Greater Boston Tops Red Cross War Fund Drive Total
Greater Boston set a record, raising more than 600 000 dollars for the Red Cross War Fund campaign. Official figures show Boston and New England near the 3 000 000 goal, with 69 345 56 dollars remaining to reach the mark as of 6 o'clock last night.
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Red Cross
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Red Cross Ledger
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New England
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American Red Cross War Fund
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America
Great Liberty Loan
Red Cross Campaign
Boston
Heat Enervation Remedy Ad Promotes Acid Phosphate
Continued on Page 7 First Column. Advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate to relieve exhaustion nervousness and impaired digestion urging readers to try it.
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Horsford’s
National Red Cross Fund Reaches 114 Million
Washington June 26 The nations contributions to the Red Cross in response to the 100 million war fund call were estimated at 114 million tonight by Henry P Davison chairman of the Red Cross war council This figure assumes stockholders in companies with special dividends amounting to about 20 million will turn their dividends over to the Red Cross.
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Washington
Red Cross
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
The
Eight Naval Reserves Among Everett Grads
Eight naval reserve members were among 144 Everett High School seniors who received diplomas last night. The enlistees were granted leave to obtain their diplomas, which were presented by Chairman Manson of the school committee.
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Naval Reserve
Everett High School
Manson
F Gray Co Sells 2000 Men | Young Men Suits This Week
F Gray Co Washington and Hanover streets offers 2000 suits in fine worsteds tweeds and heathers. Blue serges and black vicunas with silk lined belted backs pinch backs and conservatively styled sacks. Breast measure 33 to 46 with stout and slim sizes. Open nightly till 9 p m through July 3.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Cor. Hanover
Senate Panel Backs House On Prohibition Bill
A Senate committee endorses the House prohibition bill and adds an amendment allowing the President to permit manufacture of beer and light wines if expedient, signaling strong support for drastic ban measures.
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Senate
Olympia Wrecked in Fog Near Block Island
The United States cruiser Olympia, Dewey's flagship at Manila, ran ashore in fog off Block Island. The ship was badly damaged with water in the hold, one sailor died from a falling hatch, crew abandoned ship and were taken to Newport as wrecking vessels stood by.
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R. I
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
William M. Babb
Newport
Olympia flagship of coast patrol suffers fog accident
The Olympia, flagship of the coast patrol fleet in the second naval district, was struck during target practice in thick fog. Chief Machinists' Mate Babb was killed while responding to the incident. his mother Mrs Sarah Babb of Reading Pennsylvania is his next of kin.
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Second Naval District
Babb
Sarah Babb
Reading
Penn
Woman Held for Murder in Brookline Case
Harriet A. Varney, 26, arrested in Upton on murder charges tied to Mrs. Pauline Keyes’s Brookline death. Keyes, wife of Boston real estate operator George H. Keyes, was found dead at 79 Kenwood Street a week ago. medical examiner called it suicide, but police hint jealousy as motive. A note to George and an unknown intruder figure in the case.
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Upton
Pauline Keyes
George H. Keyes
Boston
Harold Haskell
Brookline
Keyes
Cutts
Kenwood Street
Mrs. Keyes
Gray Co. Ad Offers $15 Blue Serge Suits at $9.90
The Gray Company advertises men’s wool blue serge suits at 9.90 with all sizes available. It also promotes handsome worsteds and fancy Scotches and notes every $15 suit is priced at 9.90. Open evenings 9 p.m. at Washington and Hanover streets.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover Streets
Washington and Hanover Sts
Limits on Commandeering Mines and Factories Pass Senate
Senate agriculture subcommittee rewrote the House food control bill to grant President Wilson power to decide if the nation should be dry during the war. It extends government control to iron and steel and other products, potentially cutting revenue by about 500 million dollars. The measure also shifts to prohibiting production of intoxicating beverages and authorizes commandeering existing distilled spirits with executive discretion to permit some uses.
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Administration
House
Senate Agriculture
Wilson
Senate
Helen Keller Anniversary and Governor General Change
Today notes the 1880 birth of Helen Keller, the deaf blind author and activist. It also marks one year since the Duke of Connaught was succeeded by the Duke of Devonshire as Governor General of Canada.
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Duke of Connaught
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Unsettled Boston Forecast With Isolated Showers
Weather forecast for Boston and vicinity shows unsettled conditions with likely showers on Wednesday. Thursday is expected to be fair with little temperature change and strong southwest to west winds from Washington.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Temperature report from Thompson's Spa yesterday
Yesterday's high reached 82 and low 63 with morning readings around 64 and 65. The average yesterday was 71 and the year-ago average was 72.21.
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Thompson
Coseee
Baseball Scores from Yesterday by League and Game
In the American League Washington edged Boston 3 to 2 and Detroit beat Chicago 9 to 2 in the first, then Chicago won 4 to 3 in the second. Cleveland won both games against St Louis 5–2 and 6–2. New York triumphed 7–6 over Philadelphia in the AL/NL matchups saw Boston 6 Brooklyn 5 in the first game, Boston 7 Brooklyn 3 in the second, New York 4 Philadelphia 3 in the first, and Philadelphia 6 New York 5 in 10 innings, St Louis 6 Chicago 5 in 15 innings, Chicago 8 St Louis 6 in seven, and Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5.
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Boston
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Operators Agree to Reduced Coal Price Plan
Four hundred coal operators from bituminous and anthracite fields pledged to sell coal at a fair price to be fixed with Defence Council coal committee approval. Special seven member producer committees from each mining state will set the price.
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Washington
Defence Council
Special committees empower Defence Council for production and distribution
The text notes that these committees are authorized to confer with the Defence Council's committee to stimulate production and perfect plans to provide adequate distribution means. This collaboration aims to align efforts and ensure effective provisioning and delivery.
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Defence Council
Charge Cruger Case Sleuth With Negligence
New York June 26 Detective Sergeant John Lagarenne faced sharp questioning over his search for Ruth Cruger the murdered high school student. Leonard M Wallstein leading Mayor Mitchells probe said he would ask Police Commissioner Woods to bring Lagarenne to trial on charges of gross and wilful negligence.
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John Lagarenne
Ruth Cruger
Leonard M. Wallstein
Mitchel
Woods
Allies Reach Over One Billion in Loans
American loans to the allies topped the billion dollar mark as the treasury credited Great Britain with 15,006,000 and France with 10,000,000. Total credits to all allies for expenditures in the United States now stand at 1,008,000,000 with Great Britain receiving 550,000,000 and France 210,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Great Britain
France
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