Early Braddock Elopement Becomes Townwide Reckoning
Braddock Pennsylvania recalls the first marriage of William Ellis Corey now a steel trust head. Laura Cook Campbell, a 16 year old from Indiana, left school to marry him in an elopement that caused parental protests. The wife endured hardship and later divorce. the couple's secret 1884 Indiana marriage is recalled as Corey rises.
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Braddock
Penn
William Ellis Corey
Steel Trust
Indiana
Corey
Mrs. Corey
Laura Cook Campbell
Belle
Indiana State Normal School
Miss Campbell
Laura Campbell
Mabelle Gilman
William E. Corey
Steel King
Laura Cook Corey
Lampoon writer suggests new verses for Fair Harvard
Harvard Lampoon figure I B Freshley drafts updated stanzas replacing the opening four lines of Fair Harvard. The pieces mock beer nights and pop concerts and offer alternate tributes for Yale games and Harvard fortunes. The Harvard Crimson notes reactions from Rob ert Withington and others.
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Robert Withington
Harvard Crimson
Harvard
I. B. Freshley
Lampoon
Ipswich
New Rochelle
Ton
Freshley
Apthorp Hall
Gentle Spring Returns to Boston After Elopement
Gentle Spring returns to Boston after eloping with Old Man Winter. The city enjoys warmer weather with noonday temperatures near 72 while Cape Cod and the North Shore report above average warmth. Historical note recalls May 10 highs and lows from 1896 and 1900.
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Gentle Spring
Boston
Winter
Cape Cod
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Nominations Called For C T A U Officers In Cambridge
The nominating committee for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union will present a slate at the convention on Decoration Day in Aquinas Hall Cambridgeport. President Rev Francis J Butler Dorchester First vice president Otho T O Leary St Josephs Boston Second vice president Anna C Graves St Patricia s Roxbury Treasurer Rev M J Doody P R Cambridgeport Recording secretary Maurice Dinneen St Mary s Malden Financial secretary Edward Gaughan Father Mathews East Cambridge Corresponding secretary Charles H Farrell St Valentine s Boston
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Aquinas Hall
Cambridgeport
Francis J. Butler
Dorchester
Otho T. O'Leary
St. Joseph's
Boston
Anna C. Graves
St. Patricia’s
Roxbury
M. J. Doody
P. R
Maurice Dinneen
St. Mary's
Malden
Edward Gaughan
Father Mathew’'s
East Cambridge
Charles H. Farrell
St. Valentine’s
Autumn Sea Scene Recalled In Lyrical Verse
A nostalgic poem recalls a seaside walk with a loved one and the fading warmth of autumn. The speaker, wistful, longs for the partner to retell a tender story amid sunset, surf, and shore, contrasting memory with present loneliness.
Conference on Regulation of Billboard Advertising Held
A Tremont Temple meeting led by Donnelly & Sons gathered sixty citizens to discuss billboard regulation. Donnelly announced no renewal for the Park Street sign though the Hotel Pelham sign would stay with an electric alternative planned. He urged legislation limiting signs and supporting safety height limits.
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Gilbert Hall
Tremont Temple
Donnelly & Sons
Thomas L. Livermore
van Ness
A. Z. Conrad
Sylvester Baxter
Archibald M. Howe
Fred H. Tucker
N. C. Fowler
Charles M. Cabot
Charles Hopkinson
George H. Richards
W. P. Bigelow
Saxonia Arrives After Turbulent Atlantic Passage
The Cunard steamship Saxonia reached East Boston over 24 hours late after a rough voyage from Queenstown marked by heavy seas and high winds. Aboard were 2228 passengers including 1902 steerage and 505 Irish. Aboard incident sent Mr. F. B. Corbett of Halifax to his cabin with facial burns.
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Cunard
Saxonia
Boston
Charles
F. B. Corbett
Halifax
Sweden
Norway
Queenstown
Ernest F. Henderson
Cambridge
J. W. Burtchart
Baltimore & Boston Barge Company
Burtchart
R. Emerson
Milton
J. B. Guth
Hanover
Mass
W. H
W. L. McGill
Mary Ramsbottom
Brookline
W. B. Rodgers
Dedham
Tobey
G. O. Tobey, Jr
C. A. Blanchard
Malden
Too Much Daly in the Court Delays Municipal Session
A mixup in the Municipal Court caused delays when John Mahoney arrested for drunkenness gave the name John Daly and two others also claimed to be Daly. The real Mahoney slept in the dock until identified, after which court business resumed.
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Daly
John Mahoney
John Daly
Simon Pure
John O'Leary
Mahone
Redemptorist Mission Closes Week at South Boston Church
The first week of the Redemptorist Fathers mission at SS. Peter and Paul Church ends tomorrow at 3 PM with vespers a renewal of baptismal vows and papal blessing for the women of the parish. A second service was needed each night due to large attendance. The men’s mission starts tomorrow evening.
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Redemptorist
SS. Peter and Paul’s Church
South Boston
Whist and Forty Five Party Planned by St James League
Under the St James branch of the United Irish League of America a whist and forty five party will be held in St Rose Hall Worcester street on Wednesday evening May 29. From 8 to 10 card playing and from 10 to 12 dancing with prizes to be awarded.
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St. James
United Irish League of America
St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
Yards and Docks Dept Receives Budget Increase at Charlestown Navy Yard
The yards and docks department at Charlestown navy yard is allotted 128500 for improvements. This sum, though not covering all needs, is 23000 more than last year and funds repairs to dry dock No 1 extend the telephone system improve the steam engineering department headquarter and rope walk section and install a salt water flushing system for dry dock No 2.
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Yards and Docks
Charlestown Navy Yard
Steam Engineering Department
Dartmouth Forms Student Division of Ancient Order of Hibernians
Tomorrow afternoon National President Matthew Cummings with state boards and National Organizer George H. Sheehan will institute a Dartmouth College division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians made up entirely of Dartmouth students. Fifty five applications for a charter indicate strong student interest. a Yale College student division is planned.
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Matthew Cummings
New Hampshire State Board
State Board of
Vermont
George H. Sheehan
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Dartmouth College
Order
Yale College
Phi Chapter Reception at College Club Boston University
The Phi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma held its annual reception and banquet for undergraduates and alumnae at the College Club on Huntington Avenue. Seniors and juniors met guests in the receiving line, while freshmen and sophomores served as ushers. Miss Eva Boyd acted as toastmistress and read an original poem.
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Phi
Kappa Kappa Gamma Society
College Club
Huntington Avenue
Boston University
Eva Boyd
Extensive line of Invalid Furniture Specialties offered
Local dealer advertises a broad range of mobility and medical furniture including wheel chairs invalid tables reclining chairs carrying chairs hospital beds bed tables back rests night cabinets and related items.
Douglas and the Catholics
The Republic argues Governor Douglas should have recognized Catholics in appointive public offices. It cites his 26 Catholic appointees and contrasts with Roosevelt’s Philippines era actions. It highlights a Brockton 1894 speech by Douglas defending religious liberty and praising equal rights for all faiths.
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Massachusetts
Douglas
Beacon Hill
The
Republic
Democratic Party
McKinley
Harrison
Roosevelt
Philippines
Supreme Court
Brockton
Mayor Whipple
Whipple
United States House of Representatives
Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Walsh
New York
Fitzgerald
Popular Branch
United States Congress
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
William Lt. Douglas
Elm Hill Council May Party Planned at Paul Revere Hall
Elm Hill Council 213 Knights of Columbus completed arrangements for its annual May party in Paul Revere Hall Mechanics building on Tuesday evening next. Ticket sales already exceed last year’s total.
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Elm Hill Council
Knights of Columbus
Paul Revere Hall
Mechanics’ Building
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Post
Louise Chandler Moulton
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Little, Brown & Co., Publishers
Park ST
Donnelly
the Wheels of Justice
Willow
Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
North Station
Haymarket Square
Parker
Igeg
Kennedy
Maine
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