New Yorker’s wry visit to Boston described in letter
A New York writer recounts a 12 hour stay in Boston from Back Bay to Copley Square. He encounters a bespectacled barkeeper, deerlike anti screen law and a chiropodists banquet debate over Omar Khayyam versus Hunyady Janos. The piece critiques Boston’s manners and offers a sly contrast with New York’s vitality.
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the Sun
Boston
The
Sun
New York
Back Bay
Copley Square
Boylston Street
Aiga
Omar Khayyam
Boston Society of Chiropodists
Hunyady Janos
Thieves Take $1000 Goods From Express Wagon
Expressman John Hicks of Dorchester offers a $100 reward for the thieves who raided his express wagon at South station last Monday, stealing goods valued at $1000.
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John Hicks
Erie Street
Dorchester
South Station
Notable Brookline Bachelor Walter R Carroll A prominent local bachelor with interests in horses swimming and yachting
Walter R Carroll a leading Brookline bachelor aged about 32 is popular in town. He enjoys horses and is often seen driving a fast trotter on Sundays. He rarely misses swims at the Brookline natatorium and belongs to Council 110 Knights of Columbus Dorchester Yacht Club and the Brookline Swimming Club.
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Brookline
Walter R. Carroll
Parkway
Brookline Council 110
Knights of Columbus
Dorchester Yacht Club
Brookline Swimming Club
Carroll
Boston Society Notes Amid Diplomatic Circles and Palm Beach
Boston mourns the loss of Mrs. George von L. Meyer and her daughters Julia and Alice Meyer who wintered at the Bellevue and travel to Washington for March. Meyers hosted by the British embassy counsellor and Lady Susan Townley while in Jamaica. Social events include Mrs. Warder’s dinner, a Columbia Theatre musicale with Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge patronage, and arrivals at Hotel Titchfield. Palm Beach reports lively social life despite Lent with golf and charity events, and an Easter wedding planned for Miss Virginia Gammell and Harry Parsons Cross. Mrs. Alexander Martin returns from New York for the Copley Society opening and Waldorf Astoria reading by Charles Gibson. The Copley Society tea will be hosted by Mrs. Curtis Guild Jr. and Mrs. Eben Sumner Draper.
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Boston
George von L. Meyer
Russia
Julia Appleton Meyer
Alice Appleton Meyer
Bellevue
Washington
Meyers
Susan Townley
Connecticut Avenue
Jamaica
Benjamin F. Warder
West Manchester
Titchfield
A. Davis Weld
The
Union Club
Weld
Arthur H. Alley
Alley
Palm Beach
Thomas McKee
Commonwealth Avenue
Elizabeth Dunn
Palm Beach Episcopal Church
Charles I. Cragin
Providence
Virginia Gammell
Robert Ives Gammell
Miss Gammell
Harry Parsons Cross
Alexander Martin
Beaconstreet
New York
Copley Society
Charles Gibson
Waldorf-Astoria
E. Rollins Morse
Curtis Guild, Jr
Eben Sumner Draper
Will leaves large sums to church and charity
Rebecca T. Reed of Jamaica Plain died at the Reed home on Boylston Street. Her will dedicates over 20000 to charity and 5000 to fund a spiritual temple in a city or town chosen by executors. The estate totals nearly 1 million. She was the widow of J C Reed, former Tiffany partner.
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Rebecca T. Reed
Jamaica Plain
Reed Homestead
Boylston Street
J. C. Reed
Tiffany Company
New Chickatawut Boys Club Elects Max Newman President
At a meeting last evening at 2 Decatur street Max Henry Newman was elected president. He plans a 10 minute talk at each meeting and pledges deep interest in the boys to help them grow in mind and body. He aims to adapt to their moods to win respect and loyalty and to duty of supporting their good.
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Chickatawbut Boys’ Club
Decatur Street
Max Henry Newman
Newman
Woman seeks protection after oath to kill President Roosevelt
A Philadelphia woman known as Mrs. W. B. Lewaller told Central police headquarters today that Socialists forced her to take an oath to assassinate President Roosevelt. Police and a coroner will detain her for examination.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
W. B. Lewaller
Philadelphia
Central Police
Roxbury Latin Schoolhouse May Move Site to Jamaica Plain
At the Roxbury Latin School trustees dinner the proposed new schoolhouse site in Jamaica Plain was discussed as land at the corner of Perkins Street and Jamaicaway. Rev. Charles F. Dole and Headmaster Collar are reported to favor the location.
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Roxbury
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