Boston Sub-Treasury Busy With War Bond Drive
Boston residents flocked to Sub-Treasurer Joseph H. O’Neil’s window to subscribe to the $200,000,000 war loan, with over $125,000 in gifts and bullion counted at day’s end. Many chose the $500 denomination, including families and notable merchants like A. Shuman, reflecting broad public support and banking house activity.
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Joseph H. O’neil
Gage
Spain
O’neil
Post
Boston
A. Shuman
Washington Street
Shuman
Mr. Shuman
Treasury
O'Neil
Washington
Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co
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New England
Morgan Syndicate
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Public endorsement boosts Doan's Kidney Pills claims
Boston resident L. Glidden testifies to kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills after six months of backache and urinal trouble. He bought at Knight's pharmacy and says the pills cured him, inviting others to verify and seek relief. Foster Milburn Co. markets the pills at 50 cents, Buffalo, NY.
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Boston
L. Glidden
Eutaw St
Knight’s Pharmacy
Court St
Doan
Everyody
Glidden
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
U.S
Jamaica Plain Carnival Plans and Marshals Revealed
Jamaica Plain Carnival Association held a Jamaica Hall meeting to review July 4 plans. Five parade divisions include bicycles, schools and societies, feature floats, trades, and miscellaneous acts with Marshals Samuel S. Marion George K. Gray George P. Trot and Thomas J. Shea. Prizes total 200 dollars.
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Jamaica Plain Carnival Association
Jamaica Hall
Centre
Burroughs
Samuel S. Marison
Charlestown Navy Yard
Government to swap Hobson crew for Argonauta prisoners
Madrid June 16 government agrees to exchange Lieutenant Hobson and his men for a matching number of prisoners captured by the Americans on the Spanish steamer Argonauta.
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Madrid
Hobson
Carnival on Wheels Ends in Shattered Parade At Charlestown
A lantern bicycle parade in Charlestown under the Charlestown Carnival Association broke into detachments as crowding and streetcar interference disrupted line formation. Chief Marshal Dorntee and officers struggled to control spectators while the trolley cars forced the parade past the reviewing stand. Numerous cycle clubs marched in elaborate costumes with lanterns, tromped by the crowd, with prizes awarded for attendance, appearance, grotesques, and makeups.
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Street Railroad
Charlestown Carnival Association
Marshal Dorntee
Beavers
Main Street
John Studley
Charlestown Cycle Club
Bunker Hill Street
Vine
C. H. Holm
G. A. Marshall
A. W. Chick
L. Churchill
Frank Swift
Louis Carboni
H. EK. Dunderdale
W. H. McDonald
A. Harkins
Charlestown C. C
Elm C. C
Roxbury B. C
Charlestown
Cuba
Fairmount C. C
Uncle Sam
Antilles
Tiger Roadsters
Unity Cycle Club
Li Hung Chang
U. S. Davis
Chelsea Cycle Club
Shoe City
Brockton
Jamaica Plain C. C
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Metropolitan
Hach
Powhatan C. C
Berkeley C. C
Winnisimmet C. C
Orient
C. C
Crocker C. C
Winthrop C. C
Columbia
Jim McGinley
Stoneham C. C
Horton
Cycle Corps
J. H. Hirtle
J. F. Baxter
G. W. Gallagher
Harry Hanson
Cambridge
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Chelsea C. C
Jamaica C
Gallagher, Baxter and
Hanson
Fairmount Cycle Club
Holiday festivities draw prominent guests to Charlestown clubs
Last night many notable men attended diverse events across Charlestown. Open house welcomed groups including the 99th Artillery Association and the Hamilton Club while the Catholic Literary Union held an informal banquet. Jefferson Club members hosted a royal reception at 60 Bunker Hill Street with city officials viewing the parade from windows.
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99Th Artillery Association
Hawthorn Club
Edgeworth Associates
Hamilton Club
The
Urbanes
Moulton Associates
Charlestown Veteran Volunteer Firemen
Knights of Columbus
Manhattan Club
Charlestown Social Club
Magnolia Club
Rovers Cycle Club
Catholic Literary Union
Jefferson Club of
Ward 8
Bunker Hill Street
O New House
Thomas W. Berridge
David B. Shaw
John J. O'Callaghan
Charless. Sullivan
Thomas Coughlin
Fireworks, small losses mark Charlestown night
A quiet celebration with few fires and minor costs. At 7:24 a blaze at 85 Main Street owned by A. M. Tucker and leased to T. Collins caused a $10 loss. Earlier at 7:10 Engine 82 put out a rear pier fire at Page and Littlefield’s Medford Street factory caused by firecrackers with no damage. A mattress fire at 24 Corey Street caused $10 loss. A brush fire on the Lowell estate near Columbus Avenue caused no damage. Daily rail service to the Adirondacks to begin June 27. apply at City Office 260 Washington Street.
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Main Street
A. M. Tucker
T. Collins
Engine 82
Page & Littlefield
Medford Street
Mary Clark
Corey Street
Lowell
Columbus Avenue
Adirondacks
Fitchburg R. A
Washington Street
American drink habits cited by French observer
A French observer notes Americans avoid ice water and compare it to danger. He says they prefer cool water with little added, reflecting a wary habit likely tied to health concerns and caution about contaminated ice.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Advertised as Health Aid
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a wholesome stimulant and disease fighter for impure water. It claims the product prevents painful intestinal troubles by neutralizing germ breeding in drinking water and urges buying only the genuine article from druggists or grocers.
Holiday entertainments brighten Boston today
Gala scenes at Hollis Street Theatre honor Bunker Hill Day with a final matinee of The Telephone Girl and new patriotic features at Tremont Theatre Around the Town. Sousa Strauss and De Koven music feature Huntington Avenue Chutes and Music Hall programs. Norumbega Park plans big crowds with extra cars and attractions today.
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Hollis Street
New York Casino Company
Huntington Avenue
Tremont Theatre
Lovenberg
Darky
Keith’s
Bunker Hill
Music Hall
Sousa
Strauss
de Koven
J. Walter Kennedy
The
Palace
Boston
Norumbega Park
Albert
Apollo
Austin & Stone’s
Charlestown
Close Call At Sea With Unknown American War Vessel
The fruit steamer Barnstable, under Boston Fruit Company charter, reported a near collision with an unidentified American warship off Cuba while sailing to Jamaica. Captain John W. McGrath of East Boston avoided disaster when the cruiser Harvard or Yale shadowed the Barnstable, then four more warships followed, all with lights extinguished per Navy orders.
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Long Wharf
Barnstable
Boston Fruit Company
Jamaica
John W. McGrath
East
Boston
Navy Department
Cuba
Belvidere
Cape Maysi
McGrath
Bled Island
Harvard
Yale
Florida Used to Fights and Its Bloody Wars
The piece describes Florida as a historic battlefield with 300 years of small wars and massacres in its pine woods morasses hummock lands and islands of the everglades. It frames Florida as a pawn on the chessboard of nations with a history of tragic vicissitudes.
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Florida
Everglades
Land of Flowers
Sunday Post
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Tions
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Argonauta
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City Square
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Monument Avenue
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Gardiner
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Hat Town Centre
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Clara Lipman
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FORD
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Teele
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Felix Morris
Carl Cawana
Alex, Weindl
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Biograph
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Nature's Own
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Washington St
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Mir
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Lane
N. FE
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Longfellow
John Smith
North Piercy
Cape
Atwood & Nich
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Philadelphia
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