Boston Schools to Reopen Thursday After Epidemic Closure
Boston officials announced that schools will reopen Thursday January 2 under strict health measures. Superintendent Thompson stated schools will remain open to protect children, with medical staff ready to treat illness, and noted the dangers of cinema crowds during the epidemic.
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Boston
Health Commissioner’s Office
Sullivan
Thompson
Woodward
Devine
Post
New York
Clark College Faculty Endorses League of Nations Plan
Worcester December 31 Clark College faculty unanimously endorsed the league of nations plan and sent a request signed by 22 members headed by President Edmund C Sanford to Senators Lodge Weeks and Congressman Winslow urging support for the plan.
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Worcester
Clark College
League of Nations
Edmund C. Sanford
Lodge
Weeks
Winslow
From Baseball to Bodies Story in Paris Letters
A humorous wartime letter narrative by Harmon describes a furlough to Paris. He recounts orders to deliver a Pershing message, jokes with a French phrase book, and a cheerful reunion with his wife Jeanne whom he teases about Paris and romance. The lively voice and period slang capture a soldier’s comic view of Paris and marriage.
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Vivela
France
Joe
Paris
Sindbad
Jeanne
Monsere
General Pershing
Berlin
Six years for killing a man in Vermont court
John F. Luce a Camp Devens soldier pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to not less than six nor more than 10 years in Windsor State Prison. The judge cited Luce's youth and good character as factors. He will serve with Morris Gershlider a University of Vermont student who admitted burglary and theft of $3000 in college lease documents, receiving not less than two and a half nor more than three years.
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Jeanne
Joe
Placin
Cheri
Paris
von Hindenburg
Broadway
France
Burlington, Vt
Vermont
John F. Luce
Camp Devens
Albert M. Prentiss
Luce
Leighton P. Slack
Windsor
Morris Gershlider
University of Vermont
Gershlider
Will
Insurance on crews no longer required
Secretary Glass announced that with the removal of war risks owners of American vessels will no longer be required to insure the lives of officers and crews.
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Washington
Pec
Glass
Woman Survives Three-Story Jump After Illness
Mrs. Frank Johnson of North Lexington leaped from a third story window during a severe influenza episode. Her fall was broken by a piazza roof, leaving her with bruises and a severe shock but she is recovering.
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Frank Johnson
North Lexington
Fruit-a-tives Promise Constipation Relief in Boston Ad
Central Wharf Boston advertisement claims Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets relieved chronic constipation dizziness and headaches after three years of distress. Testimonial by Jas J Royall states one box proved effective and he bought twenty four boxes. Product sold at 50 cents a box six for two fifty and trial size twenty five cents from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg or dealers.
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Central Wharf
Boston
Mass
Jas. J. Royall
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
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Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Business Administration
University Hall
Cambridge
Gay Paree
Sinbad the Sailor
H. C. Witwer
Norman
Merci Beaucou
Merci
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Small, Maynard & Co., Inc
EH Bien
Cher
Jordan Marsh Company
Hess
Aexez
Wattes
Daily
Sunday Post
Devens
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