Brookline Girls Sweep Prizes in Annual Gymnastic Event
The Brookline grammar and high schools held their second annual girls competition in the municipal gymnasium under Miss Mary W. McGrath. Three prizes per class were awarded for senior and two junior sections with winners including Florence Eisenhardt Dorothy Chester Jeannette Dexter Hazel Woodside Isobel McDonald Mary Murphy Agnes Leahyr Winifred Abercrombie and Gladys McMahon among 110 entrants.
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Brookline Grammar and
Brookline Municipal Gymnasium
Mary W. McGrath
Florence Eisenhardt
Dorothy Chester
Jeannette Dexter
Hazel Woodside
Isobel McDonald
Mary Murphy
McDonald
Agnes Leahyr
Winifred Abercrombie
Gladys McMahon
Teresa Key
Winthrop Schools
Gladys Chickering
Sargent Normal School
Cambridge
Florence Gold
Goldthwaite Gymnasium
Brookline School
Alice Morse
Julia Bowker
Esther Richardson
Marian Driscoll
Ruth Russell
Society Girls on Long Voyage Arrive as Suruga Crew
Three New York society women Miss Louise Barber Miss Frances Barber daughter of W H Barber owner of Bar ber line of steamers and Miss Constance Brown with Mrs J MacIntosh as chaperon arrived in Boston aboard the freight steamer Suruga after a 30000 mile voyage. Though listed as stewardesses they were passengers since Suruga could not carry passengers. They went ashore at New Haven piers South Boston took a taxi to telephone home shop then left for New York city.
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New York Society
Boston
Louise Barber
Frances Barber
W. H Barber
Barber
Constance Brown
J. MacIntosh
New Haven
South Boston
South Station
New York
Birthday Tribute as Democrats Confer in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska representatives of progressive Democrats gathered to discuss party policy and honor William J Bryan on his 52d birthday at a banquet. Speeches by Pettigrew Gore Williams Townsend Martin Henry and James followed Bryan's remarks with Williams and Pettigrew openly opposing Governor Woodrow Wilson.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Gore
Oklahoma
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Frederick Townsend Martin
New York
Henry
Texas
James
Kentucky
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Senator Pettigrew
Campaign opens for $50,000 Melrose hospital fund
A nine day drive to raise $50,000 for a new Melrose hospital began with a business men's conference banquet at the City Auditorium. Boston University president Lemuel Marlin urged workers to finish the fundraising. Women will canvass door to door and secure pledges, with fifty participating today. Nightly committee reports will go to the executive committee.
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Melrose
City Auditorium
Lemuel Marlin
Boston University
Greater Boston Meeting Discusses Regional Problems
A Greater Boston meeting will be held tomorrow evening at the Inter colonial Club on Dudley Street Roxbury with mayors from many cities in the Metropolitan district in attendance.
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Greater Boston
Intercolonial Club
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Ban on Baby Talk Urged by Contralto Leader
Mme Jeanne Gerville-Reache head the movement condemning baby talk as harmful to children. She argues it leads to mental backwardness and urges parents to speak plainly with facts and simple diet. She plans to discuss the topic at a planned Sunday meeting after her Delilah performance.
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Mme
Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Mme. Gerville-Reache
George G. Rambaud
Pasteur Institute of New York
Mme. Gerville-Readhe
Delilah
Boston Opera House
Girls Obtain City Offices in Woburnia Election
Twenty three girls were appointed yesterday to fill offices in the city government of Woburnia the embryo municipality started by Woburn High School pupils. Mayor elect Doherty announced the list including a city physician a police chief civil service and an eligible list.
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Woburnia
Woburn
Daniel J. Doherty
Doherty
Marguerite Forbes
Hester Baker
Dorothy Flagg
Evelyn Snow
Public Library
Einar Matson
City Messenger
Freda Walker
Mildred Buckman
Gladys Low
Josephine Sweet
Anastasia McDonald
Board of Fealth
Gretchen van Tassell
Anna James
Christine Sorenson
Barbara McManus
Agnes Scanlon
Gertrude Clement
Gladys Deckham
Cora Boutelle
Bertha Manning
Martha Stratton
Margaret Martin
Delia
Hogan
Dora Simonds
Muriel Fretridge
Margaret Doherty
Missing Child Clifford of 620 Street Sought by Police
Police search for 12 year old Clifford, last seen near 620 Street. Authorities urge anyone with information to contact the local station and report any sightings immediately.
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Eac
Clifford Old
Stre
W ‘B
Hens Set Records in Week of Egg Laying Contest
In the 19th week at the Connecticut Agricultural College Storrs the egg laying contest reports a pen of Dark Cornish Games producing 30 eggs for the week to lead. Rhode Island Reds and White Rocks follow with 29 and 28 eggs respectively.
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Connecticut Agricultural College
Storrs
Orpingtorfs
Rhode d Island
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Veterans honor comrade at funeral in Jamaica Plain
Comrades of Gettysburg Post 121 G A R paid tribute to Daniel Everett Dyar who died Monday. They attended his funeral at the Parish House of the First Unitarian Society in Jamaica Plain yesterday afternoon. The Rev Charles F Dole officiated with the casket covered by the national flag and an emblem of Post 121.
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Comrades of Gettysburg
Daniel Everett Dyar
First Unitarian Society
Jamaica Plain
Charles F. Dole
Post
His Landlady's Advice Probably Saved His Life
A man with lifelong kidney weakness credits Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for relief after frequent painful discharges and bed rest. He reports weight gain of fifty pounds and improved health, praising the medicine and recommending it to others.
Letter Promotes Swamp Root Sample Bottle
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton N Y urges readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet about kidneys and bladder Mention the Boston Daily Post Offers regular cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Harvard 10 Gis to Wed Miss Cintra Hutchinson and Hallowell Vaughan Morgan
Philadelphia society announces the engagement of Miss Cintra Hutchinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sydney Emlen Hutchinson to Hallowell Vaughan Morgan son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Morgan of Germantown Harvard graduate 1910. Morgan is nephew of Randall Morgan.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Cintra, Hutchinson
Sydney Emlen Hutchinson
Hallowell
Vaughan Morgan
Charles E. Morgan
Germantown
Hutchinson
Bellevue Stratford
Edward T. Stotesbury
Boy Drowns Toy Boat Rescue in Worcester
In Worcester on Indian Lake at North Worcester nine year old Karl Hamrin Jr son of Karl Hamrin of 16 Boardman street drowned while retrieving a toy boat. He and two companions sent the boat on a string onto the pond the string slipped and he ran onto the frail ice five feet from shore it collapsed and he disappeared the body was recovered.
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Worcester
Indian Lake
North Worcester
Karl Hamrin, Jr
Karl Hamrin
Boardman Street
Hamlin
Sunny Italy Exhibit Gardens Boston Horticultural Hall
A replica of a 16th century Italian garden is on display by Messrs Farquhar for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Horticultural Hall Boston. The show features rare shrubs and plants including some from China via Chinese Wilson. An electric fountain and lighting enhance the display as proceeds help fund a future building for larger exhibitions.
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Italy
Boston
Horticultural Hall
Messrs. Farquhar
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mechanics’ Building
China
Wilson
The
Horticultural Society
Opera Fund Booms Ahead of Seat Drawing at Boston Opera House
The Boston Opera House hosts the first seat drawing tomorrow at 10:30 AM for the next season. Stockholders are reminded their subscriptions must be in today to participate. Subscriptions to the $150,000 guarantee fund include Henry F. Hurlburt 50 and others totaling varied gifts.
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Boston Opera House
Henry F. Hurlburt
Henry Dexter Bennett
Leslie Hastings
Mary S. Parker
Dwight Blaney
James D. Colt
Harold W. Dana
Arthur Wainwright
Charles T. Russell
Anonymous
Oliver Ames
Franklin H. Beebe
Edmund John Watson
S. J. Barnet
William A. I. Bazeley
Somerville Firemen Seek Salary Increases
The Somerville fire department officers and permanent members petition the city for pay raises. They propose grade-based salaries with captains at 1400, lieutenants 1300, engineers 1250, and privates rising from 821.25 to 900 for first year, 1003.75 to 1100 for second year, and 1095 to 1200 for third year, with the request now before the Board of Aldermen finance committee.
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Somerville Fire Department
Board of Aldermen
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