Boston political diary hints at mayor race bets and backroom talk
May 15 diary notes Jim Donovan tight on mayoralty, meets Belmont at track and wins on a horse. City officials and Republicans circle around nomination talk at frame up corner, cigars swapped, and proffers to influence voters.
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Jim Donovan
Jim
New York
Belmont
Donovan
Croker
Young's
Priest
Bill” Hannan
Bill
Roosevelt
Africa
Boston
Brand
Hibbard
Hermie’ Hormel
School Street
Boston City Club
Jim White
Arrest Reported In Plymouth Larceny Case
Miss Ethel Hanley, former maid to Augustus D. Batchelder, lies seriously ill at Plymouth police station after a Boston arrest for larceny of a suitcase pocketbook and jewelry valued over 30 dollars. She claims ownership of her property and says the arrest is unjust as her mother is dying in Montreal. She is slated for arraignment in Plymouth District Court tomorrow morning.
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Plymouth
Ethel Hanley
Augustus D. Batchelder
Boston
Wise
Montreal
Batchelder
Batchelder. Miss Hanley
Constane A. J. Horgan
Spaniel Nurses Two Baby Lions at Eastlake Park Zoo
Nellie the field spaniel nurses two lion cubs at Eastlake Park Zoo in Los Angeles. The cubs, about two months old, were born to a lioness unable to care for them. The lioness is striking yet hot tempered, often upset by other animals.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Eastlake Park ‘Zoo
Nellie
Pioneer Syrian Settler Acce Hage Dies in Boston
Acce Hage aged 45 of 35 Edinboro street died yesterday from pneumonia. A pioneer Syrian settler in Boston, he will be buried today after a funeral at the First Christian Church Tyler and Kneeland streets. A procession through the Syrian quarter with a music band will follow.
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Acce Hage
Edinboro Street
Hage
Boston
First Christian Church
Tyler and
Kneeland Streets
Aeronauts' peril as big balloon crashes into trees
New York aeronaut W F Whitehouse narrowly avoids disaster during a Greylock ascent. After the balloon hits trees and drags through a cloud bank, Whitehouse clings to the basket to survive. He descends to Sunderland and lands safely after two hours aloft, uninjured.
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North Adams
W. F. Whitehouse
New York
Greylock No.1
Whitehouse
Mr. Whitehouse
Sunderland
Universalists Hold 50th Session in Malden
Massachusetts Universalists convene their 50th annual session at First Parish in Malden with the Sunday School Association Historical Society and Missionary Society. Sessions include debates on lesson systems, afternoon addresses, devotional services, and talks by leaders from Tufts College Dean Academy and the Universalist Publishing House.
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Massachusetts Universalists
W. B. Wilson
Rhode Island Sunday School Association
Universalist Convention
C. E. Fisher
Joseph K. Mason
D. D
Sidney J. Willis
Women’s Missionary Society
E. L. Houghton
Young People’s Christian Union
F. A. Moore
Tufts College
F. W. Hamilton
Dean Academy
Arthur W. Pierce
Universalist Publishing House
F. A. Bisbee
Universalist
Bethany Union
Arthur EF
Mason
Sunday School Association
E. B. Saunders
Historical Society
Hosea Starr Ballou
E. C. Bolles
C. E. Rice
Universalists
F. R. Griffin
Women's Universalist Missionary Society
Herbarium Display On Tremont Street Educates Shoppers
An herbarium exhibit at 102 Tremont Street near Bromfield Street shows growing medicinal plants beside dried herbs and drugs. The Woodward Drug Company demonstrates purity through its long history and its fine display of costful drugs and compounds used in prescriptions.
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Tremont Street
Tropics
Woodward Drug Company
Bromfield Street
Ideal family plan calls for wife as treasurer of home
Rev. D. D. Vaughn of Chicago outlines a system where the wife holds the purse strings and the husband receives a small weekly allowance. He suggests the wife disburses income, guards savings, and enforces rules, while husbands must seek permission for outings and uphold vows.
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Chicago
D. D. Vaughn
Halsted Street
Hermesse Presented by Maynard High Juniors
Maynard May 16. Hermesse, produced by the school junior class in Music Hall, drew strong crowds. Director Professor B B Lovett led a cast with three queens Beatrice Sunderland Spain Agnes Richardson Canada Ella Baxter America and two kings Wendall Grey China William Baxter England. A chorus of 100 voices participated as a student committee including Miss Gertrude Rich Miss Annie Mc Carron Miss Edith Wolfenden Miss Blanche Oliver and William McGrail coordinated the event.
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Maynard
Hermesse
Music Hall
B. B. Lovett
Beatrice Sunderland
Spain
Agnes Richardson
Canada
Ella Baxter
America
Wendall Grey
China
William Baxter
England
Gertrude Rich
Annie McCarron
Edith Wolfenden
Blanche Oliver
William McGrail
Grand jury urges cutting jail food allowance per prisoner
The grand jury recommends reducing sheriff’s daily prisoner food from 12 to 6 cents. Each prisoner would receive a loaf of bread two cups of coffee and a bowl of soup daily with meat once weekly.
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Greensburg, Fenn
Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes Welcome Marine Eye Remedy as an Eye Tonic
A marine eye remedy branded as an eye tonic claims to relieve tired watery eyes. The product is presented with strong language about soothing and restoring vision and eye comfort.
Park Street subway terminal seen harming West End values
Boston citizens oppose the Cambridge subway terminal at Park street claiming property losses of at least 50 million dollars in the West End if the Park street project proceeds. Judge Braley may issue an injunction to halt tunnel work while the case awaits full court review.
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Hibbard
Jim
Frank Seiberlich
Judge Logan
South Boston
James Gallivan
Boston
Park Street
West End
Cambridge
Scollay Square
Braley
Supreme Court
E. D. Codman
Transit Commission
Transit Commissioners
Patrick McGovern
McGovern
Beacon Hill
Boston Common
William Co. Codman, Jr
State Street
Clergy Attacks Wedding Gifts as Pagan Plunder
The Rev. W. H. Butler, addressing the Hampshire Conference of Congregational Churches in Payson Church, denounced wedding presents as plunder and criticized modern marriage customs. He urged stricter church teachings on marriage and warned against worldly invitations and gifts as heathen practices.
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Springfield
W. H. Butler
Edwards Church
Northampton
Hampshire Conference of Congregational Churches
Payson Church
Hailstorm Drenches Huxley and Iowa Roads
A cloudburst in Huxley Iowa Friday night dropped large hail covering ground six inches deep. Flooding left country roads submerged and impassable around Boone and surrounding areas.
Auto dealer arrested in larceny case
Herbert L. Smith a 33 year old auto dealer of Melrose Highlands was arrested at his home on a warrant charging larceny of 100 from Dr. Walter H. Rice of Massachusetts avenue on March 11 by false pretences. A bail was posted by his mother and the case is set for court this morning.
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Herbert L. Smith
Greenwood Street
Melrose Highlands
Park Square
Walter H. Rice
Massachusetts Avenue
Smith
Minister's Wife Chooses Postum Over Coffee After Health Decline
A minister's wife describes two years of night duty coffee use causing nervous tension and bilious attacks. She quits coffee, adopts Postum, and reports steadier nerves and no bilious episodes after a year. The letter promotes Postum as a healthier breakfast option.
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Wellville
Pligé
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