Harvard Catholic Club Introduces Edward L Logan at Cochran Lecture
Pres Eliot introduces Edward L Logan president of Harvard Catholic Club. Bourke Cochran lectures on Christianity a light to economic truth amid a massive Sanders Theatre crowd. Cochran praises oratory as lively as in his Cambridge audience.
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Edward Laurence Logan
Colonel Laurence J. Logan
Harvard’s
Catholic Club
Pres. Eliot
Harvard College Catholic Club
Mr. Cochran
E. L. Logan
Har
Cambridge
Cochran
France buys three Chinese steamers for transports
A Shanghai despatch reports France has purchased three Chinese steamers and is seeking more for conversion into transports. It also notes the Japanese squadron will sail from Yokosuka Saturday for Chinese waters.
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London
Shanghai
France
Yokosaka
Japan Prepares for War amid Far East Crisis
London reports nine Japanese warships set to sail from Yokohama toward China. The St James Gazette warns Japan may be preparing for war amid Russia’s pressure on China. Britain and Russia clash for influence in China, with a peaceful settlement or war imminent. Sources say Japan acts in full accord with Britain.
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London
Yokohama
St. James
Japan
Russia
China
Great Britain
Mrs Jack Gardner Fights Off Chimney Fire Alone
At 152 Beacon Street Mrs Jack Gardner faced a smoky chimney blaze that threatened her home and art. She directed the operation, salted the flames, and with a fire crew arriving, declared the fire extinguished and dismissed insurance talk.
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Jack Gardner
Beacon Street
Jack
Mt. Vernon Street
Post
Man Injured After Robbery Claim Near Cambridge Bridge
John Conley of 467 Windsor Street Cambridgeport lies in Somerville Hospital with a fractured arm and possible head injury after claiming three men robbed him on Craigie Bridge East Cambridge. He says he was thrown into the Charles River and swam to safety, a tale Cambridge police doubt. He wore an Odd Fellows badge and claimed Hobah Lodge South Boston membership.
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Somerville Hospital
John Conley
Windsor Street
Cambridgeport
Conley
Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Concord
Charles River
Cambridge
Prospect Hill
Somerville
Craigie Bridge
JB Conley
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Odd Fellows
Hobah Lodge
South Boston
Paris ships to reinforce Eastern French squadron
The steel battleships Bruix of 4754 tons and Vauban of 6208 tons will sail Monday to reinforce the Eastern French squadron.
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Paris
Bruix
Local Boston Forecast Saturday Clouds and Variable Winds
The forecast for Boston and nearby areas calls for generally cloudy skies with variable winds. No precipitation is expected and temperatures remain mild through the day.
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Washington
New England
Boston and Vicinity
Funeral for Philadelphia’s heaviest man Joseph Handley
The funeral for Joseph Handley, once the city’s heaviest man, was held in Philadelphia. He weighed about 600 pounds, stood wide across the shoulders, with a coffin seven feet long and 41 2 inches wide. Door jambs were removed to move the coffin to an open wagon for burial. Handley, 48, served on the police force under Mayor Fox.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Handley
Handley
Fox
Teacher Beaten to Death in Illinois Town
John McGown, a teacher at the Couble School in Alexander County, died from injuries after being attacked by two pupils Henry and Scott Jordan. The youths, who had previously been chastised, lurked as he went to church and fatally beat him. They were arrested amid early fears of lynching.
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Anna, Ill
John McGown
NCR Sues Local Liquor Dealer Over Hallwood Register Infringement
National Cash Register Company of Dayton files suit in Cincinnati federal court against George P. Maley liquor dealer at 901 Central Avenue alleging use of a Hallwood register infringes NCR patents. The action seeks injunction and damages under a shared-liability principle.
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Cincinnati
United States
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
George P. Maley
Central Avenue
National Company
Youngest Striker Dina Renel Faces Hard Times
Dina Renel of New Bedford at age five was the sole support of her invalid mother. The big strike left her family hungry as she earned two dollars weekly to keep them from starvation.
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Dina Renel
New Bedford
Fall River Strike Turmoil Reflects Wider Textile Unrest
Strikes in Fall River and New Bedford persist with little change as 9000 cotton workers face a proposed 10 percent wage cut. An appeal from the New Bedford joint committee cites mill dividends and fines disputes while foreseeing a critical stage for the 30 000 workers in the region.
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Acushnet
Narragansett
Fall River
America
Potomoska
Dartmouth
Whitman
Wamsutta
Pierce
Grinnell
Hathaway
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