British Parliament Plans Feb 11 Opening Speech
London January 29 The new British Parliament is slated to meet February 11 with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law attending. Oath time will be shortened and both houses to assemble about an hour after session start to hear the throne speech. Sir James Lowther to be re elected Speaker of the House.
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London
Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
James Lowther
Emergency Deficiency Bill Passes House with Rider
The House approved the emergency deficiency bill without dissenting votes. It repeals WWII war-time appropriations totaling 7.18 billion dollars for the Army and Navy, and authorizations of 8.22 billion. An amendment by Rep. Dyer bars spending of 290.2 million until former government employees in military service return to their prior posts.
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Navy
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Internal Sanitation Through Morning Water and Limestone Phosphate
An old health column advises starting the day with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels and remove toxins. It claims this practice prevents headaches cold symptoms constipation bad breath and other ailments by maintaining an inner sanitation routine.
Death of Dr Clarence J Blake Prominent Harvard Otologist
Dr Clarence J Blake aged 76 died at home on Marlboro Street. Harvard professor emeritus and author he served as professor of otology at Harvard until 1913 and was president of the American Otological Society in 1876 77 and head of the ear specialists congress in 1912. He contributed to medical journals and was involved with the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Children's Hospital.
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Marlboro Street
American Science Association
Boston Society of Medical Improvement
Boston Society For the Advancement of Physical Education
Dr. Blake
Boston
Roxbury Latin School
Lawrence Scientific School
Germany
American Journal of Otology
American Otological Society
Congress of Ear Specialists
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Children’s Hospital
Retired Boston Sergeant Homer Honored for Long Service
Sergeant Horatio J. Homer of police headquarters, who has served as messenger to the police commissioner's office for four years, retired on half pay last night. He joined as patrolman in 1879 and became sergeant in 1890s. Commissioner Curtis praised his uniform courtesy and strict attention, noting he will be missed by citizens and those with department business.
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Horatio J. Homer
Police Headquarters
Homer
O'Meara
Curtis
Boston
Department
Harvard Surgical Unit Arrives in Boston for Welcome
State and city officials join representatives from Harvard University and Greater Boston reception committees to greet the Harvard Surgical Unit at North Station this afternoon about 2 o clock. The famous war corps returns after four years on the firing line.
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Greater
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Boston Welcome for Returned Unit From Halifax
The unit will be met at North Station by a Charles Town navy yard band and escorted to Liberty Cottage on the Common. Officials including Governor Coolidge Major Peters Rear Admiral Wood and General Edwards will greet the nurses and surgeons. The Met ropolitan Red Cross will host luncheon. Lt Col Hugh Cabot commands the Boston unit with 22 medical officers and 120 members.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Liberty Cottage
Boston
Charles Ware, Jr
Harvard Club
Harvard University
Lowell
Eliot
Coolidge
Peters
Wood
Edwards
Harvard
New Bedford Whaler Josephine Driven Ashore Total Loss
Word from Valparaiso Chile reports the bark Josephine wrecked off Chile after being driven ashore. Built in Bath in 1817 and registered at 284 tons, she was a famed New Bedford whaler, formerly owned by J. & W. R. Wing and sold to Chilean interests in 1909.
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Valparaiso
Chili
Josephine
Bath
Reminiscence Night by Dartmouth Club
The Dartmouth Club of Boston hosts a second Reminiscence Night at Hotel Bellevue tonight after a successful first event. Hanover graduates from 1880 to 1894 are expected to recite old college times, with E. J. Bartlett, W. M. Strong, Philbrick Life, Wilder Quint, Matt B. Jones, and A. M. Lyons among attendees. Doughnuts and cheese with cider will appear at intervals.
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Dartmouth Club of
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Bellevue
E. J. Bartlett
W. M. Strong
Homesteads for Soldiers Favored in Senate
Washington Jan. 29 Legislation urged by Secretary Lane to modify homestead law privileges for soldiers who served in the war or on the Mexican border was approved today by the Senate public lands committee and reported favorably. The House committee has taken similar favorable action on a related bill granting credit for military service time in obtaining homesteads.
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Washington
Lane
Senate Public Lands Committee
House Committee
Freezone promises painless corn removal with drops
An old time ad touts Freezone a few cents bottle to drop on a corn then lift it off. It claims instant relief with no soreness and that the Cincinnati invention stops foot pain, removing hard soft or toe corn and calluses.
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Cincinnati
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
A first rate English ship of one hundred guns sails from Portsmouth to North America. The ship strikes near the St. Lawrence and loses rudder masts and bowsprit. A sailor is saved by a sea gull, a giant whale steals the anchor, and later the whale is found dead with the anchor and cable hidden in its mouth.
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St. Lawrence
Europe
Mrs Elizabeth Colt Dies in Pittsfield at 84
Mrs Elizabeth Gilbert Colt aged 84 widow of the late Judge James Dennison Colt of the Massachusetts Supreme Court died in Pittsfield from old age. She leaves three children James D Colt Samuel G Colt and Mrs Clement B Houghton thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Friday noon and the body taken to Springfield for cremation.
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Elizabeth Gilbert Colt
James Dennison Colt
Supreme Court of
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James D. Colt
Boston
Samuel G. Colt
Clement
Houghton
Chestnut Hill
Springfield
Spitters Fined Three Dollars Each in Court
Twenty five men from diverse backgrounds were fined $3 in municipal court for anti spitting violations. Police plan to continue the crackdown with vigor as Captains at all stations were instructed by Superintendent Crowley to tighten enforcement.
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Crowley
Extraordinary voyage escape from sinking ship by carpenter
The narrator recalls the one extraordinary event of the voyage a hole in the hull a foot in diameter and a whale dragging the ship yet the vessel was saved by a fortuitous act the carpenter’s aid and the narrator’s position over the leak as relief Tomorrow the Baron will recount further surprising adventures in daily and Sunday Post
Irish Tenor John O Sullivan Delights New York Audiences
John O Sullivan the Cork born French trained tenor electrifies the Chicago Opera Company season in New York after debuting Tuesday at the Lexington Avenue Opera House as Romeo. He studied in France, contrasted with McCormack, and drew a packed house including many Irish fans.
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John O'Sullivan
Cork
Chicago Opera Company
New York
O'Sullivan
John McCormack
France
McCormack
Italy
Chicago
Grand Opera House
Paris
Lexington Avenue Opera House
Romeo
Yvonne Gail
Rates to South America Kept at Present Figure
Washington officials of the Shipping Board said no changes in ocean freight rates between the United States and South American ports are planned for the present. Current general cargo rates from Atlantic and Gulf ports to River Plate ports, set Jan 3, are Buenos Aires 25 dollars per ton, Rosario and Bahia Blanca 30, La Plata 27.60, and Port Madryn 35.
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United States
South American
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Gulf
River Platte
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Bahia Blanca
la Plata
Port Madryn
Lieutenant Colonel Hallahan Awarded DSC in France
Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Hallahan commanding the 102d Field Signal Battalion of the 27th Division receives the Distinguished Service Cross from Field Marshal Haig during the final phase of the fighting in France.
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New York
W.L. Hallahan
Field Marshal Haig
France
Turkish Oppression of Greeks Continues on Black Sea Coast
Greek newspaper Neologos reports ongoing Turkish oppression of Greeks along the southern Black Sea coast. It claims armistice forces have not reached Black Sea ports and cites mass killings and mass expulsions, with Greeks imprisoned upon return from Russia and Greek property still controlled by Turks.
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Black Sea
Neologos
Russia
Kerasoon
Inos
Trebizond
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