Dorchester Citizens Celebrate 286th Anniversary of Town Founding
Dorchester raises a large scale celebration across the town for its 286th founding anniversary. Events include history essays at the William E Russell School, a 10 mile road race, speedway driving heats, bowling at the Boston Bowling Green Club, band concerts, fireworks at Franklin Field, and a great historical pageant rescheduled for 1917 with Mayor Curley present.
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Dorchester
William E. Russell School
Columbia Road
Old Blake House
Edward Everett Square
Franklin Field
Boston Bowling Green Club
Curley
Dorchester Historical Society
Savin Hill
Franklin Field Speedway
Joseph T. Paul
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Westville Street
Harvard Improvement Association
Christopher Gibson
Neponset Playground
Eaton Square
Meeting House Hill
Neponset
Bars Fireworks Sale in Somerville
Chief Sewall M. Rich of the Somerville fire department will not issue permits for June 17 or July 4 sales. He will deny licenses to any store in buildings with dwelling space upstairs, aiming to enforce the legal fire code.
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Somerville
Sewall M. Rich
Fire Department
Windsor man found guilty of pickpocketing at North station
Charles Arling, also known as Charles Lloyd of Windsor Vermont, was arrested five minutes after arriving at the North station and, an hour later, found guilty and held by order of Judge Burke of the Police Court until today for sentence at Charles Street jail.
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Charles Arling
Charles Lloyd
Windsor
North Station
Charles Street
Burke
Children’s Skin and Esate Three Million Boxes Sold in France
An article notes that France consumes about three million boxes of skin care products for children annually. It discusses market size, brands, and potential safety concerns raised by experts.
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France
Mackaye Bird Masque Sanctuary Shines At Brookline Estate
Percy Mackaye's bird masque Sanctuary with Katharine Minahan as the bird girl, presented by Mrs. Benjamin F. Pitman at Mrs. Bartholde Schlesinger's Brookline estate last night, drew an enthusiastic audience and a warm reception.
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Percy Mackaye
Katharine Minahan
Benjamin F. Pitman
Brookline
Bartholde Schlesinger
Bird Masque Praises Bird Life Conservation Effort
Miss Minahan as Ornis impressed with bird call imitation learned while Belasco stage work with six nightingales. Masque featured Ruth Cramer dances and ensemble from Back Bay and Brookline, under Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association and National Bird Sanctuary Associates auspices.
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Miss Minahan
Ornis
David Belasco
Mary Pickford
Jeanette Belle Ellis
Miss Cramer
Janet Jackson
Back Bay
Brookline
Janet Stanley
Marion Mills
Margaret McKinn
Charles Phinney
Lilla Wiles Wyman
Ways and Means Committee
Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association
National Bird Sanctuary Associates
Suffragists Off to Chicago from Massachusetts
Massachusetts delegates to the Woman's Party convention in Chicago depart from South Station with purple, white and gold banners. The group represents the State Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, led by Frances M. Babson with Cambridge and Brookline members, and includes Mrs. Robert Gorham Fuller joining later.
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Massachusetts
Woman's Party
Chicago
South Station
Boston
Congressional Union For Women Suffrage
Frances M. Babson
Cambridge
James T. Carret
Edward ©. Jeffry
Gertrude B. Newell
Brookline
Robert Gorham Fuller
Rev. R. Perry Bush Celebrated on 61st Birthday
Several hundred Masons and representatives of many military organizations gathered at Copley Plaza yesterday afternoon to honor the 61st birthday of the Rev. R. Perry Bush of Chelsea. He serves as chaplain for the Grand Lodge of Masons Shrine Grand Commandery and Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He has been affiliated with York and Scottish Rite bodies in the state.
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Copley Plaza
R. Perry Bush
Chelsea
Grand Lodge of Masons
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
York
Roar of Naval Battle Was Heard in Denmark
A Ringkjobing despatch reports heavy cannonades along the west coast of Jutland from 4 pm yesterday through much of the night. Windows shattered, residents awoke to the firing. A Zeppelin passed at midnight. A German destroyer with engine trouble appeared near Noerre Lyngvig lightship and was later towed by another destroyer.
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London
Ringkjobing
Denmark
Reuter
Jutland
Noerre Lyngvig
75 On Strike At Revere Rubber Co Chelsea
Seventy five machinists strike at the Revere Rubber Company in Chelsea demanding shorter hours. They currently work 38 hours a week and seek a 51 hour work week. Manager Scripner said the men have made a demand to the company.
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Revere Rubber Company
Chelsea
Scripner
Girls Make Dresses for Their Graduation at Wells School
Miss Josephine Sya of the eighth grade at Wells School leads a project to sew middy dresses for her graduation. About 150 girls in the Wells Grammar School graduating class will wear their own handmade middy dresses at commencement, with Evelyn Lally, a sewing teacher, explaining the plan to a Post reporter.
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Josephine Sya
Wells School
Wells Grammar School
Blossom Street
Evelyn Lally
Post
Woman Held as Deserter in Brockton Abduction Case
In Attleboro on June 2 Mrs Vinta Nuevos of Brockton faced a district court charge for eloping with Sabino Denuero. Denuero also held on $500 bail. The husband filed police complaints after their disappearance with the children. The trio were later found in Framingham as the husband, who carried concealed weapons, was detained before his own case proceeds.
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Attleboro
Sabino Penuero
Vinta Nuevos
Brockton
Denuero
Mansfield
Demero
Framingham
Deriuero
Russian business agent Henry Lander hosted by Mayor Curley
Henry Lander of Moscow, visiting to expand US Russia business ties, dined with Mayor Curley at Parker House luncheon. Attendees included Port Directors Chamber of Commerce and leading city banks.
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Henry
Danish Sentries Fire on a Zeppelin Over France Island
Copenhagen reports that Danish sentries fired several shots at a Zeppelin passing near France Island. The airship withdrew beyond the international boundary. It is said to be the first time Danish forces fired on a belligerent air ship.
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Copenhagen
London
The
Politiken
Fance Island
Girls Learn Sewing for Graduation Middy Dresses
For two hours weekly over five months girls study sewing under Miss Lally and Miss Shain. They craft middy dresses from pepli for graduation, pairing with white stockings white shoes and red neckties for a striking effect. The class shows varied proficiency and steady progress in needlework.
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Lally
Mary Shain
Gardener McNeil Caught Trying to Cash Fraudulent Check
James J. McNeil a Marblehead gardener was arrested by Inspectors Burr and Farrell after trying to cash a 150 dollar check drawn to Mary T. Goldthwait at Old Colony Trust. The check had been sent to the woman. McNeil admitted entering her house Thursday night stealing a silver yacht race cap opera glasses six blank checks and the cashing check. He claimed residence at the Hotel Perry Marblehead and was taken there by Marblehead police.
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James J. McNeil
Burr and Farrell
Old Colony Trust Company
Mary T. Goldthwait
Marblehead
Trust Company
McNeil
Perry
Paint Trade Men Jubilate at New England Outing
The Paint Trade Salesmen's Club of New England held its third annual outing to Lynnfield with wives and daughters. President Harry E. Wright presided as toast master. A baseball game ended 20 to 11 with Silvanus Smith’s team victorious. Women’s events included a nail-driving record by Mrs. Harry W. Smith and other contests. five dollar gold pieces were prizes. Committee members led the event with officers Wright, Smith, Rockwood and Albertson.
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New England
Fred C Skinner
Silvanus Smith
Leone Smith
Harry W. Smith
Timothy Thieme
F. C. Davenport
H. S. Maguire
F. C. Tobin
E. W. Osborne
F. R. Burnham
C. C. Mann
Wright
H. W. Smith
C. H. Rockwood
W. E. Albertson
Protestant Church News Briefs Highlight Campaigning Pastors
The Rev. Dr. Kelley Jenness of Tremont Street Methodist leads active campaigning after Billy Sunday efforts, with 35 lay workers promising to win 10 more each. Officers are elected for Medfield Baptist Ladies Circle and South Methodist Episcopal Church in Braintree, while Unitarian, Universalist, and other church services outline summer plans and anniversary observances.
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Kelley Jenness
Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Billy
Jenness
Pal
The
Medfield Baptist Church
Cora F. Mason
Laura E. Pember
Estella A. Babcock
Mary A. Pederson
Annie Pierce
Mary Pederson
Maria Bullard
South Methodist Episcopal Chuch of
Braintree
Henry T. Cushman
George Young
Arthur Charnock
Fred D. Watson
Broadway Universalist
South Boston
Old Home
Lucius R. ‘Aige
Revere Lodge
Needham Farmhand Held for Murder in Wife’s Death
Gustav A. Persson, a former Needham farm hand, was held without bail in Dedham District Court for the grand jury. He is charged with killing his employer Mrs Annie Persson, wife of his employer, on April 18.
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Gustav A. Persson
Needham Farm
Dedham
Annie Persson
Galvin Named Reading Clerk for Republican National Convention
Mitchell Galvin, Boston city clerk for a decade and longtime Republican figure, was appointed reading clerk for the Republican National Convention in Chicago opening June 7. He will travel Sunday and previously held the same role at the prior convention, reading resolutions and notices to delegates.
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Mitchell Galvin
Boston
Chicago
Galvin
United States
Crane
J. Mitchell Galvin
Reading
Carlson Dead at 93 to Be Buried in Sweden
Carl Carlson 93 died after a short illness at his son Councilman Carl E. Carlson’s Squantum home. He lived in Squantum 18 years. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev W O Johnson of Roxbury and Rev Henry Wyman of Malden. Body to Forest Hills crematory. ashes to Smaland Sweden beside his wife who died years ago.
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Carl Carlson
Carl E. Carlson
Huckins Avenue
Squantum
W. O. Johnson
Roxbury
Henry Wyman
Malden
Forest Hills
Smaland
Sweden
Leverett Wine Company License Suspended by Licensing Board
The Licensing Board suspended Leverett Wine Company at 149 Leverett Street West End for one day for alleged license violations. Police Commissioner O Meara accused the business of selling intoxicating liquor to an inebriated person. The suspension runs from 11 PM Saturday to 6 AM Tuesday.
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Licensing Board
Leverett Wine Company
Leverett Street
West End
O’meara
Million breach suit filed in New York for $1 million
Cassie Mansfield Doty sues William Edgar Smith in the New York Supreme Court claiming breach of promise and loss of an advantageous marriage after an engagement. She had purchased a trousseau and expected marriage on February 26, 1912, but Smith refused without a good reason.
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New York
Supreme Court
Cassie Mansfield Doty
William Edgar Smith
Waldorf-Astoria
William van Rensselaer Smith
Arbuckle Brothers
Miss Doty
Invasion of German East Africa Advances on Coast
London reports progress in the northeasterly area of German East Africa with German forces retreating from the railway line between the South Pare Mountains and Pangani to Mkomasi. One enemy column fell back to Buiko station while our left column reached the Mkomasi River on May 31.
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German East Africa
London
South Pare Mountains
Pangani
Mkomasi
Buiko Station
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Dorchester Cross Country Club
New Bedford Harriers
Irish-American Athletic Club
Childrens Skin
Esate
Mackaye
Wonderful Ornis
Bay State
Rev. R. Perry Bush
Revere Rubber CO
Adolph Rossbach
Church of Our Father
Unitarian
East Boston
Walpole
Joel H. Metcalf
Winchester
Wollaston Unitarian Church
Needham
Carlson
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