Debate Over Healing Practice At State House Hearing
A large crowd attended a Senate public health hearing on a bill to ban Christian Science healing. Frederic W. Peabody challenged Mrs. Eddy’s personality, prompting Senator Grosvenor to rebuke him for personal remarks. Christian Scientist supporters and opponents spoke as the hearing resumed amid applause and tense exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Frederic W. Peabody
Boston
Peabody
Mrs. Eddy
Grosvenor
Committee On Public Health
Christian Science Church
Samuel J. Elder
William A. Morse
Christian Scientists
Kittredge
Roxbury
Alfred Farlow
Society
Col Roosevelt Always Right in a Massachusetts Mood
Washington dispatch reports ex-Congressman Samuel Powers of Massachusetts saying Massachusetts people broadly support the President. He notes New England men discuss the Hepburn rail bill yet fail to grasp its features, while denouncing opponents as grafters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Ju. Powers
Massachusetts
Powers
Roosevelt
New England
White House
Betsy Flag Presented to Commonwealth by DAR Regent
Mrs Goddard regent of Goddard Chapter DAR presented an exact duplicate Betsy Ross flag to Governor Guild in a ceremony at the Governor’s office. The flag’s origin traced to Betsy Ross, urged by George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, with Mrs Guild accepting on behalf of the state. Remington, the Sergeant at Arms, expressed pride in guarding the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Ross
United States
Commonwealth
Goddard
Daughters of the American Revolution
Guild
John Betsy Ross
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Sheriff to Auction Addicks Farm in $33,000 Mortgage
Wilmington on March 9 report that J Edward Addicks will have his home farm sold at sheriff sale on March 22 to settle a $33,000 mortgage arising from suits connected to the Bay State gas legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
J. Edward Addicks
Addicks
Yankee Countess Daisy Near Death Before Heir Birth
London cables report Marguerite Lester known as Daisy the Yankee countess and wife of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire endured a life threatening struggle during the birth of their heir. Her fine constitution and devoted care aided a safe recovery at Charlton Park estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Suffolk
Berkshire
Marguerite Lester
Washington
Chicago
Charlton Park
Debutante Circle Notes From Boston Society
Lady Playfair sails to New York then Liverpool with husband Fleming Crooke. Mrs. Robert Wrenn is gravely ill after childbirth. Francis Bartlett heads to Palm Beach. Mrs. John C. Phillips hosts a musicale with Francis Rogers as lead. Catherine Roosevelt visits New York. Nancy Filley and Nameen Mitchell part of debutante year. Mitchells head to Miami for wedding prep of Quincy Shaw II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playfair
New York
Liverpool
Mr. Fleming Crooke
Boston
Robert Wrenn
Nahant
Alfred S. Dabney
Beacon Street
Vincent Club
Francis Bartlett
Commonwealth Avenue
Somerset
Palm Beach
Fla
Royal Poinciana
John C. Phillips
Berkeley Street
Francis Rogers
Catherine Roosevelt
E. Reeve Merritt
Nancy Filley
Nameen Mitchell
Walter Mitchell
Miami
North Shore
Quincy A. Shaw
Bull is shot after brutal clash with Mrs Jiggson
In a tense scene the bull threatens Mrs Jiggson as she protests and Jiggson urges the coachman to shoot the animal to stop its aggression. The act ends the animal's suffering though it shocks onlookers.
Longworths May Be Here for Brookline Reception
Brookline society anticipates a grand reception at the George C. Lee home next week for Mr. Nicholas Longworth and his White House wife Mrs. Longworth. This marks Mrs. Longworth’s first visit to her grandmother’s home since her youth as Alice Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Society
George C. Lee
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
White House
Alice Roosevelt
Brookline
Boston
Women raid Bannerman residence in London protest
Thirty women suffragists stormed Premier Campbell Bannerman's residence in London. They shouted Down with C B and battered entry points while resisting a police officer attempting to clear the steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Campbell-Bannerman
C.B
Premier Campbell-Bannerman
Women protesters force entry at police doorstep as 3 detained
A police action ends with three women in custody after forceful removal from doorstep. The remaining twenty seven women accompany to the station steps and seek entry while Premier Campbell-Bannerman presides over a cabinet council and refuses to meet them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell-Bannerman
Pay raise error highlights cloakroom staff in Congress
Washington March 9 Through a mistake by Congressman Hughes of West Virginia the salaries of the negro cloakroom valets have been increased from 60 to 70 dollars a month each
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressman Hughes
West Virginia
Abolition of Dust at Hygienic Institute Lecture
Mr Somerville Hastings urged banning carpets and other dust traps as dangerous to health noting vast germ colonies can form on pinpoints of dust. He contrasted modern cleanliness with medieval habits of washing and bathing, citing Mary Queen of Scots era hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hygienic Institute
Somerville Hastings
Mary
Elizabeth
James I
James
London Mail
Eligible Bachelor Joseph W Cook of Brookline
Joseph W. Cook, long time member of the Brookline Board of Registrars of Voters, is a well known Brookline bachelor born there about 30 years ago. He attended public schools and a business college after high school, led the Brookline Wheelmen, and served as a delegate to state and county conventions. He works in plastering with his father in Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Cook
Board of Registrars of Voters of
Brookline
Mr. Cook
Brookline Business Men’s Association
Cook
Purim Feast Opens Tonight for Boston Hebrews
Boston Hebrews prepare for Purim a major holiday observed worldwide. The feast begins at sundown and honors Queen Esther who saved the Jews from Haman’s plot. Community prayers and feasting mark the celebration as a remembrance of deliverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Esther
Haman
Ahasuerus
Giant carnation grown by former alderman in Flushing
New York reports William E. James of Flushing Long Island has grown a four inch cerise pink giant carnation with stems over three feet long. He believes the bloom could rival the Lawson pink in fame and appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William E. James
Flushing
L. I
Love and Sentiment From Miss Champagne
A reader asks how to win a man who ignores her. The advice says if he does not notice you, he does not care, so stop thinking of him and move on after showing interest once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Chaumpagne
Dear Miss Champagne Love Letter Advice From 1920s Reader
A Brookline Mass reader asks how to confess love to Dick who may doubt her feelings. The columnist suggests he may need reassurance and could be the one to seek clarification, while cautioning Julia not to pressure him. The exchange notes that men often accept what they want to believe in love and advises clear communication if happiness hinges on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Allen Hartenhower
Santa Fe Freight Office
Lizzie Berger
Hartenhower
Kansas City Journal
Brookline
Mass
Opinion Clash Hidden in a Newspaper Page
A reader voices restraint on expressing views in print. The comment hints at caution about publishing strong opinions and whether public airing is prudent. The context suggests concern for discretion and editorial boundaries.
This Is My Busy Day Card Poem by Carolyn Wells
Child narrator describes a father’s busy day and his own playful chaos. The verse contrasts a quiet reader with a child who races downstairs, slides on banisters, climbs walls, and chases neighbors like Jack Smith to town. It ends with a tongue in cheek line about a busy pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Wells
St. Nicholas
Colored Massachusetts Voters Protest Jamestown Funding
About 20 000 colored men demonstrated at the State House to oppose a Massachusetts appropriation to the Jamestown exposition over fears of unequal treatment in Virginia. Former Attorney General Pillsbury urged tying the funding to proof of equal rights for all Massachusetts citizens. G T Shepperd noted the state’s participation would be vital like Hamlet with Hamlet removed. Butler H Wilson claimed the remonstrants equaled 20 000 Massachusetts colored voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Massachusetts
Virginia
Pillsbury
G. T. Shepperd
Butler H. Wilson
Boston
WANTS LARGER COURT HOUSE
Chief Justice Aiken urged the Suffolk county judiciary committee to enlarge the courthouse to handle growing caseload. He denied backing Sheriff Seavey or any successor and avoided entangling alliances. He warned a new criminal court room may be needed soon if current prosecuting ideas persist. City Solicitor Babson opposed the bill due to debt concerns for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Committee On Judiciary
Suffolk County
Sheriff Seavey
Lomasney
Babson
Boston
Operators Plan Meeting
Pittsburg on March 9 the mining rate was not discussed at the operators meeting today. Only business was adopting a resolution to meet operators of Ohio Indiana and Illinois in a joint conference at Indianapolis on March 19. A reason given was operators wished to attend the Indianapolis convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis
Millionaires Laugh Rarely Says Carnegie
Pittsburg March 9. Andrew Carnegie, with about 200 million dollars, declares wealth brings few advantages. In a letter to a London newspaper he says wealth does not increase happiness and that a sufficient old age fortune suffices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
London
Bank advertising highlights monthly interest and branch locations
Accounts of 300 and over are credited with interest each month and the same careful attention is given to small accounts as to large ones. The main office is conveniently located for business people, and the Back Bay branch serves residents of Back Bay Longwood Jamaica Plain and Brookline.
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Back Bay
Longwood
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Indicted FENWICK Woman and Other Middlesex Figures
The Middlesex county grand jury reported indictments against Bela Fenwick of Malden for kidnapping Reita Sulley, Lawrence Cygless for wife murder in Lowell, W. D. Churchill in three counts of breaking and entering, Mary Healey for manslaughter, and a gang of amateur burglars including Matthew Steele and John Thibodeau. Also named are arson, forgery, and numerous breaking and entering charges across Cambridge, Somerville, Lowell, and nearby towns with several defendants pleading guilty.
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Bela Fenwick
Reita Sulley
Laurence Cygloss
Lowell
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Bella Fenwick
Malden
Denver
Col
Boston
Lawrence Cygless
Cambridge
W. D. Churchill
A. H. Messenger
Southington
Conn
B. Hildreth
Mt. Vernon Street
Mary Healey
Miss Healey
West
Somerville
Matthew Steele
John Thibodeau
John J. Horgan, Jr
Arthur Wells
W. N. Foster
George McCallum
Peter McMurray
McMurray
Third Street
McCallum
John Bailey
Lexington
W. H. Ryan
Concord
L. L. Mellody
Floyd Downs
Pepperell
Walter J. Bartlett
Waltham
Morsee Chalvinan
Water Town
Joseph Gouin
Edward G. McCoy
Joseph Miller
Frank Boyce
Watertown
Edward W. St. George
Harry Sears
Cornelius Carney
Edward J. McElroy
Edward Riley
Frederick Foster
Albert Wilkinson
James H. Langley
James FE. Dempsey
Framingham
Eugene Gerrier
William FE. Rhodes
Everett
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Mrs. * Eddy
Mr. Peabody
Christian Science
Col. Roosevelt
Massa
GEIS
Mrs. Goddard
Addicks’ Farm
Daisy
G. G. Bain
Countess OF Suffolk
Marguerite ‘‘Daisy’ Leiter
Olaf
Ole
Katrinka
Katrinka’s
Polly
Molly
Jiggson
Siders
House of Premier
Congress
Detroit News
Henrietta Eames
John H. Eames
Sherwin & Williams Company
Gary
Eames
Chicago Record-Herald
Greater Boston
Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Julia
Jack Smith
State Street
Hueme and Beylston Street
Fenwick
Middlesex Grand Jury
Cygloss
Middlesex
Frank Gray
Daniel Callahan
Daniel Carey
Angus Deagle
Newton
Francis H. Robinson
George Stark, Jr
N. E
Victor
Edison
Columbia
American Records
Parker
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