Races in Danger in Concord New Hampshire February 22
Governor McLane and the New Hampshire Council asked the state Supreme Court whether the New England Breeders' Club may permit pool selling bookmaking and betting at race tracks. They seek guidance on legality and potential actions to prevent gambling at races prompting a possible special legislative session.
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Concord
N. H
Salem
New Hampshire Sunday School Association
John McLane
Supreme Court of the State
New England Breeders’ Club
China to Be a Republic Rumors Prompt Fresh View
Dr. T. W. Ayers arriving from North China discusses unrest he sees as fueling a potential revolution and a move toward a republican government. He links widespread discontent, anti foreign feeling, and the boycott of American goods to broader revolutionary aims among educated Chinese students.
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San Francisco
Cal
T. W. Ayers
North China
Southern Baptist Mission
Orient
China
Rhode Island bill bans securing divorce on any grounds
Providence February 22 Representative Rattey filed a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature prohibiting any person from securing a divorce on any grounds. The proposal seeks to restrict access to divorce entirely within the state.
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Providence
Rattey
Rhode Island
Black clothes stock ready with wide range and prices
Come right in and see our black clothes with a complete stock offering variety in style fit and price. From single to double breasted hard or soft faced worsteds priced 10 to 25 dollars Prince Albert coats and vests 22 and 28 dollars severing dress suits 28 and 38 dollars tuxedo suits 25 and 35 dollars and marked down separate worsted and cheviot trousers.
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Black
Oxford Vicunas
Browning Records Years of Abuse and Fear for Wife
Mrs. Caroline Browning says she fears for her life as police search for her husband Robert Clifford Browning who attacked her in the home at Charlestown. She describes repeated assaults from last year to the day before, including being dragged, tied, and sprayed with whiskey and red pepper. The couple's 14 year marriage began when he delivered mail to her home and grew into a troubling union marked by violence.
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Caroline C. Browning
Browning
Essex Street
Charlestown
Mill Street
Robert Clifford Browning
Mrs. Browning
Annie Donovan
Pluck 3 From Brush Pond Rescue Near Woonsocket
Three brothers and a cousin, James Coffey aged 40, John J. Coffey 38, and James Coffey 25, nearly drowned after breaking through ice at Brush Pond Blackstone. A quick rescue by track worker Patrick Callahan, citizen Frank Colerick, a railroad velocipede, and an engine saved them as a train reached the station.
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James Coffey
John J. Coffey
Brush Pond
Blackstone
Boylston
Patrick Callahan
Frank Colerick
Callahan
Colerick
Would Make Divorcees Wait
Washington Feb 22 The national divorce congress debated and adopted a report urging that a decree not be granted without affirmative proof and that a final decree dissolving the marriage await a reasonable time after merits hearings. It recommends a one year rule in Wisconsin Illinois and California and bars illegitimacy of children born during coverture except in bigamy or proven lack of access by the husband. The resolutions committee was instructed to draft a bill for state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Divorce Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Wisconsin
Illinois
California
Divers Views on Uniform Divorce Laws in Boston
A collection of opinions from Boston area lawyers on uniform divorce laws. Names include Robert W. Nason Jamaica Plain George T. Shannon Willard Howland Chelsea Daniel H. Bradley Somerville and John J. Higgins Somerville. Advocates urge uniformity to curb evasions and reduce court misery while opposing voices call careful consideration.
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Boston
Dispossessed Man Recovers Stolen Money In Italian Lottery Scheme
Salvatore Patela of 9 North Square lost $200 after being lured by Frank Vini in a $6000 Italian money trick. Patela recovered $159 from Vini at his home and the remaining $50 at Station 1 where Vini was jailed on larceny charges.
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Visions of Golden
Salvatore Patela
9 North Square
Frank Vini
Station 1
Patela
Vini
Cut prayer go 10 caucus
Civic leaders at the YMCA banquet lament municipal corruption and urge voters to attend caucuses rather than prayer meetings. Samuel B. Capen warns politics suffer from goody-goody reform, urging participation to counter corruption while praising toasts by Stockdale, Murray, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Capen
Association
Allen A. Stockdale
Michael J. Murray
C. E. Bridges
Arthur S. Johnson
Samuel B
Emmons Addresses Lawrence Press Club Banquet
The 22d annual banquet of the Lawrence Press Club was held at the Franklin Hotel with speakers including John N. Cole of the House, Judge W. H. H. Emmons of the Boston Police Board, Lafayette J. Blair, Norman Ritchie and Newton Newkirk of the Boston Post, Dennis I. Callahan of the local high school faculty, Chief Charles G. Rutter of the fire department, and Chief Shaw of the State police as a guest. Walter E. Rushforth of the Weekly Journal acted as toastmaster.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Press Club
Franklin Hotel
John N. Cole
House of Representatives
W. H. H. Emmons
Boston Police Board
Lafnette J. Blair
Boston
Norman Ritchie
Sunlight Hop Fetes South Boston Yacht Club
Gauze dresses fluttered on the dance floor of the South Boston Yacht Club during the annual Sunlight Hop. Flags and streamers adorned the walls as Ti. S. Brown W. HI. Meckeen J. J. Tobin J. P. Holland and George Pp. Wield led the committee.
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South Boston Yacht Club
Ti. S. Brown
W. HI. Meckeen
J. J. Tobin
J. P. Holland
George Pp. Wield
Pope Receives American Sailors in Audience
In Rome on February 22 a detachment of 50 sailors from an American cruiser squadron at Naples was received by the Pope in the Consistorial hall. The Pontiff, assisted by Major Domo Bislett, greeted each sailor, offered a kiss of welcome, and presented a medal. He blessed the sailors and their families along with their religious objects.
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Rome
Naples
Domo Bislett
Jury Pledge in Claiche Murder Trial in New York
The New York jury for Berthe Claiche's murder trial of Emil Gendron is described as educated and diverse with ten married men among the panel. Claiche comments she trusts honest jurors, while observers note public curiosity and potential impact on views of social vice, though press coverage will limit details of her testimony.
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New York
Berthe Claiche
Gendron
Nan Patterson
Mr. Rand
Emil Gendron
South Boston Silver Wedding
The 2th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Watt will be celebrated at their residence 531 Seventh street South Boston this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Watt will be assisted in receiving by their sons Fred O. and William C. and their daughter Miss A Gertrude.
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William J. Watt
Seventh Street
South
Boston
Mrs. Watt
Fred O
William C
A. Gertrude
Eviction For Mill Strikers In Moosup Connecticut
In Moosup Connecticut the Aldrich Manufacturing Company began serving eviction papers on 700 to 800 residents of 70 tenement houses after a mill strike. Tenants many aged 60 to 70 have lived there all their lives and were told to vacate if workers do not return within 30 days.
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Moosup
Conn
Aldrich Manufacturing Company
What Mitchell said of strike
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers returned from Pittsburg saying newspaper reports misrepresented his remarks. He insisted he never claimed certain districts would strike while others would not and that he could not discuss the situation for publication. He would join the anthracite scale committee as it reviews demands, with deliberations hoped to finish today.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Mitchell
Ashland House
Fall River Builders Declare Open Shop
Fall River Master Builders Association declared for an open shop at a February meeting. Carpenters requested a wage rise from 2.50 to 3 dollars daily, but the association approved 2.80 for an eight hour day and barred union delegates or business agents from any shop.
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Fall River
Master Builders’ Association
Carpenters
Big Test Vote on Home Rule in Ireland
Dublin reports an overwhelming test vote in favor of home rule, 406 to 588, after Colonel Saunderson warned ministers risk civil unrest and UK integrity. James Bryce, Chief Secretary for Ireland, praised the result as support for improving Ireland’s administration within the Liberal framework.
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Dublin
Ireland
E. J. Saunderson
Ulster
Saunderson
United Kingdom
James Bryce
Mr. Bryce
Liberal Party
Gladstone
Society Belle to Wed Indian football star Rodgers
Miss Mayme Constance Ballton of Minneapolis will wed Edward L. Rodgers next Monday. Rodgers, a full blooded Chippewa, captained the 1908 Minnesota team and later coached Carlisle. He practices law and is retained to press Chippewa claims against the government for 2 million dollars. He is the third Indian lawyer in Minneapolis to marry a white woman in ten years.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mayme Constance Ballton
Edward L. Rodgers
Rodgers
Minnesota
Carlisle
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Woonsocket
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Jamaica Plain
P. M. Keating
George T. Shannon
Jamaica
George W. Anderson
Willard Howland
Chelsea
Harry W. James
Massachusetts
Daniel H. Bradley
Somerville
John J. Higgins
Som
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Emmons
Boston Yacht Club
Pope
Oxford
Meltons
South Boston
Rhodes Bros. Co
Warren ST
Rox
Tremont ST
Massachusetts Ave
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N. Y
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Kennedy
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