Tech Students Present Parisian Comedies in Copley Hall
ABIT OF FRANCE. Tech students perform two one act Parisian comedies in Copley Hall before an aristocratic audience. L Amour de l Art features Morse Drake Mason with a skirt dance by Alden Denison Sherman McJennett. L Andalouse features Har rizon le Comte Fitzgerald Martial Hill la Salle Olymp Robertson. The plays, by L Avenir Society, prove the French language can be read and spoken fluently. Patronesses include Mrs. Crafts Fairchild Gardner Rogers Russell Walker and Van Daell. Training by C H G N Barnard credited for high quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Boylston Street
Copley Hall
Paris
Napoleon
Art
Gerald Morse
le Comntesse
C. F. Drake
Antoine
ED. P. Mason
Mariette
Messrs. Alden
Denison
Sherman
McJennett
L’andalouse
Messrs
Harrizon
le Comte
Fitzgerald
Martial
Hill
la Salle Olymr
Robertson
Louisa
la Comtesse
Messrs. Price
Alden
Victoria
L'Allemande
la Negresse
le Feu
Les Cendres
Fire Breaks Out At Sargent's Hotel In Early Morning Blaze
A fire at the 2 cent lodging house on Harrison avenue narrowly avoided a repetition of a prior hotel horror. Patrolman Mullen and T J Gibbons battled the blaze and helped three men to safety from the top floor while a sheet of flame blocked stairs. Gibbons also assisted G B Damon who slept on the second floor and dropped to the sidewalk unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent’s Hotel
Harrison Avenue
Court Street
Royal Horror
Mullen
Division 4
T. J. ‘Gibbons
Gibbons
Damon
Lasel Social Club Fancy Dress Ball Lights East Cambridge
The Lastelle Social Club hosted its second annual fancy dress ball at Institute Hall East Cambridge last evening with about one hundred couples attending. President J N Gafney led the grand march with Miss Delia McLaughlin, George EB Murphy and Indy. Miss May Brannigan received a gold watch for past favors. Mr A Swartz’s representative Shea presented a life size crayon of the club’s president. Wiggins's Orchestra provided music and H E Dufee arranged the collation.
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Laselle
Lastelle
Institute Hall
East Cambridge
J. N. Gafney
Delia McLaughlin
George EB. Murphy
Indy
May Brannigan
A. Swartz
Shea
Wiggins
H. E. Dufee
Philomathean Society Elects Officers at BU Meeting
The Philomathean Society of Boston University elected officers yesterday afternoon for the ensuing year. C. R. Khurst of Somerville was chosen president, M. H. Cowell of Lexington vice-president, M. B. Goodwin of South Berwick secretary, and C. Taylor of Sunapee treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomathean Society of
Boston University
C. R.khurst
Somerville
M. H. Cowell
Lexington
M. B. Goodwin
South Berwick
C. Taylor
Sunapee
N. H
Freder ic Assay Son of F F and J A Assay
At Pholos on March 30 Freder ic, son of Joseph F and Julia A Assay, aged 13 days.
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Pholos
Frederic
Joseph F
Julia A.assey
Eskimos Visit City During Midway Attractions
Northern visitors the Eskimos with Colonel Mathews Captains Nowell and Quimby toured the city yesterday from a drag atop and praised the trip though officers shivered with cold. The Cambridge corn festival belles appeared at the Plaisance in Grecian style with three costume colors and graceful marching. A Cambridge Manual Training School band performed as crowds swarmed the attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
Mathews
J. P. Nowell
George F. Quimby
Cambridge
Plaisance
West Point
Cambridge Manual Training School
Cantabrigia Club Adopts Domestic Science Magazine Plans
Cantabrigia Club met in North Cambridge vestry with President Mrs. Merrill presiding. They endorsed a new magazine on domestic science, thanked for 75 garments by Associated Charities, discussed club membership limits, and announced delegates to the May Philadelphia federation meeting.
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Cantabrigia Club
North Avenue
Merrill
Adams
Woburn ‘Woman's Club
State Federation of Clubs
Moore
Geddes
Woodsum
Jewell
Atwood
Kendall
Lawson
Federation of Clubs
Kate Tannatt Woods
Thought and Work Club of
Salem
Moreau
General Federation of Clubs
Philadelphia
Cora Stuart Wheeler
Ella Chamberlain
Breach of promise suit and town news items across New England
Mrs. Lizzie F. Hall sues Charles F. Tuckwell for $2000 in a breach of promise case. Camden Herald editors change as T. R. Simonton steps down, D. F. Mills assumes. Haverhill installs Morill as pastor. Northampton votes $500 reward over $60,000 in arson fires. Plymouth notes Civil War veteran Thomas Smith. Brockton calls F P Parkin to Philadelphia church. Other brief items cover safe robbery in North Attleboro, church cornerstone in Worcester, and a large fire in Wales with $2000 loss.
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Haverhill
Lizzie F. Hall
Rock Village
Peters & Cole
Charles F. Tuckwell
Merrimac
Camden
Camden Herald
T. R. Simonton
D. F. Mills
H. M. Bean
Somersworth
N. H
James G. Houston
Charles C. Allard
John C. Burke
William F. Hester
Plymouth
Thomas Smith
North Plymouth
Collingwood
Mayflower Lodge
North Attleboro
W. H. Riley & Son
Brockton
F. P. Parkin
Central Methodist Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Philadelphia
Alvah H. Morrill
D. D
New York
Old South Christian Church
Northampton
Carpenters’ Union
Worcister
New South Unitarian Church
South Unitarian Hall
Messrs
Austin
Grover
Calvin Stebbins
G. W. Kent
Winchendon
J. C. Farwell
Chesterfield Factory
Wales
H. A. McFarland
Tramp Tramp Tramp Girls March on Washington
One of sixteen New England working women, Miss Margaret Wright of Allston, travels to Washington to urge Congress to defeat the Wilson bill. A flower girl for Roxbury Carpet Company, she is a strong Republican and seeks municipal safety for women. Her prior visits include presidential inaugurations.
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New England
Washington
Margaret Wright
Allston
John Wright
Franklin Street
Prairies
Roxbury Carpet Company
Miss Wright
Municipal
Two Roxbury Carpet Workers Leave for Washington
Miss Wright and Miss Elizabeth Tyler, longtime Roxbury Carpet Company employees, travel to Washington to represent the setting and weaving departments. Wright, 20 years at Roxbury Allston, is famed for flowers and needlework while Tyler, with 21 years on the payroll, brings English training and knowledge of American English carpet methods.
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Roxbury
Margaret Wright
Elisabeth Tyler
Carpet Company
Ing
B. Harrison
Miss Wright
Brussels
Roxbury Carpet Company
Paderewski
Allston
Washington
Elizabeth Tyler
The Great Temperance Drink At Local Bottler
An item notes Dr Swett's Root Beer praised as a better temperance beverage than quack medicines. The short notice mentions Enger tse Roartia Aone and a stop at Bats, indicating a local sales or promotional blurb without full context.
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Bats
Portrait of Miss Wright and Miss Tyler Highlight Roxbury Ambassadors
The excerpt describes Miss Wright and Miss Tyler as well educated women with sisters in Springfield and deceased parents. Both are noted for intelligence gained through self education and for being attendants at Ruggles Street Church Roxbury, shaping Roxbury employees confidence in their presentation.
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Springfield
Miss Wright
Miss Tyler
Ruggles Street
Roxbury
Fall River Burglar Suspect Caught in New Haven
New Haven police hold a man wanted in Fall River Massachusetts for burglary at the E A Burgess machine shop on Artisan Street. The suspect William Ashley or Ashworth claimed Providence ties and was questioned about Fall River earlier. Fall River officers will travel to New Haven to investigate.
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New Haven
Conn
Fall River
Mass
William Ashley
Ashworth
E. A. Burgess
Artisan Street
Providence
Metropolitan Park Plan Advancing Toward Lynn Swampscott
A move toward a metropolitan park prompts a Superior Court appearance by Lynn Saugus Nahant and Swampscott officials in Boston on the second Tuesday in May to explain why the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners petition should not be granted. The case seeks three commissioners to fix five year city and town payments to cover interest and sinking fund needs for park land purchases and preservation. A park between Lynn and Salem is under consideration after a petition from more than 300 citizens.
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Lynn
Swampscott
Caswell
Toda
Saugus
Nahant
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Commonwealth
Salem
Lynn Classical High School prize drill winners named
The Lynn Classical High School Battalion held its annual prize drill in the school hall with a large audience. In the senior squad drill Sergeant Mason B Hacker won first place followed by Everett C Pervear in second. in the junior squad drill Private Ralph N Gannon won first with Henry F Allen second. Two judges Capt Frank C Damon and Lt Alexander Greig could not agree on the company marks for the overall drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Cadet Company H Elects Officers in March Meeting
March 3 report states Company H elected D. B. Purbeck as First Lieutenant and C. W. Osgood as Second Lieutenant in the Second Cadets. Major E. W. Bailey presided over the election.
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Company H
Highth
D. B. Purbeck Firs Meutenant
C. W. Osgood
E. W. Bailey
Embezzlers Sentenced in Bank Funds Theft
In New York on March 30 Benjamin G. Sanford, a correspondence clerk at the Continental National Bank, was sentenced to five years in prison for misappropriating 3000 dollars. Harry C. Wilshaw, a bookkeeper at the United States National Bank, received a prison term for embezzling over 35000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin G. Sanford
Continental National Bank
Harry C. Wilshaw
United States National Bank
Fencers Crown Bothner Champion Of A A U Event
In New York on March 30 the fencing championship of America concluded at the Fencers Club. C. G. Bothner won with a high score, A. V. Z. Post took second, and R. O. Hanbold placed third in the foil final.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Amateur Fencers’ League
Fencers’ Club
West Twenty-second Street
C. G. Bothner
Percen
A. V. Z. Post
Enpur Se
R. O. Hanbold
Danbury Rector Resigns After Twenty-Eight Years
The Rev. Byron J. Hall rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Danbury resigns his duties. He cites private reasons and provides no public explanation. Hall previously led Trinity Church in Lansingburgh for fourteen years before serving St. James for fourteen years.
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Danbury, Conn
Byron J. Hall
St. James Episcopal Church
Hall
Danbury
Lansingburg
N.Y
Trinity Church
St. James Church
Lost child among Rothesay holiday crowd
During the Glasgow Fair holidays a young girl separated from her father and brothers on Rothesay pier cried for help. Two sympathetic men asked her address and offered to take her home, but she misled them with a strange reply about two old maids and a pump at the door, as reported by The Scottish American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Rothesay
Salem Aldermen Convene for Budget and Appointments
A Salem board special meeting modernized the annual appropriation bill and related business. John F. Plummer named superintendent of the Union Bridge, Francis M. Ricker elected inspector of buildings, William B. Mackindred as Plummer Farm School trustee, and A. A. Smith as sealer of weights and measures. The bonding portion of 90000 and 15000 was passed. the remainder laid on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Salem Board of Aldermen
John F. Plummer
Union Bridge
Turner
Francis M. Ricker
William 8. Mackindred
Plummer Farm School
A. A. Smith
Chess championship game ends in draw between Steinits and Lasker
In New York on March 30 the sixth game of the Steinits versus Lasker match ended in a draw after extra play. The score remains two wins for each and two draws.
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New York
Steinits
Lasker
World’s Fair Art Series Binders Offered In Two Styles
The Post offers patented binders for the World’s Fair Art portfolio series in two grades, 60 cents and 1 dollar. Each binder keeps works separate for family viewing and can be mailed by express on receipt of cash and order, expressage payable on delivery.
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Post
Farewell Reception by Enterprise Cadets Before European cruise
Cadets of the Enterprise held a farewell reception aboard the old warship decorated for the occasion. Officers and guests mingled with pretty cadet families from across New England as dancing and flirtations filled the evening. After examinations next week, leave April 15 to May 1 precedes a dry dock refit and a European cruise ending in the Mediterranean and Levant.
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Enterprise
Old Bay
Berkshire
Essex
Cape
Connecticut
Merry
Whiting
Lincoln
J. C. Soley
C. S
W. B. McClellan
Salisbury
Gage
Carlyle Petersilea
Petersilea
Charles B. Fillebrow
Navy Yard
Liverpool
Havre
Paris
Lisbon
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Levant
Two Thousand Out for Two Strike Hits Manhattan Firms
In New York a general strike began after a walkout by electrical wire men at Mutual Reserve Fund Insurance Co in a new building. Non union workers triggered action with unions across the city, excluding the Carpenters and steam fitters. By morning 1500 to 2000 strikers targeted Postal Telegraph Home Life Insurance and Manhattan Life Insurance and smaller sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mutual Reserve Fund Insurance Company
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Steam Fitters
Board of Walking
Yestered
Postal Telegraph
Home Life Insurance
Manhattan Life Insurance
Wesleyan Adds Games To Baseball Schedule
Middletown Connecticut March 30 Manager Steel of the Wesleyan nine has added games to the base ball schedule listing Amherst at Middletown April 9 Amherst Aggies at Middletown April 28 Orange Athletic Club at Orange New Jersey May 10 Fordham College moved to May 20 at Middletown and a Yale contest at New Haven is pending a date.
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Middletown
Conn
Steel
Wesleyan
Amherst
Aggies
Orange Athletic Club
Orange
N. J
Fordham College
Yale
New Haven
Polo Games Last Night At Worcester and Providence
Polo results from last night show Worcester 4 Boston 3 at Worcester-Worcester and Providence 14 Lynn 3 at Providence-Providence.
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Worcester
Boston
Providence
Lynn
Free Medical Services Offered by Dr Dewey in Hard Times
Boston physician Dr Dewey famous specialist offers free medical services to all during severe times. Offices at Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street with hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 and 6 to 8 daily and Sundays 10 to 4.
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Dewey
Boston
Hotel Pelham
Boylston Street
Sullivan Afraid Then Stabbed Willey to Death
Dover New Hampshire March 30 The adjourned hearing in the State v Sullivan manslaughter case reports testimony that Willey was found bleeding after a row with three men including Jerry Sullivan. Witnesses describe Sullivan admitting to stabbing Willey with a dull knife and Willey dying from his wounds after medical treatment. Sullivan is held for the Supreme Court without bail.
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Dover
N. H
Jerry Sullivan
William E. Willey
Rochester
Sterling
Willey
Main Street
Marshal Robinson
Dr Fairbanks
Smith
Dr. Smith
Fairbanks
Joseph Gouin
Sullivan
Qualey
Officer Wilkinson
Boston
Andrew
Supreme Court
Sudden illness strikes Harvard square newsman Whittemore
Samuel L. Whittemore, about 70, a Cambridge street resident and longtime news dealer serving Harvard square, suffered an apoplexy yesterday afternoon in the rear of the Lyceum building. He was found at 4 pm and initially deemed near death, later taken to Cambridge Hospital where he remained alive at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L. Whittemore
Vaughan
Cambridge Hospital
Penn Opens Baseball Season with 23–6 Win Over Williams
The University of Pennsylvania hammered Williams College 23 to 6 in the opening college baseball game of the season. Penn led early and never trailed, with Schoenhut Gelbert and Coogan behind the plate and pitching from Lewis, Clark and Draper contributing to the lopsided score.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Williams College
Massachusetts Boys
Williams
Pennsylvania
Schoenhut
Gelbert
Coogan
Lewis, Clark and Draper
Paul Dana Resigns From New York Park Board
Paul Dana son of Editor Charles A. Dana and a member of the Board of Park Commissioners presented his resignation to Mayor Gilroy today. He says politics rule the park board and that bids on park improvements violated the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dana
New York
Charles A. Dana
Board of Park Commissioners
Gilroy
Dana
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Hood
Hood’s
Abit OF
France
Tistic
Philomathean Society
Gamat Dt
Wilson
DR. Swett
Boston Post
The
Gend
Portfolie
Tilver
Dent
Borton Port
Chicago
Ridpath
Blaine
Cooper
Salem Soldiers
Bothner
Municipal Affairs IN
Steinitz and Lasker
Cerebrine Hammon
N. Y
Hammond
Columbia Chemical CO
Washington, D. D
Sailor Boy
Enterprise Cadets
Orien
Furnito
Hanover Street
Sullivan Afraid
An. Ole
Cambri
Penny
Boaton
PO Maur
Hayward Place
N. Leach
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