New Year reception for Daughters of Massachusetts at Hotel Brunswick
The New Year’s reception of the Daughters of Massachusetts was held yesterday afternoon in the Venetian suite at the Hotel Brunswick with ex-Governor John J. Bates as guest of honor General and Mrs. William A Bancroft were in the receiving line alongside Mrs Austin Wellington the president of the society Mrs Bates Mrs Otis 8 S Brown first vice president Mrs Bancroft and Mrs Charles H Lake whose husband heads the Cambridge Board of Aldermen acted as master of ceremonies A staff of aides in uniform included Commander Thomas F Brown former Commander R A McLoud S V C Q N Bolster and J A C W S Haskins members of Leslie F Huntington Camp Legion of Spanish War Veterans An ushering corps of Misses Hopewell Hull Pray Oliver Joslin Chamberlain Barrett Daly Bemis Vinal Boyden Goepper Hackett Crawford Moors Andrews Tolman Hesseltine Currie Taylor Spencer and others
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Daughters of Massachusetts
Brunswick
John J. Bates
William A. Bancroft
Costello C. Converse
Malden
Converse
Bates
Austin ©. Wellington
Leslie F. Hunting
Legion of Spanish War Veterans
Hopewell
Hull
Pray
Oliver
Joslin
Chamberlain
Barrett
Daly
Bemis
Vinal
Boyden
Goepper
Hackett
Crawford
Moors
Andrews
Tolman
Hesseltine
Currie
Taylor
Spencer
Incipient Consumption and Grape-Nuts Success Story
A Michigan farmer's wife describes severe illness in 1902 with anxiety insomnia and weakness. After stopping medicines and coffee she uses Grape-Nuts with sugar and cream, gains flesh and strength, resumes housework for a family of six, and remains well two years later. Postum Co. Seattle Creek Mich. There’s a reason. Read The Road to Wellville in packages.
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Farmer
Postum Co
Sattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Notable Community Reception Attendees Listed By Hosts
The article names numerous guests and members of the reception committee including Jackson, Hamilton, Gates, Phillips, Crowell and others along with Mrs. Storris, Mrs. B. J., Colby, and many Smiths, forming a detailed roster for the event. In charge of refreshments and chocolate urns are additional lists featuring dozens of ladies such as Mrs. Carl Dreyfus, Mrs. J. M. Clapp, and Mrs. S. Hl. Vinal.
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J. M. Daly
J. S. Bell
G. A. Gunnison
A. Denison
H. W. Dickerman
Must Wed or Lose Her Bet
New York January 11. Bessie May Nittle of 81 West Forty-ninth Street described as pretty and slender says she must marry by June or Jose. She recalls a joke with a Bronx friend about a bet to wed first, the loser paying a large sum though the amount is not the point.
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New York
Bessie May Nittle
West Forty-ninth Street
Fifteenth Assembly
June
Jose
Bronx
Arthur of Connaught Takes Honors to Japan
London Jan 11 Prince Arthur of Connaught with Admiral Sir Howard Seymour and royal commissioners started for Tokio to deliver the order of the garter to the Emperor of Japan and to bear three orders of merit for Admiral Togo Field Marshal Oyama and Field Marshal Yamagata.
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London
Prince Arthur of
Mouth Sores Cured At Free Demonstration
T Mitchell of 84 State Street Boston reports another cured mouth sore and canker after using liquid X Zalia at a nurses free demonstration at Houghton and Woutton s. The liquid is said to grow healthy flesh on the rawest sore.
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State Street
Boston
Houghton & Woutton’s
Married Woman Learns She Was Lawfully Wed
Mrs. Leola Rosso testified before Judge Gibbons that J. F. Voorhees, a boarder in her Chicago home, drugged her and forced a marriage she did not consent to. She sought a divorce and stated she did not seek alimony. A decree was granted.
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Chicago
Voorhees
Leola Rosso
Mrs. Rosso
Woman's Fight With Hydrophobia Ends In Death
Philadelphia report details Miss Julia Curtin daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Curtin succumbing to hydrophobia after a dog bite Her final days show her denial of water and refusal of ether as she fought the disease for about sixty hours Medical observers note her steadfast will and rare courage in facing death PMID: Hydrophobia case of a young woman in Philadelphia described with intimate family quotations and scenes surrounding her water aversion and ultimate death.
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Philadelphia
Julia Curtin
J. J. Curtin
Love Across Store Counter Wedding Romance
Lynn notes a year long courtship between Mabel Stanton and Jacob C. Brown who met behind Chestnut street store counters. They wed Thanksgiving with Rev. A. J. Marsh officiating and planned a quiet future. Clerks learned of the marriage during the holiday rush and the couple spoke of a reception after settling in a small flat.
Society Woman Guilty of Cruelty to Adopted Child
Aledo Texas January 11 Mrs Mary L McKinney a prominent society woman and church worker was found guilty of cruelty to her 15 year old adopted daughter Stella Grady after evidence showed she stabbed the girl in the back with a fork and scissors. Sentence was deferred as defence pleaded insanity.
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Aledo
Mary L. McKinney
Stella Grady
Mrs Tolla's reprieve shocks no one in Hackensack
Hackensack New Jersey January 11 news that Antoinette Tolla was granted a reprieve from death by hanging tomorrow was not given to her until today. The young Italian woman heard the news calmly and said she believed she acted in self defense when shooting Joseph Sonta and never expected the sentence to be carried out.
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Hackensack
N. J
Antoinette Tolla
Joseph Sonta
Real Estate Dealer Files Bankruptcy in Boston District Court
Hector H. Desnoyers a Boston real estate dealer with an office at 8 Beacon Street filed a bankruptcy petition yesterday in the U S District Court. He owes 78188 with practically no assets. Brooks Trust Company of Boston is creditor for five notes of 5000 each dated 1904.
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Hector H. Desnoyers
Beacon Street
United States District Court
Brooks ‘Trust Company of
Boston
Five Dollar Overcoat Promises Warmth From Wolf's
All you need is five dollars to stay warm this winter as Wolf's My Clothier on Hanover and Portland streets advertises a warm overcoat for sale. The promotion highlights affordable winter outerwear available at the shop you pass on the corner.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Norfolk
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