Women in Missouri wage inquiry clash over home ties
In St Louis on June 5 the Missouri Senate wage investigation panel debated the role of women in industry as Lieutenant Governor Painter condemned the Trades Union League for pushing women toward cities. Mrs. Raymond Robins defended pay, arguing every woman should work and earn a proper minimum wage while preferring crowd life to home.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Senate
Painter
Raymond Robins
Chicago Settlement
Woman’s National Trade Union League
Trades Union League
Mrs. Robins
Fussy About Split Skirts In Indianapolis
Indianapolis officials order enforcement of a dress code requiring women in the city to wear undergarments with split skirts. Superintendent Martin J. Hyland said the traffic squad should act as censor of feminine apparel after a letter signed The Ladies urged prohibition of skirts without undergarments.
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Indianapolis
Martin J. Hyland
Hyland
Franconia Brings British Envoy and Notables to Boston
The Cunard liner Franconia arrived from Liverpool via Portland with nearly 1500 passengers including Sir Cecil Spring-Rice British ambassador to Washington and family. Other notable arrivals: Charles Francis Adams, Dorothy Jordan, Rose Lee Saltonstall, and H. G. Brooks party. The voyage included special permission for the ambassador to travel and a Boston official aboard.
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Cunard
Liverpool
Queenstown
Portland
Sir Cecil Spring- Rice
Washington
Lady Spring-Rice
Boston
Maine
United States
Stars and Stripes
Ambassador Spring-Rice
Franconia
Cunard Line
Betty
Anthony
Viscount Campden
Spring-Rice
Dublin
N. H
Great Britain
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts Historical Society
Dorothy Jordan
Rose Lee Saltonstall
H. G. Brooks
Frederick Brooks
Grace Brooks
Henry R. Dalton
George M. Wggleston
Linden B. Hardwick
Elizabeth Parker
F. E. Peabody
Herbert M. Sears
Joseph G. Thorpe
Thorpe
Lansing Centaurian
Thomas W. Lawson
L. V. Waters
London
F. C. Sanborne-Palmer
China
Hankow
Milton
San Francisco
May Indict Kid Carter in Double-Header Case
Middlesex grand jury in East Cambridge is expected to indict James Jennings known as Kid Carter for the murder of Mildred Donovan. Carter already confessed to the Revere girl slaying in Boston court during a life sentence for the New Year’s Day shooting of William McPherson. The DA Higgins team presented extensive evidence to the grand jury, which is expected to hand down one of the largest lists in years, close to fifty indictments.
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Middlesex
East Cambridge
James Jennings
Kid Carter
Mildred Donovan
Revere
Boston
William McPherson
South End
Higgins
Sumner Granted Divorce Nisi After Cruel Treatment
Mrs Helena P Sumner wife of hotel proprietor Earl A M Sumner is granted a decree nisi by Plymouth County Superior Court on cruelty and abusive treatment grounds after a prior divorce bid and reconciliation failed Judge Henry A King presiding The case was briefly suspended as Mrs Sumner sobbed during testimony.
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Plymouth
Helena P. Sumner
Earl A. M. Sumner
Brant Rock
Henry A. King
Plymouth County
Wife Seeks Alimony After Cruelty Allegations in Libel Case
The libel case details Sibellant Sumner married in 1902 at Waltham and later living at Brant Rock where she faced escalating cruelty after her husband began drinking. She described attacks including an ink bottle thrown at her and a torn kimono. After two prior filings and a dismissed libel, the current suit ends with an alimony settlement of $2000.
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Sumner
Waltham
Brant Rock
Brant Rock House
Ogden
Cripple to Get Red Sox Ball in Farmington Presentation
James McAleer plans to present a world championship baseball to a crippled Farmington Maine boy named Tyke Norton. The ball bears autographs of Red Sox champions including Speaker Wood Carrigan Johnson Hooper Wagner Hall and McAleer. The ceremony occurs tonight at 6 in Tyke’s Farmington stable where he works as a driver.
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James McAleer
Red Sox
Farmington
McAleer
Tyke
Norton
Heber Bishop
Boston
Amos H. Whipple
Copley Square Hotel
Oliver H. Pehkren
Concord
N. H
Richard Briggs
Amesbury
Mass
J. J. Crowley
R. L. Heiser
Philadelphia
Wood
Carrigan
Johnson
Hooper
Wagner
Hall
Deslovers Completes Testimony in Parmentier Murder Trial
Henri Deslovers testified over more than 20 hours in Woonsocket on the murder case of Mrs Angele Parmentier. He denied prosecution evidence and explained his movements on June 4 and 5 last year, the day the missing woman vanished before the headless body was found in Blackstone River on June 24.
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Providence
Henri Deslovers
Angele Parmentier
Woonsocket
Snappers and Smelt Reach City Market
Smelts, red snappers and cante looues arrive at the city market and are priced reasonably. Smelts are 35 cents a pound, red snappers 20 cents, and melons 20 cents each, with better deals possible at smaller outlets with lower rents.
Asparagus in season amid steady prices and seafood notes
The piece guides frugal menus with fried red snapper and salads while noting steady wholesale prices for greens and rising egg costs. It reports abundant lobster coming to Nova Scotia, certain fish and shellfish shortages, and fresh asparagus touted for hot weather meals and varied preparations.
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Maine
Nova Scotia
la Newberg
Faneuil Hall
Bishop Willian to preside at archdeacon Babcock consecration
The Right Rev. Willian Lawrence of Boston is named presiding bishop for the consecration of Archdeacon Samuel G. Babcock as suffragan bishop. The ceremony occurs at Trinity Church on Tuesday June 17 at 10 30. The event features senior bishops from New York New Hampshire and Massachusetts as consecrators and presentors.
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Willian, Lawrence
D. D
Boston
Samuel G. Babcock
Trinity Church
Lawrence
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Thomas Frederick Davies
Western
Massachusetts
David Brummell Greer
New York
Edward Melville Parker
Newampshire
William Lawrence
Robert Codman
Maine
James de Wolfe Perry, Jr
Rhode Island
Edward Taylor Sullivan
Newton Centre
Guy Wibur Miner
Point
Frederick Baylies Ajlen
Joseph Grafton Minot
Advent
Philip S. Parker, Esq
Church of Our Saviour
Longwood
Unwritten Law Plea In Cincinnati Hotel Killing
Robert Huber of Chicago admitted shooting John Kunzelman, Mt. Healthy Ohio hotel proprietor, and pleaded "unwritten law." He claimed his wife’s five year old mistreatment by Kunzelman prompted the act and said he did not intend to kill, only maim.
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Cincinnati
Robert Huber
Chicago
John Kunzelman
Mt. Healthy
Ohio
Huber
Kan
Jayo
Angelman
Clothing descriptions list various shirt styles and prices
The passage describes shirts in white mottled champagne blue and tan with belted effects and buttoned fronts. Lengths range 33 to 39 inches. Prices shown are 3.95 5.00 5.95 and 7.50 with Fourth Floor reference.
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Filene
Betsy Barbara Dress At Girls' Dress Store
A simple voile party dress priced at 3.95 is showcased in pink blue or white. The Betsy Barbara gown features a pleated skirt with tucks and hand embroidery at the waist and French valenciennes inserts in sizes 6 to 14 on the fourth floor.
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Valenciennes
Betsy Barbara
Betsy Barbaras
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Ilion
Library Bureau
Saulpriest
Federal Street
Mrs. Sumner
Kimona
Hub Bishop
Srate
Norfolk
Eponge
West Indies
Filene Flexible Flyer
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