Urges Modern Art in School Reform
Dr. David Snedden, commissioner of the Massachusetts Board of Education, urged teaching modern art in public schools. He criticized overemphasis on ancient art and proposed goals and plans including art in architecture, dress, wallpaper, and domestic surroundings. He noted moving pictures influence youth but called for discernment in their home impact.
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David Snedden
Massachusetts Board of Education
Museum of Fine Arts
Snedden
Boston Boy Voices Soldier Critique From Vera Cruz
A Boston Marine stationed in Vera Cruz writes to the Post lamenting unfair at home treatment of servicemen. He recalls snubs in Boston dance halls and cites civil service barriers favoring non citizens, urging equal respect for those in uniform. He asks the paper to publish his view as representative of American servicemen.
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United States Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Heme
Goston
Mounted Police
Mexico
Bartlett Lund breach of promise case eyed in Boston court
The fourth jury session of the Superior Civil Court opens today for the Bartlett Lund breach of promise suit. Mrs. Caroline S. Bartlett accuses Arthur Graves Lund of Boston and Washington, with sensational testimony anticipated. Lund, a sergeant in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, married Louise Bankhead Perry in 1912 and traveled to Europe with the Ancients. Bartlett, widow of L. H. Bartlett, claims Lund paid attention to her as a potential mate. A Boston benefit for Newfoundland sealers’ families proceeds May 27 at Intercolonial Hall in Roxbury to aid 1500 widows and orphans.
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Caroline S. Bartlett
Arthur Graves Lund
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Washington
Suffolk County
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Lund
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Louise Bankhead Perry
William Hayne Perry
North Carolina
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Europe
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L. H. Bartlett
Thomas Boynton
London
Sullivan Smith
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Newfoundlanders Charitable Society
Carnegie Sends $500 to Prospective Bride in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg May 17 Andrew Carnegie fulfilled a pledge made to the Central Library girls by sending a congratulatory note and advice to Miss Ethel Kensey on her upcoming wedding and enclosing a $500 dowry.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Penn
Central Library
Andrew Carnegie
Ethel Kensey
Musical Federation elects Carother president in Frisco pick
Frank Carother of Kansas City was elected president of the American Federation of Musicians. San Francisco was selected as the site for the 1915 convention, announced in Des Moines Iowa.
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Frisco
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Carother
Kansas City
American Federation of Musicians Today
San Franciso
Elephant Fund Donations Listed for Local Support
The notice records several donors including William Hallett Voss of 30 Marshall St Norfolk Downs and May E Kelley of Jamaica Plain contributing amounts noted with cents. Other entries reference Rockwell and Theodore in W Medford and a small sum from May E Kelley.
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William Hallett Voss
Marshall St
Norfolk Downs
Rockwell
Theodore
W. Medford
May E. Kelley
Jamaica Plain
Two Hurt In Motorcycle Crash At Lake Massabesic Bowl
Manchester New Hampshire May 17 A crash on the Lake Massabesic track left Lester Jones 21 of Goffs Falls likely fatally injured after being cast 235 feet from the bowl and Joseph Bochard 25 of Somerset Street also hurt but saved by the fence. Both men were taken to the hospital and listed on the dangerous list.
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Manchester
N. H
Bowl
Lake Massabesh
Lester Jones
Goffs Falls
Joseph Bochard
Somerset Street
Jones
Women shed colored wigs for gray hair in London
London reports a shift as women abandon colored freak wigs and embrace gray hair with pride, reflecting changing fashions and attitudes.
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London
Boston Sanitation Club Forms to Improve City Prison
An organization led by George W. Morey forms in Boston to address sanitary conditions in jails and lodging houses. The group plans improvements at the City Tombs after Morey reports scarce water and a sickening odor during a visit.
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Boston
Wisconsin claims oldest Mason in the nation
Milwaukee editor notes a 98 year old Mason from Madison named Uncle David H Wright. He attends Blue Lodge chapter commandery and consistory meetings and is described as the best loved Mason in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
the Sentinel
Brooklyn
Wisconsin
David H. Wright
Madison
Farm man kills himself after attempting wife shooting
James Irving Chase, 66, a New Hampshire farmer from Londonderry, shot himself in the head after a quarrel and his wife was wounded lightly. The man had just tried to kill his wife. she survived.
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Londonderry
N. H
James Irving Chase
Chase
Friend Declares Colonel Won't Run In New York
Lucien Bonheur of New York says a trustworthy source informs him Colonel Roosevelt will not seek the New York Governorship nor discuss candidates. He plans to press that the colonel's views be included in the Progressive platform.
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Lucien Bonheur
New York
Roosevelt
Progressiva
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