Kershaw Steamer Set to Dock For Maiden Arrival
The Kershaw, 274 feet long and 42 feet beam, rated 3700 tons gross, will arrive at Battery wharf today from Baltimore and Norfolk. Built by Harlan & Hollingsworth, she joins the Merchants' & Miners fleet with sister Nantucket, promising luxury staterooms and a 120-passenger capacity on a four-deck steel hull with mahogany interiors.
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Kershaw
Merchants’ & Miners’ Transportation Company
Battery Wharf
Baltimore
Norfolk
Harlan & Hollingsworth
Wilmington
Del
Savannah
Providence
Nantucket
Howard
Suniata
Chatham
Vulcan
Fairfax
Sow
Pigs Reef
Vineyard Sound
Frank M. Howes
Gloucester
Juniata
Taylor
Essex
Bond
March
John Johnson
State of Texas
Mallory Line
Kennard
Steward la Compt
Boston School Board Awards 1970s Era Heating Contract
The School Board approved Lynch & Woodward for a $19,700 heating and ventilating plant at East Boston High School. They also note land takings in Charlestown and an upcoming Webster Avenue primary school named the Frederick A. Whitney School. A parade schedule for the Boston School Cadets is set, and Emma T. Long is noted as deceased.
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East Boston High School
Lynch & Woodward
Bartlett, School
Pearl Streets
Charlestown
Henry A. Clapp
George Putnam
Ingraham
Sheafe Street
Hancock
Prince Street
Webster Avenue
Brighton
Frederick A. Whitney
Boston
Emma T. Long
Dillaway
Dartmouth Street
Warren Avenue
Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolution
Lawrence
South Boston
Nooks Hill
Washington
Berridge
Brilliant First Annual Ball of Pitts- Kimball Company
The Pitts- Kimball Company's first annual ball was held last evening at Odd Fellows Hall with about 800 couples attending. The event featured a Towne's Orchestra concert from 8 to 9 followed by the grand march led by J. W. Magee and Mrs. Magee, and included prominent guests such as Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kimball and Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Nye.
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Pitts- Kimball Company
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Towne
J. W. Magee
Magee
Y. B. Schmidt
L. McDuffie
H. Godfrey
Henry Bennett
Minnie Turner
R. H. Kimball
Augustus Nye
L. N. Ware
Tilton
Father Chidwick to Lecture for St Marys Infant Asylum
The committee for Father John P. Chidwick’s lecture at the Boston Theatre on May 28 plans a major event. Tickets are on sale at the theatre box office and Catholic bookstores. The talk aims to honor naval heroes with wide attendances expected, and officials including John D. Long may preside.
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St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
John P. Chidwick
Maine
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chidwick
Fitzgerald
John D. Long
Navy
Brady
Catholic Union of Boston
Father Chidwick
Ladies hold fancy sale for Free Home for Consumptives in Roxbury
A social and charitable sale of fancy articles was held yesterday at 68 Elm Hill Avenue Roxbury hosted by Mrs Eugene Lynch to benefit the Free Home for Consumptives. Attending were Mrs Lynch and several volunteers including Mrs John T Bleakie Mrs Pierce J Grace Mrs John Curtin Mrs James W Kenney and Mrs James M Mulcahy with aides Miss Prendergast Miss Collins Brookline Miss Bickford Miss A Moran Miss Watson Miss Kenney Miss Falvey and the Fallon sisters South Boston. Sales continue this afternoon and evening.
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Eugene Lynch
Elm Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Lynch
John T?’ Bleakie
Pierce J. Grace
John Curtin
James W. Kenney
James M. Mulcahy
Miss Prendergast
Iss Collins
Brookline
Bickford
A. Moran
Watson
Kenney
Falvey
Fallon
South Boston
Bleakie
Miss Campbell
Four Teens Arrested in Salem Street Robbery and Assault
Rosie Rosenberg and Jacob Goldman were attacked near Union Station after a $20 robbery at 68 Salem Street. Four youths, Max and Morris Lutchie Alfred Harvit z and Harry Ginsburg, faced arraignment on larceny charges with $200 bond. Goldman, badly beaten, cannot swallow liquids. Rosenberg remains bedridden at 4 Milton Street.
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Rosie Rosenberg
Salem Street
Jacob Goldman
Union Station
Budenovitch
Rosenberg Girl
Goldman
Station 1
Milton Street
Post
Lutchie
Brighton Street
From Rifle to Broom in New York Sweeper Tale
Richard R. Marcy a half breed Apache and former army scout now works as a street sweeper in New York City. He served thirty years in the army including the One Hundred and Second Sharpshooters and fought against Sitting Bull. A former scout born in Idaho by Apache and Negro parents he once faced a gold scalp bounty from Sitting Bull.
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New York
Richard R. Marcy
White Wing
Marcy
Tile
Idaho
United States Army
One Hundred and Second
Grant
Sitting Bull
Counterfeit Cigars Traced From Jacobs Factory
Internal revenue officers seize 8000 counterfeit cigars in Buffalo and 4000 in Providence as part of a nationwide sweep. The New England total nears 36000 cigars, traced from the Jacobs factory in Philadelphia. A selling agent in Boston testified and was released after compliance.
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Jacobs
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Teston
Federal
Providence
R. I
Buffalo
N. Y
New England
Military Night at Keiths Draws Eighth Regiment
A large audience attended Keiths for Military Night with the Eighth Regiment dominating. The box decor featured US flags and tricolor bunting as officers and ladies watched a Biograph film of the regiment on the Common. The program included the band and a reception where officers were presented to Mr Keith.
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Keith
United States
Eighth Regiment
Biograph
William A. Pew, Jr
William Stopford
Frank A. Graves
Edward H. Eldridge
P. T. Logan
Bailey
Alexander G. Perkins
Horace 8. Bean
F. W. Stopford
W. C G. Dow
John E. Williams
George W. Langdon
Thomas J. Cobey
P. J. W. Swanburg
Charles M. McIsaacs
J. H
Grocer's Daughter Engaged to Austrian Prince Von Auersperg
Florence Ellsworth Hazard of Brooklyn will wed François, Prince Von Auersperg, in June. The 17 year old is daughter of B C Hazard a New York City grocer. The prince, about 30, studies near Long Island a few years. The story notes his titles and estate trace to Charlemagne.
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New York
Charlemagne
Florence Ellsworth Hazard
Brooklyn
Francois
Prince von Auersperg
Prince
Long Island Medical College
B. C. Hazard
Hudson Street
Miss Hazard
Rhode Island
Florence E. Hazard
Long Island College Hospital
Ord
Willie Hohenzollern
Germany
Adolphus von Auersperg
Austria
Napoleon
Anastasius
Charles
Gottsebiee
Rudolph
Meyerling
Prince Auersperg
Uud
Miss Florence Hazard to Wed a Prince
Social notes describe Florence Hazard daughter of a New York grocer to wed Prince Von Auersperg who eyes a London role. The piece recounts Austro nobility, family ties, and Lady Sophie Scott, with incomes and titles cited amid London society gossip.
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London
Sophie Scott
Daugh
Prince von Auersperg Affirms Love and American Ties
The prince details exhausting losses and $400,000 in debt while declaring he is now thoroughly American and hardworking. He addresses American attitudes toward cross Atlantic marriages and calls his engagement to Miss Hazard a heartfelt affair, noting his appearance and limited English accent.
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Miss Hazard
Calve to Have Own Tombstone Depicting Ophelia
New York April 25 Mme Emma Calve has ordered a tombstone featuring her as Ophelia. The prima donna’s memorial will be carved with her image and an inscription noting her tomb. Rumors claim her design reflects melancholy linked to illness, with sculptor Denys Rieschane exhibited at the Paris exposition.
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New York
Emma Calve
Bebelet
Foefor Feat
Frefoefel
Mme
Ophelia
Lerpeeeeeedere
Denys Riesehane
Paris
E Calve
Eliaarkening
Antom
Mrs Sutro Granted Music Doctor Title
Mrs Theodore Sutro was awarded the title Doctor of Music at the Waldorf Astoria last night making her one of only two women in the English speaking world to hold the distinction. the other is the Princess of Wales.
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New York
Theodore Sutro
Princess of Wales
Doc
Kendall Hotel Opens in South Framingham With Fete
A first class hotel named The Kendall opened on Concord street near the Boston & Albany station. Boston designer C. E. Osgood furnished it at a cost of about 125000 with 62 rooms and 20000 in furnishings. Proprietor Fred B. Smith, famed for his hotels, hosted a banquet and music with guests from Boston and New England.
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South Framingham
New England
Kendall
Concord Street
Boston & Albany
C. E. Osgood
Boston
Fred B. Smith
Bonifaces
New York
Osgood
Smith
Laconia
N. H
Biddeford
J. B. Kendrick
Fred Eames
J. H. Jorgelyn
Manchester
H. B. Richmond
BK. É. ‘Underhill
W. A. Record
W.pasley
Charles J. Lavis
J. J. Coakley
W. Connell
M. C. Priest
F. BE. Currier
Eames
Kendrick
Sutherland
Druggists Meet at Young's Hotel Talks Pharmacy Board Terms
Thirty two members of the Druggists Association met at Young's Hotel for the monthly session. Charles F. Cutter led as president. Senator W H Lott and M O Larrabee spoke on a proposed five year term limit for Pharmacy Board members. Larrabee and Lott supported the measure while other members opposed it.
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Druggists’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Charles F. Cutter
W. H. Lott
M. O. Larrabee
Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Board
Messrs. Larrabee
Lott
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The
Pitts-Kimball Company
Salem ST
Jacob Soloman
Rosenberg
Rosie
White Wings
General Food Emporium
Pavilion Blend
Formosa Oolony
Franklin Blend
Beacon Hill
Strutte
Fook
Houghton & Dutton
Jacob
Keith's
Grocer
Hazard
A von Auersperg
Prince Rudolph
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Sophie
Sir Samuel Scott
Samuel
Cadogans
Farquhar
Brussels
Lord Farquhar
Chelsea
Baroness Lurgan
Lady Scott
Viceroy
Countess Cadogan
Prince of Wales
Lord Cadogan
Lady Sophie
Kozy
Ingrain
Portieres
Steve
Shawmut
Horie
Tremont St
Chas. Lawrence & CO
Commercial St
Calve
Sutro
Mrs. Dog
Mr. Osgood
Framingham
Ernst Gerhard
Grand Conservatory of Music
City of New York
John James Wootton
England
Max Werthe
Pew York
Werd M. Westrooke Oaterson
Remnetels
Rs. Sutro
Druggists' Association
Cushing Medical
Washington St
Bosto
Plymouth
Newton St
F.E. Bennett & CO
Workingmen's Credit CO
Cor
Newecomb St
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