Mortgage Burned Clears 14-Room WCTU HQ at 641 Massachusetts
The 14 room building at 641 Massachusetts Avenue once State headquarters for the Massachusetts Woman's Christian Temperance Union is now free of debt. The mortgage, resting since February 1, 1912, was burned yesterday afternoon. Gleason Hall was dedicated in the rear assembly hall in honor of Mrs. Ella A. Gleagon, finance committee chairwoman.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Women's Christian Temperance Union
Assembly Hall
Gleason Hall
Ella A. Gleagon
Illness Postpones Pierre Field Wedding
Pierre A. Field wealthy shoe manufacturer and Jennie H. Glidden Beverly bookkeeper planned to wed this week but the ceremony is indefinitely postponed due to Field's severe illness.
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Pierre A. Field
Jennie H. Glidden
Beverly
Mr. Field
Former Hub Chorus Girl Files for Divorce
Bessie M. Rice a former Boston chorus girl now living in New Hampshire has filed a libel for divorce in Suffolk County against Beverly Co. Rice of Los Angeles a movie actor. They wed in 1903 in Pasadena California when she was 19 and he 22.
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HUB
Bessie M. Rice
Boston
New Hampshire
Suffolk County Superior Court
Beverly Co. Rice
Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
Sub-committees Formed by Massachusetts Public Safety Panel
At the State House session yesterday the executive committee of Massachusetts public safety appointed three more sub-committees. Chairman James J. Storrow and allies stressed first identifying the work needed and then selecting capable men to address the special problems.
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Massachusetts Committee On the Public Safety
State House
James J. Storrow
New volunteer aid and emergency committees named for war relief
A volunteer aid committee will raise funds for dependents of national guardsmen and troops in the field. Provisional and general committees include leaders from Lee Higginson Co., Kidder Peabody, Brown Durrell, Eddy Mansfield, and others. An emergency purchasing committee and a home guards panel were also formed, with meetings set with Governor McCall.
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Volunteer Aid Committee
Border Service
George H. Wyman
George C. Lee
Lee, Higginson & Co
Robert Winsor
General Volunteer Aid Committee
Edward L. O. Arundel
Lawrence
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Brown, Durrell & Co
Richard P. Borden
Fall River
Henry H. Bowman
Springfield
William L. Douglas
George A Dunn
Gardner
Daniel England
Pittsfield
Edward A. Hall
St. Vincent de Paul S.society
Richard Healey
Worcester
Frank L. Locke
Ss. S. Pierce Company
Albert Greene Duncan
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Charles H. Jones
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company
Edward J. Frost
William Filene Sons’ Company
John Moir
Brookline
John J. Sullivan
Ninth Regiment
Home Guards
Ernest G. Adams
John T. Burnett
Joseph Burnett Company
Frederick Parks
Fitchburg
Herbert Parker
Lancaster
Fred Knight
Haverhill
Robert E. Stone
Congress Street
McCall
Spanish War Veterans Urge The Key Bill
Massachusetts Department United Spanish War Veterans sent a telegram to President Wilson and Senators Lodge and Weeks urging passage of the key bill at their third annual reunion banquet in Horticultural Hall Boston. The petition seeks support to fund widows and orphans of Spanish War veterans so future volunteers' families avoid public charity.
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Wilson
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts Department
United Spanish War Veterans
Horticultural Hall
Boston
New Theory of Nutrition Aids Anaemic Folks
A scientist presents a theory to increase red blood cells for thin, anaemic people. Egg yolk extract with hypo phosphites iron and vegetable tonics are claimed to boost digestion and nutrition, building blood and tissue. Small tablets taken with meals are sold by druggists and promise visible results after using one or two packages.
Dedication at St. John's Roxbury Honors Bishop Codman Memorial
Impressive ceremonies marked the consecration and blessing of the Bishop Codman memorial chancel, lady chapel and organ at St. John's Episcopal Church Roxbury yesterday. The Right Rev Samuel G Babcock suffragan bishop of the diocese of Massachusetts officiated.
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Bishop Codman
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roxbury
Samuel G. Babcock
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Memorial chapel and organ gifted to St. John’s Church Maine
Clergy from nearby districts attended a service at St. John’s Church. The chancel and adjoining rooms were donated by Miss Catharine Amory Codman in memory of her brother Bishop Codman, a former Maine diocese leader and pastor there. The organ was funded by parish members and former attendees. Members of the late bishop’s family, including his widow, sat in honored seats.
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Catherine Amory Codman
Bishop Codman
Diocese of
Maine
St. John’s Church
Girl Removed After Diphtheria Diagnosed on Steamship Creticus
A girl aboard the steamship Creticus fell seriously ill with diphtheria and was moved to Carney Hospital. Doctors there confirmed the diphtheria and ordered her transfer to the City Hospital for further treatment due to the dangerous condition.
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Creticus
South Department
City Hospital
Carney Hospital
Smith College Raises Costs for Board and Lab Fees
Beginning in September Smith College will raise costs to reflect living costs. Board and room in residence halls rise to 350 dollars per year from 300, and laboratory course fees in science will also be increased.
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Smith College
Allies Cut Postal Lines From Athens to Teutons
A Reuters dispatch from Saloniki says allies cut postal communication between Athens and the central powers by linking French and Italian troops and clearing enemy forces from the range between Goritza and Leskovie. Central powers are now limited to wireless and airplane communications.
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Athens
Teutons
London
Reuter
Saloniki
Goritza
Albania
Leskovie
Sunday Post previews playful page of colors and fun
The excerpt promises a full Sunday Post page titled Real child life fun a whole page of it in colors. It features Dg Pop acting as a tent pole and Archibald the pet pig portrayed as a buffalo, signaling lighthearted comic content for families.
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Dg Pop
Archibald
Next Sunday Post
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