New Trouser Skirt Sparks English Backlash in London
London observers report a fashion clash as a trouser skirt triggers swift protest from suffragists and titled society figures. Countess of Warwick, Julia Marchioness of Tweeddale, and novelist Flora Annie Steel condemn the trend while Paris shows mixed reception.
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London
England
C. F. Humphreys
Strand
Countess of Warwick
London Daily Express
Gracex
Julia
Marchioness of
Tweeddale
Hibernian Total Abstainers Meet At Rathbone Hall
The regular monthly meeting of the Hibernian Total Abstinence Association No. 1 drew a large gathering from various branches. Maurice Pinnen presided as John W. O'Ryan of New Bedford spoke on John Boyle O'Reilly, Poet and Patriot. Timothy Donovan of Lynn pledged abstinence since 1849. Daniel Murphy served as deputy. A musical program preceded a committee setup for St Patrick's Day observance.
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Hibernian Total Abstinence Association No
Rathbone Hall
Washington Street
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Maurice Pinneen
John W. O’ryan
New Bedford
Total
Boston
John Boyle O'Reilly
Timothy Donovan
Lynn
Father Mathew
Daniel Murphy
Foss Enjoys Job As Governor Aims To Reorganize State
After six weeks in office Governor Foss says he is having a lovely time and really enjoys the job. He compares it to reorganizing a large corporation and notes his goal to put state departments on a business basis.
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Foss
Governor Foss Promises Budget Scrutiny and Efficient Coordination
The Massachusetts Governor declares a $15 000 annual aim to maximize public good through spending efficiency. He notes heavy work hours, rarely leaving the State House, and reports no prior business office visits since inauguration. He avoids the vice presidency talk, focusing on one task at a time.
Letter to the Post on Ray Creamer death and marriage claim
Arthur M Creamer of Somerville writes to the Post revealing details of his brother Ray Creamer and his relationship with Missiah Orff of Lawrence. He describes meetings in Bethlehem Concord Maine and Boston, planned marriage, and a secrecy request by Orff to keep the marriage undisclosed. He includes a suicide note Ray allegedly wrote.
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Brothe
Ray Creamer
Missiah Orff
Lawrence
Maplewood Hotel
Bethleem
N. H
Miss Orff
Ray
Cambridge
Beacon Street
Somerville
Maine
Boston
Dee
Arthur
Arthur M. Creamer
P. S
GOLD DUST VERSUS SOAP FOR CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION
An advertisement extols GOLD DUST soap as not only cleaning but sterilizing, claiming soap only washes and leaves grease. It argues GOLD DUST cleans to the bottom, ensures purity and sanitary safety, and outperforms soap without user effort.
Churches of Greater Boston Meet to Discuss Movement
Several Boston ministers associations will gather this morning at Wesleyan Hall Chipman Hall and Pilgrim Hall to discuss The Men and Religious Forward Movement. Bishop Lawrence and Bishop Parker will be away on duty. Archdeacon Babcock will handle diocese affairs.
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Wesleyan Hall
George H. Carter
Chipman Hall
James Whittemore
George Luther Cady
Pilgrim Hall
William Lawrence
Pacific Coast
Parker
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Babcock
Student Volunteer Movement
Boston
People’s Temple
Berkeley Street
Columbus Avenue
A. M. Gardner
H. LD. Cotton
London
Homer Stuntz
Philippines
George Washburn
D. D
Constantinople
A. Boegner
Paris
H. B. Hulbert
Korea
Walking Bar Leads Chase In Toxic Liquor Raid
HMAVERHILY Feb 18 Patrolman Frank E. Keiley captured James T. Morin after a long pursuit on Oak Street and side streets. Morin had seven half pint bottles of whiskey on him and four gallons were seized from his rooms during a police raid that turned his home into a makeshift barroom.
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Hmaverhily
Frank E. Keiley
James T. Morin
Morin
Oak Street
Kelley
Kelleher
Justice Hughes Elected Boston Mayor by 49 Votes
Justice Charles E. Hughes of the U S Supreme Court won the Boston mayoralty by 49 votes in a preferential voting election held at the B Y M C Union rooms. The contest featured 13 candidates with Roosevelt as nearest rival. Hughes won on second-choice ballots after an address by Professor Johnson on an improved method of choosing public officers.
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Charles FE. Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Boston
Lewis J. Johnson
Harvard University
Cambridge
Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Johnson
Lynn
Roosevelt
Grand Junction
Cal
Catarrh of the stomach and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Catarrh of the stomach is described as common and hard to cure with symptoms like bloating fullness sour risings and headaches. The article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets containing Di Stase pepsin and other ingredients as a safe simple remedy after meals and criticizes dieting and faddish foods.
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Harlanson
Stuart
Bennett
Little Known Facts About Well Known Persons
Marie Corelli studies Plato and reads the Bible. Clara Barton helped lay out the National cemetery at Andersonville in 1865. Chauncey M Depew declined a minister to Japan post after carrying the commission. Hon James Bryce was Alpine Club president in 1900 and a botanist. Henry Watterson coined the phrase A tariff for revenue only. Samuel Untermyer is a New York lawyer and noted art collector.
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Marie Corelli
Plato
Clara Barton
Red Cross
National Cemetery
Andersonville
Chauncey
Depew
Japan
James Bryce
Alpine Club
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
America
Preferential voting praised for cleaner elections
A speaker compares the Haverhill plan with the current method showing how the two top candidates from a gang would reach a final election under the old system, while the preferred voting outcome elected a candidate favored by 1061 of 1847 voters. Professor Johnson argues the new system draws better candidates and fewer officers.
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Haverhill
Johnson
Food Costs Fall as Prices Drop Across Staples
Chicago reports a broad decline in essentials after the 1910 landslide, with food prices leading the drop. Wholesale beef ribs and loins slide to 11–13 and 13 cents per pound, eggs down to 18 cents wholesale, bacon to 22 cents, and pork, mutton, lamb, veal, and fish also lower. Flour and wheat price cuts, corn at five-year lows, sugar down about 30 percent, butter 25 percent, while coffee climbs amid Brazil and New York market manipulation.
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Chicago
Brazil
New York
Deadlock in City Council Delays Chair Vote
Councillors face a post election deadlock over the chairmanship as James M. Curley, expected to back Walter Collins, remains in the hospital and unlikely to be released for another week.
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James M. Curley
Walter Collins
Graves Named Likely Port Surveyor Candidate
In Washington this week Edward G. Graves, Republican committee chairman, is favored to succeed Jeremiah J. McCarthy as port surveyor. Tony Kin, secretary to Congressman Garig, works to mobilize federal officeholders in Massachusetts in Graves’s favor.
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Washington
Aamer
Republica Committee
Edward G. Graves
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Tonykin
Garrig
Massachusetts
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India
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Malden
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