Davis Named Secretary to Health Commissioner Board
Dr. Francis X. Mahoney recently appointed Frederick S. Davis as secretary to the health commissioner and the five deputy commissioners. Davis will earn 3000 dollars, a 560 dollar raise from his former health department bookkeeper salary, a role he has held since 1881. He is brother of the late Charles Davis, longtime health department secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Mahoney
Frederick S. Davis
Davis
Health Department
Charles Davis
Waltham Play Festival Showcases Local Children
Three hundred Waltham children joined the annual festival at the high school athletic field with a pageant dances and baseball games. Evening displays in the high school assembly hall featured basketry sewing and other work by vacation school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foundred Waltham
Waltham
See Gy V2 Ve School Offers Evening Business Courses
The School, the third largest in America, educated 761 active businessmen last year with an average age of 28. It is incorporated as a college granting Bachelor and Master of Commercial Science degrees. Faculty include trained accountants and business executives. Catalogs available. interviews by appointment at Tremont Building in downtown Boston or Huntington Avenue campus.
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America
Tremont Building
Haymarket
Huntington Avenue
Frank Palmer Speare
M.H. Dean
Boston
Back Bay
Army Men Prepare to Battle Invader in Plattsburg
The first provisional regiment of business men attached to the first brigade of the regular army readies to take the field at dawn to aid in repelling an invading force. The coming ten days will unfold with warlike activity, thrills and horror, though less the bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
Blue Army Mobilizes for Red Threat at Plattsburg
The article describes a hypothetical war scenario with a Blue army of over 4000 men mobilizing to block Red forces near Rouse's Point and Dannemora. It notes field preparations including entrenching tools, clothing, and wagon train support, plus a Beekmantown camp halt and expected Monday combat. It also mentions a veteran Boston marksmen group, a Russian-German war lecture with moving pictures, and Horace F. Fuller being promoted to sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
McCoy
Plattsburg
Rouse’s Point
New York
Albany
Dannemora
Malone
Business
U. S. Artillery
Signal Corps
Beekmantown
J. Winthrop Pickering
Darby
Boston
J. G. Walcott
William James
Ralph Richmond
F. B. Frothingham
George Blake
R. G. Vickery
W. C. Durfee
R. Lever Hale
J. W. Farley
H. R. B. Allen
F. S. Blake
H. McB. Parker
Johnl. Motley
Osborne Palmer
Lawrence Hemenway
J. A. L. Blake
J. Laselle
2D. R. W. Gray
W. C. Rogers
Car Hits Man Then Flees In Swampscottward Run
A large black touring car struck 23 year old George Crawford near Shorey and Union streets in Lynn last night and sped away toward Swampscott. The driver, a woman, remains unidentified as Crawford sustained internal injuries.
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George Crawford
Shorey Street
Lynn
Shorey
Union Streets
Swampscott
Accident on Shorey Street Leaves Crawford Seriously Injured
Police report Miss Mabel Brown of 7 Pearl Street Lynn witnessed the crash. Crawford, 47, was pushing a cart on Shorey Street when a big black car driven by a woman with two men in the rear struck the cart at Union Street. Crawford was hurled and taken to Lynn Hospital with serious internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Brown
Pearl Street
Lynn
Crawford
Shorey Street
Union Street
Lynn Hospital
Pied Piper of Hamelin Overture Draws Nahant Crowd
Nearly 2000 Nahant society members attended an evening of The Pied Piper of Hamelin on the Schlessenger estate. The production featured local residents in principal roles and a cast of dancers and performers with patronesses led by Mrs. William Appleton and other prominent names.
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North Shore
Hamelin
Browning
Schlessenger
Pond Street
Nahant
Co. A
U. S. Tower
Frederick W. Cutter
William J. Francis, Jr
William Wylie
Nellie Ferguson
William Appleton
Walter C. Baylies
Taunton
James H. Beal
Arthur K. Blood
Frank B. Bruce
Robert Cochran
Charles H. Gibson
Olive Grove
Arthur S. Johnson
Otis Johnson
John Lawrence
Nicaraguan Consul to Talk Business in Boston
American Consul Cornelius Ferris Jr of Bluefields Nicaragua will visit Boston September 1 for about three weeks to confer with manufacturers and exporters on trade conditions in Nicaragua and River Plate region. He will base at the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce 752 Oliver building 141 Milk Street.
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Cornelius Ferris, Jr
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Boston
River Plate
South America
Ferris
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Oliver Building
Milk Street
U S Judge From Porto Rico Here Visits New Hampshire
Judge Peter J. Hamilton of the United States District Court at San Juan Porto Rico called at the Federal building yesterday to pay respects to Judge Frederic Dodge whom he met years ago when Dodge visited the island. Hamilton is spending the summer at Lake Sunapee New Hampshire.
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Peter J. Hamilton
United States District Court
San Juan
Porto Rico
Federal Building
Frederic Dodge
Dodge
Island
Judge Hamilton
Lake Sunapee
N. H
Brescia Bombing Aerial visitor Causes Panicless Landing
An Austrian biplane over Brescia Italy dropped bombs killing six workers and injuring two and more, yet caused no lasting damage to the town as crowds gathered in the market place. The aviator flew low to ensure aim and civilians did not evacuate as instructed.
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Brescia
Italy
Zeebrugge Damaged by Fleet Reported Severe Losses
The Tijo reports during the Zeebrugge bombardment that many soldiers were killed and 90 severely wounded brought to Ghent. The fleet destruction included a shed for submarines, with submarines lost, and material damage described as very great.
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Amsterdam
London
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Tijo
Ghent
Transfer of Royal Ordnance Factories Under War Control
An official statement from London says arrangements are made for the council of the army and the ministry of munitions to transfer control of the royal ordnance factories to the ministry during the war.
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Royal Ordnance Factories
London
Council of the Army
Ministry of Munitions
Girl of 14 and man vanish from Garden Court
Catherine Bacca, a 14 year old schoolgirl, and a mysterious man were reported missing after loitering at her home on Garden Court street. Neighbors heard voices in the hallway early morning and the girl left with all her clothes and a suitcase. Police seek a man in a light suit and gray cap who is believed to have persuaded her to leave. The girl was to enter high school this fall.
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North End
Catherine Bacca
Garden Court Street
Bacca
Catherine
Worker in dark subway falls in shaft
William Bagley 25 of 45 Middle street South Boston an electrician's helper for Gillespie Co fell from a stage into a shaft while adjusting lights in the Andrew square section of the new Dorchester subway. He broke both legs and sustained internal injuries and is listed on the dangerous list at City Hospital.
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Andrew Square
Dorchester
William Bagley
Middle Street
South
Boston
Gillespie & Co
City Hospital
Record Cargo of Wool From Africa to Boston
The steamer Benin carries the largest cargo of wool from Africa to Boston and sails from Port Elizabeth on Wednesday. This marks the second African wool shipment to Boston this season amid rising Australian wool arrivals and expected record wool imports at the port.
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Africa
Boston
Benin
Port Elizabeth
Steamer Code Letters Required Upon Exit
Customs issues notice to coastwise vessels at Presidents Roads on neutrality duty. Outgoing ships must display distinguishing letters and pass close to the guard ship for easy name reading.
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Presidents Roads
Miss Kane Disappears in Somerville Mystery
Miss Callette Kane a 20 year old Salem Normal School graduate vanished yesterday morning from her family summer home in Wilmington. Police fear she may have drowned and plan to search the old quarry waters near the summer retreat if no trace is found by morning.
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Callette Kane
Salem Normal School
Hinckley Street
Somerville
Wilmington
Walter A. Hill
North Wilmington
Kane
Hill
Miss Kane
Tragic disappearance of 20 year old Miss Kane from Wilmington cottage
Miss Kane, a Somerville High School graduate and Salem Normal School student, vanished from a summer cottage near Fred H. Roberts in Wilmington. Police conduct a broad search as family fears mental distress and possible self harm, with the quarry water to be dredged if needed.
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F. S. Davis
School of Commerce and Finance
Boston Young Mens Christian Association
Old New England
Jane Curly
New Orleans
Rachel Rubenstein
Caroline
Mary
Maryland
Liszt
Chopin
Krey Music CO
Washington St
The
Post
Circulation Department
Boston Post
Main
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Eugene Sleeper
Maneuvre
Horsford
U. S
Catharine Bacca
Normal School
Grad
Uate
Somerville High School
Fred H. Roberts
Cahilef
Police Hill
Booth
Worcester
Bacons
XTRA
Oxford
Thee
Essex Street
Alexander Smith
Royal Tapestry
Brussels
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