Rockefeller Heiress Alta Rockefeller to Wed Chicago Lawyer Prentice
New York reports Miss Alta Rockefeller and Mr. E Parmalee Prentice of Chicago plan marriage soon. Prentice, a Chicago lawyer, is from the prominent Prentice and Isham families with Amherst and Harvard education. The engagement was publicly announced in Chicago and New York, and Miss Rockefeller is described as one of the world's richest heiresses.
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Alta Rockefeller
New York
E. Parmalee Prentice
Chicago
Miss Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Prentice
Harold McCormick
Bellevue Place
Mrs. McCormick
Mr. Rockefeller
West Fifty-fourth Street
Edith
McCormick
Mr. Prentice
Rockefellers
Sartell Prentice
Edward Isham
Robert T. Lincoln
Amherst
Harvard Law School
North American Review
Two 16-Year-Old Girls Escape Home in Boston Letters
In a Boston era notice, Rosie L Budreau and Fannie Gordon, both 16, runaways living under unknown arrangements, send letters to parents claiming safety while concealing Boston addresses. Rosie details routine and desire for a dress, while Fannie notes a new home with unknown guardians and slim build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rosie L. Budreau
Somerville Avenue
United States Letter on Deposited Money Mentioned
Notice from Treasurer Roberts notes a $200 machine deposit from Boston. It mentions a November date and internal revenue handling. The fragment references a postal or governmental filing connected to funds and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Washington
United
Ex Senator Mantle Engaged to Miss Amelia La Chappele
Washington reports ex Senator Lee Mantle of Montana engaged to Miss Amelia La Chappele of Butte. She is a protege of Senator William A. Clark and once studied at a fashionable boarding school near the capital. Her father, a French Canadian, was killed in Clark’s mines and Clark has supported her education.
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Washington
Lee Mantle
Montana
Amelia la Chappele
Butte
William A. Clark
Coal Prices Could Rise Amid Shortfall and Strikes
A Boston coal dealer warned of possible price increases due to a nationwide supply shortage. He cited a November deficit of 4,000,000 tons, ongoing mine strikes, and limited daily capacity, but expressed hope prices may stabilize unless a severe winter worsens the outlook.
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Boston
Pennsylvania
Secretary Long on National Naval Reserve plans
Secretary Long asserted the national naval reserve is correct in concept but denies plans to abolish the state naval militia. He said the Spanish American War proved the need for a large navy manpower reserve ready to man ships at once, with the naval militia essential for coast defense and both organizations needed.
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Washington
Long
Naval Militia
Congress
National Naval Reserve
Rain Delays Wellesley College Field Day
Wellesley Massachusetts November 19 rain forced the cancellation of the fall field day for hundreds of students and graduates from Boston area living nearby. A postponed start at 1 pm proved futile as moisture persisted and events were called off. Officials expect a two week plan to complete the series on pleasant afternoons.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
Boston
Boston University Girls' Glee Club Debuts in Brattle Hall
Society notes record a busy day with balls dinners and musicals. The Boston University Young Women form an independent organization and present amateur theatricals led by Misa Jone Sherwood. Names include Maebelle Webster Copp Anastasia Melia Walton and Bertha Irene Vischer.
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Boston University
Misa Jonephine Sherwood
Brattle Hall
Verence Altos
Maebelle Webster Copp
Anastasia Melia Walton
Bertha Irene Vischer
Amateur Theatricals and Society Notices in Brattle Hall
Miss Josephine Sherwood led Brattle Hall amateur theatricals to raise funds for new scenery with Mr Bob and Old Cronies. Engagements announced include Miss Dilla Butler to Thomas Lennon. Dr Frank Garrett denies engagement to Miss Lila Marsh. Whist party for Home for the Aged held by Mrs J C Howard’s Somerville home who chaired committee. Winthrop Council 538 R A ball at Bethesda Hall. W C T U State head Katherine Stevenson spoke on Edinburgh convention. Christ Church Highland Hall anniversary estates featured singers and musicians to support church fund. Miss Mary Winters to John T Haley engaged for Thanksgiving marriage. Sincere congratulations from Madelaine Stuart.
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Josephine Sherwood
Radcliffe
Cambridge Social Dramatic Club
Brattle Hall
Bob
Rachel E. Baker
Comedietta
Ruth Hoyland
Ruth Delane
Dilla E. Butler
South Boston
Thomas Lennon
Lowell
Frank 8. Garrett
Chelsea
Lila H. Marsh
Highland Avenue
J. C. Howard
Somerville
Home For
Edward Glines
N. A. Reed
Martin W. Carr
C. A. West
Mary Kidder
Winthrop Council
R. A
Bethesda Hall
Boston
Katherine Stevenson
Edinburgh
Scotland
D. Hudson
M. Peterson
Marblehead
Mary Winters
John T. Haley
Madelaine Stuart
Independent glee club formed by female students
The article notes a fourth consecutive year of a girls glee club organized separately from male students. Miss Harriette Louise Webster serves as president and Miss Alice Crane of Wollaston is secretary and a strong singer. The club includes first sopranos and other members.
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Elinor Tupper George
Barth Hannah Chapman
Orpha Annette Lee
Sally ‘Maebelle Clough
Harriette Louise Webster
Marion Dickson Deane
Alice Crane
Florine Mabel Courtright
Helen Emma Dorr
Wollaston
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Admission One Pound at Willard Settlement Party
A Boston Willard Settlement event charged one pound admission with a pound of sugar tea oatmeal or chips and eight cents to exit. Miss Edith M Howes was to attend but could not. Miss Dudley stood in. Neighborhood children practiced with brooms mops and irons while fourteen juvenile clubs reported on sewing kitchen garden debating White Shield and Loyal Temperance Legions. The settlement operates as a Frances Willard memorial, run by the YWCA under state temperance union auspices and serves as a boarding house for working girls.
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Myrtle Street
Edith M. Howes
Consumers’ League
Miss Dudley
Denison House
Tyler Street
Knickerbockers
Charles Curtis
Joe Sliney
David Bilafsky
White Shield
Willard Y Settlement
Frances Willard
Woman’s Christian Peerance Union
Young Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Massachusetts
Caroline M. Caswell
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The Atlanta Special Route and Connections
The Atlanta Special runs via the Seaboard Air Line Florida and West India Short Line with through Pullman drawing room and buffet sleeping cars from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond to Athens and Atlanta. Direct connections are made in Union depot for Montgomery Macon New Orleans and all points South and southwest. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania railroad stations. For information contact Shoemaker in New York Boston Washington Portsmouth or the general passenger agent.
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Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
Florida
West India
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Athens
Union Depot
Montgomery
Macon
New Orleans
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shoemaker
Eastern
Broadway
New York
C. L. Longsdorff
Newngland
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
W. M. McConnell
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Portsmouth
St. John
Allen
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Ishams
Lincolns
McCormicks
Winstons
Palmer
Emmons Blaine
Chicago Athletic and Golf Clubs
Miss Alta Rockefeller
Bessie
Charles Strong
Chicago University
Rockefeller
Miss Alta
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
L. A. Crandall
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Crandall
Budreau
Gordon
Rosie
Alice
Fanny Gordon
Fannie Gordon
Rockport
Conscience Money From
Miss la Chappele
Mantle
Ayer
Waval Reserve
Secretary Long
Helena Higginbotham
Springfield
C. C. Munn
Uncle Terry
Cowles Art School
Girls’ Glee Club
Miss A. Dodge
Pi Beta Phi Society
Willard Y Settlement Party
Boston Post
W. A. Staples
Johnson Street
Lynn
Bostop Post
Sunday Post
Rew
Saturay
the Post
Pitts-Kimball Co
New York City
Wertheimer
Conqueror
Field, Chapman
L’aiglon
Morrill
XING
Swan Oe
Eals
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