Sailor Marries Rescued Fiancée From Charles River
After a three year courtship carried on by long distance letters from the battleship New Jersey Andrew Campbell chief boatswain's mate wed Florence Henderson. Campbell had saved Henderson from a canoeing accident in the Charles River. The couple wed in Roslindale and left for a honeymoon in New York with cheers from Campbell’s shipmates at the South station.
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Uncle Sam
New Jersey
Little House
Roslindale
Andrew Campbell
Florence Henderson
Campbell
Miss Henderson
Charles River
William Bailey
Knoll Street
St. Stephen's Church
South Station
New York
Playground movement gains rapid favor in U S towns
Rochester report for the playground congress shows rapid adoption. Of 320 towns with 5000 to 8000 people 74 operate about three playgrounds each. Among 56 cities 20600 to 26000 population 32 have three supervised playgrounds. Seventeen cities up to 60000 residents use seven supervisors on average.
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Rochester
N. Y
United States
Cities fund playgrounds by taxes subscriptions across the nation
Malden Massachusetts Hoboken New Jersey and Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania fund playgrounds through public taxation while four cities rely on private subscriptions and others use mixed methods. The pattern favors large cities with the greatest need and every city over 100000 population now supports its own playgrounds.
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Malden
Mass
Hoboken
N. J
Wilkesbarre
New Cable Line Opens Linking Europe to Buenos Ayres
The Western Telegraph Company opened a new cable line connecting Europe with Buenos Ayres via Ascension Island. It is reported as the second longest cable in the world.
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London
Western Telegraph Company
Europe
Buenos Ayres
Ascension Island
Morning sightseeing and afternoon reception program
Morning sightseeing and shopping precede a 3 p m informal reception at Faneuil Hall with tea by the Daughters of the Revolution. Acting Mayor Walter Ballantyne gives an address followed by Curtis Guild Jr. A half hour later a reception and banquet at Ford Hall features addresses by several visiting delegates.
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Faneuil Hall
Daughters of the Revolution
Walter Ballantyne
Curtis Guild, Jr
Ford Hall
British Sunday School Delegates Tour Boston
Yesterday the British Sunday school delegates toured Boston with Governor Eben Draper greeting them at the State House. After a packed program they rode 25 autos along Beacon Hill to Marblehead and back, ending with a visit to Tremont Temple for evening services.
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Esther Shrimpton
Edith .&. Edwards
Ethel Mitchell
Vera L. Heyworth
Boston
Eben Draper
State House
Beacon
Arlington
Commonwealth Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Bridge
Cambridge
Somerville
Fellsway and Revere Parkway
Ocean
Water Front
Old Marblehead
Dyke Rock Cottage
Moving sidewalk proposed to link Boston subway tunnel
Boston urged moving sidewalk for the tunnel connection of the L between Park Street and South Union station. Proponents say it would ease a crowded retail district corridor and keep Boston at the forefront of underground transport innovation.
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Boston Courier
Boston
Park Street
South Union Station
Winter
Washington Streets
Oeee Street
Park
Dakota Dan to Run Hotel in Melrose
Dakota Dan Rus sell has leased the old Otis house on West Foster street and will open it as a family hotel for 30 guests. He will be assisted by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Russell have moved in as the building is being reconstructed for hotel use.
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Melrose
Dakota Dan” Russell
Otis
West Foster Street
Dakota Dan
Russell
Laborers Strike Adjusted After Conference
A conference yesterday afternoon between major contractors and a building trades committee resulted in an adjustment of the laborers strike. The committee accepted the terms agreed upon by the delegates.
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Building Trades
Havemeyer Ties Testimony To Sugar Refining Scandal
Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co., testifies under trial that Henry O. Havemeyer directed the Williamsburgh refinery and controlled actions leading to alleged underweights of sugar. Heike cites Havemeyer's influence in remarks about government weighers and notes he believed dock scales belonged to the government.
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New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Charles R. Heike
Heike
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Wiliamsburg
Brooklyn
James PF. Bendernagel
Havemeyer
Williamsburg
Gerbracht
Hoodlums' Act Hurts Mrs Andrews in Charles Town
Mrs Elizabeth Andrews aged 76 sustained serious injuries when a group of young men hurled flower pots from a nearby house into her home at 27 High Street Charles Town. Pots broke the window showering glass and struck her on the head and arm.
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Elizabeth Andrews
High Street
Charles
Mrs. Andrews
Two Teens Arrested After High Street Disturbance
James J. Murphy aged 19 and Daniel Carney aged 20 were arrested after a half mile chase and jailed on disturbing the peace charges. Police say the pair led the gang and after smashing Mr. Andrews' windows they created a disturbance on High Street near Mor Square insulting passersby.
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James J. Murphy
Daniel Careney
Murphy
Carney
War Board Warns Foreign Consuls at Nanking
June 3 in Nanking the Revolutionary Board of War warns foreign consuls of an impending opening of hostilities and mirrors the warning sent to Peking legations.
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WAR” Board
Nanking
Peking
Revolutionary Board of War
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Denver News-Times
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Birmingham
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W. F. Freeman
St. Leonards
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Siartshorn
God Save the King
Dakota Dan’ TO Run
HOTEL
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LD Lady
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