Future Daughter-in-Law Awaits Roosevelt's Greeting
New York reports Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander, engaged to ex-President Roosevelt's son, will likely elicit a warm reception on Roosevelts June return. She hails from a leading New York family and her marriage ties two prominent clans. Roosevelt Jr. works in Thompsonville earning 18 dollars weekly with occasional days off, and the wedding is set soon after the former president arrives back from central Africa.
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Roosevelt
Thompsonville
Conn
Nina Tug Missing After Severe Atlantic Storm Search Intensifies
The Nina tug, last seen off Cape Henry, is feared sunk with all hands after a week of fierce storms. U S Navy ships including the Louisiana and Salem lead the biggest Atlantic coast search, with cutters Algonquin and Yamacraw and British Scylla aiding. Charles Charlestown yard destination not reached. no signals or wreckage found yet.
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Navy Yard
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Atlantic
John Jacob Astor
United States
Porto Rican
Scylla
Anxious Wife's Vigil in Malden for Missing Tug Captain
Friends of tug Nina captain John S. Croghen report his wife Mrs Croghen arrived in Malden to meet him but no trace of her found tonight in Belmont Hill. The Croghens previously lived on Ashland Street in a house shared with Mr and Mrs Henry Glazier before moving to Washington six months ago.
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Rumor on Asquiths King Visit Delays Minister Decisions
London reports a rumor mill on the prime minister's Brighton visit. Asquith left for the country for the weekend and no authentic details about new ministers or policy have leaked. A final government course is expected after the premier relays the King's views to the cabinet tomorrow.
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Brighton
Asquith
Cabinet Council
May Mean Election: Asquith Yields On Lords Veto Bill
In a late development the Liberal leader Asquith agreed to push the veto of the House of Lords before the budget despite risks to the budget and a possible new general election. Liberal whip J M J Fuller disclosed yesterday that in three days difficulties could drive the Commons to reject the budget, with Nationalists potentially choosing to fight another general election on a major democratic issue.
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Asquith
Trowbridge
House of Commons
Doctor Blames Mothers For Child Nervousness
Dr W N Bullard at Harvard Medical School argued nervousness in children stems from parents. He said treating the mother could heal the child, insisting nervousness is a symptom influenced by those around the child rather than a disease.
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W. N. Bullard
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Bullard
Nervousness in Women and Children in Medical Insight
The piece discusses nervousness as a defect in women and a risk in children, detailing causes such as inherited temperaments and eye strain. It advises training for self-control, regulated routines, and cautious handling to prevent sleeplessness and convulsions, noting epilepsy signs and hopeful infantile paralysis serum developments by Dr. Slexner.
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Slexner
New York
Prouty Arrested Again On Larceny Charge In Melrose
A young man named Prouty was arrested at his brother Edward Prouty’s Linwood Street home on a larceny charge after buying a full clothing outfit with a bad check. Police trace prior arrests in several states and say he posed as heirs or relatives of wealthy New England figures to swindle peers. He faces local court action tomorrow on the larceny charge while Boston and Cambridge warrant records show multiple forgery counts.
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House of Correction
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State Street Trust Company
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Wanted in Dedham Dogen Forgeries Suspect
Harold G Prouty is wanted by Dedham police after a forged $5 note cashed at Stephen Jacobs garage and a provision store. He claimed to be A H Hunt and sought transport to Boston. Cambridge police also seek him on forgeries charges related to a dogen case.
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New Secretary for Taft's Wife
Washington February 13 Miss Mary LD Spires a clerk in the surgeon general's office will succeed Miss Alice Blech as social secretary to Mrs Taft about the first of March Miss Blech will wed Lieutenant Richard Wainwright next spring Isabelle Hagner who earlier handled White House mistress correspondence was a longtime clerk with Spires Spires a North Carolinian boasts many army friends and is noted for beauty and style She will remain on War Department rolls while serving at the White House
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Taft
Blech
Richard Wainwright
U. S.N
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Roosevelt
White House
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War Department
Composer Leoncavallo Near Death in Milan
Milan edition reports composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo gravely ill from heart disease with his death feared. His brother summoned by telegraph. Born Naples 1856, trained at Naples Conservatory, toured as pianist at 16. Noted for Pagliacci and operas Medici Savonarola Cesare Borgia Trilby Zaza. a writer and Wagner enthusiast who helped popularize Wagner in Italy. first visited the United States in 1906.
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Leoncavallo
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Italy
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Savonarola
Cesare Borgia
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Zaza
Yale Man Beats Record Appendix Length
New Haven Conn February 13 An anatomical record said to be due to football was set by George Goss a Yale athlete. His vermiform appendix measured six inches after removal far exceeding the usual two to two and a half inches. Goss was a Yale football guard for four years.
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Conn
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Yale
Goss
Maskers by William Watson at Life's Gate
Poem fragment cataloging masks of Hope youth age joy care power wealth wisdom and death. The speaker lists personified qualities as maskers and mummers at life and death, ending with a stark image of death's gate.
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Hope
Death's Gate
Telegraph Will Extend South Expansion Plans
Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable companies, returns from a South inspection tour and says the telegraph business remains strong. He notes the South’s steady momentum through the panic and outlines plans for extensions and general facility expansion throughout the region as demand grows.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Companies
South
Mrs Ady Denies She Is An American
Mrs J C Ady wife of Dr J C Ady of 90 Berkeley street Boston denies being American and says she is an English woman not American after a report claimed her husband’s royal Burman birth caused the confusion. She asked the Post to publish the correction.
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Boston
J. C. Ady
Berkeley Street
Dr. Ady
May Vaccinate Whole Town in North Brookfield
North Brookfield considers town wide vaccination as smallpox spreads. Board of health orders closure of public gathering places after two weeks with several new cases. All residents may be required to be vaccinated under an upcoming order.
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Board of Health
Tve
City Council Hearings on Ward Wishes Schedule Set
Tonight the City Council continues hearings on the appropriation bill in City Hall alders chamber. Citizens from Wards 6 7 8 9 10 5 71 and 12 will present wishes. Tomorrow night the council visits West Roxbury and Brighton, Thursday at Vine Street Church in Roxbury.
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West Roxbury
Brighton
Vine Street
Roxbury
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