Gypsies in West Roxbury Prepare Impromptu Wedding Feast
Gypsy encampment in the Valley of Trap West Roxbury braces for a private wedding feast after being ordered to vacate by the Board of Health. Rose Megg age 18 and Charles Bubble age 15 will wed without civil or religious rites as about 500 guests are expected. The father of the groom paid 600 to the bride’s father. bands and flags promise a noisy celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Chicago
Newton
Malden
West Roxbury
Bandit Hunt Remains Futile in Methuen Search
State police say slow progress continues in the local bandit case as clues are sifted with help from residents. A report of suspicious figures near Dracut prompts searches by multiple posses, while a card reading W F King the hand cuff king is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methuen
M. J. Barrett
Jones
Dracut
Pastor Proposes Measures to Curb Anarchy and Immigrants
The address urges immigration restriction and expanded civic education for naturalized residents. It calls for licensed firearm sales, more outdoor activities, church collaboration for moral work, and even exile islands to demonstrate anarchy’s impossibility. A former criminal-turned-religious brother pledges that a real burglar differs from bandits and would only shoot in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union of the Churches
Page
Brotherhood
Richard Watson
Sermon Links Anarchy to Religion and Society
The Rev. C C L Page of Dudley Street Baptist Church preached on Anarchy Old and New to the Brotherhood at Ruggles Street Church. He tied outbreaks of lawlessness to waning religion and moral training, urging better citizenship education and gun controls. He warned against rash expedients and called for a universal brotherhood and improved schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC. L. Page
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Dr. Page
Adam
Cain
Abel
Rhode Island
Cummings Opposes Luce Law As Senate Bid Joins Race
Attorney John J. Cummings, seeking the Democratic nomination in the seventh Suffolk district, attacks the Luce enrolment law. He argues it restrains voter independence by forcing party loyalty in primaries and says parties should select good nominees rather than voters choosing the lesser of two evils on election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cummings
Ward
Senate
Suffolk
Cummings
Boston Catholic Club Trolley Party Heads South Boston
The third annual trolley party and dance by the South Boston Catholic Club departs from G street and Broadway at 8 p.m. and returns to Dahlgren Hall on E street at 10 30 p.m. Refreshments and dancing follow until 1 a.m. PD Dooley Edward J Noonan F Hooton J Daley A Hockwell J Brown T Gorman M Lee A Leary L Daly C Savary J Ring and J Brown lead the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston Catholic Club
G Street
Broadway
Dahlgren Hall
E Street
PD. J. Dooley
Edward J. Noonan
F. Hooton
Immaculate Conception Sunday School Picnic Planned
The annual Sunday school picnic of the Immaculate Conception church will be held on the new college extension grounds at Newton. Rev. Redmond Walsh, S.J., will accompany the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
New College Extension
Newton
Redmond Walsh
The Laconics of Lady Aurelia
A collection of witty aphorisms about women and men on vanity pride reform and social behavior. The quips compare anger to boiling point show the rigors of fashion and the double standards in love money and life as a humorous social commentary.
Cyclist Dies Testing Defective Motor-Cycle at Clifton
William Briggs 23, of Revere Massachusetts, was killed at Clifton Cycle Stadium Paterson New Jersey while testing a defective motorcycle. The rider had planned a 20 mile race with James Moran before the accident. The machine toppled at high speed, struck a grandstand support, and Briggs was hurled 50 feet, dying at the scene with a broken neck and multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Clifton
William Briggs
Briggs
Revere
Mass
James Moran
Appeals to be decided on merits not technicalities
New York Aug 16 Courts of appeals should decide civil and criminal cases on merits rather than technicalities as urged by a special Bar Association committee. The group warns against writs of error delaying justice and calls for reforms to curb delays and costs, noting abuses from U S Supreme Court reviews and rising murders amid inefficacious procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Courts of Appeal
7 Ae Bar Association
Seattle
Supreme Court of the
United States
Andrew L. White
New Wireless Record Set in Paris Tests
Naval Lieutenants Colin Jeance and Mercier, inventors of a wireless telephone apparatus, reported remarkable tests near Raz de Sein Finistere, 810 miles away. They expect further improvements after only four months of work and say conversations could extend 600 to 700 miles. Lieutenant Colin, chief inventor, previously installed the Eiffel Tower wireless station.
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Paris
Colin
Jeance
Mercier
Raz de Sein
Department of Finistere
Eiffel Tower
Famous Schooner Windward Goes To Junk Heap
The schooner yacht Windward once famed for speed and racing ends its days at Carney wharf East Boston after a varied career. Built at Bath in 1872 for Jay Gould the vessel was a marvel of beauty and luxury before passing through the Gould family Captain E M Greenlaw and Max Smalley. Once known as the Haze she remains a remembered fast clipper amid newer yachts.
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Windward
Bath
Jay Gould
Gould
E. M. Greenlaw
Deer Isle
Max Smalley
Atlantic Avenue
Carney Wharf
Boston
Bridal pair take over house after wedding in Cleveland
Antrin Schoen, 22, an Austrian machinist, could not pay rent yet married and the couple moved into a vacant house at 1206 Seavill Avenue S. K. owned by grocer A Wolf. Police report they commandeered the home within minutes after the ceremony.
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Cleveland
Antrin Schoen
Seavill Avenue
S. K
A. Wolf
Thomas Dunphy Pony Express Rider Dead
Thomas Dunphy a Civil War veteran and pioneer Oakland resident died at his home in Oakland. He was 66, a widower since his wife died in February last. Dunphy rode for the Pony Express and his passing marks the loss of a notable early Californian figure.
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San Francisco
Thomas Dunphy
Pony Express
Oakland
Dunphy
Newport Excursion Train Leaves August New England Trip
Dollar excursion to Newport Rhode Island departs Thursday August 20 with a special train from South Station at 9 30 a m and returns from Back Bay at 8 34 a m Tickets are on sale also at 362 Washington Street for the outing arranged by the organizers with station and time details.
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Newport
R. I
South Station
Back Bay
Washington Street
Britain Considers $500 Million Navy Loan
London reports the British government may raise a 500 million loan to fund the fleet for years ahead without disturbing current budgets. Financiers of high standing are said to back the plan to meet future naval needs as foreign shipbuilding plans unfold. The fund would signal a pledge to maintain a two power standard.
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London
Daily Telegraph
South Boston Woman Hurt in Manchester Collision
Charles H. Baker, 58, coachman for D. Dudley Felton, died after a team he drove collided with Harry Perkins’s team in East Manchester. Miss Jennie Emmons of South Boston was severely injured with a fractured skull for Baker and a spine injury for Emmons, who is expected to recover.
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Manchester
N. H
Charles H. Baker
Dudley Felton
Jennie Emmons
South Boston
Baker
East Manchester
Harry Perkins
Sinn Fein Reports Buffalo Convention Proceedings
At Paine Memorial Sinn Fein meeting Hon. T. J. Collins summarized the Buffalo convention. A discussion on the Land Act of 1903 followed, with criticism from attendees. Future meetings will cover a topic on the Irish movement, next meeting set for Friday September 4 on emigration policy.
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Sinn Fein
Paine Memorial
T. J. Collins
Buffalo
Cancer victim ends her life in Sheepshead Bay
Despondent over a cancer return Mrs. Jennie F. Arthur wife of broker Robert Arthur shot herself at home in Sheepshead Bay yesterday morning. The operation she had a year earlier failed to prevent the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Jennie F. Arthur
Robert Arthur
Maine Regimental Associations plan Peak's Island reunion
The Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth Maine Regimental Associations will hold their reunion on September 10 in the Eighth Maine Memorial building at Peaks Island.
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Maine
Ehighth
Maine Memorial
Peak’s Island
Man Floats for Hat in Wind During Rail Trip
John McCarthy of Lynn risked his life when a gust blew his hat from a Narrow Gauge train near East Boston. He leapt to retrieve it, fell onto an embankment, suffered contusions and scratches, and was treated at Relief Hospital before returning home to Lynn.
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John McCarthy
Lynn
Boston
McCarthy
Relief Hospital
Myrtle and
Boston Streets
Homemade Doughnut Recipes and Frozen Dessert Tips
A collection of old fashioned recipes and kitchen tips including doughnut dough steps with suet molasses and spices, a Sterling sauce blend with vanilla and cream, and a frozen dessert with gelatine and fruit. Also includes two serving suggestions and attribution to several readers with addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Sanders
Washington Street
Worcester
Higgins' Injuries Fatal After Car Collision
John Higgins died at the House of Mercy in Pittsfield after being run over by an electric car in Lee the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
John Higgins
Lee
House of Mercy
Pittsfield
Baby survives 35 foot fall from window in Charlestown
A 20 month old girl, Helen King, fell 35 feet from a third story window at noon yesterday on 2 Maudlin Street Charlestown but escaped with only bruises and no broken bones. Doctors believe she will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen King
Maudlin Street
Charlestown
P. and G. Naphtha Soap Proclaimed Best for Laundry
The ad claims P. and G. Naphtha Soap outperforms other naphtha soaps and ordinary laundry soaps. It argues the soap uses better materials, has stronger washing power, lasts longer, and weighs more, enabling a housewife to do in an hour what neighbors do in two. Millions of cakes are produced monthly with testimonials from housewives.
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Duryeas
National Starch Company
Carters
Attle Iver
UTES
Rev. C. L. Page
MR. Page
Germany
Universal Brotherhood
Luce Law
Boston Catholic Club
Immaculate Conception
Aurelia
By Leita Russell
Wiliam Briggs
American Bar Ass’n Board
Great Britain
Henry Siegel CO
Washington and
Essex Streets
S. W. Loomis & Co
Summer Street
Boston Made Clothing
New England
Sunday Post
Reci
M. A. Ward
Ridge Street
Augusta
Jennie Partelow
Wakfield
Hillsboro Bridge
Higgins
P.&g
Coates
Plymouth
England
Houghton & Dutton
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