Prom plans for B U juniors at Boston University
Boston University juniors unveil their prom plans for April 18 at Potter Hall in the New Century Building Huntington Avenue. The week includes a curtain raiser and a three act student play on April 20, plus a Friday night reception at Howe Hall with dancing. President Lorne B Hulsman and Miss Helen M Stevens lead a committee including Gladys Barber Lucille Gulliver Millard Robinson Z Staples and A H Speare.
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Boston University
Potter Hall
New Century Building
Huntington Avenue
Howe Hall
Huuntington Avenue
Lorne B. Hulsman
Malden
Helen M. Stevens
Needham
Gladys M. Barber
Newton
Lucille Gulliver
Boston
Millard L. Robinson
Westfield
Z. C. Staples
Waltham
A. H. Speare
Newton Centre
Prince Henry May Not Attend Frederick the Great Statue Unveiling
Washington March 8. Prince Henry may decline to oversee the commission for the Frederick the Great statue unveiling in October. The death of his youngest son prompts fears he will request the Emperor not to appoint him as head of the commission representing Emperor William to the American people.
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Prince Henry
Washington
Emperor William
Frederick the Great
Death by self in 7x10 room after missed letter
Roland Dodd, a 22 year old newspaper reporter, was found dead in his 7 by 10 foot room at 8 Allston place yesterday morning. Gas jets were on and a pending reconciliation letter arrived to the scene. Dodd, tall with light curly hair, studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and worked at Nashua papers before joining an evening newspaper. He loved Mina B Bead of Milford New Hampshire who may have written the letter. The inquest will determine if Bead authored it. Rev Leonard Dodd of Haverhill is his father, with a brother and sister surviving.
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Roland Dodd
Allston Place
Dodd
Nashua
N. H
Phillips Exeter Acadecy
Western Union
New Hampshire
Milford
Mina B. Bead
Miss Bead
Tinkham
Howard Street
Leonard Dodd
Haverhill
Travis
Simonds Press
Campbell
Feeders
Williams
Mr. Philips
Simonds
Philips
Roxbury Boy Chosen for Annapolis Nomination
Congressman John A. Sullivan announces the Naval Academy selection process results. Nelson W. Pickering of Roxbury won as principal candidate, with Hardy M. Cook and Louis H. Bauer named first and second alternates. Pickering will be 17 next month and has roots in Cambridge and Roxbury. He attended Roxbury Latin and the English High Schools.
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John A. Sullivan
Naval Academy
Nelson W. Pickering
West
Minster Avenue
Roxbury
Hardy M. Cook
Blue H. 1 Avenue
Louis H. Bauer
Burroughs Street
Jamaica Plain
Young Pickering
Cambridge
May broaden pension laws
Washington on March 8 serious consideration is given to liberalizing pension laws to obviate a new service pension act while meeting veterans demands. The plan would allow graduated increases based on age and need, with proposed monthly amounts rising from 62 to 75 years and beyond.
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Washington
Pension Office
Few New Laws for Panama
Washington March 8 Consideration of legislation to provide for a government of the Panama territory will begin before the Senate committee on interoceanic canals next Thursday. Secretary Taft, to whom the Panama commission is to report, will give the committee his views on the government and administration. The administration favors disturbing existing conditions as little as possible and moving slowly on new laws for the isthmus people.
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Washington
Panama
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Taft
Isthmus
No Rest No Sleep Warns Of Nervous Weakness Ad
Advertisement urges readers troubled by sleeplessness and nervous weakness to seek Dr. Greene's Nervura, claiming it restores sleep and nerve energy. Includes testimonial from Henry S. Wetzler of Vere, Massachusetts, praising recovery after using the product. States the remedy is vegetable, harmless, and available through druggists with free consultation from Dr. Greene.
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Greene
Henry S. Wetzler
Warren St
Revere
Mass
Temple Place
Boston
Williams Kicks at Repetition in Typothete Case
George Fred Williams for Typothete unions pressed to curb cumulative witness testimony as masters seek to halt strike allowances to pressmen sympathy strikes. Day yesterday saw testimony from Sweeney Case Powers Balch Travis and others detailing union and shop dynamics amid a looming court instruction.
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George Fred Williams
Typographical Union 13
Causten Browne
Williams
Charles B. Sweeney
John F. Case
William H. Powers
Joseph Powers
George L. Balch
Ernest J. Travis
Balch
Painful periods cured by Tonita
A woman testimonial from Susan Laux of Allegheny Penn praises Tonita Lorentz’s Mucous Membrane Bitters for curing painful menstruation after six weeks. The ad claims it treats female weakness and catarrh, offering a medical book and free doctors’ advice, with a $1 bottle price from Lorentz Medical Co.
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Toni-Ta
Susan Laux
Cedar Ave
Allegheny
Penn
Lorentz
Lorentz Medical Co
Flatiron Building
New York
May Operate on Coe's Brain
Chicago surgeons plan brain operation on Frank Coe who was arrested in the White House February 22 for carrying concealed weapons. P S Whiting claims Coe as his nephew and has urged surgeons to test the theory that Coe is a foreign brain growth. Coe was head injured in a 1915 railroad accident near Elkhart Indiana and is now in Washington awaiting transfer to Chicago.
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Chicago
Ill
Frank Coe
White House
P. S. Whiting
Coe
Elkhart
Ind
Washington
Red Cross First Aid Courses Draw Boston Interest
The American National Red Cross offers popular first aid classes in Boston. A second course of lectures starts this evening in the New Century building at 177 Huntington Avenue.
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American National Red Cross
Boston
New Century Building
Huntington Avenue
George W Proctor Fined for Delaying Cars in Court
George W Proctor was fined $15 in Municipal Court for delaying electric road traffic by refusing to move off the track when ordered. He was required to pay $10 plus a tax and an additional penalty for swearing at the motorman.
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George W. Proctor
Tempest Relieved After Tonsil Surgery in City
Miss Marie Tempest underwent a successful tonsillectomy for a left throat abscess. Doctors say she rested well at the Hotel Bellevue after the operation and is expected to recover within a week, with performances to resume once fully convalescent.
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Marie Tempest
New York
Hotel Bellevue
Brayton Seeks Restitution in Quincy Suit in East Cambridge
George H. Brayton East Cambridge druggist filed a Supreme Court suit against Hon. Josiah Quincy in East Cambridge. Brayton insists he wants his money and his property, declining to discuss disputed transactions on October 8, 1909 and October 15, 1908. Quincy’s counsel, Colonel William A. Gaston, said Quincy is away in New York and will explain upon his return.
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George H. Brayton
East Cambridge
Josiah Quincy
Supreme Court
Post
Quincy
William A. Gaston
Six Hebrews Shot Leaving Russia
A letter received in Minneapolis on March 8 reports six Hebrews killed by Russian soldiers while attempting to flee military service by crossing from Russia into Austria at Novocelitz on the boundary. The note says many Hebrews and others opposing the government seek to escape, with no exit permits issued since the war began.
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Minneapolis
M.S. Winthrop
Russia
Austria
Novocelitz
Mikado Sends Condolence to Von Waldersee’s Widow
Berlin on March 8 the Mikado instructed the Japanese legation to convey condolences to Countess von Waldersee on the death of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee and to send a representative to the funeral. Roark prose note references make no additional factual change.
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Mikado
von Waldersee
Berlin
the Mikado
Countess von Waldersee
Count von Waldersee
Quinona Praised As Spring Tonic By Boston Man
J Parker of Boston testifies Quinona cured him of grip bronchitis and lung trouble after other remedies failed. He details improved sleep appetite and weight, notes walking a mile to work now, and urges readers to cleanse, purify and strengthen with Quinona sold by druggists for $1 a large bottle. The Quinona Co offers free medical advice from Boston address.
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J. Parker
Boston
J.G. Parker
Green St
Charlestown
Quinona Co
Hartford St
Mass
Bates and Collins greet fruit men at 700 members
Governor Bates praised Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange at a Quincy Market celebration marking 700 members. Mayor Collins, Henry M. Whitney, and Charles E. Adams attended as over 400 members applauded the leaders for good conduct and reliable rents.
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Bates
Collins
Commonwealth
Boston
Governor Bates
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Quincey Market
Henry M. Whitney
Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Adams
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
No Boston Boats In Lipton Race
Local yachtsmen question Sir Thomas Lipton’s Jan offer for a Sandy Hook to Marblehead race for small boats. Massachusetts Bay entries seem unlikely due to distance and clash with June events at Boston Yacht Club Eastern Corinthian schedules. July 4 races loom as priorities.
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Boston
Lipton
Thomas Lipton
Thomas Fleming Day
The
Rudder
Sandy Hook
Marblehead
Massachusetts Bay
Boston Yacht Club
Boston Harbor
Eastern Yacht Club
Corinthian Yacht Club
Corinthian
Eastern
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