Eliot 81 Today. Harvard's President Emeritus
President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard is observing his eighty first birthday at his home on Fresh Pond Parkway Cambridge with only immediate family present at dinner. He recently recovered from a grippe and has resumed normal health and daily outdoor exercise. Eliot served forty years as Harvard president from May 19 1869 until retirement on the same date in 1909.
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Fresh Pond Parkway
Cambridge
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Harvard University
Technology
Uneeda Biscuit Delivers Fresh Crispness In Packaged Form
An advertisement praising ACH Uneeda Biscuit as a perfect soda cracker, freshly baked and protected in a package to preserve crispness and quality.
Colonial treasures on display in Dorchester exhibit
The Old Blake House Chapter of the D A R Dorchester staged a colonial collection of needlework wood and art at the Hotel Brunswick yesterday from 3 to 7 pm. The items loaned by chapter members marked their first public view outside owners homes with Mrs William B Rand guiding the event assisted by many members.
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Betty Ingraham
Alexander Stockwell
Stockwell
William B. Rand
Old Blake House
Brunswick
Bessie Chittenden
Dorchester
Pi Eta Clubmen Debut Robin the Robber at Cambridge
The Pi Eta Club of Harvard staged the first public performance of Robin, the Robber in its own theatre at Cambridge last night. The show featured numerous jokes aimed at Harvard undergraduates, drawing a student audience.
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Robin
Pi Eta Club
Harvard
Cambridge
Foss for President Launch Draws Lighthearted Jibe
Former Governor Foss spoke at the Boston City Club during a New England Alumni Association event. He quipped about the vice presidency becoming president and asked what to do with ex Governors, delivering the line in a humorous vein.
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Foss
Boston City Club
New England Alumni Association
University of Vermont
Alumni Elect Officers Amid Vermont University Merger Talk
The gathering heard remarks on a possible Vermont University and Middlebury College amalgamation and discussed a Massachusetts and New England trend toward a two state university system. Carroll W. Coten was elected president with a slate including Johnson, Abbott, Lewis, and others. 100 attended as S Wilson Bailey performed card tricks.
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Middlebury College
Carroll W. Doten
Vermont
H. Co. Tinkham
University of Vermont
Guy Potter Benton
University
Merton C. Robbins
New York
F. D. Butterfield
Worcester Polytechnic
A. B. Selian
R. H. D. Emerson
H. A. Styles
S. Wilson Bailey
Cambridge
Save money wisely with banks to boost community growth
The article argues against hiding savings in a teapot or stocking and urges placing funds in sound banks. It claims bank deposits generate interest and loan funds for Build Now movements, business, and employment, aiding local trade and the community. It notes The Post organized talks on smart saving.
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POST
Diplomat Named Arch Conspirator In Passport Plot
In Federal Court the German official in the United States described as immune from arrest is called the arch conspirator in a plot to obtain a false American passport for Richard P. Stegler, a German naval reservist who pled guilty and drew 60 days in jail. Stegler’s co-conspirators Richard Madden and Gustave Cook received ten month sentences. The report also notes the rapid construction of a vast armory in Alliston near the National League ball park, costing over half a million dollars and housing mounted militia units, riding arenas, stables, offices, and ranges.
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New York
Richard P. Stegler
Charles H. Griffiths
Stegler
Richard Madden
Gustave Cook
United States
Alliston
National League
Lancers
Bullfinch Street Armory
Cambridge Armory
South Armory
Irving Street
Roxbury
Stegler Denies Being Lead in Conspiracy
In court Stegler claims he was not the arch conspirator and describes being recruited to obtain a passport to England as a spy. A $200 payment funded the plan and involved recommendations to assist the voyage. He halted the scheme seeking written assurances for his wife should he die abroad. The judge noted his candor but urged measures against foreign allegiance among immigrants.
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England
United States
Madden
Cook
Cushman
Mrs E H Hurst Sues For Divorce In Suffolk Court
Florence Belle Hurst of Winthrop files a libel for divorce from Edmund Henry Hurst a jeweller and diamond expert in Suffolk County Superior Court. Married July 10 1907 in New York the couple were prominent in Winthrop with Elks Lodge involvement yacht club activity and social events.
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Florence Belle Hurst
Winthrop
Edmund Henry Hurst
Suffolk County
New York
Hurst
Winthrop Lodge of Elks
Boston Harbor
Pauline Street
Florence Belle Waite
Allston
Brookline
Slaughterhouses Closed in Fall River District
On orders from the State Commissioner of animal industry all slaughter houses in Fall River district including Fall River Westport Somerset Swansea and Seekonk were shut due to foot and mouth disease. No permits will be issued for transporting domestic animals until state and federal inspectors finish farm to farm inspection.
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State Commissioner of Animal Industry
Fall River District
Westport
Somerset
Swansea
Seekonk
Six Aldermen Publish Fiery Resolution On Lockout
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen pass a sharp resolution criticizing the lockout and describing the acting mind as transitory or diminutive. The six members debate the issue in the aldermanic chamber after resuming the investigation begun Monday night on the City Hall steps.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
City Hall Meeting Debates Lockout and Resolutions
The meeting at City Hall denounced the lockout of the Board of Aldermen Thursday night. Alderman Gaffney introduced resolutions that passed unanimously. The auditor appeared while the city clerk declined to attend, and the session adjourned to 3 p m Monday as Mayor Good orders inquiries with department heads.
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Board of Aldermen
Gaffney
Thurston
Brandon
MacDonald
Good
Two British Ships Torpedoed Off Beachy Head
The British steamer Bluejacket carrying wheat from Liverpool was torpedoed by a German submarine off Beachy Head. The crew abandoned into boats but the vessel stayed afloat. Another British ship Hyndford was sunk in the English Channel near Beachy Head with one crewman killed. Hyndford measured 2775 tons net and 3876 feet long, built in 1905 at Port Glasgow and owned by the Scottish Ship Owners' Company.
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Liverpool
Beachy Head
Glasgow
Hyndford
English Channel
Port Glasgow
Scottish Shipowners’ Company
G. Hallet
Cardiff
Sunderland
German Aviators Bombard Sheerness Reported
Berlin dispatch reports two German aviators bombarded the British arsenals at Sheerness, the British naval base, according to Overseas News Agency.
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Berlin
Today
Sheerness
Russian shipyards bombarded by Turks at Theodosia
An official Turkish statement says their fleet bombarded the shipyards and torpedo boat maneuvring place west of Theodosia on the Black Sea and set the buildings on fire. The attack was reported from Constantinople with Berlin and wireless London notices.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
Theodosia
Black Sea
Musterole replaces mustard plasters for relief
An advertisement promotes MUSTEROLE a white oil of mustard ointment that relieves sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia and pains without blistering. Available in 25¢ 50¢ jars and a hospital size of $2.50 from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
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