New Nurses Take Oath at Boston Hospital Graduation
Florence Nightingale oath administered by Thomas A. McQuade marks the 1917 class graduation at Long Island Hospital Boston harbor. Seventeen nurses pledge ethics as Mrs William McNamara discusses industry opportunities and a buffet and dance follow the exercises.
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Florence Nightingale
Thomas A. McQuade
Boston Infirmary Trustees
Long Island Hospital
Boston Harbor
McQuade
William McNamara
National Civic Federation
Scythia Veronica Barron
Gertrude Hazel Butler
Annie Mabon Cameron
Anna Mabel DeCoste
Eleanor Veronica Dillon
Sadie Stella Grossman
Mary Louise Kelly
Anastasia Mary Kenney
Elizabeth Alice Ling
Emily Marie McQueeney
Mary Veronica Morgan
Kathryn Ellen Nathan
Mary Theresa Riordan
Susan Virginia Sillays
Rose Sico
Edith Gertrude Thornell
Catherine Olive White
Strike Ended as 8000 Western Canadian Miners Return
Calgary June 27 The 8000 coal miners strike in western Canada ended today after Commissioner W H Armstrong ordered immediate resumption of operations in all affected mines. The government appointed official acted to end the dispute and restart mining.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
W. H. Armstrong
Giant Patriot Parade Planned for Elks Convention in Boston
State Treasurer Charles Burrill leads a plan for a July 12 parade on Boston Common as part of the Elks national convention. The monster procession will include military units, uniformed Elks groups, guards, and Boy Scouts, followed by drills, vocal numbers, and a 100 piece band. Senator James Hamilton Lewis will deliver the main address with remarks from Governor Samuel McCall, Mayor James M. Curley, and Grand Exalted Ruler Edward Rightor.
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Boston Common
Charles L. Burrill
Elks’ National Convention Association
National Convention
Grand Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Boston
Elks
Boy Scouts
The
Navy
Denver Lodge No. 17
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Samuel McCall
James M. Curley
Edward Rightor
GetS a Lecture and Two Months in Jail
George Lill age 37 of Winthrop pleaded guilty for threatening the woman whose earnings he subsisted. Judge Murray verbally scorched him in Central Court yesterday and sentenced him to two months in jail.
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George Lill
Winthrop
Murray
Central Court
Lemon Lotion Recipe Promises Easy Skin Glow
A pennyworth lemon skin lotion blends juice from two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to yield a quarter pint. The maker promises whitening, softening, and protection against wind burn and age lines, advising filtration and storage for months. Edward Wesley Co. Cincinnati Ohio.
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Edward Wesley Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gang of New York criminals linked to brutal Boston murder
Four yeggs robbed a Cambridge street lunch room and split the spoils. A member swallowed a $20 gold piece to mislead the group, was found with a cut throat during a failed attempt to remove it. The Boston man was killed at 70 Myrtle Street last Sunday night. Three accomplices fled to a Turkish bath. detectives seek them. Suspects named include Thomas Abruzzio Rand James Ninnie James Gerado Matthew Caselli and Louis Cassell alias Frank Costello. Responding officers expect arrests soon.
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Yeggs
Cambridge Street
Myrtle Street
Boston
New York
Thomas Abruzzio
Rand
James Ninnie
East Eleventh Street
New York City
James Gerado
First Avenue
Matthew Caselli
M. C
Louis Cassell
Frank Costello
Slim
Spuds Drop $8 a Barrel in New York Market
Potato prices fell sharply in New York as rail and steamship lines dumped thousands of bushels from Virginia and other Southern points. The barrel price dropped to as low as eight dollars, after peaking at twelve dollars, with wholesale buyers noting a fifty cent daily decline over the past week.
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New York
Virginia
Yeomen Ball at Condit's Ballroom Features Dance Exibitions
The Charlestown navy yard yeomen plan a charity ball at Condit's Ballroom Revere next Monday evening with John Winn of the yard works and Miss Mabelle Patten performing. They will present skating waltz classic dances and Humoresque medley with past appearances at the Boston Opera House. Proceeds go to navy relief funds aiding families of enlisted men and the society supporting families of those who have died in service. Officers and families will attend led by Mrs William R Rush who aims to raise 10000 dollars.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Condit’s
Revere
John Winn
Public Works Department
Mabelle Patten
Boston Opera House
Relief Fund of the Navy
William R. Rush
New Steamship Line Planned From Boston to New Bedford
A new steamship line linking Boston and New Bedford plans to start within a month. It will carry passengers and freight via the Cape Cod Canal with stops at Bourne and Sagamore. A 738 gross ton steamer named President is secured, with another vessel under consideration for the first trip.
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Boston
New Bedford
Cape Cod Canal
Bourne
Canal
Sagamore
Cape
President
New York Harbor
New Company
Rector Dives Into Charles to Save Man in River Tragedy
The Rev. Gabriel Farrell, a Carnegie heroism medalist and Dartmouth graduate, dived into the Charles River basin 12 times in 10 minutes to save an unknown man who leaped off the esplanade. He brought the body to surface after a 12 foot deep sink, but life could not be restored. The deceased, about 30, lies at the North Mortuary as Farrell’s rescue attempts draw a thousand onlookers.
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Gabriel Farrell
Carnegie
Dartmouth
Boston
Church of St. Luke
Philadelphia
Charles River Basin
Esplanade
Farrell
North Mortuary
Lieut Horn Sentenced in 1915 Dynamite Plot
Werner Horn a lieutenant in the 17th Prussian Engineer Corps was sentenced to Atlanta federal prison for one year and six months and fined 1000 for carrying 60 pounds of dynamite on a New York to Vanceboro passenger train. The case drew claims of wartime action and was argued before Judge James M Morton Jr. Horn used the dynamite to blow part of the St Croix River bridge at Vanceboro Maine on February 3 1915. He has remained jailed since with bail set at 100000.
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Werner Horn
United States
Atlanta
New York
Vanceboro
James M. Morton, Jr
United States District Court
Horn
Joseph F. O’connell
Great Britain
St. Croix River
Needn't prove exact injury for workers' comp recovery
Annie Bean filed against the city of Boston to recover compensation for her husband Edward T. Bean who died after a work related infection from a scratch. The full bench held a worker need not prove the exact cause of injury to qualify for benefits under the work mens compensation act. The case came on appeal from an Industrial Accident Board award of ten dollars weekly for forty weeks. Justice Carroll wrote the opinion.
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Annie Bean
Boston
Edward T. Bean
Industrial Accident Board
Carroll
Supreme Court
Portland Engineers Sail for Camp Mobilization in New Hampshire
Portland Me June 27 The Fourth Regiment of Engineers leaves Portland tomorrow to join the mobilizing regiment at Rockingham Park New Hampshire The company is drawn from railroad workers centered in Portland Captain William L Post commands the unit.
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Portland
Rockingham Park
N. H
William L. Post
Dying Mother's Plea To Locate Carl A. Kopp
The dying mother of Carl A. Kopp wired police Supt Crowley from Chicago asking that he be found in Boston so she can see him once more. He is described as a musician with a Boston orchestra.
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Carl A. Kopp Hias
Chicago
Crowley
Boston
Vander Kensee
Veterans pledge at Nantasket outing by Old Schoolboys of Boston
More than 100 members of the Old Schoolboys of Boston most of them Civil War veterans gathered at the Atlantic House Nantasket yesterday and pledged themselves for service in the field or in any capacity needed. Resolutions commended the President for clearly defining the issues of the United States entry into the war.
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Boston
Atlantic House
Nantasket
United States
Victory Day Toast Reaffirms Civic Duty at Veterans Reunion
A patriotic reunion features speeches and old war songs as veterans toast in a big dining hall. Rev. Frederick Morse Cutter presents a toast praising America's justice and absence of dishonor, later adopted as the association slogan. Principal William B. Snow commends past and present youths for answering the call to colors.
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Frederick Morse Cutter
Coast Artillery Corps
United States of America
William B. Snow
English High School
Patriots of the Civil War Responded to Lincoln Call
The Civil War patriots answered President Lincoln’s nationwide call for volunteers, rallying to defend the Union and uphold the government founded on liberty.
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Lincoln
Bonding Hearing Postponed Again By Finance Commission
The Finance Commission's investigation of the city's bonding business, set to resume today, is postponed until Monday due to the death of a relative of Commissioner Charles R. Carr. On Monday the meeting will be in the school committee rooms on Mason Street and win P. Fitzgerald will testify again.
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Finance Commission
Charles R. Carr
Schoo Committee Rooms
Mason Street
Granger Held On Charges Over Ancient Uniform Theft
Clifford Granger was charged after Officers Harvey and Mattey alleged he stole an Ancient and Honorable uniform once worn by E. Harrison Dickinson. Granger, a former bell hop, also had gold rings and women's clothes in his Dartmouth Street room as prosecutors pressed the case in Central Court.
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Clifford Granger
E. Harrison Dickinson
Harvey and
Mattey
Granger
Central Court
Dartmouth Street
Back Bay
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Wellsworth Crookes
Wellsworth Cookes Lenses
Wellsworth Optical Goods
American Optical Company
Southbridge
Mass
Bernard H. Whitney
Optometrist
Winter St
Sanbomly Optometrists
Opticians
Tremont Street
Briggs S. Palmer
Union Optical Co
Kenneth Campbell
Bromfield St
G. H. Lloyd & Co
G. W. Mansfield
Doane-Gassett Co
Optometrists
Temple Pl
Howard C. Doane
Barron
Blake Building
Yeoman’s Naval Ball
Rector
Charles
Lieut. Horn
Dynamiter
Carl A. Kopp
Veterans Pledge Service
Gilchrist
Uasnisnsniss
Msasneble
Dresden
White
Wallace and Organdie
Cassimeres
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