Countess d Aulby Captivates Boston Society Abroad
Boston society buzzes over La Comtesse d Aulby formerly Francesca Lunt now in Boston with Count d Aulby and her son Guy. She hails from Scituate and Brighton, England, enjoys a brief visit, business interests in Boston real estate, and praises Boston while avoiding politics. The piece also recounts Mrs Jack Gardner’s social maneuvers to gain a prince’s invitation via Professor Munsterberg, culminating in Gardner securing entry through Munsterberg’s hospitality.
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Boston
la Comtesse d’Aulby
Francesca Lunt
Count d’Aulby
Guy d'Aulby
Bellevue
Countess d’Aulby
South Shore
Scituate 7
Prince Henry
Countess d'Aulby
d’Aulby
Muuch
Brighton
England
Snow cleanup clash between Boston street dept and Elevated Co
Boston suburban residents blame the Boston Elevated Company for refusing to remove snow from streets used by cars. The city spent as much as the company saving money, with over 20 000 dollars cost to the storm response. Superintendent Donovan seeks an opinion from Corporation Counsel Bailey, aiming for possible action.
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Boston
Boston Elevated Company
Street
Elevated
Donovan
Bailey
Washington
Gsleighs
Rhode Island Manufacturers Consider 10 Percent Wage Increase
Providence reports early signs Rhode Island manufacturers may grant a 10 percent wage increase to their operatives aligning with Baltimore River concerns. The move would mirror industry-wide pressure and could impact local production costs and labor relations.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Woman on Ice Floe Aboard Escape From Saginaw Bay
In Bay City Michigan on March 2 a flotilla of 35 men and one woman plus a team of horses reached shore at Big Creek Tuscola County after days afloat on an ice floe in Saginaw Bay. The woman had lived on the ice all winter and wore male attire. Her sex was revealed as the party tried to ashore Saturday. Home is Sebawaing.
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Fisher
Sebawaing
Flood hits mills at Pawtucket and Lonsdale
The Lonsdale company mills suffered heavy losses when a canal flood cut water supply, risking 200 workers out of work for a week. Damaged bleaching cloth and broken lines prompted cofferdam work to save fabric. American and Hope mills faced flooded sheds, ruined cloth, and thousands of dollars in losses.
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Pawtucket
Lonsdale Company
Scolls Pond
Hope Mills
Flood Relief Underway As Chemung River Recedes
Elmira families suffer after floods as the Chemung River falls to ten feet. About 600 families affected with many aided by a relief drive. Several hundred dollars raised and a relief committee appointed to assist those in need.
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Wumira
N. Y
Chemung River
Missionary Type Talk Cites Miss Stone Case
Rev H Hiscox of Malden urged renewed devotion in Christian work at the Boston Fort Social Union meeting in Tremont Temple. He cited Miss Stone’s long captivity as a recent example and compared ransom amounts to illustrate modern missionary earnestness. Other speakers included Rev Charles W Perkins and Rev EB Brown.
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Miss Stone
United States
H. ©. Hiscox
D. D
Malden
Boston Fort
Reading of As You Take It at Pierce building
Miss Lillian Crane read As You Take It before a large audience at the School of English Speech and Expression in Pierce building. She wore a black silk grenadine with black net, a cherry silk girdle, stock, and velvet bow, and received flowers amid enthusiastic applause.
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Lillian Crane
School of English Speech and Expression
Pierce Building
Pearby
Marie Ware Laughon
Back and Wing Dances Delight Middlesex Hall Crowd
Several hundred youths gathered at Middlesex Street Hall for a vaudeville show by The vrleigh Boston vaudeville company. Dances, cake walks, and singing drew encores as the young performers, preparing for professional work, entertained the audience with catchy routines.
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Middlesex Street Hall
Vrleigh Boston
Soule declines run in 13th District for Congress
President Rufus A. Soule announced to friends that he will not seek Congress in the 13th District to succeed William S. Greene of Fall River. The withdrawal concentrates the contest on Greene and potential opposition from Councillor David F. Slade, with New Bedford seen as favored if Fall River stalemate occurs. Soule signals possible bid for Lieutenant Governor, aligning with Bates’s governorship succession.
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Rufus A. Soule
Senate
Congress
William 8. Greene
Fall River
Soule
John L. Bates
Bates
Greene
David F. Slade
New Bedford
Actress Wanted in Burns Gate
March 3 dispatch reports prosecutors seek to subpoena May Davenport an actress traveling with a Brooklyn stock company. A strong friendship with Florence Burns is noted and threats allegedly made. Davenport has been away months, the troupe tours the West with The Chaperons. Names at Glen Island Hotel hint at witnesses who may hear pistol reports. The Burns case is linked to a prior homicide in Marie Barberi.
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New York
May Davenport
Brooklyn
Miss Burns
Florence Burns
Miss Davenport
Out West
Natalie Evans
Flatbush
Glen Island
Foster L. Backus
Mrs Solomon Entertained by Boston Jewish Women
Mrs Hannah Solomon of Chicago president of the National Council of Jewish Women visited Boston and was hosted at a Brunswick luncheon by the Boston section. Toastmaster was Mrs Jacob Hecht with speeches from Miss Sadie American Rabbi Samuel Hirshberg Dr Schindler Mrs Van Noreen and Mrs Julius Andrews and Mrs Jacob Heilborn.
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Hebrews of
Boston
Hannah Solomon
Chicago
Samuel Hirshberg
Temple Chabei Sholom
Union Park Street
Schindler
Leopold Morse
van Noreen
Julius Andrews
Jewish Women
Jacob Heilborn
Blondin To Stand Trial In Middlesex For Wife’s Death
Appearances indicate Joseph Wil fred Blondin will go on trial in Middlesex county for the alleged murder of his wife, Margaret Blondin. A special grand jury will act and report an indictment, then proceedings will move to bring the accused from New York. Police theory places the crime at 43 Green Street, but no evidence supports that. In Middlesex the trial may begin with no need to prove where the killing occurred, due to legal presumption from the body's location.
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Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Middlesex County
Margaret B. Blondin
New York
Green Street
Census Returns Show Newfoundland Population Rise
In St John’s Premier Bond tabled census figures giving total population 220,249. Newfoundland 216,615 and Labrador 3,624. Compared with 1891 totals of 197,801 in Newfoundland and 4,105 in Labrador, overall increase about 9 percent. Major denominations listed: Catholics 76,259 Anglicans 72,650 Methodists 60,812.
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ST. John's
N. F
Newfoundland
Labrador
Envoys in Rhode Island Address Irish-American Groups
A reception for Hon. William H. K. Redmond M P for East Clare and Hon. Joseph Pertin M P for North Kilkenny was held at Music Hall in Pawtucket Rhode Island. The audience represented Irish-American secret fraternal and social groups from the Blackstone valley. Redmond and Devlin depart for Baltimore that evening.
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Pawtucket
R. I
William H. K. Redmond
M. P
East Clare
Joseph Pertin
North Kilkenny
United Irish Party
Music Hall
Blackstone Valley
Messrs
Redmond
Devlin
Baltimore
Guiria attacked by Libertador steamer in Venezuela unrest
The Libertador, aiding Matos rebels, bombarded Port of Guiria to protect insurgent landings. Venezuelan government panics at Carupano as batteries are prepared using guns from a gunboat. Reports from Willemstad note a Valencia outbreak and Castro redeploying troops toward the Colombian frontier.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Libertador
Matos
Castro
Venezuela
Guirla
Carupano
Willemstad
Curacoa
Valencia
Carabobo
Booming in Fall River
A Fall River letter to Boston Post staff touts soaring sales of the Sunday and Daily Post. It notes Sunday Post gains of 1100 in January and 1400 in February, with total Post circulation rising from 2000 monthly to 34,000 and a daily increase of about 14,500 over prior months. The writer urges further expansion and a 200,000 circulation target.
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Daily
Sunday Post
Fall River
Daily Post
Post
Boston Post
The
Newspaper Row
Beaman Charges Fraud
Jeannette F Eastman a 29 year old Reading woman was arrested on a larceny charge for $225 allegedly taken from Lester Beaman on West Springfield Street. She claimed her Tremont Row business chance scheme earned $2000 last year and produced books to prove it. Beaman bought a half interest for $225.
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Jeannette F. Eastman
Reading
Lester & Beaman
West Springfield Street
Tremont Row
Beaman
Harvard Beats Columbia in Fast Cambridge Basketball Showdown
Harvard edged Columbia 19 to 12 in Cambridge in a rapidly played game. The Crimson guards Hana van and Fosdick starred while Columbia struggled with passing, allowing Harvard to intercept and disrupt their setup. Smith of Harvard scored two standout baskets.
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Harvard
Columbia
Cambridge
Yale
Princeton
Crimson
Hanavan
Fosdick
Fitzgerald Beats Flaherty In Six Round Bout
Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn edged Martin Flaherty of Lowell in a six round boxing match at the Washington Sporting Club. Fitzgerald showed superior work while Flaherty kept him busy throughout the bout on March 3.
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Philadelphia
Willie Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Martin Flaherty
Lowell
Mass
Washington Sporting Club
Fitzgerald
Blaherty
Bargain Cash-Only Meat and Grocery sale at Houghton & Dutton
Local store promoting cash purchases to cut costs by about 30 percent, with a two day sale on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ads list numerous items with prices such as Bartlett Pears 9c, Fancy Sliced Peaches 9c, Table Peaches 9c, Pure Ground Cloves 9c, Oats 6e, Home Made Pies 9c, and more. No mail orders filled.
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Meat and Grocery
Eveseseses
Eddy
Vienna
H. C
Swift
Pride
Foundations of State Street Buildings Ready for Tunnel
Work to solidify foundations on State street continues ahead of the East Boston tunnel. Since the court refused an injunction, Baker Cocoa Co has moved from 156 State street to 247 Atlantic avenue. The project on the East Boston side shows rapid February progress with about 2400 feet completed toward Maverick square and the harbor. Nearly 200 men work on the East Boston side with 100 on day and 100 on night shifts. Gas progress at the State street station includes about 15 men on site, with no night or Sunday work.
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State Street
East Boston
Ince
Baker Cocoa Company
Baker Company
Atlantic Avenue
Baker Peop
Baker People
Maverick Square
Serey House
Lewis Street
Boston
O Brien Defeats Walsh in Philadelphia Bout
Philadelphia March 3 Jack O'Brien widely hailed as he returned to the United States and boxed well to outclass Andy Walsh at the Pennsylvania Company venue stopping the fight in the third round after a strong showing in England.
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Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Pugilist
United States
England
Pennsylvania Co
Andy Walsh
Ocean Tug Honey Brook in precarious position
Salem March 3 reports little hope for the ocean tug Honey Brook which remains in a precarious position with dwindling chances of rescue or salvage.
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Honey Brooke
Salem
Honey Brook
Roosevelt to visit Charleston exposition in South Carolina
President Roosevelt told a Charleston committee he would travel to the city to attend the exposition. The March 3 report notes the president's confirmation of plans to visit Charleston, South Carolina, for the event.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charleston
S. C
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Miss Crane
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Houghton & Dutton
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