Harvard Student Wins Croix de Guerre for Heroic Ambulance Service
Joseph Manley Mellen, a Harvard junior, receives the French Croix de Guerre for bravery during eight days of ambulance driving under heavy shell fire near the Vosges in France. He returned to Cambridge after serving with the American Ambulance Corps and continued his studies.
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Joseph Manley Mellen
Harvard
Cambridge
France
Mellen
Vosges Mountains
Vosges
Harvard Junior Enters Second Half Year of Work
The man resides in Flushing New York and has begun the second half year of studies at Harvard University where he is a member of the junior class.
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Flushing
N. Y
Harvard
Red Cross Seeks National Hospital Units Prepared for War
A Washington representative reports efforts to form Red Cross hospital units across the country. Boston institutions including Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts General, and Peter Bent Brigham agreed in principle to participate. No final plan exists for unit composition or governance.
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National Red Cross Society of Washington
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Washington
Boston City
Massachusetts General
Peter Bent Brigham
United States Army
John J. Dowling
State House Building Commission Abolished
The State House Building Commission ceased to exist at midnight as Governor McCall's consolidation plan took effect eliminating the commission. The move marks the first of the state bodies to be dissolved under the recommendations to streamline agencies.
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State House Building Commission
McCall
Catholic Federation Plans Six Public Meetings Next Sunday
The Catholic Federation of the Boston archdiocese schedules six meetings for next Sunday with three in the afternoon at Nazareth Hall Municipal Hall South Boston and Holliston Town Hall and three in the evening at St Patrick Watertown Brookline and Gloucester. Also notes a banquet at St Marys Melrose and parish reunions at East Boston and Quincy with social events and church-build fund updates.
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The
Catholic Federation of the Archdiocese of
Brookline
Gloucester
Church of the Holy Redeemer
East Boston
Fitton Hall
Crescent Gardens
Revere Beach
Protesting Preacher Honor and prison tour in Boston
The Rev Henry B Washburn commemorates John Wesley at St Paul Cathedral marking 125 years since his death. A city Epiphany fair supported the Ep ro Episcopal City Mission in Trinity Hall.
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Henry B. Washburn
Episcopal Theological School
Cathedral of St. Paul
John Wesley
Methodist Church
Episcopal City Mission
Trinity Parish Hall
William P. Shreve
A. D. Foster
Zionist Leaders Visit Boston For New England Tour
Prominent Zionists Dr. Ben Zion Mossinsohn and Dr. Leo Motzkin arrive in Boston to drum up support for the Zionist movement among Greater Boston Jews. They will tour New England with a reception planned at Gordon's Olympia Theatre on Sunday afternoon March 12, hosted by the Zion Association of Greater Boston, with Louis D. Brandeis as honorary chairman.
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Ben Zion Mossinsohn
Leo Motzkin
Boston
Greater Boston
New England
Zion Association of
Louis D. Brandeis
Mossinsohn
Hebrew Gymnasium
Jaffa
Palestine
Dr. Motzkin
International Zionist Bureau of
Copenhagen
Gordon's Olympia Theatre
Poslam Quick Skin Remedy Ad Promises Fast Clearing
An old advertisement promotes Poslam as a rapid solution for inflamed skin eczema acne and stubborn skin diseases. It touts two products, Poslam and Poslam Soap, claim quick action and multiple uses. Samples offered by sending 4 cent stamps to Emergency Laboratories New York. Sold by all druggists.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 25Th St
New York City
All Druggista
Big Rise Seen in City Ice for Hospital Supply
Ice bids for City Hospital indicate higher costs to residents next summer. Last year 1264 tons were bought at 3 dollars 40 cents per ton. This season bids opened January 1 showed one bidder at 4 dollars, then two more proposals at 4 and 4.50 dollars. Hospital trustees will decide on the course to pursue.
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City Hospital
Greater Boston
Battleship Nevada Arrives at Charlestown Navy Yard
The new dreadnought Nevada was received at Charlestown navy yard yesterday by Captain William R. Rush commandant. She will stay two weeks for general fittings before moving to New York for ammunition. An examining board led by Commander Hasbrouck will assess her before acceptance.
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Nevada
Charlestown Navy Yard
William R. Rush
New York
Hasbrouck
Coleman probes Deer Island inmates in inquiry
City Council prisons committee head George W. Coleman conducted a one man inquiry at Deer Island and questioned 15 inmates including a solitary confined woman. He reported to Penal Commissioner David B. Shaw that the interviews reflected harsh discipline and severe criticisms of the commissioner.
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Coleman
Commissioner Shaw
Shaw
Eastern Avenue Wharf
Monitor
Bailiwick
Boston
Curley
Solitary
Hest
Brett
George W. Coleman
City Council Committee On Prisons
Deer Island
David B. Shaw
Burke to be appointed master of Deer Island facility
Mayor confirms James H. Burke, deputy master at the house of correction, will become master of Deer Island following Carleton M. Brett’s resignation amid charges. Burke has served as acting master and the mayor says Burke has certainly made good.
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James H. Burke
Deer Island
Curley
House of Correction
Carleton M. Brett
Burke
Brett
Murderer In Death House Arrives At State Prison
Antoni Retkovitz the Fall River murderer arrives at the state prison and is placed in cell 1 of the death house for execution during the week of March 12. He is escorted from Taunton jail by Sheriff Edward A. Evans and keeper Jesse H. Willett. Retkovitz killed Donka Perelenies on March 14, 1914, in Fall River.
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Antoni Retkovitz
Fall River
Taunton
Edward A. Evans
Jesse H. Willett
Donka Perelenies
Will Explain Society's Work at 11 O Clock Meeting
The Special Aid Society for American Preparedness will explain its work at a meeting of 200 prominent Massachusetts women today at Mrs. George R. Fearing Jr. in Beacon Street. Mrs. Fearing is secretary of the state branch and the session begins at 11. Special focus will be on surgical dressings work. There are more than 1000 leading women in the state as members.
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Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
George R. Fearing, Jr
Beacon Street
Fearing Ia
Society
Massachusetts
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de Schurch
Francis J. Glynn
St. Mary's Church
Melrose
Father Glynn
St. Leo's Parish
Dorchester
Dorchester Club
Francis A. Cunningham
Esmond Streets
Michael J. Owens
St. John's Parish
Quincy
Father Owens
Morgan Memorial
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America
Saratoga
Broadway Congregational Church
Somerville
Itelen Hunt
Pauline B. Rieser
George M. Butler
Medford
Union
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Advent Christian Church
St. James Street Christian Church
Lewis
James Tl. Burke
George Simery
Washington Irving James
Hingham
Committee On
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Formosa
Eng
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Ceylon
York
Washington Street
Blackstone St
Friend St
Elm St
Retkovitz
Boston Tailoring Co
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Neal
Riker- Jaynes
Prandreth
Mrs. Fearing
Tremont Tooth Co
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