Engagement Stir As Vincent Club Heiress Reveals Fiance
Society buzzes over Leila Burnett of Southboro becoming engaged to Delano a wealthy New York club man. Rumor links her to a persistent Boston suitor since a Somerset ball. Burnett a cousin and chum of Helen Sears. Sears debut anticipated. Burnett abroad with mother delayed return.
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Leila Burnett
Robert Burnett
Southboro
Vincent Club
Delano
New York
Boston
Somerset
Gertrude
Pell
Francis C. Bishop
Miss Burnett
Helen Sears
J. Montgomery Sears
Miss Sears
Helen
Reception tendered editors of the Catholic Encyclopedia
At the Catholic Union Hall in Boston last evening Archbishop O Connell hosted a reception for the Catholic Encyclopedia editors visiting Boston. Dr C G Hebermann, editor in chief, outlined aims of the encyclopedia while Father Wynne spoke on its origin and significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Union Hall
Worcester Street
The
Catholic Encyclopedia
Boston
O'Connell
O’connell
C. G. Hebermann
City College of New York
John J. Wynne
S. J
Father Wynne
Jack
Strike Ties Up Mill Over Man Bolton Discharge
About 2200 workers strike after Bolton replaces Hardy at mill No 1 with Looms paying 6.36 less per week. Hartshorne and Mercer told Hardy’s reinstatement, directors to decide. Workers hurl scorn at Bolton while wage cut and tax payments to the city face delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Megson
Dressers’ Union
Mercer
Hartshorne
Bolton
Hardy
James W. Bolton
Arias Hardy
Lowell Textile School
O’connell
Alderman Denounces Pulpit Politics in New Haven
Alderman Emil Loos of New Haven urged civic and religious liberty at Germania Hall urging ministers to avoid mixing church and state. He warned against political references from the pulpit before a large crowd of German societies members in Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
United German Societies of the State
Germania Hall
Emil Loos
New Haven
Menaced by Lime Fumes Endangers Crew at Sea
Hyannis report tells of the two masted schooner Chester R. Lawrence from Rockport to New York battling a 60 mile gale near Cape. The hold fills with lime fumes threatening suffocation. Captain Nutt and four crew members near death before Captain Walker and the Nauset life saving station crew rescued them at dawn.
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Hyannis
Nutt
Chester R. Lawrence
Rockport
New York
Cape
Walker
Nauset
Joint French Debate Colors Gubernatorial Campaign
The article notes Josiah Quincy and Governor Guild debating in French over campaign issues. It mentions a possible joint French debate at a Swedish club and cites strong French voter influence, with clubs Whitney Franco-Americain and the French Republican Club active at Republican HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlez-vous
Josiah Quincy
Mahatma
Whitney
Guild
Woral Parisian
Quincy
Commonwealth
Francais
Canadien Montreal
Bas Whitney
Nauset life-savers Rescue Ship Off Cape Cod
After a brutal gale off Thatcher's Island the Nauset crew boarded a distressed schooner as it neared the bar. They fought 60 mph winds and rising water, pumping endlessly to avert danger from fumes and capsizing, finally guiding the vessel to Hyannis where it lies at anchor awaiting refit before voyage to New York.
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Cape Cod
Hyannis
Nutt
Thatcher’s Island
New York
Moran Refuses to Allow Vahey to Tell Phone Facts
Senator Vahey says Moran forbids him from discussing the case under implied secrecy. Moran defends the district attorney privilege and secret conferences with defendants' counsel, saying no exception will be made. Moran has publicly disclosed some conference details while protecting defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Vahey
District Attorney's Office
Mr. Moran
Young Doctor Alters Life Over Secret Boston Marriage
A 16 year old girl, Martina Thompson, wed 21 year old Cushman Day after his courtship at Tufts. The license dated March 16, 1904 lists Day as a student from Providence and New York residence. The marriage was performed by a Brockton justice with only immediate family as witnesses.
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Dr. Day
Griffen
Tufts
New York
Thompson
Centre Street
Brockton
Cornelius J. Dacey
Roslindale
Knowles Street
Providence
R. I
Albert
Olivia S. Ballou Day
William A
Salina Ewer Thompson
Moran Warns Mayor to Keep His Hands Off
A letter from John B. Moran scolds Boston’s mayor for forcing city employees into political canvassing. Moran vows political retaliation if abuses continue, claiming workers fear losing their jobs and urging protection from official oppression. He asserts he will stand against the mayor’s “unofficial methods” in the city fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Mayor
Ireland
Russia
Boston
Sitgle
Docks Ownership Debate Draws Boston Officials and Merchants
More than 30 representatives from steamship lines, the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and merchant groups debated public ownership of Boston docks. The Harbor and Land Commission will report to the next Legislature. Key speakers urged a state built dry dock at South Boston to attract foreign steamers while opposing city takeover of wharves.
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Steamship Lines of
Boston
Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Merchant Associations
The
Harbor and Land Commission
Post
Commonwealth Wharf
South
Office
George E. Smith
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Henry Skeffington
Samuel N. Mansfield
Board
Jerome Jones
Merchants’ Association
Elwyn Preston
R. H. White Company
Chamber of Commerce
Robert W. Lord
Simson Dry Dock Company
William H. Lincoln
John C. Cobb
Associated Board of Trade
William F. Humphrey
Boston Tow Boat Company
Senator Seaver
Dock Commission
Thatcher Loring
National Dock and Warehouse Company
Daniel Morse
L. H. Stewart
Furness Line
Jones
Edward Seaver
Dandelion Kidney Tonic Promoted For Rheumatism Relief
An advisory item promotes a homemade mixture of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Readers are told to shake and take teaspoonfuls after meals and at night plus plenty of water, claiming kidney cleansing and potential cures.
Potter Dies at Waldorf Astoria in Suspected Suicide
Herman Bradley Potter Jr., a Doylestown Pennsylvania insurance broker, was found dead in a 14th floor Waldorf Astoria room. Coroner's physician O Hanlon attributed asphyxiation likely from cyanide of potassium, noting old minor bruises.
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Potter
New York
Herman Bradley Potter, Jr
Doylestown
Penn
Waldorf Astoria
O'Hanlon
Cuticura Promoted for Skin Irritation Cure in Paris Case
A Paris consultation with a renowned physician led to a Cuticura remedy for a skin irritation. The patient paid one hundred francs and, despite initial astonishment, achieved a perfect cure. The letter is dated December 16, 1906, from New York.
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Paris
Lewis Gower
Broadway
New York
Hospital Saint Louis
England
America
George W. Rugby
N. Clark St
Chicago
Ill
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Mass
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Gui
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John B. Moran
Oving Co
Mape
Saint Louis
Cuticura
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Sun
Hingham
John D. Long
United States District Court
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Oxford
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