New Boston Museum Planned by Gustave Frohman
Gustave Frohman, famed producer, is expected in Boston to discuss plans for a new Boston Museum. Backers seek to make Boston a producing center with a stock company of top artists and an acting school, potentially reviving a city tradition of high quality drama. Plans foresees a theater around a thousand seats with possible revolving stage and prime equipment if site and funding align.
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Gustave Frohman
Frohman Brothers
Boston
Frohman
Boston Museum
New England
Old Lyceum Theatre Stock Company
New York
Empire Theatre School of Acting
Old Lyceum Company
Daniel Frohman
Empire Theatre School
Charles Frohman
Pacific Coast
San Diego
United States
Harvard Dramatic School
Drama League
Germany
Dr Bartlett Given Farewell Banquet
Dr P Challis Bartlett the retiring superintendent of the Rutland State Sanatorium was honored at a farewell banquet at Hotel Bartlett Rutland. Speakers included Dr Chadwick Dr Mac Corson and Rev Father O Connor among others. Bartlett resigned due to failing health to enter private chest practice in Boston after a brief rest.
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P. Challis Bartlett
Rutland State
Bartlett
Rutland
W. B. Howes
Scribner
Worcester State Hospital
Stick
Worcester State Asylum
Crane
Chamberlin and Lyon
Temple
Board of Selectmen
Carroll
Boston
State Street Blocked by Fire Apparatus
A lighted cigarette dropped on an awning in the Ex change building at 53 State street caused a noon traffic blockage at State and Congress as fire apparatus responded to an alarm. Several fire units avoided collisions with numerous automobiles and trucks in the area.
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P. T. Jackson
Exchange
State Street
State
Congress
Gowns of Brocaded Satin For the Coming Season
Paris reports designer Charles Schwab is making brocaded satin gowns of great richness for winter balls. Rose hues with black velvet sashes and pearl trimmings lead the line. The season features velvet and fur trims, daring hats, matched colors, dyed furs, and pink rose footwear to pair with undergarments in modish shades.
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Paris
Schwab
Lexington to Have Aged Folks' Home
East Lexington gains the Dana homestead on Massachusetts avenue as the Lexington Home for the Aged receives the deed through Representative Frank D. Peirce. The transfer to the aged care facility was recorded, marking a significant local milestone.
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Lexington
Dana
Massachusetts Avenue
East Lexington
Frank D. Peirce
Railroad men no use at 38 in wage contest
Claude Dillon testified for the Eastern railroads arbitration panel that a 38 year old conductor loses employability and earns little. He called such workers broken down rails as the panel prepares for the next session. Dillon noted brakemen could earn at most 2.42 dollars in a 10 hour day. Charles Brigham of New Haven is named as the next witness.
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New York
Claude Dillon
Baltimore & Ohio
Dillon
Ocean traffic of Boston growing
Boston’s ocean traffic shows a 65 percent rise in passengers from Jan 1 to Sept 16 this year compared with the prior year. A total of 99 547 passengers arrived and departed through the port.
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Boston
Divorce Suit Filed in East Cambridge Court
Mrs Addielon Graut Roseberry seeks divorce from William Guy Roseberry president and treasurer of the Cambridge Commercial College. The suit began yesterday before Judge Mc Laughlin in the Superior Divorce Court at East Cambridge following a rapid marriage without parental consent.
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Addielon Graut Roseberry
William Guy Roseberry
Cambridge Commercial College
McLaughlin
East Cambridge
Roseberry suit cites cruel treatment in marriage
Mrs Roseberry daughter of Treasury Inspector Theophilus Grout testifies she endured assault and neglect after their December 1909 Ottawa meeting and rapid marriage. She details two violent incidents and lack of support while doctors and a nurse corroborate her fragile condition as the case is continued.
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Mrs. Roseberry
Special Treasury
Theophilus Grout
United States Treasury Department
Roseberry
Ottawa
Ill
Ernest P. Young
Marlboro Street
Boston
William G. Dwinell
Elect Socialist to Dutch Upper House
In Friesland a Socialist, Polak, was elected to the Dutch Senate. Polak, president of the Diamond Workers' Union, follows Queen Wilhelmina's July effort to bring Socialist leaders into the Cabinet, marking a new development in the Socialist engagement with the government.
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Hague
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Friesland
Polak
Diamond Workers’ Union
Widow Granted Status as Mrs Ryan in Suffolk Court
Mrs Elizabeth A Ryan of this city won recognition as the lawful widow of Peter J Ryan mining promoter after Judge Grant of the Suffolk Probate Court granted her petition. The case followed a bitter dispute with a niece Eleanor G Ford named administratrix. the judge refused to remove Ford but allowed Ryan to be recognized as widow and to amend court records accordingly.
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Elizabeth A. Ryan
Peter J. Ryan
Grant
Suffolk Provate Court
Ryan
Eleanor G. Ford
Somersworth School Board Bans Modern Dances
The Somersworth school committee prohibits bunny hugs tangos lobster bans and other modern dances within district buildings. The action follows reports of dance abuses at the high school during noon recess and at class sponsored dances.
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Somersworth
N. H
Filene’s savings lure New England buyers to right styles
A Boston businessman touts Filene’s new made‑ready suits at 17.50 down from 35. He followed a trusted tailor to Filene’s and found quality at a lower price. A sign error noted in Washington Street prompted a $5 reward for pointing out a correction. The ad promotes rapid access and Filene values for men.
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New England
Boston
Filene’s
Filene
DIES WHEN HE SNEEZES
Joseph H. Parker aged 48 of Charlestown died after a week with a broken neck and paralyzed spinal cord. Police say Parker accused Angus McFarland of assault with a cleaver at 114 Atlantic Avenue. McFarland was arrested and held as more charges await.
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City
Joseph H. Parker
Decatur Street
Charlestown
Parker
America
Boston
West
Dennessey
Police
City Hospital
Angus McFarland
Atlantic Avenue
McFarland
Hanover Street
Central Police Court
Chauffeur Almond Discharged In Court
Walter Lewis Almond of Baltimore, chauffeur in custody after an accident that killed Arthur Greenfield of Paterson New Jersey and seriously injured his wife, was discharged this morning by Judge Cottle of the district court at East Brookfield. He faced charges of reckless driving and assault.
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Spencer
Walter Lewis Almond
Baltimore
Arthur Greenfield
Paterson
N. J
Cottle
East Brookfield
Raglan and plain-shoulder coats with sweeping skirts
Fashion notes show stock of raglan or plain-shoulder coats paired with wide sweep skirts. Prices range from $25 to $50 with notable values at $30 and $35. Emphasis on versatile ensembles for longer silhouettes and tailored lines.
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New Boston Museum
Boston Well
DR. Bartlett
State ST
Underwood & Underwood
Federal
Ocean Traffic
Dad
Trafford
Norfolk
Ick
Mrs. Ryan
Bunny Hug
Washington Street
Almond
Briny
London
Scotland
Bel
Galashiels
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