Sunken Bell at Wellesley College charms outdoor audience
Wellesley College's Rhododendron Hollow hosted a senior class presentation of Hauptmann's The Sunken Bell. Miss Marguerite Bartlett played Heinrich, Belle Murray portrayed Rautendelein, and Helen Paul depicted Nickelhn as the audience enjoyed the German forest setting of the outdoor theatre.
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Wellesley College
Hauptmann
Charles H. Meltzer
Wellesley
Heinrich
Marguerite Bartlett
Rautendelein
Belle Murray
Nickelhn
Helen Paul
Magda
Nell Reeder
Marjorie Wyatt
Ethelyn Hobbs
Gertrude Rugg
Helen Frazier
Bula Ferguson
Gladys Platten
Marion Watson
Edith West
Gladys White
Margaret Fuller
Alma Mosenfelder
Margaret Bubier
Auction sale set for Boston Old Court House site
Boston plans to auction the historic Old Court House next Monday with bids to be opened at noon. Superintendent Fish calls for bids as the building will be sold as is to fund the new City Hall annex planned to begin around October 1 on the same site.
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Boston
Old Court House
Public Buildings
Fish
City Hall
Strike threatens Morgan Line crew walkout
Four thousand Morgan Line seamen ordered to quit by 10 a m tomorrow if demands are not met. Southern Pacific coastwise service between New York and New Orleans faces possible work stoppage with other lines delaying action until Sunday.
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New York
Morgan Line
Southern Pacific Company
New Orleans
Coastwise
Seamen Strike Encouraged by Early Returns
London reports say leaders of the seamen's strike are encouraged by word of crews obeying the call to quit and by many shipowners granting a 10 shilling monthly wage rise. The walkout remains partial with crews easily replaced in most cases and no sign of a general nationwide strike. Some liners are due to sail from Southampton and Liverpool, while large ports show little impact.
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London
Southampton
Liverpool
Sixty second Fusiliers Leave St John For Boston
The Sixty second Fusiliers under Colonel J J McAvity with band fife and drum corps 39% strong left St John New Brunswick on a special train for Boston to take part in the Bunker Hill celebration the next day Mayor Frink accompanied them
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Fusiliers
Boston ST. John
N. B
J. J. McAvity
Boston
Bunker Hill
Mayor Frink
Manilla Bay typhoon survivor recalls life or death struggle
Lester Perkinss letter from Manila describes a fierce night in a Manila Bay typhoon. He clung to a life preserver as a Chinaman and a Filipino woman fought for his trap and preserver, six of twenty drowned, he endured 14 hours in the water before rescue and ten days in hospital.
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Manila Bay
Lester
Perkins
Manila
Sr. E. Perkins
Tremont Street
Corregidor Islands
No Further Maine Developments In Wreck Probe
Havana June 16 General W H Bixby says no further important developments in the Maine wreck investigation are likely for 10 or 12 days after a board of American officers inspected the exposed wreck. They found mud to remove on the spar deck and inside spaces, a tar like mass five to six feet thick in places, needing high pressure water and pumps. cofferdam water stood 10 feet below normal.
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Havana
Maine
W. H. Bixby
Annual Dance of R H White Co Drivers Association
The first annual dance of the R H White Company Drivers Association was held last evening in Howe Hall Huntington Avenue. The hall was crowded until long after midnight with the event directed on the floor by James J Garity and assisted by Thomas Moynihan.
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R. H. White CO
R. H. White Company Drivers’ Association
Howe Hall
Huntington Avenue
James J. Garity
Thomas Moynihan
John Murray
Aids
John J. Stanton
Timothy IF
Connolly
Alberts. Fay
Clarence T. Slanson
John Toometh
Marry. Weeks
F. Lally
John Silva
William O'Malley
J. Sweeney
Thomas F. Murphy
Daniel Gill
Joseph Hanrahan
William Russell
Alfred Russell
Hugh m McShane
William J. Callahan
It Quenches Thirst with Acid Phosphate Tea
A brief notice extols a drink mix described as an acid phosphate teaspoonful dissolved in water, claiming superior refreshing taste and wholesomeness over lemon beverages. The fragment highlights its pleasing flavor and healthful quality.
Farewell Dinner for Visitors from Chicago
The Boston Chamber of Commerce hosted a farewell dinner at the Hotel Somerset for visitors from the Chicago Association of Commerce. Guests departed on a 1 am special train to Chicago after a three day visit highlighting Boston as a major seaport for inland commerce. Governors Foss Burke Vessey Willson and Mayor Fitzgerald attended.
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Boston
Chicago
West
Somerset
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Association of Commerce
Eugene Foss
Massachusetts
John Burke
North Dakota
R. 5. Vessey
South Dakota
A. E. Willson
Fitzgerald
Boston Harbor
Panama Canal
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Continent
Judge Denies Support to Mrs Smythe in Separate Maintenance Case
Boston court ruled Mrs Alice Smythe not entitled to separate support from her husband William Smythe. Judge Grant cited evidence of alleged misconduct including social visits with men, automobile rides, and dining out, noting she did not come to court with clean hands. Private detectives testified to her associations with Henry Merry and Harold Congdon during 1909 events.
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Alice F. Smythe
William H. Smythe
Grant
Merry
Lenox
New York
Cafe Louis
Henry I. Merry
Sylvia
William E. Murphy
Dorchester
Smythe
Mavyor Boynton
Boylston Street
Louis
Fayette Street
Carleton Hunneman
Murphy
Herbert Lovelett
Columbus Avenue
Hemenway Street
Mr. Merry
Fen- Way
Berkeley Street
Warren Chambers
Charles W. Cromb
Providence
87 Hook Street
Kelbert & Co
Exchange Street
Harold Congdon
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England
William IV
Queen Victoria
Edward
Charles II
James II
Mary
Queen OF Scots
Queen Mary
Queen Adelaide
Charles I
William III
R. H. Stearns & Company
Boston Bay
Philippine
Adeline
George S. Smith
Foss
John” Burke
John
Cine
Penn
New England
Bromfield Street
Fort Hi
Sterling Ale
Wolf's
My Clothier
Slanover and
Portland Streets
Hanover
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