Observant Citizen Anniversary Week Reports Weather and Crowded Transit
The Observant Citizen Anniversary Week notes cold weather and frequent rain deficits affecting Casco Bay cottage water supply. It describes packed Boston & Northern cars carrying 163 fares between Reading Square and Malden. Henry Higgins, physical instructor at North Bennett Street gym, received a diamond ring from colleagues with a presentation by William Jynch.
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Casco Bay
Boston & Northern
Lowell
Lawrence
Sullivan Square
Reading Square
Malden
Henry Higgins
Bath Department
North Bennet Street Municipal
William Jynch
City events mix music honors and odd incidents
The Boston area notes a recent Empire Day Intercolonial Club dinner where the orchestra played as Mayor Fitzgerald spoke and the city saw a portrait gift to South Boston High School. A slippery Pem merton square auto scene and a nature club tale in Dorchester accompany school and club news from East Boston.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Frank Oliver
Canada
Augustus D. Small
South Boston High School
Small
South Boston
William J. Cortell
Walter S. Parker
Frank V. Thompson
Dreary Old Age Poem Missing Appetite and Remembrance
A reflective poem by Walt Mason laments aging and loss of appetite. The piece contrasts dinner horn memories with current hunger and decay, ending with a surreal scene of Ophelia found by a brook. Gary rescues a wax Ophelia and is directed by a modern artist to escort her back to a hotel.
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Richard Roe
Walt Mason
Fads and Fashions Parade New Millinery and Underwear Styles
The era shows vast variety in hats and fabrics with soft tailored neckwear, including pique mercerized peplins linen crepe and madrag. Hat trims feature large and tiny flowers, field and garden blooms. Underwear outfits favor three piece sets with drawers corset covers skirts and corset covers. Skirts grow elaborate with braids folds and panels as ankles stay prevalent for street wear.
Poet Submits to Divorce in Undefended Suit
New York, May. Richard Le Gallienne did not oppose his wife Julia Norregar LeGallienne's divorce case, appearing under subponea as the action proceeded undefended. He is linked to a hotel stay in December 1909 under a fictional alias. The couple, married in 1897, have a 12 year old daughter and the wife now resides in Paris.
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New York
Richard LeGallienne
Julia Norregar LeGallienne
Paris
LeGallienne
Pagan Wasteners
le Galliennes
Lonor
Copenhagen Greets Atlantic Fleet Visit by US Ships
Copenhagen welcomed the US Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Badger as Kansas New Hampshire South Carolina and flagship Louisiana arrived for a week long tour. King Frederick will receive Admiral Badger and ship captains and host a grand official dinner.
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Copenhagen
United States Atlantic Fleet
Badger
Kansas
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Louisiana
Elsinore
Frederick
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