Parents Day proposed to replace Mothers Day in Boston
A Boston movement to make the second Sunday in May Parents Day was launched as a remedy to perceived floral price gouging on Mothers Day. Proponents urge a debt of remembrance and devotion, with open participation by merchants offering affordable gifts. A letter from Louisiana Governor Parker and a New York education official support the idea.
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Boston
Robert
Parker
Louisiana
Commissioner of Education
New York State
New York Hosts A Provincial Russia In Exile
In New York City a small, organized Russia in exile operates as a province with a governor and staff. Hundreds of émigrés meet weekly in a hall to revive Moscow and Petrograd memories with songs, poems, and performances. The levity of a lieutenant governor's impersonations contrasts with lingering loss and exile.
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New York
Associated Press
Russia
Old
Moscow
Petrograd
Constantinople
Footmen Scarcer Now in England
London reports the decline of footmen as a social staple with the rise of economy and new wealth. Many servants migrate to America where agencies claim high wages for such trusted staff.
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England
London
Jeamnes
America
Hen Thief Drops $700 Near Roost In Schenectady
Farmer John Rifton finds a wallet with seven hundred dollars in first class U S currency after his henhouse theft. He had sold his flock of 100 chickens to an unknown buyer for seven dollars each without either party knowing. A thief with pockets of cash is blamed. In Washington, the House moves to bootleg measures over interior department funding.
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Schenectady
N.Y
John Rifton
Alplaus
Rifton
Coops Visita
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New England
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Acean
Red Davenport
Rocker
Eer
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Morris
The
New
Columbia
Talking Machines
Bridgeport
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