Vice-President's Wife Narrow Escape In Accident
Mrs James S Sherman wife of the Vice President escaped injury when a horse ran away and crashed into the automobile she rode in with Mrs Wood and George A Trask at Centre Market on Pennsylvania avenue. The horse struck the hood and then turned away as a policeman seized the reins to stop further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
James S. Sherman
Wood
George A. Trask
Centre Market
Pennsylvania Avenue
Boston Ex-Mayor Green Urges Middle Path For City Reform
Samuel A. Green, nearing eighty, argues Boston should not be radical nor complacent. He backs a smaller City Council and reform of the charter, praising recent efforts by Mayor Hib bard and the current City Council as honest while urging unity among leaders to improve governance. He notes past frugal administration and cautions against self serving politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Samuel A. Green
Green
Matthews
Hart
Mr. Green
New York
Philadelphia
Hibbard
Woman offers 200 dollars for a good husband
A Chicago widow will pay 200 dollars to any Methodist Church that provides a suitable husband. Rev James Rowe announced the offer after a woman pledged the reward if a church can find her a husband. Rev P D Vaughan of Halsted Street Industrial Church will collect suitors’ petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Rowe
City Missionary Association
The
Methodist Church
P. D. Vaughan
Halsted Street
Cliftondale Man Missing From Lynn Factory
Benjamin A. Moses of Essex street Cliftondale disappeared after leaving the F. A. Goddard & Co. Broad street Lynn factory Saturday noon to travel to Boston on a Narrow Gauge train. He is 31, 5 ft 6 in, 140 pounds, brown hair eyes and mustache. Wife Mrs. Alice Moses seeks help through the Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin A. Moses
Essex Street
Cliftondale
F. A. Goddard & Co
Broad Street
Lynn
Boston
Alice Moses
Moses
Ft. Sin
Mr. Moses
Raymond Offers to Light City Free
Mayor Hibbard received George J. Raymond’s letter protesting a proposed street lighting contract. Raymond said he could form a company to provide 91,000,000 per year and likely light the city for free, challenging the Edison franchise and arguing the city should pay no more than 50 per light instead of 108 under the new agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
George J. Raymond
Mr. Raymond
Edison Company
Colima Volcano Eruption Sparks Mass Migration Near Towns
A severe Colima eruption followed by an earthquake shock causes terror and desertion as residents flee from several nearby towns and villages toward safer areas. News reached Mexico City today confirming widespread panic and displacement.
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Mexico City
Colima
Bulls In Wheat See Wild Day As Patten Ties Held
Chicago April 20 Bulls in wheat traded leaderless amid a bear raid that pushed July down and erased gains. Prices closed around 1 123 with a substantial loss as small traders were squeezed and longs and shorts adjusted positions. Patten followers questioned his influence while Patten aides said he bears no responsibility for price moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patten
Police add 17 reserves to force total 1265 on rosters
At roll call last evening 17 new reserves joined the department bringing total personnel to 1265 patrolmen and reserves. Superinten dent Pierce inspected the new recruits at noon. The list assigns each to divisions and notes several transfers between divisions. Resignation of Reserveman William A. Grant from Station 10 was accepted and took effect.
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Police Department
Pierce
Benjamin Alexander
William J. Barrett
Nicholas R. Bowe
Patrick J. Carr
Ambrose M. Donahue
Michael M. Foley
Charles S. Gordon
Peter F. Grady
James
Thomas Casey
Gustave ©. Falk
John F. J. Dolan
Joseph A. Verkampen
Joseph P. Trainor
David E. Mulcahy
Jilted Girl Kills Actor In Florida Home
In Jacksonville on April 20 Miss Jessie Brown shot and killed actor and director Earl P. Adams of the Mabel Paige stock company at his home. Adams had announced his approaching marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bagley, to whom he had been previously engaged.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Earl P. Adams
Mabel Paige Stock Company
Elizabeth Bagley
Jessie Brown
Adams
Miss Bagley
Great Throng at Ball of Intercolonial Club
The third annual Intercolonial Club of Boston ball was held at Intercolonial Hall Dudley Street. Dancing led by Henry J. Cunningham with assistants and a long list of male and female patrons and patrons organizers.
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Intercolonial
Intercolonial Club of
Boston
Intercolonial Hall
Dudley Street
Henry J. Cunningham
Harry J. Fagan
E. Eldon Ramsay
Newman C. Fielding
Hugh Dysart
Herbert W. Vickerson
Frank MacFarlane
David McIntyre
John
M. Nellie Mitchell
Theresa Gallagher
Kathleen Macdonald
Margaret Cruckshank
Geraldine Murphy
Stephen O'Meara
Alexander McGregor
Arthur E. Childs
James M. Morrison
George J. Raymond
J. Bayne Hill
Thomas E. Johns
John A. Campbell
Alexander C
Edward Everett School Reunion in Dorchester May 15
Dorchester graduates of Edward Everett School plan a reunion at the Columbus Club house Pleasant street Dorchester on May 15. The event features vocal and instrumental entertainment dancing and a collation with C H Barnaby of 33 Crocker street Somerville in charge as president of the association.
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Edward Everett School
Dorchester
Columbus Club House
Pleasant Street
C. H. Barnaby
Crocker Street
Somerville
Yale Students Hear Mitchell on Workingman and Church
John Mitchell former UMWA president spoke at Yale Divinity School in New Haven Conn on April 20 addressing the relationship between workers and the church.
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New Haven, Conn
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Yale Divinity School
Taxicab Crashes at Shawmut Bank Entrance
A taxicab jumped the curb on Milk Street and struck the bronze railing at Shawmut National Bank. The car halted at the basement steps guarding Bradlee and Cutler brokerage offices after the driver reportedly sped uncontrollably.
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Milk Street
Shawmut National Bank
Bradlee & Cutler
Burglary at Gould summer home in West Gloucester
Detectives reported a break in at Charles W. Gould's Chelsea summer home in West Gloucester. Furniture was smashed and canned goods stolen. A woman's skirt and side combs were found. police suspect burglars stayed two days. A separate break in at Frank S. Loring's Main Street lunch room yielded about 8 dollars from a coffee can.
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Gloucester
Charles W. Gould
Chelsea
West Gloucester
Frank S. Loring
Main Street
Awakens Civic Consciousness in Boston Merchants
James J. Storrow told the Merchants Club last night that Boston must build a strong, well funded organization to plan long term city development rather than rely on political machinery. He urged coordinated merchant cooperation to improve congested districts, noting 31 000 West End residents in a dense area and high consumption deaths. Edward A. Filene called for uniting all city groups to synthesize a single development plan.
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Merchants of
Boston
James J. Storrow
Merchants’ Club
Algonquin Club
Mr. Storrow
West End
Edward A. Filene
Woman in North End Arrested for Enticing Girls
A stylishly dressed woman driving through the North End last night was arrested by Hanover Street station officers on a charge of enticing young women to go to New York. She gave the name Clara Johnson.
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North End
Hanover Street
New York
Clara Johnson
Clash During School Probe In Malden Board Meeting
The Malden Board of Aldermen clashed with Inspector of Buildings Frank A. Connors and ex-Councilman Winship, chair of the High School building commission, as Winship accused Connors of politics and boycotting meetings. Dr. Charles D. McCarthy was named as a political influence. Witnesses later testified about misaligned windows in the new High School.
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Malden
High School Building Commission
Board of Aldermen
Frank A. Connors
Winship
Dr. McCarthy
Inspector Connors
Mr. Winship
McCarthy
Laying Plans for Sky Pilots Club
A movement seeks to form an aeronautical pilots association to join the Aero Club of America. Members must be pilots with ten ascensions, two alone and one at night, and hold a pilot's certificate within an affiliated club.
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Association of Aeronautical Pilots
Aero Club of America
Child Drowns In Brook Near West Barnet Home
In St Johnsbury Vermont on April 20, three year old Alice Choate daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Choate of West Barnet drowned after falling into a swollen brook while playing in the barnyard near her home.
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ST. Johnsbury, Vt
Alice Choate
Charles Choate
West Barnet
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Satur
Raymond
Light City
Mother Earth
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Bears
Patten House
Jilted Girl
Edward Everett
New England
Sensa
Tion
Henry Siegel Co
Bend
Wilmerding, Morris & Mitchell
Broadway
N. Y
Philadelphia Tapestry Mills
Stead & Miller Co
Moss Rose Mfg. Co
Rolleb
YALE
Mitchell
Shawmut Bank
Storrow and Filene
Royal Axminster
Amsterdam
Worcester
Lowell
Mass
Penn
Brussels
Val
Smyrna
China
Henry Siegel
Oxford
SKY Pilots’ Club
Verona
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