Boston University Women's Graduated Club first meeting
The Boston University Woman's Graduated Club will hold the first meeting of the year this afternoon in Jacob Sleeper Hall. The business session starts at 3 o'clock followed by a reception and entertainment. Miss Mary Taylor of the American Red Cross will speak on her work here and abroad. Other speakers include Mrs. Mary White Mullen and Mule Picard, BU's French protege.
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Boston University Woman's Graduated Club
Jacob Sleeper
Mary Taylor
American Red Cross
Mary White Mullen
Mule. Picard
B. U
Fireman Killed As Train Derails In New Hampshire
A local passenger train on the Whitefield & Jefferson branch of the Boston and Maine railroad derailed after hitting a washout between Berlin and Groveton New Hampshire. Fireman Goodwin was killed and the engineer injured while passengers escaped unharmed. One engine toppled into the washout as baggage and mail cars stuck upright. Traffic resumed several hours later.
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Berlin
N. H
Whitefield & Jefferson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Here
Groveton
Goodwin
President Wilson Prepares Annual Message to Congress
President Wilson is considering his annual message to Congress and may begin work within days. The method he uses will depend on his health, with options including writing himself or dictating to a stenographer as reported from the White House.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
British aviators race to Australia for 50000 prize
A 11000 mile air race to Australia is underway with British aviators racing to win a 50000 prize. Captains Howell Matthews Rendle Williams Douglas and others fly successive legs across three continents with limited landing fields and government support. The route includes Singapore and Calcutta with emergency stops scarce.
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Australia
Cedric Ernest Howell
George Campbell Matthews
Harry Hawker
Valdemar Rendle
D. R. Williams
G. H. Wilkins
G. H. Potts
R. M. Douglas
Australian Flying Corps
Alliance
British
Air Ministry
India
Java
Atlantic
Singapore
Italy
France
Malta
Africa
Egypt
Damascus
Bagdad
Basra
Persia
Baluchistan
Calcutta
Booth Tarkington’s Girl Girl Girl in Boston Sunday Post
Booth Tarkington presents an amusing tale featuring William Sylvanus Baxter Jr. from SevenTeen fame, to be printed in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The piece promises wit and character-driven adventures in a light literary feature.
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Booth Tarkington
William Sylvanus Baxter, Jr
Seventeen
Boston Sunday Post
Jamaicans barred: ginger cannot be sold as beverage
Judge Henry C. Lummus in district court ruled Jamaica ginger may not be sold wholesale to stores for use as a beverage. Charles Crompton & Sons, Inc., was found guilty of illegally keeping and selling intoxicants and maintaining a liquor nuisance, facing fines totaling 2000. An appeal was filed.
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Lynn
Jamaica
Henry C. Lummus
Charles Crompton & Sons, Inc
Apples Hold High Prices In Boston Markets For Fresh Produce
Prices across Boston markets show sweet potatoes at six pounds per quarter, cooking apples at one dollar per small basket, celery at 25 cents per large bunch, and cranberries at 10 cents per quart. Beef tops the list with rump steak 8 cents per pound, sirloin 70 cents, and rump roast at 33 cents per pound. Lamb offers 35 cents per pound for the best leg, turkey scarce, fowl 43 cents, smoked shoulder 3 cents, butter at 75 cents per pound, cheese 40 cents, eggs near a dollar, and fish including mackerel 40 cents, halibut 40 cents, scallops 8 cents per quart.
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Boston
Beall Devioscope First To Own In U S By BU Navigation
The College of Business Administration’s navigation department imports the first Beall compass deviascope in the United States to study iron and steel effects on compasses. A wireless time signal from Arlington, Virginia, twice daily aids chronometer error checks, making BU’s navigation department among the best equipped in the country.
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Navigation Department
The
College of Business Administration
United States
Board of Trade
Arlington
B. U. Navigation Department
Captain Mills Receives Legion of Honor for Towing Jeanne D Arc
New York November 18 The French government awarded Captain Arthur R Mills master of the American line steamer St Paul and former Mongolia the Legion of Honor for seamanship shown last July when he towed the disabled French cruiser Jeanne D Arc more than 40 miles to a safe Azores anchorage The decoration honors his action and leadership at sea.
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New York
Arthur R. Mills
St. Paul
Mongolia
Mills
Jeanne D'Arc
Azores
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Bedelia
Lask
BY Ray Rohn
B. U. Women’s Grad Club
Ray
T. Hopkins & Ie
Aia
Theodore B. Hedeund
Belvin W. Maynard
Army
Morris
Supreme Marigold
Morris & Company
Tarkington
Jakey
Deviascope
U. S
Postum Cereal Co
Battle- Creek, Mich
Fashion Park
Fashion
Spairie
Rochester
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