Colonial Costume Party Thanksgiving Eve at St Stephen Parish Reunion
Parish reunions announce a colonial themed minuet on Thanksgiving Eve in St John’s Hall Moon Street. Miss Rose J Byrne directs rehearsals as Misses and Mr. Murphy, Sinnott, Crowley, Brennan and numerous parishioners prepare a courtly display in powdered coiffures and silk gowns, depicting old Boston aristocracy.
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St. Stephen’s Parish
St. John’s Hall
Moon Street
Rose J. Byrne
North End
Boston
Margaret O'Connell
Rena Murphy
Frances Lafferty
Mollie White
Katherine White
Katherine Sinnott
Veronica Meagher
Agnes Gavin
Elizabeth Grady
Mollie Crowley
Elizabeth
ST. Stephen's Church
Roosevelt to Land Today Near Virginia Capes
A wireless message from the battleship Louisiana reports President Roosevelt and party were 560 miles off Cape Henry at 8 PM as they head toward the Virginia capes. Secretary Loeb sails to meet the President and transfer aboard the Mayflower near Wolf Trap light in the Chesapeake Bay tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Panama
Porto Rico
Cape Henry
Virginia Capes
Loeb
Chesapeake Bay
Wolf Trap Light
Skull Found Believed To Be Captain Cook at Kealakekua Bay
In a cave near Kealakekua Bay a skull has been found that is believed to be Captain Cook's. The famed navigator was killed at this bay, his body never recovered, and it was once thought to have been eaten by natives.
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Honolulu
Kealakekua Bay
Cook
Woman Appeals Governor for Pardon of Life Prisoner Reppucci
Mrs Vitas Antoni Romano of Charlestown appeals to Governor Guild for Massimino Reppucci to be pardoned from a life sentence so he can travel to Italy to claim a $10 000 estate. She notes his good prison record and argues a pardon would enable him to return to his homeland to claim his inheritance.
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Vitas Antoni Romano
Charlestown
Governor Guild
Massimino Reppucci
Main Street
Chapeltown
Italy
Massachusetts
North End
Repouceci
Post
Reppucci
King George of Greece Likely Skips Papal Visit
In Rome on November 25 King George of Greece appears to have dropped plans to visit the Pope during his stay. Vatican officials lament the lack of early notice but say the Pope will receive him if the Greek king chooses to call on Monday.
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Rome
George
Greece
Vatican
Centaur
Majestic
Double Death by Own Action In Bellevue Rooming House
Mr and Mrs James Scott Mitchell of Salem Mass were found dead in a Bellevue rooming house from formaldehyde gas. Coroner initially ruled double death by own action though later facts suggest Mitchell killed his wife and then died. The wife known as palmist Allie Courtland. Parents notified. bodies to be sent to Boston. Despondency over poor business receipts thought to have prompted the crime.
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Bellevue
James Scott Mitchell
Salem
Mass
Vermilia
Fremont
Mitchell
Allie Courtland
B. G. Chittenden
No B G Chittenden Family Found in Salem
Salem police and city directory report no B G Chittenden family living in Salem as of the latest records, clarifying a previously noted absence.
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Salem
B. G. Chittenden
Healing class planned for nervous diseases at Emmanuel Church
A large audience at Emmanuel Church heard Dr. Worcester and Dr. McComb discuss forming a class for psychical treatment of nervous diseases. The movement, rooted in Christian Science and mental healing, aims to address mind influenced health while balancing drugs and hygienic living. Dr. Worcester emphasized a shift from materialistic medicine and the lay origin of this reform. Dr. McComb spoke on suggestive therapeutics.
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Emmanuel Church
Worcester
McComb
Riots Subside As Hamilton Street Strike Eases
Hamilton Ontario logged unusual quiet after two days of rioting during the street railway workers strike. Some cars ran. in outlying areas stones were thrown and carts blown, but no major clashes. Soldiers slept in the armory while police kept reserve at City Hall.
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Hamilton
Ont
Seall
City Hall
Calves Romance With New York Millionaire Higgins
The Petit Parisien says Mme Calve will wed Eugene Higgins, New York's richest bachelor and a noted yachtsman. Higgins, owner of the Varuna, is reportedly the unknown fiancé, though he is known as a sportsman and clubman. The rumor notes Higgins’s wealth and Calve’s romance amid Mediterranean cruise plans.
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New York
Navy
Petit Parisien
Mme. Calve
Eugene Higgins
Marseilles
Varuna
Higgins
Mediterranean
Mr. Higgins
Reserve and marriage avoidance tied to a famed figure
A sentence suggests a prominent person’s reserve and melancholy outlook may stem from an early failed romance and a stated choice not to marry, widely cited as partial explanation for his temperament.
Golden Wedding for So. Deerfield Man Who Has Had but Twenty Birthdays
SOUTH DEERFIELD, Nov. 25. Charles E. Williams 82 and Mrs. Williams celebrate a golden wedding after 50 years of marriage. Born February 1824 on a fifth Sunday, he has had only two birthdays by that rule. They are long-established farmers with over 200 acres in Franklin county. Their five children include Mary Nims and Alice Maud Goodall, mother of nine grandchildren.
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Deerfield
South Deerfield
Charles E. Williams
Massachusetts
Williams
Helen Lucinda Field
Franklin County
Henry F. Williams
Mary Nims
Harry W. Read
Boston
Quincy
Alice Maud
George Arthur Goodall
Wellesley College
Soutel Deerfield
State Prison Officer James S. Douglas Laid to Rest
Funeral for State prison officer James S. Douglas held at his Charlestown home with 40 officers led by Warden Bridges. He served 15 years, leaves wife Catherine and a son, burial at Malden’s Trory Cross Cemetery with services by Rev. Holland. A requiem high mass is set for St Mary’s Church.
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James S. Douglas
State
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Philip J. Gormley
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Bridges
St. Michael’s Court
Joseph Anderson
Trory Cross Cemetery
Malden
Tather Holland
Douglas
Catherine Douglas
Anna Held sworn as sheriff seizes gowns in dramatic theatre scene
In Chicago on November 25 Anna Held faced a deputy sheriff during The Parisian Model run at the Illinois Theatre. A writ of attachment seized gowns and property on a $3500 bill while Held expressed distress and dramatic theatrics. Florence Ziegfeld Jr. was noted as husband and party to the action.
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Chicago
Anna Held
Hger Hubby
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr
Illinois Theatre
Floor Collapse Injures Dozens at Newark Jewish Hall
In Newark New Jersey on November 23 a floor in a hall used as a Jewish theatre collapsed under a crowd. Mrs Rebecca Schwarts was killed and about a dozen were severely hurt, with 15 more sustaining lighter injuries and many evacuated to City Hospital after the incident. The warning creaks allowed most people to escape before collapse.
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Newark
N. J
Rebecca Schwarts
City Hospital
Enterprise Associates Form Organization
The annual meeting of Enterprise Associates, graduates of the schoolship Enterprise, was held at United States Hotel with 45 members present. Officers elected: President John E. Macey, Secretary F. Edwin Davis. A constitution and bylaws committee and a pin design committee were appointed. Commander William F. Low, US Navy, gave the principal address.
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Enterprise Associates
Schoolship Enterprise
United States Hotel
John E. Macey
Somerville
F. Edwin Davis
Boston
Clarence E. Perkins
E. A. Cushing
W. C. Maglathin
FE. C. Bliss
Boys in Abattoir Yard Injure Friend with Revolver
Michael Owens, 13, of Brigh ton abattoir yard, was shot in the right leg with a 22 caliber revolver by Harold Legee, 15, a playmate. They were playing near an old barn when the weapon was found and discharged. Owens was taken home and a physician removed the bullet.
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Michael Owens
Brighton
Harold Legee
Legee
Owens
Old Bookman Bridges Life After Sixty Years in Northampton
Sidney F. Bridgman longtime Northampton book dealer died after a long illness at age 83. He ran a city bookstore for nearly six decades beginning as a bookseller at 16. Bridgman served 40 years as Mt Holyoke College trustee and is survived by his widow a daughter and son the Rev Howard A Bridgman editor of the Congregationalist.
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Northampton
Sidney F. Bridgman
Bridgman
Mt. Holyoke College
Howard A. Bridgman
Congregationalist
Found Dead at Lodging House John Greeley ID’d
The body of John Greeley, 45, of 242 Commercial Street, was found at a lodging house where he had stayed for years. Authorities say death appears natural.
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John Greeley
Commercial Street
Greeley
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Creee
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