Opening Day Bazaar at Holm Lea Sparkles With Charity Spirit
Society women prepare Holm Lea Brookline for a monster charity bazaar on opening day. The estate garden fills with decorated booths a cafe chantant style open-air theatre and midway. cadet band plays while visitors stroll the grounds. Flowers display led by Mrs J Montgomery Sears and others attract donations from local firms. A new bridge whist booth offers lessons and tournaments with prizes.
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First Corps of Cadets
Vincent and Hasty Pudding
Cafe Chantant
Morris Scott
J. Montgomery Sears
Mary 8 S. Ames
George Nickerson
Walter Hunnewell
Larz Anderson
Edward Brandegee
William Spaulding
Francis Skinner
William K. Page
Latin School Declamation Draws Admiration In Boston
At the Boston Latin School prize declamation Arthur Dexter Brigham delivered an original Greek reading of Demosthenes On the Crown and won a prize. The judges were led by Mayor Hibbard whose Latin title on the program was misread as the greatest Mayor ever.
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Boston Latin School
Arthur Dexter Brigham
Demosthenes
Mayor Hibbard
Hoodlums Strike Woman as Hero Hesitates
A man hides in shadows fearing his wife Alice will be harmed by three hoodlums who ambush a drunken woman. He witnesses the assault, prays for Alice, hears a police whistle, and rushes to her side as she lies unconscious on the sidewalk. He discovers the victim is his wife, Alice.
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Alice
Harry A. Marvin
Charles Marvin
Dix Street
Aitchison
Shrewsbury Street
Witness
Love and privacy in public romance advice column
Mildred Champagne replies to a reader about propriety of public displays of affection. She cautions against public lovemaking and suggests lovers show respect in public while reserving intimate acts for private moments to shield the partner from ridicule.
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Miss Champagne
Polly -G
Aitchison Refuses to Pay Wife’s Clothing Bill in Worcester Case
Wealthy elderly George T. Aitchison denies payment of a bill presented by Barnard Sumner and Putnam Co. during a Worcester civil court trial. Details reveal his marriage to his third wife, then 40, a dressmaker, amid a lavish home, a premarital agreement, and disputes over household expenditures and treatment.
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Worcester
George T. Aitchison
Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company
Estey
Central District Court
Old Time Bakery Recipes and Cookery Notes
A collection of home recipes with instructions for beef stuffing and rolling, sugar cookies, fruit puddings, spice cakes, and pineapple sponge cake. Includes contributor names and addresses such as MATTIE E. FLYNN of East Boston and MRS. MAY LAMBERT of Hudson, indicating the home cooking tradition and local readers sharing methods.
Jelly Cake Center Recipe by Florence E Pearce
A recipe describes filling a cake center with jelly. It instructs making eight pints of jelly from gelatine and two pints of water plus fruit juice or syrup, plus sugar, boiling ten minutes, adding gelatine, cooling, and pouring over the cake. The cake is encased in a jelly mould and chilled, unmoulded onto a platter and garnished with pineapple tops and whipped cream. Florence E Pearce, 25 Norfolk Street, Roslindale.
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Florence E. Pearce
Norfolk Street
Roslindale
Latin Amusement At School Prize Event
Judges enjoyed a Hone of Latin after their names adding humor for the audience. First prize went to Henry Hitt Crane, with Arthur Dexter Brigham and Louis New kirk Stanton taking second prizes. Young Brigham previously won third prize last year for a Latin oration. he is seen as a leading classical scholar at the school.
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Henry Hitt Crane
Arthur Dexter Brigham
Louis Newkirk Stanton
Young Brigham
Mayor Hibbard
Charles J. Capen
John D. Bryant
Thomas F. Beal
Reuben Kidner
G. M. Hymans
William F. Osgood
Francis R. Jones
Leo R. Lewis
William J. Gallivan
Jacob A. Dorsey
Guy A. Ham
Senator Gore Hopeful of Regaining Sight
Senator Gore of Oklahoma believes his sight will be restored after treatment at Episcopal Hospital in Washington. He is a model patient with Mrs. Gore beside him. a possible slight operation may follow if improvement occurs. Treatment nourishes the retina of the left eye detached from the optic nerve.
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Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Episcopal Hospital
Normal School Dedication Promises Elaborate Boston Pageant
The Fenway Normal School dedication will feature a grand pageant with over 300 participants from Boston and Brookline society. A dress rehearsal yesterday proved the cast ready as the vast courtyard stage doubles as an auditorium for the event.
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Fenway
Boston
Brookline
Exers
Historical festival showcases period dances and costumes
Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber directs as stage manager and general director for a four hour festival. Miss Lotta E Clark leads the event with George Vesper handling costumes and Grant Drake as musical director. The afternoon features a series of historically correct costume dances with appropriate music and attire.
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Cises
Lucia Gale Barber
Countess to Marry Tutor
Berlin reports the engagement of Countess Hertha von Bismarck to a young theologian who serves as her children’s private tutor at Castle Schoenhausen. Church authorities blocked his entry to the ministry, prompting public notice of the romance.
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Berlin
Germany
Hertha von Bismarck
Wilhelm von Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Schoenhausen
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Worcester Street
Mildred Champagne
Mr. Aitchison
Veil
New England
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Lexington Street
East
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May Lambert
Cherry Street
Hudson
G. W. Banspach
North Harwich
Arthur Dexter
HAM
Senator Gore
Tile Beem Chissay
Washburn
Crosby's
Normal School
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