Russians Beat Back Counter Attacks On Northern Rumani Front
Official reports say Russian counter attacks Tuesday along the northern Romanian front were repelled as they retreated along the Kasino valley and withdrew behind the Sereth. Teutonic forces reached the left bank of the Putna River near Fokshani. British forces carried out well executed operations east of Beaumont Hamel, seizing a trench section and capturing three officers and 140 men.
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Kasino
Fokshani
Putna
Berlin
Beaumont-Hamel
London
Patna
Sereth
Gets It Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief
The ad touts Gets It as the sole effective corn remover, claiming two to eight drops will shrink and peel away a corn instantly. It argues no salve plaster or knife is needed and that the product prevents swelling in water, with a 25 cent bottle sold locally or mailed by E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Russians Win Fights Near Riga
Reports from the Riga region detail divergent Berlin and Petrograd tallies as Russians claim gains near Lake Babit and positions east of a village while Germans counterattack near Kalzem. In six days Russia reports capturing guns and arms, with other fronts citing heavy fighting and prisoner losses, including 650 taken at Sereth. American ambassador William Graves Sharp has the allied reply to Wilson's peace plan for Washington.
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Berlin
Riga
Petrograd
Lake Babit
Tiral
Kalzem
von Mackensen
Moldavia
Putna
Fokshani
Fundeni
Sereth
Rimnik Sarat
Galatz
Kassina River
Suchitza
Tigris
Kut-el-Amara
France
Beaurmont-Hamel
William Graves Sharp
L’rance
Wilson
Washington
Ex-Atty Gen Swift Elected to Suffolk Law School Trustees
Former Attorney General James M. Swift was chosen to fill the vacancy on the Suffolk County Law School board after the death of Charles W. Bartlett.
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Gen. Swift Law School
James M. Swift
Suffolk County Law School
Charles W. Bartlett
Repeats Gerard's remarks on cordial wartime ties
Berlin reports quote Ambassador Gerard saying relations between Germany and the United States have never been as cordial since the war began. He noted no reference to other powers and focused on current friendly ties. The remarks drew hearty applause and favorable notices from newspapers, with few exceptions. AP confirms the quotes were accurate.
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Germany
United States
Associated Press
Trial of Father Over Neglect to Support Child
Joseph Nutile of East Boston faces trial in the Superior Criminal Court for neglecting to provide for his 12 year old daughter Annie Nutile. Testimony cites the girl’s ragged clothes and unkempt hair. district nurse Miss O'Donnell recounts being assaulted when urging better care. The case continues this morning.
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Joseph Nutile
Bremen Street
East Boston
Superior Criminal Court
Annie Nutile
Autocars Offer Standardized Delivery Service
Springfield mass Stoddard Motor Car Co advertises autocars with standardized delivery service and chassis priced at 1650 dollars.
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Springfield
Mass
Stoddard Motor Car Co
Wallach sought in Boston fraud case traced to Minneapolis
Wardrobe trunks linked to Emil Wallach former president of Globe Export Company of Boston, believed hiding in Minneapolis with arrest imminent. He allegedly netted $60,000 by duplicity with five local banks while residing at 44 Monadnock street Dorchester, leaving only $566 in bank accounts and scant office furniture at 153 Milk street.
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Emil Wallach
Globe Export Company of
Boston
Minneapolis
Wallach
Monadnock Street
Dorchester
Milk Street
Morris Maybush
Salem Street
Post
Germany
Maybush
Leipzic
Holland
United States
Mr. Wallach
Harvard Poised to Raise Ten Million This Year
Harvard announces a plan to raise ten million dollars to support its programs and growth, reflecting continued fundraising efforts by the university to sustain research, teaching, and student aid.
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Harvard
Harvard Endowment Fund forms to widen alumni appeal
Harvard Alumni Association votes, with corporation approval, to create the Harvard Endowment Fund Committee. Contributions will be held in trust and income used largely by the president and fellows. The fund supplements the class gift tradition and marks a shift toward broad alumni fundraising beyond a few major donors.
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Harvard Alumni Association
Harvard Endowment Fund Committee
Harvard College
Harvard
Father John’s Medicine and Pneumonia Protection Ad
A vintage ad warns neglecting a cold leads to pneumonia and promotes Father John’s Medicine as a nourishing food medicine that strengthens the body. It claims the remedy treats colds and prevents pneumonia by expelling poisonous waste, contrasting with dangerous cough syrups or balsams.
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John
Thaw Escape Tangles Natives State Case
George O'Byrne and Thaw face kidnapping charges as Thaw eludes arrest in Philadelphia. Brower, misidentified as O'Byrne, is held as an aide with Thaw’s documents, a grand jury reviews letters, and counsel Walsh discloses Thaw’s attempts to educate Gump and silence him.
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George O’byrnes
Thaw
Philadelphia
O’ Byrnes
Oliver Brower
Utica
Young Gump
Gump
Brower
Highland Iron Company
Pittsburg
George F. O’byrne
Cuniff
District Attorney's Office
Rank P. Walsh
Kansas City
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Swann
Walsh
Long Beach
J. F. Bernard
Concord
N. H
Tucson
Ariz
Philadelphia Night Court
O'Byrne
McAlpin
Bowdoin headmaster leaves abstinence clause in will
Alonzo Meserve former Bowdoin Grammar School headmaster filed for probate. His will awards his entire estate to his widow Abbie Meserve. A provision penalties any child aged since March 1 1908 who uses alcohol tobacco opium cocaine, deducting 1000 dollars from their share and awarding it to abstainers or to the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society if no child abstains.
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Alonzo Meserve
Bowdoin Grammar School
Abbie Marilla Meserve
Massachusetts Total
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Widow Talks Of Thaw Episodes
Mrs Jack Clifford wife of the Pittsburg millionaire recounts Thaw events at her New York home. She notes Thaw’s alleged flagellation of a bell boy in London in 1909 and recalls a prior beating, asserting the case signals a dangerous paranoiac and possible need for confinement.
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New York
Jack Clifford
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
West Eleventh Street
Pittsburg
Clifford
William Engel
Berkely Hotel
74Th Street
Madison Avenue
Thaw
Frederick Gump
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Philomatheia Club Plans Annual Ball After Meeting
The Philomatheia Club auxiliary to Boston College will meet at the Boston College office University Heights Newton to elect officers and plan the annual ball at Copley Plaza on Wednesday January 31 after the meeting.
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Philomatheia Club
Boston College
University Heights
Newton
Copley Plaza
B A A Edges Boston H C in Sudden Death Hockey
The B A A defeats the Boston Hockey Club 4 to 3 after a 13 minute extra period. Captain Fred Huntington scored the winning goal on a pass from Forrest Osgood to lift the Unicorns into the lead in the Amateur Hockey League series.
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Fred. Huntington
B. A. A. Hockey Seven
Forrest Osgood
Mackay
Boston Hockey Club
Unicorn
Boston
Savage extra period mars Unicorns Boston Hockey clash
In a brutal sudden death overtime both Unicorns and Boston Hockey Club sent players off as penalties and injuries mounted. Raymie Skilton lay unconscious for ten minutes after a vicious hit, while Captain Smart opted to keep Prendergast off the ice, leaving each side with six men.
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Raymie Skilton
The
Unicorns
Skilton
Smart
Boston Hockey Club
Prendergast
Man Quits Smoking With Home Mixture
Harry Riska of 2016 S 11th St claims a simple home blend stops smoking and chewing. His recipe mixes water with muriate of ammonia, Varlex Compound, and pepsin. a teaspoonful three times daily is said to be harmless and tasteless.
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Harry Riska
S. 11Th St
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