Princess Marys Ball Gathers Gaiety and Charity
Princess Mary organized a grand costume ball in London to benefit King Edward’s hospital fund. The event, recalled as historic in style, aims to avert hospital funding collapse by raising two and a quarter million dollars for voluntary London hospitals founded by King Edward.
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London
United News
King Edward’s Hospital Fund
Duchess of Richmond
Brussels
Waterloo
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
Mary
Edward
Royal Charity Ball Showcases Global Society Leaders
Princess Mary led London society organizers at Albert Hall for a grand charity ball with six duchesses, twenty countesses, and many titled women. Washington and New York elites attended. Tafts sat in Ambassador Harvey's box as the 120 piece orchestra played fox trots and one steps amid a pageant of evolving fashion from 1800 to 1900.
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Princess Mary
London
Princess Alice
Countess of
Vauxhall Gardens
Gilbert and Sullivan
Ursula O Hara Rest After Continental Tour
Ursula O Hare, the Boston actress known for Irene last winter, returns home for a two month vacation. She toured on one night stands across the American continent meeting many cars and figures, plans to write impressions, and will begin rehearsals for a new musical comedy on Broadway late in August.
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Boston
Irene
American
Ursula
Pullman
Lookout Mountain
Custer
Great Divide
California
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Barbary
John G. O'Hare
Fenwood Road
Augustina
Boston University
James Montgomery
26 Swept Off Train To Death In Berlin Rush
In Berlin on June 27 a Ring railway crash killed at least 26 and seriously injured about 30 as mourners left the Dr. Walter Rathenau funeral crowding the overtaxed line. A worker with iron rods on a footboard triggered the disaster as two trains met, causing a panicked plunge of passengers.
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Berlin
United News
Walter Rathenau
Fire Scare Short Lived at Charlestown Navy Yard
A gasoline drip ignited on pier 5 at Charlestown Navy Yard causing brief alarm. Seamen and marines rushed with buckets and extinguishers aided by engine 50 and District Chief Riley. Damage described as small.
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Uch
Charlestown Navy Yard
Pier 5
Riley
Go to Station with Mothers Go to Station with Mothers
Police in Lynn booked two women from a band of automobile gypsies for attempted larceny. Mrs Polentina arrived with nine children and baby while Mrs Pesto came with seven. both wore bright gypsy uniforms. Bail was set at $500.
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Lynn
Bersa Polentina
Gar Pesto
Judge Holmes Rests Comfortably at Brookline Hospital
A bulletin states Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is resting comfortably at Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline. He recently arrived at Beverly Farms with Mrs. Holmes after illness and is not under great anxiety. He is expected to stay about a week before returning to his North Shore retreat.
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Oliver. Wendell Holmes
Corey Hill
Brookline
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Beverly Farms
Fire Damages Linen and Damask at Maloof Storeroom
A blaze of unknown origin on the fourth floor of a brick building at 99 Chauncy street damaged linen and damask owned by George S. Maloof & Son. Smoke and water ruined stocks. a pedestrian reported smoke from Maloof’s storeroom and alerted authorities. Damage confined to the fourth floor.
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Chauncy Street
George S. Maloof & Son
Maloof
Narrow Gauge railroad wreck endangers commuters near Point of Pines
An engine side rod on the Narrow Gauge line broke near Point of Pines, knocking the ash pan and igniting the boiler cab. The blaze delayed Lynn branch traffic for over an hour and held homebound riders from Boston for about four minutes before emergency brakes, applied by Engineer Arthur Steves, prevented a worse outcome.
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Lynn
Revere
Boston
Point of Pines
Arthur Steves
Man Sues Brother-in-Law Over Finger Bite
James B McMahon of Lancaster sues Michael H Butler of Boston for the loss of a finger after Butler allegedly bit it during a family dispute. Amputation occurred at Clinton Hospital after blood poisoning set in.
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Clinton
James B. McMahon
Lancaster
Michael H. Butler
Boston
Butler
Clinton Hospital
McMahon
Boston Children’s Day at Franklin Park Impresses Observer
A reader praises the orderly, cheerful crowd of Boston children at Franklin Park on Saturday June 4. The note highlights polite behavior, shared front-row access for youngsters, and a calm two year old who brushed dust from her face after a tumble. Boston may be proud of its children.
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Franklin Park
Boston
Observer
Daniel J. Costello Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral of Daniel J. Costello a prominent Boston businessman who died suddenly of heart failure at his home will be held tomorrow after services at 9 at St Cecilia's Church and burial in Holyhood Cemetery Brookline Costello worked with several New York importing houses was a member of the Bolney Club and served as New England representative for Park Tilford He is survived by his widow Mabel Costello and a sister Mrs Mary Becker of Brighton
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Boston
Boylston Sinet
Holyhood
Brookline
St. Cecillia’s Church
Belvidere Street
Costello
New York
Bolney Club
New England
Park & Tilford Company
Mabel Costello
Mary Becker
Brighton
Find Him in Shack Starved to Death
Albert Perry, former resident of Berlin New Hampshire, was found dead in a shack at Woodeville from starvation. Police report a futile search for Perry’s relatives up to tonight.
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Berlin
N. H
Albert Perry
Woodeville
Perry
Woman Arrested for Swearing on Street in Attleboro
Attleboro police report the first arrest of a woman for profanity on the streets as Mrs Rose Nemerwicz was taken into custody by Chief Gingras after her son 16 year old Stanley Bogdan was arrested on a related matter.
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Rose Nemerwicz
Gingras
Stanley Bogdan
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