45th Reunion of Sons of Brown in Boston Tonight
The 45th annual reunion of the Sons of Brown meets this evening at the Copley Square Hotel Back Bay Boston. President W H P Faunce and R Hodder Williams will speak on The American College in the War and Two Years on the Western Battle front. Nathan A Tufts presides with musical features by Charles Wayland Towne.
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Sons of Brown
Boston
Copley Square
Huntington Avenue
Exeter Street
Back Bay
W. H. P. Faunce
R. Hodder Williams
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Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry
Nathan A. Tufts
Association
Charles Wayland Towne
The
Camp Upton
New York
Tiz A Joy to Sore Feet Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims Tiz provides rapid relief for sore burning swollen and tired feet. It promises elimination of corns callouses and raw spots plus comfort with smaller shoes and a 25 cent box available at druggists or department stores with a one year money back guarantee.
American boy who earned sergeant rank in U S military service joins British army front lines
The narrator, an American youth who earned the rank of sergeant after 13 years of U S military service, sails to England, enlists in the British army, and fights in France. He details trench raids, gas and spy duties, and the perils of No Man's Land with star shells, raids, and the danger of slipping behind enemy lines.
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United States
England
France
No Man’s Land
Make Pinex Based Cough Syrup At Home For 65 Cents
A home remedy method using 214 ounces of Pinex and sugar syrup creates a full pint cough syrup. It claims quick relief from bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma and notes the product comes with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Saint Wayne Indiana.
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Pinex Co
St. Wayne
Ind
Through Noisy Wire to the German Trench
In a WWI account a group uses rubber coated cutters to silently slice barbed wire near German lines. A miscut triggers a loud twang, forcing them to crouch as shells light the night. They reach ten feet from the trench before German guards reveal a three foot fence, leaving slim chances of escape.
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Lin
Tommy
Berlin
Pepper
To Be Continued in the Daily and Sunday Post
The note indicates a serial continuation in the Daily and Sunday Post. No further details are provided about plot or date.
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Daily and Sunday Post
Arthur Guy Empey
Admiral Wood Takes Command of First Naval District
Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood the new commandant of the First Naval District is due in Boston Thursday to receive district command from Captain William R. Rush who remains in charge at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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Spencer 8S. Wood
First Naval District
Boston
William R. Rush
Charlestown Navy Yard
Schaub Named Acting Dean at Harvard Business School
Lincoln F. Schaub, Harvard Law School graduate, will serve as acting dean of Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration during Dr. E. Il. Gay’s Washington absence. Gay serves on the commercial economy board of the Council of National Defense.
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Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard
Washington
Lincoln F. Schaub
Harvard Law School
Dean Gay
Council of National Defervice
Floral horseshoe gifted to new Suffolk A D A Sheenan
A six foot high floral horseshoe containing 1200 carnations was placed in the office of Frederick M. J. Sheenan on his first day as assistant district attorney. The gift from former associates including William Kelley went to several city hospitals, with many carnations going to the City Hospital children’s ward. He is married with a young son.
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Frederick M. J. Sheenan
Suffolk County
William Kelley
Belgian Queen Sends Thanks for Belgian Aid
The Queen of the Belgians cabled Dr. Anna Howard Shaw thanking American women for their humanitarian services to Belgium. The message called such sympathy a comfort to those in distress and praised the cause of freedom and civilization.
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Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
Council of National Defence
Belgium
Seven Adrift on Lightship Seven
Cross Rip lightship stationed in Nantucket Sound has torn from moorings with Captain Phillips and six crew aboard. Vessel is driven eastward by heavy ice floes. government boats race to reach the unpowered ship. Seafaring men fear possible wreck on Handkerchief or Half Moon Shoal if she drags.
Boy Killed In Railroad Yard Accident
George Frechette a two year old boy and son of Mrs Ann Frechette was run over by a shifter in the Boston and Maine railroad yard in St Johnsbury Vermont. He attempted to cross the tracks on his way to school and slipped after warning by trainmen, being struck and killed instantly.
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ST. Johnsbury
Ann Frechette
Boston & Maine
No Cars Run in St. Louis Standoff Ends in Unrest
In St Louis on February 4 violence by sympathizers of striking motormen and conductors halted streetcar service after a day of clashes and car damage. Mayor Kiel urged union leaders and company officials to meet, but United Railway Co President McCulloch said directors would meet next day to decide actions.
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ST. Louis
Kiel
McCulloch
United Railway Company
Freezone Promises Quick Corn Relief with Ease
Product pitch claims instant pain relief from corns with a drop of Freezone Then the corn can be lifted off by hand The ad emphasizes low cost and simple Use with no aching afterward and implies immediate results
Freezone Promises Quick Corn Relief for Feet
An advertisement touts Freezone from a Cincinnati inventor as a cheap remedy to remove hard corns, soft corns, toe corn, and calluses without soreness. The tiny bottle is marketed as an affordable, effective foot treatment.
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Cincinnati
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Sheenan
Cables
Ann Howard Shaw
U. S. Food Administration
Bunker Hill
U.S. Pat
Henry Blewett & Sons, Inc
Somerville
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