Pastor Wins Post Courtesy Prize for Giving Up Seat
The Rev. William B. C. Merry of the City Mission Society won the Post Courtesy Prize of ten dollars for giving up his seat on a crowded surface car near Scol lay Square. A passenger noted his polite gesture and the ensuing scene as other riders offered or refused seats.
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William B. C. Meery
The
City Mission Society
Main Street
Melrose Highlands
Scollay Square
William B. C. Merry
Gentlewoman Receives Seat Courtesy on Packed Streetcar
A timid elderly woman struggles through a crowded streetcar as men stand firm. A middle aged woman offers her seat and earns profuse thanks. The writer notes women often thank men who yield seats and show courtesy to one another.
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Acme
Strangest New England Marriage Mystery Unfolds
Miss Cornelia Hatch Dearborn heiress to half a million marries her Brookline coachman Henry Gill aka Harry Walker Jr. The couple, who met in Hopkinton and Concord NH, secured a license after delay and were wed by Rev. Leonard K. Storrs. Questions arise on identities, possible multiple marriages, and why the license listed Cornelia Hatch and Henry Walker Jr. Authorities weigh possible charges for false swearing.
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Cornelia Hatch Dearborn
Henry Deaborn
New York
Boston
Henry Gill
Brookline
Leonard K. Storrs
Hopkinton
Concord
N. H
Cupid
New Hampshire
Harry Walker, Jr
Franklin
Philip Gill
Miss Dearborn
Tilton
Brookling
Cornelia Hatch
Doctor's Romance Ends in Wedding in Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky today Dr William Cogswell Boston surgeon and Miriam G Clay a noted Southern beauty marry at the bride's home. The pair met during the Spanish American War when Cogswell served as surgeon with the Eighth Regiment and later saw action in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Lexington
William Cogswell
Boston
Kentucky
Cuba
Miriam G. Clay
Cupid
Dr. Cogswell
Philippines
Cogswell
Western Maine Society Hosts Emma Eames Story Reception
In Portland at City Hall a large Western Maine society audience of about 2000 greeted Mme. Emma Eames Story and her companion. The event featured native pines and firs, crimson lighting, and a reception line with Governor Cobb, Congressman Littlefield, Mayor Baxter, and Mr. Libby among others.
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Western Maine Society
Emma Eames Story
Portland
Mme
Mr. Story
City Hall
Mme. Eames
William T. Cobb
Falk
Emma Eames-Story
Boston Elevated Car Etiquette Sparks Letter War
A reader to the Boston Post derides men who give up seats to women on the elevated, accusing them of cowardice and urging better manners. He blames the Elevated Company for staff shortages and argues masculine courtesy is fading in Greater Boston.
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The
Boston. Post
Sir
Post
Boston
Greater
Mason
Lot of Chronic Shoppers and Public Transit Entitlements
A reader decries chronic shoppers who ride free on trains while tired workers head home. The letter argues against corporate dividend-minded railroads and calls for public debate on transit fairness benefiting workers and restrained by stockholders’ profits.
Public Bequests in Baker Will Total 255000
The will of Boston insurance broker Charles Tidd Baker lists public bequests totaling 255000 and personal bequests including monthly and lump sums to several individuals. After the sister Susan P. Baker inherits residuary rights, named institutions receive funds for education, hospitals, and charitable organizations in Massachusetts and beyond. Executors named are John D. Bryant Boston Henry Jackson and Arthur L. Howard Cambridge.
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Charles Tidd Baker
Boston
Sarah R. Robinson
Mies Lauoy Ll. Fessenden
Nathaniel Paine
Worcester
Catherine L. Richardson
Susan P. Baker
Mae
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Children’s Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Children’s Friend Society
Incurables
North End
New England
Iittie Wanderers
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Boston Floating Hospital
Boston Institute Seashore
Asylum and Farm School
Barnard Memorial
Kurn Hattin Homes Association
Massachusetts Infant Asylum
Massachusetts Society For
Willard Hospital
Bedford
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of Cruelty
John D. Bryant
Henry ©. Jackson
Arthur L. Howard
Cambridge
Atonement Day Observed Across Synagogues
Sundown closed the Hebrew day of atonement as worshippers filled synagogues and sighs drifted from open windows. Jewish belief holds that the gates of heaven close for the year and all chances for forgiveness end at sundown.
Jewish memorial Yom Kippur observed by settlers at station
At Temple Adath Israel 177 Huntington Avenue Rabbi Charles Fleischer spoke on The Choir Invisible. At Temple Chabel Sholom Union Park Street Rabbi M M Eichler lectured on Faith and Skepticism Which and Education. Mishkan Tephilah Rev J H Landat spoke on Making a Grave for Judaism and Prepare to Meet Thy Lord. Memorial services held in all synagogues for the departed Hebrews. Yom Kippur feast celebrated yesterday by 35 Jewish immigrants detained at the immigration station Interpreter Silverstein conducting services.
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Silverstein
Gaelic League Leader Arrives to Plan Hyde Lecture Tour
Thomas O Conannon, chief organizer, arrived in New York to arrange Dr. Douglas Hyde's lecturing tour. Hyde will speak at Harvard on his U S trip starting November 15 and then begin a 14 day United States circuit. He notes the league began 12 years ago with six founders and now comprises 30 Dublin branches and about 870 branches nationwide with around 100000 members.
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New York
Thomas O’concannon
Gaelic League
Ireland
Douglas Hyde
League
Harvard
United States
O'Concannon
Gaélic League
Dublin
Tailors Linings Sale in Fall and Winter Colors
A companion sale at Hayward Place offers satin linings and fabrics. Lining satin yard wide in black and colors reduced from 69c to 50c. Moire velour high silk finish in black and colors offered below usual prices. Changeable taffeta 27 inch with chiffon finish priced to clear. Italian silk 36 inch with high silk finish in black and colors. Mercerized sateen one yard wide in black and colors at special price. Deals emphasize substantial discounts on multiple fabrics.
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Lloyd’s Dress Makers
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To Be a Wife Ideal Says Rev Morley
The Rev Richard A Morley of Euclid Avenue Church preaches that being a wife is an honor but an ideal wife is a higher prize angels might covet An ideal wife is truthful never scolds never coerces always pleases her husband and remains subject to him as part of wifehood
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Richard A. Morley
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W. B. C. Merry
Favors
Bowdoin Square
Henry Gills
Back Bay
Mipbe
Temple Adath Israel
Huntington Avenue
Charles Fleischer
Will
Dr. Hyde
Henry Siegel
Washindon & Essex Srs
Hayward Pl
Meee Eend
Clain Ees
Sually
Tecen Ek
Essex Street
Idealia
Ella Wilson
Mennen
Houbigant
Florida
Dr. Charles Flesh
Sannard
Sanford
Pinaud
Woodbury’s
Jamaica
Atwood
Ane
Nruddei Scorics
Ea Be Eee Co
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