Taft Addresses West Point Graduates In Forthright Speech
Secretary of War William H Taft awarded diplomas to 108 United States Military Academy graduates and urged that military service remain subordinate to civil government He reminded officers to keep silent and follow orders Edgerton of Manhattan Kansas led the class and the top ten cadets chose their branches of service including engineers ordnance artillery cavalry and infantry
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West Point
N. Y
William H. Taft
United States Military Academy
Glen Edgerton
Manhattan
Riley County
Kansas
Edgerton
Engineers
Ordnance
Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
C. L. Hall
Princeton
N. J
Virgin L. Peterson
Campbellsville
George R. Goethals
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
John N. Schulz
W. Va
Clarence L. Sturdevant
Neillsville
Wis
Earl J. Atkisson
Canton
Richard T. Coiner
Tacoma
Wash
Lawrence W. McIntosh
Gardner
Worcester County
Massachusetts
Robert S. Dougherty
San Francisco
Eczema Cured and Remains Absent After Cuticura Use
Mrs M L Harris of Alton Kansas credits Cuticura for curing her baby boy's eczema after a lengthy unsuccessful treatment. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and reports no recurrence at age two. She continues using the soap for his hair and face and for her own cleansing needs.
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S. E
M. L. Harris
Alton
Kan
Novel 60-Foot Derrick Lift At Cambridge Dam
A group of workers under Thomas Quinlan raised a 60 foot derrick at the Charles River dam on the Cambridge side to replace its foundation. The operation, lasting about 15 minutes, suspended the huge timber in mid air while precise jack and rope placements prevented disaster.
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Charles River
Cambridge
Thomas Quinlan
Quinlan
Young Cliftondale Walkers Heroic Pedestrian Feats
Cliftondale February report honors Harry Price aged 12 of Birch Street and George Livingstone aged 13 of Central Place for attempting a 25 mile walk to New York via Boston and Wellesley. Police stopped them after night roaming in Wellesley. they return home crestfallen but planning future treks. Price previously walked from Revere to Danvers and the pair are noted among Felton Grammar School peers for pedestrian feats.
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Cliftondale
Wellesley
Edward Payson
Weston
Harry Price
Birch Street
George Livingstone
Central Place
Felton Grammar School
New York
Boston
Newtons
Lynn
Revere Beach
Young Price
Revere
Danvers
City Hall Gossip and Mayor Hibbard’s Reform Push
Present indications show Mayor Hibbard faces council opposition to repealing the one day off in five for firemen. He seeks to consolidate clerks under a city clerk one of his first moves if allowed by statute. Captain Smyth is likely to be confirmed as head of the printing plant amid protests from Allied Printing Trades Council. The mayor delays discharges in the collecting department citing current workload.
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Hibbard
Allied Printing Trades Council
James Smyth
Finance Commission
Girl, 4, Bitten by Dogs in Woburn
Four year old Mary Flaherty of Jones Court in Woburn was severely bitten and scratched by household dogs including two St Bernards and three puppies while visiting Mrs George Howard on Porter Street. The child's sister died earlier. Mary received medical treatment to prevent infection.
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Mary
Great Demand for New York City Bonds
Financial circles praise the flotation of New York City 50 million 4 percent bonds. The issue was oversubscribed sixfold with 1168 bids. Comptroller Metz predicted about 104 bonds would be allotted at a high price. A Morgan syndicate bid 103.877 for 47 million of 1957 stock and 100.377 for 3 million in 1917 assessment bonds.
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New York
New York City
Metz
J. P. Morgan & Co
Harvey Fisk & Son
First National Bank
National City Bank
Dressmaker sues Burns for unpaid garments
In District Court H Marker, a ladies' dressmaker, sues John Burns Jr of 461 Audubon Road for 60 dollars for a skirt and waist made for Burns's wife. Burns says the garments did not fit and cannot be altered, with Mrs Burns supported by Miss Dunn a Parisian dressmaker from Boston.
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H. Marker
John Burns, Jr
Audubon Road
Marker
Boston
Burns
Mr. Burns
T Wharf
Soldier Cannot Eat In Pullman Cars
The Pullman Sleeping Car Company bars army coffee machines in cars as dangerous and fuel consuming. Soldiers en route to distant posts must buy coffee and doughnuts at station eating houses if desired. The War Department was notified of the ban and will not allow the coffee maker in tourist cars.
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Washington
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
War Department
Army
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Detroit
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Scott
Cullum Memorial Hall
Eczema
Baby Boy
Rourhout
Otter Drug de Chem
Ton
Mass
Ree
Cuticura
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milk Street
Ite
Walkers
Bard
Barry
South Boston Citizens’ Association
POST
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Hib
Woburn
Pullman
Pacific
TAI
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Burlington
W. J. O'Meara
Eastern
Washington Street
Botton
Margaret Kelley
Tomorrows Sunday Post
Pied Piper
Billy Britt
J. N. Quail
WM. George Jordan
Edward W. Townsend
the Sunday Post
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