Vanderbilt Buys Famous Sonogee Estate at Bar Harbor
Frederick K. Van derbilt of New York becomes owner of Sonogee, the famed Bar Harbor seaside mansion built by Henry Lane Eno and later owned by Lyman B. Kendall. The estate, valued in the millions, featured lavish interiors and a history of social gatherings, with Mrs Kendall once hosting wounded soldiers and a costly amber glassware set purchased for a Vanderbilt tea at Pendleton Bowler’s Corfield.
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Bangor
Frederick K. Vanderbilt
New York
Kendall
Bar Harbor
New England
Henry Lane Eno
Lyman B. Kendall
Wall Street
Italy
Kendalls
Dr Conrad Retires From Presidency of Boston Branch
After 12 years as president of the Boston Branch Flor ence Crittenden League Dr A Z Conrad retires to honorary presidency and Dr Howard J Chibley of Winchester is elected president Elections held yesterday after a lunch at the league headquarters National President Dr Kate Waller Garrett spoke and Mrs John Knox Marshall praised Dr Conrads service C R Preston elected general secretary of the local branch
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Boston
Florence Crittenden League
A. Z. Conrad
Howard J. Chibley
Winchester
League
Massachusetts Avenue
Kate Waller Garrett
Conrad
John Knox Marshall
C.R. Preston
General Harts Praised and Criticized as Teacher's Pet
Washington dispatch reports Brig. Gen. William Harts, former Paris district commandant, blamed for army prison conditions. Maj. Gen. Harbord says Baker could order a court martial. Bland cites Harts as “teacher's pet” in US and in France, noting disparities in quarters for officers versus confinement rooms.
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Washington
Paris
William Harts
Harbord
Bland
Indiana
Harts
Baker
Army of Occupation
France
Beauties of Massachusetts Shoe Factories Featured in Local Book
Massachusetts, hub of the shoe industry, is highlighted as producing many pretty workers. Mary Connell y of Dorchester and Gertrude Bishop of South Boston are pictured as representatives of Plant's shoe factory and the American Shoe Finding Company respectively. The booklet also includes engravings of Craigie House and plates on Amsterdam and Jacob's Dream, plus a Salem Witchcraft section.
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Massachusetts
American Shoe Finding Company of
South Boston
Plant's Shoe Company
Roxbury
Mary Connelley
Dorchester
Plant
Miss Connelley
Miss Bishop
Longfellow
Craigie House
Amsterdam
Zuyder Zee
Washington Allston
The
Boston’s Chamberlain autographs collection shines unseen
A Boston Public Library room houses the Chamberlain collection with autographs portraits engravings and volumes of historic value Notable items include printed texts of the Declaration of Independence and U S Constitution with signers autographs 59 framed tablets show British and French sovereigns New Hampshire governors Harvard presidents and figures from the Boston Massacre to Yorktown The collection spans Massachusetts and New Hampshire manuscripts to Franklin Adams Warren and Longfellow treasures including Lamb’s own copy and Longfellow illustrated volumes with historical document inserts
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Chamberlain
Boston Public Library
United States
Great Britain
France
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Harvard College
Boston
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Washington
Franklin
John Adams
Hancock
Samuel Adams
Joseph Warren
Thomas Moore
Coleridge
Lamb
Lloyd
Miles Standish
Longfellow
Bradford
Jon Winthrop
Winslow
Cotton Mather
Debate over voting power in League of Nations sparks dispute
Washington Jan 19 Senate leaders negotiating reservations to the peace treaty clash on a major issue the colonial voting power in the League of Nations Democratic and Republican members of the bipartisan committee are far apart with no immediate prospect of agreement. Other reservations see some progress and the session adjourns until tomorrow with conferences likely to continue. Lodge calls a foreign relations committee meeting for Wednesday to consider Senator King Utah proposal on Thrace award to Greece.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Coinimnions
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
King
Utah
Thrace
Constantinople
Greece
Ex-Senator Weeks Home Entry Case Before Court
John Guffey, 22, of Brookline, a Sunshine Laundry driver, entered ex Senator John W Weeks’ Newton home via a window seeking a laundry bundle he believed was waiting. Judge Copeland ruled no wrongful intent but Guffey is held for the grand jury on the unique entry method. He was arrested after police questioned him at the Brookline plant. $3000 bond set.
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John Guffey
Chestnut Street
Brookline
Sunshine Laundry Company
John W. Weeks
Valentine Street
Newton
Copeland
Guffey
West Newton
Grand Jury
Weeks
John Carvin
Carvin
Calvin
Washington
John Shaughnessy
Six Boston Teachers Quit as Pay Rise Fails
Six teachers announced resignations to the Boston school committee, including George E. Parsons and Flora M. West, after a $384 raise for most teachers. Retirements included Charles W. Gerould on a $600 yearly pension. Also noted were deaths of three retired teachers: Sarah C. Fales, M. Margaret Smith, and Ella C. Jordan. Balloon advertisement for Hayes healing honey follows.
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Boston
George E. Parsons
Mechanic Arts
Flora M. West
Roxbury
Marguerite McCarthy
Chapman
Mary E. Denehy
Andrew
Marion M
Ella C. Jordan
Horace Mann
Birds on the Common Fed by Public Plea
Bossonians answered Winthrop Packard’s call from the Post to feed birds on the Common. For days pigeons and sparrows gathered for a regular meal, showing appreciation. The Audubon Society urges continued public feeding through winter to save birds from hunger and support insect control in warmer months.
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Winthrop Packard
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Audubon Society
Senate asks reports on coercion of state banks by federal agencies
Washington January 1 The Treasury Department was asked by the Senate to report whether any coercion had been practiced upon state banks by the Federal Reserve Board or subsidiary agencies to force state banks to join the federal system or submit to its regulations.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Filene Opens New Addition At Filene Annex
The Filene Automatic Bargain Annex opens tomorrow at 9 am in the 398 Washington Street building two doors above the present Filene Building. The ground floor will sell clothes for men with 11,400 candle power lighting and nitrogen lights. Upper floors will handle receiving marking and stock rooms.
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William Filene’s Sons Company
Filene Automatic Bargain
Washington Street
Filene
Hawley
William Filene’s
Jordan Marsh buys from the Orient on three month buying tour
Ten representatives of Jordan Marsh Company depart for a Pacific buying trip spanning three months to the Orient. They will visit China and Manila area suppliers for kimonos linens lace jade pottery screens and teak wares while collecting goods arriving in Boston stores from prior spring orders and inviting customers to view imported Far East items.
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Pacific Ocean
Orient
The
Mikado
Manila
China
Far East
Free Coupon Promises 1000 Egg Hen System Gift
Henry Trafford an international poultry expert offers a free copy of THE 1000 EGG HEN. He claims hens can produce 1300 eggs over four to six years with proper care and winter feeding. Readers with six or more hens can receive the free booklet by sending name and address to Tyne Building Binghamton New York.
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Henry Trafford
Tridiar
Tyne Bldg
Binghamton, N. Y
Mr. Trafford
Binghamton, N. C
Pinex cough remedy and 2% ounce concentrate claim
A historic home remedy recipe promotes 2% ounces of Pinex mixed with a pint of sugar syrup or substitutes to treat severe coughs and croup. It praises quick relief and throat membrane healing while warning against imitations and promising satisfaction or refunds.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Navy Yard Sale Of Miscellaneous War Goods At Portsmouth
A Navy sale lists items including canvas goods, tents, millwork, hardware, electrical, brass, leather belting, life jackets, and furniture. Cash bids with a 20 percent deposit required, inspection by the Supply Officer at Navy Yard Portsmouth, NH. Catalogue and further details available from the Senior Member, Board of Survey, Appraisal and Sale, Navy Yard Boston, MA. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. 1-13-20.
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Board of Survey
Navy Yard
Boston
D. C
A. C
Portsmouth
N. H
Mass
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
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