Boston Banker Sees Anglo French Loan as Aid to Allies
Major Henry L. Higginson of Lee, Higginson & Co. urged support for the half billion dollar Anglo French loan at a Boston dinner. He argued the loan helps the allies and reflects credit standards of England and France, while criticizing Germany and advocating tightened naturalization rules to bar German loyalty. He framed the loan as both a service to freedom and a solid business deal backed by U S grain, livestock, cloth and munitions.
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Henry L. Higginson
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
Boston Credit Men’s Association
Young’s Hotel
Germany
England
France
Major Higginson
United States
Europe
Remark by Major Higginson on German government and liberty
Major Higginson expresses respect for the German people and friendships with individuals but objects to the German government. He criticizes paternalism and the lack of individual liberty and says Germany has failed to keep its word as a nation.
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Major Higginson
Germany
Bonds Now Bargain Investments Says Expert Atwood
Albert W. Atwood, cited as an expert, asserts bonds are bargain investments in the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine. The remark positions fixed income securities as attractive amid market uncertainty.
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Albert W. Atwood
Next Sunday Post
Dr. Bowers
Sunday Post
Copeland Wows Boston Audiences With New Works
George Copeland, pianist, gave a Jordan Hall program to a large bright audience. The recital featured new-to-Boston pieces by Rachmaninoff Stravinsky and Gabriel Grovler. The piano version of the third Gymnopedie by Satie, orchestrated by Debussy, was heard in Boston for the first time.
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George Copeland
Jordan Hall
Rachmaninoff
Stravinsky
Gabriel Grovler
Eric Satie
Debussy
Boston
Orchestral Club
Georges Longy
Copeland
Rameau
Chopin
Copeland Charms with Greek Inspired Piano Night
The critic lauds Copeland for a hypnotic Greek inspired program marked by restraint and precision. Though Chopin and Schumann moments drew mild critiques, Debussy Rachmaninoff and Grievous works showed virtuosity. The audience demanded encores as Copeland repeatedly returned to perform.
Man dives from bridge to escape oncoming train
In North Adams a man believed to be Edward Cornell, 47, of Hoosac Tunnel, leaped from a 60 foot Boston & Maine bridge into the Deerfield River to avoid being ground under a westbound train. A search failed to locate the body as swift current hampered rescue efforts.
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North Adams
Edward Cornell
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston & Maine Railroad
Deerfield
Cornell
Miss Rueter Debuts At Jamaica Pond Reception
Miss Martha von Eicken Rueter debut occurred yesterday at the Jamaica Plain family home beside Jamaica Pond. A few hundred guests danced in a lawn pavilion and tea was served by a large group of debutantes. The debutante, a former Miss May's School student, is noted for music tennis and outdoor sports.
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Martha von Eicken Rueter
Henry A. Rueter
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Pond
Miss Rueter
Miss May
Elizabeth White
Elizabeth Baker
Elsie Dow
Harriet Fessenden
Margaret Wellington
Catherine Anthony
Constance Quimby
Dorothy Burrage
Isabelle Mumford
Margaret Bliss
Mabel Webster
Ruth Lyon
Ann D. Williams
Jane W. Bullard
Frances M. Clausen
Margaret P. Cushing
William Glover Rueter
Harvard
The Movie Maid and the Martinent
The item offers a review or feature on a film related to a maid character and a figure named Martinent, likely exploring performances, setting, and narrative implications within the Sun day Post Magazine. Details on plot and critical stance inferred from the title content.
War relief bodies may be merged
A movement to unite all relief societies founded since the European war began under the American National Red Cross was launched at Mrs. Whitelaw Reid’s home in New York. The plan aims to give the Red Cross a permanent endowment of 100 million dollars.
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New York
American National Red Cross
Plan to unify relief effort backed by leading figures
Joseph H. Choate presided with former President Taft and Red Cross leaders urging a single coordinated relief drive for distressed Europeans. Miss Mabel Boardman proposed uniting all groups under one endowment of 100 million dollars to rival foundations and place every citizen in Red Cross membership.
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Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Taft
Ann Morgan
Leonard Wood
HB. H. Harriman
Jacob Schiff
Mabel T. Boardman
Red Cross Executive Committee
Europe
Miss Boardman
Red Cross
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Taft notes Wilson appoints him Red Cross central committee head
Mr. Taft said President Wilson, as head of the Red Cross, appointed him president of the central committee. He admitted uncertainty about the burden but expressed readiness to take it on. He urged support though no definite plans for continuing relief were announced.
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Taft
Wilson
Red Cross
Central Committee
Dedham Man Shoots Wife Then Himself at Hose House
In Dedham a man wounded his wife and himself after jealousy and quarrels. The injured couple, Mary Blankenship Rafferty and her husband, were taken to City Hospital where both were dying. Mrs Rafferty, a Boston resident, and her husband a Dedham barber’s son, had been married 11 years with no children.
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Leach
Rafferty
Courtney
Daniel J. O'Connor
Church of the Most Precious Blood
A F L Names Committees For Convention Work
San Francisco Nov 9 The American Federation of Labor adjourned with the main task the appointment of committees to handle convention work. A plan to recognize religious organizations as fraternal delegates was not acted upon but may appear later. Providence R I and St Louis sent telegrams inviting the next year’s meeting.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Providence
R. J
St. Louis
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Annual Report
The 37th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at 43 Mt Vernon Street Boston with Lieutenant-Governor Grafton D Cushing presiding. Secretary C C Carstens reported six new branches in Newburyport Salem Gloucester Framingham Fitchburg and Hyannis. In the past year the society aided 4481 families and 12023 children with protection 999 cases were prosecuted in court on behalf of 2786 children.
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Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Grafton D. Cushing
Cc. C. Carstens
Newburyport
Salem
Gloucester
Framingham
Fitchburg
Hyannis
Cape Cod
Nationalizing the School of Journalism Speech
Talcott Williams, director at Columbia University, declared the School of Journalism certain to be a national institution. He spoke at the New England Newspaper Alliance gathering at Copley Plaza Hotel about the nationalizing of journalism education.
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School of Journalism
Talcott Williams
Pulitzer Foundation
Columbia University
New England Newspaper Alliance
Copley- Plaza
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