Mrs Julia Ward Howe to celebrate 91st birthday at home
Julia Ward Howe turns 91 tomorrow and marks the milestone quietly with family at 241 Beacon Street. A notable figure in New England women’s clubs and suffrage work, she recalls organizing the New England Woman’s Club and leading the Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs. She received a Brown University doctor of literature degree last June and recalls her failed play The World’s Own.
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Julia Ward Howe
Beacon Street
Howe
Remedy for chronic itching described by Newark reader
A reader reports seven years of severe itching beginning at the knee and spreading to the foot. After costly medical visits and ineffective treatments, the caller found no relief until trying a soap and ointment from a local advertiser, with the note signed by Mrs. Sante of 1621 Second Ave., Newark, N. J., August 20, 1909.
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Life of Mrs Julia Ward Howe Chronicle
Timeline records Julia Ward Howe birth in 1818 in New York City to Samuel and Julia Ward. It notes marriage to Dr Samuel Gridley Howe in 1848, Boston residency, and his role with the School for the Blind. It highlights her Battle Hymn of the Republic creation in 1861, suffrage leadership from 1868, postwar speeches, and later honors including honorary degrees and public advocacy.
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State House
BU Seniors Hold Successful Prom at Copley Hall
Boston University seniors held a lively prom in Copley Hall last night with nearly 200 students dancing until the early hours. The organizing committee included Russell Hatch and Helen Brown. patrons were Mrs. Spencer Baldwin and others.
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Copley Hall
Boston University
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Russell T. Hatch
Helen L. Brown
Emily D. Lord
Charlotte A. Norton
Harold L. Pering
Spencer Baldwin
Carlton Black
John P. Marshall
Charles ©. Foge
War Veterans Visit Boston Schools Memorial Day
Memorial Day exercises were held yesterday in many Boston high schools and Normal schools with G A R speakers. Noted figures included Burke Ja Boyden at the Boston Normal, Rev Edward Anderson at Latin, and General Thomas B Mathews at East Boston High as students sang patriotic songs and heard readings like Four Hundred Thousand Men and The Blue and the Gray.
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Wallace Ja Boyden
Edward Anderson
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Thomas B. Mathews
East Boston High School
John F. Eliot
Pension claims pass record pace in Senate testimony
Washington May 2 Senator Scott acting chairman of the Senate committee on pensions said Congress has already passed one third more private pension claims than any prior session and the committee would not report any more such claims before adjournment.
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Memorial Day Tickets and Steamship Service Details
The Maine Central Railroad offers Memorial Day weekend tickets valid on Tuesday for Saturday excursions within Maine. Conductors will honor Saturday rates for those returning on Tuesday. Additional steamship service to Nantasket Beach runs May 29 from Rowe’s Wharf hourly from 8:20 a.m. to 6:40 p.m., with departures to Boston and Nantasket and return trips at the same intervals.
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Bad Pictures Get the Hook in Boston War on Indecent Posters
Mayor Fitzgerald declared war on indecent posters and placards. He warned theatre and moving picture house owners to keep the city walls clear of objectionable images. A nude silhouette advertising a nearby beach resort prompted immediate suppression in Boston.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Lawless and Maguire Held for Grand Jury in Break‑in Case
Richard G. Lawless and Hugh A. Maguire were held for the grand jury in $1200 bail by Judge Murray in Municipal Court after waiving examination. The alleged break‑in occurred Saturday at the home of Mrs. Sarah Robinson, 13 Willard Street.
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Richard G. Lawless
Hugh A. Maguire
Murray
Sarah Robinson
Willard Street
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