Public wedding crowds flood Mechanics Building in city exposition
Miss Miriam E Ball Swampscott sculptress marries Russell Babcock Palmer of Utica New York before about ten thousand spectators at the Home Beautiful Exposition in the Mechanics Building. A bouquet toss, police guards, and a Lenox Hotel wedding dinner followed a dramatic ceremony amid displays. The couple received a $500 gold purse and gifts to furnish a home.
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Swampscott
Utica
Mechanics’ Building
Miriam E. Ball
New England
Russell Babcock Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
Lenox
Chester I. Campbell
Home Beautiful Exposition
Grand Hall
Mechanics
Grace Hanley DeViney
Hotel Coolidge
Vantine
Farmer Painter Alfred Montgomery Dies in Los Angeles
Alfred Montgomery aged six, known as the farmer painter, died in Los Angeles. His work Down on the arm was displayed at the Paris exposition in 1900 and later sold for $10,000.
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Los Angeles
Alfred Montgomery
L C W Party Huge Success At Boston Hotel
One of the largest gatherings of women in a Boston hotel filled the Copley Plaza for a whist and bridge party by the League of Catholic Women. Seating for 120 was exceeded as 1450 attendees crowded the ballroom and adjoining rooms. Prizes were awarded to top players including Mrs. John O Day and several others from Brookline Cambridge Winthrop and Lowell. The event, organized by Mrs Edmund F Butler, drew delegates from eight clubs and guests from Lawrence Andover Haverhill Salem Lynn and nearby cities.
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Boston
Copley Plaza
League of Catholic Women
League
Edmund F. Butler
Newton Centre
Lawrence
Lowell
Andover
Haverhill
Salem
Lynn
John O'Day
Brookline
Maurice Curran
Patrick Harrington
Cambridge
Mary G. Clarke
West Somerville
Charles L. Bradley
Winthrop
Mary Corcoran
Minnie A. Davenport
J. C. O’connell
James H. Fitzpatrick
Charles Marron
Francis E. Slattery
Catholic Women’s Clubs
Alvan T. Fuller
James M. Curley
Martha Moore Avery
Vincent P. Roberts
Theresa Dacey
William F. Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald
James J. Phelan
Thomas F. Glynn
Prisoners Jam Towns Lockup
Fifteen men and two women pickets were arrested in Webster on loitering charges at the South Village mill of S Slater & Sons Inc. Weavers striking six months protested the loom system. As arrests occurred they passed banners to others who continued the patrol until cells filled. Prisoners refused bail.
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Webster
South Village
S. Slater & Sons Inc
Chelsea Bank Leader Edward H. Lowell Ill in New York
Edward H. Lowell president of the Chelsea Trust Company and noted Boston banking figure is critically ill with pneumonia in a New York hotel. He, Mrs. Lowell and his brother and wife were visiting New York for a few days when illness struck after arrival. Lowell also chairs the Chelsea school committee.
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Edward H. Lowell
Chelsea , Trust Company
Greater Boston
New York
Mr. Lowell
Lowell
Chelsea School Committee
Passenger lines to open May 1 by Merchant & Miners
The Merchant & Miners Transportation Company will open the Philadelphia Boston and the Baltimore Norfolk Providence lines for passenger service on May 1. The company announced yesterday that daylight saving time will be observed at Baltimore Philadelphia Boston and Providence.
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Merchant & Miners Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Fragmented Opinion on Emerging International Issue
The fragment hints at topics becoming live international concerns requiring discussion. No clear figures or entities are identifiable. As written, it suggests debate or policy relevance without specifics.
British American ties face prejudice claim described
A historic document cites alleged actions that would affect prejudicially the good relations of the British empire and the United States, signaling diplomatic friction amid rising tensions between the two powers.
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British Empire
United States
Flappers Hurt Corset Makers as Fashion Shifts
New York reports show 15 million flappers wearing about 18 inches of elastic and a growing trend toward the round garter and hose supporters. Corset firms, led by Weingarten Brothers, remain hopeful about still vast demand from 30 million women who will continue wearing corsets.
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New York
United News
United States
America
Weingarten Brothers
Training Camp Blanks Ready for Civilian Camps at Devens
Pierpont L. Stockpole announces that application blanks for the Civilian Military Training Camp at Camp Devens in August are ready. Men from 17 to 25 may obtain blanks at the Military Training Camps Association headquarters, Room 316, 84 State Street.
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Pierpont L. Stockpole
Military Training Camps Association
Camp Devens
State Street
Boston Faces $500000 Cost for Women Jurors Annex
Mayor Curley announced the city must fund more than 500000 for an annex to the Suffolk County Court House to accommodate women jurors as urged by Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg. State would pay one third if legislation passes, with city debt-borrow limits requiring special authorization. The Chief Justice called current quarters utterly unfit.
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Boston
Curley
Arthur P. Rugg
Supreme Court
Suffolk County Court House
Court House
Somerset Street
Howard Street
Tariff Debate Put Over to Monday in Senate
Officially the tariff bill was before the Senate but received scant attention. Republican leaders agreed to Democrats request to defer further discussion until Monday so the minority can be ready to proceed with general discussion of the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Outlook for World Peace Better Says Geddes
Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador, told the Pilgrim Society in New York that international problems once seen as dark clouds have faded. He spoke at the Plaza Hotel and recalled his previous address to the group.
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Geddes
New York
Sir Auckland Geddes
Pilgrim Society
Plaza Hotel
Sir Auckland
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