Delight of Bling Hosts Blind Kindergarten Reception
The ladies' visiting committee of the Kindergarten for the Blind in Jamaica Plain hosted a reception at Perkins and Day streets. Committee members included Mrs. Louis Agassiz, Mrs. William Appleton, Miss Agnes Brooks, Miss Caroline Derby, Mrs. B. Winchester Donald, and others. Guests were welcomed and an exhibition of the children's work was presented.
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Kindergarten For the Blind
Jamaica Plain
Perkins and
Day Streets
Louis Agassiz
William Appleton
Agnes Brooks
Caroline Derby
B. Winchester Donald
Maud Howe Hiatt
John On Gray
Tomas Mack
Ngsmill Marrs
George H. Monks
E. Preble Motley
Annie C. Warren
Helen Clark
Buttercup
Mary Allen
Lucy Rabesic
Violet
Loretta Noonan
Daisy
Nettle Gray
Queen Bee
Edna Abbott
Ye Jean
John Curran
Drone
Daniel Crandall
Robin
John Wetherell
Woodpecker
Edward Ray
Crow
Joseph Rodrigo
Polliwog
Heroux
Harry
Francis H. Appleton
Gathering Features Remarks By Rev Burr And Boy Orchestra
At the gathering the Rev. Everett D. Burr spoke briefly. An orchestra formed by a dozen or more boys performed during the afternoon.
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Everett D. Burr
Acquisitive Armenian Arrested in Missouri Larceny Case
Jacob Johnson, an Armenian laborer at the Great Northern Paper Company, is in custody in Madison Missouri on larceny charges. Police seized more than 2000 pounds of metal including costly bronze at his home, and a second haul was found at Waterville’s freight house intended for shipment to Boston.
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Madison, Mo
Jacob Johnson
Great Northern Paper Company
Johnson
Waterville
Boston
St James Reunion Brings Boston Notables Tonight
St James Catholic parish plans a silver jubilee reunion at Music Hall tonight from 8 to 2 with a concert then dancing. Prominent locals include Hon J H O Neil and ex Senator John Quinn. Former pastors Bishop Healy and Bishop Harkins also attend.
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St. James Catholic Parish
J. H. O'Neil
John Quinn
Healy
Onde
Harkins
Provience
Harrison as Counsel in Illinois Levee Case Extension
Former President Harrison appeared in the Supreme Court to seek more time for preparing papers in Ken versus Wheelock. The case concerns a Say Carlough levee in Adams County Illinois with potential stakes near 000,000. The court granted the requested extension.
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Washington
Harrison
Sureme
Ken Vs. Wheelock
Say
Adams County
Illinois
McClure Held for Jury in Vermont Embezzlement Case
Marvin McChuss a music dealer was held for the May term at Windsor after a second hearing before United States Commissioner Morse E. Johnson in Rutland Vermont on April 23. Bail was left open and McClure was remanded to U S marshal custody as charges involve aiding cashier Charles W Mussey of Merchants National Bank in an embezzlement case.
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Rutland
Marvin McChuss
Charles
W. .Mussey
Merchants’ National Bank
Unit States
Iorse E. Johnson
Burlington
House of Correction
McClure
Windsor
United States
Massachusetts National Bank votes 60 percent assessment
At a special stockholders meeting yesterday, the Massachusetts National Bank authorized a 60 percent assessment to raise $400,000. Over 75 percent of stock voted in favor with little opposition.
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Massachusetts National Bank
Mall Theft Suspect From Somerville Cited
Yesterday a mistyped note describes a suspect from Somerville aged around sixty past, accused of shoplifting in a large six store.
Revolt in India worsens famine misery and tensions
Calcutta reports describe unparalleled suffering in famine districts with relief deemed inadequate. Mortality among cattle rises as authorities seek to replace bullock power with human labor. Natives grow angry and attack Europeans, including a Friday assault on soldiers at Shahpur, leaving many injured.
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Calcutta
India
Shahpur
Mail Wagons Reduced In City Pneumatic Tube Demonstration
The post office and North station discontinue mail wagon trips from 9:00 to about 11:15 each day. All mail is sent via pneumatic tube to prove packages and letters can move through the system. The test has run three full days with satisfactory results and may continue.
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North Station
Fall River Mill Changes
Fall River April 23 At the Barnaby Mills annual meeting stockholders plan to elect a new treasurer and have quietly gathered proxies for weeks Stephen B Ashley has led the plant since incorporation
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Fall River
Barnaby Mills
Stephen B. Ashley
TWO WEDDINGS MAY FOLLOW POTTER DIVORCE
Mrs. Cora Urquhart Potter gains divorce from James Brown Potter and plans arise for two marriages. Reports say Potter will wed Miss May Handy in England while Mrs Potter is said to marry Lord Kitchener. The rumor links General Kitchener to the actress and notes past Narragansett Pier society ties.
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Lord Kitchener
New York
Cora Urquhart Potter
James Brown Potter
Lonon
Potter
May Haddy
Ferest
Bmgland
Kitchener
Miss Handy
Mr. Potter
Narragansett Pier
Society
Richmond
Narrangansett Pier
Sir George Lewis
Fifi
Longtime Chickering tuner David Haraden dies at 98
David T. Haraden of Roxbury died at his daughter’s home aged 98 years and six months. He served Chickering Piano Manufacturing for 76 years and was financial secretary of Siloam Lodge No. 0 for 25 years. He began as an apprentice and later tuned pianos, kept books, and managed the company library. Married Adelaide Elizabeth Osgood in 1800. Funeral at First Universalist Church in Roxbury today at 3 p.m.
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David T. Haraden
Chickering Piano Manufacturing Company
Adelaide W. Stiles
Rockland Street
Roxbury
Haraden
Jopas Chickering
John ‘Mackay
Young Haraden
Adelaide Elizabeth Osgood
Portland
Siloam Lodge
First Universalist
Haraden’s Early Path in Chickering Firm Recalls Apprentice Contract
A Dorchester born employee, David Haraden, born December 19 1810, joined Jonas Chickering then later apprenticed under Chickering and John Mackay. The preserved six year apprentice contract is yellowed and written in an old fashioned hand.
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Dorchester
John
Temperance Sumner Haraden
Jonas Chickering
Chickering
John Mackay
Chickering & Sons
David Haraden
Acadia Alumni Hold Eighth Annual Reunion in New England
The eighth annual reunion and banquet of the New England Alumni of Acadia University met at the United States Hotel with about thirty members. A business session voted to donate 1000 to the Home Association in Nova Scotia. Officers elected: Rev L Game president, Rev H De Wolfe vice-president, Benjamin A Lockhart secretary, J B Eaton treasurer, and directors.
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New England
Acadia University
Wolfville
N. S
United States
Home Association
Nova Scotia
Charlies H. McIntyre
Ofton
J B. Eaton
A. Tempton
L. F. Eaton
George B. Aikens
R. V. Jones
Acadia
Wood
Newton Theological Institute
B. Kempton
Dartmoud
George Horr
Milford Girl Personal Crisis Reported in Cemetery Mourning
Milford Apr 23 Miss El S 6 23 year old Roche faced a personal crisis. A small porch near the Grove Cemetery entrance this morning showed Roche mourning a neighbor she had known for years, after losing family members previously.
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Milford
el S
Roche
Fe Brownin
Grove Cemetery
Be Your Own Landlord With Cooperative Bank Plan
Honest ad promises a mortgage payoff via easy systematic payments. It urges homeowners to finance through CO-OPERATIVE BANKS in Burbank, offering loans with no commission and a path to owning free and clear.
Divorce Court Shadow Over Oakland Pastor and Wife
Edwards Davis once led Central Christian Church Oakland and sparked romance with soprano Alice Kingore. Mrs. Davis files for separation claiming desertion and support failure. Davis pursued secular work and tour life while Kingore, a notable songstress, returns to New York to resume stage work. she opposes the divorce but says marital troubles existed. Davis sighted in Ohio and Florida, with Kingore in New York after earlier New York departure.
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Oakland
Cal
Edwards Davis
Central Christian Church of
Alice Kingore
New York
Florida
Central Christian Church
Chaplains Death Sudden In Philadelphia Hotel
David Haddington Shields, post chaplain in the U S Army, died suddenly in Pennsylvania Hospital after falling ill at a hotel. The coroner ordered a post mortem to determine the cause, with Dr John I McKelway citing probable pneumonia and alcoholism.
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Philadelphia
David Haddington Shields
United States Army
Pennsylvania Hospital
Shields
John I. McKelway
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Somerville
Hunter
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Broad Street
Mauss
Chickerings
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Washington St
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Atlantic
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Kingore
Auce Davis
Dangermus
Ee Sea
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