Mrs Mary Cranston Goes to England to Lead British Institute Work
Mrs Mary A Cranston pioneer social engineer sails on Saxon ia for England to organize a library for the British Institute of Social Service. She will study London and Liverpool housing practices and lecture on social and labor questions while abroad returning next October to the American Institute of Social Service.
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New York
Mary A. Cranston
Saxonia
England
British Institute of Social Service
Glasgow
London
Liverpool
British Institute
American Institute of Social Service
Carnegie Gift Accepted to Aid City Trade School
The board of managers of the Franklin fund voted to accept Andrew Carnegie's April 9 gift to support establishing a mechanics' trade school in the city. After brief discussion, they planned to create a mechanics' and tradesman's school in the area.
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Franklin Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Mechanics’ Trade
Mechanics’ and Tradesman’s School
When the Hoopskiri Returns to Fashion
A whimsical essay debates hoopskirts revival, predicting the return of old time etiquette and the practical chaos of fuller crinolines. It imagines streetcars, housing, and romance altered by hoop skirts, noting landlords, lovers, and society all face a new social geometry.
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Boston
Suburbia
Franklin Union plans city loan for Cooper Union site
Cooper Union leaders petition the Legislature to authorize a $100000 loan to buy land for a new Franklin Union building in New York. Mayor Collins signs as board chair. The Franklin fund stood at $412401 in January, with sites yet to be specified.
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Cooper Union
New York
Boston
Franklin Fund
Funeral of Michael J. Keating Held in Dorchester
The funeral of Michael J. Keating, a longtime newspaper man, took place yesterday at St. Peter's Church Dorchester at 9 o clock. A large gathering of newspaper and theatrical figures attended with pallbearers from the Herald Globe and Keith's Theatre. Burial is planned for Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Michael J. Keating
St. Peter’s Church
Dorchester
Hugh P. McNally
Frank Brownell
the Herald
Michael J. McDonnell
Joseph I. Fairclough
the Globe
Walter J. Donovan
Keith’s Theatre
Charles Lovenberg
Keith's Theatre
Providence
Edward J. Kenney
Mary Moore
Avon Saxon
Halifax
N. S
Busy Day in the Life of General Bancroft
Fifty year old General William A. Bancroft, president of the Boston Elevated, keeps a rigorous weekday schedule. He rises at six, rides, then handles over a hundred letters and dozens of meetings, with constant calls by telephone, lunch at the Exchange Club, and board committee sessions before evening leisure with family or friends.
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Roosevelt
William A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Railroad
General Bancroft
Exchange Club
Board of Directors
Bancroft
Watchman William Bailey Dies on Boston & Maine Rounds
William Bailey aged 70, longtime watchman at the Boston and Maine round house on East Street East Cambridge, collapsed and died of heart failure while making rounds. He resided at 71 Thorndike Street East Cambridge.
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Round House
Boston & Maine Railroad
East Street
East Cambridge
William Bailey
Thorndike Street
Norwich Univ Breaks Ground for $50,000 Alumni Hall
Ground was broken today at Norwich University in Northfield Vermont for a new alumni hall with a project cost of 50 thousand dollars.
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Norwich Univ
Northfield
Norwich University
Giant in cell for using midget as midget as handball
Antonio Meyer of New York City is jailed on a civil arrest order in a lawsuit seeking $2000 for injuries to Karoline Haas a 52 year old midget who performs with Barnum & Bailey. The complaint alleges he used her as an athlete and tossed her causing pain bruises and a fall. Bail was set at $1000 by Justice McCarthy.
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N. Y
New York
Antonio Meyer
Second Avenue
Ludlow Street
Karoline Haas
Brooklyn
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Meyer
McCarthy
Somerville Debates City Garbage Plant Amid Delay
Mayor Chandler defends a planned city garbage plant near the Ward 5 water department stable after a late public indignation meeting. A contract for the building was signed over a week ago, foundations laid, and lumber delivered. the mayor says the plant will not be a source of annoyance.
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Somerville
Ward
Water Department
Chandler
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Anderson
Brea
Mrs. Cranston
Davis Optical CO
Park Square
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Pierce
Hassocks
Axminster
Woo
Ingram
Voile
Etamine
Cheviot
Brile Liantine
Children’s Shoes
Maine
Atoes. Regu Qc
Ladies In Black
Madras
Russell
Columbia
Lanwith
Ts Wos
Brussels
Russell Brand
Doz
Guucy
P. K
Antin
Cape
J. Montgomery Sears
Southboro
United States
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