Georgetown Couple Reflects 75 Years of Marriage and Work
Georgetown residents Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kneeland celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. They recalled shoe making in their early years, noting long hours and low pay, with Mrs Kneeland finishing products by hand. He blamed future tech for changing the trade and pondered distant future changes.
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Georgetown
Aaron Kneeland
Holbrook
Rowley
Mrs. Aaron
Kneeland
Grace Cameron Bets Street Parade in Eccentric Gown
Actress Grace Cameron of the Orpheum Theatre, known as Dolly Dimples, paraded Tremont Street in a wildly colored sheath dress with a slit to win a bet. The crowd surged, a riot alert was sounded, and she fled in a waiting automobile after posing for cameras and drawing frantic observers.
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Tremont Street
Grace Cameron
Orpheum Theatre
Boston
Miss Cameron
Dolly Dimples
Cameron
West Street
Blue Ribbons Claimed for Big Beet and Apple
Mrs. E. Louise Cheatham of Cambridge claims beet records with a 10 inch plus long, over two pound giant beet and a nearly yard long leaf spread. J. L. Mcleod reports a palm sized apple weighing 23 ounces and 14 inches in circumference as the season’s largest in the area.
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E. Louise Cheatham
Riverside Place
Cambridge
Post
J. L. Mcleod
When Fathers Taught Reading and Schoolroom Fates
A reminiscence recalls fathers guiding reading and writing while children built their own learning space. It laments modern divorce as unnecessary and recalls a day spent hosting friends and receiving gifts from the town.
Arnold Lawson Sells Horses
Dreamwold horses sales clarified by Mr McSweeney secretary. None of the 160 head of carriage saddle and pet horses will be sold. Only 30 trotting stock to be sold at the Old Glory sale in Madison Square Garden in November. Arnold Lawson junior directs breeding and racing efforts. senior Mr Lawson remains deeply involved in the Dreamwold breeding program.
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Mr. Lawson
Mr. McSweeney
Dreamwold
Madison Square Garden
Arnold Lawson
New England Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
Readville
Dorchester Street Tour Targets Private Ways for Public Highways
The Board of Street Commissioners toured Dorchester wards inspecting over 25 private streets petitioned to become public highways. They noted available funds of 250,000 dollars, insufficient to cover the whole city, so they will prioritize the most urgent demands in each district and fund streets already under construction.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Brighton
Sullivan Out for Court Job in City Convention Fight
The Donovan-Kelcher-Doyle faction plans to nominate John F. Sullivan of Ward 21 for clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court against John Cronin of Ward 23, testing faction strength for Democrat city committee control. South Boston sees a Baldwin renomination split and Norton potential candidacy, while pressure grows on Alderman Leary in East Boston to seek renomination amid recent withdrawals for the Giblin-Conry showdown.
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Donovan-Kelcher- Doyle
John F. Sullivan
Supreme Judicial Court
Lomasney
John Cronin
Ward
Democratic City Committee
Boston
Baldwin
Norton-Baldwin
Joseph J. Norton
Leary
Thomas J. Giblin
Conry
Boston Salesman Held For Larceny Of Samples
Martin C. Winslow, 45, a former traveling salesman for Carl C. Aldrich Jewelry of Boston, was arrested in Pittsfield on a larceny charge after allegedly keeping samples valued at 1321.75 dollars when he severed ties with the firm two weeks earlier. The firm secured a warrant following missing samples discovery.
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Martin C. Winslow
Carl C. Aldrich
Washington Street
Pittsfield
Boston
Winslow
Roxbury Man Dies After Hemorrhage on City Corner
Charles W. Waitt 75 of Williams Street Roxbury died after a hemorrhage suffered at the corner of Hunneman and Washington Streets yesterday noon while en route to his home.
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Charles W. Waitt
Williams Street
Roxbury
Hunneman
Washington Streets
Jerome Should Stick With Thaw Case in White Plains
Justice Mills urged that Jerome remain on the Thaw case and handle the people of New York's interests when argued in White Plains next Monday. He said no one is as familiar as Mr Jerome with the case and he should not withdraw.
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White Plains
N. Y
Mills
Morschauser
Jerome
New York
Finance Commission Probes City Hospital Affairs
The Finance Commission investigates alleged excess charges for hospital supplies and potential contractor favoritism at City Hospital. The inquiry also examines claims that hospital employees are overworked.
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FIN. Com
Finance Commission
Hibbard Details Boston Reform Savings
New York dated report quotes Mayor George A. Hibbard of Boston claiming nine months of administration saved 736 392 dollars in city expenses and over 400 000 on contracts. He jokes about becoming the most unpopular man in Boston.
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New York
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Boston Mayor Details Budget Shortfalls and Reforms
Mayor Hibbard addressed the Allied Real Estate budget conference noting a $619,000 setback from prior year debts and taxes, plus non existent catch basins and inflated contract practices. He praised staff reductions and warned about aging workers needing retirement compensation.
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Hibbard
Boston
Vahey Ends City Tour With Strong Ward Cheers
Senator James H. Vahey and President McClellan with Secretary MacDonald visited wards 16 and 20 in a fast auto tour. Voters welcomed the trio, with ward 16 promising full registration and ward 20 delivering a rousing reception and hopeful ward committee reports.
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James H. Vahey
McClellan
MacDonald
Democratic City Committee
Ward 16
Ward 20
Vahey
Mr. Vahey
Roosevelt declines to stump for Taft in campaign
Washington Oct 7 President Roosevelt told Senator Hemenway he sees no need to make speeches in Taft's favor. He said he received humorous requests to appear on the stump but decided not to accede to them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hemenway
Taft
Cardinal Gibbons Returns From Europe
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New York aboard the steamer Caronia, completing his voyage from Europe.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Europe
Caronia
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Russia
Bromfield
Dr. Kimball
Napoleon
Aronson
Georgetown Couple Review
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Donovan
Kelcher
Doyle
F Hovey
Ea Pee Ae
Meade
Summer St
Teddy
Cardinal Gibbons Home
Harrison
of Williams
Montgomery’s
Harrison’s
Cravenette
S. H. Harrison
Washington St. Cor. Beach
Boylston St
Adams Sq
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