Back Bay Society Girl Sets Sights on New York Stage
Marjorie Nevin a Back Bay socialite and noted singer prepares to debut on Broadway in New York. The Brookline figure rose from a Chicago child prodigy to a local theater star with roots claimed in Scotland and England. Her stage name Nevin is a chosen pseudonym.
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Back Bay
Brookline
Marjorie Nevin
Boston
Dakota Ranch
Chicago
Lady MacNevin
Nevin
Miss Nevin
Newport's Queens at the Vanderbilt Fair
Newport society page reports a charity bazaar at Reginald Vanderbilt's Portsmouth farm Sandy Point to benefit St Marys orphanage. Thousands attend as Vanderbilts and leaders mingle. proceeds near 10000 dollars. Vendors offer wares in ten color draped booths amid social snubs and polo dress.
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Newport
Sandy Point
Reginald Vanderbilt
Portsmouth
St. Mary’s Orphanage
Harry Lehr
Vanderbilts
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Postum Aids Ill Man After Coffee Troubles At Dinner
An Illinois reader credits Postum with ending lifelong indigestion caused by coffee. He switched from coffee after a friend’s tip, felt better from day one, and now keeps meals intact. The note cites Postum’s relief and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Cambridge druggists win liquor licenses in Cambridge
Mayor Thurston signed licenses for 48 Cambridge druggists who had accepted the conditions. Aldermen had previously argued local licenses were unnecessary but changed stance last Tuesday to grant the sixteenth class licenses under the new law.
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Cambridge
Thurston
Dr Chase Sues Over Slander Related to Mrs. Chase Case
A $100000 defamation suit was filed yesterday by Dr Horace Chase of Boston against Leonard F. Phillips of Swampscott. The case stems from statements made around Mrs. Chase's death and the subsequent will dispute. Attorneys declined further comment.
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Leonard F. Phillips
Swampscott
Horace Chase
Boston
Phillips
Mrs. Chase
Dr. Chase
Joseph H. Sulliday
Essex
Suffolk
Sulliday
Hotel Pelham
Harry C. Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Mr. Phillips
Baby Born in a Stable in Melrose
Mrs. John Donahue went into labor while awaiting a car, was carried by Policemen Brown and Heaton to Twombly's livery stable where the baby was born and then taken to Melrose Hospital. The father, unknown, deserted last winter. she believes he may be near Boston. She hopes he will forgive and return after the birth.
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Melrose
John Donahue
Brown and Heaton
Twombly
Aging Berkley Farmer Seeks Absolute Divorce
Sam C. Norcutt age 73, a Berkley farmer, petitions Probate Court for absolute divorce from wife Margaret Black Norcutt. He says she took $31 and household goods, left the home after a brief marriage, and he plans to endure a while longer as the case proceeds. Margaret Black Norcutt, once of Rehoboth, is said to be living in Taunton and may counter sue.
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Berkley
Sam C. Norcutt
Margaret
Mr. Norecutt
Sam
Tve
Norcutt
Margaret Black
Rehoboth
East Water Street
Taunton
Berkley Farmer
Four Brides Welcome Home From Ivernia Immigrant Ship
Four brides from the Cunard steamship Ivernia were landed yesterday. Margaret Irvine, 23, from the Shetland Islands, Scotland, wed her sweetheart William G. Hunter of Medford after meeting at the dock. Florence L. Caldwell, 27, of Liverpool, married John Lawton of North Andover at the detention station. The other two brides planned westward moves, with marriages to be finalized by affidavits.
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Cunard
Ivernia
Margaret Irvine
Shetland Islands
Scotland
William G. Hunter
Medford
Margaret
America
Florence L. Caldwell
Liverpool
John Lawton
North Andover
Long Wharf
St. Louis
Husband Missing Used To Absent From Home Says Wife
Maiden August 3. Mrs. Robert A Bowdoin told Judge Sweetser in District Court that after a year of marriage her husband was away from home most of the time and had been missing for three months before police found him. Bowdoin asked for another chance and was fined $29.
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Robert A. Bowdoin
Sweetser
Deaconesses Add Whitman Farm for Fresh Air Work
The New England Deaconess Association has taken the Whitman farm at South Lincoln for August. Two experienced deaconesses supervise groups of boys and girls on week long outings. Children of all races colors and creeds receive care with a trained deaconess nurse on site.
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The
New England Deaconess Association
Whitman
South Lincoln
Body of Mrs Joseph G Anthony Washed Up In Newport
The body of Mrs. Joseph G Anthony, drowned with her husband and child when their boat capsized off Prudence Island on July 22, washed ashore at Gould Island and was brought to Newport tonight by Representative Anthony, a brother of the dead man.
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Newport
R. I
Joseph G. Anthony
Prudence Island
Gould Island
Anthony
William Manchester Freed After Assault Charge Dropped
William F Manchester was released in Lowell police court after no charge was filed over an alleged assault on Miss Josie McTaggart in Rogers Fort Hill Park last Wednesday. Miss McTaggart, later visiting her aunt on Tyler Street, claimed a handkerchief was placed over her mouth and nose.
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Lowell
William F. Manchester
Josie McTaggart
Rogers Fort Hill Park
Manchester
Merrimac Street
City Hall
Miss McTaggart
Mr. Manchester
Inspector Walsh
Italian girl shot by jealous lover in Kingston tragedy
Evelina Vezzani, an Italian girl, survived a gunshot wound to the lung and clung to life as doctors fear blood poisoning. Remado Zecchi, 21, shot her then himself after a planned elopement plea, later dying from self inflicted wounds. Police guarded his body as witnesses recalled his intent. He had recently quit work at a Cordage Company and had been a barber on Court street.
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Kingston
Evelina Vezzani
Remado Zecchi
A. B. Holmes
Zecchi
Plymouth
New York
Hugo Borganzi
Court Street
North
Concord Club Moran Demonstration Planned at Fallon's Farm
The Concord Club of Ward 12 plans its annual outing at Fallon's farm Quincy as the first Moran demonstration of the season. James H. Doyle, Superintendent of Streets, is club president and a strong supporter of the district attorney. Assistant District Attorney Joseph A. Dennison will be principal speaker.
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Concord Club
Ward 12
Fallon’s Farm
Quincy
Grand Moran
James H. Doyle
Joseph A. Dennison
Marguerite Cassini Converts to Roman Catholic Faith in Paris
New York report notes Mile Marguerite Cassini was received into the Roman Catholic church in Paris on July 18. The change abandons the Orthodox Rite of Russia and is said to ruin any hopes of social recognition at St. Petersburg. No truth to rumors of a czarist title or court reception.
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New York
Marguerite Cassini
Sisters of St. Mary
Rue Blomet
Paris
Russia
St. Petersburg
Nicholas Tolstoi
Leo XIII
Rome
Archangel
Milo
Cassini
Washington
United States
Madrid
Spain
Barking of Prize Dogs Disrupts Smart Set
New York August 3 The Meadow Brook hunt colony in Hempstead Long Island is in turmoil as Mrs C A Woodward has the Board of Health pursue the Middle Ground Kennels owned by Mrs Jean Cowdrey Nor. Members of the wealthy set identify with both women as barking prize winner dogs disturb Woodward's sleep.
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New York
Meadow Brook
Hempstead
L. I
C. A. Woodward
Board of Health
Middle Ground
Jean Cowdrey Norton
Stole to see Coney Island youth jailed
Franklin B. Bosworth, 16, formerly aboard the battleship New Jersey, pleaded guilty to stealing 85 from Gunner Michael Gilmartin to spend at Coney Island. He was arrested in New Haven, held in 500 for the federal grand jury, and sent to Charles Street jail without bail.
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Coney Island
Franklin B. Bosworth
U. S
New Jersey
Michael Gilmartin
Hayes
New Haven
Federal Grand Jury
Charles Street
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