English pageants in England struggle with mass popularization
London January 11 The pageant industry grows with state funded efforts and provincial successes but loses artistic unity as committees and common fund drives take over. Parker’s masterful Winchester and Romsey exemplars aim to modernize without erasing period style while London faces logistical limits and fragmented local support.
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Sherborne
Louis N. Parker
Warwick
Bury St. Edmunds
Romsey
F. R. Benson
Oxford
Frank Lascelles
Beerbohm Tree
Arthur Bourchier
H. B. Irving
St. Albans
Parker
England
Somerset House
Winchester
London
King Edward's Hospital Fund
Benson
Dover
Bea
France
Knights of the Round Table
Arthur
Mordred
William the Conqueror
Priory
John
Peter of Pomfret
Eleanor
Edward III
Henry V
Shakespeare
Kate
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Mary Tudor
Charles V
Charles I
Henrietta Maria
James Rhoades
Calais
Paris
Kings- Bate
College Street
Water Meads
Wol- Vesey
Menri de Blois
Matilda
Mary
Philip II
Cromwell
Cerdic
Egbert
Alfred
Canute
Edward the Confessor
Godwyn
Harold
Henry I
Henry III
Stephen
Richard I
William of
Regent’s Park
Thames
Imperial
King Lud
Gog
Magog
Dick Whittington
Agincourt
Sir Walter Besant
May Increase Mrs Post Alimony Suit Pending
Mrs Hattie O'Brien Post was awarded 100 dollars per month alimony and 250-dollar counsel fee in her absolute divorce from James Brady Post by Justice Giegerich in the Supreme Court yesterday. George W Post, brother of the defendant, has a pending Surrogate's Court accounting action in Brooklyn for their grandfather James Brady's estate, with an estimated share of at least 200000 dollars. Mrs Post may renew her alimony increase request if the Brooklyn court directs payment of the husband’s share.
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Hattie O'Brien Post
Giegerich
Supreme Court
James Brady Post
George W. Post
Brooklyn Court
Mrs Pell Wins Absolute Divorce in Supreme Court
Mrs A M Pell is awarded an absolute divorce from Alexander M Pell by the New York Supreme Court. Custody of their eight year old son Leslie Hyde Pell goes to Mrs Pell. The case began in March of last year with Justice O Gorman appointing Charles F Bliss as referee.
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A. Mercer Pell
Alexander M. Pell
Supreme Court
Pell
Leslie Hyde Pell
Sait
Justice O'Gorman
Charles F. Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Mrs. Pell
Eight-Year-Old Missing After Pond Incident Near Calvary Cemetery
Charles Herring, eight, of 76 Gate Street, is believed under the ice of a pond near his home by Calvary Cemetery. He was sliding on the pond Sunday afternoon when his cap was found beside a three foot wide hole, raising fears of an accident.
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Charles Herring
Gate Street
Calvary Cemetery
Mrs Werner’s Missing Wife Search Halted Due to Ill Mother
Attorney H Wellington Wack said the search for Mrs Frederick A Werner, wife of a Boston shoe manufacturer, was stopped because her mother is dangerously ill at her home in New Dorchester Massachusetts. The statement clarifies the police action following the family’s request.
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Frederick A. Werner
Boston
H. Wellington Wack
Open Bids Today For Navy Department Supplies
The Tribune reports a large bid opening in the Navy Department tomorrow for a broad schedule of material across over seven hundred classes. Contracts exceed one million dollars with about five hundred bidders anticipated. Supplies, mainly May purchases, are advanced due to stock depletion at navy yards in Brooklyn Mare Island Bremerton and other west coast outposts.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Pacific Coast
Navy Yards
Mare Island
Bremerton
Wash
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Inquiry Into Death Of Hartnet Naval Apprentice
Newport Rhode Island January 9 a board of officers began an investigation into the death of Naval Apprentice Hartnet of Philadelphia who died after several days illness following a fifth contest with D M Manning of Middletown The investigating board includes Commander James H Oliver Assistant Surgeon Harry F Hull Gunner Edward T Austin and Major William McKelvey Manning who is charged as a sentry and witnessed the quarrel is reported to be dejected over Hartnets deathWitnesses on Cumberland included officers and apprentices tied to the quarrel Hartnet funeral held with service and burial after no word reached Philadelphia regarding his father
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Hartnet
Newport
R. I
Philadelphia
D. M. Manning
Middletown
James H. Oliver
Harry F. Hull
Edward T. Austin
William McKelvey
United States Marine Corps
Cumberland
Manning
Navy funds collection eyed for battleship drive at Brooklyn Yard
Washington notes Navy Department is examining funds collected from an employer at the Brooklyn navy yard. The money is said to back a push for government built ships rather than private contracts. No evidence of improper motives found. action to stop collection unlikely.
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Washington
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yards
Connecticut
Admiral Evans
Brooklyn Yard
NEW PUBLIC BATH OPENING AT 23D STREET AVENUE A
Borough President Ahearn opens a new public bathhouse at 23d street and Avenue A, acclaimed as finest of its kind. The facility serves 156 daily, free baths, separate women days for the swimming pool, and warm showers compulsory before entry. Chief attendant John J. Sweeney, a war veteran rescuer, receives multiple medals. Built by Luke A. Burke Co. and designed by Aiken and Brunner.
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Avenue A
Ahearn
Charles F. Murphy
Alderman Kenneally
P. J. Scully
James Foley
William J. King
Thomas McGowan
Robert de Witte
J. Henry Stumpf
Michael J. Cruise
J. J. Bennett
John J. Sweeney
Congress
United States Volunteers
United States Benevolent Association
East River
Luke A. Burke
William M. Aiken
Arnold W. Brunner
Regulars and National Guard Camp Instruction Ordered
Washington January 20 General Bell chief of staff issues instruction for regular army and organized militia camps of instruction this year Regular troops to march about 250 miles by mounted units and 200 miles by foot forces to the camps The militia will have up to six days and instruction arranged with regimental drills in the forenoon and field exercises in the afternoon Officers may ride and walk in the mornings as part of tactical training
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Washington
Bell
Militia
War College President Hears Plans for Rapid War Readiness
President Watherspoon of the Army War College told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the college seeks about 800000 for an emergency upscaling of force readiness. He described aims to train and mobilize an army of 200000 or 400000 quickly if grave need arises and asked for confidential handling of the discussion.
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Washington
Watherspoon
Army War College
House Committee On Naval Affairs
War College
United States
Congress
Wotherspoon
Lefort Sentence Confirmed By Court Martial
Washington reports First Lieutenant Allan Lefort of the coastal artillery, stationed at Fort Jay New York, was convicted of obtaining money by forged checks and fraudulent representations. He is dismissed from the army and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the military penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas. Lefort is a native of Tennessee.
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Washington
Allan Lefort
Coast Artillery
Fort Jay
New York
Leavenworth
Kan
Lefort
Nas
Tennessee
Little Tim Protests Public Smoking Ordinance at Hearing
A New York Aldermanic hearing on Alderman Sullivan’s proposed restraint on public smoking drew supporters and critics. Little Tim Sullivan argued the measure targets venues, not women, while opponents warned of constitutional issues and gender double standards. A Chicago actress called the plan frivolous and urged traffic regulation instead as suffragists and other figures eyed future remarks.
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Aldermanic Chamber
Douill
Tim” Sullivan
New York
Little Tim
Alderman Doull
John Henry Smith
Redmond
Ol Am
Sullivan
Bowery
Tim
Board of Aldermen
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Alderman Brown
Maother
John Henry
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Bobby Roberts
Chicago
Suffragette Slips Energize New York Shoppers
About a dozen women in yellow sashes handed out white slips reading Votes for Women as they roamed Madison Avenue to 23rd Street and Broad Way. They promoted open air suffrage meetings at 5 p.m. each Tuesday at Madison Avenue and 23d Street, with contact info for M Malone. Pedestrians rushed to seize the literature, and some tossed it aside only to have others scoop it up.
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Madison Avenue
Child Labor Federation Forms Metropolitan Auxiliary
The Hudson Theatre gathering completed the metropolitan auxiliary of the New York Child Labor Committee with Rev. Anna Garrig Spencer elected president. Key speakers discussed enforcement challenges, truancy, and the need for scholarships, while plans for legislation and child welfare measures were outlined.
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New York
Child Labor Committee
Hudson Theatre
Charities Building
Anna Garrig Spencer
Merie St. Croix Wricht
Homer Irvin Ostrom
Percy Stickney Grant
Francis Hallman
Edward W. Ordway
Owen J. Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
Friends of the Children
Commissioner of Labor
Edward B. Shallow
Shallow
James P. Haney
United States
George A. Hall
New York Child Labor Committee
Brownsville
Hall
Arthur M. Dodge
Federation of Nurseries
Clarence Burns
Little Mutheers’ Aid Association
Inside the Quiet Search for Truth by Stedman
A reflective meditation on human seeking and the inner quest to reach God beyond outward signs. The poem traces the soul's tireless breath, resisting certainty from heaven or nature, urging inward purpose and persistent inquiry.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Local Donations Report Mixed Gifts From Several Cities
Money received includes a ten dollar check from Mary P Wilcox of Philadelphia for a bank offering and birthday gift to the good work. Mra 3 M G of Manhattan contributed a sum for the emergency fund and B O R of Pennsylvania gave a partial amount for the same fund. Mrs K contributed one dollar for the express fund.
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Mary P. Wilcox
Philadelphia
T. S
Mra 3. M. G
Manhattan
Pennsylania
Mrs. K
Shut-in Seeks Atlantic Monthly Issues May Through September
A Baltimore reader Mrs J L Godfrey at 87 North Fremont Avenue requests any Atlantic Monthly copies May June July August and September 17 to pass along. She would appreciate receiving one or all of these issues.
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Atlantic Monthly
J. L. Godfrey
North Freemont Avenue
Baltimore
Summit club garments for a poor Manhattan mother’s two girls
The Young Ladies' Sunshine Club of Summit New Jersey has started making garments for a poor mother's two little girls in Manhattan. Unity branch of Abbott's New Jersey aids in neighborly acts of kindness and seeks opportunities to assist beyond their own town.
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Young Ladies’ Sunshine Club
Summit
N. J
Manhattan
Unity Branch
Abbott's
Miss Annie Miller Offers Easter Gift Wool Work
Miss Annie M. Miller of 339 Park avenue Plainfield New Jersey invites wools sent to her and Mrs Lane to be made into Easter gift articles for distribution through the office.
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Annie M. Miller
Park Avenue
Plainfield, N. J
Wools
Lane
Sunshine gifts comfort blind readers in scattered towns
Miss Fannie Losee, a blind member, praises Sunshine friends for brightening her life with gifts. A Manhattan member cherishes cuffs and collar sent, while Ever Ready branch president notes a decorative comb. Indiana's Mr Rickert offers a wheelchair for a crippled young girl. Donations arrive from Brooklyn, Michigan, Manhattan, New Milford, Conn., and Mrs K for babies, plus quilt pieces and magazines.
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Fannie Losee
Manhattan
N. B
Brooklyn
Michigan
Julia Bennett
New Milford
Conn
Ziegler Blind Magazine
Mrs. K
Weekly prayer meeting of the Ladies' Christian Union
The weekly prayer meeting will be held in the chapel of the Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue and 48th Street tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Women are cordially invited.
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The
Ladies’ Christian Union
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
48Th Street
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