Red Cross Leader Warns War Suffering Worsening
Cranston Brenton, New York director of the American Red Cross, told a vestry audience at Arlington Street Church that conditions among wounded and non-combatants in European war zones are deteriorating. He attributed the crisis to the scale of slaughter, not to Red Cross failure or general ingratitude.
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Europe
Cranston Brenton
New York
American Red Cross
Arlington Street
Red Cross
Cambridge Board Has New Split
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen held two sessions with a crowded gallery, delivering lively antics and rapid proceedings. President Peter J. Nelligan entered with Aldermen John P. Good, Joseph J. Reed, John C. Curtin, and Thomas E. Delehanty. Reed and Delehanty departed soon after.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Peter J. Nelligan
John P. Good
Joseph J. Reed
John C. Curtin
Thomas E. Delehanty
Reed
Delehanty
City Board in turmoil as meeting adjourns amid threats and humor
President Nelligan failed to secure a quorum and adjourned as four board members reassembled in a second session with Mullen named president pro tem. Alderman Murphy proposed removing the presiding officer. it was tabled. Gaffney blasted City Hall methods and threatened drastic action. an investigation of the City Home was ordered and a salary raise for the Mayor was referred to committee.
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Nelligan
Good
Curtin
Charles H. Gaffney
Hugh E. Mullen
John McDonald
Charles Murphy
Delehanty
Reed
Mullen
Alderman Murphy
McDonald
Gaffney
City Hall
Clerk of Committees
Democratic Party
Charles H. Goodrow
Four youths held up railroad worker near Sharon
Four men about 20 years old and alleged residents of Providence and Pawtucket Rhode Island were arrested by Chief Derry and a police posse for attempting to rob Boni Daniani a railroad handcar worker between Sharon and Sharon Heights stations. Daniani said the group emerged from the woods waved a dagger and demanded money but he had none and sped away to notify authorities.
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Sharon
Providence
Pawtucket
R. I
Derry
Boni Daniani
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sharon Heights
Daniani
Bargains At Cobb's Old Reliable Grocery House
Advertising blurb notes bargains in every department for the week at Cobb's Grocery on Hanover and Union streets in Boston.
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Cobb’s
Old Reliable
Hanover and
Union Streets
Boston
Turks Routed at Suez Defeat Reported by Official Press Bureau
A London dispatch says the Official Press Bureau reports a Turkish force operating against Suez in Egypt was defeated. The statement outlines the rout and casualties as part of the evening briefing.
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London
Suez
British Forces Engage Enemys Detachment Near Suez
Dawn clash near Elkubri post opposite Suez sees about 1000 enemy infantry artillery and a few cavalry. Elkubri guns fire and force enemy to retreat and form camp eight miles east of the canal. Early today General Sir G Younghusband’s force routs the enemy who retreats. prisoner reports from Bir El Saba with General von Traumer and three German officers.
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Elkubri
Suez
Suez Canal
G. Younghusband
Bir el Saba
von Traumer
Quinn Receives Phelan Medal For Debate At BC
Francis X. Quinn of the class of 1917 at Boston College won the James J. Phelan medal for his argument and delivery in the BC debate on the resolution national prohibition is for the best interests of the United States. The negative side won the decision.
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Francis X. Quinn
Boston College
James J. Phelan
United States
Charles F. Twomey
Clarence D Horrigan
John P. Flanagan
Francis A. Shields
Warren Ds Clear
Dennis A. Dooley
William J. Gay
South Boston District Court
James Farrell
Boston University
Charles F. Stack
Hyde Park
Want Walsh as Auctioneer at Cort Theatre Benefit
Miss Florence Leighton will take a prominent role in the performance at the Cort Theatre Saturday to aid the unemployed. Walsh is sought as auctioneer for the event.
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Want Walsh AS Auctioneer
Cort Theatre
Back Bay Girls Plot Fundraising Act for Governor Walsh
The College of the Spoken Word students plan a charity performance of Breezy Point and Drifted Apart at Cort Theatre to raise funds for the unemployed. They aim to auction box seats with Governor Walsh and Manager McDonald aiding the scheme at Hotel Nottingham. Miss Bessie Lerner will star among the principals.
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Back Bay
Governor Walsh
College of the Spoken Word
Cort Theatre
Nottingham
McDonald
Bessie Lerner
Boston
Pauline Frederick
Joseph
Mass Meeting Over Car Line Change
Under the Meeting House Hill Improvement Association a mass meeting is set for Thursday evening in Hamilton Hall Dorchester to act on Boston Elevated’s plan to discontinue the Bowdoin and Hancock street car line to the South Station.
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Meeting House Hill Improvement Association
Hamilton Hall
Bowdoin Street
Dorchester
Boston Elevated
Bowdoin and
Hancock Streets
South Station
Editor Hamilton Holt Guest of Honor at Boston Luncheon
Editor Hamilton Holt of the Independent New York was the guest of honor at a luncheon hosted by the Boston branch executive committee of the World's Postal Union at the Thorndike Hotel yesterday afternoon.
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Hamilton Holt
The
Independent
New York
Boston
World’s Postal Union
Thorndike
Monkey Mascot Forces Entry to Wireless Room Aboard Rufford Hall
A monkey named Jocko, bought for 40 cents in Calcutta, forced entry into the wireless room of the British steamer Rufford Hall coming from Calcutta. The operator Power had shut off the dynamo to stop the pet, which tapped the key in a lively display of remote control interest.
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Rufford Hall
Calcutta
Jocko
Atlantic
Butler Estate Bequeaths Wealth to Yale University
Practically the entire estate of Henry H. Butler is left to Yale University for the benefit and aid of students of good character and scholarship. The Daniel Butler Memorial will fund assistance as deemed best by Yale's president and faculty. Separate bequests include 500 dollars to the Animal Rescue League, 500 dollars to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 1000 dollars to the Teachers Annuity Guild of Massachusetts.
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Henry H. Butler
Yale University
Suffolk
Daniel Butler
Butler
Yale
The
Animal Rescue League
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Teachers’ Annuity Guild of Massachusetts
Salesman Sigismund Meyers Found Dead in Boston Office
Sigismund A Meyers a New York leather firm salesman and Boston agent was found dead in his office Room 31 67 Chauncy Street yesterday afternoon the body showing a suicide by a revolver shot to the right side of the head. He was about 40 and single. He roomed at 59 St Botolph Street.
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Sigismund A. Meyers
New York
Boston
Chauncy Street
St. Botolph Street
Hussion Dies in Brighton Home Test March 28
In Brighton Thomas J. Hussion formerly of Waltham entered into Test March 28 at his home 141 Chiswick Rd. Muneral announcement later. A member of Division 61 A. O. H. of Charlestown.
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Hussion
Brighton
Thomas J. Hussion
Waltham
Chiswick Rd
Muneral
Charlestown
Mystery surrounds Dr Turner office tied to Arlington death
Testimony in Superior Court reveals confusion locating the office of Dr Turner initials T W. Irene Richardson died after an operation alleged to be performed by Turner at an office building possibly at 74 Boylston Street. Marie Hanson testified she visited the building seeking Turner.
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Turner
Irene Richardson
Arlington
Marie Hanson
Boylston Street
Trial cites three Turners in Richardson death case
The case names Dr Augustus W Turner of 74 Boylston Street and Mrs Hanson who could not identify him. Chiropodist Robert F Turner testified he had seen the defendant in the building for years. Dr Harold R Webb testified about Irene Richardson illness and septicemia after an illegal operation.
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Robert F. Turner
Boylston Street
Augustus W. Turner
Hanson
Dr. Turner
Richardson
T. W. Turner
William Hyde
Glen Avenue
Arlington
Irene Richardson
Harold R. Webb
Webber
Stickney
Webb
The Stolen Railroad Tale in Sunday Post Magazine
The fragment notes a tale titled The Stolen Railroad featured in the next Sunday Post Magazine. It hints at a fiction piece with a rural or historical setting and prompts reader anticipation about the unfolding plot.
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Next Sunday Post
Church History Back to the Year 33 Claim
The Rev. Joseph P. Turner argues the Catholic Church alone traces origins to 33 AD at a Cathedral of the Holy Cross mission. He asserts holiness in founder, nature, purpose, means, and fruits, and contrasts Catholic doctrine with other churches while defending papal authority and marriage as an indissoluble sacrament.
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Jesus Christ
Joseph P. Turner
C. SS. R
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Father Turner
Church of Jesus Christ
Catholic Church
Galilee
Church of Christ
Turner
Peter
Mothers urged to avoid patent medicines for children
The piece warns mothers that giving patent medicines with dangerous drugs and alcohol endangers children's health and lives. It praises Father John's Medicine as a safer cold remedy that strengthens and protects throat and lungs.
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Father John
Study by Mail Bill Hearing Builds Support Across Institutions
Governor Walsh and educators urged a state wide system of correspondence schools and lecture bureaus as part of university extension work. Support came from Boston College President Rev Lyons S J Harvard extension dean John H Ropes Boston University President Rev Lemuel H Murlen Tufts President H C Bumpus and others.
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Walsh
Legislative Committee On Education
Charles W. W. Lyons
S. J
Boston College
A. Lincoln Filene
John H. Ropes
Harvard University Extension Educational Department
Lemuel H. Murlen
Boston University
A. A. Berle
H. Cc. Bumpus
Tufts College
Girls Lacrosse At Harvard Camp Advocated By Dr Sargent
Dr Dudley Sargent, Harvard Hem enway gymnasium physical director, calls for lacrosse for girls to join baseball and basketball as a feminine sport. He plans to test the Canadian game at his summer camp for girls in New Hampshire next summer.
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Dudley Sargent
Hemenway Gymnasium
Harvard
Sargent School
Cambridge
Sargent
New Hampshire
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