Boston Preparedness Parade Planned With Statewide Support
Boston will host a large preparedness parade this month with thousands of students, businesspeople, and employees from major Massachusetts cities. The date is expected to be Saturday May 27 and arrangements will be set at a militia officers meeting Monday night to align civilian groups to a military standard. The Harvard Regiment MIT students and First Corps Auxiliary will join alongside Cambridge Somerville Everett Worcester and Fitchburg groups in uniform with many bands. State and city officials will be invited to review the parade.
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British Watch Red Cross Shipments to Teutons
The British embassy indicates shipments to the central powers will be evaluated individually and not granted by blanket approval. Congressman Gallivan pressed for broader permission while Assistant Secretary Phillips plans further study on the issue.
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City Council Deepens Budget Slashes Across Departments
The council cut 142 115 from the segregated budget and reduced total estimates by 471 295. Salaries will be tackled next week with reductions limited to proposed increases while current wages stand. Fire and other departments saw major cuts with 22 100 adjustments to plant and motor apparatus. Additional items removed include infirmary park services bitulithic funding on Commonwealth avenue and water division expenses.
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Budget hearings near finish and council action planned
Councillor Thomas J. Kenny announced budget finalization next week and a special council meeting will occur immediately after hearings to approve the budget before sending it to the Mayor. Councillor Hagan led a vote for a public hearing on street paying methods prompted by a Warren Bros. letter about bitulithic paving contracts with the park department.
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Reverend Sanford Chosen Rector in Everett
The Rev. L. F. Sanford is named rector of the Church of Christ in Everett and will preach his first sermon tomorrow morning. He comes from Halifax Nova Scotia where he led prohibition doctrines.
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Halifax
School of Expression Alumni Dine at Vendome Dinner
One hundred twenty five alumni of the School of Expression gathered last evening at the Hotel Vendome for the annual dinner of the association. S. 8S. Curry, president of the school, was toastmaster. Speakers were James M. Head and Nathan Haskell Dole. Representatives of each class present delivered a class message to the assemblage.
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May Day in Fairyland Opens Winter Hill Festival
The Winter Hill Universalist Church May festival featured an operetta titled May Day in Fairyland staged in the Somerville High School auditorium from 8 20 to 9 30. Miss Florence Preble directed the production which included group and solo fancy dances.
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Florence Preble
Henry Barrett Dies After Train Collision Near Express
Henry Barrett a Boston & Maine railroad section foreman at Harvard was killed when he stepped from a freight train in front of a Bar Harbor express heading to Worcester leaving a widow and one daughter.
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Henry Barrett
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Spooners and the Moonlit Gardens of Youth
A reflective essay condemns unengaged couples spooning in moonlit garden walks while celebrating true love. It recalls social scenes, flirtations, and the perils of mistaking Mr Wrong for Mr Right, ending with a fading tale of a slapstick couple and a deflated romance.
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Blighted Romance Warned By Speaker On Studio Fringes
The speaker laments young women at studios harboring false romance ideals and notes the costly toll of their mistakes, reflecting pity and protective concern for those influenced by fashionable fads. The passage emphasizes judgment on fragile romances and the narrator’s regret.
Theda Bara First Vampire Figure in A Fool There Was
Theda Bara is called the vampire woman for creating and popularizing the vamp role in A Fool There Was. The speaker notes that several Dickens novels have been filmed and expresses a wish to star as Little Dorrit someday.
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Marriage of Leni de Castelane and Anna Gould Confirmed
In Rome, and via Paris, May 5, Pape Benedict and a cardinal commission ratify the marriage of Count Leni de Castelane to Anna Gould, now Duchess Talleyrand. The ratification bars any further challenge to the union.
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Actress Sues Frohman Estate Over Parl Theatre Rent
Lotta Crabtree sues William Carris and Alf Kayman as administrators of the Frohman estate for $10,000 claiming rent taxes and interest on the Parl Theatre lease. The suit alleges owed sums in connection with the estate after Frohman’s death.
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Alf Kayman
Charles Frohman
Parl Theatre
Lotta Crabtree
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