Debutante season opens with Boston society departures
The article notes Mrs. I Tucker Burr and Miss Barbara Burr sailing for Liverpool aboard the Arabic to spend the summer abroad while Miss Burr prepares for her debut next winter. It lists Boston society figures sailing or returning, including Mrs. Francis R. Spalding and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Archibald Kidder, Mr. and Mrs. J Warren Merrill, Miss Sarah V Dexter, Miss Mary L Dexter, Miss Louisa Hooper, and the Harding family.
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Liverpool
I. Tucker Burr
Barbara Burr
Miss Burr
Burrs
Boston
Francis R. Spalding
West Manchester
Charles Archibald Kidder
Beacon Street
J. Warren Merrill
North Shore
Sarah V. Dexter
Marlboro Street
Mary L. Dexter
Louisa Hooper
Theodore P. Harding
Marion J. Harding
Thompson
Joyce
Andovery
Cc. H. Washburn
Country Club
Lenox
Pergola
Thomas B. Pierce
Topsfield
Victoria
Dana Street
Cambridge
Church of the Ascension
Fall River
William Sydney Potter
Gladys
Davis Gorham Arnold
Guy Murchie
Mt. Vernon Street
Murchie
Acorn Street
Agnes Donald
E. Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Charles Jones
Magnolia
Richardsons
Haydens
Stantons
Sargents
Frances Stearns
Hubbards
Lees
Charles Fairchild
Miss Fairchild
Newport
John C. Fairchild
Milton
Stealthy Steve and Rah-Rah Ride from Constantinople
A comic pursuit unfolds as Steve and Rah-Rah ride away from the city in a mule train. Steve endures a heat soaked journey, sheds his collar, and questions Rah-Rah about laughter sparked by a newspaper joke. The pair continue toward the north on a sunlit trek, with narration noting playful exchanges and a tease about tomorrow's continuation.
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Steve
Rah-Rah-Hoohray
Rah-Rah
Constantinople
Rah-Rah-Hootray
Anxious A J Seeks Advice on Silent Lover
A reader letters asks how to handle a silent lover who won’t explain a missed appointment. An adviser urges the woman to seek clarity, suggesting the man owes an explanation and a possible apology to end the unhappy doubt.
Advice to a Young Man on Love and Barriers
A letter from H. W. seeks guidance as a 20 year old man asks about marrying a 22 year old girl who hesitates because his parents live in England. The adviser says age difference is minor and that she should have a real reason, urging him to decide if she truly loves him.
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Miss Champagne
Miss Champagne-Seeing
Boston Post
England
H. W
Maine
The Post Letter Box In Defence Of Asylums
A reader defends Massachusetts asylums and personnel citing Westboro and Bridgewater cases. He praises Drs Adams Klopp and Galvin while recounting his brother’s positive treatment and open wards, arguing against cruelty allegations and urging trust in the system.
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Adams
Klopp
Westboro
Galvin
Bridgewater
Grace Darby
Nanny
Ll. B
Dorchester Octogenarian Lives on Fifty Cents a Week
Alma Smith, an 80s widower in Dorchester at 7 Pine Street, sustains himself on 50 to 76 cents weekly for raw materials. He lives with his cat and dog, keeps active with long walks and daily baths, and cites cheap, nutritious meals as a path to contentment and social harmony.
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Dorchester
Alma Smith
Pine Street
Chases man feared by Dorchester women near Field's Corner
Women along Faulkner Street report being chased by a dark complexioned, well dressed man about 5 feet 7 inches. Police seek the suspect believed to be the same man seen near Grove Hall last week. Many girls returning from dances feel unsafe at night.
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Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Faulkner
Grove Hall
Census Takers Baffled by Smith College Students
At Smith College Northampton on May 2 the census question How old are you? sparked nuisance as 1065 students avoided home calls by staying at recitations or away from dormitories. Officials fear delays influence on issuing a liquor license dependent on student enumeration.
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Northampton
Smith College
Boston
Daisy Rogers sues for divorce to aid husband’s wealth aim
Daisy B. Rogers of Chicago files for absolute divorce from Charles Rogers in Kenosha Wisconsin. Charles, son of late Daniel G. Rogers, heir to a fortune over a million dollars, had cut him off financially and agreed to a life of poverty for his wife in exchange for the marriage lasting seven years. The will limits the son to six dollars weekly while still married.
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Kenosha
Wis
Daisy B. Rogers
Chicago
Charles Rogers
Daniel G. Rogers
Milwaukee
Rogers
Daisy Green
Reverend Howe Celebrates 99th Birthday in Cambridge Home
In a Cambridge parlor at Massachusetts Avenue and Hancock Street Rev. Dr. William Howe marked his 99th birthday with well wishers. Hosts included Alvin Ranney and housekeeper Mrs. Russ. Flowers came from Broadway Baptist Church where he preached over 30 years and from relatives and friends. He is noted as the oldest Baptist clergyman in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock Street
Cambridge
William Howe
Alwin E. Ranney
Putnam Avenue
Russ
Broadway Baptist Church
William Bliss
Worcester
Edgar R. Champlin
James L. Paine
Howe
Massaniece
D Man
Boys Suits For 3 To 10 Years At 89 Cents Friday
Friday only sale offers boys suits sizes 3 to 10 years in sailor and Russian styles. Fabrics include Crash Galatea Chambray in fast colors. suits priced normally 1.25 to 1.50, cut to 89 cents. Comfort over wool, easy care with washing.
Death of Ernest Remon Deemed Boyish Carelessness
Salem May 2 The Hon Nathaniel J Holden who presided at the inquest on Ernest Remon shot by Milton W Grinnell April 24 filed his finding at the Superior Court The finding calls the affair not strictly an accident but the result of boyish thoughtlessness in handling the revolver and extreme carelessness in loading and keeping it loaded with ball cartridges He notes no motive to kill
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Salem
Nathaniel J. Holden
Ernest Remon
Milton W. Grinnell
Superior Court
Holden
Outing and Athletic Club Hosts Roxbury Event Program
The St Edward’s A A of Brockton South Bostons Neponsets and the Tile ton Outing and Athletic Club of Rox bury present a program with athletic events a vaudeville show dancing and music plus other activities for attendees.
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St. Edward’s A. A
Brockton
South Bostons
Neponsets
Tileston Outing and Athletic Club
Roxbury
Appointment of J Raphael McCool as Assistant Registrar
Dedham on May 25 saw J Raphael McCool of Dedham named assistant registrar of probate and insolvency for Norfolk county by Judge James H Flint of the Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
J. Raphael McCool
Norfolk County
James H. Flint
Probate
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