Boston University Honors Classmate in Memorial Exercises
The memory of J Thrace Farnham of the Canadian Royal Flying Corps who died in France in April was honored by Boston Universitys senior class at Glass Day exercises in Jacob Sleeper Hall A large portrait of Lt Farnham in uniform was presented to be hung in the college library along side that of Sherman Brokaw who was drowned in Boston Harbor last December The class redirected its banquet plans to support L Oeuvre des Petits Blesses in Paris The day included speeches by President Arthur J Dwyer Harold F Langley Mary M Joyce and others The Tremont Temple venue hosted the university community sing and baccalaureate services are planned at Old South Church and Tremont Temple
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J. Thrace Farnham
Royal Flying Corps
France
Boston University
College of Business Administration
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Lieutenant Farnham
Sherman
Brokaw
Naval Reserve
Boston Harbor
L’oeuvre Des Petits Blesses
Boston University Hospital
Paris
Arthur J. Dwyer
H Harold F. Langley
Mary M. Joyce
Harold H. Diamond
Ernest W. Lowell
John A. Delahanty
Marlin
Lord
Ralph B. Wilson
University
Tremont Temple
Old South Church
Emeritus Huntington
Major Rasmussen Dies in France After Shell Wound
Portland Oregon native Major Andrew Rasmussen known as Ras was killed on the Picardy front. A shell shattered his billet breaking his arm and piercing his side. He asked for a funeral with full military honors indicating his acceptance of death.
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France
Associated Press
Andrew Rasmussen
Portland
Ore
Picardy
Ras
Rasmussen
Mexico
Larceny Charged in Seven Office Chairs Theft
Daniel J. Clifford of South Boston, 37, employed as a furniture finisher at Foster, Adams & Gibbs, was arrested on larceny charges for seven chairs valued at 125 dollars. He was followed after leaving 54 Washington street north with a chair and attempting to dispose of it. chairs were recovered.
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Daniel J. Clifford
B Street
Boston
O’neil and Murphy
Foster, Adams & Gibbs
Washington Street
Pershing Communique Outlining U S Troop Activities
Washington May 16 General Pershing released an official War Department communique detailing American troop activities. The report appears in two sections with the first repeating an early press cable and the second adding further information about ongoing operations.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
American Recon Patrols Face Heavy Fire Near Dugout
In Wor raine on May 12 three snipers from the intelligence service engaged near dugout strong points, exchanging fire with 18 enemy combatants. Four foes were killed, one possibly an officer, as papers were captured. A second patrol member went missing, with two officers killed a scout as they recovered a body. A third party returned, and one intelligence scout remained missing. Also on May 12 three Allied aviation officers were awarded the Croix de Guerre for daring reconnaissance. Major Ralph Royce led the first American over enemy lines. Lt. Herbert R. M. Garside and Lt. Paul D. Meyers supported a Maison mission on April 12. Flying at 300 meters, they completed the mission under heavy fire. North of Toul on May 14 two aviators died in a cloud-bound observation plane. Earlier north of Toul, Allied airmen downed three German two-seaters, with one pilot claiming two kills and another one.
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Worraine
Toul
Angel
Emerson
Radio Operator to Marry Miss Hoffstedt in June War Wedding
Raleigh C. Brown, radio operator, returns from six months with the fleet in foreign waters and plans to wed Esther Hoffstedt, daughter of Mrs. Matilda Hoffstedt of Cambridge at a wartime ceremony set for June 6. Brown enlisted in July 1915 from Chicago as a radio electrician and is 20 years old.
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Esther Hoffstedt
Cambridge
Raleigh Brown
United States Navy Radio School
Harvard
Raleigh C. Brown
Esther _ Hoffstedt
Matilda Hoffstedt
Magazine Street
Chicago
Bankruptcy Petition Files in Federal Court Over Million Liabilities
William E. Ross a Somerville real estate operator files the first high liability petition in months in the federal district court. Reported debts total 1 339 501 with no assets. Major secured loans include Boston Five Cents Savings Bank 400000 Brookline Savings Bank 120000 Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 10000 Wildey Savings Bank 70000 Mark Dowling security 100000. About 60 unsecured creditors claim roughly 25000.
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Federal District Court
William E. Ross
Laurel Street
Somerville
Greater Boston
Ross
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Brookline Savings Bank
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
Wildey Savings Bank
Mark Dowling
State Street
Dr Mullowney to Attend National Health Conference
Boston's Board of Health will be represented at a national conference on plans for combating the rotten egg traffic by Dr. Patrick H Mullowney deputy health commissioner. Dr Mullowney left yesterday for Washington where the conference is to take place.
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Boston
Board of Health
Patrick H. Mullowney
Mullowney
Washington
9000 Ton George W Barnes Tanker Launches at Bethlehem Yard
The 9000 ton tanker George W Barnes was launched at the Fore River yard of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation yesterday. Mrs Edward L Doheny of Los Angeles christened the ship as it started down the ways. The tanker is expected to be in service by month’s end and was taken over by the United States Shipping Board. Barnes is a single screw steel bulk carrier with capacity of several million gallons.
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George W. Barnes
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Edward l L. Doheny
Los Angeles
Cal
Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Company
United States Shipping Board
Barnes
Women in Pharmacy Reach Milestone at Massachusetts College
At the 50th commencement in Convention Hall two women earned degrees while 29 men graduated. Bertha Sugden and Mildred Gilmore received pharmaceutical chemist and graduate in pharmacy credentials respectively. Dean Bradley said the college now has more women students than ever and predicted women will increasingly fill drug store roles.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Convention Hall
Bertha Sugden
Methuen
Mildred L. Gilmore
Allston
Theodore J. Bradley
Bradley
TELLER AT BANK FOR HALF CENTURY
Edwin W. Sawyer was honored for 50 years of service as paying teller at Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. A complimentary dinner at the American House was attended by about 40 including bank officials. William B. Marshall chaired. Thomas C. Milligan acted as toastmaster.
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Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Edwin W. Sawyer
American House
William B. Marshall
Thomas C. Milligan
Saugus
Edward Lamson
Harry T. van Huysen
Woman seeks marriage nullification in Salem suit
Mrs Margaret J D Rollins of Salem files libel in Essex County Superior Court at Salem to declare her 1910 Effingham Falls marriage to Frank Rollins null and void She claims she found he kept a living wife Hattie N Shirley Rollins and had not been divorced The couple lived in Salem until May 30 1910 and Rollins later moved to Boston She lists her Loring Avenue Salem address.
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Effingham Falls
N.H
Margaret J
Miss Page
Frank Rollins
Salem
Rollins
Hattie N. Shirley Rollins
Malden
Rvllins
Boston
Loring Avenue
Planting Day Observed Across New England War Gardens
Today marks planting day with citizen farms across New England starting the season. Civic groups and the Boston and New England clean up committees led a campaign to clean up communities and plant war gardens.
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New England
Citizen Farms
Boston
Woman Found Unconscious From Morphine Overdose in Cambridge
A 26 year old woman identified as Pearl Switzer or Pearl Berg was found unconscious in a Cambridge street rooming house after an apparent morphine overdose. She was taken to Haymarket Relief Hospital where her condition is listed as serious.
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Pearl Switzer
Pearl Berg
Cambridge Street
Haymarket
Boston College Juniors Elect Class Officers
The class of 1919 at Boston College elected officers for next year. Joseph F. M. Avehue was chosen president, Edward V. Tobin vice president, William J. OConnor secretary, and William Kirby treasurer. William J. Sheehan served as meeting chairman.
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Boston College
Joseph F. M. Avehue
Edward V. Tobin
Wiliam J. O'Connor
William Kirby
William J. Sheehan
Inside bath promise for clear, rosy skin and health
Article touts drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning as a cure for pale complexions, headaches, biliousness, and constipation. It claims rapid beauty and vitality effects by flushing stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate.
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Bath
Army Chaplain Bill Passed by House in Washington
The House passed a Senate bill to appoint army chaplains at one per thousand soldiers and raise the age limit from 40 to 45 years. The measure now moves to the Senate for further action.
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Washington
Senate
House
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