National Temperance Jubilee Calls for Prohibition
Ex-Governor John D. Long and other leaders spoke at Tremont Temple for a 50th anniversary of the National Temperance Society urging national prohibition. Speakers argued liquor harms colleges, businesses, and politics, touting woman suffrage as key to ending the saloon and endorsing liquor advertising bans.
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Navy
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
National Temperance Society
Tremont Temple
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Boston
Marlin
Francis E. Clark
Fred N. Dow
Portland
Kerr Boyce Tupper
Philadelphia
Ella A. Gleason
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
United States
Lincoln paraphrase foresees end of liquor traffic
The quotation, linked to Lincoln’s words on slavery, follows a forceful rebuke of the liquor trade by the former governor. It claims the nation nears a major era, with the main feature being the elimination of the liquor traffic.
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Abraham Lincoln
Boston Good Government Attack on Curley Over Street Repairs
The Good Government Association denounces Mayor Curley for financial policy it calls folly and for seeking a $500000 loan for street repairs. It cites reduced paving funds and salary increases as worsening Boston streets and warns loans for current expenses would set a dangerous precedent. The group disputes the mayor’s claims and urges adherence to tax financed permanent improvements.
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Good Government Association
Curley
Boston
Reform Association
Commissioner of Public Works
City Record
Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Hardihood
Missing Brockton Girls Return Home After Disappearance
In Brockton on May 16 14 year old Annie Archibald and 15 year old Nellie McGlone who vanished from 23 Winthrop Street Saturday morning returned home. They had 26 cents and planned to go to New York but walked to Mattapan and back arriving with five cents. Police across Brockton and nearby towns had searched for them and are puzzled by their return.
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Brockton
Annie Archibald
Nellie McGlone
Winthrop Street
New York
Mattapan
Tennis Championship Opens at Longwood Courts
Competition for the tennis championship of the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association opens this morning on the Longwood Cricket Club courts with singles entries starting at 10 o'clock.
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New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Longwood Cricket Club
Professor Van Riper Resignation Sparks Boston University Interest
Interest rose as Boston University philosopher Dr. Benjamin W. Van Riper faced resignation. The Liberal Arts student body will hold a mass meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the resignation. A senior committee that posted an interview report with President Marlin will meet Dean Warren this morning.
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Marlin
Jacob Sleeper
Boston Common
Eniors
Muchn
van Riper
Haselton Spencer
Forest Hills
Mervyn Bailey
Wollaston
Elmer B. Mode
Boston
Merritt Y. Hughes
Everett
Jeanette M. Collins
Cambridge
Frank A. Stevens
Somerville
Murlin
Borden Bowne
Dr. Bowne
Benjamin W. van Riper
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
William M. Warren
Theological Faculty Reacts To Administration Choice
Professor Albert Knudson of the B U Theological School voiced strong support for President Martin amid critiques. Knudson had helped select Dr Van Riper to succeed the late Dr Bowne, noting his prior study abroad effort and personal stake in the young scholar.
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Albert Knudson
B. U. Theological School
Martin
Knudson
van Riper
Bowne
Read Seminary Out of Church in New York
The Union Theological Seminary of New York is read out of the list of Orthodox institutions by a Presbyterian general assembly committee. The blue book for commissioners to the assembly shows the seminary also removed from the Presbyterian church. The action confirms earlier reports that the seminary is no longer listed as a sound Christian seat of learning.
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New York
Union Theological Seminary
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Torpedo Boat Cushing Returns From Trials
The torpedo boat Cushing sailed back to Quincy from builders' trials off Provincetown. She reportedly equalled the contract specification of 29 knots per hour in a speed test. The Cushing is an oil burner.
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Cushing
Quincy
Provincetown
Newsboys Tag Day Plans For Memorial Day Outing
Boston Newsboys Protective Union holds a meeting at 80 Hanover Street to organize a Memorial Day outing for crippled children in Greater Boston. Each member to give 25 percent of tomorrow’s earnings, and a letter to leaders seeks machine loans. Secretary Br. Robinsh handles appeals and memorial funds.
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Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
Hanover Street
Greater Boston
Newsboys of
Boston
Newsboys’ Union
Newsboys’ Outing Fund
B. H. Robrish
Washington Street
Robinsh
Curtis Guild Memorial Committee
Newsboys
Canoeists Brave Chill On Charles River Event
More than 1500 canoeists paddled the Charles River between Riverside and Waltham despite cold winds. Only one tipover occurred near the Norumbega boat house with two young men and two girls overturning their canoe. no serious injuries reported.
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Charles River
Riverside
Waltham
Metropolitan
Norumbega
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