Progress Club Opens New Home on Warren Street
The Progress Club welcomed members to its new Warren street clubhouse for an informal inspection last evening ahead of the formal opening next Tuesday. Founded in 1888 as the citys second oldest Jewish club it remains active in Hebrew and national holiday observances with M Scheinfeldt as president and a building committee led by Scheinfeldt. A banquet dance and entertainment will accompany the opening event drawing a large gathering of prominent young business and professional men.
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Progress Club
Warren Street
Casey
Hebrew Society
M. Scheinfeldt
S.S. Cohen
S. Lehrenfeldt
S&s. Finkelstein
Charles Wyman
A. Cohen
Lester Mintz
Morris Newman
Mt Holyoke appoints new president Mary Woolley
Springfield reports Mrs Mary Woolley M A professor at Wellesley College has been unanimously chosen to succeed Mrs Elizabeth Mead as president of Mt Holyoke College. Woolley will assume duties next July after Mead's resignation, bringing five years of biblical history and literature leadership and administrative work to the presidency.
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Springfield
Marymma Woolley
Wellesley College
Mt. Holyoke College
Elizabeth Storrs Mead
Miss Woolley
Mead
Wellesley
Lavery Convicted of Armed Robbery in Superior Court
Eight years after the crime James A. Lavery was found guilty in the Superior Criminal Court of robbery while armed. He faces life imprisonment as the sentence looms.
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Young Lavery
James A. Lavery
Superior Criminal Court
Lenox Hotel Trust to Build New Back Bay Tower
The Lenox Hotel Trust plans an eleven story steel building on 15 600 square feet at Boylston and Exeter streets. total outlay 1 100 000. Architect Arthur H Bowditch. Land bought from Suffolk Realestate Trust. Gardiner H Shaw manages finances. Grantors Meredith and Grew. Purchasers Whitcomb Wead and Co. Trust includes William F Wharton and Edward Bangs as trustees.
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Lenox Hotel Trust
Boylston and
Exeter Streets
Suffolk Realstate Trust
Arthur H. Bowditch
Gardiner H. Shaw
Meredith & Grew
Whitcomb, Wead & Co
Messrs
William F. Wharton
Edward Bangs
Wreck of the Helgoland Looms as Storm Delays Rescue
News from St John s Newfoundland reports no new survival news after the Helgoland steamer wreck in St Mary s Bay The stormy weather hampers boats and crews and the damaged life buoy bearing part of Geestemunde is returned The report of several bodies recovered is contradicted as more bodies are found along the coast The tug Ingraham has been unable to reach the site and returns to port
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ST. John's
N. F
St. Mary’s Bay
Elgoland
Geestemunde
Helgoland
Ingraham
Boatsmen Plan Recovery Effort for Missing Persons
Dispatches indicate boats and a team will endeavor to collect the bodies of missing individuals. Authorities coordinate a shoreline and water search with local volunteers assisting in the effort.
New England Woman's Press Association Home Talent Day at Parker House
The New England Woman's Press Association held a home talent day at Parker House with an illustrated Paris lecture by Mae D. Frazar. Sara T. S. Leighton presided as program chair as members and guests enjoyed coffee, a Franklin memory toast, recitations, whistling, songs, and an Edison phonograph concert.
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New England Woman’s Press Association
Parker House
Paris
Mae D. Frazar
Sara T. S. Leighton
Benjamin Franklin
Emily Selinger
Ella Chamberlin
C. M. Little
Edison Concert Phonograph
Hubert EF. Smith
Ella Do. Gay
Alice Fessenden Peterson
Dynamite Explosion Injures Three City Workers
Three city workers extending water mains were badly hurt by a dynamite cartridge blast on Main Street at 8 20 this morning. The blast shattered glass in surrounding buildings for a considerable distance. Injured are Michael Conners Fred Dwyer and Daniel Welliher.
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Quincy
Main Street
Michael Conners
Fred Dwyer
Daniel Welliher
Rev Rhoades Installed as Eliot Church Associate Pastor
The Rev Winfred Chesney Rhoades was installed as associate pastor of Eliot Congregational Church Roxbury after an ecclesiastical council of 26 Congregational churches. Dr Arthur Little moderated. the sermon was by Rev Chester S Har tranft of Hartford Seminary. installation prayers by Rev A H Phimb and Rev Fliah Horr.
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Winfred Chesney Rhoades
Eliot Congregational Church
Roxbury
Arthur Little
Dorchester Second Church
G. W. Brooks
Dr. Waldron
Elijah Harr
D. D
Eliot Chiurch
Hartford Seminary
Chester Sb. Hartranft
A. H. Phimb
Walnut Avenue Church
Rhoades
Mt. Vernon
Charles Stoddard Lane
Kim
Lane
Rhoadea
Fliah Horr
D. B
Coffee’s Harmful Effects On Health Promoted By Postum Ad
An advertisement argues that coffee harms nervous systems and organs, urging readers to switch to Postum Cereal Food Coffee. It claims coffee causes headaches, digestive distress, and heart sensations, then promises restoration through Postum with boiling instructions and broad health benefits.
New England Shoe and Leather Association Holds Annual Meeting
The group met at 1114 Bedford Street as officers were elected. President William B. Rice urged widespread fair business in the leather trade while a large board of directors, including Elisha W. Cobb and Robert Batcheller, was announced.
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New England Shoe and Leather Association
Bedford Street
William B. Rice
Elisha W. Cobb
Robert Batecheller
George C. Houghton
George McConnell
W. FH. Allen
E. W. Baxter
FE. J. Bradley
George W. Brown
George Hutchinson
Preston FB. Keith
Johns. Kent
J. R. Leeson
George Fred Winch
George M. Coburn
A. P. Green
CC. A. Locke
George H. Maddock
H. Tl. Proctor
James A. Woolson
I. Henry Porter
E. S. Woodbury
J.L. Walker
Edward Moll
James W. Htchings
Theodore RK. Hoyt
I. L. Sprague
Franklin Typographical Society celebrates 76th anniversary at Quincy House
About 150 people attended a ladies night dinner after a 6:30 to 7:30 reception. President Arthur D. Osborne presided with Mayor Champlin of Cambridge and Speaker Myers among speakers. Curtis Guild Sr. recalled early Boston journalism and printers’ history as industry leaders offered reflections.
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Franklin Typographical Society
Benjamin Franklin
Quincy House
Arthur D. Osborne
Guild
Champlin
Cambridge
Myers
Guerin
Osborne
Hart
Charles H. Taylor
the Globe
Stephen O'Meara
the Journal
William Durant
Transcript
John CO. Haynes
H. C. Hanson
J. Stearns Cushing
H. R. Houghton
Master Printers’ Club
Typographical
General Champlin
Curus Dare
Keith
Curtis Guild
Bulletin Board
Boston
Boston Journal
Herald
Arthur Weeden
RR. A. Sarnaby
Post
Colonel Greene
Traveler
James J. Myers
France
Hloe
Dartmouth Alumni Banquet Forms Plans for Webster Centenary
The thirty fifth annual Dartmouth alumni banquet in Boston gathered 225 members at the Vendome. Officers were elected: Charles W. Bartlett president Guy W. Cox secretary Louis S. Cox chorister. President William J. Tucker spoke on the college’s progress noting 2000 dollars in bequests and a proposal to raise 1 million for a Webster centennial. Governor Frank W Rollins J udges Cross and Durham also spoke.
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Boston and Vicinity
Vendome
Charles W. Bartlett
Guy W. Cox
Louis S. Cox
William J. Tucker
Dartmouth College
Cross and Durnham
Manchester
Richardson
Walbridge A. Field
Glee Club
G. W. Cox
J. BK. Weston
F. A. Allen
Boylston School Concert Recalls Fort Hill Days
The Boylston School Association reunion and concert at Columbus Hall drew old district residents. Resolutions mourned E. M. Hartigan. Local talent performed ragtime, buck and wing dancing, and juvenile singing duets led by John Fitzmaurice and Ella Gill with key accompanists Miss Hila Keyes Miss Pressie Lally and Edward Lally. A collation followed.
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Fort Hill
Boylston School Association
Columbus Hall
E. M. Hartigan
Lillie Hanley Marries John Fennelly in Court
In a comic Municipal Court scene, Lillie Hanley and John Fennelly wed after her lawsuit to force union. Clerk Lord officiates with clerks as witnesses. the ceremony ends with release and a light note on the missing wedding fee.
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Pemberton Square
Lillie Hanley
Edward J. Lord
John Fennelly
John
Lillie
Clerk Lord
Travers
Blackmar
Lord
Labor bill aims to curb all night mill shifts in Boston area
Labor groups plan to urge Representative Thomas Donahue to file a bill changing the 68 hour law during this legislative session. The effort targets night running at mills and seeks to set 6 p m as the latest time for women and seminars. A labor delegation will attend a Boston hearing, while inspectors monitor Hargraves and Arkwright mills for violations and possible overtime.
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Dr. Greene
Jerome van Ormay
Calais
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Falig River
Thomas Donahue
Hargraves
Arkwright
Newsboy Hero Holds Spot After Alley Fight
Joe Cent, a 12 year old substitute for sick Tony Cent, faced aggressive boy gang at Albany and Kneeland streets. He battled them and was wounded in the scalp but kept selling papers after treatment at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Waneh.
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Tony Cent
Joe
Albany
Kneeland
Newsboy
Waneh
Eve
Tony
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