May sew own bridal gowns at Cambridge High School
Cambridge High School plans a household arts department to let girls who do not continue schooling learn home skills. Mary H John F Milmore announced the plan and was named chief of police for Watertown, succeeding retired Thomas F Lyons after 1898 service with the Watertown department.
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Cambridge High School
Mother
Cambridge School Board
Mary H
Winslow
John F. Milmore
Watertown
Board of Selectmen
Thomas F. Lyons
Lyons
Four-Masted Schooner J Holmes Birdsall Lost at San Juan
The four masted schooner J Holmes Birdsall of Philadelphia laden with coal was washed on rocks at the harbor entrance in San Juan Puerto Rico by a ground swell and abandoned by her crew. Loss estimated at $200000 and insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
J. Holmes Birdsall
Philadelphia
Man Bumps Car While Petting Dog In Dorchester
James I Farley of 25 Pond Street Dorchester loses control while stroking his dog and hits an electric car at Unham's Corner. No injuries but Farley's car is damaged. trolley unaffected. The incident is followed by a separate suit in New York where stock broker Louis Winkelman faces a $23000 breach of promise claim from Miss Minnie Fels aka Miss Theo Bell, alleging he promised marriage and money. The case also references a court hearing over theatre musicians’ union interference with Haverhill Strand Theatre’s musical arrangements.
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James I’. Farley
Pond Street
Dorchester
Farley
Unham
New York
Louis L. Winkelman
Broad Street
Minnie Fels
Theo Bell
Winkelman
Supreme Court
Miss Bell
Jenney
Equity
Superior Court
Haverhill Strand Theatre, Inc
A. L. Gillen
Haverhill
Child Dies After Fall From Bed
Sidney Socket, four months old, son of Mr and Mrs Max Socket, rolled from his bed yesterday morning and fell two feet, fracturing his skull. He died soon after as the mother was nearby in another room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Socket
Max Socket
William Corcoran
Grove Street
West Quincy
Reardon Street
West Quincey
A Fine Treatment for Catarrh Promising Remedy
An advertisement touts Parmint double strength as a constitutional cure for catarrh and related deafness and head noises. It prescribes mixing one ounce with four and a half pints of hot water and four ounces of sugar, taking a tablespoon four times daily for relief and a tonic effect.
Theatre union rule blocks lone organist under five musicians
Tre managers favor unions and seek a union man for the big organ in the theatre but the musicians' union requires at least five musicians in the orchestra. The union objects to a lone organist and the theatre managers cannot hire a union man. Judge Jenney reserved his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre
Musicians’ Union
Jenney
Jefferson Club Endorses Campbell for Clerk Re‑Election
The Jefferson Club of Ward 2 East Boston endorsed Francis A Campbell for reelection as clerk of the Superior Civil Court. Attorney William J Sullivan John B Cashman and Daniel J Sullivan praised his efficient business like administration while Louis M O'Brien presided last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Campbell
Superior Civil Court
Jefferson Club
Ward 2
East
Boston
William J. Sullivan
John B. Cashman
Daniel J. Sullivan
Campbell
Louis M. O'Brien
Brockton Fair Ushers Meet Opposition From Women Groups
In Brockton on September 19 opposition mounted to a proposal by fair management to hire high school girls as ushers. Officials from the Brockton Woman's Club the Twentieth Century Catholic Club and the YWCA protest the plan noting past use of high school boys and arguing against the shift in staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Brockton Fair
J. B. Shaw
Woman's Club
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Wallace
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Cambridge
Milmore
PETS
Caress
Steering Wheel
Feaden
Auburn, Maine
Indorses Campbell
Marsters
Albany
Hudson River
Niagara Falls
AXE
Tua
Clark’s
N. T. Cotton
Quincy Boy
Standish Wilcox
Curley
Wilcox
Coes & Young Co
School St
Avery
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