Harvard Forms a Regiment at Mass Meeting
A mass meeting at Harvard yesterday afternoon launched the university's military program with 1200 students forming a Harvard regiment. President A Lawrence Lowell Major Henry Lee Higginson Percy D Haughton and General Pew spoke in support as drills and lectures begin January 3 after the holidays.
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Harvard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Henry Lee Higginson
Percy D. Haughton
General Pew
O. K
Plattsburg Lessons Shape Football Squad's Discipline
Haughton cited Plattsburg training as key to his team’s approach. He emphasized instant obedience, punctuality, and keeping up with the workload to avoid falling behind, linking military drill to football performance.
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Haughton
Plattsburg
First Corps
Capture of Italian Worker Aims at Boston Station
Police halted Dominico Venasti at North Somerville station after he shattered a pane to enter the ticket office. The 23 year old claimed he only sought warmth and to return to Italy to fight for his country. He planned to live in Boston until a ship sailed for Italy and to stow away if needed. He will be arraigned in Somerville Court with possible Italian consul involvement.
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Somerville
Boston & Maine
Dominico Venasti
Venasti
Pennsylvania
Italy
Boston
Hold Up by French Removes Borinquen Purser at San Juan
Wilhelm Garbe of Brooklyn purser of the American steamer Borinquen was removed from the vessel off the harbor of San Juan Puerto Rico by officers of the French cruiser Descartes, according to the Borinquen skipper. The ship arrived in New York today.
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New York
Wilhelm Garbe
Brooklyn
San Juan
Porto Rico
Descartes
German crewman ordered from Borinquen near San Juan harbor
Captain Dow of the Borinquen reports that at about 1 a m on December 15 the Descartes halted the steamer Garbe five miles off San Juan. The Descartes fired a blank across her bows to stop the Borinquen as Garbe, described as a German with recent citizenship papers, was directed to board.
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Dow
Borinquen
San Juan Harbor
Descartes
Garbe
San Juan
The
Line
Germantown property sale protest referred by school board
The Germantown Citizens Association protest against the sale of the Germantown schoolhouse site at the corner of Washington and Stimpson streets West Roxbury was referred to the Commission on the sale of schoolhouse property. The 13 180 square foot lot formerly hosted the Germantown school and was deeded to West Roxbury for educational use seven years ago by Nathanial Taylor. The committee authorized schoolhouse personnel to sound the fire alarm in any school building and instructed notice to the in charge teacher.
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Commission
Washington and
Stimpson Streets
Germantown
West Roxbury
Nathanial Taylor
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Advertisement touts quick cold cure with Grove's Bromine Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Mentions Grove's signature on each box and 25 cent price.
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Grove
Unitarian Pastor William H. Lyon Dies in Brookline
The Rev. William H. Lyon pastor of the First Parish Unitarian Church Brookline died at his residence 353 Walnut street after a week of illness. Born December 12 1886 in Fall River he served Brookline church since 1896 and held Brown University Harvard degrees 1868 1873 1896 He was a Brookline Public Library trustee School Committee member and Hungarian Synod honorary councillor. He authored A Study of the Sects and lectured across.
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William H. Lyon
First Parish Unitarian Church
Brookline
Walnut Street
Fall River
Brown University
Harvard
Brookline Public Library
Brookline Educational Society
Divinity School
Unitarian Church
Beverly
Taft
Family Driven Out By Flames At West End Flat
Samuel Hyman and his four children fled their top floor flat at 34 Grove Street West End when a fire broke out between walls early today. Police advised residents there was no danger, while about a dozen other families woke to smoke and noise. The Hyman suite sustained fire damage.
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Samuel Hyman
Grove Street
West End
Hyman
Harvard awards annual merit scholarships to top students
Harvard announced its annual scholarships based on scholastic merit. Sixty students received first group scholarships, about 180 were named in the second group, and over 100 in the third group for special considerations.
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Harvard
Harvard Names First Group Athletes and Scholars
Notables in the first group include Henry L. Nash and Laurence Curtis among varsity teams. Second group scholars include Richard C. Curtis and Ralph Horween with football ties and Elmer M. Wanamaker coaching Tech hockey. Third group features Rufus H. Bond and Lucien V. Alexis as athletes, with LeBaron R. Briggs Jr winning a second group scholarship.
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Henry L. Nash
West Newton
Laurence Curtis
Boston
Frederic S. Allen
Rye
N. Y
Harvard
Richard C. Curtis
L. K. Moorehead
Powell M. Cabot
Henry L. F. Kreger
Ralph Horween
William B. Snow
L. G. Richards
Elmer M. Wanamaker
Tech
William A. Norris
Rufus H. Bond
Thomas H. Eckfeldt, Jr
Lucien V. Alexis
LeBaron R. Briggs, Jr
Dean Briggs
Girl says she was abducted in West End home
Lena Geraci 17 of 91 Chamber street testified she was kidnapped from her hallway held prisoner two nights in a room and threatened with death by chloroform and shooting. Dominick Magro 20 of Norman street a private detective and Charles Hood were arraigned for abduction. Magro faces a second charge. Case continued to December 28 and both men held on $1000 bonds.
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Lena Geraci
Chamber Street
West End
Dominick Magro
Norman Street
Charles Hood
Sullivan
Magro
Massachusetts Birth and Death Rates in 1914
Massachusetts recorded a birth rate of 25.8 per 1000 in 1914, unchanged from 1913 and below the long term average. The marriage rate rose slightly from 1913, while the divorce rate jumped 7 percent above the average. The state death rate was 14.7 per 1000, four per thousand below the average, with infant deaths at 100.9 per 1000 and Boston reporting two fewer infant deaths per thousand than the state.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Deaths in South Boston Area Obituaries Totals
Death notices list Mary J Carmody widow of Cornelius J Carmody dies in South Boston with funeral from 583 Fifth St to Gate of Heaven Church and burial at Calvary Cemetery Woburn John Daly beloved son of Mary and late Denis Daly dies aged 84 funeral from 589 East Fourth St with requiem at Gate of Heaven Church and burial follows Jane Ellen Griffin widow of the late John Griffin dies formerly of 16 Nashua Street funeral from 26 Ridgewood Street Dorchester with requiem at St Marys Church Endicott Street
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Carmody
South Boston
Mary J
Cornelius J. Carmody
Fifth St
Gate of Heaven Church
Calvary Cemetery
Woburn
Daly
Boston
John
Mary
Denis Daly
Clonakilty
County Cork
Ireland
East Fourth St
Gate of Heaven
Griffin
Jane Ellen
John Griffin
Nashua St
R. W. Merry
Ridgewood St
Dorchester
St. Mary’s Church
Endicott St
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First Parish
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Boylston Street
C. E, Osgood CO
New England
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Boylston and
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C. E., Osgood CO
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William A. O’brien
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New Haven Road
D . Co
State Street
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England
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Tae
For All
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Victor
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