Philadelphia Heiress Bosses Quiet Life Amid Cameras
Mrs. R. J. C. Walker 61 the richest woman worldwide sits in her Walnut Street home a prisoner to cameras and reporters. She inherited a fortune estimated 60 to 100 million dollars from William Weightman and avoids publicity while leading a frugal life centered on business charity and Napoleon memorabilia. She dislikes society and reads no fiction.
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Philadelphia
R. J. C. Walker
William Weightman
Pennsylvania
Walnut Street
Absent Man Silent Ten Years
Nashua New Hampshire September 1 After a silence of ten years James A Steele of this city has heard from his roving son now Dr Fred A Steele a physician in good standing and practice at Oakland California Young Steele left home in 1894 and wandered through Europe and other parts of the world last heard of at the Azores Young Dr Steele is surgeon of the First California Infantry His father is proudly showing a new photograph of his son in his regimentals.
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Nashua
N. H
James A. Steele
Fred A. Steele
Oakland
Cal
Young Steele
Europe
Azores
Dr. Steele
First
California Infantry
Encycopedia Britannica
Britannica
Macaulay
Carlyle
Darwin
Gladstone
Richest businesswoman heads vast Weightman estate
Mrs. R J C Walker, 61, now to lead the William Weightman estate valued from 60 million to 100 million dollars, described as a hard worker with steely blue eyes, red hair, and a calm, reserved temperament. She is noted as a major charity giver and a keen reader.
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R. J. C. Walker
William Weightman
Magnificent St Louis Exposition Creates City Excitement
The 1904 St Louis exposition is praised as the grandest display. Visitors enjoy the Pike, art exhibits, state booths, and nightly illumination. Hotel rates are reasonable and the city enforces fair pricing for visitors. Boston & Maine offers a free illustrated booklet on request.
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ST. Louis Exposition
ST. Louis
Missouri City
General Passenger Department
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Girl Bride of Week Seeks Annulment After Forger Husband
Sixteen-year-old Louise Gennerich of New York City asks for legal help to annul her marriage to Herman Schwarz. She reveals he forged checks and used false pretenses. Schwarz was committed to the tombs in $1200 bail on a forgery charge as her parents pursue annulment through Jefferson Market Court.
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Mr. Voss
P. S
Louise Gennericch
Canal Street
New York City
New York
Louise Gennerich
Herman Schwarz
Jefferson Market
Schwarz
Not Only the Best But the Cheapest
A brief note proclaims a focus on value and quality, promising both top performance and low prices to attract readers seeking economical choices without sacrificing standards. The item emphasizes affordability as a main selling point and urges comparison with rivals.
Free bookcases with Britannica set for Boston Post readers
Free bookcases offered to readers who respond quickly. The ad promotes a 31 volume Britannica set weighing over 200 pounds, including 25 volumes Ninth Edition with New American Articles, plus 5 volumes American Additions and a volume Guide to Systematic Reading and Study, available by mail.
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Boston Post
Electric Parade Draws 50000 Spectators in City Show
Fifty thousand persons watched an electric parade last evening hosted by the Seventeenth of June Carnival Association. Colonel William H. Oakes led the march as chief marshal in his car, with a route from Lenox street stables through Columbus avenue and Copley square to the car barn. Notable floats included Triumph of Engineering and 1865, and the head procession completed the route in one hour.
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Charlestown
William H. Oakes
Lenox Street
Columbus Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Copley Square
Dartmouth Street
Columbus
Northampton Street
Captain Frank Johnson Reported Dangerously Ill
Captain Frank Johnson of the South ferry sidewheel boats and a veteran pilot is seriously ill at his East Boston home. He is the father of ex Councillor Frank Johnson Jr.
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Frank Johnson
South Ferry
East
Boston
Captain Johnson
Frank Johnson, Jr
Princess Louise of Saxe Coburg Elopes Again in Auto Flight
Badeisky Saxony September 1 Princess Louise eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium and wife of the Coburg Crown Prince fled from Pierson Sanitarium at Coswig in an automobile with Lieutenant Count Matassich Keglevitch. She was hidden by two women and a man and driven toward Munich with an auto and carriage transfer points designed to mislead pursuers. Reports say a hotel guest W Gratz aided the escape, and the plan may trace to a Dresden art exhibition meeting. The princess was under strict surveillance but departed unnoticed by a hotel watchman.
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Badelsky
Saxony
Louise of
Saxe-Coburg
Matassich-Keglevitch
Leopold
Belgium
Crown Prince of
Munich
W. Gratz
Count Matassich-Keglevitch
Pierson
Coswig
Matassich Keglevitch
Bad Elster
Hof
Asch
Bohemia
Paris
Royal Baths
Dresden
Action on Winthrop's New School Postponed
About 100 of Winthrop's 1200 voters attended a town meeting at the High School hall to vote on a misprinted warrant. Preston B. Churchill served as moderator. The committee urged a new high school on Hermon street between the Baptist and Unitarian churches with an estimated cost of 82,642 dollars. Action was deferred to September 19.
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Winthrop
Preston B. Churchill
Hermon Street
Open Shop Clause In Garment Contract Sparks Strike Talks
Clothing contractors presented a one year open shop agreement to striking garment workers. It includes a nine hour day with lunch, union sanctioned overtime, protections against interference, apprentice requirements, right to work, grievance arbitration, no cap on production, and tiered price lists. The clause asserts employers may hire or dismiss at will, which workers have not accepted.
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Napoleon
Panion
Bennette Lal Ees
By Newkirk and
Norman
Post
Judge Emmons
Emmons
Reet
Bel
RAI
I A
Boe
South End
The
American Newspaper Association
Devonshire Street
Mays
State
Coburg
Ple
Beian
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
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