Brown University 150th Birthday Festival Begins
The 150th anniversary celebration at Brown University in Providence starts tomorrow and runs through much of the week. Notables include ex President Taft Andrew Carnegie Justice Hughes Ambassador Noon and many college presidents with President Wilson hoped to attend Thursday.
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Eastern University
Brown University
Providence
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Charles E. Hughes
Noon
Argentina
Wilson
Warren Rhode Island pageant marks 150 years of First Baptist Church
A historical pageant in Warren commemorated the First Baptist Church’s 150th anniversary tied to Rhode Island College, later Brown University. Nearly 1000 residents reenacted colonial scenes as the event toured the town, with Brown University President Faunce preaching and various church and university programs scheduled through Monday.
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Warren
R. I
First Baptist Church of
Rhode Island College
Brown University
Margaret MacLaren Eager
Deerfield
Mass
Narragansett Bay
Massasoit
Roger Williams
First Church
Faunce of
Brown
First Baptist
Providence
Frederick Burgess
Long Island
Sayles Hall
Christian Ministry
George Edwin Horr
Newton Theological Institution
Christian Missions
Gene Ware
Notable guests and a Providence play week schedule
During the week the Right Rev James DeWolf Perry and several college presidents visit Providence. A performance of The Provoked Husband at the Providence Opera House is billed as the first by professional actors in New England. The anniversary programme closes with a university dinner at Churchill House for delegates and guests at 7 30 Thursday evening.
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James DeWolf Perry
Rhode Island
John M. Thomas
Middlebury College
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford College
Edgar Y. Mullins
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
William Peterson
McGill University
London
New England
Providence Opera House
Churchill House
Milk Question Probed in Regional Hearings
The Boston Chamber of Commerce with state and federal agencies holds hearings on the milk question at the State House room 436 at 10:30 a m next Thursday Oct 16 with similar sessions in Worcester Oct 16 and Springfield Oct 17 The aim is to gather data on cost of production transportation and distribution across New England to inform producers transporters contractors and consumers about the issue and possible solutions.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
Massachusetts State Grange
Massachusetts Agricultural College
State House
Chamber of Commerce
Worcester
Springfield
Board of Trade
New England
Pierce Farm Man Killed in Boston Insane Hospital Attendant Arrests
Charles R. Brown age 49 of Roxbury was beaten to death at the Pierce Farm branch of the Boston Insane Hospital. Police say attendants Francis J. Lee and Edmund J. Grandin were arrested last night on charges of manslaughter. Autopsy by Medical Examiner Leary found multiple rib fractures and throttling with choking occurring several hours before death.
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Charles R. Brown
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Pierce Farm
Boston Insane Hospital
Boston
Francis J. Lee
Edmund J. Grandin
Leary
Brown
Boston theater figure’s son dies after beating. two attendants charged
Brown son of Charles Barron once a Boston Museum stock company actor, died after brutal injuries in an insane hospital ward. Attendants Lee and Grandin denied guilt as bail set at 7500 dollars. Autopsy by Dr Leary and inquiry by Captain Armstrong and Assistant D A Lavelle followed. Witnesses recalled Brown’s violent beating overnight from Oct 7 to 8 before death at 4 a m. Grand jury to hear case today. relatives connected to local theatre groups noted.
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Leary
Armstrong
Lavelle
Brown
Boston Insane Hospital
Charles Barron
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Lee
Edmund M. Pease
City Hospital
Captain Armstrong
Grandin
England
New Brunswick
Old Stock Company
Boston Museum
Little Women” Company
Plamsig
Barbecue for Quincy Residents Draws Big Crowd
James F. Wall, candidate for mayor of Quincy, hosts a barbecue at Aviation Field Squantum for 38 000 residents. Invitations sent to every householder and letters from governors senators and mayors received. About 600 supporters form a reception committee. catering volunteers and music planned. event runs from 1 to 6 PM with transport arranged by the electric car company.
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James F. Wall
Quincey
Squantum
Quincy
Walsh
Barry
Donahue
Mansfield
Frank Pope
Samuel W. McCall
Joseph Walker
United States
Weeks
Wall
Campus Fire At Columbia Campus Fire At Columbia
Fire on the Columbia University campus near a dormitory triggered a fourth alarm after midnight. The blaze threatened the boiler house gymnasium and several university facilities including the Columbia Spectator offices and the national commission of prison labor rooms. Firefighters believed the dormitories would be spared.
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New York
Columbia University
Columbia Spectator
National Commission of Prison Labor
Czar frees Austrian prisoners of Italian origin
Petrograd reports the Czar has issued an order that all Austrian prisoners of Italian origin be paroled. The decision comes as Russia seeks to ease prisoner handling amid wartime exchanges and strategic tensions with the Central Powers.
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CZAR
Petrograd
Great Fire Destroys East Cambridge Factories
A massive blaze began at Connolly & Co paper works and swept through adjacent buildings including Roberts iron works and Grain Company. It damaged several firms, two houses, and coal sheds before authorities gained control shortly after 3 o clock. ten horses escaped from a barn as flames jumped the Lechmere Canal in a historic, near citywide conflagration.
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Connolly & Co
Roberts Iron Works
Lechmere Canal
Cambridge Gag Company
Charles River
Ing Centre
Broad Canal
Cambridge Gas Company Works
Cambridge Fire Destroys Multiple Buildings on Main Street
A major Cambridge blaze began near 157 Main Street opposite Bay State Fuel, spreading from a hay and grain dealer to the E. R. Luke Company, a four story brick tenement, and a rear barn. Firefighters battled shifting gusts as sparks ignited additional structures, cutting power and forcing evacuations. The blaze swept across Kendall Square and threatened the Cambridge industrial district including Carter’s Ink, Ginn & Company, and Cambridge Gas Works. A wood frame Connolly & Company paper stock building at 152 Main Street burned, contributing to widespread alarms as crews worked to contain the flames amid total darkness.
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Main Street
Bay State Fuel Company
E. R. Luke Company
Carter's Ink Company
Ginn & Company
Publishers
Cambridge Gas Works
Kendall Square
Connolly & Company
Greater
Boston
Post
Cambridge
Connolly
J. Frank Cutter
Roberts Iron Works
Edwin H. Baker
Lechmere Canal
E. R. Luke Hay
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New Bedford
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Taunton Insane Hospital
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