Whitman Family on Wedding Trip
The Whitman family of Brookline plans a traveling house party starting next week to witness two weddings. Malcolm D. Whitman will marry in San Francisco and Hendricks H. Whitman in Chicago. Miss Jennie Crocker, a California heiress and Malcolm’s fiancée, is a close friend of Eleonora Sears who may attend on the Pacific coast. Malcolm will be best man at Hendricks’s June 29 ceremony.
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Charts Whitman
Brookline
Malcolm D
Hendricks H
San Francisco
Chicago
Jennie Crocker
California
Malcolm Whitman
Eleonora Sears
Pacific Coast
Burlingame
Malcolm D. Whitman
Miss Crocker and Miss Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor to Wed
The piece notes Miss Crocker and Miss Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor, both travelers with ties to New York, as brides associated with Hendricks Whitman. It highlights Crocker meeting Malcolm Whitman in 1907, their tennis acclaim, Crocker’s dislike of society, love of dogs, and generous charitable work. both families are wealthy and linked through Miss Jane McCook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor
Hendricks Whitman
Miss Crocker
Miss Spencer
New York City
New York
Malcolm Whitman
Jane McCook
McCook
Crocker
Charles Alexander
Harvard
Whitmans
Crockers
City weighs building board structure and licensing roles
A Pas Pablonia editorial outlines plans for an ordinance governing building oversight. Various figures including Schoolhouse Commissioner Logue and Harry J. Carlson of the Chamber of Commerce argue over board size and license responsibilities. conflicting drafts and cautions from architects, builders, and unions leave the measure under consideration.
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Logue
Harry J. Carlson
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Examiners
R. Clipston Sturgis
Boston Society of Architects
William H. Sayward
Master Builders’ Association
Everett
Arthur M. Huddell
Building Trades Council
Charles C. Lewis
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Francis J. Murray
Bricklayers’ Union, No. 3
Dressing of Young Boston Girls Denounced as Fairly Immodest
A Boston physician’s wife denounces current fashions for girls around 16 as fairly immodest short skirts and flesh colored hosiery. Observers note 30 girls in a ten minute Park Street interval, with low backs and scant undergarments. The piece cites social club efforts to curb chorus girl style and references Mary Garden inspired trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Annette Kellermann
Park Street
Harlem
Boy Drowns in Charles River Off Magazine Beach
William Murray fourteen of Allston disappeared in the Charles river yesterday afternoon off Magazine beach. James Nugent and Joseph Maloney of Brighton notified police after his sudden disappearance. The stream was dragged and the body was recovered and identified at Litchfield undertaking rooms by a relative.
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William Murray
Wyeth Street
Allston
Charles River
Magazine Beach
James J. Nugent
Joseph Maloney
Brighton
Litchfield Undertaking Rooms
Drunk Driving Charge Leads to Fines for Manchestor Liquor Dealer
Joseph Gagnon of Manchester, New Hampshire, was fined $200 by Judge Bruce in Malden Court for operating an auto while under the influence and $5 for drunkenness. He appealed both verdicts.
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Joseph Gagnon
Manchester
N. H
Bruce
Malden Court
S. H. Harrison promotes pants sale on Washington street
The S. H. Harrison Company advertises a great pants sale offering thousands of outing pants in chev rots blue serges and worsteds with four inch cuffs belt straps and white and fancy flannels. Located at 662 672 Washington Street.
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S. H. Harrison Company
Washington Street
Mrs Thaw Protests Questions At Thaw Hearing
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw angrily protested at a hearing over whether Harry K. Thaw should be retried on details of his relations with Stanford White. She denied implying Thaw was not of sound mind except regarding Stanford White. The court adjourned until Monday with Mrs. Thaw on the stand and Thaw testifying briefly on counsel Daniel O Reilly. The Rev Robert Christie testified in favor of Thaw, asserting his rationality.
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White Plains
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Matteawan
Stanford
White
Daniel O’reilly
O' Reilly
Jerome
Robert Christie
Allegheny
Penn
Western Theological Seminary
Scotland
Christie
Thaw Case Court Hearing Focuses On Evelyn Testimony
Evelyn Thaw's afternoon testimony included her early life in New Jersey Philadelphia and New York and details of her acquaintance with Stanford White. Clarence Shearn examined her on her youth and temperaments while Thaw watched closely. The cross examination touched on White's studio and Madison Square Garden tower as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Clarence J. Shearn
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden Tower
Timony
Bill Nails
Programme at Pops for Tonight at Symphony Hall
The Pops at Symphony Hall presents a program including The Students Overture Piccolino Nachtschwarmer Ziehrer La Belle Helene Prelude to Lohengrin L Arlesienne selections Hungarian Rhapsody Saint Saens Traumbilder and Zither solo by E Huber plus March and Kuss pieces. Performers include Violinists Krafft and Schuecker organist Marshal and Mr. Huber.
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Pops
Symphony Hall
Guisant
Nachtschwarmer
Ziehrer
Offenbach
Wagner
Handel
Krafftharp
Schuecker
Marshal
Rol d' Y
Hearing on Builders Licenses in City Council Meeting
A lengthy afternoon hearing before the city Council ordinances committee discussed licensing of builders. The plan creates a building department board to register and license builders. Opposition focused on making Building Commissioner Everett a board member.
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Committee On Ordinances
City Council
Everett
Boston Building Ordinance Sparks Political Debate
Matthew Cummings criticizes a Boston building order as a step to create a building trust and shift responsibility from the Mayor and city agencies. He argues the ordinance injects politics into construction and cites enforcement as the remedy. Opponents include Ray mond H. Delano and Francis G. Powers as Judge Corbett, the corporation counsel, weighs in.
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Matthew Cummings
Boston
Law Department
Board of Examiners
Raymond H. Delano
Francis G. Powers
Corbett
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Bie
John
Punk Decisi
Lam
Gual
Nicola Greeley-Smith
Horace Greeley
Mary Garden
Salome
Miss Garden
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Charles
Barnsdale
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Russia
Oxford
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Summer St
Siegel’s
School St
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