the D. of VY.
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Charles Beck Relief Corps 2
Fannie T. Hazen
Army Nurse Association
Massachusetts Avenue Methodist Church
Cambridge
Corps
D. of VY
Egg Deluge Hits Boston Ahead of Easter Rise in Supplies
Eggs from across the nation flood Boston with 20,538,600 eggs in 60,000 cases. Dealers and Fruit and Produce Exchange report continued arrivals, predicting high prices may drop if supply persists. West and South markets opened simultaneously boosting stock for Easter cravings.
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Boston
New England
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Jansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Local Clothing Sale Ads Highlight Shirts and Hosiery
An old newspaper clipping lists shirts at 50c and 75c, medium weight wool in white and gray, 25c cotton and lisle hose, and men's negligee shirts in oxford, cheviot and chambray with new spring patterns.
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Oxford
Cheviot
Bray
Mrs Russell Sought as Guardian for Doc Broom
A petition filed in Probate Court asks for Mrs Russell of Melrose to be appointed permanent guardian of young Doc Broom. The matter is returnable Thursday April 27, with a hearing likely several weeks later before Judge Grant.
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Russell of
Melrose
Doc’’ Broom
Grant
Commissioner Billings Decides Deportation of Romani Boys
Commissioner Billings orders deportation for Romani boys who arrived on the Romanie and were detained after a special hearing on suspicions of being brought by padrones. Those with no relatives or guardians to provide support will be sent back.
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Billings
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