Doctor Struck by Street Car on Beacon Street
Dr Francis H Brown a Harvard Medical School founder and Hospital trustee was struck by an outbound electric car while crossing Beacon Street near Buckminster Hotel yesterday prenoon. He sustained facial head injuries and concussion and was taken to City Hospital in a police ambulance in a dangerous condition.
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Beacon Street
Hoel Buckminster
Francis H. Brown
Harvard
Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
City Hospital
War Loan Circulars To Be Ready Today
Circulars will be ready today at the offices of the Liberty Loan Committee and the Federal Reserve Bank. Details on subscription conditions were telephoned yesterday to the Federal Reserve Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury. Circulars will be printed today and distributed to all local banks inviting subscriptions for the loan.
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Liberty Loan Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Fee Bank
Old Bangor draft box ready for use in conscription days
The Civil War era Bangor draft box preserved by the local historical society has been repaired and may be used again. The relic, resembling a grindstone, was used in 1862 and 1864 by Provost Marshal Elijah Low, with mixed slips drawn by a blindfolded man to select men for service.
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Bangor
Local Historical Society
Elijah Low
Motorman Arrested After Fatal Roxbury Crash
James Morrison 39 of 37 Kent Street Roxbury, employed as a motorman for the Elevated, was arrested yesterday on manslaughter charges after Michael Harney of Roxbury was struck by a Rowe's Wharf outward-bound car driven by Morrison. The collision occurred on Tremont Street near Roxbury Crossing and Harney died yesterday.
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James Morrison
Kent Street
Roxbury
Elevated
Michael Harney
Rowe’s Wharf
Roxbury Crossing
Morrison
Tremont Street
Harney
Hand and hair care advice from a curious fragment
A fragment discusses products or practices to soften hands and arms while keeping hair glossy and free from dandruff. It emphasizes methods that purportedly improve skin and hair appearance, though details are sparse.
No Straw Hat Day For 191¢
Harvard plans no straw hat day this year despite a momentous forecast. Harvard square haberdashers blame weather and war plus profit and loss for canceling the event.
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Harvard
Harvard Square Haberdashers
Harvard Sets 1917 Straw Hat Day On Sept 15
The article notes Harvard forbids straw hats until a public date in 1917 and designates September 15 as Straw Hat Day when students will remove them. It cites Cambridge weather, reduced student presence due to military training, and limited English straw hat imports as reasons for the delayed tradition.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Simmons Class Wittiness Noted for Louise Giblin
Louise A Giblin of Simmons College is named the wittiest member of the class of 1917. Two years earlier she delivered a toast lampooning tuition dues and quizzes that made her a campus legend and kept her busy living up to the joke.
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Louise A. Giblin
Simmons College
Simmons
Miss Giblin
Stop Cortain In Two Minutes By the Clock
Advertisement touts a new Japanese product called The Mint to remove corns and callouses quickly. It promises instant relief with no pain or skin irritation and urges buying a small jar from a druggist for little cost.
Roxbury Homing Pigeon Wins First Race Of 1917 Series
A homing pigeon from C. M. Vanderwall Roxbury won the Greater Boston Homing Club race from Greenfield to Roxbury in 1 hour 13 minutes amid wind and rain. Vanderwall also entered another bird that finished seventh. Dorchester entries by Robert Milne claimed second through fourth places, with speeds near 1028.88 yards per minute. Other Dorchester birds led by Watson, Hanson, and P. A. Lyons Jr. filled spots five, six and eight among 183 entries in 20 heats.
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Greenfield
Roxbury
Greater
Robert Milne
Dorchester
Watson and Hanson
P. A. Lyons, Jr
Dedicated Hospital for Animals Opens in South End
The Ashton Law rence Hospital for Animals at 109 Northampton Street South End opens with patriotic dedication. Run by the Workhorse Relief Association it will treat horses and serve as a receiving station for the Animal Rescue League. Henry Co Merwin Huntington Smith and E H Clement spoke. Francis Peabody presided as a large flag was raised. The facility offers cavalry recruit training through the Public Safety Committee.
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Ashton Lawrence Hospital For
Cavalry
Northampton Street
South End
Workhorse Relief Association
Animal Rescue League
Henry Co. Merwin
Huntington Smith
Neane in Hospital on Dangerous List
John Keane of 4 Tufts Street Charlestown is at Relief Hospital with cerebral hemorrhage and on the dangerous list. He was picked up in front of 4 Bunker Hill Street at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He is 6 years old and single.
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John Keane
Tufts Street
Charlestown
Keane
Bunker Hill Street
Attempt to Fire Upon U S Immigration Launch
A militiaman at Leyland pier East Boston attempted to shoot the immigration launch Marietta as it neared the pier. The guard fired but the rifle jammed before the launch vanished from sight with three men aboard.
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Marietta
Leyland
Boston
Militia Man Fires at Immigrant Service Launch Near Pier 2
Inspector William H. Nitz in charge of the launch plans to report the incident to Commissioner Skeffiington. The Marietta, carrying a large immigration service flag, approached a docked steamer as a militiaman fired near the launch, with Nitz and colleagues hearing no challenge or signal to stop.
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William H. Nitz
Skeffiington
Marietta
Pier 2
Inspector Nitz
Dr. Safford
Engineer Dannenberg
Immigration Service
Nitz
Old Franklin School Becomes Naval Recruiting Station
The old Franklin schoolhouse on Washington street near Dover street, handed to federal authorities, opens as a recruiting station for shipwrights and mechanics. Immigration Inspector Herbert A. Stevens directs the station with four local inspectors assisting.
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Franklin
Washington Street
Dover Street
Atlantic
Department of Labor
Herbert A. Stevens
Two Hurt in Auto Crash At Topsfield
I. K. Stetson, VP of First National Bank Bangor Maine, and Mrs Stetson were badly injured when their car rear ended H F Walker of Lynn then struck an electric pole and overturned at Central and Newbury streets. Mrs Stetson suffered internal injuries and a deep forehead cut. Mr Stetson is believed to have spine injuries.
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Topsfield
I. K. Stetson
First National Bank of
Bangor
Visitors See Navy Reserve at Marblehead Camp
Marblehead May 13 Visitors enjoyed open access to the Naval Reserve Camp for the first time. Several thousand people toured the quarters and met the sailors. A concert by the band and orchestra followed and in the afternoon the reserves paraded before Lieutenant James O Porter.
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Marblehead Neck
Naval Reserve Camp
James O. Porter
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St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Buenos Ayres
Washington
South Atlantic
Associated Press
U.S. Commissioner of Navigation
E. T. Chamberlain
Marseilles
Redfield
Chamberlain
U. S
U. S. Co
S. Commissioner of Navigation
Great Britain
United States
Ent
London
South America
Transatlantic
Battery Place
New York City
F. H. Brown
Resinol
Baltimore
Neane
Guardsman
OLD Franklin School
Navy Reserve
Marblehead Camp
Ripwood
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