Woman Puts Herself as Policeman Arrests Man
Mrs. Bertha Hallyard, at her Chandler Street lodging house, arrested former lodger Ralph H. Tracy without real police aid. Tracy, posing as Dr R G Ferris, paid one week rent with a bad check and was later convicted in Municipal Court of theft, sentenced to one year on the Island.
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Bertha Hallyard
Ralph H. Tracy
Lagrange Street
Washington Street
Keith’s
Boylston Street
Adams House
R. G. Ferris
Brookline
Boyiston Street
Wallyard
Tracy
Mrs. Halfyard
Betty Bursts With Resolve Against Leaving Mother
Betty fears leaving her widowed mother as Rob pressures marriage. After mother hints Betty should wed, Betty confronts her mother and realizes her own duty to stay. Rob, patient and loving, accepts the situation and they reconcile.
Boston church meetings review and officer elections
The article reports multiple ministry gatherings in Boston. Methodist ministers elected W A Wood president H L Winston vice president and C H Davis secretary treasurer. Rabbi Eichler spoke to Baptist ministers on Judaism and Christian relations. Congregational ministers heard Zueblin and Walsh. The Women’s Baptist Social Union met at Park Street Church with Rev Robb White Jr addressing about moonshiners and upcoming Philippines mission work.
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Boston and Vicinity
Wesleyan Hall
Bromfield Street
W. A. Wood
H. L. Winston
C. H. Davis
Rabbi Eichler
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Congregational Ministers
Pilgrim Hall
Charles Zueblin
Chicago
Ill
Walter Walsh
Dundee
Scotland
Women's Baptist Social Union
Park Street
Robb White
St. James’ Parish
Cambridge
Mr. White
Philippines
Best Recipes from New England Housewives Post
A page features methods for chicken jelly mold layering with meat liquor and crusted bake, plus apple fritters. Recipes credited to Mrs S B Coates of Lynn and Mrs Bertha Walker of Upton, with Marion Bellavance of Nashua providing fritter instructions.
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New England Housewives Post
Upton
Bertha Walker
Marion Bellavance
Vine Street
Nashua
N. H
publishers testify on paper prices before Congress
Forty six newspaper publishers wired willingness to testify to a House committee probing paper costs. John Norris of New York testified as the panel plans a noon adjournment to visit Hudson River Paper Company mills in Palmer's Falls, Saratoga County, N Y, and hear testimony on production costs. Norris cited factors in price variation and said publishers allege a manufacturers’ combination to raise paper prices further.
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Washington
Congress
John Norris
New York
Special
House Committee
Palmer's Falls
Saratoga County
N. Y
Hudson River Paper Company
Mann
Norris
Mr. Norris
Illinois
Mr. Mann
Cardinal Gib bons Defends Shakeup In Election Views
Cardinal Gibbons says a nationwide shakeup reveals both good and bad in society and warns against demagogues who promise unfulfillable goals. He criticizes labor unions using boycotts and strikes, but supports unions when they follow church rules and remain independent from state or commercial pressure.
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Rome
Canada
United States
America
In Praise of Love and a Fair Irish Maiden
A bold speaker rejects poets who claim love is misery. He proclaims love as life and joy, praising a graceful maid who holds him captive. He boasts vivid senses and strength, denying sorrow, and ends with a riddle naming his beloved.
Hetty Green Moves to Plaza in Plentiful Style
Mrs Hetty Green famed as the richest woman in the world relocates from a Hoboken flat at 15 a month to a Plaza residence. Her rent triples and she brings daughter Sylvia Green and her maid to the Savonierre carpets and rose silk hangings of a 15 a day suite.
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New York
Hetty Green
Washington Street
Hoboken
the Plaza
Mrs Green Prefers Plaza Luxury Over Bellows Falls Home
Mrs Green tours the Plaza Hotel in black and notes its costly furnishings and services while joking she does not need a telephone or wait staff. She says she can manage herself and plans to stay at the Plaza as a luxury, later visiting her Bellows Falls summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
Lakes
Mrs. Green
Teachers urged to seek vote in civil education effort
Professor Charles Zueblin addressed 70 women teachers at Mrs. Shaw's Marlboro street residence urging women to gain ballots to influence pupils and civil government. He warned the commercial world holds the upper hand, defended motherhood, and urged teachers to organize without AFL ties while seeking voice over curricula.
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Quincy A. Shaw
Marlboro Street
Charles Zueblin
Professor Zueblin
Zueblin
American Federation of Labor
Mildred Champagne Advises on Love and Sensitivity
Dear Willie T writes for advice about feeling mocked at a social gathering. Mildred Champagne reassures him that double glasses skew perception, urges less sensitivity, and suggests not letting small slights rattle nerves.
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Misa Champagne
Miss Champagne
Willie T
Cleveland Progress Reports From Lakewood Hospital
Former President Grover Cleveland steadily improves after a digestive illness. Lakewood reports say his condition is not alarming and he remains under care away from his Princeton home as he recovers.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Lakewood Hotel
Season Brings Rare Bargains At R. H. White Co
May shoppers flood the aisles of the R H White Company for its annual muslin sale. The store offers massed samples and massed goods at fractioned prices with waterproof silk from Cheney Silk Mills and a new in-store tailor to ensure perfect fit. Summer furniture on the fourth floor ranges from rustic houses to willow chairs in eretone.
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R. H. White Company
Cheney
Manchester
Conn
Woman who never rode a train dies in Tama County
May 4 Tama County notes the death of Lydia Ann Hyzer Dunn, 98, the oldest white resident. She had lived within a half mile of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad since it was built but never rode a train.
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Montour
Tia
Lydia Ann Hyzer-Dunn
Tama County
Dunn
Chicago & Northwestern
Brooks Sues Sister Over Marriage to Pastor
In Springfield Missouri on May 4 a suit was filed in the Circuit Court by Ernest D. Brooks and John D. Brooks alleging division of their father s estate following the marriage of Miss Hattie E. Brooks to Rev. W. G. Pike of Morrisville Missouri.
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Springfield
Hattie E. Brooks
W. G. Pike
Morrisville
Ernest D. Brooks
John D. Brooks
Fat Reduction Claim Promotes Toris and Calandir Mix
An old newspaper note touts a so called fat loss remedy from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. supposedly reducing flesh quickly without dieting or intense exercise. It instructs dissolving Toris Compound with Calandir Compound in water and orange juice, taken twice daily after meals with a morning glass of water and active bowels.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
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Greater Boston
Frederick E. Heath
Boston Ministers’ Conference
Board of City Missions
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Lamb” Beauties
Hasty Pudding Club
Florence Williams
Winifred Gilraine
Eeith Kimball
Elsie Raymond
Miss Gilraine
Harvard
S. B. Coates
Ontario Street
Lynn
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Frankfurter Zeitung
John Francis Waller
Hetty
Swell Hotel
Mildred Champagne
Washburn
Crosbys
Cleveland
R. H. White Co
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Awncrew
J. Loyp
Boylston
Palmer's
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Whitney
Mall
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