Boston Hats Take Spotlight at Milliners Convention
A Boston made navy blue tricorn hat with Milan braid and jet pins tops a list of Easter bonnet ideas. The New England Milliners Association fashion show in Jordan Hall features straw hats, lisere braid, Leghorns, horsehair, satin braided, and Milan straw styles.
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Milan Braid
Boston
Milliners
Jordan Yall
New England
Jordan Hall
Milan
New England Milliners’ Association
Easter Millinery Trends Highlight Gay Hats and Bonnets
Hats and French bonnet shapes for early summer models appear in fashion notes. Military lines recede as Milady’s millinery seeks a gayer Easter look with floral trimmings ribbons and an array of feathers.
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Milady
Big Checker Match in Boston Draws Top Players
One of the era’s major checker events takes place today at the American House Boston features a Boston versus All New England team match with Arthur McCullough as captain. Masters tourney starts 10 am followed by expert matches simulcast exhibitions Morrall Parrow Townsend Levine and others.
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Boston
All-New England
Arthur McCullough
New England
Morrall
Parrow
Townsend
Levine
James Davis
Wells Memorial Checker Club
A. J. Heffner
Herbert Morrall
England
William C. Parrow
Samuel Levine
Victor C. Townsend
Joseph J. Lannin
Boston Red Sox
Louis Ginsberg
Charles Lawson
New York
L. S. Head
Willis Hill
Roof collapses on Farragut Boat Club locker room
Snow weight caused a roof failure at the Farragut Boat Club on Broad Street Lynn. The locker room addition housed eight racing shells and rowing gear used on the Saugus River. many oars and seats were ruined. The building was empty and the club closed for winter.
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Farragut Boat Club
Lynn
Broad Street
Saugus River
Martha Washington at Cambridge and the Boston Evacuation
Washington battles and social life intertwine during the Cambridge winter of 1776. Martha arrives with Nelly Curtis and family, boosting re-enlistments and hosting Twelfth Night celebrations at Craigie House. John Adams and Dorothy Dudley record lively social and political moments before the Dorchester Heights siege and Washington’s march to New York.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
John Adams
Craigie House
Boston
Dorchester Heights
Dorothy Dudley
General Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Trish Problem Gordian Knot Sermon Urges Forgiveness
Reverend Samuel M. Lindsay of Brooklyn Sunday night at Tremont Temple argued the Trish problem hinges on forgiveness between Ireland and England. He said Irish independence is unlikely while northern Protestants and proximity to England block action, and urged Ireland to forgive past wrongs as a path to peace.
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England
Ireland
Samuel M. Lindsay
Brooklyn
Tremont Temple
Lindsay
Scotland
North
South
Fiji Islands
Witwer Publishes New Alex the Great Comic in Boston Sunday Post
H. C. Witwer wrote Dont Give Up the Tip in his Alex the Great series. The humorous piece is highlighted as one of his best and will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Alex the Great
H. C. Witwer
Boston Sunday Post
Warren Believed Hidden Near City by Secretary
Miss Anna M. Meakim, secretary to Joseph Franklin Warren, says the Boston lawyer in absconding is in seclusion within city limits or a nearby suburb. Meakim and her parents reside at 25 Laurel Street, Lynn.
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Joseph Franklin Warren
Boston
Anna M. Meakim
Warren
James Meakim
Laurel Street
Lynn
Warren and mortgage fraud allegations overshadow Boston case
A letter exonerating Palmer was dictated to Chester Clark, Warren’s missing attorney, as the 19 year old stenographer Meakin defended her employer. Warren's counsel Garland warned he will notify police if Warren returns to Boston. Inspectors hold two arrest warrants, and creditors push for repayment amid questions of Warren's faculties and finances.
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Chester Clark
Palmer
Warren
Boston
Garland
Frederick Ehrman
Alice Swallow
Wellesley
Farrar Adopts Serbian War Orphan Petka Petka Stanoyevitch
Geraldine Farrar has adopted a Serbian boy named Petka Stanoyevitch who is believed to be eight or nine. He was found cold and neglected near Belgrade and is now cared for by the Serbian Child Welfare Association in Chachak, sixty five miles south of Belgrade. Petka’s photo has been sent to his foster mother as part of ongoing placements funded by donors.
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Geraldine Farar
The
Serbian Child Welfare Association of
New York
Geraldine Farrar
Petka Stanoyevitch
Petka
Belgrade
Serbian Child Welfare Association
Chachak
United States
Chandler & Co
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Gordian
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Petkr Stanoyevitch
Tremont Street
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