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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1915

Page

2

Memorial proposals urged for late Governor Guild

A Curtis Guild memorial committee at the State House discussed public tributes to Governor Curtis Guild. Suggestions included a bas relief near the Hall of Flags, a memorial arch over Castle Island causeway, a fountain at Copley Square, a hospital for Spanish War veterans, and a memorial by the Shaw monument, with support for a State House site or nearby.

Curtis Guild State House Curtis Guild Memorial Committee Doric Hall Castle Island Copley Square Park Street Shaw Memorial Beacon Street Wheelwright Curley Murray Governor Guild Charles K. Bolton Henry Parkman United States Hall of Flags Boston Leland Sons of the Revolution Dana Malone Higginson Senator Lodge Gines Somerville Frothingham Miss Toussaint Brookline Charles F. Gettemy Hiwyn G. Preston

Guild Fund Growing as Subscriptions Increase in Boston

The Guild Memorial Fund shows brisk gains after a moderate appeal. Allan Forbes, treasurer at State Street Trust Company, reports renewed contributions from individuals and firms, with a total to June 17 of 6914.35 dollars and many new pledges including 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 60 dollar gifts.

Guild Memorial Committee Henry Cabot Lodge Herman A. MacDonald Beverly Allan Forbes John T. Wheelwright Louis A. Frothingham Charles K. Bolton Michael J. Murray Dana Malone Henry Park Guild Memorial Fund State Street Trust Company John W. Cooke Samuel Johnson Geo F. B. Johnson Rosamond Johnson Charles H. Conway Baspiok Nole. Voce Eeediss Aes Oy Boston Wool Trade Association Jeremiah Williams & Co J. Koshland & Co Areck Hecht, Liebman & Co Dace Euatees Brown & Adams F. N. Graves & Co Crimmins & Pierce Winslow & Co Ciceenwee Francis Willey & Co Cceeeeevees Ayers, Bridges & Co E. V. Carlton & Co Wright Bros Isiogse, Sos Geo. Whitaker & Co Sae Hills & Nichols Robert C. Muo A Coke Oosacs B. G. Hollingdrake & Co Houghton Wool Co Rosenthal Bros RY Aiaik Alae Aord EH Ood John L. Farrell Fred M. Blanchard Walker Wool Co Arthur L. Woods & Co Seeeses Hartmann Bros., In Ccseesees Bwitt Weel Co Viica Cocsdeevcavdes Eugene Ireland & Co Ernest Booth Nathaniel Perkins Edwin M. Dodd George Harrington Follett & Wverite Sakes

British Steamer Ailsa Sunk Off Scotland By German Submarine

The British steamship Ailsa of Leith, 876 tons gross, built 1884, was sunk today by a German submarine off the southeast coast of Scotland. The crew was saved. The vessel was 200 feet long, 31 feet beam, and 15.8 feet deep.

London Ailsa Leith Scotland

Arrival of Canadian Expeditionary Force at Queenstown

Brendan Rogers writes from Queenstown on March 5 1915 as Second Canadian Expeditionary Force transports anchor at Cork harbor. He praises the Canadian youths from Ireland Scotland Wales and England and hails their bravery against Germany with the symbol of the maple leaf shamrock rose and thistle.

Cork Queenstown Old Cove Ireland Scotland Wales England Germany Brendan Rogers

Grocery Price List From 1915 Advertisement

A list of various food items with prices and brands including milk, jam, soup, peaches, shrimp, mayonnaise dressing, crab meat, olive, coffee, tomato catsup, peas, and cookies. Items show per can or per glass jar and include early 20th century brand names such as Van Camp's Snider's Hekman's and Angelo Brand style entries.

Uncle Sam Pererereeceesser van Camp's Snider's Concen- Cebloe de Angel Brand Hekman’s

Special grocery prices on breakfast spreads and staples

Hood's Best Tub Butter and Hood's 30c Tub Butter lead a sale with bulk and box formats. Rich Mila Cheese and bulk peanut butter are offered with fresh eggs by the dozen. New fruits for preserves include pineapples and lemons with special strawberries and shelled walnuts at set per unit prices. Mail orders filled.

Hood Voce

Girls Dance in Bare Feet for Fathers and Mothers Club

Naiads Dryads Pan and Syrinx among dancers barefoot at the Ginn estate in Wedgemere to aid the Fathers and Mothers Club. Laura Palmer Ingalls led the program and substituted for Bertha L. Godfrey whose injured foot prevented her from performing as Pan and Zephyr.

Mothers’ Club Naiads Dryads Pan Syrinx Pythis Boreas Narcissus Diana Clytie Flora Hebe Zephyr Proserpine Ginn Wedgemere Fathers’ and Laura Palmer Ingalls Bertha L. Godfrey

Dance students dazzle in Proserpine and Dance of the Hours

Miss Melba B Concannon delivered Proserpine on three days notice in a creamy satin kitona. Miss Louise Bateman won applause in the Dance of the Hours as Noon and as Clytie, with Gertrude Hitz Godfrey center stage as Flora. The program featured many pupils, including Mary Rohrer, Sybil M Snyder, and Charlotte Chase, with music The Queen of Sheba.

Melba B. Concannon Godfrey Proserpine Louise Bateman Clytie Ginn Sybil M. Snyder Chopin Helen R. Smith Brahms Mary Rohrer

Harvard Man Reported Dead Is Found Alive

Lawrence Brokenshire, junior at Harvard, was believed dead but information to college authorities shows he is alive. He left Harvard at the war outbreak and enlisted with the allies, and a letter from him states he is in a hospital and soon to move to the fighting area.

Harvard Lawrence Brokenshire Brokenshire Campbell

Local Tavern Proprietor Sentenced for Liquor Law Violation

Edson A. Pere proprietor of Ye Paul Revere Tavern in Lexington was sentenced by Judge Prescott Keyes in Concord District Court to pay $200 in fines and serve eight months in jail for liquor law violations. He appealed.

Edson A. Pere Ye Paul Revere Tavern Lexington Prescott Keyes Concord

PUPILS PROTEST REMOVAL OF Chelsea TEACHER

A boisterous crowd of Carter Grammar School pupils gathered at 19 Forsyth Street Chelsea surrounding Edward H. Lowell chair man of the local school committee last night. The crowd's threats drew police to the scene as officers tried to control the disturbance.

Chelsea Carter Grammar School Edward H. Lowell Forsyth Street

Chelsea Teachers Firing Sparks Street Demonstration

The case centers on Annie B Babcock a Chelsea teacher denied renomination and denied a public hearing. A class group gathered outside Mr Lowell s home shouting and jeering prompting police involvement. The sub committee refused further hearing while the public press and many citizens demand a full committee hearing.

Annie B. Babcock Miss Babcock Mr. Lowell Chelsea

Will Dedicate Dudley Memorial Gate Today

The Dudley Memorial Gate at Harvard will be dedicated at noon today in memory of Governor Dudley a farmer and an early Massachusetts governor. A family reunion accompanies the ceremony and the public is invited to attend.

Dudley Harvard Massachusetts

South Acton Boy Wounded in War Front

Word from France reports Ralph Davis Goodwin, grandson of Mrs. Charles Davis of South Acton, severely wounded in battle. This is the second grandson of Mrs. Davis to be struck by the war abroad.

South Acton France Ralph Davis Goodwin Charles Davis Mrs. Davis

Submarine clash marks first undersea duel history notes

REPORTS from Venice detail a June engagement between an Italian and an Austrian submarine. The Italian vessel was defeated, marking the first recorded encounter between underwater boats in naval history.

Venice

Italian submarine Medusa sunk by Austrian torpedo

The 300 ton Italian submarine Medusa with 14 crew surfaced first and scanned for danger. The Austrian submarine, submerged nearby, surfaced later and immediately attacked, sending the Medusa to the bottom with a single torpedo. One report says an officer and four crew escaped and were captured.

Canton High School honors Esther MacMorrow with essay cup

Miss Esther R. MacMorrow won a silver loving cup for the best essay on Should Immigration to the United States Be Further Restricted. The Canton Sons of Veterans offered the trophy, two hundred essays were submitted, and Francis A. Ryan presented the cup on behalf of the Colonel Fletcher Webster Camp.

Canton High School Esther R. MacMorrow United States Fletcher Webster Canton Sons of Veterans Francis A. Ryan

Thaw sanity finding upheld by Court of Appeals

Albany June 18 The Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Supreme Court Justice Hendrick's order directing a jury trial to test Harry K Thaw s sanity The court said Thaw has no mandatory right to a jury trial and that it was the trial judge s discretion to grant such a request Judge Hiscock wrote the opinion noting the trial judge need not be bound by the jury verdict The attorney general s office had no statement to make

Albany N. Y Court of Appeals Supreme Court Peter A. Hendrick Harry K. Thaw Justice Hendrick Thaw Attorney-General’s Office Hiscock

State will not seek re hearing in Thaw case

June 18 New York final notice from Frank K. Cook and Alfred L. Becker deputy attorneys general states the State will not seek a re hearing after Court of Appeals decision. The plan is to bring Thaw before a jury in the Supreme Court early next week.

New York Court of Appeals Frank K. Cook Alfred L. Becker Supreme Court

Every Woman and the Remedy for Debility

A noted health column claims women suffer headaches backaches languor nervousness and depression from debility and poor circulation caused by indigestion or constipation. It urges a deaper remedy to relieve these symptoms and improve wellbeing.

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