Laphams Plan Beacon Street Library Refresh
Silas Lapham the Vermont born magnate plans a Beacon Street residence with a back room library. Irene and Pen discuss books from Gibbon to Whittier as Thomas Corey helps arrange bindings while the elder Laphams debate civilization and reading habits.
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Silas Lapham
Vermont
Boston
Irene
Penelope
Nankeen Square
South End
Lapham
Beacon Street
Thomas Corey
Beacon Hill
Quebec
Young Corey
Middlemarch
Pen
Seaside
Corey
Daniel Deronda
Rosamond
Papa
Gibbon
Rene
Mrs. Lapham
Tom
Stanton
Lapham Cottage
Women Will Be Pawns Rally Sparks Suffrage Debate
Amherst Oct 29 Hon Charles L Underhill of Somerville urged that if Massachusetts grants woman suffrage on Nov 2 women would be lined up by ward bosses within 24 hours. He defended Col John P Irish of California and spoke for an hour at Amherst College Hall.
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Amherst
Massachusetts
Charles L. Underhill
Somerville
Amherst College Hall
Underhill
Frank A. Hosmer
Walter D. Cowles
John P. Irish
California
Suffragist Vote Threats Draw Fire in State Debate
A speaker argues that 10 percent of women favoring suffrage would create an indifferent and dangerous vote. He cites state figures claiming 622,008 eligible women and 58,000 pledged by suffragists, plus a dubious 100,000 men and women. He condemns the doctrine as unmoral.
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Underhill
Doctors raise funds for American College of Surgeons
Nearly $100,000 was raised at Copley Plaza toward establishing an American College of Surgeons modeled on London’s Royal College. Total subscriptions reach about $500,000, aiming to build a medical library, museum, and standards while guarding the public from surgical quackery.
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American College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons
London
Copley Plaza
John G. Bowman
Chicago
Massachusetts
Margaret L. Noyes
Boston
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Labrador
Stephen Smith
New York State Board of Health
Lewis McLane Tiffany
Baltimore
David G. Cheever
Harvard
Symphony Hall
Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
College of Surgeons
J. M. T. Finney
John Hopkins University
Franklin H. Martin
Albert J. Ochsner
School in Every Factory Said by Dean at Vendome
Dean Sarah Louise Arnold of Simmons College urged linking schools and colleges by placing professors in public schools for a year. She spoke at the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools on Higher Education and New England’s future, citing needs for better preparatory teachers and access to college from town schools.
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Sarah Louise Arnold
Simmons College
New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Hotel Vendome
New England
Edward A. Filene
Factories as Schools: Filene Urges Corporate Classrooms Nationwide
Edward A. Filene argues for using workspaces as schoolrooms to prep youth. He cites U S factories and shops already teaching skills, with one city store offering paid courses for employees and even rival firms. He envisions a hundred million dollar Massachusetts educational plant built through private enterprise.
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America
Massachusetts
Harvard Men Earn Croix de Guerre for Ambulance Service
Henry Reginald Carey of Cambridge Harvard 1913 and Herbert D Hale of New York Harvard 1914 received the Croix de Guerre for bravery. Members of the American Ambulance Corps they drove ambulances under heavy shellfire to aid wounded soldiers during a bombardment near their quarters.
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Henry Reginald Carey
Cambridge
Harvard
Herbert D. Hale
New York
Carey
Harvard Advocate
Hale
Burrill's Tooth Works Promotes Clean Mouth
The advertisement touts Burrill's Tooth Works for thorough enamel cleaning and a fresh mouth. It claims a change generally benefits and urges customers to switch to Burrill's in powder or paste form with patent tops or indestructible tubes.
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Burrill’s
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William Dean Howells
Greene
Motley
Parkman
Gibbons
Tennyson
Longfellow
Bryant
Whittier
Holmes
Emerson
Lowell
Shakspere
Romeo
Juliet
Robeson
Crane
Scott
Cooper
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
R. H. Stearns & CO
Serge
Serge and
Georgette Crepe
Sunday Post
Filene
France
Gilchrist
Oxford Melton
Navy
Copenhagen
Brown
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