The Girl in the Rooming House Report
The Rev Henry T Winston urged reform of lodging houses in a Park Street Church talk marking the Florence Crittenton League anniversary. He argued rooming houses endanger girls from rural areas, calling for landladies to treat houses as homes and safeguard morals.
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Henry T. Winston
Park Street
Florence Crittenton League of Compassion
A. %. Conrad
Compassion
O. P. Gifford
Winston
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Canada
College Girls Bar Divorcees at University of Nevada Dances
Reno April 24. The Delta Phi and Theta Epsilon sororities ban divorcees from all University of Nevada social dances. A professor seeking to escort one divorcee was refused. Theta Epsilon plans a dance next week with the rule in effect. Sigma Alpha Society may follow.
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Reno
University of Nevada
Delta Phi
Theta Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Society
Mrs. Kelcher Wins Social Fame in Washington
Mrs. John A. Kelcher wife of the Massachusetts congressman from the ninth district has become a leading Washington matron. Formerly Miss Helen O'Neil of Boston she charms the White House social circle and hosts notable visitors at her home. Her husband expresses clear pride in her Washington season success.
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Joliais
Congressman Kelcher
Helen McNeil
East Boston
Washington
Washington, D
John A. Kelcher
Massachusetts
Helen O'Neil
Boston
White House
Harvard Law Students Walk from Cambridge on Physico Mental Trip
Three Harvard Law School students Hutchcraft English and Nettles hiked from Cambridge to Albany on a combined walking and studying tour. They stayed at the Wayside Inn Sudbury and at Mrs Plunkett’s Pittsfield home reading Longfellow Bryant and other poets. A hob o experience led to a five dollar gift from Senator Crane’s son after they cut stove wood for the butler.
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Lenox
Harvard
Cambridge
Albany
N. Y
Harvard Law School
R. BB. Hutchcraft
Paris
Fred
English
St. Louis
A. S. Nettles
Spartanburg
S. C
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
Longfellow
W. B. Plunkett
Pittsfield
Cummington
William Cullen Bryant
Bryant
Green River
Dalton
W. Murray Grane
Crane
Ministers Aid Plague Cause On Tuberculosis Sunday
Boston churches joined a nationwide Tuberculosis Sunday at the request of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The Tremont Temple’s Rev. Dr. Myers spoke on The Great White Plague. At Warren Avenue Baptist Church Rev. Herbert S. Johnson addressed President Taft and Tuberculosis Sunday. South Congregational Church’s Rev. Edward Cummings opened with remarks on the topic.
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Boston
National Association For the Prevention of
Washington
Myers
Tremont Temple
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Herbert
Johnson
Taft
South Congregational Church
Edward Cummings
Cadum Skin Remedy Promises Fast Pimples Cure
Cadum claims to dry up and shed pimples quickly with direct application. The remedy targets facial blemishes and offers soothing antiseptic healing for acne eczema and related skin troubles marketed at 10c and 25c through druggists.
Russell Brothers Are Chums Reception on Russell Hill
William C. and Daniel B. Russell hosted a quiet reception at their old Melrose home on Russell Hill. Several old family friends visited and questioned Fresno Dan about past incidents, concluding the ex fruit picker is the original Daniel Blake Russell.
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William C
Daniel B. Russell
Russell Hill
Melrose
Daniel Russell
Fresno
Dan
Boston
California
Daniel Blake Russell
Brothers guard Russell estate as past unfolds in Melrose tale
The reunited Russell brothers wander the estate with guards nearby amid posttrial tensions. Dakota Dan, Fresno Dan, and others discuss fortunes, inheritance, and appeals while Melrose figures loom. Two Palten sisters from Boston prepare for further study in Europe, aiming for Paris and Berlin conservatories.
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Marjorie
Nathalie Palten
Palten Twins
Boston
Europe
Mary E. Palten
Patten Twins
Paris
Willy Hess
Hosschule
Berlin
Passover Observed Across Greater Boston Synagogues
Thousands of Jews in Greater Boston observed the first day of Passover with services at wall synagogues and Sedar ceremonies. Rabbi Israeli at Adath Jeshurun explained the Hagoda’s four sons as representing a nation and religious brotherhood. Rabbi Fleischer at Temple Israel spoke on the Exodus, while Rev. Weichler at Temple Chabei Shalom addressed Our Birthday. Inmates at the Helping Hand Home for Destitute Jewish Children received Sedar meals, and services were planned for Charlestown State prison and Concord reformatory during the eight-day period with matzos provided.
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Greater
Boston
Wall
Adath Jeshurun
Blue Hill Avenue
Iexbury
Israeli
Israel
Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles Fleischer
Temple Chabei Shalom
Union Park Street
M. M. Weichler
Louis Cohen
Charlestown State Prison
Concord
Boston Architects Honored in France
Paris April 24 Constant Desire Des pradelie of Boston has been elected corresponding member of the Academie des Beaux Arts replacing Whitney Warren of Boston who is promoted to foreign associate.
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Paris
Constant Desire Despradelie
Boston
Academie Des Beaux Arts
Whitney Warren
Old Ironsides Sails Toward Pleasure Bay Site Fight
South Boston Citizens' Association seeks Navy action to station the old frigate Constitution at Pleasure Bay near Fort Independence. Local merchants back the plan, calling it a patriotic showpiece and civic benefit, while Judge Fallon questions water depth and public interest.
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Pleasure Bay
Fort Independence
South Boston
James Murphy
Joseph Dpd. Fallon
Kipling Favorite of College Girls at Wellesley
Four hundred college girls report Kipling and Stevenson as favorite authors at Wellesley College on April 24. About a fifth prefer Jane Austen Thackeray Scott and Dickens. Over a quarter read poetry Tennyson is the favorite with Wordsworth and Browning close behind. Drama across eras is increasingly popular among students.
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Wellesley
Kipling
Stevenson
Jane Austen
Thackeray
Scott
Dickens
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Browning
Kidney prescription for urinary tract relief from gin mix
A vintage remedy claims six ounces pure gin, half an ounce murax compound, and half an ounce fluid extract buchu cure kidney and bladder troubles. Dosing is one to two teaspoonfuls after meals three times daily, with promises of quick relief from back pain and burning urination, though warnings of progression to Brights disease or diabetes are noted.
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Bright
Three-way fight ends in christening party brawl
A early morning melee at a Middlesex street christening party left Joseph Pena and Augustus Silver stabbed and slashed. Pena, 23, grave on the hospital list. Silver expected to recover in a day. John Medina held at Station 5, all are to face mutual assault charges.
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Middlesex Street
South End
Joseph F. Pena
Albion Street
Manuel Tatch
Augustus Silver
Silver
Pena
Station 5
John Medina
Medina
Osborn Place
Body of Palmer crew member picked up off Long Island
Police believe the man was a crew member of the schooner Palmer which foundered in the Christmas storm. The body was recovered yesterday by the Watchman on patrol off Long Island.
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Long Island
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