Hello Girls' School Opens for New England Telephone
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company opens a Hello Girls School at 208 Newbury Street Back Bay to train operators in telephone mechanism and switchboard basics. The program standardizes instruction to boost skill and accuracy and pays beginners $2.50 weekly. a matron oversees the facility.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Newbury Street
Back Bay
Greater
Boston
Love Advice From Mildred Champagne
A letter from an 18 year old asks how to keep a girl two years younger in love and overcome bashfulness. The advisor says don’t rush romance while the girl is under 18 and urges being a good friend rather than pursuing demonstrations of love.
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Miss Champagne
Morning Post
Faithless Men Murder in Moral Sermon at Revival
Philadelphia, Feb 8. Dr Reuben A Torrey warned that murder includes neglect and cruelty in marriage. He said many killers exist in respectable society and cited tombstone inscriptions as evidence that wives die from a husband’s unfaithfulness. He linked the command Thou shalt not kill to daily acts of harm within family life.
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Philadelphia
Reuben A. Torrey
Time for Her to Hear You When Older
The speaker suggests that with a few years more experience she will better understand and listen to you. The message emphasizes patience and the value of maturity before deeper conversations.
A Strange Courtship Dear Miss Champagne
A reader asks about five year pursuit of a Cambridge coworker who finally spoke, and whether marrying him now would reveal past methods. Advice emphasizes letting the past guide the future, noting his regard remains and urging patience. It contemplates broader freedom for women in choosing partners and suggests possible happier marriages.
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Miss Champagne
Cambridge
Hope
M. H
Postmaster Hibbard Recovers Sits Up Briefly
Reports say Postmaster Hibbard is improving and can sit up for several minutes daily to chat with friends indicating steady progress in his condition.
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Postmaster Hibbard
Fire hearing on one day off in five for firefighters adjourned at City Hall
Fire Commissioner Wells says neither he nor the fire chief nor district chiefs will attend the 2 PM hearing without Mayor's orders. Aldermen had unanimously urged Mayor to ensure presence of officials to address petition circulation and ordinance repeal amid a tense municipal dispute.
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Cheswell
Benjamin W. Wells
Post
Board of Aldermen
Kneeland
Linehan
Fogbound Romance Aboard the Ocean Liner
On a foggy deck a forlorn Harding and Miss Hutchinson confront love and regret after last night’s spark. A distant fog horn and a ghostly vessel intensify longing as Alice confesses love and Harding seeks reconciliation in secrecy.
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Europe
Bob
Mr. Harding
Miss Hutchinson
Harding
Alice
What is that blur and the waving trees
A brief note describes a blur in the scene focusing on trees moving with the wind and a mention of a breeze. The fragment evokes a calm natural moment without additional context or events.
New York Life Audit Hits Hamilton and Executives
The trustees special committee filed a partial report critical of Andrew Hamilton legislative agent and scrutinizing John A. McCall and George W Perkins. The report implies Hamilton may owe $59,310 in notes and questions the conduct of top executives.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Andrew Hamilton
John A. McCall
New York Life
George W. Perkins
McCall and Hamilton blamed in tax bureau reform probe
A committee accuses McCall of ten years of flawed methods in the bureau of taxation and legislation and of permitting Hamilton to drain large sums without proper accounting. It cites remittances of 10,000 to McCall in London and 184,500 to Hamilton in Paris in 1900, seeks accounting or repayment, and assigns McCall and Hamilton liability for 75,000 advanced for state tax used for their purposes. It questions George W. Perkins liability for 59,310 notes, notes he paid from New York Life profits, and urges legal action by the company. The report, signed by five members including Clarence H. Mackay, was unanimously adopted.
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Bureau of Taxation
Hamilton
London
Paris
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Perkins
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Company Institute
T. P. Fowler
Norman B. Ream
Hiram Steele
Augustus G. Paine
Clarence H. Mackay
Ball 10 Helps New Synagogue
Prominent Hebrew residents of Roxbury and Dorchester plan a temple at Blue Hill avenue and Brunswick street. A ball at Paul Revere Hall on February 28 will raise funds for a projected $50,000 edifice. Committee includes Nathan Pinansky and Israel Shapira, with Louis Pokrofsky as secretary.
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Roxbury
Dorchester
Blue Hill Avenue
Brunswick Street
Paul
Italy's new cabinet list in Rome February update
Rome reports the new Italian cabinet formed after the Fortis ministry resigned on February 2. Premier and Interior Minister Baron Sidney Sonnino leads the administration with ministers for foreign affairs Guicciardini, justice Sacchi, treasury Luzzetti, finance Salandra, agriculture Pantano, public instruction Boselli, public works Carmine, war Fainoni, navy Mirabello, and posts and telegraphs Baccelli.
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Fortis
Baron Sidney Sonnino
Count Guicciardini
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Signor Sacchi
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Luigi Luzzatti
Finance
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Signor Pantano
Signor Boselli
Signor Carmine
Gift Leads to Death and Poisoning at Governors Island
New York February 8. A $4 gift from a young woman to Robert C. Elwell a Lowell Mass temporary military prisoner at Governor's Island triggered a deadly chain. Elwell invented a drink mixing cheap whiskey wood alcohol bag rum lemon juice witch hazel and served from a tin can. Five others poisoned two gravely ill. General Grant orders an investigation.
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New York
Robert C. Elwell
Lowell
Mass
Old Castle
Governor’s Island
Elwell
Frederick D. Grant
Mother and 4 Babies Rest at New Calvary Cemetery
The four children of Arthur B. Dixon and Annie J. Dixon lie beside their mother at New Calvary Cemetery after the family tragedy at 29 Dennis Street Roxbury. The funeral, led by Rev Thomas J Walsh of St Patrick's Church, featured four white caskets around a silver gray plush coffin. The bereaved father, once at risk of losing reason, plans to move in with relatives.
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Arthur B. Dixon
Annie J
Dixon Home
Dennis Street
Roxbury
Thomas J. Walsh
St. Patrick’s Church
Mr. Dixon
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