Immigrant Wave Hits Boston On Saxonia Arrival
The Cunard Saxonia arrived from Liverpool and Queenstown with 2220 passengers, 1924 immigrants the year’s largest Boston import. Captain K H Pentecost led the voyage, replacing Charles who moves to the Umbria. Immigrants include 287 Irish and 312 Hungarians among diverse nationalities.
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Cunard
Saxonia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Boston
K. H H. Pentecost
Carpathia
New York
Charles
Umbria
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Francis Sargent, Jr
James Frye
Immigration Bureau
Bertha A. Webster
Providence
Boston Doctor Weds Kansas Heiress in Lawrence Church
Miss Leslie Hill of Lawrence Kansas and Dr Thomas Fivans Chandler of Boston were married in Trinity Episcopal Church Lawrence. The ceremony drew large crowds with social interest as the bride is an heiress. The couple to honeymoon at Cape Cod and will reside at 220 Clarendon Street Boston after October 15.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lesley Hill
That City
Thomas Fivans Chandler
Boston
Ohio Street
Mrs. Chandler
Cape Cod
Clarendon Street
Car Jumped Tracks Crashes Into Ledge In Quincy
An electric Old Colony street railway car jumped its tracks near Scammell Corners in Quincy, Mass., after a stone wedged between rails caused the mishap. Motorman James Brady remained at his post as glass shattered and he suffered serious cuts.
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Quincy
Mass
A __ stone
Scammell Corners
Old Colony Street Railway
James Brady
Big Hearted Druggists Promote Fulton Compounds
Letters from druggists across the country praise Fulton Co. compounds as cures for Bright's Disease and Diabetes. Sample testimonials describe patients improved after using the Renal and Diabetes Compounds, with officials, a congressman, and pharmacists joining in endorsing the remedies and distributing free booklets.
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Bright
Orrin P. Safford
Flint
Mich
Jno. J. Fulton Co
Fulton
Congress
Safford
A. Spiver
Rio Vista
Cal
Kirby
Dixon
Thos. A. Spivey
W. I. Moody
Ionia
Iowa
J. J. Fulton Co
Ww. I. Moody
H. D. Blatchley
Caldwell
Idaho
W. G. Shepard
Everett
Wash
Dnc
J. Fulton Co
San Pablo Ave
Oakland
Boston
Jaynes & Go
Meara Threat Stirs Sidewalk Merchants
Police Commissioner O Meara warned sidewalk and street vendors in Boston that they face prosecution if the Legislature adjourns without legalizing street sale of merchandise. Merchants express concern and urge swift action while some back legal permits and enforcement.
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O’meara
O'Meara
Delavan, Potter & Co
Commercial
Clinton Streets
North Market Street
George E. Martin
George E. Martin & Co
Mr. Scott
Blake, Scott & Lee
Commercial Street
South Market Street
Boston
Market District
C. D. Gallagher
H. P. McReavy
South Market
Fifty Miles From Boston heads to Colonial Theatre
Cohan's new musical play Fifty Miles From Boston opens at the Colonial Theatre Monday June 17 with a large capable chorus and a notable cast led by Emma Janvier Fritz Williams Donald Brian and others. The show has toured Springfield Philadelphia Pittsburg and Chicago with eight weeks in the latter. Sale of seats begins next Thursday at the Colonial box office.
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Boston
George M. Cohan
Colonial Theatre
Cohan
Springfield
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago
Emma Janvier
Fritz Williams
Donald Brian
George Parsons
James H. Bradbury
James C. Marlowe
Lores Grimm
Russell Pines
Louise Rial
Grace Scott
Hazel Lowry
Zelda Sears
Mr. Cohan
Cambridge man hurt after falling through barn floor
William A. Carroll, 46, of 172 Auburn Street Cambridge, is in Cambridge Relief Hospital with two fractured ribs after falling through a floor hole at a Cambridge barn yesterday afternoon while at work.
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William A. Carroll
Auburn Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
No Summer Militia Camps Planned for Harbor Defense
Boston announces abolition of summer militia camps to be held at forts around the harbor. About 30,000 will train July 22 to Aug 38 under regular warfare rules. Fifth Regiment and Coast Artillery Corps units stationed at Fort Revere Fort Andrew Fort Strong Fort Warren Fort Banks with designated company assignments and commanders.
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Boston
EK. M. Weaver
Coast Artillery Corps
Harbor
Framingham
Westfield
United States
George L. Goodale
W. H. Oakes
Charles B. Nutter
Malden
Charlestown
Waltham
Medford
Fort Revere
Hingham
Newton
Attleboro
Fort Andrew
Cambridge
Fort Strong
Fort Warren
Hudson
Plymouth
Fort Banks
Taunton
Brockton
Chelsea
New Bedford
Fall River
Italian Commissioner Behind the Scenes at Colonial Theatre
Signor Alferi, royal commissioner from Italy, visited the Colonial Theatre in Boston. He saw the stage setting process with Business Manager Garrity and met Georgia Drew Meachum Arthur Deagon and Harriet Burt before watching the performance from a box. He expressed delight and uttered his sole English phrase skidoo.
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Italy
Colonial Theatre
Signor Alferi
Boston
Garrity
Georgia Drew Meachum
Arthur Deagon
Harriet Burt
Full Holiday Each Week for L. Starr & Co. Employees
L. Starr & Co. a Winter street dry goods firm will begin a novel two month summer schedule. Employees may quit Friday nights in July and August and return Monday with salaries unchanged. The firm says the plan rewards loyalty and devotion and reflects a successful year.
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L. Starr & Co
Winter Street
Immigrant Case Ends With Case Placed On File
Judge Dodge refuses to prosecute John Johnson Lesti a Finnish immigrant who used a friend’s naturalization certificate to land in the United States Immigration officials seek prosecution but the judge places the case on file as the matter is appealed to Washington Lesti pleads guilty but claims ignorance of wrongdoing his motive was to care for his injured Minnesota based son The case remains awaiting further action at Long Wharf.
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Dodge
United States District Court
John Johnson Lesti
Washington
Lesti
Long Wharf
Minnesota
Handel and Haydn Society Board Dinners Dine
The annual informal dinner of the Handel and Haydn Society board was held at the Hotel Brunswick. Eighteen members gathered to discuss society matters with no speeches, only brief talks. Two board members resigned due to other business, while remaining society members.
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The
Handel and Haydn Society
Brunswick
John C. Brodhead
Samuel IL. Hills
Wealthy Yerkes protege drives split of Loomis couple
In New York on June 6, Mrs. Loomis seeks legal separation from her husband Dr. Henry P. Loomis of East Thirty-fourth Street after a European trip with Miss Emilie Grigsby, a former Yerkes protege believed to have received 1 million dollars. Loomis reportedly met Grigsby in Paris. the couple has lived apart six months. Mrs. Loomis offered 400000 for settlement, which Loomis allegedly called fashionable diplomacy.
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New York
Henry P. Loomis
East Thirty-fourth Street
Emilie Grigsby
Charles T. Yerkes
Loomis
Miss Grigsby
Yerkes
Celebrate appropriation of $50 000 for water plant
Wrentham marked the appropriation of 50000 dollars for a municipal water plant with a town fete. Fireworks and bells rang through the night as residents celebrated the funding.
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Wrentham
Determine Mrs Eddy's Sanity
Concord New Hampshire June 6 Judge Chamberlain plans to appoint a master to pass upon Mrs Eddy's sanity after denying the Eddy trustees' motion to be plaintiffs. The judge noted her advanced age and ordered the examination to occur at Pleasant View. The latest motion argues the equity bill was not brought in good faith by the next friends and seeks a suspension pending issues in her petition.
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Concord
N. H
Mi'Donald murder recalled in Bloomingdale asylum note
Frederick L. Traine death at Bloomingdale Insane Asylum in White Plains New York recalls the McDonald murder in Albany three years earlier. Traine was a Boston stock exchange figure, friend of Miles B. McDonald and Richard Pruesser. After Traine escaped to Albany MacDonald and Prosser caught him. during debate over his placement Pruesser shot and killed McDonald. Traine leaves two children in Auburndale and three stepchildren.
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Frederick L. Traine
Bloomingdale
White Plains
N. Y
McDonald
Albany
Traine
Stock Exchange
Boston
Miles B. McDonald
Richard Pruesser
Westboro Asylum
MacDonald
Prosser
Pruesser
Auburndale
Housework School Founded by Cotton
Will of banker Frank B. Cotton of Brookline filed in Probate Court provides for a 250000 dollar industrial school for Boston women and girls teaching housework and domestic science. Trust funds to heirs for life then revert to the school. executors are William C. Cotton and Walter B. Grant.
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Dedham
Frank B. Cotton
Brookline
Boston
William C. Cotton
Walter B. Grant
English frees American girl in manslaughter case
Miss Elsie Fox, an American, was cleared at Petty Sessions in Royston Eng after her car killed laborer William Parrish near Newmarket on May 1. The magistrate found insufficient evidence to commit her for trial. she was defended by Lord Robert Cecil.
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Royston
Eng
Elsie Fox
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