Class Day at Harvard Ends With Lantern Light and Feier
A June Harvard class day on the Cambridge campus featured a full program from Sanders Theatre to the Stadium. Seniors and 1917 class members celebrated with parades, confetti, and Japanese lanterns, while Plattsburg and other alumni arrived in khaki and navy to honor the graduates.
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Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Uncle Sam
College Yard
Flattsburg
Charles A. Coolidge
Boston
Edward A. Teschner
Lawrence
Ewart Jansen Wendell
Harvard Alumni Association
Coolidge
Caliban
Army
Navy
Plattsburg
Walter I. Tibbetts
Richard Harte
Philadelphia
Harvard Glee Club
Johnny Harvard
Lowell
Hasty Pudding Club
Harvard Union
Phillips Brooks House
John W. Feeney
Andover
College
Memorial Hall
Hemenway Gymnasium
Widener Memorial Library
Harvard Hall
Somerville
Hoover Tells Senators Food Control Need
Hoover argues for voluntary food control to support allies and war effort. He says rationing and mandatory regulation are not contemplated and emphasizes mobilizing self denial while excluding wage controls and factory requisitioning. The House debates continued with aims to pass the bill by weekend.
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Hoover
America
Senators
Mr. Hoover
Fighting resumes in Flanders and Champagne in Belgium and France
Indications point to an early resumption of large scale operations in Belgium and France with fighting activity revived at several points in Flanders and Champagne. The Berlin official communication signals renewed combat in these areas and possibly in adjacent fronts.
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Belgium
France
Flanders
Champagne
Berlin
Cornered fighting in Champagne and shifting fronts
The German attempt to retake Mont Blond and Mont Camillet failed near Champagne with heavy French casualties. In Craonne heavy artillery duels continue while Flanders remains unclear with renewed hostilities reported. Intense artillery exchanges occur between Boesinghe Frelinghien Steenstraete and Het Sas as British forces raid near the Bapaume Cambrai road.
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Champagne
Mont Blond
Mont Camillet
Craonne
Flanders
Boesinghe
Frelinghien
Steenstraete
Het Sas
France
Bapaume-Cambrai Road
Macedonian Front Continues To Hold Promises Of Large Scale Action
In the Macedonian theatre Allied forces press forward destroying German dugouts and taking prisoners. Reports indicate potential early developments on a large scale. Along the Greco-Serb border artillery duels persist as General Sarrail's forces pour into Thessaly and occupy key localities.
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Sarrail
Thessaly
Allied naval command reshuffled in Irish waters
Vice-Admiral Sims is named to take general charge temporarily of allied naval operations in Irish waters. French artillery activity rises near Craonne. French troops reach Furka Pass on Othrys Mountain and hold key locales in Thessaly. Germans retake positions east of Monchy pushing British back from recent gains. Five enemy hydroplanes drop 41 bombs on the Russian base in the Gulf of Riga with no damage. John D Archbold oil tanker sunk by a submarine. four crew lost.
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Sims
Irish
London
Craonne
Paris
Furka Pass
Othrys Mountain
Himit
Thessaly
Monchy
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
John D. Archbold
New York
Freezone corn remover sale sparks home remedy craze
A Cincinnati inventor introduces freezone, a new remedy to instantly ease corns and calluses. Tiny bottles sold in drug stores for a few cents promise painless relief without skin irritation. The ad praises freezone and its maker, Edward Wesley Co, Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
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Illinois
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U.S
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Mr. Peanut
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Penna
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Ceylon
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Summer St
Canal St
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Ginter Co
C.B. Brown Co., Inc
Washington Street
Tremont Street
Wess
Gemins
Edward Wesley Co
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Iik Masters
Victor Fixing Machine Company
Columbia
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Co
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Victor Talking Machine Company
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