Valentine Day Act Reveals Jimmy Duncan’s Kindness
In Hollis Street School Room 8 Jimmy Duncan, the new boy, is chosen to distribute valentines during a class post office. When a mean trick swaps Ethel Andrews’ card for Katie Blaney’s, Duncan secretly redirects the gift to the hunchbacked girl, earning her praise and earning back dignity despite scorn from Ethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Johnson
Hollis Street
Jimmy Duncan
Duncan
Jimmy
Ethel Andrews
Jogerphry
Peter Ellis
Heust
Ethel
Peter
Katie Blaney
Rag Alley
Valentine
St. Valentine’s
Katie
The Maid and the Middy Musical at St. Francis Hall
The St. Francis de Sales Society presents The Maid and the Middy a sparkling musical comedy by D K Stevens at Jordan Hall February 10 11 12 and 13 under the Choral Society of St. Francis de Sales Church with over 120 performers costumes designed to rival a professional company and trained under George Lowell Tracy of Boston Cadet fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. K. Stevens
Jordan Hall
St. Francis de Sales Church
George Lowell Tracy
Boston Cadet Fame
Love and Sentiment Row Over Toast in Boston Post
A reader letters a young man who gave a toast to Anxious requests a public clarifying reply from Mildred Champagne in the Boston Post column. The writer, claiming to be the injured party, defends motive and seeks publication to rectify what he calls a public misjudgment and honor the reciprocated interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Boston Post
Ansious
Dear Miss Champagnie A vacation love left a girl heartbroken
A 17 year old writes about a brief romance during a New Hampshire visit and a Massachusetts follow up that yielded no further contact. The columnist advises the girl to forget the affair and stop waiting for letters, noting many vacation romances end without real consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagnie
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Diamond Ring Found By Roasted Duck Rescue
In Hoboken New Jersey Mrs Clara Heinze regained a lost diamond ring after a pet duck, present at her home, retrieved it from a duck pond during a dinner recall. Six years prior she had misplaced the ring while spooning with her sweetheart. The discovery came as the duck, kept as a family pet, swam near a log extending into the pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Clara Heinze
No. 8 Shoe For The President
President Roosevelt’s hunting shoes for his Africa trip were fitted today by a local tradesman. He is said to wear a number 8 and weighs over 200 pounds. The gun metal hob-nailed heavy calfskin shoes are waterproofed with oil. His hunting suits guns ammunition and tents are ready for the steamer the last of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
Miss Hobbs gains praise from Somerville audience
Mrs Corrill Bridges received congratulations after the Somerville Woman's Club staged Miss Hobbs in Unitarian Hall. The two night performance was a success with all parts played by women and well rendered. Featured performers included Edna F Nickerson Jeanie A Preston Minnie A Potter EF Grace Simonds Estelle Morse Marion E Shaw Josephine M Cheever Frances M Weeks Katherine Bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrill Bridges
Minnie A. Potter
EF. Grace Simonds
C. Estelle Morse
Marione E. Shaw
Josephine M. Cheever
Frances M. Weeks
Katherine Bridges
Morse Retires as Warrenton Street Home Head
The Warrenton street home of the Boston Young Men’s Christian Association held a reception for retiring superintendent Mrs S E Morse. Flowers tributes and friends gathered with Mrs Ara belle Howe and Mrs S H Eaves in attendance as Miss Juliet C Patterson succeeds Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton Street
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
S. E. Morse
Arabelle Howe
S. H. Eaves
Juliet C. Patterson
Morse
Brown University selects three speakers for commencement
Providence Feb 9 Charles E E Hughes Jr son of New York governor James D Dean and Chauncey E Wheeler of Plainville Mass were chosen as three of the speakers for Brown University commencement exercises this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Charles Ee. Hughes, Jr
Hughes
New York
James D. Dean
Waverly
Penn
Chauncey E. Wheeler
Plainville
Mass
Brown University
Vintage Recipes and Household Tips from Early New England
A collection of kitchen instructions and tips: fish salad with a rich yolk dressing. a sponge cake roll with gelatin cream Charlottes. brains layered with crumbs baked in milk. and a milk tapioca dessert with orange topping. Authorship cited from Cora B Stone, Mrs H A Higgins, Mrs W L Marston, and M Hodgson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora B. Stone
Main Street
Waltham
Charlotte
Brookville
H. A. Higgins
W. L. Marston
Plaistow
N. H
Cast List for The Play With Curran as Stage Director
The names Miss Gertrude Burns Miss Etta Kilroy Miss Catherine Haney Miss Nellie Ducie Miss Bessie Hagan Miss Teresa Kilroy Thomas Guinan Neil Sullivan William Gary Jeremiah Sullivan Bernard F Coyne T Hap O'Neil Francis Hagan Daniel Murray James J Hayden Frank Fogerty and William Wilds are listed as cast with George E Curran noted as stage director for the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Burns
Etta Kilroy
Catherine Haney
Nellie Ducie
Bessie Hagan
Teresa Kilroy
Thomas Guinan
Neil Sullivan
William Gary
Jeremiah Sullivan
Bernard F. Coyne
T. Hap O’neil
Francis Hagan
Daniel Murray
James J. Hayden
Frank Fogerty
William Wilds
George E. Curran
Window Tales From Theatres And A Harvard Pause
The piece recalls Frank M. McGrath at the Majestic and Columbia theatres sharing a tale of ticket windows and live exchanges with patrons over seat luck and change. In Chicago Dr. Francis G. Peabody addresses the Religious Education Association on social duty, church life, and the balance of faith and works. The speech questions whether religious education fortifies social duty or merely mirrors philanthropy and industrial reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. McGrath
Columbia
Majestic Theatre
McGrath
Columbia Theatre
Chicago
Ill
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard University
The
Religious Education Association
Peabody
Dr. Peabody
Paul
Congress
Purposes Diverted in Religious and Social Service Debate
Quotations question whether churches substitute clubs, gymnasiums, and social settlements for prayers and revivals. The piece probes if religious education strengthens social duty or if the church becomes a shell of faith.
Illinois farmer Jack Isham arrested in old Jean Valjean case
Marion Illinois reports second Jean Valjean style arrest as Jack D. Isham, a 16 year prosperous farmer, is jailed for a crime long past. He confessed after capture, had escaped from the Tennessee penitentiary in 1888, urged his family to sell the farm and depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jean Valjean
Jack D. Isham
Tennessee Penitentiary
British Columbia Keeps Dominion Cabinet Representation
The Hon. William Templeman, former minister of internal revenue in Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Cabinet, won Comox Alpine by acclamation in Prince Rupert yesterday after his Victoria hold failed by six votes in the October election. British Columbia thus retains its representation in the Dominion Cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Winnipeg
Man
William Templeman
Wilfrid Laurier
Ottawa
Victoria
B. C
Comox Aflin
Prince Rupert
Sloan
Dominion
One Day's Customs Receipts Hit Large Total
New York February reports reveal Collector Fowler announcing that customs receipts reached 1,523,026.59 dollars in a single day, the largest since the Dingley tariff law began on July 24, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fowler
Russian Officer Condemned to Death for Revolt Agitation
ODESSA February 9 Captain Nikitin of the general staff now retired was condemned by a court martial to death by hanging for conducting revolutionary agitation among enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Nikitin
Co Dublin Association Second Annual Ball Tonight
The Co. Dublin Association holds its second annual ball this evening at Paine Memorial Hall 9 Appleton Street inviting members and guests to attend the social event.
Five Boys Receive Medals for Kindness to Animals
Five boys Morris Spinoza Edward Draper Whitney Draper Henry Madden and Thomas Barry were awarded medals and blue ribbons at the Animal Rescue League annual meeting in Park Street Church. Henry Madden and Morris Spinoza received silver medals for saving dogs and cats. The others got blue ribbons for kindness to dumb animals in Dorchester. The awards were presented by Anna Harris Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Spinoza
Edward Draper
Whitney Draper
Henry Madden
Thomas Barry
Animal Rescue League
Park Street
Dorchester
League
Anna Harris Smith
Priest Denies Rap At Unions
The Rev John C Foharty head curate of St Marys Church in South Norwalk denies his sermon attacked labor unions saying he preached today from the gospel and did not intend to attack the strik ing hatters He says he believes in unions but objects when they prevent work while acknowledging unions aid laboring men
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Conn
John C. Foharty
St. Mary’s
Labor Union Trust
Recorder Force Tender Farewell to W L Terhune
William Lewis Terhune retiring manager of the Boot and Shoe Recorder Publishing Company was honored with a farewell dinner hosted by the staff of the trade journal he founded at the Hotel Hayward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lewis Terhune
Boot and Shoe Recorder Publishing Company
Hayward
Serum Heals paresis patients at Massillon hospital
Dr J D OBrien presented four paresis patients at Massillon State Hospital as cured by a newly discovered serum. He cited cases treated at the hospital and sent away cured, highlighting the potential of the experimental treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Massillon State Hospital
J. D. O’brien
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Wilmington
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Mary Kilderry
Katherine Haney
Mildred Champagne
Oxford
Macullar Parker Company
Washington Street
Somerville
Mrs. Morse
Warrenton St. Home
C. E. Wheeler
Brown
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M. Hodgon
High Street
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Ilinois
Prof. Anderson
Quaker Oats Company
Warren Leach
Allston
Smith
Edward Whitney
Draper Whitney
Recorder Force
W. L. Terhune
Falvey
Smallwares Specials CO. N.T. Spool
Boston
Warren's Keatherbone
Milward’s
Greater
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F Street
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Cosherds
Winter Street
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Cohen & CO
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