Melrose Y M C A Campaign Nets $45018 in Eight Days
The Melrose Y M C A raised 45018 dollars to pay off its mortgage and fund improvements. Chairman W A Jepson announced the total at 10 45 p m as bells rang and fireworks lit the night. The campaign featured 20 autos and broad community turnout with observers noting 8163 70 in contributions the previous day and 14 000 on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Y. M. C. A
W. A. Jepson
Moses Page
J. C. F. Slayton
W. ¢. Goff
E C. Lang
George B. Gilchrist
A. R B. Franklin
F. P. Shumway
C. M. Cox
E. L. Carr
Taft Accepts Honorary Presidency of Unitarian Laymen
President Taft accepted the honorary presidency of the American League of Unitarian laymen in Washington on May 3, signaling his support for the organization and its lay religious outreach.
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Taft
Washington
American League of Unitarian Laymen
Anty Drudge Advises Rug Stain Fix With Soap
Anty Drudge consoles Laura Lovely as tears fall over a grease spot on a new rug. The diary advises sending to the grocer for a Fels-Naptha soap bar with a red and green wrapper for a quick stain removal.
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Laura Lovely
Jack
Fels-Naptha Soap Promises Easy Stain Removal
A historical pitch extols Fels-Naptha soap for removing stains from linen and whitening floors and woodwork. It claims cool or lukewarm water plus soaping, soaking, light rubbing, and rinsing will yield clean fabrics. The ad touts four benefits saving hands fuel soap and labor.
Hotel Men Gather For Mutual Benefit Association Meet In Boston
Hub visitors report that the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association plans its annual convention in Boston in June with Thorndike Hotel as headquarters. Attendees include prominent U S and Canadian hotel men. J Linfield Damon Jr chairs the general committee. other officers named. The New England Woman's Press Association elected officers. ex Governor D H Goodell stayed at Copley Square Hotel. An old Lebanon, Connecticut guest asked quirky questions at a Boston hotel about a depot once existing two decades ago.
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Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association
Boston
Thorndike Hotel
United States
Canada
J. Linfield Damon, Jr
Hotel
Thorndike
Herbert H. Barnes
Brunswick
William W. Davis
Riverbank Hotel
Cambridge
New England Woman's Press Association
Vendome
Ida May Pierce
Inez B. Fox
S. Marie Pickering
Jessie L. Leonard
New England
Nottingham
Lebanon
Conn
Gotham Rabbi Calls to Eliminate Shylock from School Reading
Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman of Temple Emmanuel in New York urged New Haven audiences to remove the Story of Shylock from public school reading curricula arguing Shylock is not a Jew. He condemned stage Jew portrayals as discrediting modern Jews, noting their makeup speech and portrayal mock Jewish life.
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New Haven, Conn
Joseph Silverman
Temple Emmanuel
New York
Shylock
Silverman
New Freckle Cure Promises Clear Complexion
An advertisement touts ethine-double strength as a guaranteed remedy for freckles. It claims one ounce applied nightly dissolves dark spots and light freckles, with money back if unresolved, sold by Houghton & Dutton for Riker-Jaynes Drug Co.
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Houghton & Dutton
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Fight to Save Town From Fire Near Cudworth
Fire which spread to the woods after the destruction of the Cudworth homestead today threatened the village of Assonet. Hundreds of fire fighters from neighboring communities aided the effort as flames came within a quarter of a mile of the town.
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Assonet
Cudworth
Cudworth Homestead Fire Threatens Berkeley With Timber Loss
Fire at the James Hersom residence spread rapidly in high winds, burning over 1000 acres of timberland and causing about 7000 dollars in damage. Firefighters formed a six mile line to slow the blaze as it crossed into Berkeley, with several nearby houses at risk.
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Cudworth
James Hersom
Hersom
Berkeley
Unconventional Denver Proposal Leads to Quick Roxbury Wedding
Miss Georgianna Nelson of Roxbury married Eugene Walter Blatt, a New York lingerie manufacturer, after meeting in Denver where he proposed immediately. The pair wed the following day, as both families recently moved to Roxbury.
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Georgianna Nelson
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Roxbury
Denver
Eugene Walter Blatt
New York
Nelson
Mr. Blatt
Miss Nelson
Mrs. Blatt
Embalming Outfit Presented to Roxbury Undertaker
Thomas E. Raftery of Roxbury received a complete embalming outfit at a banquet in Kos suth Hall. Charles A. Hogan presented the gift, surprising the undertaker who was overwhelmed. About 200 prominent Roxbury professionals attended, with John H. Logue as chairman and a committee including Martin Milmore, John B. Cassidy, John P. Scanlon, and John Solomon arranging the event.
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Thomas E. Raftery
Roxbury
Kossuth Hall
Charles A. Hogan
Mr. Raftery
John H. Logue
Martin Milmore
John B. Cassidy
John P. Scanlon
John Solomon
Do it Now Tomorrow A M too late
An advertisement-style fragment promotes a nighttime routine and supplements claiming to support health and natural recovery. It touts widespread use, with vague claims of many people taking the product to stay well and feel better in the morning.
Claims A Cure For Locomotor Ataxia Reported In Boston
The disease locomotor ataxia and allied nerve gland conditions are said to be overcome by Dr C R Vinal at the Bellevue Treatment 140 Boylston Street Boston The treatment is medical and reduces nerve and gland inflammation rapidly addressing nervous exhaustion and prostrate enlargement Reports of cures were shared at the American Therapeutic Society meeting indicating a notable discovery
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Boston
C. R. Vinal
Bellevue
Boylston Street
American Therapeutic Society
Taft may call out more men to border crisis
Reports reach the White House and State Department indicate the Mexican situation worsens. Taft and Knox weigh protection for foreign interests as plans to augment troops face delays. about 11 000 soldiers are in Texas, with a possible need for an entire new division. Foreigners flee Mexico City amid growing upheaval and disrupted communications.
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Oliver Lee
Dallas
Texas
Parker House
Washington, D. C
White House
State Department
Taft
Knox
War Department
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Cuernaca
Torreon
Mazatlan
Acapulco
California
Liquor Bill Sides With Temperance Move Again
Attorney General Swift sent to the Senate an opinion on the bar and bottle bill upholding temperance advocates and the Boston Excise Board rulings. The liquor interests’ hopes in the Doyle bill are crushed as the opinion preserves the existing restrictive stance.
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Swift
Senate
Temperance
Boston Excise Board
Debutante Lila Gilbert Said to Wed Robert Taft
A New York rumor claims Miss Lila B. Gilbert, famed debutante, engaged to Robert A. Taft son of the President and Harvard Law student. No official confirmation yet though Gotham society views the match as plausible given her high social circle and frequent invitations.
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New York
Lila B. Gilbert
Robert A. Taft
Harvard Law School
Camp=bridge
Society
Robert Taft
President Taft
George Grantham Bain
Coal Barges Blown Ashore Near Middletown Rhode Island
Five empty coal barges were blown ashore near Middletown in Narragansett Bay during today’s gale. They were in tow of tug Clydie Fitch. The position is not dangerous and the tug remains on scene.
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Newport, R. I
Middletown
Narragansett Bay
Clydie Fitch
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