Jap Invasion Scare Spurs Alden Daughters to Great Deeds
In Plymouth the mock panic over a distant shell assault prompts the Alden family descendants and town to mobilize. Daughters lead a charge to protect the Pilgrim Rock and ancient furniture as Admiral Goodrich’s son aboard the Georgia posts 29 hits in a long range target practice.
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ALDEN
Plymouth
Myles Standish
Samoset
Jed Haskins
Jeb
Home
Carver
North Carver
Plympton
Bob Evans
Fleet
Goodrich
Georgia
80-Cent Gas For Boston
Boston gas consumers face a new prevailing rate of eighty cents per thousand feet with the recent price drop going into effect yesterday. The anniversary of the first reduction by the Boston Consolidated Gas Company is noted, tracing prior cuts from 95 cents in 1905 to 85 cents in the last year, under the sliding scale act which allows a one cent dividend increase for every five cent consumer-rate decrease.
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Boston
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Dollar
Youth Arrested in Larceny From Farmer Employer
Police accuse 18 year old Martin Swaioski of stealing items from Percy A. Dean Islington farmer. Swaioski fled the residence last night with clothes, shoes, a dress suitcase, railroad and check books, and a fountain pen. He was found in a Boston house, jailed, with a New York ticket at capture.
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Dedham
Martin Swaioski
Boston
Percy A. Dean
Islington
Swaioski
Morton Street
Swasoski
New York
Western Service Too Wild for Washington Girls
Washington July 1 no girls from the Census Bureau will be sent to Oklahoma and Indian Territory for census tabulations ordered by the President. A western senator asked to detail a bureau girl to Guthrie but the reply said no women clerks will be sent to the new country, too wild and woolly for Washington girls.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Guthrie
President Eliot Cheerful as Ever at Harvard
President Eliot of Harvard remains unfazed by rumors of successors and resignations. He shows continued calm and humor, insisting he will not step down or be replaced despite ongoing speculation.
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Eliot
Harvard
Eliot defies retirement plans at Harvard age 75
The piece portrays President Eliot as firmly denying resignation rumors and planning to stay at Harvard beyond 75. It contrasts him with Dr. Osler and notes rumors about Roosevelt succession and Wells private secretary Green, highlighting Eliot’s continued power and vital health.
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Harvard
Eliot
Roosevelt
Edgar H. Wells
Jerome D. Green
America
Osler
Doutless
Cambridge Considers 100000 Dollar Soldiers Field Bridge
Cambridge Bridge Commission heard Harvard College support for a permanent $100000 bridge over the Charles River at North Harvard Street to Soldiers Field. Harvard President Eliot urged a handsome safe design, while officials urged a permanent structure and careful consideration of need and cost.
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Cambridge Bridge Commission
Charles River
Harvard Street
Soldiers Field
William L. Howell
Harvard College
Eliot
Harvard
Cambridge
H. P. Walcott
Metropolitan Water Commission
Henry L. Higginson
Charles H. Lake
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
A. H. Chamberlain
Newport Mimic Warfare Begins at Coast Defences
Preparations for war in mimicry start at Narragansett coast defences under War Department orders. The two week programme runs to July 15 with eight coast artillery companies at Fort Adams and five at Fort Greble, later joined by the State militia.
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Newport
R. I
Narragansett District
War Department
Coast Artillery
Fort Adams
Fort Greble
Boys' Blue Serge Suits and Wash Blouses in Sale
Vintage catalog listing from Henry Siegel Co. on Essex Street offers boys blue serge suits in sizes 8 to 17 with fast color, knicker or straight pants, priced at $ A.95 reduced from $7.50. wash blouses and wash pants priced 25c 49c and 75c.
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Henry Siegel Co
Essex Street
Mrs Ball Exonerated After Rochester Detention
Edith Ball, former San Toy company singer, was arrested in Rochester on a fraud claim over a $300 automobile. She was discharged from custody after a habeas corpus ruling as extradition papers never arrived. Her husband awaits action by the Superior Criminal Court on a forged check charge in Boston.
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Edith Ball
San Toy’ Company
Rochester
N. Y
Farsaith
Superior Criminal Court
Boston
Amateur bicycle races and wrestling at Revere Beach
Tomorrow night at the Revere Beach cycle track crowds will see several amateur bicycle races alongside wrestling events scheduled for July 38 and 4. The card features wrestling on horseback as an attraction. Dolly Gray, the champion lady wrestler, arrived in town and will face Tessie Brown in a best two of three falls.
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Revere Beach
Dolly Gray
Tessie Brown
Gray
Contempt Case Against Hopkins and Woodman Delayed
Contempt proceedings against George W. Hopkins former receiver for the Woodman Company and William E Woodman were postponed by Judge Fessenden with no new hearing date set.
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George W. Hopkins
W. E. Woodman Company
William E. Woodman
Fessenden
Miss Moynahan to Open Pack Fair and Field Day
Miss Marion Moynahan daughter of Daniel J Moynahan Jr will open the Pack Fair and Field Day on Thursday under the order s auspices. She will crown the Irigh puck Skellig Mer. Gaelic sports figure prominently with a Kerry New York team versus Erin s Hope Massachusetts in the big game. Over 200 entries received for amateur events sanctioned by the NEA A A U.
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Marion Moynahan
Daniel J. Moynahan
St. Brendans
Order
Moynahan
Irigh
Kerry
New York
Erin's Hope
Massachusetts
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North Street
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Priscilla
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Niagara Falls, WN. Y
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Mgr
CG. M. Burt
Gen. Pass
Agt
Western Service
TOO Wild
Washington Girls
Pres
Cambridge Commission
Washington St
Finest
El.o
New England
Henry Siegel Co.’s
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Taltuld
Panamas
Alfred Benjamin & Company
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