America's Greatest Automobile Show Opens in Boston Tonight
Boston hosts a grand automobile show in Mechanics Building with cars boats and accessories filling the space. Exhibits arrive from Buffalo New York and other hubs as Paul H. Deming of Detroit is chosen chairman of the touring committee of the American Automobile Association.
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Boston
Mechanics
America
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Buffalo
Washington
Paris
West
Thomas
Paul H. Deming
Detroit
American Automobile Association
Brayton
George H. Lowe
J. A. Macalman
Tonneau Ars
Chester I. Campbell
E. A. Gilmore
Short sleeves and lace dominate this summer fashion
A Boston dressmaker predicts a white lingerie season with short sleeves just below the elbow and princess dresses. She urges heavy mixed laces, bands and ruffles, longer skirts from ankles to near ground, and a bold princess style for 1910s wardrobes.
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Boston
Post Woman
Scott's Emulsion Advertisement Compare Milk and Whiskey
A health ad contrasts dairy and whiskey when a doctor orders milk for patients. It argues cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion is better and digestible, warning whiskey and cordials are not substitutes. It urges readers to use Scott and Bowne of New York for the emulsion.
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Scott
Houdini Escapes From Stoutly Bound Wicker Hamper
Houdini freed himself after 62 minutes inside a sealed wicker hamper on stage at Keith's Theatre Boston. The escape came as a staged challenge by 17 men who had padlocked and sealed the hamper with steel bands and ropes.
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Harry Houdini
Keith's Theatre
Iver Johnson & Co
Houdini
Boston
Messenger Boy Wins Overtime Case Against Western Union
Worcester March 9 A 15 year old messenger boy Hyman Sandman won a legal victory over Western Union Telegraph Company. The court awarded him $1.55 for overtime and supper after he testified he worked late nights without pay and others corroborated. The company had argued it did not hire messengers directly.
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Worcester
Western Union Telegraph Company
New England
American District Telegraph Company
Hyman Sandman
Sandman
Utley
Licenses for School Halls and Public Gatherings
The piece questions whether schools and churches fall under a statute requiring licenses and fees for hall use in entertainments. It notes police demand for licenses and cites Rev. John J. Harkins who doubts private school halls used for parish activities fall under the law and would object if licenses are required for such school uses.
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John J. Harkins
St. Augustine's Church
South Boston
Sodality
St. Augustine’s School
Miss McDonald Becomes Mrs Williams in Quiet New York Wedding
Miss Mary McDonald former Radcliffe graduate and leads in a breach of promise case against Patrick Kieran of Fall River has wed New York broker John Williams. The couple married at St Francis Xavier Church with Father Van Rensselaer officiating.
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Fall River
Mary McDonald
Radcliffe
Patrick Kieran
New York
John Williams
New York City
Williams
St. Francis Xavier Church
Father van Rensselaer
Officers and Troopers Killed in Revolt Then Escaped
Two officers and six men perished in the clash with rebels. Among the dead was General Cepin. The revolutionists fled into the bushes after the attack.
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Cepin
Hospital for Consumptives seeks to hire beds in private hospitals
A bill on Alderman James M. Curley’s petition authorizes the Hospital for Consumptives trustees, while awaiting erection, to hire up to 100 beds in private hospitals at a maximum of five dollars weekly per patient. A mayoral proposal would allow street construction from public funds within debt limits, excluding projects under special acts.
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James M. Curley
Fitzgerald
Dominican surrender ends in clash as rebels fire on general
The State Department received a cable from Monte Cristi reporting that during surrender terms between government forces and revolutionists the rebels, acting in bad faith, opened fire on General CEPEN and others. The report notes a fight followed the surrender.
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Cepen Washington
State Department
Monte Cristi
San Domingo
Chased Horse on Electric Car Ends in Grab
A runaway horse attached to an express wagon battled a pursuing patrolman on an electric car in Jamaica Plain yesterday afternoon. Patrick Canfield, 17, driver for Dillingham & Taylor, was ejected as the horse dashed down Centre Street with an inbound car bearing down. Patrolman Joseph Loran sprang from the outward car and captured the horse just before collision, ending the chase.
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Jamaica Plain
Patrick Canfield
Amory Street
Roxbury
Dillingham &Taylor
Robinwood Avenue
Centre Street
Caufield
Joseph Loran
Division 13
Loran
Man Falls 25 Feet From Home. Survives Injury
Joseph Bennett 50 of 427 Main Street Charlestown fell from the third story of his home yesterday. He reached City Hospital with only minor injuries and is reported in stable condition.
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Joseph Bennett
Main Street
Charlestown
City Hospital
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Iver
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LEGAI
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Mary E. McDonald
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