Ruth Bryan Leavitt Weds British Officer at Bryans Home
In Lincoln on May 3, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of William J. Bryan and Lt Reginald Owen of the British army were secretly married at 9 o'clock at Fairview the Bryan country home. The nuptials were not publicly announced and few outside the Bryan family attended while newsroom inquiries were politely deflected.
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Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Reginald Owen
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Fairview
Bryans
Lincoln Wedding Plot Meets Quiet City Reaction
The article notes unknown reasons behind a wedding decision amid William H Leavitt's divorced status and threats. It reports Leavitt had no intent to obstruct the ceremony, while the bridegroom Bryan's stance is unclear in Lincoln. The young artist prepared a Toledo lecture as the Lincoln event unfolded.
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Lincoln
Bryans
William H. Leavitt
Mr. Bryan
Lin
Leawitt
Toledo
Craig gives Harvard 250 prize for play
John Craig, lessee and Castle Square Theatre manager, donates 500 to Harvard. Half funds a books for English stage history, half becomes a prize for dramatic composition. Plays may be three four or five acts and must be fit for production. Craig will stage a winning play within a year and royalties apply if runs continue. Competition opens to University and Radcliffe and closes November 1 1910.
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Harvard Corporation
John Craig
Castle Square Theatre
Craig
Union pressure sought to halt cathedral woodwork contract
Charles R. Irving and Robert Casson of East Cambridge petitioned the U S Circuit Court for a temporary injunction to restrain labor unions from interfering with their contract to install woodwork at the Cathedral of St John the Divine on Morning Side Heights. They say unions boycott them for not adopting a closed shop and have conspired to ruin their business. Workers were called out on April 21 and unions threaten a general strike on the project.
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New York
Charles R. Irving
Robert Casson
East Cambridge
United States Circuit Court
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
Irving and
Casson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Manchester escape boys captured after asylum break
Danvers hospital fugitives Valway and Van Buskirk, held since 1910 for murder, were recaptured after slipping through a Danvers asylum drag-net. They escaped via basement window and elevator, then hid among ward dummies before dawn identification. They will be returned to the asylum tomorrow.
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van Buskirk
Valway
Concord
Ordden
Danvers Asylum
Essex County
Walway
Danvers
Merrill
Danvers Hospital
Catherine Gray
Lawrence
Manchester
Marblehead
Paige
Policeman Wood
Everett Woman Claims Smaller Waist Than Polaire
Mrs. Kittie Nyman of 20 Devens Street in Everett challenges Mile. Polaire for the claim of smallest waist. Nyman, a mother of five, says her 15 inch waist is attained without corsets and she endures public remarks about tight lacing.
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Mile
Polaire
Kittie Nyman
Devens Street
Everett
Post
New Brunswick
Roxbury
Elizabeth Scollins
Massachusetts
Mlle. Polaire
Mile. Polaire
Mme. Polaire
One Dead and One Dying From Liquor At Chelsea Hospital
A man identified as Augustus N Bryant of 43 Stafford street Lynn died at Frost Hospital Chelsea from alcoholism begun by heavy drinking. Another man aged about 50 to 60 was brought to the police station unconscious and sent to hospital on the dangerous list. A memorandum with the name John Mahoney 42 Harrison avenue Boston was found on him. Police say saloon crowds were large last night with fewer arrests than Monday.
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Frost
Chelsea
Augustus N. Bryant
Stafford Street
Lynn
Frost Hospital
John Mahoney
Harrison Avenue
Boston
Revere
Croesus Lived in a Shanty in Minneapolis
Levi H. Stewart described as Minneapolis's richest man died aged in May. He owned more real estate than any other local figure, with an estate worth millions. For years he lived as an eccentric bachelor in a small wooden shanty at the city’s heart.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Levi H. Stewart
Peace as Hope at Chinese Leaders Dinner in New York
Prince Tsai Tao, uncle of the infant emperor, head of China’s general staff, attends the American Asiatic Association’s 12th annual dinner at Delmonico's. He promotes peaceful aims and US leadership in fostering China’s reform, education, and enduring friendship with the United States. Chang Yin Tang, China’s new minister, cites common interests, as toasts honor the president and the emperor.
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New York
Tsai-Tao
American Asiatic Association
Delmonico’s
United States
China
Chang
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