Boston Inventor Aims Global Brass Diving Suit
Plans to mass produce a brass diving suit from a Boston inventor after a test dive to 360 feet. The device will be shipped worldwide with initial use to recover 30 million dollars in gold bullion from the Laurentic’s submerged hold off the Irish coast.
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John F. Turner
Turner
Charles H. Jackson
Underwood & Underwood
Boston
Laurentic
John Harvard Life and the Founding of Harvard College
A recounting of John Harvard’s origins in London and Southwark, his emigration to Charlestown in 1637, and his posthumous gift that funded Harvard College. The piece notes his early death at 31 and quotes President Eliot praising his charitable act as shaping the college’s birth.
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London Bridge
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Chaucer's
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Stratford-on- Avon
Shakspere
Rose Theatre
Globe
Rogers
Emmanuel College
Cambridge
Eng
Charlestown
Mass
Winthrop
Eliot
Man Charged With Break Is on Parole
Ferdinand C. Smith of Vernon Street Roxbury was charged with breaking and entering the daytime theft of $10 from the home of Richard J. Neille 60 Vernon Street Roxbury last Saturday. Smith on parole from a state prison for receiving stolen goods pleaded not guilty and was held in 5000 bonds for a hearing in Roxbury Court.
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Vernon Street
Roxbury
Ferdinand C. Smith
Hoxbury
Dee Ll
Smith
State Prison
Old T. D. Back Father Joyful Over Pipe Revival
A nostalgic wartime piece recalls Scottish T. D. pipes returning after three years of scarcity. The father buys a clay pipe at the corner store as prices rise from three to ten cents, while discarding the old briar. The family marks a small triumph as pipe manufacture resumes.
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Flanders Field
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Scotland
Peace time army plan calls for 300000 men 18000 officers
The House military sub committee proposed a peace time regular army of 300000 soldiers and 18000 officers with 250000 combat troops. The President would divide forces into infantry cavalry and artillery. The plan also enlarges the National Guard and Reserve Officers Training Corps with about 1500 extra instructors.
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House
Anthony
Republican
Kansas
National Guard
Guard
Smallpox Delays Britannia Arrival at Providence
The Fabre line steamer Britannia reached Providence with 901 passengers from Marseilles Lisbon and the Azores but docked denied due to a smallpox case. The ship may proceed to New York for quarantine and 748 Plymouth bound passengers must remain aboard until clearance.
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Fabre Line
Britannia
Marseilles
Lisbon
Azores
New York
Clergymen Gather for Interchurch Training Conference
More than 400 prominent clergymen and lay leaders from across Massachusetts will attend the Interchurch World Movement Training Conference at First Baptist Church this week. Massachusetts delegates will be led by Dr. Ralph S. Cushman, a Wesleyan graduate and former pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Fall River.
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Interchurch World Movement Training Conference
First Baptist Church
Ralph S. Cushman
Cushman
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Bryantsville
Mass
St. Paul’s Church
Fall River
Dividends in Whiskey Rumor Shocks Chicago Market
Rumor says United States Food Products may pay stock dividends as distilled liquor rather than cash. A broker estimates up to 1.5 million gallons of bourbon could be issued on 307,726 shares if the Supreme Court prohibition ruling allows. Levy Mayer, counsel, notes plan is under consideration.
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Chicago
United States Food Products Company
Distillers Securities Corporation
Levy Mayer
United States Supreme Court
Farmer Ed Howe Reflects on World from Rural Viewpoint
Ed Howe offers practical observations from a farmer’s perch about current affairs. He critiques imported ideologies and biases, emphasizing plain sense and American common sense over fashionable doctrines.
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Citizen Ethics and Civic Reform in a Personal Essay
A 1919 Knopf essay extols self interest aligned with virtue, urging industrious, honest, polite conduct as the path to progress. It notes personal habits shape relationships and governance, and cites a city referendum on widening Boylston and Tremont streets by extending Boston Common, with specifics on ballot wording.
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Tremont
Boston Common
Dear Mildred Champagne on Love and Value of Kisses
A young woman asks if kissing a returning navy lover after a year and a half is improper and whether a man should declare love without promising marriage. The column urges trust in the lover, affirms affectionate welcomes, and questions the reader’s hesitancy about the kiss and the absence of marriage plans.
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Miss Champagne
Navy
Champagne
Change in Ballot as to Slicing Common
City Council discussion centers on ballot wording yesterday with debate over how to describe slicing common areas. Officials consider voter impact and legal phrasing while awaiting further guidance from the attorney general.
Anarchist Pair to Be Deported to Russia
Federal Judge Mayer dismissed writs of habeas corpus for Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman and refused bail. DA Caffey said the government would deport the two anarchists within two weeks to Russia.
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Berkman and Goldman
New York
Mayer
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Russia
Federal District
Caffey
Judge Mayer Denounces Anarchists in Deportation Order
Judge Mayer sentences two radicals to prison and orders remand to Ellis Island but grants a stay of deportation until 4 p m next Thursday to allow appeals. He vows no bail for Berkman and criticizes their anti war acts while guarding the court with police. more aliens are to be deported within two weeks.
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Ellis Island
United States Supreme Court
Caffey
Berkman
Miss Goldman
United States
Professor Pirsson of Yale is Dead
Louis Valentine Pirsson professor of geology at Yale University Sheffield Scientific School died today at his New Haven home after a year long leave due to ill health.
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New Haven
Conn
Louis Valentine Pirsson
Sheffield
Yale University
Hagan Demands Answers from Mayor Over Lighting and Ferries
Councillor Henry E. Hagan accused Mayor Peters of delaying replies to council information requests. He pressed for action on three dates June 23 July 17 and July 21 covering boulevard lighting on Columbus avenue Tremont Boylston and Washington streets elevator inspections and East Boston ferries.
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Peters
Columbus Avenue
Tremont
Boylston
Washington Streets
Bead and Metal Girdles Shape Clothing Trends
Reading notes describe bead and metal girdles winding around negligees, with leather praised for durability but many yards of fabric needed for sportswear. The fragment hints at material preferences in fashion, contrasting luxury and practicality.
Professional Women's Ball Planned at Copley Plaza
The Professional Women's Club has completed plans for a ball in the Copley Plaza ballroom next Saturday evening. A reception for club presidents will be at 8. Guests include state, army and navy representatives and 20 Japanese students from Harvard and Technology. Half the proceeds go to the clubhouse fund. Tables for bridge.
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Army
Navy
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