Moral course for Boston schools outlined by Burke and Eliot
Jeremiah F. Burke urged a systematized moral instruction program for Boston public schools to train honesty and loyalty. A group of educators is finalizing the plan for public release in June, drawing applause from teachers. Dr. Charles W. Eliot supported ethical schooling and praised the junior high school model to extend education for more children.
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Boston
Jeremiah F. Burke
Boston Public
Public
Burke
Charles W. Eliot
Dr. Eliot
Operate One Man Cars in Congested Districts
Letter from Pe' ihy editor James H. Martin complains about one man cars carrying 100 passengers through the city’s most congested street. He calls it a colossal joke and urges locals to wake up to the issue.
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Pe' Ihy
Post
James H. Martin
State
Plan New Rules for Fishermen at Gloucester Race
The American race committee at Gloucester considers a Canadian trustees revision to the deed of gift for the International Fishermen's Trophy. Proposed changes address displacement and sparring in future Nova Scotia and American schooner races. Approval or rejection by the Gloucester group is requested.
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Gloucester
International Fishermen's Trophy
Nova Scotia
Gloucester Group
Halifax Trustees and American Committee weigh new vessel clauses
A joint Halifax trustees and American committee meeting will decide on inserting new clauses in the deed. The change targets vessels like Boston’s Mayflower and Gloucesterman and sets a cubic root displacement rule, freeboard area, and mast height caps to curb oversparring and favor bulkier cargo ships.
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Halifax
American Committee
Boston
Henry Ford
Well Known Grocer Jeremiah Rich Dies in Provincetown
Jeremiah A. Rich, longtime Provincetown grocer for 50 years and former fire department engineer, died at age 72. A member of the Odd Fellows and former mackerel fisherman, he is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs. T. Julian Lewis. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM at Central Methodist Church.
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Provincetown
Jeremiah A. Rich
Odd Fellows
T. Julian Lewis
M. E
Miss Nelly Milliken Delegate From Bates
Miss Nelly K Milliken Bates 25 Augusta Me daughter of former Governor Carl E Milliken attends the eastern student government conference at Randolph Macon College Lynchburg over the last three days of the week Bates College is Maine's only college with self governing coeds and its Women’s Student Government Association is a leading group.
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Nelly K. Milliken
Bates
Augusta
Carl E. Milliken
Mississippi
Randolph-Macon College
Lynchburg
Bates College
Maine
Women's
Mrs. Mary L. James Dies in Trolley Car Tragedy
Mrs. Mary Lucinda James widow of Robertson James a brother of Henry James the novelist and William James Harvard philosophy professor died suddenly yesterday afternoon in a trolley car from Concord Square bound for Hudson. Heart disease suspected as the cause she was in her 73rd year.
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Mary Lucinda James
Robertson James
Henry James
William James
Harvard
Concord Square
Hudson
James
Bank Officers Musicale At Symphony Hall Opens Event
The Bank Officers Association of 2000 bankers held an annual musicale in Symphony Hall. Stanislao Gallo conducted the Symphony Band, Marianne Godbout sang an aria from Traviata, and Walter M. Smith performed a trumpet solo. Charles Hall Jr. oversaw the program and Carl M. Spencer presided as association president.
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Bank Officers' Association
Symphony Hall
Stanislao Gallo
New England Conservatory of Music
Marianne Godbout
Boston
English Opera Company
People’s Symphony
Walter M. Smith
Charles Hall Jr
National Shawmnut Bank
Carl M. Spencer
Home Savings Bank
New Wireless Record Shatters Long Distance Limits
Hartford. A radiogram sent to Clifford Dow in Wailuku Hawaii was answered in four minutes and 18 seconds, setting a new amateur long distance record. The relay originated from Sleepy Eye Minnesota via Lloyd V. Berkmer, covering about 1 200 miles Hartford to Sleepy Eye and 4 000 miles Sleepy Eye to Wailuku.
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Hartford
Conn
Hiram Percy Maxim
Clifford Dow
Wailuku
Hawaiian Islands
Sleepy Eye
Minnesota
Lloyd V. Berkmer
Minn
Proclamation Protest Sent Over De Valera Envoys
At a meeting of the Trigh Republican Defence Committee in Deacon Hall last night a cablegram was sent to the Free State heads in Dublin protesting executions of political prisoners. Plans were perfected for receptions for De Valera envoys O Kelly and O Doherty at Symphony Hall on December 3.
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Trigh Republican Defence Committee
Deacon Hall
de Valera
O'Kelly
O'Doherty
Symphony Hall
Free State
Dublin
Jubilee Carnival at St Marys Church North End
The Jubilee Carnival of St Marys Church North End filled Mechanics Building with attendees from Greater Boston. A Band from Alhambra escorted priests to the platform as Rev Augustus Duarte opened the event and local dignitaries attended including Mayor Curley and Senator Walsh. Tickets for final Faneuil Hall exercises were available at the rectory Cooper Street.
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St. Mary's Church
North End
Mechanics Building
Northnd
Greater
Boston
Alhambra
St.’ Mary's
Augustus Duarte
S. J
Curley
Atttorney O'Brien
Arthur Dolan
Dedion
T. A. Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
David I. Walsh
Cooper Street
Confirmation Ceremony by Bishop Slattery at St Anne's
Last evening at St Anne's Church in Revere Bishop Slattery conferred the sacrament of confirmation for the first time since his consecration on about 20 aspirants. Several recipients were longtime adults now joining the Revere church congregation.
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St. Anne's Church
Revere
Slattery
Revere Church
Plaid Back Overcoats and Ulsters Featured in Store
Many plaid backs praised as good value. Plaid-back and half-belt overcoats and ulsters include belt styles. Imported West of England fleece overcoats and fleece ulsters with all wool worsted linings offered.
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West of
England
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