City Point Lights Out on Castle Island Pier
City Point residents protest lack of electric lighting on Castle Island and the short pier as crowds gather. A park watchman says no lighting orders have been issued and rotten poles prevent installation. Officials cite department duties and pole replacement as the hold up while power will follow once poles are repaired.
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City Point
Castle Island
Park Department
Albert Peters
Park
Hern
Loyalt y urged at Universalist Church banquet
The Universalist Church Laymen's League banquet at the American House featured Col. FE Benton as toastmaster. Rev. Dr. Oliver C. Hall of New York urged unity among churches with loyalty to the church as a core value. Other speakers included Dana J. Flanders of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
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Universalist Church
Dana J. Flanders
Boston & Maine Railroad
Universalist Men's Club
Massachusetts
Fair Opens With A Boom At Dorchester Knights Bazaar
The four day bazaar by the Columbus Club of the Knights of Columbus in Columbus Hall Dorchester opened with addresses by Mayor Fitzgerald Congressman Joseph F O Connell and National President Matthew Cummings of the A O H. The hall was decorated with flowers ferns and bunting as hundreds attended. President Peter F Hanley and aides welcomed guests while wives in gowns presided over many booths.
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Columbus Club
Knights of Columbus
Columbus Hall
Dorchester
Fitzgerald
Joseph F. O'Connell
Matthew Cummings
Greater
Boston
Peter F. Hanley
Corps of Aids
Hanley
K. of C
Volcanic Eruptions Return to Stromboli Area
In Messina Sicily on May 20 Stromboli and Mt Etna renewed activity with deafening explosions. The population of Stromboli Island faces renewed terror as officials send Professor Platania to assess danger and propose precautions.
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Messina
Sicily
Stromboli
Mt. Etna
Stromboli Island
Platania
American Girl Wins High Honor for Her English Husband
The American wife of Mr. Lewis Harcourt gains public regard as he secures the Liberal Premiership of England. Lulu Harcourt, formerly Miss Burns of New York, accompanies him in political life and plans a royal visit to Nuneham Castle. Her brother Walter Burns operates a Paris business.
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London
Lewis Harcourt
England
Lord Balfour
Lulu” Harcourt
Ascot
New York
Harcourt
Nuneham
Pretty Show Girl Wins Divorce From Tailor Snow
In divorce court Frankie Douglass known as Mahady, a Richard Carle show girl, obtained a divorce from Herman Snow, a Cambridge tailor, on grounds of intoxication and cruel treatment. She testified of years of quarrels, a black eye in 1904, and Snow’s shifting ventures from Snow Spa to tailoring and whiskey agency. Decree nisi granted. Tufs case to be resumed.
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Richard Carle
Frankie Douglass
Thomas J. Barry
Benjamin Dellheim
Herman Snow
Snow
Cambridge
Harvard
Mahady
Snow Spa
Harvard Square
Boston
New York
Nisi
Divorce Actions Heard By Judge Bishop
Judge Bishop presided over a Divorce Court session detailing Linda G Josselyn versus Asa H Josselyn with the petitioner granted a decree nisi. The case revealed the wife’s disappearance and later discovery of her being alive and unhappy in marriage amid alleged infidelity with Mrs Cora Fincis Smith Trammer.
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Cora Fincis Smith Trammer
Josselyn
Albert C. Jahl
Hotel Brunswick
Alice H. Denis
Henry H. Wheeler
Chicago
Lynn
Franklin S. Young
Swedish Prince William to Visit Boston This Summer
Prince William of Sweden, second son of the Crown Prince, is expected to visit Boston in late August or early September. Swedish residents in Boston and surrounding areas are making extensive plans for the royal guest’s entertainment.
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Prince William of
Sweden
Boston
Vicinity
Century Guide Promises Easy Access to Knowledge
An advertisement extols The Century as a comprehensive reference, offering alphabetically organized facts across subjects. It promotes Cosmopolitan Magazine’s sale of complete sets at a reduced price with exam ships and convenient payment terms, urging prompt action before distribution ends.
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Boston
New England
Cosmopolitan
Century Co
Tn Creattury Co
Disbarment Plea Filed in Equity Court Case
Judge Fessenden heard an unusual petition for disbarment by E. W. Philbrick seeking hearing against David Benshimol for using a brother in law as bondsman in a suit. The Bar Association referred the matter for investigation but did not pursue action. Plaintiffs Anton Keener and William H. Mitchell accuse him of fraud and deceit. Hearing set for merit session week after next.
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Fessenden
Equity Court
E. W. Philbrick
David Benshimol
Bar Association
Association
Anton Keener
William H. Mitchell
Copartners
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