Italian priest granted release from Italian army call
The Rev. Luigi Toma of St. Lazarus Church East Boston announced at a West Roxbury picnic that he has been released from service in the Italian army. Despite earlier orders he was set to report to duty abroad due to his mission work in the United States. His superiors urged the government to exempt him, citing his valuable parish services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Toma
St. Lazarus Church
East Boston
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
Father Toma
Italy
Movius Divorce Dropped Ends in Quiet Settlement
Divorce proceedings between Hal lam L Movius Harvard 02 a Boston landscape architect and Mrs Alice L V Movius formerly Miss Alice Lee West Brookline have been called off. The couple are said to be living at Red Lodge in Millis and traveling together by car as if nothing happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallam L. Movius
Harvard
Boston
Alice L. V. Movius
Alice Lee West
Brookline
Dedham
Millis
Red Lodge
Prominent Boston Couple Reconcile After Divorce Filing
The Movius divorce libel, filed in Dedham, cites a Boston wedding on December 11, 1906 and three born sons. Accusations of cruelty are noted as the couple, noted for horse racing, polo, and social prominence in Boston Brookline and Millis, balance their future. Mrs West, daughter of George West, is named. Movius, from Buffalo, Harvard graduate, landscape architect, previously lived in Red Lodge and runs a racing and polo horse enterprise with several cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Boston
Movius
Brookline
Millis
George West
Vincent Club
Buffalo
N. Y
Harvard
Lawrence Scientific School
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Miss West
Red Lodge
Fat Gain Trick with Sargol Tablets Promises Weight Increase
An advertisement claims thin people can gain three to five pounds weekly by taking one Sargol tablet with each meal. It describes Sargol as a safe six-element flesh-building powder sold by druggists with a guarantee of weight increase or money back.
Cambridge Laments Harvard Dam and River Plan Losses
Cambridge solicitor James Aylward told a State House hearing that Harvard caused the Charles River dam and basin to push business out of Cambridge and raise Metropolitan Park taxes. He argued Cambridge would be financially better without the dam and criticized land grabs by Harvard graduates that blocked waterfront development. He noted President Eliot later pledged Harvard would not reclaim land useful for public purposes.
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Harvard College
Charles River
Harvard
Cambridge
James F. Aylward
State House
Aylward
Superior Court
Metropolitan Park District
Beck Hall
Eliot
Leelanaw Damage Claim Pressed Over 1828 Treaty
Washington officials prepared a note to Germany seeking damages after receiving a near complete report that the torpedoing of the American steamer Leelanaw violated the Prussian American treaty of 1828.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Leelanaw Sinks After German Submarine Encounter
Consul Dennison reports Leelanaws crew escaped to Kirkwall after a German submarine fired on and sank the ship off Orkney on July 26. The master, under oath, said papers were refused, papers retained, and the submarine signalled abandon ship before the loss. The incident mirrors earlier wartime prize handling and raises questions on ship papers.
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Dennison
Dundee
Scotland
William P. Frye
Leelanaw
St. Paul
Orkneys
Kirkwall
Prinz Leuel Friedrich
Ambassador Page
Admiralty
Beating Incident Outrage Near South Boston Patrol
At Broadway and E street South Boston a near riot followed the arrest of William H Tobin 43 a carpenter of 251 West Third street for drunkenness. Witnesses say Patrolman Thomas Murch beat Tobin severely with his club drawing blood as about 2000 spectators urged restraint. Murch claims Tobin attacked him and he used the club in self defense to prevent a rescue.
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Broadway
E Street
Boston
Thomas Murch
William H. Tobin
West Third Street
Tobin
Murch
McCall Calls for Square Deal for Business Leaders
Ex Congress member Samuel W McCall Republican governor candidate urged a square deal for businessmen at the Bass Point Hotel addressing 300 Quincy Board of Trade outing. He argued prosperity rests on business men and that restrictive laws hamper growth and public opinion should back laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. McCall
Bass Point
Quincy Board of Trade
McCall
Eastland Disaster Shown at Bowdoin Square
Moving pictures depict the Eastland disaster at Bowdoin Square Theatre as federal authorities investigate the wreck, described as the worst water catastrophe in years with hundreds of Chicago residents lost. The films are claimed to be true in every detail.
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Eastland
Chicago
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Plattsburg Camp Criticized by Army Captain at Harvard
Captain A L Conger U S A denounced military camps as worthless and dangerous for civilians training. He argued true preparation requires regular service and warned camps breed amateurism and overreliance on enthusiasm over disciplined training.
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Plattsburg
A. L. Conger
Harvard College
Conger
Woman Swallows Poison By Mistake In Sudden Illness
Lena Smiley 24 of 17 Yarmouth Street South End ran into a drug store at 161 Dartmouth Street last night in a nightgown with a coat and said she had taken a bichloride of mercury tablet by mistake. She was taken to Boston City Hospital where her condition was not serious.
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Lena Smiley
Yarmouth Street
South End
Dartmouth Street
Boston City Hospital
Protestant Church News Roundup Appears in Local Notes
The Rev. J. H. Franklin of Water town returns after visiting China and Japan with other mission representatives. Rev. Floyd L. Carr heads to Kennebunkport with Mrs. Carr. The funeral of Rev. Frank Magwire, formerly of East Cambridge, is set for tomorrow at 276 Harvard street with Rev. G. W. Bicknell officiating. The Rev. Nelson S. Burban and wife plan a summer stay in Maine. Second Congregational in Medfield hosts a lawn party this evening led by the Young People’s Society.
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J. H. Franklin
Watertown
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Society
China
Japan
Mr. Franklin
Shailer Mathews
Sidney M. Gulick
Federal Council of Churches In America
Floyd L. Carr
Roslindale Baptist Church
Connecticut
Kennebunkport, Me
Carr
Frank Magwire
Universalist
Cambridge
Harvard Street
G. W. Bicknell
First Universalist Church
Magwire
New York
East Cambridge
I. Bite
Nelson S. Burbank
First Baptist Church, Revere
South Jefferson
Portland
Second Congregational Church
Medfield
Young People's Society
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