Cretic Set to Sail From Commonwealth Pier
The White Star liner Cretic sails from Commonwealth pier this afternoon carrying about 70 Italians headed home to join the colors in steerage. They come from across New England, arranged through the local consul with special White Star rates. The ship arrives from New York around noon and sails again about four to five hours later, including some reservists who boarded in New York.
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White Star
Cretic
Commonwealth Pier
New England
NalMan
White Star Line
New York
Harlem Gambling Houses Raided. 68 Arrested
New York police raided two Harlem gambling houses on July 1 and arrested 68 men on disorderly conduct charges. Race charts, blackboards and gambling paraphernalia were seized.
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New York
Surplus Babies Claim Stirs Boston Activist
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, secretary of the Massachusetts Homestead Association, visited the State House to press a claim about a supposed surplus of babies in Massachusetts. She cites 300 Chinese babies amid only ten Chinese women in Boston and links the issue to various reform bills she has championed in Congress and Massachusetts politics.
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Charlotte Smith
State House
Massachusetts
Boston
Smith
Massachusetts Homestead Association
Congress
Beacon Hill
Longfellow Dana Aged Widow Leaves Family Ties
Edith Longfellow Dana widow of architect Richard Henry Dana dies after surgical operation. She was daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Appleton, left six children and two sisters, with ties to the Craigie House in Cambridge and Dana summer estate at Manchester by the Sea. Her family includes Richard Henry Dana Jr and other Longfellow descendants.
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Edith Longfellow Dana
Richard Henry Dana
Longfellow
Alice Longfellow
James G. Thorpe
Annie Allegra Longfellow
Alice
Mrs. Thorpe
Dana
Charles Appleton Longfellow
Richard Henry Dana, Jr
Harvard
New York
Ethel N. Smith
Henry W. Longfellow Dana
Cambridge
Allston Dana
White Plains
N. Y
Dorothy H. Goodale
Edmund Trowbridge Dana
Jessie Holliday
England
Henry C. DeRham
Frances A. Dana
Robert H. Hutchinson
Philadelphia
Delia F. Dana
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow
Boston
Revere speed limit bid rejected by Highway Commission
After a public hearing the Highway Commission refused to approve Revere's proposed ordinance restricting speed to 15 miles an hour within city limits. Proponents led by Henry Gould Hitchborne argued for a state wide three mile per hour limit. local officials did not defend the measure. Remonstrants included J H Alman, James Fortescue, and William Thibodeau.
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The
Highway Commission
Revere City
Henry Gould Hitchborne
Revere
J. H.mcalman
Massachusetts Automobile Dealers’ Association
James Fortescue
Massachusetts Automobile Association
William Thibodeau
Automobile Legal Association
Malden Volunteers to Give Children Outing Today
About 300 children are expected to attend a daylong outing organized by the Volunteers of America Malden division at Rossdas Grove Wakefield. Special cars will depart early from Highland Avenue and Pleasant Street for a full program of sports and amusements.
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Volunteers of America
Malden
Rossda
Edith with golden hair and Longfellow muse dead
A figure known as Edith with golden hair died yesterday in Lancaster the historic town. She was linked to the Longfellow legend and remembered by thousands of children whose mothers read The Children's Hour to them.
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Edith
Craigie House
Cambridge
Alice
Allegra
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lancaster
Auto Collides With Huckster Wagon On Old Colony Hill
A speeding automobile struck a huckster's wagon on Old Colony Hill in Hingham, scattering feather dusters dinner sets and nutmeg graters. The peddler was hurled 25 feet into a large muck swamp.
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Auto
Hingham
Old Colony Hill
Beverly Hosts Annual Boston Chamber Roundup Challenge
spirited fighting is anticipated this afternoon as the Army of Invasion of the Chamber of Commerce faces the town’s defending force in Beverly. Carroll Swan, famed ad man and stunt expert, has perfected mobilization plans for the Boston Chamber of Commerce event.
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Beverly
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Carroll Swan
Armies clash at Beverly in Regal Shoe Company event
Afternoon detachment arrives in Beverly for a playful military themed gathering led by Elmer Bliss of Regal Shoe with charges and counter charges in mock combat. A grand parade to United Shoe Machinery Company grounds will follow and an evening dinner features stunts and entertainment by Carroll Swan Louis K Liggett and others. The 12 member squads are commanded by corporals showcasing mock strategy.
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Beverly
Elmer Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
United Shoe Machinery Company
Carroll Swan
Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company
Skyscraper Club to Initiate New Members at Castle Square Hotel
About 43 yards of humanity form the 20 charter members under the new club charter at Castle Square Hotel Wednesday evening. G A Chief George S Betts of Malden leads the initiation into the order.
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Skyscraper Club
Castle Square Hotel
G. A
George S. Betts
Malden
Boston Woman Praises Plant Juice For Stomach Cure
Mrs Mary McKenna of 42 West Third Street South Boston endorses Plant Juice after seven years of indigestion dyspepsia and catarrh of the stomach. She claims relief from gas headaches sleeplessness and fatigue and says she now can eat any food and sleep through the night. The Plant Juice agent meets locals at Liggett drug store corner Washington and Avon Streets to explain merits.
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Mary McKenna
West Third Street
South Boston
Liggett Drug Store
Washington and
Avon Streets
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