Gridiron Star Gilman Weds Gridiron Star Gilman
Joseph T. Gilman, famed Dartmouth football star and Exeter native, married Bessie M. Stetson of Dorchester at his mother’s home in Exeter. The ceremony followed a courtship begun after the 1905 Dartmouth Harvard game. Gilman, All American guard, later pursued business in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
N. H
Joseph T. Gilman
Dartmouth
Roland H. Boutwell
Bessie M. Stetson
Dorchester
Harvard
Gilman
Edward Green
Unitarian Church
Phillips Exeter Academy
Academy Eleven
Walter Camp
Baltimore
Lectures and Meetings Shape Boston Church Forum
Among the Churches of Greater Boston reports a three week old forum at Third Religious Society led by Rev. D. Roy Freeman with lectures on present day problems. Notable speakers include James Graham Phelps Stokes Violet Minifie and others as well as evangelistic campaigns and noonday services across various churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester People’s Forum
Third Religious Society
D. Roy Freeman
James Graham Phelps Stokes
Grace Jarvis Becomes Preston Gibson's Bride
Miss Grace McMillan Jarvis daughter of the late Senator McMillan and Preston Johnson Gibson heir to the Gibson fortune wed this afternoon at the bride's grandmother Mrs James McMillans home in Washington a reception followed. The bridal party included Virginia Frye Fanny Hanna Carrie Munn Martha Cameron with Richardson Gibson as best man and ushers Reginald Vanderbilt Paul Rainey William Hitt W W Keith Clarence Moore Larz Anderson Edward McLean. Mrs Gibson has summered at Manchester by the Sea with Boston society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grace McMillan Jarvis
Senator McMillan
Michigan
Preston Johnson Gibson
Senator Gibson
Louisiana
James McMillan
Vermont Avenue
Vir
Ginia Frye
Pittsburg
Fanny Hanna
Carrie Munn
Martha Cameron
Richardson Gibson
Lexington
Reginald Vanderbilt
Paul Rainey
William F. Hitt
W. W. Keith
Clarence Moore
Larz Anderson
Edward McLean
Gibson
McMillan
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Boston
Sister Jack's fur tale ends with broken engagement
Dora berates Jack Esmond for telling a risqué fairyland story to her sister Toots and ends their engagement. After a week of sorrow Dora receives Jack's letter asking her to finish the tale, revealing the mysterious lady in fur was a little gray cat.
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Jack
Dora
Toots
Frey
Jack Esmond
Muver
Mitter Jack
New York
Miss Toots
Becky
Mitter
Plum
Dora Ware
Mr. Esmond
Mr.Esmond
Monarchs greet in St Petersburg as Nicholas meets Ferdinand
Emperor Nicholas arrived in St Petersburg from Tsarskoe Selo and visited King Ferdinand of Bulgaria at the winter palace. Report says the meeting was more than friendly, signaling strong ties between the two monarchs.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Winter Palace
Italian Mission Bazaar Showcases Rich Arts and Crafts
A large display of foreign and domestic arts and crafts opens at the Italian Mission Hall 287 Hanover Street under Rev Salvatore Musso. The bazaar features Swedish wood carving glass tapestry Fiorentine pieces and decorative Sardinieres with a musical program by prominent artists. It runs today and tomorrow in two halls with about 15 booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Hall
Hanover Street
Salvatore Musso
Europe
Marlboro Couple Wed After Matrimonial Paper Match
In Marlboro on February 22 a last maker F W Spurr of Marlboro Lasting Company married Mrs Anna Chestnut of Birmingham Alabama at the Methodist Church. The union followed a meeting sparked by an advertisement in a matrimonial paper.
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Marlboro
F. W. Spurr
Marlboro Lasting Company
Anna Chestnut
Birmingham
Ala
Methodist Church
J. W. Fulton
The Old Howard Theatre Recalled in City Conversation
Henry J. Hunt, son of manager Jay Hunt, defends the Old Howard’s world wide reputation. A long whiskered country visitor sought the best seat and recounted courting days, while the “pesky touch” and AA seating mix with Civil War era recollections.
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Howard
Henry J. Hunt
Jay Hunt
Post
Old Howard
Boston
Love and Sentiment Clues in a Young Letter Affair
A reader asks Miss Champagne why a sweetheart shifted to no letters. The adviser suggests jealousy or a rival, notes social teasing, and advises proposing marriage or setting a definite plan to show commitment.
Miss Farrar Fails to Appear at Chicago Concert
A large Chicago audience queued outside the Auditorium Theatre for a Geraldine Farrar recital advertised at 2.50 tickets. At the last moment signs announced she was sick, with substitutes named, drawing disbelief as fans clamored to reclaim their tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Auditorium Theatre
Geraldine Farrar
Wight Normann
Farrar
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on Ending a Young Romance
In a letter the writer asks how to end a year's dating with a girl who no longer interests him without hard feelings. The advisor urges honesty, suggests reducing contact, and notes that young men at nineteen can date others but should avoid implying marriage or deep commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
A. Z
F. McC
Vision of Dead Wife Lured German Noble to Death
NIAGARA FALLS Feb 23 R Von Bannar a German noble estranged from his family by an unauthorized marriage met death in a crevice on the ice bridge below the falls. He had been cared for by John I Harper after arriving Saturday and left a note saying a vision of his wife led him to follow her, claiming his wife was burned to death in Chicago.
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Noble
Niagara Falls
R. von Bannar
von Bannar
John I. Harper
Chicago
Harper
Honeymoon thief arrested in Waterbury burglaries
Otto Gommel, recently returned from a brief honeymoon, began stealing and police arrested him yesterday on charges of three burglaries committed in Waterbury Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
Otto Gommel
Mechano-Therapy Gift From Mrs Matshak
Mrs Ray Matshak of this city donated equipment to the Vanderbilt Clinic of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons to establish a mechano therapy department in memory of her husband Samuel Matshak. A marble tablet was unveiled. The apparatus includes 30 steel machines to promote convalescence and restore stiffened joints or muscles to normal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Matshak
Vanderbilt Clinic
New York College of Physicians and Surgeons
Samuel Matshak
Cold Cure Mixture From Pine Compound and Whiskey
A recipe for a cough and cold remedy uses half an ounce of Concentrated pine compound two ounces of glycerine and a half pint of whiskey mixed and shaken. Doses of a tea spoonful to a tablespoonful every four hours are suggested with instruction to obtain ingredients from a druggist or mix at home.
Bake and frost a rich holiday cake with turtles garnish
A historic home recipe describes beating eggs and butter with sugar and flour to bake a cake, glazing with a simple water extract frosting or a cocoa version. Turtle decorations use cloved raisins, arranged before frosting to form small animals on the cake. Two named contributors, Mrs J H Larmers of Holyoke and Mrs A J Bourn of Ipswich, share full ingredient lists and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Larmers
South Summer Street
Holyoke
A. J. Bourn
Ipswich
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Greater Boston
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William €. Minifie
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Forts
Charles Alexander
Springfield
Chapman
Edward Bookmeyer
Goodson
First Congregational Church
Everett
Grand Army Posts
Norman C. McNaughton
Lincoln
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charlestown
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Tremont Street
William Howard Falkner
St. Paul's Church
Francis E. Clark
Francis FE. Clark
Christian Endeavor Society
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions
Park Street
Dr. Clark
People’s ‘Temple
Alberta Felb
Jackson College
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
First Baptist Church
Miss Felb
China
Christian Endeavor Society of
Shawmut Congregational Church
A. A. Berle
William J. Cousins
Florence Crittenden League of Compassion
Manchester
League
Tremont Temple
A. Conrad
W. C. Adams
Cambridge
First Unitarian Church of
Dover
Church of the Unity At
Rochester
C. H. Fatton
W. E. Strong
J. F. Brodie
Elwood Worcester
Emmanuel Movement
Newton Theological Institution
F. Spencer Baldwin
Boston University
Winter Street
Lavender
Baby Bi
Copenhagen
Cohen & CO
Winter St
Grace Jarvis
Preston Gibson
Henderson
Washington, D. C
the Post
The
Sunday Post
Little Lady IN Fur
Maude Johnson Warren
Lexington Street
Waltham
Ladies Custom Dept
Macullar Parker
Washington Street
Howard Atheneum
Lockhart
New England
Greater
Mildred Champagne
Miss Farrar
Mary
Paris
Tegal
Mrs. Matshak
New England Housewives
Lafayette
Ben Harrison
Professor Anderson
Quaker Oats Company
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