Boston Girl to Tutor Japanese Children in Tokyo
Miss Harriet Teel of 18 Hull Street will sail September 1 to become the American mother to four wealthy Japanese children. She will teach language, manners and democracy by daily example while serving as secretary of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union’s social service department. The move follows Miss Maki Hitotsuyanaga's persuasion, a Bryn Mawr graduate who runs the Japanese exhibit at the San Francisco fair.
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Harriet Teel
Hull Street
Tokio
Miss Teel
Social Service Department
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Copp’s Burying Ground
Snownhill Street
Maki Hitotsuyanaga
Bryn Mawr
San Francisco Exposition
Teel
Japan
Protest Dredger Dump Sparks South Boston Hearing
Citizens led by Representative Daniel W. Casey protested dumping mud from the Wollaston channel into Pleasure Bay. The hearing at Port Directors featured Commodores from several yacht clubs and local leaders pressing to end the practice due to water pollution and foul odors.
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South Boston
Daniel W. Casey
Ward 14
Wollaston Channel
Pleasure Bay
New York
Quincy Bay
Wollaston Bottom
Casey
John Tobin
South Boston Yacht Club
Commodore Morgan
Columbia Y. C
E. L. Hopkins
Mosquito Fleet Y. C
Michael Mahoney
South Boston Citizens’ Association
John J. Toomey
South Boston Trade Association
Commodore Leary
U. S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps
William J. Sullivan
Robert J. Ware
William Cogan
South Boston V. C
Frank J. Gethro
City Point
Castle Island
Port Directors Oppose Dredging Refuse Disposal in Pleasure Bay
A group led by yachtmen trade associations and citizens argued the dredging firm must haul muck from Wollaston channel to sea before dumping. Directors warn of financial loss and potential legal action after War Department approval for dredgers to release refuse into Pleasure Bay. South Boston says deeper bays are not being achieved and Pleasure Bay grows shallower, with only two...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wollaston Channel
War Department
Pleasure Bay
South Boston
Boston
Antis Prize Questions Missing From List Restored
The anti-suffragists publish 14 questions including who votes dry states and jury duties. Prizes: 1st 20, 2nd 15, 3rd 10, 4th 5. Entries to Miss Wells 685 Boylston St Boston by Aug 15.
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Massachusetts
Colorado
Unitarian Church Summer Preacher Assignments and Movements
A partial list of summer preacher assignments for First Unitarian Church Manchester by the Sea includes Rev Charles Ek Park, Rev W Harris Crook, Rev Edward M Slocombe, Rev Henry H Saunderson, Rev Otto Lyding, with other sermons by Rev James Austin Richards and Rev Harry Lutz. Additional notes cover Fitchburg lay services, and Nahant repairs at St James West Somerville.
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First Unitarian Church
Manchester-by-the- Sea
Charles Ek. Park
First Church
Boston
W. Harris Crook
England
Edward M. Slocombe
Worcester
Henry H. Saunderson
Toronto
Canada
Otto Lyding
Roxbury
James Austin Richards
Mount Vernon Church
Eliot Church
Newton
Harry Lutz
Channing Church
Thomas Chalmers
Manchester
N. H
Unitarian Church
Fitchburg
Robert F. Leavens
Page S. Bunker
Eunice H. Wellington
Aus
Charles W. Russell
Lillian A. PF. Pratt
William Henry Pettus
St. James’ Episcopal Church
West Somerville
Nahant
Temporary insane woman ends life in Nashua river
Mrs. Mary Wright, 45, mother of nine, while temporarily insane, left her home before dawn and drowned herself in the Nashua River near the Wright residence. Local authorities report no struggles or witnesses.
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Clinton
Mary Wright
Nashua
Wright
Mayor Approves Playground Improvement Orders
Mayor Curley signed council orders approving three playground projects in Dorchester and surrounding areas. Rowan Park in Dorchester receives 160000 dollars, Ward 19 playground 200000 dollars, and Ten ean Beach 46000 dollars.
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Curley
Rowan Park
Dorchester
Ward 19
Tenean Beach
Formation of American Legion by Boston Veterans
Patriots in Boston organize the American Legion to identify and enroll men with honorable discharges from the army or navy who can assist the government if needed. Members’ qualifications will be cross indexed for government use, with applications available from Walter A. Ladd Roy D. Jones and George H. Gunther at specified addresses.
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United States
Army
Navy
American Legion
Walter A. Ladd
Old South Building
Boston
Roy D. Jones
Court Street
George H. Gunther
Federal Street
Strikers Accept Proposal to Return to Work
Standard Oil strikers vote at a street meeting to accept plant superintendent G. B. Hennessy’s plan to raise wages if they return to work. The decision aims for a full resumption of work tomorrow.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
G. B. Hennessy
Churches urged to accelerate evangelism campaign during wartime
A Massachusetts Federation of Churches committee on evangelism issues a wartime appeal urging all denominations to intensify outreach. The call asks persistent prayer and tireless personal work to enlist men under Jesus Christ, signed by leaders from Congregational Baptist Episcopal Methodist Presbyterian and Unitarian churches.
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Committee On Evangelism
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Jesus Christ
Neil McPherson
Carey W. Chamberlin
Charles §. Jackson
Episcopal
James W. Campbell
William W. Iliffe
Samuel M. Crothers
George FE
Curly Locks Moving Picture Tale Preview
Octavus Roy Cohen writes about Curly Locks in the magazine section for next Sunday's Post. Real people are the subjects and their ordinary lives are depicted in the tale.
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Octavus Roy Cohen
Next Sunday
Post
Miss Clara Turner Returns From Elopement
Pittsfield July 27 Miss Clara Turner 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs David Turner of Belair avenue is back from her sensational motorcycle elopement with Arthur Falenan and says she remains at home She was taken to Housatonic at midnight and her mother released a statement claiming she was deceived by her husband and would stay home The girl said she was married in Lebanon New York rather than Bennington Vermont complicating matters by state law and her father seeks legal advice to annul if needed
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Pittsfield
Clara Turner
David Turner
Belair Avenue
Arthur Falenan
Housatonic
Lebanon
N. Y
Bennington
New York State
Vermont
Miss Turner
Bear Pulls a Blinger in the Jungle Saga
Shorty McCabe and Lawyer Griggs escorted by Sewell Ford enter the Jungle. The tale features Griggs shedding pomposity as the comic unfolds. Appears in the Sunday Post Magazine Section next week.
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Shorty McCabe
Griggs
Sewell Ford
Sunday Post
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