Convention Opens with Boston Pageant of Women Leaders
A historic biennial of women opens in Boston with Mrs Mabel Loomis Todd organizing a Versailles style stage scene. Governors and notable guests including Governor Guild and Julia Ward Howe attend as speeches praise unity, civic progress, and women’s education and independence.
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Mabel Loomis Todd
Amherst
Versailles
New England
Governor Guild
Hibbard
Decker
Philip Moore
Julia Ward Howe
May Alden Ward
Burdette
Alvin R. Bailey
Demies T. S. Denison
John Sherman
Philip Carpenter
George A. Hibbard
Florence Hale
Boston
United States
England
Italy
France
The
Universe
Mrs. Howe
Busy Day Planned For Federation of Women’s Clubs
A busy schedule marks the biennial gathering with sessions in Symphony Hall Chickering Hall Whitney Hall and the Somerset hotel. Mrs Decker presides at 9 30 am and 8 30 pm programs feature speeches by Mrs Sherman Mrs Johnston Miss Ware Laughton and Thomas Nelson Page with musical offerings by Miss Johnson and Miss Cross.
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
Symphony Hall
Decker
Whitney Hall
John Sherman
M. F. Johnston
Richmond
Ind
Chickeringall
Mary B. Poppenheim
Thomas Nelson Page
Edward H. Clement
Boston Transcript
Olive Tilford Dargin
South Carolina
Loraine Johnson
Edward Johnson
Federation
Rhode Island
Annie Gilbreth Cross
Bostonia Ladies’ Orchestra
Chickering Hall
May Alden Ward
Clear Lombard Death Mystery
Lynn June 23 Amasa A Lom bard Swampscott storekeeper died from stomach poisoning, Tufts Medical School Professor Austin reports after examining the stomach. Medical Examiner Pinkham will drop the case following the finding.
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Lynn
Amasa A. Lombard
Swampscott
Austin
Tufts Medical School
Pinkham
Sherman’s Illness Update From Lakeside Hospital
The article reports J. S. Sherman improving after heat affected him at Lakeside Hospital Cleveland. Doctors Allen Stone Mayo and Carter monitor temperature with potential operation if needed. Sherman tells Taft he expects to go home in three or four days and plans to meet in Washington next week.
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Mayo
Sherman
Carter
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
William H. Taft
New Haven
Conn
Culture and Democracy by Professor Zueblin Addresses Club
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago told the Federation of Women's Clubs that the socialist movement demands culture, noting indifference signals cultural decline. He defined culture as habit formed from applied knowledge, not mere facts.
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May Alden Ward
Massachusetts Federation
Massachusetts Colony
Massachusetts
Chicago
Denver
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Zueblin
Art Talks for Delegates at Federation Convention
Visitors to the federation convention may attend art talks in the Bartlett Room and Japanese Cabinet. Sidney N. Deane will discuss the original marbles this afternoon at 3 o clock with repeats Friday. J Arthur MacLean covers Japanese color prints and paintings Thursday Saturday and Monday afternoons. Tickets required. federation officers distribute them. badges admit to the museum but not to talks.
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Federation
Sidney N. Deane
Bartlett
J. Arthur MacLean
Vacancy on Republican ticket likely to be filled in Cleveland case
Chicago June 25 James S Sherman illness at Cleveland death prompts expectation the Republican national committee will fill the vacancy. If Taft dies late in the campaign the committee would not name a new candidate but convene the national convention to select a new nominee for President.
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Missouri
Moore
New York
Philip Carpenter
Sorosis
Massachusetts
John Sherman
Decker
Ward
Kate Sanborn
Chicago
James 8S. Sherman
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
William H. Taft
Republican National Convention
Tafts Political Views in Yale Courant Highlight Protective System
Secretary Taft writes on The Republican Party for Yale Courant. He argues the protective system has diversified industries and boosted domestic production but the Dingley tariffs need rebalancing to avoid monopolies. He praises Roosevelt’s anti abuse stance and calls for vigorous reform to prevent a drift toward socialism.
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New Haven
Conn
W. H. Taft
Yale Courant
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Congress
Chelsea Labor Seeks End to Landlord Prejudice Toward Families
Chelsea Central Labor Union denounces landlords who bar large families from housing as it campaigns against displacement after a city fire. Delegates insist owners refuse housing to men with families, leaving evacuees in basements and shanties while seeking suitable tenements. Public sentiment grows over the housing bias.
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Chelsea
A Cure for Ivy Poison Adverts a Cooling Remedy
An old advertisement touts X Zalia as a cure for ivy poison and insect bites. It promises quick relief from burning itching swelling and faster healing of affected skin.
Amicable Settlement Reached Over Boston & Maine Schedules
The executive board of the State Branch A F of L is urged to note that joint boards of adjustment for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors have settled with Boston & Maine management on running schedules. The new schedule is not to be implemented. Chelsea Division 240 of the Amalgamated Asso
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State Branch
A. F. of L
Brotherhood of
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Chelsea Division 240
The
Amalgamated Asso
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Messrs
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A. J. Bartlett
Mr. Mills
Washington, D. C
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Kellie & Co
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Beacon Street
Hotel Somerset
Marie Ware Laughton
Somerset
C. H. Masury
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
National Press Association
American Women’s Pen League
Franklin Square House
Clear Lombard
Mr. Sherman
Secretary of War
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Henry Siegel Co
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Charles F. Marsh
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