Mother of 22 Dead at 115 Years of Age
Mrs Elizabeth Thompson of Paterson New Jersey died in a local hospital at age 115 according to her reckoning She was mother to 22 children and grandmother to 50 Only one of her children is said to be alive Her husband died two years earlier at 109 Her ethnicity is noted as a negro in the report
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Paterson
N. J
Elizabeth Thompson
Thompson
R. H. Hinkley
R. H. Hinkley Company
Summer Street
Eliott C. Lee
Lee
William Desmond
The
Desmond Publishing Company
Anglo- American Authors’ Association
Deluxe
Romeo Nathan
Nathan
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Sophia Curtiss
Great Barrington
Williams
Cooper
Young teacher Nellie Kemple ends life by poison
Miss Nellie Kemple a 22 year old school teacher killed herself at her Gray Maine home by taking poison. Her motive remains unknown.
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Gray, Me
Nellie Kemple
Reorganization Sale Highlights Deep Price Cuts
A merchant proclaims plans to gain sole ownership after raising cash to settle with a retiring partner. He promises customers top service as he unveils drastic reductions on high end menswear including silk lined suits and Montagna c overcoats formerly priced up to 75 dollars now cut to 20 35 dollars.
De Luxe Evidence Heads to Jury in Deluxe Books Swindle
Government says agents sold deluxe book contracts and used introducer letters to target victims. Boston publishers deny involvement while inspectors collect evidence for grand jury as victims across Boston, Pennsylvania, Chicago report heavy losses.
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Boston
J. B. Millett Company
Boylston Street
Anglo- American Authors’ Association
Miss Hall
Miller Company
Joseph Fynney
Bacon & Fynney
Scott
Fynney
Pauline Durant
Wellesley College
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Chicago
Harvard Student Foils De Luxe Book Swindle at Gold Coast
Frederick G. Carnochan a Harvard junior wired to purchase de luxe Poe and Irving sets for 2100 dollars in cash. He reported the plan to police prompting arrest of Frank Daniels aged 18 and Walter Dunton aged 38 in Boston. Officers seized about a dozen related titles and a warrant remained for a third suspect as the case nipped further student fraud.
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Boston
Harvard
Gold Coast
Frank T. Daniels
Walter V. Dunton
Kansas City
Chicago
Frederick G. Carnochan
de Luxe Editions
Carnochan
Hotel
Lenox
Harvard Gold Coast
West Morley Court
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
Carnachan
Dunton
Smith
Waite
Arnachan
Daniels Sai
East Eighth Street
Washington Avenue
Daniels
Back Bay
Feast of St Xavier Observed at Cathedral Ceremony
Cardinal O Connell occupied the episcopal throne at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the feast of St Francis Xavier. Large crowds filled the church with parishioners and visitors. The sermon, by Fr Philip M Finegan SJ, praised St Francis Xavier and noted Pius X naming him patron of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Cardinal O Connell presided at benediction with the cathedral staff assisting.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
St. Francis Xavier
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Cardinal O’connell
M. J. Splaine
D. D
James J. Redican
Joseph F. McGlinchy
Archdiocesan
Augustine F. Hickey
Neil A. Cronin
William B. Finigan
Philip M. Finegan
Philippines
Bureau of Prisons
Islands
St Francis Xavier
Pius X
St. Francis Navier
Francis Xavier
Japan
O’connell
The Man Who Was Lost serial in Sunday's Post Magazine
Maude Radford Warren’s engaging serial continues in next Sunday's Post Magazine as readers await the next instalment of The Man Who Was Lost.
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Man Who Was Lost
Maude Radford Warren
Next Sunday
Post Magazine
Tight, That Is Keynote In Clothes
A fashion note prescribes close fitting trousers with little top room for entry, coats narrow shouldered and extremely short sack coats, and dark plain fabrics like cheviot. It emphasizes minimal frills and stripes for men’s summer and upcoming styles.
Boston Exhibition Sets High Fashion Rules for Tailors
At the first annual Custom Cutters' Club exhibit in Parker House Boston, rules call for sack suits at least 55 dollars and overcoats 75 to 90 dollars. Chairman Matz outlines cutaway details while club leaders hail American tailoring as world leading.
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Custom Cutters’ Club
Parker House
Goose and Scissors
le Bon Ton
A. H. Matz
Clement Maderras
Cutters’ Club
J. J. Foley
Frank Young
Boston
Matz
Balance stunt on high roof by Atlanta daredevil Reynolds
John Reynolds the aerial daredevil from Atlanta plans a noon balance atop six tables and five chairs on a high Washington street roof likely the Filene building. The act drew crowds and frightened the orchestra at the National Theatre earlier this week. If weather fails the show will shift to Thursday.
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John Reynolds
Atlanta
Washington Street
Summer Street
Newspaper Row
Filene
Reynolds
National Theatre
Suffragette Mail Box Raids Resume Across London Area
Post boxes in London and extending to Richmond in Surrey were attacked with acids. Envelopes were destroyed inside a Hammersmith box, and additional acid damage occurred in the financial district as raids continued tonight.
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London
Richmond
Surrey
Hammersmith
Financial District
Suit costs and court suit over luxury clothing
A young society man sues Edward M. Stone of Bush Hill road Milton for $2000 over luxury clothing including suits costing $83.60 two handkerchiefs at $5.28 opera suits and coats near $100 stockings about $3 per pair and other dress costs. The defendant is identified as Harvard '07 and Harvard Law School graduate 1909.
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Edward M. Stone
Bush Hill Road
Milton
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Debts Filed for Clothes Bought by Stone While in Argentina
Dedham Court filed suit yesterday on a $671 bill from Chiswell Brothers Buenos Ayres against Stone for clothing bought during 1910 1911 while he worked with the US Legation in Argentina. The record lists neckties stockings silk handkerchiefs a silk faced opera coat and other garments totaling the sum plus interest. Stone has traveled in Europe with his sister Elizabeth since last spring and is reportedly in Paris.
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Dedham Court
Chiswell Brothers
Buenos Ayres
Young Stone
United States
Argentina
Stone
Harvard
Legation Office
Europe
Elizabeth
Paris
Boston
Medford
Milton
Tarbell Resigns After 22 Years At Museum School
Edmund C. Tarbell quits the School of the Museum of Fine Arts after 22 years citing desire for more painting time. Rumors say Frank W. Benson may resign as well, while he serves on a Washington jury for the Corcoran Gallery exhibition.
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Edmund C. Tarbell
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Huger Elliott
Frank W. Benson
Washington
Corecoran Gallery of Art
Benson
Tarbell
Bride shoots guest over slur at wedding
In Logansport Indiana Elizabeth Lang a bride of one day shot and killed guest Mrs Mar Copple at the wedding supper after Copple allegedly called the groom’s chosen bride ugly and worthless Lang was arrested soon after and police say she confessed and was pleased to stop slanderous remarks
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Logansport
Ind
Elizabeth Lang
Mar Copple
Woman Confesses Killing Mrs Copple After Jealousy Remark
The speaker admits shooting Mrs Copple before her two children, saying the victim insulted her age and looks and warned of marital ruin. The motive cited is jealousy after a wedding guest reportedly repeated the remark. Police were alerted after a conference at Mrs Lang’s home.
Tudor Tea Ad Promotes Inexpensive Tea Rooms
An advertisement promotes Tudor Tea rooms as the daintiest venues for the finest families. It claims tea costs only 1-10 of a cent per cup and urges readers to try the product.
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