Boston Boys and the Games They Played
A nostalgic literary notice by James D'Wolf Lovett on Victorian Boston youth. The author relives boy life in the 1800s, detailing sleds, coasting battles, skating, swimming, and early baseball as the city shifts from Massachusetts to Brooklyn rules, with portraits of famous players and clubs.
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Boston Boys
James D'Wolf Lovett
Boston
Brown & Co
Jim” Lovett
Massachusetts
New
Brooklyn
Bowdoin Club
New York
Defection of antis reshapes suffrage debate in DC
In Washington a split emerges as anti suffrage backers visit Interurban Woman Suffrage Council after Dr Lyman Abbott's lecture The scene at the Hotel Martha Washington reveals Mrs Frank Avery and others wavering Onlookers report that Avery sought suffrage literature and support for studying the issue while affirming a cautious stance preferring thoughtful gentle action over forceful methods There is no immediate move to join the suffrage ranks but the shift signals a brewing tension within the anti camp
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National League For the Civic Education of Women
Richard Watson Gilder
Lyman Abbott
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Interurban
Woman Suffrage Council
Martha Washington
Frank M. Avery
John Tertill Clark
Berkeley Lyceum
Paul Morton
Civic Education League
Dance of the Friendship Club at Normal College Settlement
Miss Gertrude Clausen leads the Friendship Social Club in a dance and entertainment to benefit the West Side Settlement House at 6th Street and East River. The program includes folk dances that drew crowds at the Women's Trade Union League ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Clausen
Normal College
Friendship Social Club
6Th Street
East River
Trade Union League
Critics Blast New York Public Schools At Astor Hotel
At the Society for Political Study meeting at the Hotel Astor, members derided public schools for alleged mismanagement and intrusive practices. They attacked tonsil operations, questioned vaccination links to education, and noted uneven school distribution between the Upper East Side and congested districts. The discussion included complaints about handwriting, spelling, and insufficient reading skills among graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Political Study
Hotel Astor
Frank Cronise
New York
Belle de Rivera
Blue
Pilgrim Fathers
Austin Norman Palmer
Ge Rivera
Palmer
Lower East Side
Bronx
Mrs. Cronise
College of the City of New York
Meeting Echoes Debate on Democracy and Suffrage
A heated scene unfolds as a speaker laments tedious chores and a man’s grasp of Greek, while a woman in back questions whether they live in a democracy. Mrs de Rivera asserts governance favors males, leaving half the crowd unsettled as the meeting dissolves in confusion.
AS OTHERS SEE US In a Japanese woman's view of America
An extract from a Japanese woman now in the United States contrasts the simple life of a family with America's luxury and materialism. She notes both nations have defects and strengths and urges focusing on good points while acknowledging religious faith as a leaven in American luxury.
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B.’s
America
Japan
Bazaar for Babies Wards at Lorraine Hotel
The Sunbeam League holds a Christmas sale to aid the Babies Wards of New York Post-Graduate Hospital at the Lorraine Fifth Avenue and 45th Street tomorrow from 10 30 a m to 6 59 p m. Items include baby clothes toys fancy articles baskets from Jamaica Dresden dinner cards and Christmas party puzzles. Officers include Miss Mary P Hayden president Miss Robb first vice president Mrs Haggerty Pell second vice president Mrs William A Purrington corresponding secretary Miss Bronson recording secretary and Mrs Charles E Brugler treasurer.
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Sunbeam League
New York Post-Graduate Hospital
Lorraine
Fifth Avenue
45Th Street
Jamaica
Dresden
Mary P. Hayden
Robb
Haggerty-Pell
William A. Purrington
Bronson
Charles E. Brugler
Mrs Shelton Leader Heads Local Christian Union
The Ladies' Christian Union holds a devotional meeting today at 11 in the Collegiate Church chapel on Fifth avenue and 4th street. Mrs Don O Shelton, president of the National Sabbath Alliance, is the leader. Women are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Christian Union
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
4Th Street
Don O. Shelton
National Sabbath Alliance
Trinity and Tuberculosis Speech Sparks Church Probe
The Woman's Republican Club at Waldorf Astoria heard Dr. William H. Allen of the Bureau of Municipal Research urge investigation of the Trinity Church Corporation. He quipped that it is easier to investigate sewers than halves and stated that Trinity’s fifty year income could have wiped out New York tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Republican Club
Waldorf-Astoria
William H. Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research
Trinity Church Corporation
Allen
Trinity
New York
Miss Ethel Arnold Lectures on The Religious Novel
Miss Ethel M Arnold granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby and niece of Matthew Arnold will deliver the second lecture of her three part course under the League for Political Education this morning at 11 in the league rooms No 23 West 44th street Her subject is The Religious Novel A December 16 interpretation will cover her grandfather Dr Thomas Arnold known in America from Tom Browns School Days Also mention of Congressional Humor by the author of Letters from a New Congressmans Wife in the Tribune.
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Ethel M. Arnold
Dr. Arnold
Rugby
Matthew Arnold
League For Political Education
League Rooms
West 44Th Street
Miss Arnold
League
Thomas Arnold
America
Tom Brown
Christmas Gifts In New York Shops Offer Wide Range
Christmas gifts in New York shops display abundant options with prices from 6 cents to seven dollars. Items include copper stands, nickel flasks, candy novelties such as a chocolate violin, and seasonable stationery with gilt turkey motifs. Writing sets in copper brass brass and crystal, wood, and jade lookalike stones promise extensive choices for all ages and tastes.
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Santa Claus
New York
United States
Plans to take over United States Light and Heating Co
W S Grandall, secretary and treasurer, says talks with Hooley Learned & Co aim to gain control by March 15. They would buy stock at $5 a share, half par, targeting three fourths of the $6,000,000 capital for an amalgamation with similar firms. United States Light and Heating supplies electric lighting for trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Light and Heating Company
W. S. ¢Randall
Hooley, Learned & Cow
United States Light End Heating Company
E. S. Hooley
Hooley, Learned & Co
American cotton in India auction sells above native product
Lahore reports the Punjab's experiment with American cotton from imported seed succeeded. The first auction sold all American cotton to a single firm at 2.5 percent above Indian cotton. Local growers, cautious about adopting the new seed, were impressed by the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Punjab
Wall Street Talks of Gary Dinner
Leading iron and steel manufacturers will attend a Waldorf dinner tonight hosted by ex-Judge E H Gary of United States Steel. Some expect talk of steel prices, though officials say the event is social and merely aims to renew acquaintances with a broad, informal discussion possible.
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Waldorf
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
Federal Supreme Court to Decide Traction Case
Springfield Illinois December Supreme Court action follows Illinois high court ruling sustaining a writ of error. Clarence H Venner of New York, via K N Zoline, argues Chicago traction settlement ordinance unconstitutional and bonds under it invalid. Case cites duplication with Chicago City Railway Company ordinance.
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Springfield
Chicago Traction
Supreme Court of the United States
K. N. Zoline
Clarence H. Venner
New York
Cartwright
Tllinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Venner
Chicago Traction Settlement
Chicago Railways Company
Chicago City Railway Company
Boston & Maine Declares Quarterly Dividend and Notes Policy
Boston common stock receives a 1 percent quarterly dividend as directors defer long term refinancing. They extend six months the due short term notes while pursuing eventual long term financing. The railroad currently carries just over 11 thousand dollars in short term notes.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Walcott Made Vice President of Knickerbocker Trust
F. C. Walcott, long a Knickerbocker Trust committee member and active since its reopening, was elected vice president yesterday. He previously led the New York Mills Corporation and has extensive experience in organizing large enterprises. James Ely Miller was elected assistant secretary, succeeding J. McKean Walton.
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F. C. Walcott
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Walcott
New York Mills Corporation
James Ely Miller
J. McKean Walton
Rhoades Collection to Be Sold at Fifth Avenue Galleries
John F W Rhoades personal effects and art objects are exhibited at 66 Fifth avenue to be sold for creditors. The sale features antique furniture and silver items by order of George Harrison and Fidelity Funding Co with sales on Thursday Friday and Saturday at 2 30 pm. Friday includes paintings from the estates of Mrs Newton Smith and N Porter and Saturday features the library of W Cole Dudley disposed of by James P Silo.
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John F. W. Rhoades
Fifth Avenue
George ©. Harrison
Fidelity Funding Company
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ANTIS
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Dance OF the Friendship Club
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Ethel Arnold
Tribune
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Independent
Fulton Street
Barselma
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C. M. Clark Publishing CO
Mass
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BERS
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Museum Collection of
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Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association
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Tof
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Josiah White
Se Ooprietors
Traymore
Atlantic City
HOTEL
Aes
Berlioz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Harlem
Lenox Ave
Court St
Meklesr
Flushing
Long Island
Germany
American and Foreign Teache Agency
M. J Young-Fulton
Union Square
Ting Thos
TE Hendrickson
Fulter St. Breoklyr
North America
By Eduard Knobel
Wild Animal Department
New-York Tribune
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