Over 500 Registrants at B U Summer School
More than 500 students have registered for Boston University Summer School with daily registrations continuing. The number shows a 60 percent rise from last year and is expected to reach 600 by week’s end. International students from South America and other regions join courses in business methods foreign trade and advertising.
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Boston University
South America
Europe
Far East
Boston
New England
Public School Board
Swampscott
Nahant
Hitness Watch Co
Spanish Special Courses Spotlight
A feature highlights special courses in Spanish and appreciation of Muaste, detailing program aims and participating learners. The article notes language immersion activities and cultural exchange opportunities within the curriculum.
Czech Slovakia Troops Leave Quebec for Hamburg
Two thousand Czecho-Slovak soldiers bound for home from Siberia depart Quebec aboard the steamer Tauritya. Seven thousand more troops will follow when ships are available.
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Quebec
Siberia
Hamburg
Fight to narrow gauge road tolls sparks public debate
Bitter opposition at a State Public Utilities hearing on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad petition to set a straight 10 cent fare. Lynn Mayor Creamer accused the line of hiding earnings in funded debt and using cash for debt while claiming $500000 as profit and loss for maintenance. Railroad president Melvin Adams denied stock watering and said coal costs rose from 1920 to 1919 with coal price per ton at Newport News.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
State Department of Public Utilities
Walter H. Creamer
Lynn
Melvin O. Adams
Newport News
Hartford Divorce Reveals Famous Faker's True Name
The divorce of Mrs Ethel Abett Schwarm of New Britain reveals Harold P Schwarm as the real identity behind Hartford fake millionaire Harold P Van Buren. He previously used the alias Dr Mortimer P Van Buren and faced check forgery charges in Springfield in 1917. The case notes a marriage in Chatham New York on November 13 1916 and reports wide Western attention to his elaborate schemes across Nevada Michigan Texas and beyond.
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Hartford
Conn
Ethel Abett Schwarm
New Britain
Harold P. Schwarm
Springfield
Harold P. van Buren
Chatham
N. Y
Denver
Chicago
Michigan
Galveston
Texas
Lynn Man Drowns in Poland Spring Pond
William F. Coen aged 37 of 18 Crescent Street Lynn president of the Father Matthew Temperance Society and former tribal and lodge official was drowned yesterday afternoon after a cramp while bathing in a pond near the Poland Spring House in Poland Maine.
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William F. Coen
Crescent Street
Lynn
Father Matthew Temperance Society
Red Men
Court
Allandale
M. C
Poland Spring House
Poland
Judge Landis condemns Wilson on Dorsey case action
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, addressing the bar from the bench, criticized President Wilson for commuting James Dorsey’s eight year sentence for mailing tubercular cattle to four years. Landis praised the original verdict, noted prior appeals and stays, and said he would watch the pardon move with interest.
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Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Wilson
James Dorsey
Catleman
Gibbert, Ills
West
Landis
Dorsey
Mexico
Alaska
Court of Appeals
United States
Fairfax Hall to be remodeled into apartments
Harvard plans to convert Fairfax Hall on Massachusetts Avenue into a first class apartment building by the fall college start. Work is underway and private families are expected to occupy the building. This follows the conversion of Ware Hall and Ridgeley, raising concerns over Harvard housing as dormitories remain crowded with a long waiting list.
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Harvard
Fairfax Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge Collegians
Ware Hall
Ridgeley
Old South Trust Bank Set to Reopen After Shutdown
The Old South Trust Company eased from a closure ordered December 18, 1919. Hundreds visited as the bank prepared to reopen with conditions deemed satisfactory by Banks Commissioner Joseph C. Allen. President John R. McVey led the bank's efforts to resume business.
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Old South Trust Company
Augustus L. Thorndike
Joseph C. Allen
John R. McVey
Former Governor McCall to join bank board
The bank is solvent after its closure and received widespread congratulations for ongoing business and new accounts. Former Governor Samuel W. McCall, chair of the board, will take active duties with the bank immediately.
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Samuel W. McCall
McCall
Woman Under Death Sentence Gives Birth in Jail
Quebec reports Marie Anne Houda Gagnon sentenced to death for murdering her stepdaughter Aurore gave birth to twins a boy and a girl in the jail infirmary. The twins’ father Telesphere Gagnon is serving life for complicity in the same murder.
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Quebec
Marie Anne Houda Gagnon
Aurore
Telesphere Gagnon
St. Vincent de Paul
Amazing oatmeal complexions reform claims by Mae Wilder
Mae Edna Wilder touts a home remedy using ordinary oatmeal and a Derwillo product to transform skin in one night. She promises improvements for face neck hands and arms, claims the cure is harmless and hair-free, and cites a money-back guarantee through Boston department stores and druggists.
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New York
Mae Edna Wilder
Derwillo
Boston
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