Irish Patriot's Widow Recalls Death and Martyrdom Story
Mrs Skeffington told in Boston how her husband Frank Skeffington and other Irish leaders were killed by British forces after Easter week rising. She described brutal acts by Bowen Coulthurst and officers, the seizure of manuscripts and letters, and her vow to seek a full inquiry. The crowd heard calls for Irish liberty, and a resolution pressed U S leaders to push for Ireland's freedom at peace talks.
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Bowen-Coulthurst
Captain Bowen-Coulthurst
Dublin Castle
Bowen- Coulthurst
Ireland
Curley
Walt
Harvard
New England
The
German-American Alliance
Miller
Wellesley
John Curley
William Taylor
Thomas D. O'Connor
Trish Republic
Skeffington
James Connolly
Friends of Irish Freedom
Irish Republic
van Allen
America
Free Republic of America
John Redmond
Mountjoy
England
Curragh
Rathsminet Road
Sodality
Rathsmines Road
Faneuil Hall
Free Country
Portobello
Hisses
House On Downing Street
Frank Skeffington
Mr. Asquith
House of Commons
Edith Cavelle
Patrick Pearse
James Connelly
Thomas McDonfough
John McBride
Shaun McDermott
Poland
Serbia
Lithuania
Belgium
Robert Emmett
United States
Miss Holmes
Lord Ragnall
Allan Quatermain
Quatermain
Jana
Rider Haggard
Knights of Labor Elect Officers in Deacon Hall
The Ben Franklin Assembly Knights of Labor elected officers yesterday in Deacon Hall Washington street Thomas H Canning was master work man Lawrence O Neill worthy fore man James H Keenan recording secretary M J Flemming financial secretary George Pelham treasurer Marshall Mills statistician Mortimer Fitzgerald almoner James H Keenan clerk James Cassell inside sentry Daniel Nolan outside sentry William Cassell judge and William Gorman judge advocate
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Ben Franklin Assembly
Knights of Labor
Deacon Hall
Washington Street
Thomas H. Canning
Lawrence O'Neill
James H. Keenan
M. J. Flemming
George Pelham
Marshall Mills
Mortimer Fitzgerald
James Cassell
Daniel Nolan
William Cassell
William Gorman
Beauty judge is a cold machine at Wellesley College
A 1910s style feature describes a device named Thoracimeter as the impartial judge of Wellesley College’s beauty contest. It claims Thoracimeter selects the most beautiful and guides others to greater grace, positioning itself as a modern arbiter of physical culture.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley
Thoracimeter
Wellesley College Court of Beauty and Physical Culture
Thoracimeter at Wellesley Reveals Posture and Chest Shape
The thoracimeter, a Wellesley invention by Henry H. Austin, records the body contour of students to judge posture and chest expansion. It identifies flat chests, hollow backs, and lax posture, guiding corrective training and marking each girl by name and date of examination. The device already circulates to other schools, including the University of Southern California and Newton schools.
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Henry H. Austin
Wellesley College
Wellesley Gymnasium
Amy Morris Homans
Department of Hygiene
Wellesley
University of Southern California
Newton
Paderewski Delivers a Transcendent Boston Recital at Symphony Hall
Ignace Paderewski gave a Boston recital in Symphony Hall that captivated a full house, with standing crowds and many turned away. He rendered Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Liszt pieces plus his own works, impressing as a versatile interpreter who conveys a grand imaginative vision.
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Ignace
Paderewski
Boston
Symphony Hall
Beethoven
Schumann
Chopin
Stojowski
Michelangelo
Orrine Drink Habit Ad Promises Quick Help
An advertisement urges remedies for drink habit using Orrine No. 1 or No. 2, claim home use without work disruption, guaranteed money back if no benefit, price one dollar per box, sold by Liggett's Riker Jaynes drug stores via Or line Co. Washington DC.
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Orrine
Ask
Orline Co
Washington, D. C
Liggett’s-Riker-Jaynes
Lawmaker Moves to Compel Names in Leak Inquiry
A House sub committee drafts written questions for Lawson to answer under threat of contempt. Key queries seek the identity of the Cabinet official, a banker and a member of Congress connected to a stock market leak. Campbell cites Kilbourne and Wyckoff precedents as possible grounds for holding Lawson in contempt and cites possible sergeant at arms custody.
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House
Congress
Campbell
Kansas
Supreme Court
Marshall
Kilbourne
Jay Cooke
Henry Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Lawson
Chicago
New York
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Matthew Cummings
Mrs. Skeffington
Dixon and McIntyre
PLUTO
French Lick Springs
Mystery
By Robert W. Chambers
Cosmopolitan
Dark Star
Chamber
Far East
East Side
Erick
Austin
Paris of Troy
Standish Willcox
BY Olin Downes
Boston Evening Record
Sir Rider Haggard
A. H. C. Mitchell
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