Missing Florence Whittier Leaves Ipswich Family in Distress
Florence I Whittier, 19, relative of poet Whittier and Boston school student, disappeared after leaving a Boylston Street school Friday afternoon. Parents Mr and Mrs Maynard Whittier appeal to the press, police and Watch and Ward Society for help, fearing abduction or amnesia. Ipswich community shows sympathy as searches extend through hospitals and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence I. Whittier
Ipswich
Whittier
Boston
Maynard Whittier
Boylston Street
Miss Whittier
Florence
Watch and Ward Society
Abandoned Nicoll Tailor Stock Clearout Sale
Leased store to annex building in February and conducts a compulsory sale of a $200,000 stock. Suits priced from 5.90 to 14.90, Pablo Overcoat from 5.90 to 7.90, 5000+ overcoats, pants at 1.00, boys and youths suits from 1.00 to 5.90. Open evenings till 9 PM.
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Nicoll
Pablo
King of Storm Coats
Harvard Announces Wider Admission System
Harvard plans a new admission regime emphasizing four years of approved high school study in languages science math and history. Applicants must present detailed school credentials and pass selective exams in English Latin French or German mathematics and science with final written judgments from at least four examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Harvard
Heroism Ten Cost His Life at Sea Light Station
Providence report details Leroy C. Loughborough who died of tuberculosis at Point Judith. He survived 11 days at Green's Reef Light in Long Island Sound with almost no food, the only companion a dog. He had stayed at his post during exposure and starvation a year earlier, a heroic sacrifice connected to the same hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R. I
Green’s Reef Light
Long Island Sound
Leroy C. Lough
Borough
Point Judith
Keeper Trapped by Fog and Starvation in Lighthouse
Loughborough, assistant keeper of the light, stood in command at the bridgeport lantern during February 1919. Clarkson, the keeper, vanished to stock provisions and never returned, leaving Loughborough to share dwindling rations with his dog. He collapsed after ten days, was found unconscious, revived, but remained gravely ill in Narragansett Pier with poor prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loughborough
John R. Clarkson
Norwalk
Bridgeport
John S. Haywood
Narragansett Pier
Save Two By Human Chain Patchogue Ice Rescue
In Patchogue New York a 15 member human chain rescued Ethlyn Philips and Edward Smith from drowning when they broke through ice on Lake Patchogue. Companions formed a line, reached the edge, and pulled them to safety using a hockey stick to assist.
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Patchogue
IL. S
Ethlyn Philips
Edward Smith
Lake Patchogue
Smith
Miss Philips
President Proposes $2 Million for Santiago Aqueduct
Havana January 18. In a message to Congress President Gomez recommends immediate appropriation of $2,000,000 for a Santiago aqueduct due to severe water famine. The city faces serious conditions from the shortage of water.
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Havana
Congress
Gomez
Santiago
Rheumatism Yields to the Great Kidney Remedy
A resident of Holyoke Massachusetts Ira Aldrich testifies after years of rheumatic pain and swelling that Dr Kilmer Swamp Root relieved his symptoms. He praises the remedy and urges others to try it with a testimonial notarized by a local justice of the peace. The ad invites readers to request a sample bottle and booklet from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer
Ira Aldrich
Howard Street
Holyoke
Mass
D. J. Hartnett
Justice of the Peace
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
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Florence. E. Whittier
New England
TR Gray & CO
Te. Gass
Orau
Pamarpa
Washington St
Loemen
Aronson
Yan Russia
Viel Kid
N. BE
Russia
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