Miss Dorothy Aiken Weds Albert Rockefeller Twice in Two Weeks
Miss Dorothy Aiken married Albert E Rockefeller for the second time in two weeks. They wed at the Aiken home in West Newton with relatives present, after a prior April 20 Lasell Seminary elopement to Nashua. The bride, 18, wore white silk messaline. the groom, 22, is son of John D Rockefeller.
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Dorothy Aiken
Fred Aiken
West Newton
Albert E. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Dorchester Jewelry Salesman Beaten in Home Invasion
Morris Cohen a Dorchester jewelry salesman was taken to City Hospital with head wounds after an alleged attack by Ethel arland a colored woman and two male companions at 262 Columbus avenue. Police question Cohen's claim of a hammer assault and robbery as the bag of jewelry worth about 800 dollars was later found intact.
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Morris Cohen
Castle Hill Road
Dorchester
City Hospital
Columbus Avenue
Ethel Arland
Cohen
Whiskers in Draw With Bald Heads Debate
Washington May 2 four of the ablest men in public life debated whether whiskers or a bald head are more detri mental. Champ Clark presided and dismissed both as useless, sending the matter to the House Ways and Means Committee which has the wool and hair schedule under consideration.
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Washington
National Press Club
Marquis of Queensberry
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House
Shakspere
Clark
Joe
Oma
Sense In
Hairless heads and whiskers clash in political spoof ring
The bald headed side led by Senator Robert L. Taylor and Representative Nicholas Longworth faced off against former Senator Thomas H. Carter and Uncle Joe Cannon. The spectacle drew cheers as hairdos gleamed under electric lights with Wiley of Agriculture as time keeper and Scott Bone from the Press Club as referee.
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Robert Ll. Taylor
Tennessee
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Joe Cannon
Illinois
Taylor
Longworth
Senator Carter
Uncle Joe
Pure Food Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Scott Bone
Press Club
Moses
Cannon
Turkey
Empire
Beards and Bald Heads Stir Congressional Debate
The audience gathered nationwide hears a lively exchange over facial hair with Speaker Clark overseeing. Longworth, Carter, Taylor, and Cannon sparred on whiskers versus bald heads as symbols of manhood and public life.
Cooling snap hits New England and Northwest skies
A sharp cold wave drives temperatures down from 68 to 40 in a single day across the region. Sault Ste. Marie boys plan skating as winter returns, while the Pacific Coast stays warm and Boston braces for two more days of cooling, with clear skies promised.
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Sault. Ste. Marie
Mich
Northwest
Washington
Pacific Coast
Boston
Weather Bureau
Federal
Mercury
Revere Beach
New England
Millions Lost To Forest Act Funds Forfeited
President Taft learned funds from the Appalachian forest reserve law will lapse without Congressional action. An $11 million appropriation was authorized, with $1 million available in 1910 and $2 million before June 30, 1911. The treasury comptroller says the first million was lost as 1910 passed, and no surveys can finish in time to buy lands by June 30. Reappropriation by Congress likely.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Comptroller of the Treasury
Log Drive Swept On By Flood
The Connecticut River flood drives 300 miles of logs from the mills in Massachusetts in 1911. Three days of sun were followed by rain and a thunder storm raising the river five feet. the Perry stream dam near the Canadian border has burst, tearing timbers from their foundations.
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North
Stratford
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Upper
Forest Brook
Canadian
Perry Stream
Black Lakes
Logs Jam Threatens Connecticut Drive After Flood
A massive log jam from the Dead River flood smashes down Fifteen Mile Falls near Guildhall and halts sluicing into the Connecticut. The 585 445 logs of this season’s drive are held at McIndoes by a boom until the river men can move them to safety. The cold night threatens lower water tomorrow as rivermen brace for continued work.
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South Lunenburg
Guildhall
McIndoes
Sam White
Connecticut
Bloomfield
Nulhegan
Vermont
Log drive unfolds across backwoods to market $1,000,000 in logs
Describing a desperate dawn struggle with the elements, manager Donald McDonald keeps in constant contact via private telephone lines run through woods and streams. His teams drive 300 miles to market $1,000,000 worth of logs under a demanding operation.
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Donald McDonald
Mothers Hit Polygamy Urges Federal Action
Washington May 2 The National Congress of Mothers adopted resolutions urging congressional action to curb polygamy and support a constitutional amendment asserting federal jurisdiction over polygamy The group also protested the battleship Utah accepting Brigham Young silver service Officers elected include President Mrs Frederick Schorr Philadelphia and National Vice President Mrs David O Mears Albany along with others in New Haven Connecticut Florence New Jersey and New York City
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Washington
National Congress of Mothers
Utah
Silver Service
Brigham Young
Frederick Schorr
Philadelphia
David O. Mears
Albany
N. Y
James 8. Burton
New Haven
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