Wireless control of planes studied by Boston inventor
Frederick J. Rumford of 7 Oak street experiments to fly a small model without a pilot and guide it from the ground by radio signals. He hopes to extend to full size craft with army cooperation and notes prior wartime radio work. The article also mentions dirigible controllability and Bodensee service between Berlin and Switzerland with fixed schedules.
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Boston
Frederick J. Rumford
7 Oak Street
Rumford
Air Service
Tie
Fort Worth
Tex
Directional voyage compares liner to German train travel
The article notes a voyage of about 390 miles taking four to six hours by liner, contrasting with 26 hours on a German train. It mentions onboard meals on the dirigible and a Swiss border supply point at Friedrichshafen, highlighting differing travel comforts.
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Germany
Vriederichshafen
Weldona Promises Relief for Rheumatism Sufferers
Mrs. E Cunningham of Lowell Massachusetts praises Weldona after weeks of relief from rheumatism and neuritis. A Weldona representative at Houghton and Dutton's drug department offers a free booklet “Germs of Rheumatism How They Live How They Die” and invites all sufferers to meet or request the pamphlet by mail from Weldona Co. Boston.
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Weldona
Houghton & Dutton’s Drug Department
Drug Dept
Houghton & Dutton’s
Weldona Co
Boylston St
Boston
Avro Named for A V Roe Pioneer of British Flight
Otto Praeger oversees aerial mail while Britain reports 32 air raids on London causing 7.5 million dollars in property damage as Avro training planes remain common in British aviation shipments underway.
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Avro
A. V. Roe
Avros
B. V
Otto Praeger
HeThere
London
Dr Walker Heads New MIT Industrial Service Division
Dr William H Walker former head of MIT library of applied chemistry and Edgewood Arsenal commander leads the institute new division placing its resources at U S industry service. Some 120 large industries have contracts at 1000 to 25000 annual retainers as MIT builds toward an 8 million dollar program fueled by a 4 to 8 million funding goal and the benefactor Mr Smith. The identity of the donor will be unveiled at 4 p m Saturday during Tech alumni dinner.
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William H. Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Applied Chemistry
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Industrial Service
Institute
Richard Maclaurin
Maclaurin
Smith
Intitute
Tech
St Marys Guild Celebrates 25th Anniversary in Dorchester
St Marys Episcopal Church Uphams Corner Dorchester marked the 25th anniversary of the St Marys Guild with special services. Founder Rev Walter E Smith spoke on Loyalty while Rev Henry E Edenberg, the current rector, addressed Charity.
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St. Mary’s’ Episcopal Church
Upham’s Corner
Dorchester
St. Mary's Guild
Walter E. (. Smith
Cambridge
Henry E. Edenberg
1919 Big Building Year for Bangor
Building Inspector Mason reports that in 1919 Bangor began buildings of all classes costing $527 650 in aggregate most near completion The list includes a theatre costing $100 000 and a residence costing $50 000
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Bangor
Mason
Various Meetings In City Hall And Public Halls
A schedule of events includes 11 a.m. Congregational ministers meeting in Pilgrim Hall with Rev. M. H. Lichliter speaking on exploitation of the church a protest and a plea. At 2 p.m. the 101st Engineers Welfare Association meets at Cadet Armory with General Edwards as speaker. 8 p.m. Boston Women’s City Club hosts Dr. Lloyd Wirt. 5 p.m. Boston Baptist Social Union New Year’s gathering at Ford Hall. 8 p.m. Maud Wood Park lectures under Boston League of Women Voters. 8 p.m. Citizenship classes for women begin at YWCA. 5 p.m. New Year’s reception for Japanese students in Business Women’s Club assembly rooms. 8 p.m. Trade Union College opening exercises at High School of Practical Arts. p.m. Seventy-third organ recital at Old South Church with organist Henry E. Wry presiding. 8 p.m. Marlin E Pew addresses City Club.
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Pilgrim Hall
M. H. Lichliter
101St Engineers’ Welfare Association
Cadet Armory
General Edwards
Boston Women’s City Club
Lloyd Wirt
Boston Baptist Social Union
Ford Hall
Maud Wood Park
Boston League of Women Voters
20Th Century Club
Business Women's Club
Trade Union College
High School of Practical Arts
Old South Church
Henry E. Wry
Marlin E. Pew
City Club
Evangelist's revival draws thousands with 110 converts
Mel Trotter leads Tremont Temple revival aided by A Hammontree and Lotus Quartet. He recounts Bill Caesar's murder conviction and impending execution to 2700 in crowd, noting 6500 heard gospel and 110 joined Christianity after today’s sermon. Meetings continue daily at noon and 7:30.
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Bill Caesar
Sing Sing
Tre
Mel Trotter
Tremont Temple
Mr. Trotter
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Boston woman steals child in Akron case
Mrs Inez Cooper twenty of Boston confessed to detectives that an impulse to mother a child led her to take six year old Pauline Polovich to Akron where the girl was later found in a detention home. The child had vanished from her father Leo Polovich in Cleveland December 2 and the suspect, who had been the Polovich family housekeeper, was returned to Cleveland tonight.
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Cleveland
Inez Cooper
Boston
Pauline Polovich
Akron
Leo Polovich
Polovich
Memorial services honor Theodore Roosevelt in New York
Memorial services marking the first anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s death were held at Trinity Church, New York, by the American Defense Society. Mrs. Douglas Robinson and Roosevelt, 3d attended with others including David Jayne Hill and George W. Wickersham. The rector, Dr. Manning, called Roosevelt the type of man young Americans should strive to emulate.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Trinity Church
American Defence Society
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
William T. Manning
America
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ife
Manning
David Jayne Hill
Cleveland Dodge
William Guggenheim
George W. Wickersham
Rear Admiral Day Dies in Nice at 71
Rear Admiral Willam Plummer Day U S N retired died suddenly this morning in Nice where he had lived for years. He was born in New York 71 years ago. He leaves a widow here and a son in Paris.
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Wich
France
Willam Plummer Day
U.S. N
Nice
New York
Paris
Red Cross Allocates $15 Million for European Relief
Washington January 4 The American Red Cross sets aside 15,000,000 for European relief 13,750,000 for domestic use and 1,250,000 for Siberia completing its 30,000,000 annual relief fund Dr Livingston Farrand notes reserves for emergencies and urges replenishment after disaster appeals while maintaining obligations to soldiers and families.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Siberia
Russia
United States
Farrand
Europe
Red Cross
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Park Sq
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Franklin
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Mr. Hills
Montreal
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H. P. Merchant
B. F. Goodrich Tire Company
J. R. Getty
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L. A. Miller
Mr. Banks
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R. H. Cramer
Waterloo
Will Diddel
Indianapolis
Ind
P. A. Pfohl
J. H. Manion
J. T. Peacha
Duluth
Minn
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R. G. Reed
Maas
O. C. Belt
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
Franklin Motor Car Co
Commonwealth Ave
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Gloucester Auto Sales Co
Gloucester
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Worcester
Vialle Motor Company
Framingham
Torrey & Vialle, Inc
Concord
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
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Stanley S. Turner
Los Angeles
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P/E. Frost
Portland
Galea
Ralph H. Cramer
W. A. Kidder
D. J. O'Neil
Waterloo Times Tribune
M. W. Briggs
R. 5. McComb
Cliff
Robert Beiser
Cincinnati Enquirer
Richard Powell
Syracuse
Ralph G. Reed
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