Harvard Prank Triggers Professor’s Exit From Lecture
Harvard students sabotaged Professor Bar ett Wendell’s Modern English Novelists course with concealed alarm clocks and a smashed clock, prompting the professor to leave after interruption. The incident risks curtailing the extensive lecture system unless discipline is restored.
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Harvard
Barett Wendell
Arvard
Fogg Art Museum
Wendell
Ang
Professor Wendell
Norton
Sanders Theatre
John Harvard
Pond's Extract Endorsement From Warren P Lovett
A letter from Warren P Lovett of Atlanta Ga praises Pond's Extract after trial and offers a refund if not beneficial. He states no affiliation with the maker and writes to help others who might need such a medicine.
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Pond
Warren P. Lovett
N. Forsyth Et
Atlanta, Ga
Hetty Green
Open Sessions Debate and School Funding Move Forward
At a school committee meeting Nellie L. Cronin was confirmed as assistant to the secretary. Mr. Anderson urged open sessions, criticizing closed deliberations as secretive. The panel approved withdrawing Mr. Dunn’s resignation and moved funds for new school facilities and land expenses, including a Charlestown tea room at Chestnut and Adams streets.
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Nellie L. Cronin
Edward H. Dunn
Anderson
Dunn
William T. Eaton
Galvin
Strange
General Court
Courtney
Commonwealth
Committee On Normal Schools
Paul
Fleischer
Chestnut and
Adams Street
Frothingham
Charlestown
Martians Attack Boston Area in Historic Biased Thriller
An excerpt recounts a Martian invasion with explosions across Mars and Earth. Cylinders bring war machines and heat ray havoc. In Boston suburbs chaos, a survivor and rector hide in a Belmont road house as night battles unfold and escape risks loom amid a moonlit, desolate cityscape.
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Mars
Earth
Concord
Mass
Lange
Lexington
Waltham
Boston
Boston Harbor
Onner's Island
Belmont Road
Clarification on Adams Express Company Peculations
In New York on January 2 a report claimed over thirty Adams Express employees were implicated in peculations between 2000 and 3000 dollars. Attorney Abraham Levy states such figures were not supported by the record and cautions that the earlier claims were not warranted.
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New York
Adams Express Company
Abraham Levy
Express Company
Martians Call for Reinforcements in Sorrowful Pit Scene
In a tense morning sequence the narrator notes more reinforcements arriving for the Martians. Three large flying machines descend from the sky as their directing spirits join the eerie activity in the pit.
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God
The Long Conflict Between Two Prisoners
The narrator recalls on the sixth day of imprisonment a struggle with the rector over food. In darkness they clash over dwindling supplies, ending only after days of alternately beating, persuading, and bribing with the last bottle of Burgundy. The contest leaves them divided and exhausted.
Be Still and Bear Witness in the Martian Siege
In a dark imprisonment a rector rants about judgment and repentance as the narrator fights to escape. The insane cleric bellows prophecies and woes, threatening to shout for Martians while the narrator wields a meat chopper to stop him. The scene ends with the rector dead on the kitchen floor as dawn nears.
Advocates Gold Compare Jefferson Ideas With Modern Currency
Four hundred delegates attend the monetary convention at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis with General Simon B. Buckner among arrivals. Governor Mount argues for the gold standard citing Jefferson and Carlisle while contrasting with Bryanism and current coinage ratios. Resolutions committee names officials from Connecticut Indiana Illinois Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island.
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Indianapolis
Grand Opera House
Hanna
Simon B. Buckner
Kentucky
Mount
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Carlisle
United States
Committee On
Connecticut
Joel A. Sperry
Indiana
H. H. Hanna
Illinois
Franklin MacVeagh
Massachusetts
Henry L. Higginson
New York
W. E. Dodge
Pennsylvania
John C. Bullitt
Rhode Island
R. G. Hazard
Surprised by Friends at Cambridge Birthday
Mr and Mrs O P Fellows of 142 Washington Cambridge were surprised at home on Mrs Fellows birthday. Their son and daughter with friends hosted a collation. Mrs Fellows has endured heart disease for over two years yet remains cheerful and active in the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston helping many working girls.
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O. P. Fellows
Washington Street
Cambridge
Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Advertised for Kidney Ailments
Do it yourself to diagnose kidney disease by sediment in urine and frequent urination. Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is promoted as the best cure for kidneys bladder and urinary tract issues with free sample offer by mail from Rondout New York. It sells for one dollar a bottle and promises rapid relief from pain and nocturnal urination.
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David Kennedy
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
N. Y
Boston Post
Boston Elevated Railway to Seek Blue Hill Extension
At a Boston Elevated Railway Company executive meeting a petition from May or Quincy and prominent citizens urged electric car tracks past the current end of Blue Hill avenue. The board voted to apply for location on Blue Hill avenue immediately and to build the tracks once the location is granted.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Quincy
Boston
Blue Hill Avenue Boulevard
Blue Hill Avenue
City Council Bans Aliens From Civic Work
Toronto January 2 city resolution bars all aliens from employment on civic projects both planned and underway, with emphasis on U S subjects. The measure targets workers on municipal construction.
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Toronto
United States
Hodgdon Trial Opens in New Haven Fire Plot Case
George R. Hodgdon, hotel owner in Springfield Massachusetts, faces two counts for allegedly plotting arson at the Tontine Hotel. Judge Roraback presides as a jury is impaneled and witnesses Fr ess and Cook testify. Cook has pleaded guilty and accuses Hodgdon of complicity.
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New Haven
Conn
George R. Hodgdon
Springfield
Mass
Tremont House
Tontine Hotel
Superior Criminal Court
Roraback
Benjamin Fr ‘Ess
Frederick A. Cook
Hodgdon
Cook
National Association of Manufacturers Opens Third Annual Convention
The New York meeting at Madison Square? Temple opens for a three day event with widespread participation from U S manufacturers. President Search cites a record foreign trade year ending June 30 with exports surpassing 1.03 billion dollars, a large trade surplus, and sharp gains in manu factured goods including bicycles rising from 1.9 million to 7 million dollars.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Mae Sonic
Search
United States
Ben Franklin Assembly Advances Membership Proposals
At Chickering Hall in a Monday gathering of Ben Franklin Assembly 6468 K of L, 25 membership propositions were received, 12 reinstated, and 10 initiated. Banquet tickets totaled 250, with the event set for February 10. A $250 donation was presented to the assembly and accepted by Master Workman M J Leonard. District Secretary Treasurer Thomas H Canning addressed the meeting.
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Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Chickering Hall
Washington and
Northampton Streets
Assembly
M. J. Leonard
Thomas H. Canning
Dr Bull Cough Syrup Promises Instant Cure
An advertisement asserts Cease coughing with Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and claims it will cure you at once. The copy markets the product to readers seeking immediate relief from persistent coughing.
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Dr. Bull
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