Death of Professor Lester Ward, noted sociologist and geologist
Washington April 18 Professor Lester F Ward one of America's leading social philosophers and a geologist of note died today at 81 He was Joliet Illinois born and served as first president of the American Sociological Society and led the Institute International de Sociologie faculty at Brown University and on the staff of the National Museum in Washington
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Lester F. Ward
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Ward
American Sociological' Society
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Brown University
National Museum
Railroad executives shift as summer schedule begins
The Boston and Maine announces changes as General Manager Pollock and Vice President Horne will return to the New York New Haven and Hartford when summer schedules start. G L R French becomes Portland division superintendent and C S Folsom is named new vice president of the St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain road.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Pollock
Horne
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
G. L. R. French
Rutland Railroad
Portland
C. S. Folsom
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
Opening of Forty Hours devotion at St Marys North End
The Rev Thomas F Whites rector of St Marys North End will celebrate a solemn high mass tomorrow at 1030. A procession of the Blessed Sacrament with benediction is planned. The Suffolk county chaplain Rev Denis J Whaley and Frederick J McLaughlin of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will attend a 315 visit at Rathbone Hall 694 Washington St. A number of Jesuit priests have returned to St Marys after a successful mission at Lowell and Fr Francis Powers of Boston College will lecture on Ireland on April 29 to raise funds for church repairs.
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Thomas F. Whites
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Hibernian Total Abstinence Association
Rathbone Hall
Washington Street
Ireland
Francis P. Powers
S. J
Boston College
Methodist Conference May Buy Sanitarium for Home
Somersworth N H April 18 A recommendation from the New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal session urges the six New England conferences to jointly purchase the Attleboro Sanitarium in Attleboro Massachusetts as a home for aged ministers their wives widows and for orphaned children of conference members The building valued at about 250 000 is offered for 116 000 already 34000 subscribed leaving about 81000 to raise John M Fisher who built and equipped the sanitarium favors Methodist control The plan includes using the 95 acres for an old couples home and an orphanage once funds are secured
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New Hampshire
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Boston
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Massachusetts Boys in Mimic Battle Field Day
The annual Massachusetts Division United Boys' Brigades of America field day is at Middlesex Fells Reservation. Brigades led by Major General Dolloff will stage a Blue Army versus a simulated Red Army with regimental units and a 2000 yard line of pickets. An afternoon parade and a 3 p.m. march from Spot Pond to Boston ensue, with companies from multiple towns.
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United Boys’ Brigades of America
Middlesex Fells Reservation
William G. Dolloff
Arthur G. Cullis
James A. Cushman
Blue Army
Clin L. MacLean
Spot Pond Reservoir
Salem Street
Forrest Street
Medford
Pleasant Street
Malden
Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Dorchester
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Allston
East Boston
Revere
Cliftondale
Everette
Winthrop
Arlington
Dedham
Norwood
Brockton
Salem
Beverly
South Boston
Clinton
Northfield
Melrose
Senator Fay Proposes Bill Against Explosive Golf Balls
Medford Senator Fay says he will introduce a bill Monday to ban explosive golf balls after recent accidents. First offense carries a $500 penalty, second offense up to $1000 or a year in jail. The balls use explosive substances to improve resilience.
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Fay
Medford
Robbers Trapped by Wire Tie in Cigar Store Heists
A piece of picture wire led to the arrest of four men suspected of holding up and robbing many United Cigar Stores in New York and nearby. Detectives traced the wire to its seller and waited as the suspects sought a supply. Three were captured at gunpoint on a trolley in New Rochelle.
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New York
United Cigar Stores Company
New Rochelle
Four charged in bold cigar store heists at hotel
The fourth arrestee is held at a hotel while a young woman with him is kept as a material witness. Prisoners named are Charles Truax, ex U C Stores worker, John McDonald with a long post office burglary record, Frederick H Clark and Joseph S Duval. Cigar company clerks from multiple branches identify Truax Clark and Duval as the robbers who rifled safes and cash drawers of $200 to several thousand dollars.
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Charles Truax
United Cigar Stores Company
John McDonald
Frederick H. Clark
Joseph S. Duval
Cigar Company
Truax
Clark
Duval
Suffrage Straw Vote Bill Defeated In Legislature
In the House the suffrage straw vote bill failed 113 to 73 after debates on whether voting should be by men or both genders. The same day the Senate committees reported against Mayor Fitzgerald’s milk definitions, while enrollment bills and transportation orders moved forward.
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Barnes
Mansfield
Cox
Boston
Senate
Committees On Public Health
Montague
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Washington Street
Boylston Street
Postoffice Square
House
Committee On Public Health
Arbor Day Proclamation Urges Tree Planting and Conservation
Governor Foss designates Arbor Day for next Saturday and urges tree planting and conservation in the reading of the Revised Laws. The proclamation emphasizes the value of forests and environmental stewardship for the community.
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Foss
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief and Free Trial
Sore feet are promised relief with TIZ a non powder remedy that draws out poisons and exudations. An ad cites Mrs. F J Androcks of Jamaica Long Island praising its inflamed and painful feet relief. It claims plants like bunions and callouses vanish and offers a 25 cent box price with money back guarantee and a free trial by sending to Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago IL.
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F. J. Androcks
Jamaica
Long Island
Tiz
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Olive Tablets Marketed as Calomel Substitute
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touted as a mild bowel and liver stimulant that purifies the system and cures bad breath without calomel side effects. The sugar coated tablets claim to relieve bad breath, cleanse blood, and promote natural passage with no griping, offered at 10c and 25c per box.
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F. M. Edwards
Olive Tablet Company
Solum
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Why I Left My Wife A Confession Of Marital Bankrupt
A physician recounts his courtship and marriage to Doris, noting contrasts between his frugal practicality and her lavish tastes. Tensions rise over trust, mail secrecy, and social outings as hints of strain emerge, foreshadowing a deeper marital rupture to come.
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