Columbus Day Plans Complete Across New England
Columbus Day celebrations expand as Knights of Columbus councils across Massachusetts and Rhode Island host events. District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier and Mayor Curley are set to speak, with Lawrence organizing a large parade of visiting knights as part of a broad municipal program.
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Boston Observes Columbus Day with Citywide Ceremonies
Mayor Curley invites Knights of Columbus to join city celebrations marking the 423rd anniversary of Columbus landing. The program starts at 9 AM on the Common with prayers, flag raising, military drills, and a coast artillery battalion band.
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Knights of Columbus
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Faneuil Hall
James Thomas McCleary
Minnesota
George H. Blakeslee
Clark University
Harvard plumbing prize draws essays from MIT and Harvard
A $200 prize for the best thesis on house plumbing is offered to Harvard and MIT students. Essays may run 5000 to 10000 words with drawings, sponsored by Waddill Catchings, Harvard class of 1901. This competition shifts focus from classics to plumbing themes this week.
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Thomas Edison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Waddill Catchings
Malden Elks Start 3 Day Celebration With Parade
A three day Malden Lodge of Elks celebration opens with a big parade led by chief marshal George S. Harvey. A bazaar and flower festival will be held in the Auditorium for three days, with delegations from Salem Cambridge Somerville Waltham Everett Medford Melrose Norwood and Beverly lodges participating.
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Malden
Abuses of College Elective System Condemned
The Rev Edward T Sullivan rector of Trinity Church Newton Centre condemned abuses in over exercised college electives as inadequate preparation for life during Boston University fall convocation at Old South Church yesterday.
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Edward T. Sullivan
Trinity Church
Newton Centre
Boston University
Old South Church
The Value of Work and Character in Student Life
Dr Sullivan urges that freedom to choose in college must balance with effort and discipline. He argues that facing drudgery builds efficiency and that overreliance on easy tasks harms preparation for life and career. He cites battles, moral victories, and the power of personal religion as the core for character.
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Jesus Christ
Acton Man William D. Tuttle Observes 90th Birthday
William D. Tuttle, the oldest living man in Acton, marked his 90th birthday today at his son Horace F. Tuttle’s Main Street home. He has lived there for many years.
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Acton
William D. Tuttle
Horace F. Tuttle
Main Street
Unsuccessful Irish Brigade Effort Dramatized by War Prisoners
New York World interview with Private William Dooley of the Royal Irish Regiment details Irish prisoners of war in Germany resisting Sir Roger Casement’s bid to form an Irish brigade. Dooley reports hooting at Casement, harsher rations, and 70 deaths from treatment while Germans and Irish aids urged enlistment. 40 who joined included an Englishman and a Scotsman.
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New York World
William Dooley
Royal Irish Regiment
Roger Casement
Germany
Sir Roger
Dooley
Irish prisoners urged to join German cause in Limburg camp
Dooley recalls Irish inmates at Limburg camp in December being promised better treatment, then a speech by Sir Roger Casement offering £10 and a path to Ireland if Germany won, or free passage to America if Germany lost. He notes the initial improved rations but growing discontent as the talk spread.
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Dooley
Limburg
Doberitz
Germany
Sir Roger Casement
Sir Roger
Ireland
Clan-na- Gael
America
Anniversary Observance Marked in Haverhill
Haverhill marked the 27th anniversary of its settlement with two days of events. Governor Walsh and Mayor Albert L. Bartlett attended a City Hall meeting where an illuminated address from Haverhill England was read by Horace M. Sargent. Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boynton of Brooklyn delivered the principal sermon.
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Walsh
Albert L. Bartlett
Eng
Horace M. Sargent
High Court Opens Eight Month Term with 667 Cases
The Supreme Court begins an eight month session in Washington with 667 cases awaiting disposition. After opening and admitting attorneys to practice the justices will visit the White House to pay respects to the President. Argument starts Tuesday and decisions on summer advisements are not expected before October 18.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White House
A C Hibernians Presidents Plan Reunion in Roxbury
The Suffolk county board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians met at Hibernian Hall Roxbury to discuss the annual reunion and ball to be held in Mechanics Hall on February 3. Seventy five division presidents attended the meeting.
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Suffolk County Board of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians
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Socialist Leaders Accused At Boston Common Rally
Charles E. Fay former president of the Common Cause Society branded Massachusetts Socialist leaders as tricksters during an anti Socialist rally on the Boston Common. He spent over an hour attacking Socialist principles and ended by challenging the leaders to debate him on a public platform.
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Socialist Party
Massachusetts
Charles E. Fay
Common Cause Society
Boston Common
Fay
Poslam advertised for skin relief and samples
An advertisement promotes Poslam for eczema acne tetter psoriasis and other skin troubles with overnight results for mild cases. It also recommends Poslam Soap and invites sample requests by mailing 4 cent stamps to Emergency Laboratories New York City, with druggists carrying the product.
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West 26Th Gt
New York City
All Druggista
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