Roosevelt Chatterbox Goes Unabashed in Debate
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake defended women as talkers before the Minerva Club at the Waldorf Astoria. She commented on a protest by 50 women opposing a bill making married women responsible for household debts. She urged equality and argued men are not oppressed by women.
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New Yorkk
United States
Lillie Devereux Blake
Minerva Club
Waldorf-Astoria
Albany
Senate
President
Cost a Limb Victim Warns Against French Heel Wear
Mrs Marie K Good wife of H N Good, a drug salesman, had a leg amputated at St Luke's Hospital after two and a half years of pain from necrosis linked to high French heels. Dr Hibbs and Dr Markoe oversaw the procedure as X rays showed extensive bone decay.
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Marie K. Good
New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Francis Markoe
H. N. Good
Hibbs
Vanderbilt Cruger engagement rumor grows in New York society
New York February 17 amid repeated denials society treats Harold Vanderbilt and Violet Cruger as engaged though no official announcement will come until graduation. Harold is William K. Vanderbilt's youngest son and still at Harvard. Violet Cruger is daughter of Mrs. J Frederick Tams from her first marriage to Eugene Cruger who she divorced.
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New York
Harold Vanderbilt
Violet Cruger
Harold
William K. Vanderbilt
Fie
Harvard
Miss Cruger
J. Frederick Tams
Huband
Eugene Cruger
Coffee Fights Disease Germs in Daily Cup
An upbeat note emphasizes that good coffee pleases the palate while purportedly building health. It claims coffee destroys disease germs and benefits the body and brain through nutritious elements.
Springs notes on husband
Wife fights his plea for divorce. She finds a note in his pocket pleading for freedom and asking him to straighten the affair. The fragment hints at marital strain and potential legal action, with the wife resisting the divorce petition.
Divorce Suit Highlights Wife Defense and Alleged Affection
Peter Lobig sues Catherine Lobig for divorce alleging coldness and lack of love. Mrs Lobig pleads poverty and asks for court appointment of counsel, sending letters signed Laura found among husband's effects. She insists she does not want the divorce to enable him to wed Laura Hamilton, a Chicago nurse, noting his late nights and socializing as a single man.
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ST. Louis
Peter Lobig
Catherine E. Lobig
Laura
Laura Hamilton
Chicago
Baby Born Aboard Illinois Central Train Prompting Evacuation
On an Illinois Central suburban train from Forty-seventh Street a baby boy was born to Mrs. Helene Snyder. Conductor Hendershot urged passengers toward the forward car as panic rose. Doctors Dr. Frank X. Walls and Dr. W. S. Harpole joined the party at Randolph Street. mother and child were taken to a hospital.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Helene Snyder
Hendershot
Forty-seventh Street
Boston University Klatsch Collegium Welcomes 2000 Guests
The social climax of Boston University arrived with the annual Klatsch Collegium hosted by the Gamma Delta Sorority. About 2000 guests filled the halls decorated with evergreen and holly while seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen hosted tables in chapel Convocation Hall Jacob Sleeper Hall and other venues. Notables included President and Mrs. Huntington and several professors and their wives. Alumni from Harvard Wellesley Yale Technology and Brown attended.
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Boston University
Klatsch Collegium
Gamma Delta
Gladys Barber
Auburndale
Myrtle Maguire
M. D. Maguire
J. T. Barber
Convocation Hall
Francisca Sherry
Salem
Sara Collins
Chelsea
F. J. Givens
A. W. Bullock
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Alma P. Stone
Somerville
Helen Osgood
Bos
Murderer spared long ago is killed by snowplow
At St Hya cinthe Que M Guertin once convicted of murdering a man who later vanished was struck by a snowplow and killed. His nephew Brunelle, last seen in the United States, disappeared from La Presentation and later returned, saving his uncle from death sentence. Also Ernest Jansson killed by a railroad train on the 18th anniversary of his wedding.
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ST. John
N. B
St. Hyacinthe
Que
M. Guertin
Guertin
Brunelle
United States
la Presentation
Carleton
Ernest Jansson
New Brunswick Southern Railroad
Catarrlets Offer Quick Relief for Catarrh and Breath
Advertising blurb promotes Catarrlets as fast relief for nasal catarrh and mucous membrane inflammation. Claims soothe breath and aid healing while Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to address root causes. Available by mail or at Metcalf's stores and local druggists.
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Catarrlets, Inc
Co. J. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Metcalf
Relief From Headaches With Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills
The ad promises quick relief from headaches and nervous pains with Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills. A testimonial from Mrs Ruth Record of Claremont New Hampshire claims relief in about 20 minutes. The offer states 25 doses cost 25 cents and warns against bulk sales.
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Miles
Ruth Record
Claremont
N. H
Mrs. Jacks Vases Adorn Fall River Courthouse
Two large imported urns known as Mrs Jack s vases decorate the Fall River courthouse. Originally for Mrs Jack Gardner s Boston palace they were bought after she withdrew from bids. The vases cost 384.27 dollars and granite bases 365.18 dollars were built.
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Fall River
Mrs. Jack
Jack Gardner
Boston
Washington Tour by Pennsylvania Railroad
Eight day trip for Geo. M. Roberts via Pennsylvania Railroad with all expenses paid except supper. February 24 departure from Boston. Details available at P. A. N. E. D. No. 205 Washington Street, Boston Massachusetts.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Geo. M. Roberts
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It guarantees a refund if the remedy fails and notes EB Winslow’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
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Wrove
Fire damages Signet Club at Harvard corner Dunster Mt. Auburn
A fire at 6 30 a m damaged the Signet Club furnishings by about $1000. Frank Stevens and family escaped with slight burns after rescuing their baby Percival. The library reportedly saved thousands in books paintings and bric a brac including a $10000 portrait of J H Hyde. The club founded 1870 with 650 members is housed in a $20000 valued building.
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Wire
Harvard
Signet Club
Dunster
Mt. Auburn
Frank Stevens
Percival
Stevens
Mr. Stevens
J. H. Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hyde
S. D. Preston
Roosevelt
Barrett Wendell
Francis C. Lowell
Nathaniel 8. Shaler
Charles R. Saunders
Robert Homans
Warren K. Blodgett
D. Filley
A. C. Travers
The
Crimson
Pope
Cuticura Ends Three Year Eczema Nightmare
S B Hege, Passenger Agent for B and O R R in Washington DC, reports relief from a painful itchy eczema after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills. He describes initial pimples and blotches on hand ears and ankles, then rapid improvement within one day and a likely complete cure.
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S. B. Hege
Washington, D. C
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Details
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co Boston details officers and directors led by Benjamin F Stevens. Financials show assets 38 324 422 73 liabilities 34 638 296 48 surplus 3 686 126 25. Notes Massachusetts firm claims oldest largest strongest. contact Flood or Curtis for rate information.
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Post Office Square
Boston
Benjamin F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
S. Franksford Trull
William B. Turner
Daniel F. Appel
Warren Sawyer
Thomas Sherwin
Nathaniel J. Rust
Henry Parkman
Wallace L. Pierce
Charlies E. Cotting
Gordon Abbott
Reginald Foster
Massachusetts
Charles H. Flood
Milk Street
A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
Death notices from Boston area February obituaries
Multiple memorial notices list deaths in Boston area including Mary Clifford of 357 Hanover Street and Patrick English of 89 M Street with funerals looming Monday. George F Hagen at 16 Havre Street East Boston and Luther Holden of 9 St. John Street Jamaica Plain are noted with funeral plans to follow. John Sheridan of 47 Cranston Street Jamaica Plain also referenced.
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Clifford
Mary
Eugene Clifford
Hanover St
St. Stephen’s Church
Patrick
Catherine English
Caxbel
Aig Tdnants Iene
M Street
All Saints’ Church
St. Paul’s
Hingham
Mass
Hagen
George F
Alvade (Nee Lund) Hagen
Havre Street
Boston
Holden
St. John Street
Jamaica Plain
Luther L. Holden
Roos
Cranston Street
Mead
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Chase & Sanborn’s
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M. Schwartz
Newburg
N. Y
Yours Truly
Washington St
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Girl
Huntington
Warren
Thomas B. Lindsay
F. Spencer Baldwin
Joseph Tylor
James Geddes, Jr
Charles W. Rischell
Judson B. Coit
E. Ray Speare
Freeman M. Josselyn
Chickering
B. A
As Iamlavie
Wellesley
Yale
Technology
Brown
Hixson
Uss
EG Mitchel
Catarrlets
Dr. Miles
Fall River Courthouse
Washington
Speedy Cure
Cuticura
Oxford
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Franklin Jr
Ward
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