Sunday lock boxes kept open for mail in transit
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces minimal disruption from Sunday mail ban. Lock boxes at first and second class offices remain accessible, while street deliveries pause. Newspapers and hotel guests receive transit mail via rail sorting, with swift distribution on arrival. Boston post office closes general delivery all Sunday. customers may arrange access by Saturday request.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Geneal Hitchcock
Boston
Edward C. Mansfield
Bear Island
Lake Winnipesaukee
N. H
Cambridge
Tech Men Chosen Chinese Officers
Chang Foi of Harvard was elected chairman of the Chinese Students Alliance of the Eastern States at the eighth annual conference. P. C. Ping of Cornell is vice chairman, T. Chang of MIT Chinese secretary, Y. C. Mei of Worcester Polytechnic Institute English secretary, and H. A. Chow of MIT treasurer.
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Williamstown
Poking Up a Meek One by Sewell Ford
A light humorous notice promotes Sewell Ford's new magazine tale Poking Up a Meek One to appear in next Sunday's Post Magazine. The teaser promises a side-splitting read and highlights the author and publication context.
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Sewell Ford
Next
Post
Debs Claims Socialists as True Progressive Party
Eugene V. Debs in Fergus Falls Minnesota declares the Socialist party the only true Progressive and Democratic force. He says the capitalist system is doomed and a new social order born of mutualism and cooperation is emerging within the old system.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
United States
Mr. Debs
Workers Unite Against Capitalist Rule in Historic Conventions
A 1920s pamphlet style appeal argues that the Republican Democratic and Progressive conventions were financed and controlled by the plutocracy and professional politicians. It praises an Indianapolis workers convention as the sole worker-led force aiming to overthrow wage slavery and empower the people.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Socialist Party
London Flood Danger Is Less
Rain across the United Kingdom paused by August 27 but Norwich faced worsening floods. The Wensum rose rapidly driving hundreds from homes to schools as temporary shelters. Lower parts of the city rely on boats with eight feet of water, bridges and cottages washed away.
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London
United Kingdom
Norwich
Wensum
Actress Adele Buck Dies After Appendectomy
Miss Adele Buck died in Oakland after an appendicitis operation. She had hidden her identity as a motion picture actress and revealed her true name before surgery. Her father, a Boston author, and brother, a New York attorney, were to be notified if she died. Buck, a Wellesley College graduate, had told friends her family opposed her career.
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Oakland
Cal
Adele Buck
Boston
New York
Buck
Wellesley College
Roses Honor War Heroes at Jefferson Barracks Memorial
Thousands of roses were scattered on the Mississippi opposite the National Cemetery as Sons of Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary held memorial ceremonies over graves of American war heroes. The U S S Isle de Luzon fired a salute while informal sessions occurred. main business sessions begin tomorrow and run through Friday.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks
Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Isle de Luzon
Prices of shoes to rise due to input costs
A. E. Little of the A. E. Little Company and L. C. Bliss of Regal Shoe Company discuss higher costs for labor and leather. They expect price increases for shoes driven by rising hides and material costs, though retailers may trigger fall adjustments and discounts to move output.
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A. E. Little
A. E. Little Company
Lynn
L. C. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
Shoe dealers urge standard styles to curb high prices
In Utica New York on August 22 the New York State retail shoe dealers convention adopted a resolution calling on manufacturers to standardize shoe styles and stop making freak designs. They say changes in style drive up costs and fuel rising shoe prices. A second resolution urged the national group to push to dissolve monopolies in machine manufacturing which they say also raises prices.
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Utica
N. Y
New York State
Retail Shoe Dealers’ Convention
National Organization
Roosevelt plans hardest campaign stop in Vermont
Plans for Colonel Roosevelt's tour through Vermont were completed today. He will leave Oyster Bay tomorrow night and ride a New York train at 12:25 a.m. He expects one of the hardest fights of the campaign in the last half of the week, promising three Vermont days due to the election's barometric political significance.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Vermont
New York
Roosevelt plans public letter on campaign funds tied to Archbold testimony
Colonel Roosevelt said he will release a letter to Senator Clapp next week after reviewing John D. Archbold's Senate testimony. He noted a long session with his secretary to finish the piece and aims to mention Alton B. Parker and James Sherman in connection with the Penrose resolution on campaign contributions.
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Roosevelt
Clapp
John D. Archbold
Senate Investigating Committee
Alton B. Parker
James Sherman
United States
Senate
Publicity Stance Outlined By Wilson In Campaign Inquiry
Governor Woodrow Wilson voiced strong support for publicity and a thorough probe of campaign expenses. He endorsed the Penrose resolution urging an inquiry into pre convention campaigns of all candidates at Sea Girt New Jersey.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Penrose
Governor Wilson Discusses Campaign Backers and Finances
The governor said he did not know his principal backers beyond a general sense and kept only a broad view of campaign funds. He noted Princeton graduates supplied much money, mostly for publicity, and that few funds were declined. He clarified he did not receive Ryan money directly and anticipated visits from Congressmen and Brandeis in Trenton.
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Princeton
Thomas F. Ryan
Ryan
Taft faction OKs Roosevelt electors to switch to Independent column
In Topeka Kansas on August 27 the Republican State committee voted 40 to 37 to ask Roosevelt electors to resign from the GOP ticket and join the Independent column for the general election. William Allen White, Progressive national committeeman, said the move effectively creates a third party Kansas ticket.
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Peka
Kan
Taft
Republican
Roosevelt
William Allen White
Progressive Party
Kansas
Dr. E. H. Sparrow Dies at Cambridge at 23
Dr. Ernest H. Sparrow former milk and vinegar inspector in Cambridge and house surgeon at Cambridge Hospital died at his home 326 Harvard Street Cambridge last night aged 23. He was a Harvard Medical School graduate and a prominent Cambridge physician. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Herbert H. Sparrow.
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E. H. Sparrow
Cambridge
Ernest H. Sparrow
Cambridge Hospital
Harvard Street
City
Harvard Medical School
Herbert H. Sparrow
East Boston Boy Run Over by Auto Injures Child
Six year old John Dauber of 428 Lubec Street East Boston was seriously injured yesterday when an automobile passed over his lower body.
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East Boston
John Dauber
Lubec Street
Life Guard Saves Two Girls From Drowning
Esther McCarthy 15 of 114 Warren Street Arlington and Gertrude Jayes 14 of 66 Whittemore Avenue North Cambridge were rescued from drowning in Mystic Lakes yesterday by Life Guard David C. Gogan who dived to save them.
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Esther McCarthy
Warren Street
Arlington
Gertrude Jayes
Whittemore Avenue
North
Cambridge
Mystic Lakes
David C. Gogan
Hero rescues two girls from drowning in tidal difficulties
Miss McCarthy and her companion struggled beyond their depth while swimming. A boy’s cries alerted Gogan in a nearby boat who dived after them and pulled both girls to the surface after they disappeared. Rescue efforts lasting about an hour revived them and they were sent home.
Unnamed Picture contest shines in Sunday Post
For easy money the Unnamed Picture contest in the Sunday Post makes a hit every week. Have you tried it yet.
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Sunday Post
Women's Best Interests Urge Safe Help for Illness and Mood
The piece urges women to seek safe proper aid for physical ills and nervous low mood. It promotes a gentle well tried remedy as the safe effective treatment for suffering.
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