Poem Written By Eight Year Old For Mother's Birthday
A Roxbury child Charlotte Bliss Mann aged under eight writes a touching birthday poem to her mother. She has penned verses since four and recites Shakespeare selections for friends. Her mother notes the unusual sentiment and charm in the simple verse titled To Mother.
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Littl Charlotte Bliss Mann
Waumbeck Street
Roxbury
Sheas
Mes
Shaksper
Charlotte
Charlotte Bliss Mann
Shakspere
Great Boston Fire of 1872 Destroys Peabody Block
The 1872 Great Boston fire started near Kingston and Summer streets after a passerby noted a strange glow and groaning from a granite building. It spread rapidly to Otis and Winthrop squares, fevers of flame swallowed iron, brick, and stone, and the Peabody Block in the heart of the dry goods district burned to ruins, threatening the city before heroic firemen contained the blaze near the Old South.
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Boston
Summer Street
Kingston Street
Suma Street
Otis Street
Peebe
Winthrop Square
Federal Street
Franklin Street
Art Street
Devonshire Street
Congress Street
Firefighters halt flames near State Street end blaze threat
The church and Faneuil Hall were spared as firemen contained the fire just before it reached State Street, halting the blaze at a critical point.
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Faneuil Hall
State Street
Porter Palmer Dies at 59 in Greenwich Sound Beach
J Porter Palmer a civil engineer from New York died at his Sound Beach home in Greenwich. He was 59 and survived by his widow two sons and a daughter. Palmer was MIT graduate class of 18%.
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Greenwich Conn
D. Porter Palmer
New York
Sound Beach
Pastor to Quit Pulpit in Windsor
The Rev. Joseph Walker 72, Windsor pastor of the high church in Adams county, has resigned after accusations in court linked to choir leader Evelyn Goodell who alleged paternity. He asked a parish meeting to be called so he can be relieved by Jan 1. retirement expected to be permanent after six years of service.
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Adams
Joseph Walker
Windsor
Evelyn Goodell
Walker
Windsor Church
Women Voters Maltreat Man in New York
In New York on November 7 a dry goods merchant Eugen Komanski described women voters as a menace saying I would be sick of any who favored reform. The report notes his provocative remark amid a broader public scene of political tensions.
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New York
Eugen Komanski
Republican voter faces disorderly conduct charge after street confrontation
Komanski described a clash with women outside an Upper Broadway polling place. He appeared in a West Side court bruised and scrapped, facing disorderly conduct charges filed by a woman. He lamented being called a racial slur and labeled a “Tammany cheese” despite identifying as a Republican.
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Upper Broadway
Komanski
West Side
Girls Replace Boys as Messengers at Women's Party HQ
In Washington, the Women’s Party headquarters reports a shift in staffing with girls now serving as messengers, replacing male couriers in daily operations. The move reflects evolving workforce roles within the organization.
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Women's Party
Washington, D
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