Hermit Sees Modern Los Angeles Wonders in Skirt Fashion
John Hildering, 60, a New England hermit visiting Pasadena, recalls his first streetcar and automobile, but is most astonished by women’s changing dress as he admires his niece Miss Gladys and notes a slit skirt. He has lived in isolation since his wife’s death 36 years ago.
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J. ©. Weffield
Boston
Gladys
Pasadena
Storm drives sea gulls into Paris
Gales along the French coast push large numbers of sea gulls inland and into the Seine Valley. Hundreds flock over central Paris swirling around the river and skimming near Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower, amusing residents.
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Paris
Seine
Notre Dame Cathedral
Eiffel Tower
Straw hats of Congressmen protected by law
Washington police warn that smashing a congressman's straw hat or any in habitant of the capital will be prosecuted to the limit of the law. Prosecutor S. McComas Hawken announced the measure after agreeing with Major Sylvester that patrolmen will watch for hat smashers.
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Washington
Congress
National
S. McComas Hawken
Sylvester
Cholera Declared Infected Russian Regions
Asiatic cholera spreads in Russia with officials declaring Yekaterinoslav Taurida Tchernigov Kutais and Batum territories and Sebastopol and Kertch prefectures infected.
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Russia
Yekaterinoslav
Taurida
Tehernigov and
Kutais
Kuban
Batum
Sebastopol and
Kertch
Boston infant mortality drops during 1918 baby-saving drive
The Milk and Baby Hygiene Association reports 1490 babies under care with four extra nurses aiding summer intake. Ninety five hundred five mothers, or 65 percent, feed their babies by breast. From June to Sept 1912 Boston saw 617 infant deaths before age one, vs 566 in 1718, a nearly 10 percent reduction attributed to the campaign saving 61 lives.
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Milk and Baby Hygiene Association
Association
Board of Health
Boston
Blind girls work phone open new field for the blind
In Baltimore on September 14 the Maryland School for the Blind reports six pioneering blind girls now staffing regulation switchboards. After one girl passed severe tests two years ago the group aims to expand employment for blind women and to develop a simpler training board to boost efficiency.
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Baltimore
Maryland School For
Cardinal O'Connell Brings Pope Message to Boston
Cardinal O'Connell returned from Rome with a personal word from the pope for Boston. He conveyed a direct message and reflected on the Vatican's guidance during his visit.
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Cardinal O’connell
Rome
Pope Pius X Health Restored Reported in Boston Mass
The article states Pope Pius X is fully recovered and cares for the Boston archdiocese. Cardinal assures a large Cathedral congregation that the Pope’s health is good and that previous illness reports were exaggerated while noting his own strong health.
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Pius X
Boston
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Observed at Cathedral
Cardinal O Connell presided at a solemn high mass for the feast with Monsignor Splaine and seminarians from St. Johns Brighton. A large crowd greeted the cardinal after mass and received his blessing. The cardinal spoke of Pope Pius X and health concerns while urging devotion at the cathedral.
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Cardinal O'Connell
M. J. Splaine
St. John’s Ecclesiastical Seminary
Brighton
Monsignor Splaine
Neil A. Cronan
Father Culhane
Pio di Luca
Thomas R. McCoy
James J. Redican
O’connell
Cardinal O’connell
Pius X
Father
Rome
Following Christ Amid Trials in Holy Cross Cathedral
A sermon in a Holy Cross cathedral urges unity and faith to endure tribulations and follow Jesus Christ. The speaker prays for God’s grace, cooperation with diocesan leadership, and harmony with the pope’s blessing as parishioners carry on their work.
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Jesus Christ
Holy Cross
Singer's Son Weds Waitress Secretly
Walter Schumann Heink son of opera star Madame Er nesting Schumann Heink quietly wed a Paterson New Jersey waitress in Chicago on July 2. He is the fifth of the eight children of the famous singer.
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New York
Paterson
N. J
Walter Schumann-Heink
Madame Ernesting Schumann-Heink
Marcus
Chicago
Madame Schumann-Heink
Aged couple wed after 50 years in Kansas City
R. Hall, 70, retired farmer from Breckinridge, Missouri, and Mrs. L. H. Carr, 64, of Hartsville, Indiana, who were engaged to wed half a century ago, obtained a marriage license in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Kansas City
Hall
Breckinridge
L. H. Carr
Hartsville
Ind
Rochdale Workman Heads Family to Side Track
Charles F. Prizio, a worker on the Rochdale section of the Boston and Albany railroad, moved his family and belongings into a passenger car placed on a side track at Rochdale freight yards. He plans to spend the winter there.
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Rochdale
Charles F. Prizio
Boston & Albany
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