Will keep up fight to get her daughter
Mrs. Mary Phelps of Kansas City continues her seven year effort to regain custody of her missing daughter. She traveled to Boston and, after visiting an insanity specialist, says she will pursue guardianship by legal means if necessary. The daughter remains with a group at Uphams Corner and refuses to return home.
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Mary Phelps
Kansas City
Boston
Portland
Murray
Upham's Corner
Massachusetts Avenue House
Christ
Mrs. Phelps
Mrs Duff Challenges School Board Salary Figures
Mrs Julia E Duff writes an open letter disputing a Friday school board statement. She argues $84 419 09 increase included $46 000 paid to teachers in January and that $17 210 was spent on high salaries for administrators, while teachers and lower paid aides were squeezed. The letter cites a temporary teacher earning 280 dollars and a special assistant 210 dollars, half the minimum regular teacher pay.
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Julia E. Duff
Public Service
Duff
Requiem High Mass for William Doogue Funeral Rites Held
A large gathering attended the requiem high mass for William Doogue late superintendent of public grounds at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rev M I Cannon S J officiated with choir led by George E Whiting. Pallbearers included J H ONeil Thomas Monahan Worcester William Cantill William Dooling Benjamin Minton and Edward Aking. Burial planned for Middletown Connecticut.
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William Doogue
Church of the Immaculate Conception
M. I. Cannon
S. J
George E. Whiting
J. H. O'Neil
Thomas Monahan
Worcester
William Cantill
William Dooling
Benjamin Minton
Edward Aking
Middletown, Conn
Lords Vote Mandates Religious Instruction Clauses
In the House of Lords on November 5 the education bill progressed to Clause 4. A government amendment allowing local authorities to provide extended religious instruction was defeated 157 to 46, as Lord Heneage's amendment made it mandatory.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Heneage
Five Americans Hurt in Auto Accident Near Biarritz
A party of five Americans were injured when their car overturned near Biarritz France. One man 68 year old J R Strawbridge of Philadelphia suffered double fractures in both legs. Two women were bruised but not seriously wounded. Injured were taken to Mont de Marsan by train. Names withheld to avoid alarming friends.
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Mont DE Marsan
France
Biarritz
Strawbridge
Philadelphia
Tempting Pure Food Displays at Ginter Grocery Sale
Boston shoppers are invited to explore the Ginter Grocery Company stores during order week from November 5 to 16. The firm highlights wholesale pricing in its retail outlets and notes the six city stores plus a two-building head office at Canal Street, with modern facilities supporting its large operation run by A. F. Goodwin and Harry B. Duane.
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Boston
Ginter Grocery Company
New England
Messrs
M. J. Ginter
A. F. Goodwin
Harry B. Duane
Washington Street
R. H. White Company
Elm
Union Streets
Faneuil Hall
Quincy
Summer Street
South Terminal
Canal Street
Haymarket Square
Tremont Street
Roxbury Crossing
Mission Church
Merrimac Street
Lowell
Central Square
Women and Men Arrested for Larceny at Department Stores
Teresa Miller 19 of Carver Street was arrested by inspectors Knox and Abbott on larceny from a Washington Street department store. Avis Grant of Pleasant Street also charged with larceny of smallwares from the same store. Nathaniel Reed 26 of Swan Street and Lawrence Finnegin 35 were arrested on larceny of several pipes.
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Teresa Miller
Carver Street
Swan Street
Lawrence Finnegin
Washington Society to Be Dull with Roosevelt Absence
Washington expects a quiet social season as Mrs. Roosevelt travels to Panama with the President. Two engagements are noted: Miss Marie Barnes to Lt. Mark Brooke and Mrs. Flora Louise Clement to Captain Sydney Amos Cleman. The Shonts family sails for Panama to arrange entertainments for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Washington
Captain Tyler
Marie Barnes
Mark Brooke
Philadelphia
Flora Louise Clement
Victor Clement
Sydney Amos Cleman
Miss Barnes
Francis M. Gunnell
Army
Clement
Theodore Shonts
Misses Shonts
Panama
Roosevelt
Harvard Society Initiations Create Street Stunts in Cambridge
Harvard academic social clubs are conducting late night initiations on Cambridge streets. Freshmen in costumes perform dares from toe walks in Cinderella slippers to white sheet ghosts while upperclassmen recruit by treating initiates to meals in Boston. The events disrupt campus life as the monthlong rites proceed toward December 1 when new members are admitted.
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Harvard
Cambridge Avenue
Mt. Auburn Street
Prescott Street
Boston
Millionaire Schiff Joins Union Mason for Cornerstone
Jacob H. Schiff banker became a member of Journeymen Stonemason's and Letters' Union 84 of Greater New York and pledged not to work for less than 70 cents an hour or on non union jobs. He was initiated by William J. Skinner before laying the cornerstone of the First Hungarian Congregation Ohob Zedek synagogue on 116th Street west of Fifth Avenue.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Stonemason’s and Letters’ Union
Greater
William J. Skinner
Schiff
Ohob Zedek
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Love and sentiment in a young actor's dilemma
A 24 year old actor asks if he should give up his life in acting for a Newtonville girl who approves him in juvenile roles but objects to villain parts. The columnist advises weighing life work against love, asking whether he loves her enough to sacrifice his career and whether she loves him enough to accept such a sacrifice.
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Miss Champagne
Newtonville
Brighton
Pupin Nominated for General Assembly Seat
Professor Michael Pupin of Columbia University electrical engineering, inventor of ocean telephony, was named Representative to the General Assembly by Norfolk Connecticut Republicans. He notes Democrats planned to nominate him but chose his friend Mattie O'Brien, a mason and current lab employee, to oppose him. He says he accepted to push for better state road funding.
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New York
Michael Jdvorsky
Pupin
Columbia University
Republican Party of
Norfolk
Floor Coverings Axminster Carpets and Standard Rugs
Ad promotes Axminster carpets with rich velvet effects for parlor floors and Bigelow and other standard makes. Describes value at $1.75 per yard and mentions lining and laying services.
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Axminster
English and
Germain
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