Festival for Relief Fund at Storrow Farm Lincoln
Mrs James J Storrow hosts a harvest festival at the Storrow farm in Lincoln on Saturday to aid the National Allied Relief Fund. Miss Martha Thorndike Miss Dorothea Jordan Miss Gertrude Ovett and others volunteer to help with decorations and booths for Belgian Polish relief groups. Proceeds support destitute soldiers and fund drives. Boston firms contribute regularly.
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James J. Storrow
Storrow Farm
Lincoln
National Allied Relief Fund
Martha Thorndike
Dorothea Jordan
Gertrude Ovett
Margaret Roth
Ruth Thayer
Augusta Prescott
Janet Elliott
John L. Gardner
Over-subscription Reported in Anglo-French Bond Issue
New York authorities say the Anglo-French bond sale of 500 million is over-subscribed though the total subscriptions will not be released. Most new subscribers paid small amounts, with the final tally not disclosed.
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New York
Large Subscriptions at Major Bond Issue Rumor
Rumor says over subscription could reach 5 to 10 million though no official figure. Six largest orders total 100 million with $35 million the biggest, then 20 million, 15 million and three at 10 million. Morgan firm says bonds not yet offered to public and not below 98. Underwriting allows any investor to participate to date. Contract set to be signed within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan & Co
Opium Case Sentences 30 Days for Two Oilers
Harry Smith and Peter Fleming, sailors on the steamship Canadian, were sentenced to East Cambridge jail for 30 days each by Judge Morton for conspiracy to transport smuggled opium. Fleming testified the opium came from a Liverpool contact who handled ships Arabic and was sunk by a German sub. Two Chinese suspects were later arrested as operatives, and several thousand dollars’ worth of opium was seized. The men had been jailed since July.
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Harry Smith
Peter Fleming
East Cambridge
Morton
United States District Court
Fleming
Liverpool
Smith
West End
Marlboro
Nominations by Massachusetts Horticultural Society
The nominating committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society announces candidates for officers and trustees for the year. For president Richard M. Saltonstall and vice president Walter Hunnewell. Trustees for three years George E. Barnard William C. Endicott Arthur F. Estabrook John K. M. L. Farquhar. Nominating committee Arthur F. Estabrook Richard Hittinger John G. Jack Thomas Roland John L. Smith. Two weeks are allowed for further nominations.
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The
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Society
Richard M. Saltonstall
Walter Hunnewell
George E. Barnard
William C. Endicott
Arthur F. Estabrook
John K. M. L. Farquhar
Richard Hittinger
John G. Jack
Thomas Roland
John L. Smith
Boston Lawyer Edwin Bigelow's Plumber Like Office Holder
Mary A. Dwyer testified in the 1905 estate suit that Edwin M. Bigelow slept on a sofa in his Niles building office for 42 years. She described a workspace with ropes and pipes, no books, cockroaches, and her nursing care during his final years in the case against his executors.
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Edwin M. Bigelow
Boston
Niles Building
Mary A. Dwyer
Mr. Bigelow
Jeremiah H. Dwyer
Warrenton Street
Bigelow
Dwyer
Brandeis to Speak at Zion Meeting in Roxbury
The Zion Association of Greater Boston holds its third annual supper tomorrow in Brunswick Hall Roxbury. About 500 members are expected. Louis D Brandeis honorary president will deliver the keynote urging unity among Jews to advance Zionism. It is his first Boston talk since July conventions.
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The
Zion Association of
Greater Boston
Brunswick Hall
Roxbury
Louis D. Brandeis
Mr. Brandeis
Boston
W. C. T. U reports 1500 new members statewide
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union announces more than 1500 new members added during the year, signaling growth of the prohibition movement in the state. The National W. C. T. U. convention starts Saturday in Seattle and runs through Thursday.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Seattle
Wash
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Mackinaws
Hamburg
Wolf
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Oilers
Canadian
Horticultural Society
America
Sunday Post
Mrs.Dwyer
Brandeis
Zion
Gilchrist
Triumph
Siemet
Wonderlif
Washington
Koesser
STS
Rosenbloom
Colman, Levin & Co
Portland Street
New England
Pec
Cyril
Colman Levin & Co
Axminster
Royal Wilton
Smith’s
Brussels
Royal Tapestry Brussels
W. & J. Sloane
Beattie
Wilton
Nford
Prolino
Women’s Presses
Norfolk
China
Garden
Gethsemane
Fur Dept
Coney
Ermine
Bacons
Ssoimen Fom
Scro ‘Ec
Swell Anchats
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