Miss May Liang Cheng to spend summer at Amherst
Washington June 22 Miss May Liang Cheng daughter of the Chinese minister and a favorite of the diplomatic set will reside at Amherst Massachusetts with her household this summer The debutante is reportedly the subject of gossip regarding an engagement But she dismisses the rumors and returns to the Chinese legation’s conservatory Mrs Kwai accompanies the embassy to Amherst and shares the young princess’s affection and social life
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Washington
May Liang Cheng
Amherst
Mass
Legation
Liang Chengs
Favorite Society Maid Summering at Nahant
Miss Ethel Fay attracts favorable notice for beauty and style during the Nahant season. She appeared with friend Miss Peggy Perkins at a game event, impressing observers with her tall figure pink and white complexion and pale blond hair. She is the third daughter of Mr and Mrs Dudley B Fay of Beacon Street Nahant and sibling to debutante Rosamond Fay. Her elder sisters Elizabeth and Alice Fay are abroad with Mrs Gardiner Greene Hammond.
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Ethel Fay
Miss Fay
Peggy Perkins
Dudley B. Fay
Kate Gray
Beacon Street
Nahant
Rosamond Fay
Elizabeth
Alice Fay
Gardiner Greene Hammond
Engagements and society notes from Beacon street set
The society column reports Miss Mary Hooper to Mr Lyman with many felicitations. It also notes Mrs S Eliot Guild’s illness after surgery, Miss Edith Rotch’s golf success and engagement to Channing Frothingham Jr. Others include Mrs Edwin Webster’s Long Island tour, Major Hayden’s cruise, Newport visits by Perkins and Fairchild families, and garden party helpers Nora Iasigi and Mabel Choate.
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Mary Hooper
Beacon Street
Lyman
Miss Hooper
Mrs. Greeley
Curtis
New York
King’s Chapel
Ellen Hooper
Louisa Hooper
Eliot Guild
Edith Rotch
Philadelphia
Frothingham
Brooklyn
Ward
Harvard Medical Oolce
Edwin 8. Webster
Stnut Hill
Long Island
Corey Allen
Fairfield Street
Chandler Hovey
Garden City
Wnor
Newport
Charles E. Perkins
Mol Me Perkins
Boston
Blair Fairchild
Europe
Ezra R. Thayer
Bay State Road
Lenox
Mike Heloise Meyer
Adirondacks
Samuel Frothingham
Overleigh
Nora Iasigi
Kohlisaat
Stockbridge
Overmead
Mabel Choate
Mayor and Trustees clash over Long Island Hospital appointee
The conflict between Mayor Fitzgerald and Pauper Institutions board chair W Prentiss Parker centers on appointing Dr Nathaniel P Thayer as resident physician at Long Island Hospital and almshouse. Thayer reportedly lacks medical registration and questions arise about his salary 1800 versus 1500 annually. An investigation was ordered at Commons Council.
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Fitzgerald
W. Prentiss Parker
Nathaniel P. Thayer
Long Island Hospital
Almshouse
Babson
Thayer
Board of Trustees
Long Island
Collins
Commons Council
Labor Delegation Demands Action Over Nonunion Hire in Gibby Foundry
Alderman Kneeland and Councilman Sexton led a Ward 2 labor delegation to press the mayor to halt nonunion labor used by the George H. Gibby Iron Company in East Boston city contracts. The group claims the company ignored prior protests and asks for a quick city decision after the mayor pledged to review the issue. Also included are biographical notes on veterans Edwin F. Be rville and Samuel A. Powers, with birth dates and service records.
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Kneeland
Ward
Sexton
George H. Gibby Iron Company
East
Boston
Contest for G A R Jewelled Badges in New England
The daily and Sunday Post prize the youngest and oldest Civil War veteran in New England. Entries close Sunday July 1. Eligible veterans may submit photographs which will be preserved and returned. Address G A R Editor Boston Post.
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Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Heat and Humidity Grip Boston as 83 Percent Saturation Remains
The city endures high humidity around 83 percent with temperatures near 80 degrees. Showers refresh briefly but heat lingers, leaving residents uncomfortable despite only moderate daytime warmth. An ominous note from Cosmopolitan hints at a potential total loss for a nearby site after heavy rain.
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Boston
Burgau
Sister Clue to Family Seeks Lost Kin in Marblehead
Mrs. Alicia Rhodes of 49 Chestnut Street searches for her sister Annie Dedrick missing for 28 years since family split in Kent England. She last saw Annie in Medford 20 years ago and believes Annie may live in Marblehead or Swampscott married to a physician. A brother Thomas Dedrick was a physician on the Peary expedition. his whereabouts are unknown.
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Wakefield
Alicia Rhodes
Chestnut Street
Annie Dedrick
Kent County
England
Rhodes
Liverpool
Nova Scotia
Boston
Medford
Annie
New York Wins National Women’s Tennis Semifinals
New York defeated Boston and Philadelphia as Miss Helen Homans beat Miss Edith Rotch 6-2 6-3 and Mrs. Barger-Wallach over Mrs. H Toulmin 6-2 6-3 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Tomorrow Homans and Barger-Wallach meet for the 1906 U S title with the champion to be decided.
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Helen Homans
Barger- Wallach
Moore
United States
Homans
Edith HB. Rotch
Barger-Wallach
H. Toulmin
Worcester Woman Fatally Burned When Candle Ignites Gown
Worcester report details 53 year old Mrs. Mary De Voe of 48 Woodland Street caught ablaze by a lighted candle. Neighbors heard her distress and, arriving late, found her clothes burned off. She died en route to hospital. She leaves a daughter Eleanor of Beacon Street Brookline and other children. husband Charles D. De Voe headed Hill & DeVoe envelope makers.
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Worcester
Mary de Voe
Woodland Street
L. L. Linsay
Charles D. DeVoe
Hill & DeVoe
Elenor
Beacon Street
Brookline
Marion
Gertrude
Milton
Walter
Hopeville Manufacturing Company
Risked life for his son on Albion Street
Watson Alexander a farmer and produce dealer narrowly escaped death on Albion Street when his horse, startled by a car, dragged him about 50 feet as he shielded his 10 year old son. He suffered a torn instep and shoe loss, a broken nose, deep gashes to the leg, and partial ear damage while the boy escaped unharmed.
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Wakefield
Watson Alexander
Albion Street
Railroad Street
Alexander
Read’s Market
Patrolmen Rearrest Frederick Reiser For Fugitive Charge
Early last evening Patrolmen Franks and Buckley of Station 13 arrested Frederick Reiser, 19, on a fugitive from justice charge. May 21 he was convicted in West Roxbury Police Court of malicious mischief and sentenced to the Concord Reformatory, but escaped en route and was reapprehended at Boylston station.
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Franks and
Buckley
Frederick Reiser
Reiser
West Roxbury
Concord Reformatory
Pierce
Boylston
Years Parted They Wed Years Parted They Wed
Elisabeth Aultro from Finland and John Rintamaki of Quincy were married at the immigration bureau on Long Wharf yesterday after seven years apart. He had promised to prosper in America to win her hand, and she arrived aboard the Saxonia eager to begin their life together.
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Elisabeth Aultro
Finland
John Rintamaki
Quincy
Immigration Bureau
Long Wharf
John
America
Elizabeth
Saxonia
Thomas Talbot Elected Lieutenant Colonel of Cadets
Thomas Talbot was elected lieutenant colonel of the First Corps Cadets last evening Adjutant General Frye presided and the large turnout showed strong support for Talbot a veteran of Massachusetts militia and the Spanish American War His election was described as very popular with much enthusiasm and no real opposition Assistance to the Twenty sixth Regiment in the Philippines followed his Spain era service.
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Thomas Talbot
Frye
Talbot
Massachusetts
Spain
United States Volunteers
Philippines
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Pitts-Kimball Company
Sperry
Liang Cheng
Beecham’s
Beecham
the Longworths Abroad
Nicholas Longworth
Fair Alich
Detroit News
Gibby Co
Edwin H. Brown
Samuel A. Powers
Havertn
Abington
Massachusetts Volunteers
Mr. Powers
David A. Russell
Whitman
Spuhler, Haverhill
Win H. Brown
Haskell
Cosmopo
Litan
Wehooner Cosmopolitan
Devil's Bank
Lad
Frederick
Houghton
Dutton
Dept
Price
Ealiain Balsam Ie Iiantae
Jane Nikola
Rochester
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