Rembrandt Masterpiece Bought by Frick for American Gallery
The Polish Rider, one of Rembrandt’s great paintings, was purchased by Henry Clay Frick for an American gallery. The work, from Prince Tarnowski of Cracow, hung recently in London’s Carfax Gallery and was not bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The price remains undisclosed though believed very large, and the painting will be sent to the United States to join other notable acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick
Pittsburg
Nat
Prince Tarnow
Cracow
Wilhelmina
Tarnowsky
Rembrandt
Amsterdam
Carfax
London
Mr. Frick
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Rembrandat
Brownsville Protest to Crane and Senators
Washington May 3 1910 Senator W Murray Crane receives Brownsville protest from the National Independent Political League urging opposition to the Brownsville Board of Inquiry report on 26th Infantry soldiers. The letter calls for public records, restoration of all 167 discharged soldiers with back pay and rights, and trial fairness. It notes similar protest sent to Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Murray. Crane
Massachusetts
Brownsville
National Independent Political League
M. G. Bulkeley
Connecticut
Sir
Negro-American
United States Senate
Brownsville Board of Inquiry
26Th Infantry
United States
Republic
The
League
Wilson
Andrew
Hemenway Chorus Fifth Annual Concert Tonight
The Hemenway Chorus presents its fifth annual concert at Steinert Hall tonight. Joseph J. Ecker and Harry Matthews will assist, with Miss Helen Driver directing the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemenway
Steinert Hall
Joseph J. Ecker
Harry Matthews
Helen Drvver
Conrad Benefit Dance Features Automobile Midnight Gala
B B Conrad of Conrad & Co led the grand march at the fifth annual Conrad Benefit Association dance in Howe Hall. Miss J Cauly headed the procession with a notable group of guests and the program featured an automobile dance at midnight lit by two car lamps. Helen Filcher, longtime firm employee, was noted as a pension matron while many other firm members and guests filled the grand march and committee roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Conrad
Conrad & Co
J. Cauly
Conrad Benefit Association
Howe Hall
Dr Cabot Praised At Md S Congress
Washington May 3 Dr Edward L Trudeau president of the American Physicians and Surgeons praised Dr Richard Cabot of Boston in his congress address He said optimism helps patients and that Cabot's work promises to revolutionize hospital and dispensary work. He added that a doctor's optimism aids life and the mind during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward L. Trudeau
The
American Physicians and Surgeons
Congress
Richard Cabot
Boston
$500 Award in Promise Suit
Mrs Emma Boisner of Watertown won a $500 breach of promise verdict against John Robban of Houghs Neck in Superior Civil Court East Cambridge Judge Crosby presiding. Robban’s counsel asked if she would marry him now. she refused. Boisner sued for $5000, saying they met at his Newton tailoring place then rooms at her Watertown home and he promised marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Boisner
Watertown
Crosby
East Cambridge
Innet
John Robban
Hough
James H. Vahey
Robbaa
Newton
Fire record notes two calls in Charlestown and East Boston
At 1 02 p m a fire call at Box 461 7 Sherwin street Charlestown reports William T Mays slight injuries. At 2 17 p m a second call at Box 624 4 Saratoga street East Boston lists Charles Anderson with loss estimated at $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwin Street
Charlestown
William T. Mays Slight
Saratoga Street
East
Boston
Charles Anderson
Mellen Refuses Talks With Massachusetts Trolleys
President Charles S. Mellen of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad said he would refuse to meet any delegates or representatives from Massachusetts trolley systems. He claimed labor troubles on the Massachusetts trolleys of the Massachusetts Investment and Security Company were beyond his jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts
Mellen
New England Investment and Security Company
WANTS NEITHER OF 2 HUSBANDS
Mrs Fannie A McMillan Owen seeks release from her second marriage to Charles Owen after divorces from her first husband Duncan McMillan. The case follows discovery of her first husband alive and serving in the artillery. The lawyer advised a divorce from Owen as precaution, then a divorce from McMillan will be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Street
Boston
Owen
Wreckage from 1866 Hungarian steamer found after 50 years
Halifax May 3 The schooner Hazlewood arrived from Barrington N S with material from the steamer Hungarian wrecked in February 1866. United States and English silver coins were recovered, rusted yet remarkably well preserved after more than half a century underwater, with a loss of 400 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Hazlewood
Barrington
N. S
United States
Old four dial clock saved for post office move
Through talks with President Taft, Herbert C Davis reports that the old four dial globe clock, built by his father and long atop the customhouse, will be kept intact and installed at the post office during renovations. The globe clock measures three feet wide with 26 inch dials and rests on a seven foot column on an octagonal iron base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Herbert C. Davis
United States Customs Service
Whitney and Rainey Plan Greenland Cruise
Harry Whitney and Paul Rainey, noted American sportsmen, are arranging a Greenland expedition for this summer. They are negotiating to charter the sealing steamer Boothic for the voyage from St John’s Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's. N. F
Greenland
Harry Whitney
Paul Rainey
Boothic
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. C. Frick
American Gallery
Hn Oden
Gertrude Miller
M. Webber
M. Stewart
M. Clark
Carroll
A. Walsh
K. Desmond
F. Allschaler
E. Boss
Doyle
A. Paull
B. Taylor
K. Hainank
S. Wolfson
M. Reardon
E. Ward
F. Clark
W. P. Hyland
J. F. Anderson
K. McCarthy
A. Maurer
DR. Cabot
M. D
S.& H. Green
Enry Siegel CO
Essex Streets
Mass
Henry Siegel CO
Washington and
Furniture Comparison Sale
Tekey
Brussels
Bromley Smyrna
John Bromley Smyrna
John Bromley
China
Price
Sampson & Potter
Royal Axmaster
Daily Fire Record
Court
Beth
Swami
Khir
India
Mira
Zelia He
Bernard
Thompson
Anl
Twenty-Fourth Street
Miss Hopp
West One Hundred and Ninth Street
Gerhard Leo
Wills
América
Porothy Perkins
Berners
Ste
Berlin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!