Jamaica Pond House Closing Sets Final Chapter for War Camp Club
July 1 marks the closing of the Jamaica Pond House in Jamaica Plain once known as the Jamaica Pond House since 1918. The estate sold for $250,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cabot of Canton who plan extensive changes before moving in this fall. Over a thousand invitations go out for a June 21 war camp carnival honoring Mrs. George W. Wheelwright Jr. for her volunteer hostess work and as a farewell celebration for the club’s services.
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Quincy Shaw
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Pond House
Boston
Samuel Cabot
Canton
George W. Wheelwright, Jr
Service Club
Pneumonia Declared Under Control By Army Surgeon General
Washington June 18 Surgeon General W W Ireland told the Senate military committee that control of pneumonia is in sight and urged funding for the War Department research at Walter Reed Hospital. He cited rapid progress in limiting communicable diseases during the war emergency and proposed a total expenditure of 10 490 for the project.
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Washington
W. W. Ireland
Senate Military Committee
Todegin
War Department
Walter Read
General strike called in New Westminster protest
A general strike was declared by the New Westminster Trades and Labor Council as of 1 PM in New Westminster British Columbia in protest of the Winnipeg strike leaders arrest. Retail clerks and milk and bread wagon drivers are exempt from the order.
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British Columbia
New Westminster
B. C
New Westminster Trades and Labor Council
Winnipeg
Memorial Day hero and Bridgewater professor dies at 83
Professor Franz H. Kirmayer longtime language teacher at Bridgewater State Normal School died at his home after a two week illness. A Civil War veteran born in Germany he served with the 76th Ohio Regiment and fought at Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta before losing a leg at Nickajack Creek. He later studied in Munich and briefly served as vice consul before returning to teaching.
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Bridgewater
Franz H. Kirmayer
Bridgewater State Normal School
Hale Street
Germany
University of Munich
Lima
Ohio
Atlanta
Kenesaw Mountains
Nickajack Creek
Munich
Johnson
Grant
John W. Dickinson
Westfield Normal School
Rhine
Paris
Condensed Novels Presented by Professor Harris
Professor William Fenwick Harris of Cambridge offers a condensed version of a famous novel. He invites readers to share with friends and to persuade youth to read this educational literature aid as a compact study of great novels.
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William Fenwick Harris
Cambridge
The Life and Works of George Eliot Explored
The article outlines Mary Ann Evans later known as George Eliot. Born 1819 at Arbury Warwickshire and died 1880 in Chelsea. It traces fostered religious study, alliances with Bray Hennell Lewes and Dickens, editor roles, and major novels including Adam Bede The Mill on the Floss Silas Marner and Felix Holt.
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George Eliot
Mary Ann
Marian) Evens
Arbury Farm
Warwickshire
Chelsea
Robert Evans
Francis Newdgate
Arbury
Miss Evans
Coventry
Review
Herbert Spencer
Carlyle
Harriet Martineau
Francis Newman
George Henry Lewes
Mr. Lewes
Blackwood
Charles Dickens
Romola Love Quietly Blossoms Amid Bookshelves
Romola and Tito confess love in a quiet room lined with orderly volumes. He reaches for the needed books as their bond deepens, while Romola’s father urges patience. Eliot frames Florence during Columbus’s discovery, Savonarola’s rule, and Italian upheaval.
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Romola
Tito
Bardo
George Eliot
Florence
Christopher Columbus
America
Savonarola
Saint Mark’s
Charles the Eighth
France
Italy
Turbulent Florence figures in Romola tale and Tito’s fall
Romantic portraits of Florence’s artists and politicians frame Romola and Tito Melema as he climbs to power and falls. Tito evades justice after fleeing into the Arno as Baldassare confronts him, while Romola remains steadfast amid loss. Copyright notices follow.
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Tito
Arno
Baldassare
The
Post Publishing Co
Poston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Boston
Masa
Public sale price for newspaper back numbers stated
The notice lists back issue prices with 2 cents per copy at the Daily Post, 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post, and 7 cents elsewhere, available if applied for immediately.
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Daily Post
Greater
Boston
Sunday Post
Banker protests $50,000 bonus for Bay State Street Railway receiver
William F. Fitzgerald writes Governor Coolidge opposing a $50,000 bonus for Receiver Wallace B. Donham of the Bay State Street Railway, arguing the work has been straightforward and should use ordinary business methods.
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Fitzgerald
William F. Fitzgerald
Coolidge
Wallace B. Donham
Bay State Street Railway
Calvin Coolidge
Boston
Massachusetts
Denham
Substantial bonus questioned after poor results
A letter from W. F. Fitzgerald in Boston dated June 18 criticizes paying a large bonus to a man despite deplorable results calling the practice contrary to public policy. The correspondence reflects concern over executive incentives and accountability.
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W. F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Bayer Aspirin packaging and cost facts
The text explains Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross to be genuine. It notes an unbroken Bayer package with directions relieves headache toothache neuralgia and colds. It mentions 12 tablets in a handy tin costing a few cents at drug stores and that larger packages are available.
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Bayer
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Service Club Carnival
Lonsae
Woile
Tremont St
Bargain
Kirmayer
Atright
Tide Water Oil Company of Massachusetts
State Street
Neeper
the Post
Piero de
Bratti
Tessa
Nello
Rome
Niccolo Machiavelli
Bernardo del Nero
David Copperfield
Pilgrim's Progress
Pompeii
Nigel
Heart of Midlothian
Cannearese
Choir Invisible
Robinson Crusoe
Stella Maris
Prisoner of Zenda
Jekyll
Hysertaeeesenee
Ballantrae
Helena Richie
St. Yves
Kenilworth
Trilby
Vanity Fair
Vicar of Wakefield
Ivanhoe
Nate Eeneene
the Newcomes
Little Women
Richard Carvel Coves
Tale of Two Cities
Adam Bede
Tess of the D Urbervilles
Reece Rarer
Don Quixote
Paul
Virginia
Tom Brown
Dombey and Son
Donham
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