Minstrel Show by Metropolitan Driving Club Ladies
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Metropolitan Driving Club staged a minstrel performance at the Charles River Club house with about 1000 attendees. Performers in blackface presented cake walk and song numbers, with Miss Michel Smith and Miss Florence Bowson notable in a cake walk parody.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Metropolitan Driving Club
Sunny South
Charles River Club
Tne
Michel Smith
Florence Bowson
Josephus Brown
Clementine
G. Pray Smith
Answerback
G. I. Stearns
J. Eddy
F. C. Garman
Sanderson
Ethel M. Smith
Florence M. Carter
Fall Fatal to B M Veteran Conductor
George A. Law a veteran conductor on the Concord and Portsmouth division of the Boston and Maine railroad died after a fall on a station platform Tuesday in Portsmouth New Hampshire He served in the Civil War from Charlestown Massachusetts He was among the oldest members of Portsmouth Lodge of Elks and a Mason He is survived by his wife a brother John K Law of New London sergeant at arms of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and one daughter Mrs William J Kershaw
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Portsmouth
N. H
George A. Law
Concord
Lawyer's Plea Accuses Wife in Divorce Court
Lloyd Makepeace an attorney testified in East Cambridge Divorce Court that his wife Lena M Makepeace left their Malden home in 1908 and evidence including a photograph and hotel guest records suggested infidelity. A Malden domestic Mary A Sheldon said Mrs Makepeace received male visitors. Judge Bell took the case under advisement.
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Lloyd Makepeace
Congress Street
Boston
Dexter Street
Malden
East Cambridge
Bell
Lena M. Makepeace
Makepeace
Mary A. Sheldon
Boston schooner Sullivan Lawin long missing after Jan 11 voyage
In Wiscasset Maine on February 8 a Boston three masted schooner named Sullivan Lawin with Captain Lawry and a six man crew has been missing since sailing for Newport News nearly a month ago. The vessel left on January 11 and remains unreported amid low visibility and uncertain weather conditions.
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Wiscasset
Newport News
Boston
Sullivan Lawin
Lawry
Ordin
Schooner Sullivan Sawin Returns to Sea After Sudden Trip
Reports note the 676 ton Bath built 36 year old schooner Sullivan Sawin may have been blown offshore during a week long voyage and is now feared missing by her Boston owners and local consignees.
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Bath
Boston
Thieves hunted after downtown fire
After a 9:30 pm blaze at 7 North Market street fire crews and North End police, led by Deputy Chief Grady, hunted burglars who had broken into two nearby buildings at 21 Blackstone street and 9 Blackstone street. No thieves found. ransacked offices and a false alarm due to escaping steam.
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North Market Street
Grady
North End
A. J. Bartlett
O'Donnell and Flynn
Blackstone Street
Kelly
Station 1
J. P. & D. Plummer
Liberals Hold Control After Tight Queen's County Vote
In Charlottetown Prince Edward Island on February 8 the Liberal candidate won by 35 votes in Queen's County District 2, preserving Liberal governance. The race between George McPhee of Charlottetown Liberal and John H. Buntin of Rustico Conservative was fiercely contested with power at stake.
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Charlottetown
Eczema Cure Beauty Wash Promoted by Drug Stores
A 25 cent bottle of D. D. D. Prescription is advertised as the best wash for eczema psoriasis and other skin diseases. It claims to cleanse remove pimples blackheads rash and all affections leaving skin soft smooth and clear like a healthy child. Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores promote the product.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Pardoned after four decades in Charlestown prison
William E. Hill a colored man freed after 40 years at Charlestown is released at 9 AM following Governor Foss's pardon the first signed by Foss Hill plans to return to Stoughton to work for Benjamin Washington a florist owner his wife having died he wept with joy upon learning of the pardon
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William E. Hill
Charlestown
Foss
Hill
Lke
Stoughton
Benjamin Washington
Stoughton Hill murder case and long prison stretch explained
The 1870 Hill murder case in Stoughton led to arrests of William E. Hill his wife and Phillips. Mrs Hill testified for the state freeing herself, Phillips got a prison term later pardoned, and Hill’s sentence was commuted. Hill, born a former slave from Ohio, long confined at Charlestown with a Civil War service in the Fifty fifth Massachusetts.
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Jacobs
Hill
Stoughton
William E. Hill
Phillips
Concord
Charlestown
Ohio
Colored Fifty-fifth
Massachusetts Regiment
St. John de Chambre Post
Geraldine Trotter
The
Guardian
Bankrupt Actor James B Houston Appears in Boston
James B Houston a bankrupt vaudeville actor known as Haviland filed voluntary bankruptcy listing debts of 2586 and assets of 25 in clothes. Principal creditor is his mother who loaned 500 after his Boston stock company ties. Claims include a 313 board bill at the Revere House and notes from H Slobodkin 110 Lon De Mont 360 W W Daniels 200 and W H North 200.
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James B. Houston
Boston
Haviland
H. M. Houston
St. James Hotel
Revere House
H. Slobodkin
Lon de Mont
New York
W. W. Daniels
Providence
W. H. North
Snow Storm Cleanup Costs City Over Fifty Thousand
Commissioner of Public Works Rourke estimated Tuesday's snow storm would cost the city upwards of $50,000. He praised the response of 1600 workers and 720 teams clearing streets with few complaints about bad roads.
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Rourke
Boston Man Sentenced for Interfering with Motorman
Antonio Genelli of Sheafe street Boston was jailed for one month in Municipal Court for disrupting a Boston Elevated car operator. Motorman Michael J. Cullen testified that Genelli jumped onto the outbound car on Washington street and grabbed his arm to prevent braking, while Cullen shut off power and rang three bells. The following car’s motor man stopped the vehicle after hearing the bells.
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Antonio Genelli
Sheafe Street
Boston
Michael J. Cullen
Washington Street
Winter Street
Temple Place
Cullen
Will dispute over Parkman $5000 legacy in Boston parks
Judge Hammond hears executors request for instructions on the residue of George F. Parkman’s will. Boston seeks the $5000 legacy to join the estate’s residue, while Cordner heirs claim it should pass to them. The case hinges on lapse provisions for gifts to nonliving beneficiaries and codicil republishings.
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George F. Parkman
Boston
Hammond
Supreme Judicial Court
City of
Elizabeth P. Cordner
Caroline P. Cordner
Caroline Cordner
Harriet E. Parkman
Cordner
Measure Parmelee Wedding in Dorchester
Alfred Measure and Miss Alice May Parmelee of Dorchester wed at Christ Church Dorchester last night officiated by Rev. George F. Pratt. Bride attended by Miss Josephine Hixon, best man R. R. Ross. ushers L Rodman Mack Thomas Burton Elmer King. They will reside at 8 Melville Avenue Dorchester after a Palm Beach tour. Measure is manager of the Cadillac Company of Dorchester.
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Alfred Measure
Alice May Parmelee
Dorchester
Christ Church, Dorchester
George F. Pratt
Josephine Hixon
R. R. Ross
L. Rodman Mack
Thomas Burton
Elmer King
Palm Beach
William LaCroix Dies at Home in Lynn
William LaCroix, 61, prominent shoe manufacturer and horseman on the Grand Circuit, died at his Lynn home after a long illness. He owned Sailorman among other horses, founded the Manufacturers' National Bank of Lynn, led the Lynn and Nahant Street Railway, and chaired the Republican city committee. He is survived by his widow and three daughters.
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Lynn
William LaCroix
Odd Fellows Gather Here in Grand Encampment Session
Grand Sire John B Cockrum of Indianapolis attended the Grand Encampment in Boston with a delegation. More than 400 representatives attended with 47 receiving the encampment degree. The Massachusetts order reported funds of 200 280.65 with 33 312.15 expenses.
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Dianapolis
John B. Cockrum
Odd Fellows
Boston
William H. Leedy
Grand Sire Cockrum
Henry RB. Ruggles
Franklin
Samuel Wood, Jr
East Milton
Walter F. Johnson
George H. Fuller
Nathaniel A. Very
Salem
Fred W. Bartlett
Plymouth
George A. Heighway
Clinton
John A. Perkins
Grand Sentinel
Bert J. Whitmore
Russian Students Vote to Strike on Easter Kickoff
Twenty five hundred students at a St. Petersburg university voted to strike until Easter after a meeting today. Police arrested fifty as protests followed cabinet measures that had withdrawn certain undergraduate privileges deemed used for political purposes.
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ST. Petersburg
Dry Shampoo Promises Quick Hair Refreshment
An ad from the Montreal Tribune extols a dry shampoo as a quick alternative to washing. It explains applying powder to remove dust oil and dandruff, brushing through, and claims the mix of orm s root and therex helps hair grow and stay glossy and fluffy.
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Mabbitt
Standish
Globe Woolens
Astras
Charles
Sandy) Chapman
Importers’ Outlet CO
Essex ST
Tunnel Station
Essex
Elm ST
Hanover St
Greater Boston
Revere Refinery
Trotter
G. A. R. Post
Jesse Pomeroy
Fifth Avenue
York
Parkman
Legatee
Parmelee
Grand Sire
Montreal Tribune
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