Social notes from Cohasset to Newport and Lenox society
The week’s society items include Miss Barbara Bolles’s Cohasset dance with her fashion note. the wedding of Miss Rachel Worthington Roberts to Henry Gilbert Brooks in Milton. Mr and Mrs Richard T Wilson Jr leaving Newport for New York. the Mason family’s Narragansett visits. newcomers Mr and Mrs George R Agassiz at Castle Hill with Professor Agassiz to African winter. Lenox Club tennis champ George Baty Blake. Talbot Aldrich host on steam yacht Bethulia. Pride’s Crossing cottage closings and Eleonora Sears’s tennis record.
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Cohasset
Cottage Colony
Town Hall
Barbara Bolles
Richard Bolles
Commonwealth Avenue
Balles
Rachel Worthington Roberts
Henry Gilbert Brooks
John H. Brooks
Lucretia Gilbert
Milton
Theodore Irving Reise
Europe
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Marion Mason
Newport
New York
Wilson
George R. Agassiz
Yarmouthport
Alexander Agassiz
Lenox
Blake
Talbot Aldrich
Bethulia
Boston
Pride's Crossing
Frederick R. Sears, Jr
Beacon Street
Eleonora Sears
Thas
Magnolia
Manchester
Myopia
Florist Grabs Woman's Ankle Causing Car Riot
Christopher Peterson, a florist, grasped a young woman's ankle on a Twelfth street car triggering a crowd altercation. He defended the act as admiration for beauty and was fined 75 dollars.
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Chicago
Christopher Peterson
Twelfth Street
Peterson
Doctor J B Mitchell Leaves Burma After Snake Bed Incident
Dr J B Mitchell former Boston surgeon now serving with the Burmese army returns to Boston to resume practice. A huge harmless snake shared his bed in a Burmese town causing a frightful scare and a near heart stoppage before escaping. The tale ends with his decision to abandon heathen lands.
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ST. Louis
J. B. Mitchell
Boston
Millionaire and Jewess Bride Return After Slum Work
J G Phelps Stokes and Rose Harriet Pastor, once a factory worker, married amid international travel and plans to live in a clean East Side flat to aid the poor. They praised their happiness and pledged to continue charitable work among London and New York slums.
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London
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
Rose Harriet Pastor
Boston
England
Scotland
Ireland
Germany
Austria
Italy
Cecil
Lovers from London Ghetto Tied by Shared Service and Faith
A couple from London's impoverished Ghetto declare a lasting union built on mutual service and shared ideals. They resist luxury, acknowledge differing faiths Judaism and Christianity, and plan to live simply while proving their deep and abiding love.
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London
Opening of the Fashion and Flowers Club Home
Women college graduates crowded the College clubhouse at 40 Commonwealth Avenue for the house warming. President Miss Alice Brown and officers greeted guests including many Wellesley Boston University and Smith College graduates. Tea and tours followed with decorations in crimson rambler paper.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Alice Brown
College’ Club
Wellesley College
Boston University
Smith College
Amon
Marlboro Street
Alice G. Arnold
Alice Upton Pearmain
Maude Lincoln Kirkpatrick
Mary A. Jordan
Investigation of New York Life books opens in New York
Ten accountants began an official audit of the New York Life Insurance Company in New York for Tennessee Wisconsin Minnesota Kentucky and Nebraska. The probe will last about two months and findings will stay confidential until completion.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Insurance Commissioners of
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kentucky
Nebraska
Death of Wealthy St John Lumberman
William H. Murray a prominent St John lumberman and longtime director of the Bank of New Brunswick died at his home in St John New Brunswick aged 73 after a long illness He had been active in lumber and other industries for over fifty years and remained unmarried.
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ST. John, N. B
William H. Murray
Murray
New Brunswick
Bank of New Brunswick
Weehawken’s 105 Year Old Aunt Nell Shares Longevity Secret
Aunt Nell Ryan, aged 105, arrived at 502 Palisade Avenue Weehawken after a walk from St Michael's Monastery West Hoboken. She credits a simple rule Do not worry work and be happy and notes she began each day with pipe prayer and arithmetic on investments.
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New York
Dr. Osler
Nell Ryan
Palisade Avenue
Weehawken
St. Michael's Monastery
West Hoboken
Love and Sentiment Advice From Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne writes to seek guidance on romance and jealousy. A reader asks if her fiancé’s neglect signals true love or flirtation with another woman, and whether to confront or trust him. Champagne counsels patience, trust, cheerfulness, and not showing suspicion, noting it may win him back.
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Miss Champagne
Gee
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on coaxing a suitor
A reader asks if she should keep coaxing a young man who delays and teases. The adviser says avoid coercion, maintain independence, and let him wait rather than meeting his demands.
Hoopskirts Saved Her From Death At Ithaca Gorge
A 18 year old Mary Moffett fell 100 feet down a gorge near Ithaca New York sixty years ago and landed in water unhurt. She recalls that her hoopskirts acted as a parachute letting her drop safely with no injuries. Now Mrs Mary Young of Minneapolis revisits the scene and recounts the escape.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Mary Moffett
Art badges ready for young artists and readers
Children are urged to send original sketches with names and addresses on the back or on a pasted note. Include a 2 cent stamp for membership badges, which are already mailed to many recipients. The editor invites comical or pretty works for publication with credited names. Watch for next Sunday's Post.
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L. Cc
Maine River Ice Boom Reflected in Maine Plants Expansion
Officials of the American Ice Company visiting Bangor outline expanding operations on the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers. New houses will be built and ice cutting machines upgraded to meet a business boom. Ice dealers credit Maine river ice for longer lasting quality and lower transport loss.
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Bangor
American Ice Company
Kennebec
Penobscot
Maine
Hudson
Spencer replies to Chandler on Jim Crow rail cars
Samuel Spencer president of Southern Railway responds to former Senator Chandler letters to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He says Chandler’s letters lack facts and argues against rate making power while defending railways against alleged motives about Jim Crow car discrimination.
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New York
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Chandler
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
Spencer
Congress
Pope Receives Bishop Harkins in Private Audience
Rome October 2 The Pope held a private audience with Rt. Rev. Matthew Harkins bishop of Providence Rhode Island The meeting followed prior papal welcomes and marked a formal Church greeting between the Holy See and American hierarchs.
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Rome
Matthew Harkins
Providence
R. I
Mohan and Dannany Wed at St Leo's Rectory
Mr John Mohan and Miss Catherine T Dannany wed quietly yesterday morning at St Leo s rectory with Rev Francis J Butler officiating. Best man Daniel J Sullivan bridesmaid Miss Julia Dannahy. A reception followed at 45 Harvard Street. They plan to reside in Dorchester after a wedding tour.
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John Mohan
Catherine T. Dannany
St. Leo's
Francis J. Butler
Daniel J. Sullivan
Julia Dannahy
Harvard Street
Mrs. Mohan
Dorchester
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Wilton
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Washington ST
J. G. Phelps
Stokes
Rich
Alliance Startled Society
Women’s College
M’call
Perkins
Lincoln
Neb
State Department of Insurance
Clarence H. Venner
American Water Company
Omaha Water Company
McCall
Venner
New York Life
ST. John
Wilson Bros. Jemeney
Big Ten Kettle
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Nell
Tipperary
Hemington
Quebec
J. W. Brownlee
Mildred Champagne
Jacob Poslonsky
Wall Street
The
Sunday Post
Nina A. Murphy
Pleasant Street
Newton Centre
Muldred Champagne
Matthew J. Fox
Mt. Pleasant Street
Woburn
Pus
the Children’s
Maine River
Ice Trust
Southern
Railway
Harkins
Bishop Matthew Harkins
Mohan—Dannahy
Blackstone
Hanover
AMD Union
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Prooki
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Aroostook
Green Mountain
Finnance Reg
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