Countess Elsa de Pierrefeu appeals teachers in Boston
The Countess Elsa de Pierrefeu, widow of a water ambulance driver killed in France, urged Boston teachers at Park Square Theatre to aid wounded soldiers and Allied troops. She detailed relief work by the American distributing service and asked donors to send supplies to Paris or New York clearance houses.
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France
Boston Teachers’ Club
Park Square
American Distributing Service
American War Relief Clearing House
Rue Francois
Paris
Bank Street
New York
Former State Senator George M. Buttrick Dies at 94
Former State Senator George M. Buttrick died at his home on 11 Pearl Street Everett last night at age 94 after a week of illness. Born November 24, 1822 in Rindge New Hampshire he moved to Barre Massachusetts to manufacture palm leaf hats and Shaker hoods later serving in Barre town government Worcester Massachusetts and Boston before settling in Everett in 1886 as Common Council member. His wife survives him.
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Globe Insurance Company
Harvard Play Writers Sought by Crimson as Radcliffe Leads
The Harvard Crimson argues undergraduates lack drama participation while Radcliffe women supply half the contest submissions. Five prize plays come from Baker class writers with Radcliffe students dominant. Harvard undergrads have never won. The paper calls for more undergraduate dramatic effort to boost Harvard prestige.
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Harvard Crimson
Harvard Dramatic Club
Radcliffe
Baker
Crimson
Praise for Lodge Washington Day Speech
A reader lauds Senator Lodge for his Washington Day address as clear, fearless, and worthy of citizens. The letter urges broad public reading, especially in schools, to honor the nation and inspire civic virtue.
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Post
Senator Lodge
Washington Association of New Jersey
Deserter Foiled by Shanghai Tale Returns to US Army
Private James Oakes of the Coast Guard Artillery at Fort Banks is honorably reinstated after being counted a deserter during a voyage as a ship’s chambermaid aboard a British steamer. He survived a three day gale that tore horse stalls away, saw horses fall overboard, and helped bail out a flooding ship. He recounts being in Liverpool, receiving pay, and seeking old friends while noting he remained staunchly American.
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Fort Banks
High Seas
Liverpool
Stars and Stripes
Private Oakes
Private Cakes
Oakes
Boston
Devonian
Davy Jones
Dan Mahoney
Winthrop
Dan Ma
Return to Boston Ends Uncertain Voyage
The narrator recounts a perilous journey at sea lasting 15 days after a 1 day wait for departure. He survived daily storms, jumped ashore in East Boston, grabbed a train toward Battery Station, and found his bunk removed upon arrival before sleeping elsewhere, calling it a hard but welcome homecoming.
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Boston
Good Old Battery Station
U S to Destroy $9000 Worth of Feathers
Nearly a thousand bird of paradise feathers valued at $9000 will be destroyed by the U S government. The feathers were recovered at Laredo after charging smuggling against Abraham Kallman of New York. Kallman was released on $5000 bond after a hearing before the U S commissioner.
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Tex
Laredo
Abraham Kallman
New York
Green
J. Kallman
United States
Final sale on $20 men's suits at Harrison Co
Advertises $20 men's suits and overcoats in a final sale by Harrison Co at 662 672 Washington Street. Harris on Co. is the seller. The notice highlights high grade Harko suits and overcoats offered at $12.50.
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Harrison Co
Washington St
Coal Miners To Get Raise In Four-State Wage Talks
Prospects of an early agreement on a new wage scale for soft coal fields in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois looked brighter after the resumed conference of operators and organized mine workers adjourned. Miners have reason to expect concessions on the mine run demand though no direct offer has been made yet.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Caprice on Spanish Themes and Wagner Overture Recital
A concert program features Sky Korsakoff's Caprice on Spanish Themes alongside Wagner's The Flying Dutchman overture and selections from Handel Paisiello and Clantt presented by the orchestra.
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Wagner
Handel, Paisiello and
Clantt
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