Brookline Reception Honors McCall Guests at Osgood Home
Governor McCall Mrs McCall and Miss Ruth McCall were guests at a dinner and reception hosted by Mr and Mrs C E Osgood at 131 Naples Road Brookline. Also present were Miss Pauline Potter and Charles H Baxter. The governor spoke at Harvard Church then returned home.
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Mrs. McCall
Ruth McCall
C. E. Osgood
Naples Road
Brookline
Pauline Potter
Charles H. Baxter
Harvard
Brookline Ladies Host Governor's Reception at Osgood Home
About 200 Brookline women guests were presented to Mrs. McCall during the Governor's absence. Mrs. Osgood was helped by Mrs. Stephen Roblin as Mrs. A W Vernon was ill. Palms ferns and cut flowers decorated the house with flags on display. Soprano Gertrude Holt and mezzo Lilla Osgood Crocker sang in the drawing room. The Governor and Mr. Osgood attended after the church address.
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Brookline
Osgood
McCall
Stephen Roblin
A. W. Vernon
Commonwealth
Gertrude Holt
Lilla Osgood Crocker
Governor Critiques Melting Pot Concept at Brookline Speech
Governor McCall urged against a standardized citizen model in his address on Liberty of Citizenship at Harvard Church. He warned that the traditional melting pot idea risks creating a uniform national character and opposed forcing foreigners into a single stereotype.
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United States
McCall
Harvard Church
United Men’s Clubs
Brookline
Disagreement in breach of promise case over Boo’ful Baby
Ten hours of deliberation failed to yield a verdict in the $26,008 breach of promise suit by Cora Maude Clarke against John Leon Martin. The jury stood 7 to 5 for damages before Justice Lehman discharged them.
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New York
Cora Maude Clarke
John Leon Martin
Supreme Court
Lehman
Noor Boob
Ball of Red Jacket Veteran Firemen in Cambridge
Five hundred couples attended the Red Jacket Veteran Firemen Association ball at Odd Fellows Hall Cambridge. Mayor Rockwood opened the event with a brief address predicting an Old Home Week in Cambridge next fall with a large veteran firemen muster. Oscar J. Lingley, association president, served as chief floor marshal.
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Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Cambridge
Rockwood
Oscar J. Lingley
Veteran Rockland town clerk Hezekiel Studley dies
Rockland January 2 Hezekiel R Studley veteran town clerk of Rockland died today at his Water street home His wife passed away three months ago and his health had failed since then Born in Hanover in 1832 he moved to Abington in the early 1810s He helped incorporate the town of Rockland formerly East Abington and served as Rockland s first and only town clerk.
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Rockland
Hezekiel R Studley
Water Street
Never Borrow Unless In Grave Need Says The Author
A personal essay on borrowing and lending among women artists, warning against taking and giving too freely. The narrator recalls coats and dresses shared in a theatrical company, a costly coat ruined by carelessness, and a loan to a best friend that ended friendship. The piece urges self reliance and prudent sharing.
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Miss B
Miss A
Actress explains tears on cue and Mary Pickford notes
The actress describes crying as a genuine emotional response while filming and notes some performers use artificial methods. She cautions about cosmetics and mentions Mary Pickford will speak in the Daily Post five days a week and in the Sunday Post.
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Tess
Mary Pickford
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Escaped German Spy Still At Large
Ignatius T. T. Lincoln a former British MP and self confessed German spy who escaped U S custody last Saturday was sighted in several parts of New York today Four circumstantial tips were phoned to federal agents but all proved unreliable Marshal Power said he had information that could lead to Lincoln’s capture before morning A telegraph story claimed Lincoln visited a newspaper office yesterday and left a statement there
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Ignatius T. T. Lincoln
United States
Federal Secret Service
Power
Brooklyn
Lincoln
Wederal Tefessth
Britain Faces Choice Between Bread and Beer Says Cunard Head
Sir Alfred A. Booth, chairman of Cunard, warned Britain may have to choose between bread and beer as brewing and distilling absorb ships' services on a massive scale. He also welcomed Walter Runciman's remark that nonessential articles might be shut out to protect national efficiency.
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London
Alfred A. Booth
Cunard Company
Alfred
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Montenegrin Army Did Not Capitulate Says Paris Wireless
London dispatch reports an official Paris wireless statement asserting Montenegro’s army never capitulated and that no peace negotiations were entered. King Nicholas is said to be at Podgoritza with his troops.
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London
Paris
Nicholas
Kaiser Returns After Nish Visit
Emperor William returned to Germany after visiting Nish where he met King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. He traveled via Amsterdam and London and arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 20.
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Nish
Sofia
Bulgaria
Amsterdam
London
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Derdinand
Germany
Will contest over life annuity to Miss Mary Eliot at Wellsley
William Henry Storey of Plymouth New Hampshire left a life annuity of 1500 dollars a year to Miss Mary Eliot a Wellsley College senior. Four South Boston cousins contest the will alleging unsound mind and undue influence by New England Trust Co and Josiah Eliot hotel proprietor Plymouth N H. The case heard by a jury includes testimony about Storeys intentions and education payments for Eliot and her sister.
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Mary Eliot
Wellesley College
William Henry Storey
Storey
Boston
Joseph Storey
Plymouth
N. H
New England Trust Company
Josiah Eliot
Arthur D. Quimby
Quimby
Coakley
Miss Idliot
Miss Eliot
Dwyer
Kerr Thread Mills Raises Wages for 1300 Workers
Kerr Thread Mills owned by the American Thread Company announced a 5 percent wage increase effective January 24. About 1300 workers will benefit from the raise.
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Pall River
Kerr Thread Mills
The
American Thread Company
Edith Cavell Memorial Request Sent to Editor
The Edith Cavell Memorial Committee explains its plan to honor Cavell with a Memorial Nurse from Massachusetts for wartime service. They call on donations to Philip Cabot at 111 Devonshire Street Boston and list members William Roscoe Thayer Philip Cabot Rosalind Huidekoper Greene Henry Copley Greene William Ernest Hocking.
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Edith Cavell
Massachusetts
Philip Cabot
Devonshire Street
Boston
William Roscoe Thayer
Rosalind Huidekoper Greene
Henry Copley Greene
William Ernest Hocking
Paygk Street
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