Tailor Wins Coat Case In Municipal Court
Mrs. Evelyn L. Lucy sued tailor Joseph Axelson for 76 dollars claiming beaver fur was lost or misused when altering a coat. Axelson and a brother testified a relative took the garment at her apartment after delivery. Judge Creed ruled for Axelson, finding insufficient evidence of misappropriation or substitution of fur.
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Evelyn L. Lucy
Commonwealth Avenue
Allston
Joseph Axelson
Creed
Lucy
Axelson
Suffragette Case at Derby Continues in England
The Derby hearing of Mrs. Alice Wheeldon her two daughters and Alfred George Mason continues amid confirmatory evidence to charges they conspired to murder Premier David Lloyd George and war council member Arthur Henderson. Emmeline Pankhurst attends seeking denial of links to suffrage groups.
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Derby
Eng
Alice Wheeldon
Alfred George Mason
David Lloyd George
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Frederick J. Smith
Emmeline Pankhurst
Women’s Social and Political Union
Brookline Health Board Aid Urged At Town Meeting
Judge Philip S. Parker urged a $125,000 appropriation for the Brookline Board of Health at a Fisher Hill Associates meeting in Runkles School Brookline. The town meeting next month will consider the question.
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Brookline Board of Health
Philip S. Parker
Brookline Board of Selectmen
Fisher Hill Associates
Runkles
Brookline
Amherst Alumni Back President Wilson at 655th Banquet
More than 500 Amherst Alumni Association members gathered at Copley Plaza Boston to pass resolutions upholding President Wilson and sending them to Secretary of State Lansing. President Meiklejohn urged more Amherst men on stage and smaller freshman class. other faculty spoke on religion and athletics.
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Wilson
Germany
Lansing
Amherst Alumni Association of
Boston
Copley Plaza
William M. Prest
Robert Lansing
Alexander Meiklejohn
Meiklejohn
Amherst
Albert Parker Fitch
D. W. Lyman
Cabinet
Congress
W. G. Thayer
St. Mark’s School
Alumni Association
L. E. Cadieux
H. C. Cranshaw
A. H. Clarke
J. B. Melcher
T. B. Hitchcox
C. P. Warren
E. M. Delabarre
F. M. Mutts
Liscum
Lincoln Day Lincoln Day Proclamation by Governor Langtry
Governor Langtry proclaims February 12 Lincoln Day in Massachusetts. He calls for school programs and public observance to study Abraham Lincoln, stressing democracy as opportunity for all and urging reflection on liberty, equality, and civic duty. The proclamation cites Gettysburg words and calls for national unity and the fight against oppression.
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McCall
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Brotherhood of Man
Boston
United States of America
Albert P. Langtry
The
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Enlist Girls in War Work for Preparedness
The Special Aid Society for American Preparedness forms units of 10 women to serve as nurses aides, hospital cooks, drivers, wireless operators and first aid workers. Mrs. Barrett Wendell says the German break boosted efforts begun 15 months ago. training is not yet organized, with talks planned at Jordan Marsh, including sessions Wednesday Thursday and Friday mornings.
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Special Aid Society
Barrett Wendell
Germany
Wendell
Jordan Marsh
Plattsburg Trained Men Offer Services
Several hundred Plattsburg camp and naval training cruise attendees reported at the New England headquarters for military training camps at 45 Water Street. They expressed readiness to serve the country if called upon.
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Plattsburg
New England
Water Street
Donates House as Red Cross War Headquarters in Boston
Mrs J Montgomery Sears donated the lower floors of her 12 Arlington street home to the Boston Metropolitan Red Cross as a wartime headquarters. The city linked with the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness and the National Civic Federation of Women to mobilize volunteers, with focus on sewing groups for hospital garments and home nursing courses.
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United States
Red Cross
Boston
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
National Civic Federation of Women
Barrett Wendell
Frederick S. Mead
Federation
Wendell
McCall
Special Aid Society
Allston Burr
John H. Moors
John L. Saltonstall
Mrs Sanger Sentenced In Birth Control Case
New York February 5 Margaret Sanger birth control advocate convicted of disseminating prohibited information was sentenced to three days in the workhouse. Her assistant Miss Fania Mindell received a ten dollar fine or ten days in the workhouse. the Birth Control Association paid the fine.
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New York
Margaret Sanger
Birtth
Fania Mindell
Birth Control Association
Cardiani Heart Health Ad Offers Free 50 Cent Bottle
Advertisement promising Cardiani to strengthen the heart and improve circulation. Readers urged to send name and address plus six cents to East Hampton Connecticut for a free 50 cent bottle, 30 doses, with no further obligation. Claims rapid relief from palpitations and heart pain, notes tonic after grippe, and warns against habit forming drugs.
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Cardiani
Cardiani Company
East Hampton
Conn
Pershing Leads 10000 Troops Into Mexico Border
General John J. Pershing rode out of Mexico at 10 05 am with more than 10000 American punitive expedition troops. He crossed the border line with staff and aides as guards saluted. The march in review followed by infantry cavalry and artillery signaled a strong push toward El Paso.
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Columbus
N. M
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Pershing
J. T. Collins
William O. Reed
Turkish Grand Vizier Resigns in Constantinople Move
Turkish grand vizier resigns citing health reasons. Talaat Bey forms new cabinet with Enver Pasha as minister of war Nessimy Bey as foreign minister and Sassakiazim Effendi as sheik ul Islam.
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London
Reuter
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Talaat Bey
Enver Pasha
Nessimy Bey
Sassakiazim Effendi
Sheik ul-Islam
Two boys punished for nickel dispute at theatre
David Tedesco received 15 days and Augustus Russi two months after a five cent piece incident at a theatre. They appealed with surety as a row plus a fight ended with bruised faces and police involvement. They claimed the usher passed responsibility to the gate man then the manager, and that no one produced.
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David Tedesco
Augustus Russi
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Sloan
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MR Prest
Lord Amherst
the College
Hpfield 80
Northampton
Lincoln Day
Brockton
Beverly
Hyde Park
Lynn
Worcester
U. S
Tedesco
Russi
Mr. Hill
Providence
Hawley Streets
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