Boston Library Fiction Committee Attracts Jeers
Post reporters examine the Boston Public Library system that screens novels through a women’s committee. The Nation’s picks were partly rejected or kept from the fiction catalogue, sparking public skepticism about censorship and the hidden catalogue. The reviewing body’s exact membership remains undisclosed, known only to trustees and staff.
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Boston Public Library
Boston
the West
New York Nation
Nation
Library
Clara Morris
Kennedy
Glenbaugh
David McClure
Nod Willoughby
James A. Nickerson
A. W. Marchmont
Kate Upson Clark
Wisconsin
Maine
Lina Bartlett Ditson
Anna Robeson Brown
Etchingham
Frederick Pollock
Ella Fuller Maitland
Italy
Maurice Trewlett
Mr. Hewlett
Dante
Savonarola
Borcaccio
Merry Company
Voice of the People
Ellen Glasgow
William Dean Howells
May Morison
Marlboro Street
William L. Parker
Somerset Associates Name Ball Committee Names Benches in South Boston
At a regular meeting in their rooms Broadway South Boston the Somerset Associates elected J Frank lare as president and formed a committee of arrangements for the tenth annual ball to be held at Bethesda Hall on Sunday evening April 12. The committee includes Alderman Norton Representatives Logan McNary Councilmen O Hare Neevans ex Senator Baldwin ex-Councilmen Hickey Joan Joe ex-Representative Gleason Hussey Dally Condon Sullivan Walsh Dixon Cronin Heecher Reagan Leary Barry. A Pullman service to Pinehurst North Carolina operated exclusively by Southern Railway with tickets at Boston office 28 Washington street.
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Somerset Oofates
Broadway
Boston
Fed
J. Frank
Lare
Association
Bethesda Hall
J. J. Norton
E. L. Logan
W.S. McNary
J. EF. O’hare
2. Heecher
HH. Reagan
P. Oo’ Leary
T. J. Barry
Holland Prepares for Wilhelmina's Royal Wedding
The Hague reports feverish preparations for Queen Wilhelmina's February wedding to Henry Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin. The ceremony will be simple yet regal in The Hague Cathedral with four peers giving the bride away. Dutch youths plan to marry the same day as the Queen in a national rite of devotion.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Royal
Europe
Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Henry of
Netherlands
the Hague
Ereign
Holland
Mary
England
Philip
Spain
Queen Victoria
Duke of Sussex
Bertha
Wilhelmina of
Maide
Exodus to the Southland and Society at Brookline
Society notes from Brookline and Boston detail Mrs. Addison’s charity theater in Union Hall on Feb 15 with Mrs. Swan and Mrs. Hale performing. Exoduses for the South include the Aiken colony, Fort Monroe and New Orleans travel, while Arthur Whiting’s third chamber music recital draws a large audience.
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Southland
Mgr
Arthur Whiting
Copley Hall
Marion H. North
Robert Kent James
Brookline
Daniel Dulaney Addison
Union Hall
Pendleton
Walter Buckminster Swan
Beacon Street
Bayard Hale
Hale
Addison
Lyman Brown
Mollie Williams
Benjamin Richardson
Frank Jatchelder
George Whelan
Lawrence Strong
F. W. Clarke
Courtlandt Waite
W. A. Rust
Paul D. Rust
Commonwealth Avenue
Pinehurst
N. Cgc
North Carolina
Thomas Upham
Brunswick
Asheville
A. Gardner Morse
Morse
Fortress Monroe
William G. Wild
Susan Hall
Miss Goddard
Mexico
New Orleans
Mildred Goss
Francis W. Goss
Roxbury
Thacher Loring
Minna Trin
Isabel Shaw
Richard J. Monks
Montgomery Sears
Robert M. Morse
W. Waldo Merrill
Misses Ranney
Bay State Road
Marian Allen
William Wallace Peirce
Ellery Street
Cambridge
Humboldt Avenue
Elm Hill
Josephine Ladd
Malden
Howard Havelin Hamilton
Theodore Lyman
Heath Street
Josiah Royce
Harvard
Frookline First Parish
Women’s Alliance
Langdon Shannon Davis
Joshua Crane
Emma Cummings
Alliance
William H. Ivyon
Lowell
Chestnut Hill
Henry V. Poor
Walnut Street
Francis Cabot
Edward S. Philbrick
Henry M. Whitney
Lewis F. Perry
J. Murray Kay
George D. Noyes
Marion Cutler
George F. Arnold
Charles H. Stearns
Stevenson
Gripper Epidemic Advised Cure Scott Emulsion
The article warns of an epidemic grippe attacking all classes and ages. It urges immediate bed rest and medical advice, then promotes Scott's Emulsion as a natural remedy to restore vitality and prevent pneumonia or bronchitis. A trial bottle offer is included with Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Revival Plan At Union Rescue Mission In Dover Street
The Union Rescue Mission on Dover Street plans a revival as part of the twentieth century Forward movement. Series of gospel services start tomorrow night with pastors Emory Hunt Dr Withrow John Short Charles Page and others preaching. Music will be led by evangelist Lawrence Greenwood with assistants Estey Knight Cohors Upham and the Hales.
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Union Rescue Mission
Dover Street
John E. Hendsey
Boston
South End
Hendsey
Emory W. Hunt
Clarendon Street Church
Dr. Withrow
Park Street Church
John N. Short
Charles J. Page
W. J. McElveen
Dr. Plumb
Morton W. Plummer
Sk. Mitchell
Nickerson
Colonel Evans
Salvation Army
Tours from Boston by Pennsylvania Railroad Planned
Personally conducted excursions funded by Pennsylvanian railroad depart Boston on February 11 and 2, March 12 and 25, and April 22 with all expenses covered. Pamphlet by D N Hell Tourist Agent at 206 Washington Street Boston.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Boston
D. N. Hell
Washington Street
Runaway Boston Girls Arrigned in New York Court
Two Boston girls Louise McGlynn 16 and Agnes Berry 14 were arraigned in Jefferson Market Court on theft and runaway counts. They claimed mistreatment at home and that McGlynn had $25 000 in Boston wealth and relatives in the city. A Boston police officer testified McGlynn kept $50 of her mother's money and bought outfits charged to the widow Mrs McGlynn. After a magistrate lecture they agreed to return home and departed on an afternoon train.
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New
Boston
Berry
McGlynn
Theatres and London Dramas Amid Mourning Pause
Richard Carle sails for America due to his mother's illness in New York. London theatrical affairs are chaotic during mourning. American managers plan new productions while James T. Powers predicts Congressional Record dramatization. Chauncy Olcott stays in New York after success. Richard Mansfield sent edited copies of Henry V. Chickering Hall opens Friday as a social event. Effie Shannon's My Lady Dainty shines at Park on February 18.
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Richard Carle
America
New York
London
James T. Powers
Congressional Record
Chauncy Olcott
Richard Mansfield
Chickering Hall
Lady Dainty
Effie Shannon
The
Audiences Thrill as West End and Boston Shows Open
This week and next feature John Hare at the Hollis and Ben Hur at the Colonial drawing crowds. Way Down Last could run to spring at Tremont, while Frohman’s company, Drury Lane melodrama, and Sa, Park, Keith’s, and Museum houses host extensive entertainments with vaudeville, burlesque, and star turns including Ada Rehan in Sweet Nell of Old Drury and Fitzsimmons in The Honest Blacksmith.
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John Hare
Hollis
Ben Hur
The
Colonial
Tremont
the Park
Frohman
Sporting Life
Drury Lane
Boston
Keith’s
Sam Bernard
Henry Lee
Jennie Yeamans
Columbia
Castle Square
Dick Bernard
Clifford
Huth
Music Hall
Rosa
Algiers
Austin & Stone
Fitzsimmons
Grand Opera House
Chinatown
Powdoin Square
Grand N. 8
Lady Olga
Nickelodeon
Boston Theatre Benefit Concert Showcases Wide Variety
A Boston Theatre performance last night for the Red Cross bureau featured the First Regiment Band playing a new march by George W. Goodwin and the anvil chorus from Trovatore. Soloists included Herbert Bidder Miss May Cook Albert C Orcutt Frank Ek Dodge Miss May Kempest and J Aldrich Libbey with humorous talks and instrumental numbers.
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Boston
The
Red Cross Bureau
First Regiment
George W. Goodwin
Anvil
Trovatore
Herbert Bidder
May Cook
Albert C. Orcutt
Frank Ek
Dodge
May Kempest
J .Aldrich Libbey
Harvard Man Among Waifs
Meyer Bloomfield a Harvard junior plans mission work among the slums as a life vocation. He rose from New York University to Harvard via carpentry tasks and social service shows, earning notice from Edwin D. Mead and leading Boston Jewish evening schools and the North End mission before returning to New York for East Side work.
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Meyer Bloomfield
Harvard
Bloomfield
New York University
Edwin D. Mead
Jewish Evening Schools
Boston
University
North End
Leayir
New York
Intentia
Legrow's Downfall Under Motive Of Three Trades
Ira F Legrow a former private detective and deputy tax collector faced larceny charges after Somerville officials alleged he stole 800 dollars from city tax collections. He had served writs and notices in Union Square and worked with Frank Garland earlier. Judge Story ordered 1500 dollars bond for Superior Court.
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Somerville
Ira F. Legrow
Fitchburg Railroad
Union Square
Frank Garland
T. J. Gargan
Boston
Mr. Garland
John J. Cole
Legion
Legrow
Cole
Legron
Story
Superior Court
City Missionary Work Presented at Walnut Avenue Church
The Walnut Avenue Congregational Church hosted a City Missionary Society report read by president R. H. Stearns. Speakers included Rev. George H. Beale D D and Rev. John Fox D D of New York City, and Wy. Dr. A. He Phymban TM ing.
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Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
City Missionary Society
R. H. Stearns
George H. Beale
D. D
John Fox
New York City
A. He Phymban
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Ball Committee
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WORLD
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Katherine Fay
Margaret Fay
Maida Ksherwin
Marion Peabody
Elizabeth Cabot
Grace Dabney
Miss Dexter
Dorothy Forbes
Blake
Hannah Stevenson
Whitney
Phillips
J. N
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J. Louis Brown
Grew
Mary Morton Kehew
Glendower Fivans
George R. Shaw
Henry Whitman
John Parkinson
Samuel Eliot
Alexander Whiteside
Ellen Bellows
E. F. Mason
Lorin F. Deland
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David K. Kimball
Arthur W. Blake
Shepherd Brooks
James T. Fields
Whiteside
Ethel Paine
Johnny
Otis Little
Buchanan
Indiana
Madelaine Stuart
Washington Tours
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Louise McGlynn
Mother
Model_ Playhouse
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Jone Yearn
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Sleutlitau
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Anna Caldwell
Prof. Winton
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George W. Magee
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Rose Meville
Hopkins
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Lincoln
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Hamilton
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Clifford & Thuth
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Little Minister
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Huntington Ave
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Matinees
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Isaac B. Rich
A. W. Pinero
Boston Museum
TIN Daly Musical Company
San Toy
ADA Rehan
QRENS
Ee Park
Eugene Tompis
Charles Frohman
Bowdoin
Square Theatre
Nat
Haines and Pettingill
Dorothy Drew
Milt
Vickers
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