Initiates Perform As D K E Club Parade At Harvard Square
Ten initiates of the D. K. E. Club staged a public performance in Harvard Square. They dressed as a farmer rope climber ballet dancer sailor beggar Teddy bear and Roman soldier. The hand organ man fed the Teddy bear and made it dance to an alarm clock music box. The farmer delivered a speech from the Harvard cooperative store steps to a crowd of about 500. The rope jumper wore crimped newspaper skirt and the ballet dancer wore a red skirt and stockings. This was the final D. K. E. initiation of the year.
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Varvard
Harvard Square
Armer
Harvard Co-Operative
Tale
Miss Harriman Improves at Home of E H Harriman
In New York on March 4 reports say Carol Harriman daughter of E H Harriman was improving at her father’s home. The bulletin notes progress but gives no details on her condition.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Carol Harriman
Post Ad Sparks Romance and Home Furnishings Bargains
A Boston Post advertisement from the Plimpton-Hervey Company prompts a Lawrence woman to promise a visit for furniture bargains. The $150 complete house keeping outfit, discounted from $195, along with a $134.40 four room set offered at $88 plus weekly payments, encourages couples to furnish from cellar to garret. Many inquires reflect rising demand for catalogs.
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Plimpton-Hervey Company
Swain
Lawrence
Boston Post
Boston Teachers Pension Debate Draws Crowd at State House
At the Boston State House last night, two pension bills for city teachers were presented. Chairman Storrow proposed a 5 cent per thousand valuation tax to fund an $180 yearly addition to the existing $180 pension, targeting a $360 annual pension after 30 years of service. Ex Senator Towle backed a plan for shared funding by teachers and city, with a city pension fund and 30 years of service required for retirement.
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Boston
State House
Storrow
William W. Towle
George W. Anderson
Teachers’ Club
Organized Teachers of
Ellis
City of
Towle
Frank O. Carpenter
Walter A. Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Carpenter
Ohio Gop Nominates Harris Treadway for State Tickets
In Columbus the Republican State convention named Andrew N. Harris of Eaton for Governor and Francis W. Treadway of Cleveland for Lieutenant Governor. Delegates were instructed to back Taft for President and endorsed his nomination with Roosevelt receiving strong applause. Kansas Republicans meanwhile chose four at large delegates to support Taft.
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Columbus
Andrew N. Harris
Eaton
Francis W. Treadway
Cleveland
William H. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
Topeka
Kan
Chicago
W.W. H. Taft
Kansas
Congress
Brave Girl Saves Chum on Icy Pond Says Gretchen Walcott
In Lynn on March 4 Gretchen Walcott and Alice Lathe slid on thin ice at Siax Pond Wyoma district. Walcott broke through and would have drowned if not for her friend Lathe who pulled her to safety. The fall happened in a remote deep-water area where ice had been cut nearby.
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Lynn
Gretchen Walcott
Alice Lathe
Siax Pond
Wyoma
Walcott
New Plays for Nethersole at Colonial Theatre
Miss Olga Nethersole presents a two play bill at the Colonial Theatre starting Monday March 16. The Enigma and I Pagliacci a two act dramatic version for the English actress by Charles H. E. Brookfield, drawn from an Italian source Leoncavallo used for his opera. A prologue and epilogue will frame I Pagliacci with Nethersole in a Pierrot suit for the prologue.
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Olga Nethersole
Colonial Theatre
Charles H. E. Brookfield
Leoncavallo
Hitchcock accuses tariff committee of aiding paper trusts
Congressman Hitchcock of Nebraska on the House floor charged the Ways and Means Committee with aiding large trusts by shaping the Dingley tariff. He cited wood pulp duties and alleged newspaper publishers warned that removing paper from the free list would block trusts, naming the International Paper Company and others in his assertions.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Committee On Ways and Means
Paper Trust
Lumber Trust
Steel Trust
Steel
Payne
New York
Ways and Means
Warner Miller
H. J. Chisholm
Maine
International Paper Company
United States
America
Western States
Wages May Be Cut in New England Cotton Mills
In New Bedford on March 4 manufacturers fear a wage reduction in New England cotton mills. They acknowledge the need to cut wages but are reluctant to be first, using fewer machines as a temporary response to the difficult business situation.
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New Bedford
New England
Simple home remedy for back pain and rheumatism
An advertisement promotes a homemade tonic using one ounce Compound Syrup of Sarparilla and one ounceTor is Compound mixed in half pint whiskey. Doses are tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime with shaking, claiming quick and lasting relief.
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Juliettes
Hamar
Brussels
Harriman
Storrow and Towle Ex
Washington and
Winter Sts
Filene’s
Percale
Gingham
Hermsdorf
CREST
New Mirage Silk Redingote
New
Merry Widow
Cape
Ohio
Brave Girl
Chum
Scott
Nethersole
Corning, N
George T. Spencer
Yale University
Post and Journal
Henry Siegelco
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