Parrot Jars Family Peace in West Roxbury Court
In Jamaica Plain Mrs. Susan Prouty and daughter accused Mrs. Margaret Stavers of assault after a garden hose attack on Rex the parrot. Stavers was fined 16 dollars in West Roxbury Court. she appealed, claiming only watering the bird. The case stems from ongoing tensions at 19 Oakdale Street between residents.
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Rex
Susan EH. Prouty
Oakdale Street
Jamaica Plain
Margaret Stavers
Arsenal Workers Challenge Taylor System With Petition
Three hundred seventy five Watertown Arsenal employees petitioned Secretary of War Garrison to abolish the Taylor System. Arsenal officers question signers individually, while workers seek a public hearing to voice their objections. They warn a strike may follow if conditions stay unchanged and plan to appeal to Congress.
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Watertown Arsenal
Garrison
Arsenal
Congress
London Slit Skirt Gown Stuns City Across the Ocean
A new slit skirt gown arrived yesterday and drew shocked reactions in London and New York. It was spotted in the Washington Street shopping district worn by two daring young women who faced lingering stares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington Street
London
New York
New knee high slit dress sparks citywide debate
The article reports on a see through gown with knee high slits drawing reactions across cities. Boston awaits verdict while Richmond Virginia fines a wearer and Rochester debates a ban. Modistes report orders for similar styles as clamor grows. A minister questions morality and fashion spreads from New York to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George L. Perin
Franklin Square House
Richmond
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
Post seeks settlement of Boston boilermaker strike
Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis F. Post aims to settle the 1200 boilermaker strike in Greater Boston after completing a probe at Governor Foss’s Hyde Park plants. The strike began June 1 over wages and conditions. Post may stay through Saturday night to mediate, with a conference planned among New England Boiler Manufacturers' Association officers, union officials, and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Post
Greater
Boston
Governor Foss
Hyde Park
Post
Washington
New England Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
Mystic youth faces charges in two break ins
Charles G. Moore, 21, of Mystic R. L. was seized by Patrolman Stewart and brought before the District Court on two counts. He allegedly broke into the Charles I. Adair store in Mt. Hope and later the Clarke D. Adams store in Roslindale, stealing chewing gum. He is held for the Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Moore
Mystic, R. L
Stewart
West Roxbury
District Court
Charles I. Adair
Mt. Hope
Clarke D. Adams
Roslindale
Boston considers snake control squad to remove imagined pests
A Dorchester incident prompts the Boston Board of Health to discuss a snake squad. A New York visitor claimed thousands of snakes near her Roxbury home on Quincy street, but investigators doubted any infestation and suspect prankster friends influenced her.
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Snake Squad
Boston Board of Health
Thomas Jordan
Health Department
Summer Street
Jordan
John Barleycorn
New York
Dorchester
Josh
Quincy Street
Roxbury
Rowdies Raid City Parks Over Grass Policy
Deputy Commissioner James Shea reports wholesale raids on flowers shrubs and grass in city parks following the mayor's order allowing walking and lounging on the grass. Officials fear costly damage unless the order is modified and the mayor will study the issue before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shea
Shea
President waits on Wilson and Bryan before Mexican policy
The administration will delay action on the Mexican situation until President Wilson and Secretary Bryan confer with Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson. His report from Mexico City will influence whether he returns to Mexico City. No response will be sent to a European power’s note until Washington learns the true state of affairs.
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Washington
Huerta
Wilson
Bryan
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Mexico
Ambassador Wilson
Officials struggle for accurate Mexico reports
Washington officials confessed embarrassment at long range grasp of Mexican politics and noted demonstrations in Mexico City were possibly organized by locals to pressure U S recognition of Huerta. They expect first hand data from Ambassador Wilson and await stable conditions before any policy shift. Durango outrages and arrests add to the unrest as Dario Sanchez and Otto Winter await release.
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Mexico City
United States
Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
William Bayard Hale
Carranza
State Department
Mexican Republic
Durango
Tampico
Dario Sanchez
Otto Winter
Stephen Fichon Heads to Mexico City Ahead of Departure
French prime minister Stephen Fichon prepared to depart for Mexico City last evening, signaling a multilateral diplomacy push and scheduling meetings with regional leaders.
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Stephen Fichon
Mexico City
Germany denies Mexican demands in Mexico crisis
Berlin reports Germany did not act to protect foreign interests in Mexico and has not taken diplomatic steps in Washington. The foreign office did not confirm private talks between Count Von Bernstorff and Secretary Bryan unless they were strictly war related.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Mexico
Washington
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Bryan
Mail Carrier Murdered by Mexicans Near Columbus
Deming New Mexico July 17 reports reach here of the murder of a United States mail carrier on the Columbus Deming route near the Mexican border by Mexican rebels. The rider was shot from his horse and mail pouches were stolen and carried into Mexico. A large sum reportedly transmitted from a Columbus bank to Deming may have been in one pouch. The slain man's name was not learned.
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Deming
N. M
Columbus
United States
Mexico
El Paso Policeman Held as Smuggler
Powell Roberts a former El Paso police sergeant was arrested today on a conspiracy charge for smuggling ammunition to Mexico. Federal officers said he bought coal loaded with ammunition into a box car in Badger Fuel Company yards and purchased ammunition found under the coal reported by Shelton Payne Arms Company.
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EL Paso
Powell Roberts
Best Day Ye Cruise Concludes From Camden Maine Voyage
The Boston Yacht Club fleet, convoyed by the revenue cutter Androscoggin, finishes an 88 mile cruise from Christmas Cove to Camden. The power yachts form in columns, with the Virginia leading past the regatta Totem while the Golden Rod narrowly trails the race leader. The Marblehead return race features Bar Harbor 311-footers Vera III and Leenane along with vignettes of multiple schooners and sloops finishing in a sunny Maine cruise.
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Camden
U. S. Revenue
Androscogs
Boston Yacht Club
Christmas Cove
Maine
Muscongus Bay
Davis Strait
Muscleridge Channel
F. P. Hockins
When
E. 8. Welch
Valeda
F. P. Hopkins
J. FE. Doherty
Mashantam
Samuel Crowell
Josephine H
T. J. Flynn
Bill
W. H. Potter
Vesta
Virginia
L. M. Crowfoot
Marblehead
Bar Harbor
Vera III
H. Lundberg
Edjacko
E. Raymond
Leenane
J. Conley
H. B. Boyd
Evangeline
Hollis Burgess
Norma IL
H. A. McInnis
A. P. Graham
Frenchies Celebrate Silver Wedding at Chesterwood
Stockbridge July 17 Mr and Mrs Daniel Chesney French mark their silver wedding with a dinner at Chesterwood villa under daughter Miss Margaret French s direction The guest list includes Mrs Choate Mr Dixey Mrs Crowninshield Mrs Clarke Miss Tuckerman and Messrs Mayon and Brewster among others The sculptor is at work on a Henry W Longfellow statue for Cambridge and belongs to the National Arts Society the Century Club and the Tavern Club
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Stockbridge
Daniel Chesney French
Sivries
Chesterwood
Margaret French
French
Mary A. French
Washington
Henry W. Longfellow
City of
Cambridge
National Arts Society
Century Club of
New York
The
Tavern Club of
Boston
Joseph H. Choate
Richard C. Dixey
Frederic Crowninshield
Thomas Shields Clarke
Emily Tuckerman
Warren Mayon
William Brewster
Maned Moose Surprises Angler Near Berkshire Pond
William Ingals of Lee reported a giant moose leaping into Berkshire Pond near October Mountain and swimming toward his boat. The animal climbed ashore a short distance away and vanished into the forest. The moose is thought to be one of the escapees from Harry Payne Whitney’s game reservation on October Mountain last winter. Berkshire Pond provides Lee with water.
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Lenox
William Ingals
Lee
Berkshire Pond
October Mountain
Mr. Ingalls
Harry Payne Whitney
Miss Williams to Wed Richard Trelegan at St Margaret’s
Miss Margaret M Williams of Dorchester will marry Richard W Trelegan of North Grafton a hotel proprietor and summer hotel manager at Jefferson on Sunday July 27 at St Margaret’s Catholic Church. Williams comes from a family of authors and sang in the Cathedral choir.
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Margaret M. Wiliams
Columbia Road
Dorchester
Nicholas M. Williams
Holy Cross Cathedral
St. Margaret's Catholic Church
Richard W. Trelegan
North Grafton
Jefferson
Miss Williams
Makes Fortune Then Killed in Hinsdale Rail Crossing
John Cahill aged about six was struck and killed by westbound express No 17 near Hinsdale station. The train and rear pusher passed over his body twice. he had recently returned from mining fortunes in the West and had bought a home for his widowed sister and her two daughters in Hinsdale Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
John Cahill
Hinsdale
Cahill
Bridget Burns
Hinsdale Centre
Ambassador Wilson Arrives at Vera Cruz
The American ambassador Henry Lane Wilson arrived in Vera Cruz from Mexico City after a call to Washington on the Mexican situation. He visited Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher aboard the battleship Louisiana and said he would be away no more than three weeks. The departure sparked anxiety among Americans in Vera Cruz.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
Mexico City
Frank F. Fletcher
Louisiana
United States Atlantic Fleet
France Denies Mexican Situation Talks In Paris
Paris dispatch says the French foreign office reports no meeting of representatives from powers in Paris over the Mexican situation. Officials deny any such gathering. In Mexico City the note hints the report may stem from Freserie Gamboa, the newly appointed Mexican minister to Belgium, paying a formal call.
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France
Mexico
Paris
Eac
Mexico City
Athena
Freserie Gamboa
Belgium
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